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Book 01 Genesis
001:001 In the beginning God{After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters
"Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet)
as a grammatical marker.} created the heavens and the earth.
001:002 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface
of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface
of the waters.
001:003 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
001:004 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided
the light from the darkness.
001:005 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
There was evening and there was morning, one day.
001:006 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters."
001:007 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under
the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse;
and it was so.
001:008 God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there
was morning, a second day.
001:009 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together
to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
001:010 God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together
of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
001:011 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed,
and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed
in it, on the earth;" and it was so.
001:012 The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind,
and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind;
and God saw that it was good.
001:013 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
001:014 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs,
and for seasons, and for days and years;
001:015 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light
on the earth;" and it was so.
001:016 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule
the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.
He also made the stars.
001:017 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
001:018 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide
the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
001:019 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
001:020 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
001:021 God created the large sea creatures, and every living
creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed,
after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
001:022 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill
the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
001:023 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
001:024 God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after
their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth
after their kind;" and it was so.
001:025 God made the animals of the earth after their kind,
and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps
on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
001:026 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth."
001:027 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him;
male and female he created them.
001:028 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply,
fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish
of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living
thing that moves on the earth."
001:029 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree,
which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
001:030 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky,
and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life,
I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.
001:031 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
002:001 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.
002:002 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which
he had made.
002:003 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested
in it from all his work which he had created and made.
002:004 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of
the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God
made the earth and the heavens.
002:005 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of
the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it
to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
002:006 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole
surface of the ground.
002:007 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul.
002:008 Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put
the man whom he had formed.
002:009 Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life
also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil.
002:010 A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there
it was parted, and became four heads.
002:011 The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows
through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
002:012 and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin
and the onyx stone.
002:013 The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows
through the whole land of Cush.
002:014 The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which
flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
002:015 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden
to dress it and to keep it.
002:016 Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden
you may freely eat;
002:017 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall
not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you
will surely die."
002:018 Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him a helper suitable for him."
002:019 Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field,
and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see
what he would call them. Whatever the man called every
living creature, that was its name.
002:020 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky,
and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not
found a helper suitable for him.
002:021 Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept;
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
in its place.
002:022 He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man,
into a woman, and brought her to the man.
002:023 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.
She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
002:024 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother,
and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
002:025 They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
003:001 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field
which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God
really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
003:002 The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees
of the garden we may eat,
003:003 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden,
God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you
touch it, lest you die.'"
003:004 The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
003:005 for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
003:006 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired
to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate;
and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
003:007 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew
that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together,
and made themselves aprons.
003:008 They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in
the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
003:009 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
003:010 The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself."
003:011 God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten
from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
003:012 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me,
she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
003:013 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?"
The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
003:014 Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock, and above every animal
of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat
dust all the days of your life.
003:015 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your
offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head,
and you will bruise his heel."
003:016 To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain
in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children.
Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
003:017 To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice,
and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying,
'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake.
In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
003:018 Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you;
and you will eat the herb of the field.
003:019 By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you
return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.
For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
003:020 The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother
of all living.
003:021 Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife,
and clothed them.
003:022 Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us,
knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand,
and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
003:023 Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from which he was taken.
003:024 So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east
of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned
every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
004:001 The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain,
and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
004:002 Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper
of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
004:003 As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering
to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.
004:004 Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of
the fat of it. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
004:005 but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry,
and the expression on his face fell.
004:006 Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression
of your face fallen?
004:007 If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well,
sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you
are to rule over it."
004:008 Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field."
It happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up
against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
004:009 Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?"
He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
004:010 Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's
blood cries to me from the ground.
004:011 Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened
its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
004:012 From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its
strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer
in the earth."
004:013 Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
004:014 Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface
of the ground. I will be hidden from your face,
and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.
It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
004:015 Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will
be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain,
lest any finding him should strike him.
004:016 Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and lived in the land
of Nod, east of Eden.
004:017 Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch.
He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name
of his son, Enoch.
004:018 To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael.
Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became
the father of Lamech.
004:019 Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah,
and the name of the other Zillah.
004:020 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell
in tents and have livestock.
004:021 His brother's name was Jubal, who was the father of all who
handle the harp and pipe.
004:022 Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting
instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.
004:023 Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice.
You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain
a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
004:024 If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech
seventy-seven times."
004:025 Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named
him Seth, "for God has appointed me another child instead
of Abel, for Cain killed him."
004:026 There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh.
Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
005:001 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day
that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.
005:002 He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called
their name Adam,{"Adam" and "Man" are spelled with the exact
same consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly translated
either way.} in the day when they were created.
005:003 Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a
son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
005:004 The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight
hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
005:005 All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years,
then he died.
005:006 Seth lived one hundred five years, and became the father of Enosh.
005:007 Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred
seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
005:008 All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years,
then he died.
005:009 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.
005:010 Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred
fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
005:011 All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
005:012 Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.
005:013 Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred
forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters
005:014 and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years,
then he died.
005:015 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.
005:016 Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred
thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
005:017 All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years,
then he died.
005:018 Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and became
the father of Enoch.
005:019 Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years,
and became the father of sons and daughters.
005:020 All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years,
then he died.
005:021 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
005:022 Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah
three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
005:023 All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
005:024 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
005:025 Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became
the father of Lamech.
005:026 Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred
eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
005:027 All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years,
then he died.
005:028 Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father
of a son,
005:029 and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us
in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground
which Yahweh has cursed."
005:030 Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred
ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
005:031 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years,
then he died.
005:032 Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father
of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
006:001 It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface
of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
006:002 that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful,
and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
006:003 Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever,
because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one
hundred twenty years."
006:004 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also
after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters.
They bore children to them. Those were the mighty men
who were of old, men of renown.
006:005 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually.
006:006 Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him in his heart.
006:007 Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created
from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals,
creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I
have made them."
006:008 But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.
006:009 This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was
a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time.
Noah walked with God.
006:010 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
006:011 The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was
filled with violence.
006:012 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh
had corrupted their way on the earth.
006:013 God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me,
for the earth is filled with violence through them.
Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
006:014 Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship,
and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
006:015 This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship will
be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits,
and the height of it thirty cubits.
006:016 You shall make a roof in the ship, and to a cubit shall you finish
it upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side.
You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
006:017 I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy
all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky.
Everything that is in the earth will die.
006:018 But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come
into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons'
wives with you.
006:019 Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two
of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you.
They shall be male and female.
006:020 Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind,
of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind,
two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
006:021 Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to you;
and it will be for food for you, and for them."
006:022 Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him,
so he did.
007:001 Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into
the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me
in this generation.
007:002 You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you,
the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean,
take two, the male and his female.
007:003 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female,
to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
007:004 In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty
days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made,
I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
007:005 Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.
007:006 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came
on the earth.
007:007 Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons'
wives, because of the waters of the flood.
007:008 Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything
that creeps on the ground
007:009 went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female,
as God commanded Noah.
007:010 It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood
came on the earth.
007:011 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month,
on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all
the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's
windows were opened.
007:012 The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
007:013 In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah,
and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,
entered into the ship;
007:014 they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after
their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth
after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird
of every sort.
007:015 They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with
the breath of life in them.
007:016 Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh,
as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
007:017 The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased,
and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
007:018 The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth;
and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
007:019 The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high
mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
007:020 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the
mountains were covered.
007:021 All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds,
livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,
and every man.
007:022 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life,
of all that was on the dry land, died.
007:023 Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface
of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things,
and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth.
Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.
007:024 The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.
008:001 God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were
with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth.
The waters subsided.
008:002 The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped,
and the rain from the sky was restrained.
008:003 The waters receded from the earth continually. After the end
of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
008:004 The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day
of the month, on Ararat's mountains.
008:005 The waters receded continually until the tenth month.
In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops
of the mountains were seen.
008:006 It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window
of the ship which he had made,
008:007 and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth,
until the waters were dried up from the earth.
008:008 He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated
from the surface of the ground,
008:009 but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned
to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface
of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her,
and brought her to him into the ship.
008:010 He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth
the dove out of the ship.
008:011 The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth
was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters
were abated from the earth.
008:012 He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove;
and she didn't return to him any more.
008:013 It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month,
the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth.
Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked.
He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
008:014 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month,
the earth was dry.
008:015 God spoke to Noah, saying,
008:016 "Go out of the ship, you, and your wife, and your sons,
and your sons' wives with you.
008:017 Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you
of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly
in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
008:018 Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife, and his sons'
wives with him.
008:019 Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves
on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.
008:020 Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal,
and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings
on the altar.
008:021 Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart,
"I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake,
because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth;
neither will I ever again strike everything living,
as I have done.
008:022 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
009:001 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful,
and multiply, and replenish the earth.
009:002 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every
animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky.
Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish
of the sea are delivered into your hand.
009:003 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you.
As the green herb, I have given everything to you.
009:004 But flesh with the life of it, the blood of it, you shall not eat.
009:005 I will surely require your blood of your lives.
At the hand of every animal I will require it.
At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother,
I will require the life of man.
009:006 Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man,
for God made man in his own image.
009:007 Be fruitful and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth,
and multiply in it."
009:008 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
009:009 "As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you,
and with your offspring after you,
009:010 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds,
the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you,
of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.
009:011 I will establish my covenant with you: all flesh will not be cut
off any more by the waters of the flood, neither will there
ever again be a flood to destroy the earth."
009:012 God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make
between me and you and every living creature that is with you,
for perpetual generations:
009:013 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign
of a covenant between me and the earth.
009:014 It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth,
that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
009:015 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will
no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
009:016 The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I
may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every
living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
009:017 God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I
have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
009:018 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ship were Shem, Ham,
and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
009:019 These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole
earth was populated.
009:020 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
009:021 He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered
within his tent.
009:022 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,
and told his two brothers outside.
009:023 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders,
went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father.
Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see
their father's nakedness.
009:024 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had
done to him.
009:025 He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants
to his brothers."
009:026 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan
be his servant.
009:027 May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem.
Let Canaan be his servant."
009:028 Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
009:029 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.
010:001 Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah
and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them
after the flood.
010:002 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech,
and Tiras.
010:003 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
010:004 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
010:005 Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands,
everyone after his language, after their families,
in their nations.
010:006 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
010:007 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca.
The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
010:008 Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty
one in the earth.
010:009 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said,
"Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
010:010 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh,
in the land of Shinar.
010:011 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built
Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
010:012 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
010:013 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
010:014 Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from),
and Caphtorim.
010:015 Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
010:016 the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
010:017 the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,
010:018 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
010:019 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go
toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah,
and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
010:020 These are the sons of Ham, after their families,
after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
010:021 To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder
brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
010:022 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
010:023 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
010:024 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became
the father of Eber.
010:025 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg,
for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's
name was Joktan.
010:026 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
010:027 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
010:028 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
010:029 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
010:030 Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar,
the mountain of the east.
010:031 These are the sons of Shem, after their families,
after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
010:032 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations,
in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth
after the flood.
011:001 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
011:002 It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain
in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
011:003 They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn
them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used
tar for mortar.
011:004 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower
whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name,
lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
011:005 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children
of men built.
011:006 Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have
all one language, and this is what they begin to do.
Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
011:007 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language,
that they may not understand one another's speech."
011:008 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface
of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
011:009 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because there
Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there,
Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
011:010 This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was
one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad
two years after the flood.
011:011 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father
of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.
011:012 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
011:013 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father
of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters.
011:014 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
011:015 and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became
the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.
011:016 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
011:017 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father
of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.
011:018 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
011:019 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father
of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters.
011:020 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
011:021 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father
of Serug, and became the father of sons and daughters.
011:022 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
011:023 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor,
and became the father of sons and daughters.
011:024 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
011:025 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father
of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.
011:026 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father
of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
011:027 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Haran became the father of Lot.
011:028 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth,
in Ur of the Chaldees.
011:029 Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai,
and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran
who was also the father of Iscah.
011:030 Sarai was barren. She had no child.
011:031 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son,
and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went
forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan.
They came to Haran and lived there.
011:032 The days of Terah were two hundred five years.
Terah died in Haran.
012:001 Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country,
and from your relatives, and from your father's house,
to the land that I will show you.
012:002 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make
your name great. You will be a blessing.
012:003 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him
who curses you. In you will all of the families of the
earth be blessed."
012:004 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him.
Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
012:005 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance
that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten
in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan.
Into the land of Canaan they came.
012:006 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem,
to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.
012:007 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to
your seed{or, offspring}." He built an altar there to Yahweh,
who appeared to him.
012:008 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel,
and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai
on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called
on the name of Yahweh.
012:009 Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
012:010 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt
to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe
in the land.
012:011 It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said
to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful
woman to look at.
012:012 It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they
will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they
will save you alive.
012:013 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me
for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
012:014 It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians
saw that the woman was very beautiful.
012:015 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh;
and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
012:016 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep,
oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants,
female donkeys, and camels.
012:017 Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
012:018 Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that you have done
to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
012:019 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her
to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her,
and go your way."
012:020 Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him, and they brought him
on the way with his wife and all that he had.
013:001 Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had,
and Lot with him, into the South.
013:002 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
013:003 He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel,
to the place where his tent had been at the beginning,
between Bethel and Ai,
013:004 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first.
There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.
013:005 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
013:006 The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together:
for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
013:007 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock
and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite
and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.
013:008 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between
me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen;
for we are relatives.
013:009 Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me.
If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right.
Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
013:010 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan,
that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land
of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
013:011 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself.
Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one
from the other.
013:012 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities
of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
013:013 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners
against Yahweh.
013:014 Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now,
lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are,
northward and southward and eastward and westward,
013:015 for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to
your offspring forever.
013:016 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that
if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed
may also be numbered.
013:017 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth
of it; for I will give it to you."
013:018 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre,
which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
014:001 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch,
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal,
king of Goiim,
014:002 that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha,
king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber,
king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).
014:003 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same
is the Salt Sea).
014:004 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
year, they rebelled.
014:005 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who
were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim,
and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
014:006 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is
by the wilderness.
014:007 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh),
and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites,
that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
014:008 The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king
of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela
(the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array
against them in the valley of Siddim;
014:009 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;
four kings against the five.
014:010 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings
of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those
who remained fled to the hills.
014:011 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food,
and went their way.
014:012 They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed.
014:013 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew.
Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,
and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.
014:014 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth
his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen,
and pursued as far as Dan.
014:015 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants,
and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left
hand of Damascus.
014:016 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back
his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also,
and the people.
014:017 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from
the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him,
at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
014:018 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine:
and he was priest of God Most High.
014:019 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
possessor of heaven and earth:
014:020 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies
into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.
014:021 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people,
and take the goods to yourself."
014:022 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand
to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
014:023 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything
that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
014:024 I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men
have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me:
Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."
015:001 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in
a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield,
your exceedingly great reward."
015:002 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I
go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is
Eliezer of Damascus?"
015:003 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed:
and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
015:004 Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will
not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own
body will be your heir."
015:005 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky,
and count the stars, if you are able to count them."
He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
015:006 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
015:007 He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur
of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
015:008 He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
015:009 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female
goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove,
and a young pigeon."
015:010 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle,
and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't
divide the birds.
015:011 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram
drove them away.
015:012 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram.
Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
015:013 He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as
foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them.
They will afflict them four hundred years.
015:014 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve.
Afterward they will come out with great wealth,
015:015 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried
in a good old age.
015:016 In the fourth generation they will come here again,
for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
015:017 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it
was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch
passed between these pieces.
015:018 In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your
seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to
the great river, the river Euphrates:
015:019 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
015:020 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
015:021 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
016:001 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid,
an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
016:002 Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing.
Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain
children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
016:003 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid,
after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan,
and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
016:004 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she
had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
016:005 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault.
I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw
that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes.
Yahweh judge between me and you."
016:006 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand.
Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly
with her, and she fled from her face.
016:007 The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in
the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
016:008 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from?
Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face
of my mistress Sarai."
016:009 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress,
and submit yourself under her hands."
016:010 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply
your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
016:011 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child,
and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael,
because Yahweh has heard your affliction.
016:012 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will
be against every man, and every man's hand against him.
He will live opposite all of his brothers."
016:013 She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are
a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive
after seeing him?"
016:014 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.{Beer Lahai Roi
means "well of the one who lives and sees me."} Behold,
it is between Kadesh and Bered.
016:015 Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son,
whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
016:016 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
017:001 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram,
and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me,
and be blameless.
017:002 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will
multiply you exceedingly."
017:003 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
017:004 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be
the father of a multitude of nations.
017:005 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your
name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a
multitude of nations.
017:006 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you.
Kings will come out of you.
017:007 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed
after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant,
to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
017:008 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land
where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an
everlasting possession. I will be their God."
017:009 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant,
you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
017:010 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me
and you and your seed after you. Every male among you
shall be circumcised.
017:011 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin.
It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.
017:012 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you,
every male throughout your generations, he who is born
in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is
not of your seed.
017:013 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money,
must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh
for an everlasting covenant.
017:014 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh
of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
He has broken my covenant."
017:015 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not
call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
017:016 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her.
Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations.
Kings of peoples will come from her."
017:017 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
"Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old?
Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
017:018 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
017:019 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son.
You shall call his name Isaac.{Isaac means "he laughs."} I
will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant
for his seed after him.
017:020 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him,
and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly.
He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make
him a great nation.
017:021 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear
to you at this set time next year."
017:022 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
017:023 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house,
and all who were bought with his money; every male among
the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their
foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
017:024 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
017:025 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
017:026 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.
017:027 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those
bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
018:001 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat
in the tent door in the heat of the day.
018:002 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men
stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them
from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
018:003 and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight,
please don't go away from your servant.
018:004 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree.
018:005 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart.
After that you may go your way, now that you have come to
your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
018:006 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly make
ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."
018:007 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf,
and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
018:008 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed,
and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree,
and they ate.
018:009 They said to him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?
He said, "See, in the tent."
018:010 He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season
comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son."
Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
018:011 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age.
It had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
018:012 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old
will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
018:013 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I
really bear a child, yet I am old?'
018:014 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return
to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
018:015 Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid.
He said, "No, but you did laugh."
018:016 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom.
Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
018:017 Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
018:018 seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
018:019 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his
children and his household after him, that they may keep
the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice;
to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has
spoken of him."
018:020 Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
and because their sin is very grievous,
018:021 I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad
as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."
018:022 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham
stood yet before Yahweh.
018:023 Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous
with the wicked?
018:024 What if there are fifty righteous within the city?
Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty
righteous who are in it?
018:025 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous
with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked.
May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all
the earth do right?"
018:026 Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,
then I will spare all the place for their sake."
018:027 Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak
to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
018:028 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous?
Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said,
"I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
018:029 He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty
found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
018:030 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak.
What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not
do it, if I find thirty there."
018:031 He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord.
What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not
destroy it for the twenty's sake."
018:032 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will
speak just once more. What if ten are found there?"
He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
018:033 Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing
with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
019:001 The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate
of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them.
He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
019:002 and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into
your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet,
and you will rise up early, and go on your way."
They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."
019:003 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered
into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread,
and they ate.
019:004 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom,
surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people
from every quarter.
019:005 They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the men
who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us,
that we may have sex with them."
019:006 Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.
019:007 He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.
019:008 See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them
out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you.
Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come
under the shadow of my roof."
019:009 They said, "Stand back!" They said, "This one fellow came
in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge.
Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!"
They pressed hard on the man Lot, and drew near to break the door.
019:010 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house
to them, and shut the door.
019:011 They struck the men who were at the door of the house
with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied
themselves to find the door.
019:012 The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here?
Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you
have in the city, bring them out of the place:
019:013 for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against
them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us
to destroy it."
019:014 Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were
pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up!
Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city."
But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.
019:015 When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Get up!
Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here,
lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."
019:016 But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand,
and his two daughters' hands, Yahweh being merciful to him;
and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.
019:017 It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said,
"Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't
stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains,
lest you be consumed!"
019:018 Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.
019:019 See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you
have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown
to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain,
lest evil overtake me, and I die.
019:020 See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one.
Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my
soul will live."
019:021 He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning
this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which
you have spoken.
019:022 Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there."
Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.{Zoar means "little."}
019:023 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
019:024 Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire
from Yahweh out of the sky.
019:025 He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants
of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.
019:026 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became
a pillar of salt.
019:027 Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had
stood before Yahweh.
019:028 He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land
of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land
went up as the smoke of a furnace.
019:029 It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,
that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle
of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
019:030 Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his
two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar.
He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
019:031 The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old,
and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after
the manner of all the earth.
019:032 Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve our father's seed."
019:033 They made their father drink wine that night:
and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father.
He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
019:034 It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said
to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father.
Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in,
and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
019:035 They made their father drink wine that night also.
The younger went and lay with him. He didn't know when she
lay down, nor when she got up.
019:036 Thus both of Lot's daughters were with child by their father.
019:037 The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father
of the Moabites to this day.
019:038 The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi.
He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
020:001 Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived
between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
020:002 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister."
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
020:003 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said
to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman
whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."
020:004 Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you
kill even a righteous nation?
020:005 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself,
said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart
and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
020:006 God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity
of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you
from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you
to touch her.
020:007 Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet,
and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't
restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all
who are yours."
020:008 Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all
his servants, and told all these things in their ear.
The men were very scared.
020:009 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him,
"What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you,
that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin?
You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
020:010 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have
done this thing?"
020:011 Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is
not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
020:012 Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
020:013 It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house,
that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show
to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
020:014 Abimelech took sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants,
and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
020:015 Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you.
Dwell where it pleases you."
020:016 To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand
pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes
to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."
020:017 Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his female servants, and they bore children.
020:018 For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house
of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
021:001 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah
as he had spoken.
021:002 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age,
at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
021:003 Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore
to him, Isaac.{Isaac means "He laughs."}
021:004 Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old,
as God had commanded him.
021:005 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac,
was born to him.
021:006 Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will
laugh with me."
021:007 She said, "Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would
nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age."
021:008 The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast
on the day that Isaac was weaned.
021:009 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne
to Abraham, mocking.
021:010 Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son!
For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."
021:011 The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account
of his son.
021:012 God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your
sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid.
In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice.
For from Isaac will your seed be called.
021:013 I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid,
because he is your seed."
021:014 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle
of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder;
and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed,
and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
021:015 The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child
under one of the shrubs.
021:016 She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow
shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child."
She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
021:017 God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called
to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails
you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice
of the boy where he is.
021:018 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand.
For I will make him a great nation."
021:019 God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went,
filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
021:020 God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness,
and became, as he grew up, an archer.
021:021 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife
for him out of the land of Egypt.
021:022 It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain
of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all
that you do.
021:023 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son.
But according to the kindness that I have done to you,
you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived
as a foreigner."
021:024 Abraham said, "I will swear."
021:025 Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well,
which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
021:026 Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing.
Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
021:027 Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech.
Those two made a covenant.
021:028 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
021:029 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs
which you have set by themselves mean?"
021:030 He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand,
that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."
021:031 Therefore he called that place Beersheba,{Beersheba can
mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."} because they
both swore there.
021:032 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up
with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned
into the land of the Philistines.
021:033 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there
on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
021:034 Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines
many days.
022:001 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham,
and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
022:002 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love,
even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there
for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will
tell you of."
022:003 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son.
He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,
and went to the place of which God had told him.
022:004 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw
the place far off.
022:005 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey.
The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come
back to you."
022:006 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on
Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife.
They both went together.
022:007 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?"
He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire
and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
022:008 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering,
my son." So they both went together.
022:009 They came to the place which God had told him of.
Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
022:010 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
kill his son.
022:011 The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said,
"Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
022:012 He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld
your son, your only son, from me."
022:013 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind
him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns.
Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt
offering instead of his son.
022:014 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide{or,
Yahweh-Jireh, or, Yahweh-Seeing}. As it is said to this day,
"On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."
022:015 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out
of the sky,
022:016 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you
have done this thing, and have not withheld your son,
your only son,
022:017 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed
greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand
which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate
of his enemies.
022:018 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
because you have obeyed my voice."
022:019 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
022:020 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to
your brother Nahor:
022:021 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
022:022 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."
022:023 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore
to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
022:024 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore
Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
023:001 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length
of Sarah's life.
023:002 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land
of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
023:003 Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children
of Heth, saying,
023:004 "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you.
Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I
may bury my dead out of my sight."
023:005 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
023:006 "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us.
Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will
withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."
023:007 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
023:008 He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me
to Ephron the son of Zohar,
023:009 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has,
which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him
give it to me among you for a possession of a burying-place."
023:010 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth.
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of
the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate
of his city, saying,
023:011 "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you
the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children
of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
023:012 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
023:013 He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of
the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me.
I will give the price of the field. Take it from me,
and I will bury my dead there."
023:014 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
023:015 "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth
four hundred shekels of silver between me and you?
Therefore bury your dead."
023:016 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron
the silver which he had named in the audience of the children
of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the
current merchants' standard.
023:017 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was
before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it,
and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all
of its borders, were deeded
023:018 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children
of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
023:019 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave
of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron),
in the land of Canaan.
023:020 The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham
for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.
024:001 Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed
Abraham in all things.
024:002 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled
over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
024:003 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God
of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son
of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
024:004 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take
a wife for my son Isaac."
024:005 The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing
to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again
to the land you came from?"
024:006 Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my
son there again.
024:007 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house,
and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore
to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed{or, offspring}.'
He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife
for my son from there.
024:008 If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall
be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my
son there again."
024:009 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master,
and swore to him concerning this matter.
024:010 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed,
having a variety of good things of his master's with him.
He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
024:011 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well
of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out
to draw water.
024:012 He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me
success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
024:013 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters
of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
024:014 Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say,
'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she
will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'--
let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac.
By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."
024:015 It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah,
the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher
on her shoulder.
024:016 The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin,
neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring,
filled her pitcher, and came up.
024:017 The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink,
a little water from your pitcher."
024:018 She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her
pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.
024:019 When she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will also draw
for your camels, until they have done drinking."
024:020 She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran
again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
024:021 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know
whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.
024:022 It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets
for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
024:023 and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me.
Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
024:024 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,
whom she bore to Nahor."
024:025 She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough,
and room to lodge in."
024:026 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
024:027 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has
not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master.
As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of
my master's relatives."
024:028 The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.
024:029 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran
out to the man, to the spring.
024:030 It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah
his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me,"
that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels
at the spring.
024:031 He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside?
For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels."
024:032 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels.
He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash
his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
024:033 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat
until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."
024:034 He said, "I am Abraham's servant.
024:035 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great.
He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold,
male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
024:036 Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old.
He has given all that he has to him.
024:037 My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife
for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose
land I live,
024:038 but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives,
and take a wife for my son.'
024:039 I said to my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'
024:040 He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his
angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife
for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.
024:041 Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives.
If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'
024:042 I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God
of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go--
024:043 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen,
that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say,
"Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink,"
024:044 and she will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for
your camels,"--let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed
for my master's son.'
024:045 Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth
with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring,
and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
024:046 She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder,
and said, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.'
So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
024:047 I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said,
'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.'
I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
024:048 I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh,
the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way
to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
024:049 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me.
If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand,
or to the left."
024:050 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh.
We can't speak to you bad or good.
024:051 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let
her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."
024:052 It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words,
he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
024:053 The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious
things to her brother and her mother.
024:054 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him,
and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said,
"Send me away to my master."
024:055 Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay
with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."
024:056 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered
my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
024:057 They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her."
024:058 They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?"
She said, "I will go."
024:059 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse,
Abraham's servant, and his men.
024:060 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you
be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed
possess the gate of those who hate them."
024:061 Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels,
and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
024:062 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived
in the land of the South.
024:063 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening.
He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there
were camels coming.
024:064 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac,
she dismounted from the camel.
024:065 She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking in
the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master."
She took her veil, and covered herself.
024:066 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
024:067 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent,
and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her.
Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
025:001 Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
025:002 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
025:003 Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons
of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
025:004 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
All these were the children of Keturah.
025:005 Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,
025:006 but to the sons of Abraham's concubines, Abraham gave gifts.
He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,
eastward, to the east country.
025:007 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived:
one hundred seventy-five years.
025:008 Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age,
an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
025:009 Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah,
in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite,
which is before Mamre,
025:010 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth.
Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.
025:011 It happened after the death of Abraham that God blessed Isaac,
his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
025:012 Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,
whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.
025:013 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,
according to the order of their birth: the firstborn
of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
025:014 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
025:015 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
025:016 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names,
by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes,
according to their nations.
025:017 These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred
thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died,
and was gathered to his people.
025:018 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you
go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
025:019 This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son.
Abraham became the father of Isaac.
025:020 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter
of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban
the Syrian, to be his wife.
025:021 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren.
Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
025:022 The children struggled together within her. She said,
"If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.
025:023 Yahweh said to her, Two nations are in your womb.
Two peoples will be separated from your body.
The one people will be stronger than the other people.
The elder will serve the younger.
025:024 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twins in her womb.
025:025 The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment.
They named him Esau.
025:026 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on
Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old
when she bore them.
025:027 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field.
Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
025:028 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison.
Rebekah loved Jacob.
025:029 Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field,
and he was famished.
025:030 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew,
for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.
025:031 Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright."
025:032 Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the
birthright to me?"
025:033 Jacob said, "Swear to me first." He swore to him.
He sold his birthright to Jacob.
025:034 Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank,
rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
026:001 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine
that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech
king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
026:002 Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt.
Live in the land I will tell you about.
026:003 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you.
For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I
will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
026:004 I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will
give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all
the nations of the earth be blessed,
026:005 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
026:006 Isaac lived in Gerar.
026:007 The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said,
"She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife,"
lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah,
because she is beautiful to look at."
026:008 It happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech
king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,
and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
026:009 Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife.
Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him,
"Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
026:010 Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us?
One of the people might easily have lain with your wife,
and you would have brought guilt on us!"
026:011 Abimelech charged all the people, saying, "He who touches this
man or his wife will surely be put to death."
026:012 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one
hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
026:013 The man grew great, and grew more and more until he
became very great.
026:014 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds,
and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
026:015 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in
the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped,
and filled with earth.
026:016 Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much
mightier than we."
026:017 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar,
and lived there.
026:018 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days
of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them
after the death of Abraham. He called their names after
the names by which his father had called them.
026:019 Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well
of springing water.
026:020 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying,
"The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek,
because they contended with him.
026:021 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also.
He called the name of it Sitnah.
026:022 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't
argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said,
"For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful
in the land."
026:023 He went up from there to Beersheba.
026:024 Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am
the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am
with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my
servant Abraham's sake."
026:025 He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh,
and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.
026:026 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend,
and Phicol the captain of his army.
026:027 Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me,
and have sent me away from you?"
026:028 They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you.
We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us
and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
026:029 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you,
and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent
you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."
026:030 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
026:031 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another.
Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
026:032 It happened the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told
him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him,
"We have found water."
026:033 He called it Shibah.{Shibah means "oath" or "seven."} Therefore
the name of the city is Beersheba{Beersheba means "well of the oath"
or "well of the seven"} to this day.
026:034 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith,
the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter
of Elon the Hittite.
026:035 They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.
027:001 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,
so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son,
and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
027:002 He said, "See now, I am old. I don't know the day of my death.
027:003 Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow,
and go out to the field, and take me venison.
027:004 Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me,
that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."
027:005 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son.
Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
027:006 Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard
your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
027:007 'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat,
and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'
027:008 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which
I command you.
027:009 Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids
of the goats. I will make them savory food for your father,
such as he loves.
027:010 You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that
he may bless you before his death."
027:011 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother
is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
027:012 What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver,
and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
027:013 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son.
Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."
027:014 He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother.
His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
027:015 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son,
which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob,
her younger son.
027:016 She put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands,
and on the smooth of his neck.
027:017 She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her son Jacob.
027:018 He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am.
Who are you, my son?"
027:019 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn.
I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat
of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
027:020 Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly,
my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."
027:021 Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you,
my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
027:022 Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said,
"The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
027:023 He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy,
like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.
027:024 He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."
027:025 He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison,
that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate.
He brought him wine, and he drank.
027:026 His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."
027:027 He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing,
and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my son
is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
027:028 God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and new wine.
027:029 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons
bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you.
Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
027:030 It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob,
and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father,
that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
027:031 He also made savory food, and brought it to his father.
He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his
son's venison, that your soul may bless me."
027:032 Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said,
"I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
027:033 Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has
taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before
you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
027:034 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an
exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father,
"Bless me, even me also, my father."
027:035 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken
away your blessing."
027:036 He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has
supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright.
See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you
reserved a blessing for me?"
027:037 Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord,
and all his brothers have I given to him for servants.
With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then
will I do for you, my son?"
027:038 Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father?
Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up
his voice, and wept.
027:039 Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth
will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.
027:040 By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall
shake his yoke from off your neck."
027:041 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father
blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning
for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
027:042 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah.
She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said
to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you
by planning to kill you.
027:043 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban,
my brother, in Haran.
027:044 Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;
027:045 until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forgets what
you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there.
Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"
027:046 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of
the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters
of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land,
what good will my life do me?"
028:001 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall
not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
028:002 Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your
mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters
of Laban, your mother's brother.
028:003 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you,
that you may be a company of peoples,
028:004 and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed
with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel,
which God gave to Abraham."
028:005 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of
Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
028:006 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away
to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as
he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not
take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"
028:007 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone
to Paddan Aram.
028:008 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac,
his father.
028:009 Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had,
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister
of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
028:010 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
028:011 He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night,
because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place,
and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
028:012 He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending
and descending on it.
028:013 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh,
the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac.
The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
028:014 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread
abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north,
and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families
of the earth be blessed.
028:015 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go,
and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you,
until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
028:016 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh
is in this place, and I didn't know it."
028:017 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place!
This is none other than God's house, and this is the
gate of heaven."
028:018 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone
that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar,
and poured oil on the top of it.
028:019 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city
was Luz at the first.
028:020 Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will
keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat,
and clothing to put on,
028:021 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh
will be my God,
028:022 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be
God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give
the tenth to you."
029:001 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of
the children of the east.
029:002 He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks
of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered
the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.
029:003 There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone
from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone
again on the well's mouth in its place.
029:004 Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?"
They said, "We are from Haran."
029:005 He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said,
"We know him."
029:006 He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well.
See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."
029:007 He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day,
not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep,
and go and feed them."
029:008 They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered
together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth.
Then we water the sheep."
029:009 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her
father's sheep, for she kept them.
029:010 It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban,
his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother,
that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth,
and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
029:011 Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
029:012 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that
he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
029:013 It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son,
that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him,
and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
029:014 Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh.
He lived with him for a month.
029:015 Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you
therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will
your wages be?"
029:016 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah,
and the name of the younger was Rachel.
029:017 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in
form and attractive.
029:018 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years
for Rachel, your younger daughter."
029:019 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I
should give her to another man. Stay with me."
029:020 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him
but a few days, for the love he had for her.
029:021 Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled,
that I may go in to her."
029:022 Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
029:023 It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him. He went in to her.
029:024 Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
029:025 It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah.
He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me?
Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have
you deceived me?"
029:026 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger
before the firstborn.
029:027 Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other
also for the service which you will serve with me yet
seven other years."
029:028 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel
his daughter as wife.
029:029 Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid,
to be her handmaid.
029:030 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah,
and served with him yet seven other years.
029:031 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb,
but Rachel was barren.
029:032 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben.
For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction.
For now my husband will love me."
029:033 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has
heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also."
She named him Simeon.
029:034 She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my
husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons."
Therefore was his name called Levi.
029:035 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time
will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah.
Then she stopped bearing.
030:001 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied
her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else
I will die."
030:002 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said,
"Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit
of the womb?"
030:003 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she
may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."
030:004 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went
in to her.
030:005 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
030:006 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice,
and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.
030:007 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob
a second son.
030:008 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,
and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
030:009 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah,
her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
030:010 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son.
030:011 Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.
030:012 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.
030:013 Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy."
She named him Asher.
030:014 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes
in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel
said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
030:015 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away
my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?"
Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for
your son's mandrakes."
030:016 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went
out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me;
for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes."
He lay with her that night.
030:017 God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob
a fifth son.
030:018 Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid
to my husband." She named him Issachar.
030:019 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
030:020 Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my
husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons."
She named him Zebulun.
030:021 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
030:022 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
030:023 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken
away my reproach."
030:024 She named him Joseph,{Joseph means "may he add."} saying,
"May Yahweh add another son to me."
030:025 It happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said
to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place,
and to my country.
030:026 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you,
and let me go; for you know my service with which I
have served you."
030:027 Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes,
stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me
for your sake."
030:028 He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."
030:029 He said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your
livestock have fared with me.
030:030 For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased
to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned.
Now when will I provide for my own house also?"
030:031 He said, "What shall I give you?" Jacob said, "You shall
not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me,
I will again feed your flock and keep it.
030:032 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there
every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among
the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats.
This will be my hire.
030:033 So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter,
when you come concerning my hire that is before you.
Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats,
and black among the sheep, that might be with me,
will be counted stolen."
030:034 Laban said, "Behold, I desire it to be according to your word."
030:035 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted,
and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted,
every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among
the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
030:036 He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob,
and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
030:037 Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree,
peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear
which was in the rods.
030:038 He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the
gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink.
They conceived when they came to drink.
030:039 The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought
forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
030:040 Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban:
and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them
into Laban's flock.
030:041 It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived,
that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock
in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
030:042 but when the flock were feeble, he didn't put them in.
So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
030:043 The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks,
female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
031:001 He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away
all that was our father's. From that which was our father's,
has he gotten all this wealth."
031:002 Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was
not toward him as before.
031:003 Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers,
and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
031:004 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
031:005 and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face,
that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father
has been with me.
031:006 You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
031:007 Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times,
but God didn't allow him to hurt me.
031:008 If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all
the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked
will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.
031:009 Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given
them to me.
031:010 It happened during mating season that I lifted up my eyes,
and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped
on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
031:011 The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said,
'Here I am.'
031:012 He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats
which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled,
for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
031:013 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you
vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land,
and return to the land of your birth.'"
031:014 Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion
or inheritance for us in our father's house?
031:015 Aren't we accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us,
and has also quite devoured our money.
031:016 For all the riches which God has taken away from our father,
that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has
said to you, do."
031:017 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
031:018 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions
which he had gathered, including the livestock which
he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father,
to the land of Canaan.
031:019 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole
the teraphim{teraphim were household idols that may have been
associated with inheritance rights to the household property.}
that were her father's.
031:020 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him
that he was running away.
031:021 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River,
and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
031:022 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
031:023 He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him
seven days' journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
031:024 God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night,
and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak
to Jacob either good or bad."
031:025 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent
in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped
in the mountain of Gilead.
031:026 Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me,
and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
031:027 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me,
that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs,
with tambourine and with harp;
031:028 and didn't allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
Now have you done foolishly.
031:029 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your
father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself
that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'
031:030 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your
father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"
031:031 Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said,
'Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.'
031:032 Anyone you find your gods with shall not live.
Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it."
For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.
031:033 Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into
the tent of the two female servants; but he didn't find them.
He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
031:034 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's
saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent,
but didn't find them.
031:035 She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I
can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me."
He searched, but didn't find the teraphim.
031:036 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered
Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have
hotly pursued after me?
031:037 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found
of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives
and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
031:038 These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your
female goats have not cast their young, and I haven't eaten
the rams of your flocks.
031:039 That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you.
I bore the loss of it. Of my hand you required it,
whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
031:040 This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me,
and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
031:041 These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen
years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock,
and you have changed my wages ten times.
031:042 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear
of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me
away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands,
and rebuked you last night."
031:043 Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters,
the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks,
and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to
these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
031:044 Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be
for a witness between me and you."
031:045 Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
031:046 Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones." They took stones,
and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.
031:047 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha,{"Jegar Sahadutha"
means "Witness Heap" in Aramaic.} but Jacob called
it Galeed.{"Galeed" means "Witness Heap" in Hebrew.}
031:048 Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day."
Therefore it was named Galeed
031:049 and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you,
when we are absent one from another.
031:050 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides
my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness
between me and you."
031:051 Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar,
which I have set between me and you.
031:052 May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness,
that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you
will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
031:053 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father,
judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of
his father, Isaac.
031:054 Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his
relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night
in the mountain.
031:055 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and
his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned
to his place.
032:001 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
032:002 When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army."
He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
032:003 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother,
to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
032:004 He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell
my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says.
I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
032:005 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants.
I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"
032:006 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your
brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you,
and four hundred men with him."
032:007 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed.
He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks,
and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
032:008 and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it,
then the company which is left will escape."
032:009 Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my
father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country,
and to your relatives, and I will do you good,'
032:010 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses,
and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant;
for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I
have become two companies.
032:011 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau:
for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers
with the children.
032:012 You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed
as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there
are so many.'"
032:013 He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had
with him, a present for Esau, his brother:
032:014 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred
ewes and twenty rams,
032:015 thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls,
twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
032:016 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd
by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me,
and put a space between herd and herd."
032:017 He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you,
and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going?
Whose are these before you?'
032:018 Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a
present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'"
032:019 He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed
the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau,
when you find him.
032:020 You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob,
is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present
that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face.
Perhaps he will accept me."
032:021 So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged
that night in the camp.
032:022 He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids,
and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
032:023 He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over
that which he had.
032:024 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until
the breaking of the day.
032:025 When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched
the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh
was strained, as he wrestled.
032:026 The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said,
"I won't let you go, unless you bless me."
032:027 He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."
032:028 He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel;
for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
032:029 Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name."
He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?"
He blessed him there.
032:030 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel{Peniel means "face
of God."}: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face,
and my life is preserved."
032:031 The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped
because of his thigh.
032:032 Therefore the children of Israel don't eat the sinew of
the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day,
because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew
of the hip.
033:001 Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming,
and with him four hundred men. He divided the children
between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.
033:002 He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her
children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
033:003 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself
to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
033:004 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him,
and they wept.
033:005 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;
and said, "Who are these with you?" He said, "The children
whom God has graciously given your servant."
033:006 Then the handmaids came near with their children,
and they bowed themselves.
033:007 Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves.
After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
033:008 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?"
Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
033:009 Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you
have be yours."
033:010 Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight,
then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face,
as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
033:011 Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has
dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough."
He urged him, and he took it.
033:012 Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I
will go before you."
033:013 Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender,
and that the flocks and herds with me have their young,
and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
033:014 Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I
will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock
that are before me and according to the pace of the children,
until I come to my lord to Seir."
033:015 Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are
with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight
of my lord."
033:016 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
033:017 Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made
shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place
is called Succoth.{succoth means shelters or booths.}
033:018 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is
in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram;
and encamped before the city.
033:019 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent,
at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father,
for one hundred pieces of money.
033:020 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.{El
Elohe Israel means "God, the God of Israel" or "The God
of Israel is mighty."}
034:001 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out
to see the daughters of the land.
034:002 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her.
He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
034:003 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved
the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
034:004 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young
lady as a wife."
034:005 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter;
and his sons were with his livestock in the field.
Jacob held his peace until they came.
034:006 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
034:007 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it.
The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he
had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter;
a which thing ought not to be done.
034:008 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem,
longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
034:009 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take
our daughters for yourselves.
034:010 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you.
Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."
034:011 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find
favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
034:012 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever
you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."
034:013 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit,
and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
034:014 and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister
to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
034:015 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will
be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
034:016 then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take
your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we
will become one people.
034:017 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we
will take our sister,{Hebrew has, literally, "daughter"} and we
will be gone."
034:018 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
034:019 The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight
in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house
of his father.
034:020 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city,
and talked with the men of their city, saying,
034:021 "These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land
and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them.
Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give
them our daughters.
034:022 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us,
to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised,
as they are circumcised.
034:023 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their
animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them,
and they will dwell with us."
034:024 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor,
and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised,
all who went out of the gate of his city.
034:025 It happened on the third day, when they were sore,
that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers,
each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city,
and killed all the males.
034:026 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword,
and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.
034:027 Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city,
because they had defiled their sister.
034:028 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which
was in the city, that which was in the field,
034:029 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones
and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was
in the house.
034:030 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me,
to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land,
among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number.
They will gather themselves together against me and strike me,
and I will be destroyed, I and my house."
034:031 They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"
035:001 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there.
Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled
from the face of Esau your brother."
035:002 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him,
"Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves,
change your garments.
035:003 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there
an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress,
and was with me in the way which I went."
035:004 They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands,
and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them
under the oak which was by Shechem.
035:005 They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were
around them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.
035:006 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land
of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
035:007 He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El;
because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from
the face of his brother.
035:008 Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel
under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bacuth.
035:009 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram,
and blessed him.
035:010 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall
not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel."
He named him Israel.
035:011 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings
will come out of your body.
035:012 The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you,
and to your seed after you will I give the land."
035:013 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
035:014 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him,
a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it,
and poured oil on it.
035:015 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
035:016 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance
to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
035:017 When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her,
"Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."
035:018 It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died),
that she named him Benoni,{"Benoni" means "son of my
trouble."} but his father named him Benjamin.{"Benjamin"
means "son of my right hand."}
035:019 Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath
(the same is Bethlehem).
035:020 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar
of Rachel's grave to this day.
035:021 Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
035:022 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and
lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
035:023 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn),
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
035:024 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
035:025 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.
035:026 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher.
These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
035:027 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba
(which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
035:028 The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
035:029 Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people,
old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
036:001 Now this is the history of the generations of Esau
(that is, Edom).
036:002 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter
of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah,
the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;
036:003 and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
036:004 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.
036:005 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons
of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
036:006 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members
of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all
his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan,
and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
036:007 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together,
and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because
of their livestock.
036:008 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
036:009 This is the history of the generations of Esau the father
of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:
036:010 these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son
of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath,
the wife of Esau.
036:011 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
036:012 Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore
to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
036:013 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
036:014 These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah,
the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to
Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
036:015 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of
Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar,
chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
036:016 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs
who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the
sons of Adah.
036:017 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son:
chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah:
these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom;
these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
036:018 These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush,
chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came
of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
036:019 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these
are their chiefs.
036:020 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land:
Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
036:021 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came
of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
036:022 The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan's sister was Timna.
036:023 These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho,
and Onam.
036:024 These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.
This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness,
as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
036:025 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah,
the daughter of Anah.
036:026 These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran,
and Cheran.
036:027 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
036:028 These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
036:029 These are the chiefs who came of the Horites: chief Lotan,
chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,
036:030 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan: these are
the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs
in the land of Seir.
036:031 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom,
before any king reigned over the children of Israel.
036:032 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his
city was Dinhabah.
036:033 Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah,
reigned in his place.
036:034 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned
in his place.
036:035 Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck
Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place.
The name of his city was Avith.
036:036 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
036:037 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river,
reigned in his place.
036:038 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor reigned
in his place.
036:039 Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place.
The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel,
the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
036:040 These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to
their families, after their places, and by their names:
chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
036:041 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
036:042 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
036:043 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom,
according to their habitations in the land of their possession.
This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
037:001 Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the
land of Canaan.
037:002 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers.
He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives.
Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
037:003 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children,
because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat
of many colors.
037:004 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than
all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak
peaceably to him.
037:005 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers,
and they hated him all the more.
037:006 He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
037:007 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold,
my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves
came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."
037:008 His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us?
Or will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him
all the more for his dreams and for his words.
037:009 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers,
and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream:
and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed
down to me."
037:010 He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him,
and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed?
Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow
ourselves down to you to the earth?"
037:011 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
037:012 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
037:013 Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding
the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them."
He said to him, "Here I am."
037:014 He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers,
and well with the flock; and bring me word again."
So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
037:015 A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field.
The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
037:016 He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please,
where they are feeding the flock."
037:017 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say,
'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers,
and found them in Dothan.
037:018 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them,
they conspired against him to kill him.
037:019 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.
037:020 Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one
of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.'
We will see what will become of his dreams."
037:021 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said,
"Let's not take his life."
037:022 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this
pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"--
that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him
to his father.
037:023 It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped
Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
037:024 and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty.
There was no water in it.
037:025 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked,
and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead,
with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh,
going to carry it down to Egypt.
037:026 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill
our brother and conceal his blood?
037:027 Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let
our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh."
His brothers listened to him.
037:028 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.
037:029 Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit;
and he tore his clothes.
037:030 He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more;
and I, where will I go?"
037:031 They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped
the coat in the blood.
037:032 They took the coat of many colors, and they brought
it to their father, and said, "We have found this.
Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."
037:033 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat.
An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt
torn in pieces."
037:034 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist,
and mourned for his son many days.
037:035 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him,
but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down
to Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.} to my son mourning."
His father wept for him.
037:036 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer
of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
038:001 It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers,
and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
038:002 Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name
was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
038:003 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
038:004 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
038:005 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah:
and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
038:006 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
038:007 Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh.
Yahweh killed him.
038:008 Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform
the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed
to your brother."
038:009 Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened,
when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it
on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
038:010 The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
and he killed him also.
038:011 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow
in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;"
for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers."
Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
038:012 After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died.
Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah,
he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
038:013 It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going
up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
038:014 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood,
and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself,
and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah;
for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given
to him as a wife.
038:015 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute,
for she had covered her face.
038:016 He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come,
let me come in to you," for he didn't know that she was
his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me,
that you may come in to me?"
038:017 He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock."
She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"
038:018 He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said, "Your signet
and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand."
He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
038:019 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her,
and put on the garments of her widowhood.
038:020 Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend,
the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand,
but he didn't find her.
038:021 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is
the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said,
"There has been no prostitute here."
038:022 He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her;
and also the men of the place said, 'There has been
no prostitute here.'"
038:023 Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent
this kid, and you haven't found her."
038:024 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah,
saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute;
and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution."
Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
038:025 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law,
saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child."
She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet,
and the cords, and the staff."
038:026 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous
than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son."
He knew her again no more.
038:027 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold,
twins were in her womb.
038:028 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied
a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."
038:029 It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother
came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?"
Therefore his name was called Perez.{Perez means "breaking out."}
038:030 Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet
thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.{Zerah
means "scarlet" or "brightness."}
039:001 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer
of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian,
bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought
him down there.
039:002 Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man.
He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
039:003 His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made
all that he did prosper in his hand.
039:004 Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him,
and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had
he put into his hand.
039:005 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house,
and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's
house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on
all that he had, in the house and in the field.
039:006 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern
himself with anything, except for the food which he ate.
Joseph was well-built and handsome.
039:007 It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast
her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
039:008 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master
doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put
all that he has into my hand.
039:009 He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept
back anything from me but you, because you are his wife.
How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
039:010 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her,
to lie by her, or to be with her.
039:011 About this time, he went into the house to do his work,
and there were none of the men of the house inside.
039:012 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!"
He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
039:013 When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand,
and had run outside,
039:014 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them,
saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us.
He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
039:015 It happened, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried,
that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."
039:016 She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
039:017 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew
servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
039:018 and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left
his garment by me, and ran outside."
039:019 It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant
did to me," that his wrath was kindled.
039:020 Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison,
the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was
there in custody.
039:021 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him,
and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
039:022 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all
the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there,
he was responsible for it.
039:023 The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under
his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did,
Yahweh made it prosper.
040:001 It happened after these things, that the butler of the king
of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
040:002 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer
and the chief baker.
040:003 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,
into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
040:004 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took
care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
040:005 They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night,
each man according to the interpretation of his dream,
the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were
bound in the prison.
040:006 Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw
that they were sad.
040:007 He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his
master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"
040:008 They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there
is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them,
"Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
040:009 The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him,
"In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,
040:010 and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded,
its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters of it brought
forth ripe grapes.
040:011 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes,
and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup
into Pharaoh's hand."
040:012 Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it:
the three branches are three days.
040:013 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head,
and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup
into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer.
040:014 But remember me when it will be well with you, and show
kindness, please, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh,
and bring me out of this house.
040:015 For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews,
and here also have I done nothing that they should put me
into the dungeon."
040:016 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good,
he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold,
three baskets of white bread were on my head.
040:017 In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food
for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket
on my head."
040:018 Joseph answered, "This is the interpretation of it.
The three baskets are three days.
040:019 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from
off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat
your flesh from off you."
040:020 It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday,
that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up
the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief
baker among his servants.
040:021 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again,
and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;
040:022 but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
040:023 Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
041:001 It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed:
and behold, he stood by the river.
041:002 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat,
and they fed in the marsh grass.
041:003 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river,
ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink
of the river.
041:004 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle.
So Pharaoh awoke.
041:005 He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads
of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
041:006 Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind,
sprung up after them.
041:007 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears.
Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
041:008 It happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled,
and he sent and called for all of Egypt's magicians and wise men.
Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could
interpret them to Pharaoh.
041:009 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember
my faults today.
041:010 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in
the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
041:011 We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man
according to the interpretation of his dream.
041:012 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain
of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams.
To each man according to his dream he interpreted.
041:013 It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was:
he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."
041:014 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily
out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing,
and came in to Pharaoh.
041:015 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there
is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you,
that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."
041:016 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me.
God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."
041:017 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on
the brink of the river:
041:018 and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle,
fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,
041:019 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and
very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land
of Egypt for ugliness.
041:020 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle,
041:021 and when they had eaten them up, it couldn't be known that they
had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning.
So I awoke.
041:022 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up
on one stalk, full and good:
041:023 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted
with the east wind, sprung up after them.
041:024 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain.
I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could
explain it to me."
041:025 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one.
What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
041:026 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads
of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
041:027 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are
seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted
with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
041:028 That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about
to do he has shown to Pharaoh.
041:029 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout
all the land of Egypt.
041:030 There will arise after them seven years of famine,
and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt.
The famine will consume the land,
041:031 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that
famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.
041:032 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established
by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
041:033 "Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man,
and set him over the land of Egypt.
041:034 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land,
and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce
in the seven plenteous years.
041:035 Let them gather all the food of these good years that come,
and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities,
and let them keep it.
041:036 The food will be for a store to the land against the seven
years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt;
that the land not perish through the famine."
041:037 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes
of all his servants.
041:038 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this,
a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
041:039 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this,
there is none so discreet and wise as you.
041:040 You shall be over my house, and according to your word
will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be
greater than you."
041:041 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all
the land of Egypt."
041:042 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it
on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen,
and put a gold chain about his neck,
041:043 and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had.
They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all
the land of Egypt.
041:044 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall
no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."
041:045 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave
him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife.
Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
041:046 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king
of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,
and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
041:047 In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly.
041:048 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were
in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities:
the food of the field, which was round about every city,
he laid up in the same.
041:049 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much,
until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
041:050 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came,
whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On,
bore to him.
041:051 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,{"Manasseh"
sounds like the Hebrew for "forget."} "For," he said, "God has
made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
041:052 The name of the second, he called Ephraim{"Ephraim"
sounds like the Hebrew for "twice fruitful."}: "For God has
made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
041:053 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt,
came to an end.
041:054 The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said.
There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt
there was bread.
041:055 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh
for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph.
What he says to you, do."
041:056 The famine was over all the surface of the earth.
Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians.
The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
041:057 All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain,
because the famine was severe in all the earth.
042:001 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said
to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
042:002 He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt.
Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live,
and not die."
042:003 Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
042:004 But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers;
for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."
042:005 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came,
for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
042:006 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold
to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came,
and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
042:007 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted
like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them.
He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said,
"From the land of Canaan to buy food."
042:008 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.
042:009 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them,
and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see
the nakedness of the land."
042:010 They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come
to buy food.
042:011 We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants
are not spies."
042:012 He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness
of the land."
042:013 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons
of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest
is this day with our father, and one is no more."
042:014 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies.'
042:015 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh,
you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest
brother comes here.
042:016 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound,
that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you,
or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
042:017 He put them all together into custody for three days.
042:018 Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live,
for I fear God.
042:019 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound
in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine
of your houses.
042:020 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified,
and you won't die." They did so.
042:021 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning
our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul,
when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this
distress has come upon us."
042:022 Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying,
'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen?
Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."
042:023 They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was
an interpreter between them.
042:024 He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned
to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them,
and bound him before their eyes.
042:025 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain,
and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give
them food for the way. So it was done to them.
042:026 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
042:027 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the
lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth
of his sack.
042:028 He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it is
in my sack!" Their hearts failed them, and they turned
trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has
done to us?"
042:029 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan,
and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
042:030 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us,
and took us for spies of the country.
042:031 We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.
042:032 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more,
and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'
042:033 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know
that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me,
and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
042:034 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know
that you are not spies, but that you are honest men.
So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade
in the land.'"
042:035 It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's
bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father
saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
042:036 Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me
of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more,
and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things
are against me."
042:037 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons,
if I don't bring him to you. Entrust him to my care,
and I will bring him to you again."
042:038 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother
is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along
the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray
hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
043:001 The famine was severe in the land.
043:002 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again,
buy us a little more food."
043:003 Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying,
'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'
043:004 If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,
043:005 but if you'll not send him, we'll not go down, for the man
said to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother
is with you.'"
043:006 Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man
that you had another brother?"
043:007 They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves,
and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive?
Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions.
Is there any way we could know that he would say,
'Bring your brother down?'"
043:008 Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me,
and we'll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die,
both we, and you, and also our little ones.
043:009 I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him.
If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you,
then let me bear the blame forever,
043:010 for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a second
time by now."
043:011 Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so, then do this.
Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry
down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey,
spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;
043:012 and take double money in your hand, and take back
the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks.
Perhaps it was an oversight.
043:013 Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.
043:014 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man,
that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin.
If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."
043:015 The men took that present, and they took double money in
their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt,
and stood before Joseph.
043:016 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of
his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal,
and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon."
043:017 The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men
to Joseph's house.
043:018 The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house;
and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our
sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek
occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves,
along with our donkeys."
043:019 They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they
spoke to him at the door of the house,
043:020 and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time
to buy food.
043:021 When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks,
and behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack,
our money in full weight. We have brought it back in our hand.
043:022 We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food.
We don't know who put our money in our sacks."
043:023 He said, "Peace be to you. Don't be afraid. Your God,
and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks.
I received your money." He brought Simeon out to them.
043:024 The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water,
and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.
043:025 They made ready the present for Joseph's coming at noon,
for they heard that they should eat bread there.
043:026 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was
in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him
to the earth.
043:027 He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well,
the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"
043:028 They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive."
They bowed the head, and did homage.
043:029 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother,
his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother,
of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious
to you, my son."
043:030 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother;
and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room,
and wept there.
043:031 He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself,
and said, "Serve the meal."
043:032 They served him by himself, and them by themselves,
and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves,
because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews,
for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
043:033 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,
and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled
one with another.
043:034 He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's
portion was five times as much as any of theirs.
They drank, and were merry with him.
044:001 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's
sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every
man's money in his sack's mouth.
044:002 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest,
with his grain money." He did according to the word that
Joseph had spoken.
044:003 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away,
they and their donkeys.
044:004 When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off,
Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men.
When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded
evil for good?
044:005 Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and by which
he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.'"
044:006 He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
044:007 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these?
Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
044:008 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought
again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we
steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
044:009 With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die,
and we also will be my lord's bondservants."
044:010 He said, "Now also let it be according to your words:
he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you
will be blameless."
044:011 Then they hurried, and every man took his sack down to the ground,
and every man opened his sack.
044:012 He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest.
The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
044:013 Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey,
and returned to the city.
044:014 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was
still there. They fell on the ground before him.
044:015 Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done?
Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"
044:016 Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak?
Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity
of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants,
both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."
044:017 He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man
in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant;
but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
044:018 Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord,
please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears,
and don't let your anger burn against your servant;
for you are even as Pharaoh.
044:019 My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father,
or a brother?'
044:020 We said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child
of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead,
and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.'
044:021 You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may
set my eyes on him.'
044:022 We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father:
for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
044:023 You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes
down with you, you will see my face no more.'
044:024 It happened when we came up to your servant my father,
we told him the words of my lord.
044:025 Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'
044:026 We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us,
then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face,
unless our youngest brother is with us.'
044:027 Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife
bore me two sons:
044:028 and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn
in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.
044:029 If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him,
you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'
044:030 Now therefore when I come to your servant my father,
and the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up
in the boy's life;
044:031 it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more,
that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray
hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.
044:032 For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father,
saying, 'If I don't bring him to you, then I will bear
the blame to my father forever.'
044:033 Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy,
a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
044:034 For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me?--
lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
045:001 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood
before him, and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!"
No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known
to his brothers.
045:002 He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
045:003 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father
still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they
were terrified at his presence.
045:004 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please."
They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother,
whom you sold into Egypt.
045:005 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold
me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
045:006 For these two years the famine has been in the land,
and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither
plowing nor harvest.
045:007 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth,
and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
045:008 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has
made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler
over all the land of Egypt.
045:009 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what
your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt.
Come down to me. Don't wait.
045:010 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near
to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks,
your herds, and all that you have.
045:011 There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine;
lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all
that you have."'
045:012 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,
that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
045:013 You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt,
and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring
my father down here."
045:014 He fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin
wept on his neck.
045:015 He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his
brothers talked with him.
045:016 The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,
"Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well,
and his servants.
045:017 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this.
Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
045:018 Take your father and your households, and come to me,
and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you
will eat the fat of the land.'
045:019 Now you are commanded: do this. Take wagons out of the land
of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring
your father, and come.
045:020 Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings,
for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."
045:021 The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons,
according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them
provision for the way.
045:022 He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave
three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
045:023 To his father, he sent after this manner: ten donkeys loaded
with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded
with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.
045:024 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed.
He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the way."
045:025 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan,
to Jacob their father.
045:026 They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is
ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted,
for he didn't believe them.
045:027 They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them.
When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him,
the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.
045:028 Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive.
I will go and see him before I die."
046:001 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba,
and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
046:002 God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said,
"Jacob, Jacob!" He said, "Here I am."
046:003 He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go
down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
046:004 I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring
you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."
046:005 Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob,
their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons
which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
046:006 They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten
in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt--Jacob, and all
his seed with him,
046:007 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters,
and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his seed with
him into Egypt.
046:008 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came
into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
046:009 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
046:010 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul
the son of a Canaanite woman.
046:011 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
046:012 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah;
but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez
were Hezron and Hamul.
046:013 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
046:014 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
046:015 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,
with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his
daughters were thirty-three.
046:016 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi,
and Areli.
046:017 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah
their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
046:018 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah,
his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
046:019 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
046:020 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,
bore to him.
046:021 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman,
Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
046:022 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob:
all the souls were fourteen.
046:023 The son of Dan: Hushim.
046:024 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
046:025 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter,
and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
046:026 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his
direct descendants, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the
souls were sixty-six.
046:027 The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls.
All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt,
were seventy.
046:028 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him
to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
046:029 Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel,
his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him,
and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
046:030 Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen
your face, that you are still alive."
046:031 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house,
"I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him,
'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land
of Canaan, have come to me.
046:032 These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock,
and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,
and all that they have.'
046:033 It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say,
'What is your occupation?'
046:034 that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock
from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:'
that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd
is an abomination to the Egyptians."
047:001 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father
and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that
they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold,
they are in the land of Goshen."
047:002 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented
them to Pharaoh.
047:003 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?"
They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we,
and our fathers."
047:004 They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in
the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks.
For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore,
please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
047:005 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers
have come to you.
047:006 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your
brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell
in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them,
then put them in charge of my livestock."
047:007 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh,
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
047:008 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years
of your life?"
047:009 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage
are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been
the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained
to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days
of their pilgrimage."
047:010 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
047:011 Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them
a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land,
in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
047:012 Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his
father's household, with bread, according to their families.
047:013 There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe,
so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted
by reason of the famine.
047:014 Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought:
and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
047:015 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in
the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said,
"Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence?
For our money fails."
047:016 Joseph said, "Give me your livestock; and I will give you food
for your livestock, if your money is gone."
047:017 They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave
them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks,
and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them
with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
047:018 When that year was ended, they came to him the second year,
and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord how our money
is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord's. There
is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies,
and our lands.
047:019 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land?
Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will
be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live,
and not die, and that the land won't be desolate."
047:020 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh,
for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine
was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh's.
047:021 As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end
of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
047:022 Only he didn't buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a
portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them.
That is why they didn't sell their land.
047:023 Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have bought you
and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you,
and you shall sow the land.
047:024 It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth
to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed
of the field, for your food, for them of your households,
and for food for your little ones."
047:025 They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor
in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
047:026 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt
to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth.
Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.
047:027 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen;
and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful,
and multiplied exceedingly.
047:028 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one
hundred forty-seven years.
047:029 The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph,
and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put
your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me.
Please don't bury me in Egypt,
047:030 but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me
out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place."
He said, "I will do as you have said."
047:031 He said, "Swear to me," and he swore to him. Israel bowed
himself on the bed's head.
048:001 It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold,
your father is sick." He took with him his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim.
048:002 Someone told Jacob, and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,"
and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
048:003 Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz
in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
048:004 and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you,
and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this
land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.'
048:005 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt
before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh,
even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
048:006 Your issue, who you become the father of after them, will be yours.
They will be called after the name of their brothers
in their inheritance.
048:007 As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land
of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come
to Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath
(the same is Bethlehem)."
048:008 Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"
048:009 Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God
has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me,
and I will bless them."
048:010 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see.
He brought them near to him; and he kissed them,
and embraced them.
048:011 Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face,
and behold, God has let me see your seed also."
048:012 Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed
himself with his face to the earth.
048:013 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's
left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's
right hand, and brought them near to him.
048:014 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head,
who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head,
guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
048:015 He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life
long to this day,
048:016 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads,
and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers
Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst
of the earth."
048:017 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head
of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand,
to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
048:018 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is
the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
048:019 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know.
He also will become a people, and he also will be great.
However, his younger brother will be greater than he,
and his seed will become a multitude of nations."
048:020 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless,
saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set
Ephraim before Manasseh.
048:021 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be
with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
048:022 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers,
which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword
and with my bow."
049:001 Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together,
that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the
days to come.
049:002 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob.
Listen to Israel, your father.
049:003 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning
of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
049:004 Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you
went up to your father's bed, then defiled it.
He went up to my couch.
049:005 "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
049:006 My soul, don't come into their council. My glory, don't be
united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men.
In their self-will they hamstrung oxen.
049:007 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath,
for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter
them in Israel.
049:008 "Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be
on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow
down before you.
049:009 Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness.
Who will rouse him up?
049:010 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff
from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs.
To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
049:011 Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine;
he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the
blood of grapes.
049:012 His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
049:013 "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for
a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
049:014 "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
049:015 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land,
that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden,
and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
049:016 "Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
049:017 Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path,
That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
049:018 I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
049:019 "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
049:020 "Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.
049:021 "Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
049:022 "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring.
His branches run over the wall.
049:023 The archers have sorely grieved him, shot at him,
and persecute him:
049:024 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were
made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
(from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
049:025 even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty,
who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts,
and of the womb.
049:026 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings
of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills.
They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head
of him who is separated from his brothers.
049:027 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour
the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."
049:028 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this
is what their father spoke to them and blessed them.
He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
049:029 He charged them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people.
Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field
of Ephron the Hittite,
049:030 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre,
in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field
from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
049:031 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they
buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
049:032 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased
from the children of Heth."
049:033 When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered
up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit,
and was gathered to his people.
050:001 Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.
050:002 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father;
and the physicians embalmed Israel.
050:003 Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many
the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him
for seventy days.
050:004 When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke
to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor
in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
050:005 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me
in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan."
Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father,
and I will come again.'"
050:006 Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, just like he
made you swear."
050:007 Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up
all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house,
all the elders of the land of Egypt,
050:008 all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house.
Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds,
they left in the land of Goshen.
050:009 There went up with him both chariots and horsemen.
It was a very great company.
050:010 They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan,
and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation.
He mourned for his father seven days.
050:011 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning
in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning
by the Egyptians." Therefore, the name of it was called
Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
050:012 His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
050:013 for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried
him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham
bought with the field, for a possession of a burial site,
from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
050:014 Joseph returned into Egypt--he, and his brothers, and all
that went up with him to bury his father, after he had
buried his father.
050:015 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,
"It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us
back for all of the evil which we did to him."
050:016 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded
before he died, saying,
050:017 'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience
of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."'
Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God
of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
050:018 His brothers also went and fell down before his face;
and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
050:019 Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
050:020 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good,
to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
050:021 Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your
little ones." He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
050:022 Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house.
Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
050:023 Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation.
The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born
on Joseph's knees.
050:024 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely
visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land
which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
050:025 Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, "God will
surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."
050:026 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they
embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Book 02 Exodus
001:001 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt
(every man and his household came with Jacob):
001:002 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
001:003 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
001:004 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
001:005 All the souls who came out of Jacob's body were seventy souls,
and Joseph was in Egypt already.
001:006 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
001:007 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly,
and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land
was filled with them.
001:008 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph.
001:009 He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children
of Israel are more and mightier than we.
001:010 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply,
and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join
themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape
out of the land."
001:011 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict
them with their burdens. They built storage cities
for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
001:012 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied
and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of
the children of Israel.
001:013 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
001:014 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar
and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field,
all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
001:015 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name
of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
001:016 and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife
to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool;
if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter,
then she shall live."
001:017 But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king
of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
001:018 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them,
"Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?"
001:019 The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women
aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous,
and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
001:020 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied,
and grew very mighty.
001:021 It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he
gave them families.
001:022 Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every
son who is born into the river, and every daughter you
shall save alive."
002:001 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi
as his wife.
002:002 The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was
a fine child, she hid him three months.
002:003 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus
basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch.
She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by
the river's bank.
002:004 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
002:005 Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river.
Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket
among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.
002:006 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried.
She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of
the Hebrews' children."
002:007 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go
and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she
may nurse the child for you?"
002:008 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." The maiden went and called
the child's mother.
002:009 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away,
and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages."
The woman took the child, and nursed it.
002:010 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter,
and he became her son. She named him Moses,{"Moses"
sounds like the Hebrew for "draw out".} and said, "Because I
drew him out of the water."
002:011 It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up,
that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens.
He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
002:012 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there
was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
002:013 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews
were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong,
"Why do you strike your fellow?"
002:014 He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan
to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid,
and said, "Surely this thing is known."
002:015 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses.
But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land
of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
002:016 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters.
They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water
their father's flock.
002:017 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up
and helped them, and watered their flock.
002:018 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it
that you have returned so early today?"
002:019 They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,
and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."
002:020 He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you
have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
002:021 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave
Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
002:022 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,{"Gershom"
sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."} for he said,
"I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
002:023 It happened in the course of those many days, that the king
of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of
the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God
because of the bondage.
002:024 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
002:025 God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about them.
003:001 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law,
the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back
of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
003:002 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out
of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush
burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
003:003 Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight,
why the bush is not burnt."
003:004 When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him
out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said,
"Here I am."
003:005 He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet,
for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
003:006 Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."
Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
003:007 Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are
in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters,
for I know their sorrows.
003:008 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land,
to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place
of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
003:009 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me.
Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the
Egyptians oppress them.
003:010 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh,
that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel,
out of Egypt."
003:011 Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh,
and that I should bring forth the children of Israel
out of Egypt?"
003:012 He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token
to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth
the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
003:013 Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children
of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has
sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?'
What should I tell them?"
003:014 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell
the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
003:015 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of
Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.'
This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
003:016 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them,
'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac,
and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely
visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
003:017 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction
of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite,
the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
to a land flowing with milk and honey."'
003:018 They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and
the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall
tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us.
Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness,
that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
003:019 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission
to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
003:020 I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders
which I will do in the midst of it, and after that he will
let you go.
003:021 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
003:022 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits
her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing;
and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters.
You shall despoil the Egyptians.
004:001 Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me,
nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not
appeared to you.'"
004:002 Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?"
He said, "A rod."
004:003 He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground,
and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
004:004 Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail."
He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became
a rod in his hand.
004:005 "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
has appeared to you."
004:006 Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside
your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took
it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
004:007 He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again."
He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out
of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
004:008 "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen
to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe
the voice of the latter sign.
004:009 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs,
neither listen to your voice, that you shall take
of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land.
The water which you take out of the river will become blood
on the dry land."
004:010 Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent,
neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant;
for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
004:011 Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute,
or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?
004:012 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach
you what you shall speak."
004:013 He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
004:014 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said,
"What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can
speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you.
When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
004:015 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth.
I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach
you what you shall do.
004:016 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen,
that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
004:017 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall
do the signs."
004:018 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law,
and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers
who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive."
Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
004:019 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt;
for all the men who sought your life are dead."
004:020 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey,
and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod
in his hand.
004:021 Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you
do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand,
but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
004:022 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is
my son, my firstborn,
004:023 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;"
and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill
your son, your firstborn.'"
004:024 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met
him and wanted to kill him.
004:025 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son,
and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a
bridegroom of blood to me."
004:026 So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom
of blood," because of the circumcision.
004:027 Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."
He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.
004:028 Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had
sent him, and all the signs with which he had charged him.
004:029 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders
of the children of Israel.
004:030 Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
004:031 The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited
the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction,
then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
005:001 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is
what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go,
that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
005:002 Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice
to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will
not let Israel go."
005:003 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us.
Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness,
and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us
with pestilence, or with the sword."
005:004 The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron,
take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
005:005 Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many,
and you make them rest from their burdens."
005:006 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people,
and their officers, saying,
005:007 "You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before.
Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
005:008 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require
from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they
are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice
to our God.'
005:009 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein;
and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."
005:010 The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers,
and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says:
"I will not give you straw.
005:011 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing
of your work shall be diminished."
005:012 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land
of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
005:013 The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily,
as when there was straw!"
005:014 The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded,
"Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today,
in making brick as before?"
005:015 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried
to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
005:016 No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us,
'Make brick!' and behold, your servants are beaten;
but the fault is in your own people."
005:017 But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say,
'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'
005:018 Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you,
yet shall you deliver the same number of bricks!"
005:019 The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were
in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything
from your daily quota of bricks!"
005:020 They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came
forth from Pharaoh:
005:021 and they said to them, "May Yahweh look at you, and judge,
because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes
of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword
in their hand to kill us."
005:022 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Lord, why have you brought
trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
005:023 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has
brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered
your people at all."
006:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh,
for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong
hand he shall drive them out of his land."
006:002 God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;
006:003 and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty;
but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
006:004 I have also established my covenant with them, to give them
the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they
lived as aliens.
006:005 Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel,
whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered
my covenant.
006:006 Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I
will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians,
and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem
you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
006:007 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God;
and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you
out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
006:008 I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage:
I am Yahweh.'"
006:009 Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen
to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
006:010 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
006:011 "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children
of Israel go out of his land."
006:012 Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel
haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me,
who am of uncircumcised lips?"
006:013 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge
to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt,
to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
006:014 These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben
the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
these are the families of Reuben.
006:015 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,
and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman;
these are the families of Simeon.
006:016 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to
their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years
of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
006:017 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
006:018 The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron,
and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one
hundred thirty-three years.
006:019 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families
of the Levites according to their generations.
006:020 Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife;
and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life
of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
006:021 The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
006:022 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
006:023 Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab,
the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
006:024 The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph;
these are the families of the Korahites.
006:025 Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife;
and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers'
houses of the Levites according to their families.
006:026 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said,
"Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt
according to their armies."
006:027 These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt,
to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt.
These are that Moses and Aaron.
006:028 It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the
land of Egypt,
006:029 that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh.
Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."
006:030 Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"
007:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh;
and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
007:002 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother
shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel
go out of his land.
007:003 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my
wonders in the land of Egypt.
007:004 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt,
and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel,
out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
007:005 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch
forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel
from among them."
007:006 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
007:007 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old,
when they spoke to Pharaoh.
007:008 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
007:009 "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!'
then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down
before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"
007:010 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh
had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh
and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
007:011 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers.
They also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner
with their enchantments.
007:012 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:
but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
007:013 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them;
as Yahweh had spoken.
007:014 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn.
He refuses to let the people go.
007:015 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water;
and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him;
and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take
in your hand.
007:016 You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent
me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me
in the wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened.
007:017 Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh.
Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters
which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
007:018 The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall
become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water
from the river."'"
007:019 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt,
over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools,
and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood;
and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt,
both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"
007:020 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted
up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river,
in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants;
and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
007:021 The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul,
and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river;
and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
007:022 The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments;
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them;
as Yahweh had spoken.
007:023 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay
even this to heart.
007:024 All the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink;
for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.
007:025 Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
008:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him,
"This is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they
may serve me.
008:002 If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your
borders with frogs:
008:003 and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come
into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed,
and into the house of your servants, and on your people,
and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs:
008:004 and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people,
and on all your servants.'"
008:005 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with
your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools,
and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'"
008:006 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt;
and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
008:007 The magicians did in like manner with their enchantments,
and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
008:008 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh,
that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people;
and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
008:009 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting
the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants,
and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you
and your houses, and remain in the river only."
008:010 He said, "Tomorrow." He said, "Be it according to your word,
that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our God.
008:011 The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses,
and from your servants, and from your people. They shall
remain in the river only."
008:012 Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh
concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
008:013 Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died
out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.
008:014 They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
008:015 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened
his heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
008:016 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod,
and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.'"
008:017 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod,
and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man,
and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.
008:018 The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice,
but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.
008:019 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God:"
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them;
as Yahweh had spoken.
008:020 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water;
and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go,
that they may serve me.
008:021 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms
of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people,
and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be
full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
008:022 I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which
my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there;
to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst
of the earth.
008:023 I will put a division between my people and your people:
by tomorrow shall this sign be."'"
008:024 Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies
into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses:
and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason
of the swarms of flies.
008:025 Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to
your God in the land!"
008:026 Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God.
Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians
before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
008:027 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice
to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."
008:028 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh
your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away.
Pray for me."
008:029 Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray
to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh,
from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't
let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people
go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
008:030 Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
008:031 Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms
of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people.
There remained not one.
008:032 Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let
the people go.
009:001 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him,
'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says:
"Let my people go, that they may serve me.
009:002 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
009:003 behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are
in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels,
on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.
009:004 Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel
and the livestock of Egypt; and there shall nothing die
of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"
009:005 Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall
do this thing in the land."
009:006 Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock
of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel,
not one died.
009:007 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of
the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh
was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
009:008 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls
of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward
the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
009:009 It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall
be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal,
throughout all the land of Egypt."
009:010 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh;
and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil
breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.
009:011 The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils;
for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.
009:012 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen
to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
009:013 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh,
the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they
may serve me.
009:014 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart,
against your officials, and against your people; that you
may know that there is none like me in all the earth.
009:015 For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and
your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off
from the earth;
009:016 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand:
to show you my power, and that my name may be declared
throughout all the earth;
009:017 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't
let them go.
009:018 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very
grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day
it was founded even until now.
009:019 Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all
that you have in the field be brought into shelter.
Every man and animal that is found in the field,
and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them,
and they shall die."'"
009:020 Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh
made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.
009:021 Whoever didn't regard the word of Yahweh left his servants
and his livestock in the field.
009:022 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky,
that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man,
and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the
land of Egypt."
009:023 Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh
sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth.
Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.
009:024 So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail,
such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it
became a nation.
009:025 The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was
in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every
herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
009:026 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were,
there was no hail.
009:027 Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them,
"I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my
people are wicked.
009:028 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings
and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
009:029 Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city,
I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders
shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you
may know that the earth is Yahweh's.
009:030 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet
fear Yahweh God."
009:031 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear,
and the flax was in bloom.
009:032 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had
not grown up.
009:033 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad
his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased,
and the rain was not poured on the earth.
009:034 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders
were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart,
he and his servants.
009:035 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children
of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
010:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened
his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show
these my signs in the midst of them,
010:002 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son,
and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt,
and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know
that I am Yahweh."
010:003 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him,
"This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says:
'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
010:004 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I
will bring locusts into your country,
010:005 and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one
won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue
of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail,
and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
010:006 Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all
your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians;
as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen,
since the day that they were on the earth to this day.'"
He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
010:007 Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare
to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God.
Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"
010:008 Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said
to them, "Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those
who will go?"
010:009 Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old;
with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with
our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."
010:010 He said to them, "Yahweh be with you if I will let you go
with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces.
010:011 Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for that is
what you desire!" They were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
010:012 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land
of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land
of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that
the hail has left."
010:013 Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt,
and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day,
and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind
brought the locusts.
010:014 The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested
in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous.
Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after
them shall be such.
010:015 For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that
the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land,
and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left.
There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field,
through all the land of Egypt.
010:016 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said,
"I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.
010:017 Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh
your God, that he may also take away from me this death."
010:018 He went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
010:019 Yahweh turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up
the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.
010:020 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let
the children of Israel go.
010:021 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky,
that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness
which may be felt."
010:022 Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was
a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
010:023 They didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his
place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light
in their dwellings.
010:024 Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh.
Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind.
Let your little ones also go with you."
010:025 Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices
and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.
010:026 Our livestock also shall go with us. There shall not a hoof
be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh
our God; and we don't know with what we must serve Yahweh,
until we come there."
010:027 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he wouldn't let them go.
010:028 Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my
face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"
010:029 Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will see your face
again no more."
011:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague more will I bring
on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go.
When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
011:002 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every
man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor,
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold."
011:003 Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt,
in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight
of the people.
011:004 Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I
will go out into the midst of Egypt,
011:005 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die,
from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to
the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill;
and all the firstborn of livestock.
011:006 There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,
such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.
011:007 But against any of the children of Israel a dog won't
even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal;
that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between
the Egyptians and Israel.
011:008 All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down
themselves to me, saying, "Get out, with all the people
who follow you;" and after that I will go out.'"
He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
011:009 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh won't listen to you, that my
wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
011:010 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh
hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children
of Israel go out of his land.
012:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
012:002 "This month shall be to you the beginning of months.
It shall be the first month of the year to you.
012:003 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth
day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb,
according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;
012:004 and if the household be too little for a lamb, then he and
his neighbor next to his house shall take one according
to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can
eat you shall make your count for the lamb.
012:005 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old.
You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
012:006 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month;
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall
kill it at evening.
012:007 They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts
and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.
012:008 They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire,
and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.
012:009 Don't eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted
with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.
012:010 You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning;
but that which remains of it until the morning you shall
burn with fire.
012:011 This is how you shall eat it: with your waist girded,
your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand;
and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh's Passover.
012:012 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal.
Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments:
I am Yahweh.
012:013 The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there
shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike
the land of Egypt.
012:014 This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep
it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall
keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
012:015 "'Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first
day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever
eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day,
that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
012:016 In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation,
and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work
shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat,
that only may be done by you.
012:017 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this
same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:
therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations
by an ordinance forever.
012:018 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening,
you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day
of the month at evening.
012:019 Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses,
for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut
off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a foreigner,
or one who is born in the land.
012:020 You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your habitations you
shall eat unleavened bread.'"
012:021 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them,
"Draw out, and take lambs according to your families,
and kill the Passover.
012:022 You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that
is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts
with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall
go out of the door of his house until the morning.
012:023 For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when
he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts,
Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer
to come in to your houses to strike you.
012:024 You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to
your sons forever.
012:025 It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh
will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall
keep this service.
012:026 It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean
by this service?'
012:027 that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover,
who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt,
when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'"
The people bowed their heads and worshiped.
012:028 The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded
Moses and Aaron, so they did.
012:029 It happened at midnight, that Yahweh struck all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his
throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon;
and all the firstborn of livestock.
012:030 Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants,
and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt,
for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
012:031 He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up,
get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel;
and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!
012:032 Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said,
and be gone; and bless me also!"
012:033 The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out
of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men."
012:034 The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading
troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
012:035 The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses;
and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels
of gold, and clothing.
012:036 Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they let them have what they asked.
They despoiled the Egyptians.
012:037 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth,
about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
012:038 A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds,
and even very much livestock.
012:039 They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought
forth out of Egypt; for it wasn't leavened, because they
were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn't wait, neither had they
prepared for themselves any food.
012:040 Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was
four hundred thirty years.
012:041 It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years,
even the same day it happened, that all the armies of Yahweh
went out from the land of Egypt.
012:042 It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them
out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Yahweh,
to be much observed of all the children of Israel
throughout their generations.
012:043 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance
of the Passover. There shall no foreigner eat of it,
012:044 but every man's servant who is bought for money, when you
have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.
012:045 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.
012:046 In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth
anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall
you break a bone of it.
012:047 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
012:048 When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you,
and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males
be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it;
and he shall be as one who is born in the land:
but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
012:049 One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger
who lives as a foreigner among you."
012:050 Thus did all the children of Israel. As Yahweh commanded
Moses and Aaron, so they did.
012:051 It happened the same day, that Yahweh brought the children
of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
013:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
013:002 "Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb
among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal.
It is mine."
013:003 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you
came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by
strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place.
No leavened bread shall be eaten.
013:004 This day you go forth in the month Abib.
013:005 It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of
the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite,
and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you,
a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this
service in this month.
013:006 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh
day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
013:007 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days;
and no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall
there be yeast seen with you, in all your borders.
013:008 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of
that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.'
013:009 It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial
between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth;
for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
013:010 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from
year to year.
013:011 "It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land
of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers,
and shall give it you,
013:012 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb,
and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal.
The males shall be Yahweh's.
013:013 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb;
and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck;
and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.
013:014 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying,
'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand
Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
013:015 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go,
that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal.
Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb,
being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
013:016 It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between
your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth
out of Egypt."
013:017 It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines,
although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people
change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
013:018 but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness
by the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}; and the children of Israel
went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
013:019 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made
the children of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you,
and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you."
013:020 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham,
in the edge of the wilderness.
013:021 Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud,
to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire,
to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
013:022 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night,
didn't depart from before the people.
014:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
014:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp
before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon.
You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
014:003 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled
in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.'
014:004 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them;
and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies;
and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh."
They did so.
014:005 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled;
and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed
towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done,
that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
014:006 He made ready his chariot, and took his army with him;
014:007 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots
of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
014:008 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and he pursued after the children of Israel; for the children
of Israel went out with a high hand.
014:009 The Egyptians pursued after them: all the horses and chariots
of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them
encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
014:010 When Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up
their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them;
and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried
out to Yahweh.
014:011 They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt,
have you taken us away to die in the wilderness?
Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?
014:012 Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying,
'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it
were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we
should die in the wilderness."
014:013 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see
the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today:
for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never
see them again.
014:014 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still."
014:015 Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children
of Israel, that they go forward.
014:016 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea,
and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into
the midst of the sea on dry ground.
014:017 I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall go in after them: and I will get myself honor
over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots,
and over his horsemen.
014:018 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have
gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots,
and over his horsemen."
014:019 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel,
moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved
from before them, and stood behind them.
014:020 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there
was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night:
and the one didn't come near the other all the night.
014:021 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused
the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night,
and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
014:022 The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on
the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their
right hand, and on their left.
014:023 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst
of the sea: all of Pharaoh's horses, his chariots,
and his horsemen.
014:024 It happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on
the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud,
and confused the Egyptian army.
014:025 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily;
so that the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from the face of Israel,
for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!"
014:026 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots,
and on their horsemen."
014:027 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned
to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians
fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst
of the sea.
014:028 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen,
even all Pharaoh's army that went in after them into the sea.
There remained not so much as one of them.
014:029 But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of
the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand,
and on their left.
014:030 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
014:031 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians,
and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh,
and in his servant Moses.
015:001 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh,
and said, "I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
015:002 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him; my father's God,
and I will exalt him.
015:003 Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name.
015:004 He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
015:005 The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths
like a stone.
015:006 Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power.
Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.
015:007 In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those
who rise up against you. You send forth your wrath.
It consumes them as stubble.
015:008 With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up.
The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed
in the heart of the sea.
015:009 The enemy said, 'I will pursue. I will overtake.
I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
015:010 You blew with your wind. The sea covered them.
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
015:011 Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
015:012 You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.
015:013 "You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you
have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength
to your holy habitation.
015:014 The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold
on the inhabitants of Philistia.
015:015 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold
of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan
are melted away.
015:016 Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm
they are as still as a stone--until your people pass over,
Yahweh, until the people pass over who you have purchased.
015:017 You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain
of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made
for yourself to dwell in; the sanctuary, Lord, which your
hands have established.
015:018 Yahweh shall reign forever and ever."
015:019 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with
his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters
of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry
land in the midst of the sea.
015:020 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine
in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines
and with dances.
015:021 Miriam answered them, "Sing to Yahweh, for he has
triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown
into the sea."
015:022 Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds},
and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went
three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
015:023 When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters
of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it
was called Marah.{Marah means bitter.}
015:024 The people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
015:025 Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw
it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet.
There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there
he tested them;
015:026 and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of
Yahweh your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes,
and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all
his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I
have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you."
015:027 They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water,
and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
016:001 They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation
of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin,
which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second
month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
016:002 The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
016:003 and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we
had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt,
when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread,
for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill
this whole assembly with hunger."
016:004 Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from
the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather
a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they
will walk in my law, or not.
016:005 It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare
that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much
as they gather daily."
016:006 Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening,
then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from
the land of Egypt;
016:007 and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Yahweh;
because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh.
Who are we, that you murmur against us?"
016:008 Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening,
and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears
your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we?
Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."
016:009 Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the
children of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has
heard your murmurings.'"
016:010 It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the
children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness,
and behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.
016:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
016:012 "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.
Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat,
and in the morning you shall be filled with bread:
and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"
016:013 It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp;
and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
016:014 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of
the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost
on the ground.
016:015 When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another,
"What is it?" For they didn't know what it was.
Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given
you to eat."
016:016 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded:
"Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head,
according to the number of your persons, shall you take it,
every man for those who are in his tent."
016:017 The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
016:018 When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much
had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack.
They gathered every man according to his eating.
016:019 Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning."
016:020 Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left
of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul:
and Moses was angry with them.
016:021 They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according
to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
016:022 It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread,
two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation
came and told Moses.
016:023 He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken,
'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh.
Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you
want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves
to be kept until the morning.'"
016:024 They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it
didn't become foul, neither was there any worm in it.
016:025 Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh.
Today you shall not find it in the field.
016:026 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath.
In it there shall be none."
016:027 It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went
out to gather, and they found none.
016:028 Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my
commandments and my laws?
016:029 Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath,
therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days.
Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place
on the seventh day."
016:030 So the people rested on the seventh day.
016:031 The house of Israel called the name of it Manna,{"Manna"
means "What is it?"} and it was like coriander seed, white;
and its taste was like wafers with honey.
016:032 Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded,
'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations,
that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness,
when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.'"
016:033 Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer-full
of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept
throughout your generations."
016:034 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony,
to be kept.
016:035 The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they
came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they
came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
016:036 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
017:001 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled
from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to
Yahweh's commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there
was no water for the people to drink.
017:002 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water
to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me?
Why do you test Yahweh?"
017:003 The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured
against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt,
to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"
017:004 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these people?
They are almost ready to stone me."
017:005 Yahweh said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take
the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand
with which you struck the Nile, and go.
017:006 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb.
You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it,
that the people may drink." Moses did so in the sight
of the elders of Israel.
017:007 He called the name of the place Massah,{Massah means testing.}
and Meribah,{Meribah means quarreling.} because the children
of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying,
"Is Yahweh among us, or not?"
017:008 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
017:009 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out,
fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill
with God's rod in my hand."
017:010 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek;
and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
017:011 It happened, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed;
and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
017:012 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it
under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands,
the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.
His hands were steady until sunset.
017:013 Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
017:014 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book,
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly
blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
017:015 Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh
our Banner.{Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi}
017:016 He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek
from generation to generation.'"
018:001 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of
all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people,
how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
018:002 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife,
after he had sent her away,
018:003 and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom,{"Gershom"
sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."} for Moses said,
"I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".
018:004 The name of the other was Eliezer,{Eliezer means "God is my
helper."} for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered
me from Pharaoh's sword."
018:005 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his
wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped,
at the Mountain of God.
018:006 He said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come
to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.
018:007 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him.
They asked each other of their welfare, and they came
into the tent.
018:008 Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh
and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships
that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
018:009 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done
to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand
of the Egyptians.
018:010 Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out
of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh;
who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
018:011 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of
the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."
018:012 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices
for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel,
to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
018:013 It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people,
and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
018:014 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people,
he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people?
Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you
from morning to evening?"
018:015 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come
to me to inquire of God.
018:016 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man
and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God,
and his laws."
018:017 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do
is not good.
018:018 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people
that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you.
You are not able to perform it yourself alone.
018:019 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God
be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring
the causes to God.
018:020 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall
show them the way in which they must walk, and the work
that they must do.
018:021 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men,
such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place
such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds,
rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
018:022 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every
great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter
they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you,
and they shall share the load with you.
018:023 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you
will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go
to their place in peace."
018:024 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did
all that he had said.
018:025 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads
over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds,
rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
018:026 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard
causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
018:027 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into
his own land.
019:001 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone
forth out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came
into the wilderness of Sinai.
019:002 When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to
the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness;
and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
019:003 Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him out of the mountain,
saying, "This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob,
and tell the children of Israel:
019:004 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore
you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
019:005 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant,
then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples;
for all the earth is mine;
019:006 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.'
These are the words which you shall speak to the children
of Israel."
019:007 Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set
before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
019:008 All the people answered together, and said, "All that Yahweh
has spoken we will do." Moses reported the words of the
people to Yahweh.
019:009 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud,
that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe
you forever." Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
019:010 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them
today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
019:011 and be ready against the third day; for on the third day Yahweh
will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
019:012 You shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, 'Be careful
that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border.
Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
019:013 No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or
shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.'
When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain."
019:014 Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified
the people; and they washed their clothes.
019:015 He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day.
Don't have sexual relations with a woman."
019:016 It happened on the third day, when it was morning,
that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud
on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet;
and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
019:017 Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they
stood at the lower part of the mountain.
019:018 Mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Yahweh descended
on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace,
and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
019:019 When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke,
and God answered him by a voice.
019:020 Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain.
Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
019:021 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, charge the people, lest they
break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.
019:022 Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves,
lest Yahweh break forth on them."
019:023 Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai,
for you charged us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain,
and sanctify it.'"
019:024 Yahweh said to him, "Go down and you shall bring Aaron up with you,
but don't let the priests and the people break through to come
up to Yahweh, lest he break forth on them."
019:025 So Moses went down to the people, and told them.
020:001 God{After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav"
(the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word,
but as a grammatical marker.} spoke all these words, saying,
020:002 "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
020:003 You shall have no other gods before me.
020:004 "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything
that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth:
020:005 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them,
for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth
generation of those who hate me,
020:006 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me
and keep my commandments.
020:007 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain,
for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
020:008 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
020:009 You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
020:010 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God.
You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son,
nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant,
nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
020:011 for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea,
and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day;
therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
020:012 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long
in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
020:013 "You shall not murder.
020:014 "You shall not commit adultery.
020:015 "You shall not steal.
020:016 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
020:017 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall
not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant,
nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey,
nor anything that is your neighbor's."
020:018 All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings,
the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking.
When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
020:019 They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen;
but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
020:020 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has
come to test you, and that his fear may be before you,
that you won't sin."
020:021 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick
darkness where God was.
020:022 Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children
of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked
with you from heaven.
020:023 You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver,
or gods of gold for yourselves.
020:024 You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice
on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings,
your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record
my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
020:025 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build
it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it,
you have polluted it.
020:026 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness
may not be exposed to it.'
021:001 "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
021:002 "If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in
the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
021:003 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself.
If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
021:004 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters,
the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall
go out by himself.
021:005 But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master,
my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'
021:006 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him
to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore
his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
021:007 "If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall
not go out as the male servants do.
021:008 If she doesn't please her master, who has married
her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed.
He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people,
seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
021:009 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after
the manner of daughters.
021:010 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish
her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
021:011 If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free
without paying any money.
021:012 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be
put to death,
021:013 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen:
then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
021:014 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor
to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
021:015 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely
put to death.
021:016 "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found
in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
021:017 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely
be put to death.
021:018 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone,
or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;
021:019 if he rises again and walks around with his staff,
then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay
for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing
until he is thoroughly healed.
021:020 "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod,
and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
021:021 Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall
not be punished, for he is his property.
021:022 "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives
birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely
fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
021:023 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
021:024 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
021:025 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
021:026 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye,
and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
021:027 If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female
servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
021:028 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall
surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten;
but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
021:029 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it
has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in,
but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned,
and its owner shall also be put to death.
021:030 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption
of his life whatever is laid on him.
021:031 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter,
according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
021:032 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant,
thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master,
and the ox shall be stoned.
021:033 "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it,
and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
021:034 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money
to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
021:035 "If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies,
then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price;
and they shall also divide the dead animal.
021:036 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring
in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely
pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
022:001 "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it;
he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
022:002 If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies,
there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
022:003 If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt of bloodshed
for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing,
then he shall be sold for his theft.
022:004 If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it
is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
022:005 "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets
his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field,
he shall make restitution from the best of his own field,
and from the best of his own vineyard.
022:006 "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks
of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed;
he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
022:007 "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep,
and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found,
he shall pay double.
022:008 If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall
come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand
to his neighbor's goods.
022:009 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey,
for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing,
about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties
shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double
to his neighbor.
022:010 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep,
or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away,
no man seeing it;
022:011 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't
put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it
shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
022:012 But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution
to the owner of it.
022:013 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence.
He shall not make good that which was torn.
022:014 "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured,
or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall
surely make restitution.
022:015 If the owner of it is with it, he shall not make it good.
If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
022:016 "If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married,
and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to
be his wife.
022:017 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall
pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
022:018 "You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
022:019 "Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
022:020 "He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only,
shall be utterly destroyed.
022:021 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him,
for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
022:022 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
022:023 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me,
I will surely hear their cry;
022:024 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword;
and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
022:025 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor,
you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you
charge him interest.
022:026 If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall
restore it to him before the sun goes down,
022:027 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin.
What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me,
that I will hear, for I am gracious.
022:028 "You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
022:029 "You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from
the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn
of your sons to me.
022:030 You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep.
Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth
day you shall give it me.
022:031 "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not
eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field.
You shall cast it to the dogs.
023:001 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand
with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
023:002 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you
testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
023:003 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.
023:004 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray,
you shall surely bring it back to him again.
023:005 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under
his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
023:006 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
023:007 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent
and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
023:008 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have
sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
023:009 "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien,
seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
023:010 "For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather
in its increase,
023:011 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow,
that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave
the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall
deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
023:012 "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you
shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest,
and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
023:013 "Be careful to do all things that I have said to you;
and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them
be heard out of your mouth.
023:014 "You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.
023:015 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you,
at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came
out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
023:016 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors,
which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest,
at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out
of the field.
023:017 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before
the Lord Yahweh.
023:018 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread,
neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night
until the morning.
023:019 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring
into the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a kid
in its mother's milk.
023:020 "Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way,
and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
023:021 Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice.
Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience,
for my name is in him.
023:022 But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak,
then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary
to your adversaries.
023:023 For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite,
the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite,
and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.
023:024 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them,
nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow
them and demolish their pillars.
023:025 You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread
and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.
023:026 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land.
I will fulfill the number of your days.
023:027 I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people
to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn
their backs to you.
023:028 I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite,
the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
023:029 I will not drive them out from before you in one year,
lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field
multiply against you.
023:030 Little by little I will drive them out from before you,
until you have increased and inherit the land.
023:031 I will set your border from the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds} even to
the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River;
for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand,
and you shall drive them out before you.
023:032 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
023:033 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin
against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely
be a snare to you."
024:001 He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab,
and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship
from a distance.
024:002 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near,
neither shall the people go up with him."
024:003 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all
the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice,
and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
024:004 Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early
in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain,
and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
024:005 He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt
offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to Yahweh.
024:006 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half
of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
024:007 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing
of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken
will we do, and be obedient."
024:008 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people,
and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant,
which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
024:009 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders
of Israel went up.
024:010 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work
of sapphire{or, lapis lazuli} stone, like the skies for clearness.
024:011 He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel.
They saw God, and ate and drank.
024:012 Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain,
and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone
with the law and the commands that I have written, that you
may teach them."
024:013 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up
onto God's Mountain.
024:014 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come
again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you.
Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."
024:015 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
024:016 The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud
covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses
out of the midst of the cloud.
024:017 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on
the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
024:018 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up
on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days
and forty nights.
025:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
025:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me.
From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall
take my offering.
025:003 This is the offering which you shall take from them:
gold, silver, brass,
025:004 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
025:005 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
025:006 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for
the sweet incense,
025:007 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and
for the breastplate.
025:008 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
025:009 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tent,
and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you
shall make it.
025:010 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall
be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half,
and a cubit and a half its height.
025:011 You shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside shall
you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it.
025:012 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them
in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it,
and two rings on the other side of it.
025:013 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
025:014 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark
to carry the ark.
025:015 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not
be taken from it.
025:016 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.
025:017 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits
shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
025:018 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make
them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
025:019 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end.
You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece
with the mercy seat.
025:020 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy
seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another.
The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
025:021 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark
you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
025:022 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above
the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are
on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for
the children of Israel.
025:023 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall
be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half
cubits its height.
025:024 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold
molding around it.
025:025 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it.
You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
025:026 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings
in the four corners that are on its four feet.
025:027 the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles
to carry the table.
025:028 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them
with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
025:029 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls
to pour out offerings with. Of pure gold shall you make them.
025:030 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
025:031 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall
the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups,
its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
025:032 There shall be six branches going out of its sides:
three branches of the lampstand out of its one side,
and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;
025:033 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud
and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in
the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches
going out of the lampstand;
025:034 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms,
its buds and its flowers;
025:035 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud
under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two
branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going
out of the lampstand.
025:036 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it,
the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.
025:037 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps
to give light to the space in front of it.
025:038 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
025:039 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all
these accessories.
025:040 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been
shown to you on the mountain.
026:001 "Moreover you shall make the tent with ten curtains; of fine
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim.
The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
026:002 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,
and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains
shall have one measure.
026:003 Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another;
and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
026:004 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain
from the edge in the coupling; and likewise shall you make in
the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
026:005 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall
make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the
second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another.
026:006 You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains
one to another with the clasps: and the tent shall be a unit.
026:007 "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent:
eleven curtains shall you make them.
026:008 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth
of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall
have one measure.
026:009 You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain
in the forefront of the tent.
026:010 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain
that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge
of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.
026:011 You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into
the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
026:012 The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent,
the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back
of the tent.
026:013 The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side,
of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent,
shall hang over the sides of the tent on this side and on
that side, to cover it.
026:014 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
and a covering of sea cow hides above.
026:015 "You shall make the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
026:016 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half
cubits the breadth of each board.
026:017 There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another:
thus shall you make for all the boards of the tent.
026:018 You shall make the boards for the tent, twenty boards for
the south side southward.
026:019 You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets
under another board for its two tenons.
026:020 For the second side of the tent, on the north side, twenty boards,
026:021 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
026:022 For the far part of the tent westward you shall make six boards.
026:023 Two boards shall you make for the corners of the tent in
the far part.
026:024 They shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire
to the top of it to one ring: thus shall it be for them both;
they shall be for the two corners.
026:025 There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver,
sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets
under another board.
026:026 "You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards
of the one side of the tent,
026:027 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tent,
for the far part westward.
026:028 The middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through
from end to end.
026:029 You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings
of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay
the bars with gold.
026:030 You shall set up the tent according to the way that it was shown
to you on the mountain.
026:031 "You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful
workman shall it be made.
026:032 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold;
their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
026:033 You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall
bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil:
and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most
holy for you.
026:034 You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony
in the most holy place.
026:035 You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over
against the table on the side of the tent toward the south:
and you shall put the table on the north side.
026:036 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work
of the embroiderer.
026:037 You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia,
and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold:
and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
027:001 "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long,
and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare:
and its height shall be three cubits.
027:002 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall
be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
027:003 You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels,
its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans:
all its vessels you shall make of brass.
027:004 You shall make a grating for it of network of brass:
and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
027:005 You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath,
that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
027:006 You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood,
and overlay them with brass.
027:007 Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall
be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
027:008 Hollow with planks shall you make it: as it has been shown
you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
027:009 "You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined
linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
027:010 and the pillars of it shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty,
of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall
be of silver.
027:011 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings
one hundred cubits long, and the pillars of it twenty,
and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars,
and their fillets, of silver.
027:012 For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings
of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
027:013 The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall
be fifty cubits.
027:014 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits;
their pillars three, and their sockets three.
027:015 For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits;
their pillars three, and their sockets three.
027:016 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four,
and their sockets four.
027:017 All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted
with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
027:018 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,
and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits,
of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
027:019 All the instruments of the tent in all its service,
and all the pins of it, and all the pins of the court,
shall be of brass.
027:020 "You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring
to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp
to burn continually.
027:021 In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before
the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order
from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a
statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf
of the children of Israel.
028:001 "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you
from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me
in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar
and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
028:002 You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory
and for beauty.
028:003 You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled
with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to
sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
028:004 These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate,
and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work,
a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments
for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister
to me in the priest's office.
028:005 They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple,
and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
028:006 "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet,
and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
028:007 It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it,
that it may be joined together.
028:008 The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him,
shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
028:009 You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names
of the children of Israel:
028:010 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six
that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
028:011 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings
of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones, according to
the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them
to be enclosed in settings of gold.
028:012 You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod,
to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel:
and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two
shoulders for a memorial.
028:013 You shall make settings of gold,
028:014 and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords
of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains
on the settings.
028:015 "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the
skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it;
of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
shall you make it.
028:016 It shall be square and folded double; a span{A span is the length
from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger
when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.)}
shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.
028:017 You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones:
a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
028:018 and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire{or, lapis lazuli},
and an emerald;
028:019 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
028:020 and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper:
they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
028:021 The stones shall be according to the names of the children
of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings
of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall
be for the twelve tribes.
028:022 You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided
work of pure gold.
028:023 You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall
put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
028:024 You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings
at the ends of the breastplate.
028:025 The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put
on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps
of the ephod in the forepart of it.
028:026 You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on
the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward
the side of the ephod inward.
028:027 You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two
shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in the forepart of it,
close by the coupling of it, above the skillfully woven band
of the ephod.
028:028 They shall bind the breastplate by the rings of it to the rings
of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully
woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing
out from the ephod.
028:029 Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in
the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to
the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.
028:030 You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim;
and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Yahweh:
and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel
on his heart before Yahweh continually.
028:031 "You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
028:032 It shall have a hole for the head in the midst of it:
it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it,
as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
028:033 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple,
and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between
them round about:
028:034 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
on the hem of the robe round about.
028:035 It shall be on Aaron to minister: and the sound of it shall
be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh,
and when he comes out, that he not die.
028:036 "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it,
like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'
028:037 You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash;
on the front of the sash it shall be.
028:038 It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity
of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy
in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead,
that they may be accepted before Yahweh.
028:039 You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you
shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash,
the work of the embroiderer.
028:040 "You shall make coats for Aaron's sons, and you shall make
sashes for them and headbands shall you make for them,
for glory and for beauty.
028:041 You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him,
and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them,
that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
028:042 You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh
of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs
they shall reach:
028:043 They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to
the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar
to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity,
and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his
descendants after him.
029:001 "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make
them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office:
take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
029:002 unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil,
and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: you shall make them
of fine wheat flour.
029:003 You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket,
with the bull and the two rams.
029:004 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent
of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
029:005 You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat,
the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate,
and dress him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;
029:006 and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy
crown on the turban.
029:007 Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head,
and anoint him.
029:008 You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
029:009 You shall dress them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind
headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood
by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron
and his sons.
029:010 "You shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting:
and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head
of the bull.
029:011 You shall kill the bull before Yahweh, at the door of the
tent of meeting.
029:012 You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns
of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all
the blood at the base of the altar.
029:013 You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover
of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them,
and burn them on the altar.
029:014 But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung,
you shall burn with fire outside of the camp:
it is a sin offering.
029:015 "You shall also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall
lay their hands on the head of the ram.
029:016 You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood,
and sprinkle it around on the altar.
029:017 You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards,
and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
029:018 You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt
offering to Yahweh; it is a sweet savor, an offering made
by fire to Yahweh.
029:019 "You shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall
lay their hands on the head of the ram.
029:020 Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood,
and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on
the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb
of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot,
and sprinkle the blood on the altar round about.
029:021 You shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the
anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments,
and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him:
and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons,
and his sons' garments with him.
029:022 Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail,
the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver,
the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh
(for it is a ram of consecration),
029:023 and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer
out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh.
029:024 You shall put all of this in Aaron's hands, and in his sons'
hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
029:025 You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar
on the burnt offering, for a sweet savor before Yahweh:
it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
029:026 "You shall take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration,
and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh:
and it shall be your portion.
029:027 You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh
of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up,
of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron,
and of that which is for his sons:
029:028 and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever
from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering:
and it shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel
of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave
offering to Yahweh.
029:029 "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him,
to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
029:030 Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put
them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister
in the holy place.
029:031 "You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh
in a holy place.
029:032 Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread
that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.
029:033 They shall eat those things with which atonement was made,
to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat
of it, because they are holy.
029:034 If anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread,
remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire:
it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
029:035 "Thus shall you do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all
that I have commanded you. Seven days shall you consecrate them.
029:036 Every day shall you offer the bull of sin offering for atonement:
and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it;
and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
029:037 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it:
and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar
shall be holy.
029:038 "Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar:
two lambs a year old day by day continually.
029:039 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb
you shall offer at evening:
029:040 and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine
flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil,
and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
029:041 The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it
according to the meal offering of the morning, and according
to its drink offering, for a sweet savor, an offering made
by fire to Yahweh.
029:042 It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your
generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Yahweh,
where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
029:043 There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place
shall be sanctified by my glory.
029:044 I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar:
Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me
in the priest's office.
029:045 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
029:046 They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them:
I am Yahweh their God.
030:001 "You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make
it of acacia wood.
030:002 Its length shall be a cubit, and its breadth a cubit.
It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits.
Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
030:003 You shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, the sides
of it around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold
molding around it.
030:004 You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding;
on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them;
and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
030:005 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay
them with gold.
030:006 You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony,
before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I
will meet with you.
030:007 Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning.
When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
030:008 When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it,
a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
030:009 You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering,
nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
030:010 Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year;
with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year
he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations.
It is most holy to Yahweh."
030:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
030:012 "When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to
those who are numbered among them, then each man shall give
a ransom for his soul to Yahweh, when you number them;
that there be no plague among them when you number them.
030:013 They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who
are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary;
(the shekel is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an
offering to Yahweh.
030:014 Everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, from twenty
years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.
030:015 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less,
than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh,
to make atonement for your souls.
030:016 You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel,
and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting;
that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh,
to make atonement for your souls."
030:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
030:018 "You shall also make a basin of brass, and the base of it
of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it between the tent
of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
030:019 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
030:020 When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water,
that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister,
to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
030:021 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die:
and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him
and to his descendants throughout their generations."
030:022 Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
030:023 "Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels;
and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty;
and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
030:024 and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
and a hin of olive oil.
030:025 You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded
after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
030:026 You shall use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark
of the testimony,
030:027 the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories,
the altar of incense,
030:028 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin
with its base.
030:029 You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy.
Whatever touches them shall be holy.
030:030 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them,
that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
030:031 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall
be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
030:032 It shall not be poured on man's flesh, neither shall you make
any like it, according to its composition: it is holy.
It shall be holy to you.
030:033 Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it
on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'"
030:034 Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin,
and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense:
of each shall there be an equal weight;
030:035 and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art
of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
030:036 and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before
the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you.
It shall be to you most holy.
030:037 The incense which you shall make, according to its composition
you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you
holy for Yahweh.
030:038 Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall
be cut off from his people."
031:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
031:002 "Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
031:003 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom,
and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all
manner of workmanship,
031:004 to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver,
and in brass,
031:005 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood,
to work in all manner of workmanship.
031:006 I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son
of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all
who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make
all that I have commanded you:
031:007 the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat
that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,
031:008 the table and its vessels, the pure lampstand with all its vessels,
the altar of incense,
031:009 the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin
and its base,
031:010 the finely worked garments--the holy garments for Aaron the priest--
the garments of his sons to minister in the priest's office,
031:011 the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for
the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you
they shall do."
031:012 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
031:013 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most certainly
you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me
and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I
am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
031:014 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you.
Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death;
for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut
off from among his people.
031:015 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath
of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on
the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
031:016 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath,
to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations,
for a perpetual covenant.
031:017 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever;
for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh
day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
031:018 He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on
Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets,
written with God's finger.
032:001 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from
the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron,
and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us;
for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land
of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."
032:002 Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in
the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters,
and bring them to me."
032:003 All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears,
and brought them to Aaron.
032:004 He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an
engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said,
"These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of
the land of Egypt."
032:005 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."
032:006 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings,
and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat
and to drink, and rose up to play.
032:007 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you
brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
032:008 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them.
They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it,
and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods,
Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
032:009 Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold,
they are a stiff-necked people.
032:010 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot
against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make
of you a great nation."
032:011 Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your
wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought
forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with
a mighty hand?
032:012 Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth
for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them
from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath,
and repent of this evil against your people.
032:013 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants,
to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them,
'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all
this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed,
and they shall inherit it forever.'"
032:014 Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do
to his people.
032:015 Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two
tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were
written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other
they were written.
032:016 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing
of God, engraved on the tables.
032:017 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,
he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."
032:018 He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory,
neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome;
but the noise of those who sing that I hear."
032:019 It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw
the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot,
and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them
beneath the mountain.
032:020 He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire,
ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made
the children of Israel drink of it.
032:021 Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you,
that you have brought a great sin on them?"
032:022 Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot.
You know the people, that they are set on evil.
032:023 For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us;
for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land
of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
032:024 I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:'
so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire,
and out came this calf."
032:025 When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron
had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
032:026 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is
on Yahweh's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together to him.
032:027 He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man
put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate
to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother,
and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"
032:028 The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses:
and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
032:029 Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man
against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow
on you a blessing this day."
032:030 It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people,
"You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh.
Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin."
032:031 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned
a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
032:032 Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot
me out of your book which you have written."
032:033 Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me,
him will I blot out of my book.
032:034 Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have
spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you.
Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them
for their sin."
032:035 Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf,
which Aaron made.
033:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and
the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt,
to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your seed.'
033:002 I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite,
the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite,
and the Jebusite:
033:003 to a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go
up in the midst of you, for you are a stiff-necked people,
lest I consume you in the way."
033:004 When the people heard this evil news, they mourned:
and no one put on his jewelry.
033:005 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are
a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst
for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off
your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.'"
033:006 The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry
from Mount Horeb onward.
033:007 Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp,
far away from the camp, and he called it "The tent of meeting."
It happened that everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the tent
of meeting, which was outside the camp.
033:008 It happened that when Moses went out to the Tent, that all
the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door,
and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.
033:009 It happened, when Moses entered into the Tent, that the pillar
of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent,
and spoke with Moses.
033:010 All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door
of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped,
everyone at their tent door.
033:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua,
the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent.
033:012 Moses said to Yahweh, "Behold, you tell me, 'Bring up this people:'
and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me.
Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found
favor in my sight.'
033:013 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight,
please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I
may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation
is your people."
033:014 He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
033:015 He said to him, "If your presence doesn't go with me,
don't carry us up from here.
033:016 For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight,
I and your people? Isn't it in that you go with us,
so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people
who are on the surface of the earth?"
033:017 Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you
have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know
you by name."
033:018 He said, "Please show me your glory."
033:019 He said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you,
and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you.
I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show
mercy on whom I will show mercy."
033:020 He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see
me and live."
033:021 Yahweh also said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and you
shall stand on the rock.
033:022 It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you
in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until
I have passed by;
033:023 then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back;
but my face shall not be seen."
034:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Chisel two stone tablets like the first:
and I will write on the tablets the words that were on
the first tablets, which you broke.
034:002 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai,
and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
034:003 No one shall come up with you; neither let anyone be seen
throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds
feed before that mountain."
034:004 He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose
up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh
had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
034:005 Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,
and proclaimed the name of Yahweh.
034:006 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, "Yahweh! Yahweh, a
merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant
in loving kindness and truth,
034:007 keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity
and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear
the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children,
and on the children's children, on the third and on
the fourth generation."
034:008 Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
034:009 He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord,
please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this
is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin,
and take us for your inheritance."
034:010 He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I
will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth,
nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall
see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I
do with you.
034:011 Observe that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive
out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite,
the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
034:012 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants
of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare
in the midst of you:
034:013 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces
their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
034:014 for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name
is Jealous, is a jealous God.
034:015 Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land,
lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice
to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
034:016 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters
play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play
the prostitute after their gods.
034:017 You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.
034:018 "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread.
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you,
at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month
Abib you came out from Egypt.
034:019 All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock
that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
034:020 The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb:
and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck.
All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem.
No one shall appear before me empty.
034:021 "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest:
in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
034:022 You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits
of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.
034:023 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before
the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.
034:024 For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders;
neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear
before Yahweh, your God, three times in the year.
034:025 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover
be left to the morning.
034:026 You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground
to the house of Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young
goat in its mother's milk."
034:027 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words:
for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant
with you and with Israel."
034:028 He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights;
he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets
the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
034:029 It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two
tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down
from the mountain, that Moses didn't know that the skin
of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
034:030 When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin
of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
034:031 Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the
congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
034:032 Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave
them all of the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him
on Mount Sinai.
034:033 When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
034:034 But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him,
he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out,
and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
034:035 The children of Israel saw Moses' face, that the skin of Moses'
face shone: and Moses put the veil on his face again,
until he went in to speak with him.
035:001 Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel,
and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded,
that you should do them.
035:002 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall
be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh:
whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
035:003 You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on
the Sabbath day.'"
035:004 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,
035:005 'Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is
of a willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh's offering:
gold, silver, brass,
035:006 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
035:007 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
035:008 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for
the sweet incense,
035:009 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and
for the breastplate.
035:010 "'Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all
that Yahweh has commanded:
035:011 the tent, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards,
its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
035:012 the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
035:013 the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show bread;
035:014 the lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps,
and the oil for the light;
035:015 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil,
the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door
of the tent;
035:016 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass,
it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
035:017 the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets,
and the screen for the gate of the court;
035:018 the pins of the tent, the pins of the court, and their cords;
035:019 the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place,
the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments
of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.'"
035:020 All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from
the presence of Moses.
035:021 They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone
whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh's offering,
for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all of its service,
and for the holy garments.
035:022 They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted,
and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets,
all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering
of gold to Yahweh.
035:023 Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet,
fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea
cow hides, brought them.
035:024 Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought
Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia
wood for any work of the service, brought it.
035:025 All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands,
and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple,
the scarlet, and the fine linen.
035:026 All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun
the goats' hair.
035:027 The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set,
for the ephod and for the breastplate;
035:028 and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil,
and for the sweet incense.
035:029 The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh;
every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring
for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.
035:030 Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, Yahweh has
called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah.
035:031 He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom,
in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
035:032 and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,
035:033 in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood,
to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
035:034 He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab,
the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
035:035 He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner
of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman,
and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet,
and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do
any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
036:001 "Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man,
in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know
how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary,
according to all that Yahweh has commanded."
036:002 Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man,
in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose
heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:
036:003 and they received from Moses all the offering which the children
of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary,
with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill
offerings every morning.
036:004 All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary,
each came from his work which they did.
036:005 They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough
for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make."
036:006 Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman
make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary."
So the people were restrained from bringing.
036:007 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,
and too much.
036:008 All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made
the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple,
and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman,
they made them.
036:009 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits,
and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains
had one measure.
036:010 He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five
curtains he coupled one to another.
036:011 He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from
the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge
of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
036:012 He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops
in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling.
The loops were opposite one to another.
036:013 He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one
to another with the clasps: so the tent was a unit.
036:014 He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent.
He made them eleven curtains.
036:015 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four
cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains
had one measure.
036:016 He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves.
036:017 He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was
outmost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge
of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling.
036:018 He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together,
that it might be a unit.
036:019 He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
and a covering of sea cow hides above.
036:020 He made the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
036:021 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half
the breadth of each board.
036:022 Each board had two tenons, joined one to another.
He made all the boards of the tent this way.
036:023 He made the boards for the tent: twenty boards for the
south side southward.
036:024 He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets
under another board for its two tenons.
036:025 For the second side of the tent, on the north side,
he made twenty boards,
036:026 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
036:027 For the far part of the tent westward he made six boards.
036:028 He made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part.
036:029 They were double beneath, and in like manner they were all
the way to the top of it to one ring. He did thus to both
of them in the two corners.
036:030 There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver,
sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
036:031 He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one
side of the tent,
036:032 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five
bars for the boards of the tent for the hinder part westward.
036:033 He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards
from the one end to the other.
036:034 He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold
for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
036:035 He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen:
with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
036:036 He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold.
Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.
036:037 He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet,
and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
036:038 and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid
their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five
sockets were of brass.
037:001 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two
and a half cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half,
and a cubit and a half its height.
037:002 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made
a molding of gold for it round about.
037:003 He cast four rings of gold for it, in its four feet; even two
rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.
037:004 He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
037:005 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark,
to bear the ark.
037:006 He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a
half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
037:007 He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work,
at the two ends of the mercy seat;
037:008 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end.
He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at
its two ends.
037:009 The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy
seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another.
The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
037:010 He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits,
and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit
and a half.
037:011 He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
037:012 He made a border of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden
molding on its border around it.
037:013 He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four
corners that were on its four feet.
037:014 The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles
to carry the table.
037:015 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
to carry the table.
037:016 He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes,
its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out,
of pure gold.
037:017 He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand
of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds,
and its flowers were of one piece with it.
037:018 There were six branches going out of its sides:
three branches of the lampstand out of its one side,
and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
037:019 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch,
a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond
blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower:
so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
037:020 In the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms,
its buds and its flowers;
037:021 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud
under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two
branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going
out of it.
037:022 Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it.
The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.
037:023 He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes,
of pure gold.
037:024 He made it of a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.
037:025 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square:
its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit.
Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
037:026 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it,
and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
037:027 He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown,
on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles
with which to carry it.
037:028 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
037:029 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices,
after the art of the perfumer.
038:001 He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square.
Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits,
and its height was three cubits.
038:002 He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one
piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.
038:003 He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels,
the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its
vessels of brass.
038:004 He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass,
under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
038:005 He cast four rings for the four ends of brass grating,
to be places for the poles.
038:006 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
038:007 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar,
with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
038:008 He made the basin of brass, and its base of brass, out of
the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door
of the tent of meeting.
038:009 He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings
of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
038:010 their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass;
the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
038:011 For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty,
and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars,
and their fillets, of silver.
038:012 For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten,
and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars,
and their fillets, of silver.
038:013 For the east side eastward fifty cubits.
038:014 The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits;
their pillars three, and their sockets three;
038:015 and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand
by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits;
their pillars three, and their sockets three.
038:016 All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
038:017 The sockets for the pillars were of brass. The hooks of the
pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying
of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court
were filleted with silver.
038:018 The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer,
of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth
was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
038:019 Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass;
their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals,
and their fillets, of silver.
038:020 All the pins of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.
038:021 This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent
of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to
the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites,
by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
038:022 Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
made all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
038:023 With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,
an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue,
in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.
038:024 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work
of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering,
was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary.
038:025 The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation
was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred
seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
038:026 a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel
of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who
were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six
hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
038:027 The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets
of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; one hundred
sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
038:028 Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels
he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals,
and made fillets for them.
038:029 The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand
four hundred shekels.
038:030 With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting,
the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels
of the altar,
038:031 the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court,
all the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the court.
039:001 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments,
for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments
for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
039:002 He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine
twined linen.
039:003 They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires,
to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet,
and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
039:004 They made shoulder straps for it, joined together.
At the two ends it was joined together.
039:005 The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to
fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work;
of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
039:006 They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold,
engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names
of the children of Israel.
039:007 He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones
of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
039:008 He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman,
like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet,
and fine twined linen.
039:009 It was square. They made the breastplate double.
Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.
039:010 They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz,
and beryl was the first row;
039:011 and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire{or, lapis lazuli},
and an emerald;
039:012 and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
039:013 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper.
They were enclosed in gold settings.
039:014 The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet,
everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
039:015 They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided
work of pure gold.
039:016 They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put
the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
039:017 They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings
at the ends of the breastplate.
039:018 The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the
two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod,
in the front of it.
039:019 They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends
of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward
the side of the ephod inward.
039:020 They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder
straps of the ephod underneath, in the front of it, close by
its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
039:021 They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod
with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven
band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come
loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
039:022 He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
039:023 The opening of the robe in the midst of it was like the opening
of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening,
that it should not be torn.
039:024 They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue,
purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
039:025 They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between
the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe,
between the pomegranates;
039:026 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the
skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
039:027 They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron,
and for his sons,
039:028 and the turban of fine linen, and the linen headbands of fine linen,
and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
039:029 and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
039:030 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold,
and wrote on it a writing, like the engravings of a signet:
"HOLY TO YAHWEH."
039:031 They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above,
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
039:032 Thus all the work of the tent of the tent of meeting was finished.
The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses; so they did.
039:033 They brought the tent to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture,
its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
039:034 the covering of rams' skins dyed red, the covering of sea
cow hides, the veil of the screen,
039:035 the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat,
039:036 the table, all its vessels, the show bread,
039:037 the pure lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order,
all its vessels, the oil for the light,
039:038 the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense,
the screen for the door of the Tent,
039:039 the bronze altar, its grating of brass, its poles, all of
its vessels, the basin and its base,
039:040 the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets,
the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins,
all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the
tent of meeting,
039:041 the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place,
the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments
of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
039:042 According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children
of Israel did all the work.
039:043 Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it
as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it:
and Moses blessed them.
040:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
040:002 "On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tent
of the Tent of Meeting.
040:003 You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall
screen the ark with the veil.
040:004 You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things
that are on it. You shall bring in the lampstand, and light
the lamps of it.
040:005 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark
of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent.
040:006 You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door
of the tent of the tent of meeting.
040:007 You shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar,
and shall put water therein.
040:008 You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen
of the gate of the court.
040:009 You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent, and all
that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture:
and it will be holy.
040:010 You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels,
and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy.
040:011 You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.
040:012 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent
of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
040:013 You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall
anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me
in the priest's office.
040:014 You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
040:015 You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father,
that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood
throughout their generations."
040:016 Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him,
so he did.
040:017 It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first
day of the month, that the tent was raised up.
040:018 Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up
the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised
up its pillars.
040:019 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof
of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
040:020 He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles
on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
040:021 He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil
of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony,
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
040:022 He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of
the tent northward, outside of the veil.
040:023 He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh,
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
040:024 He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table,
on the side of the tent southward.
040:025 He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
040:026 He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
040:027 and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh
commanded Moses.
040:028 He put up the screen of the door to the tent.
040:029 He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent
of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering
and the meal offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
040:030 He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar,
and put water therein, with which to wash.
040:031 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
040:032 When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came
near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
040:033 He raised up the court around the tent and the altar,
and set up the screen of the gate of the court.
So Moses finished the work.
040:034 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory
of Yahweh filled the tent.
040:035 Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the
cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled the tent.
040:036 When the cloud was taken up from over the tent, the children
of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
040:037 but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel
until the day that it was taken up.
040:038 For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was fire
in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel,
throughout all their journeys.
Book 03 Leviticus
001:001 Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent
of Meeting, saying,
001:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone
of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your
offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.
001:003 "'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall
offer a male without blemish. He shall offer it at the door
of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
001:004 He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering,
and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
001:005 He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests,
shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on
the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
001:006 He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.
001:007 The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar,
and lay wood in order on the fire;
001:008 and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head,
and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is
on the altar;
001:009 but its innards and its legs he shall wash with water.
The priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering,
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
001:010 "'If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep,
or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer
a male without blemish.
001:011 He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh.
Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around
on the altar.
001:012 He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat.
The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on
the fire which is on the altar,
001:013 but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water.
The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar.
It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet
savor to Yahweh.
001:014 "'If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds,
then he shall offer his offering of turtledoves,
or of young pigeons.
001:015 The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head,
and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained
out on the side of the altar;
001:016 and he shall take away its crop with its filth, and cast it
beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.
001:017 He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart.
The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on
the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
002:001 "'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh,
his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it,
and put frankincense on it.
002:002 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall
take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil,
with all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn
the memorial of it on the altar, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
002:003 That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's
and his sons'. It is a most holy thing of the offerings
of Yahweh made by fire.
002:004 "'When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven,
it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil,
or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
002:005 If your offering is a meal offering of the baking pan,
it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.
002:006 You shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it.
It is a meal offering.
002:007 If your offering is a meal offering of the frying pan,
it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
002:008 You shall bring the meal offering that is made of these things
to Yahweh: and it shall be presented to the priest,
and he shall bring it to the altar.
002:009 The priest shall take from the meal offering its memorial,
and shall burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
002:010 That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's
and his sons'. It is a thing most holy of the offerings
of Yahweh made by fire.
002:011 "'No meal offering, which you shall offer to Yahweh, shall be
made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey,
as an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
002:012 As an offering of firstfruits you shall offer them to Yahweh:
but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
002:013 Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt;
neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God
to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings
you shall offer salt.
002:014 "'If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh,
you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits grain
in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear.
002:015 You shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it:
it is a meal offering.
002:016 The priest shall burn as its memorial, part of its bruised grain,
and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense:
it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
003:001 "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings;
if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female,
he shall offer it without blemish before Yahweh.
003:002 He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill
it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons
the priests shall sprinkle the blood on the altar round about.
003:003 He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering
made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards,
and all the fat that is on the innards,
003:004 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
he shall take away.
003:005 Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering,
which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering
made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
003:006 "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to
Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer
it without blemish.
003:007 If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer
it before Yahweh;
003:008 and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering,
and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons
shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.
003:009 He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering
made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall
take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers
the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
003:010 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
he shall take away.
003:011 The priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food
of the offering made by fire to Yahweh.
003:012 "'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:
003:013 and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before
the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle
its blood on the altar round about.
003:014 He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire
to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat
that is on the innards,
003:015 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
he shall take away.
003:016 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food
of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor;
all the fat is Yahweh's.
003:017 "'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations
in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"
004:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
004:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone
sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has
commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:
004:003 if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people,
then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young
bull without blemish to Yahweh for a sin offering.
004:004 He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting
before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull,
and kill the bull before Yahweh.
004:005 The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull,
and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.
004:006 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle
some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil
of the sanctuary.
004:007 The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar
of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting;
and he shall pour out all of rest of the blood of the bull at
the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door
of the Tent of Meeting.
004:008 He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering
off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat
that is on the innards,
004:009 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
he shall take away,
004:010 as it is taken off of the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings.
The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
004:011 The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs,
its innards, and its dung,
004:012 even the whole bull shall he carry forth outside the camp
to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn
it on wood with fire. Where the ashes are poured out it
shall be burned.
004:013 "'If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing
is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done
any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done,
and are guilty;
004:014 when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly
shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it
before the Tent of Meeting.
004:015 The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on
the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be
killed before Yahweh.
004:016 The anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bull
to the Tent of Meeting:
004:017 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle
it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.
004:018 He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar
which is before Yahweh, that is in the Tent of Meeting;
and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base
of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of
the Tent of Meeting.
004:019 All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar.
004:020 Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull
of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest
shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
004:021 He shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn
it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering
for the assembly.
004:022 "'When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all
the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done,
and is guilty;
004:023 if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him,
he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
004:024 He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it
in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh.
It is a sin offering.
004:025 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with
his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering.
He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar
of burnt offering.
004:026 All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of
the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make
atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
004:027 "'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing
any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done,
and is guilty;
004:028 if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him,
then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female
without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned.
004:029 He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering,
and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
004:030 The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger,
and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering;
and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base
of the altar.
004:031 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken
away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings;
and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet savor
to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him,
and he will be forgiven.
004:032 "'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering,
he shall bring a female without blemish.
004:033 He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering,
and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill
the burnt offering.
004:034 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with
his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering;
and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base
of the altar.
004:035 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken
away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall
burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire;
and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin
that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
005:001 "'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration,
he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't
report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
005:002 "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass
of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock,
or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden
from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty.
005:003 "'Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness
is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from him;
when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty.
005:004 "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil,
or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly
with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it,
then he shall be guilty of one of these.
005:005 It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall
confess that in which he has sinned:
005:006 and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin
which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat,
for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement
for him concerning his sin.
005:007 "'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass
offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves,
or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering,
and the other for a burnt offering.
005:008 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer
the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head
from its neck, but shall not sever it completely.
005:009 He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on
the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be
drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
005:010 He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to
the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him
concerning his sin which he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
005:011 "'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has sinned,
the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering.
He shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense
on it, for it is a sin offering.
005:012 He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take
his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it
on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
It is a sin offering.
005:013 The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that
he has sinned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven;
and the rest shall be the priest's, as the meal offering.'"
005:014 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
005:015 "If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly,
in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass
offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock,
according to your estimation in silver by shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
005:016 He shall make restitution for that which he has done wrong
in the holy thing, and shall add a fifth part to it,
and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make
atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering,
and he will be forgiven.
005:017 "If anyone sins, and does any of the things which Yahweh
has commanded not to be done; though he didn't know it,
yet he is guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
005:018 He shall bring a ram without blemish from of the flock,
according to your estimation, for a trespass offering,
to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him
concerning the thing in which he sinned and didn't know it,
and he will be forgiven.
005:019 It is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty before Yahweh."
006:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
006:002 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh,
and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit,
or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
006:003 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein,
and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a
man does, sinning therein;
006:004 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall
restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has
gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him,
or the lost thing which he found,
006:005 or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore
it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it.
To him to whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his
being found guilty.
006:006 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without
blemish from the flock, according to your estimation,
for a trespass offering, to the priest.
006:007 The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will
be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty."
006:008 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
006:009 "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law
of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall be on
the hearth on the altar all night until the morning;
and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
006:010 The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put
on his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove
the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt offering
on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
006:011 He shall take off his garments, and put on other garments,
and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
006:012 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not
go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning:
and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it,
and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
006:013 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually;
it shall not go out.
006:014 "'This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron
shall offer it before Yahweh, before the altar.
006:015 He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of
the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense
which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar
for a sweet savor, as its memorial, to Yahweh.
006:016 That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat.
It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place.
They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of Meeting
006:017 It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their
portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy,
as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
006:018 Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it,
as their portion forever throughout your generations,
from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches
them shall be holy.'"
006:019 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
006:020 "This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they
shall offer to Yahweh in the day when he is anointed:
the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal
offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half
of it in the evening.
006:021 It shall be made with oil in a baking pan. When it is soaked,
you shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering
in baked pieces for a sweet savor to Yahweh.
006:022 The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his
sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly
burnt to Yahweh.
006:023 Every meal offering of a priest shall be wholly burned.
It shall not be eaten."
006:024 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
006:025 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law
of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering
is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh.
It is most holy.
006:026 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be
eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
006:027 Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there
is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash
that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
006:028 But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken;
and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured,
and rinsed in water.
006:029 Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
006:030 No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent
of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten:
it shall be burned with fire.
007:001 "'This is the law of the trespass offering. It is most holy.
007:002 In the place where they kill the burnt offering, he shall
kill the trespass offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle
on the altar round about.
007:003 He shall offer all of its fat: the fat tail, and the fat
that covers the innards,
007:004 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
shall he take away;
007:005 and the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering
made by fire to Yahweh: it is a trespass offering.
007:006 Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten
in a holy place. It is most holy.
007:007 "'As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering;
there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement
with them shall have it.
007:008 The priest who offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest
shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which
he has offered.
007:009 Every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all
that is dressed in the frying pan, and on the baking pan,
shall be the priest's who offers it.
007:010 Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all
the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.
007:011 "'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings,
which one shall offer to Yahweh.
007:012 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer
with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed
with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes
mixed with oil.
007:013 With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering
with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving.
007:014 Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave
offering to Yahweh. It shall be the priest's who sprinkles
the blood of the peace offerings.
007:015 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for
thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering.
He shall not leave any of it until the morning.
007:016 "'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a freewill
offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice;
and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten:
007:017 but what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third
day shall be burned with fire.
007:018 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings
is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted,
neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it.
It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it
will bear his iniquity.
007:019 "'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten.
It shall be burned with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who
is clean may eat it;
007:020 but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him,
that soul shall be cut off from his people.
007:021 When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man,
or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some
of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong
to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"
007:022 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
007:023 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat,
of ox, or sheep, or goat.
007:024 The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that
which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service,
but you shall in no way eat of it.
007:025 For whoever eats the fat of the animal, of which men offer
an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats
it shall be cut off from his people.
007:026 You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal,
in any of your dwellings.
007:027 Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off
from his people.'"
007:028 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
007:029 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'He who offers
the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his
offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
007:030 With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Yahweh
made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast,
that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh.
007:031 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast
shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
007:032 The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave
offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
007:033 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the
peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh
for a portion.
007:034 For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the
children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings,
and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons
as their portion forever from the children of Israel.'"
007:035 This is the anointing portion of Aaron, and the anointing portion
of his sons, out of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire,
in the day when he presented them to minister to Yahweh
in the priest's office;
007:036 which Yahweh commanded to be given them of the children of Israel,
in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion forever
throughout their generations.
007:037 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering,
and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering,
and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings;
007:038 which Yahweh commanded Moses in Mount Sinai, in the day that
he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings
to Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai.
008:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
008:002 "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments,
and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering,
and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
008:003 and assemble all the congregation at the door of the
Tent of Meeting."
008:004 Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was
assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
008:005 Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh
has commanded to be done."
008:006 Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
008:007 He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him
with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully
woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it.
008:008 He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put
the Urim and the Thummim.
008:009 He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front,
he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
008:010 Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle
and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
008:011 He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed
the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base,
to sanctify them.
008:012 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head,
and anointed him, to sanctify him.
008:013 Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats,
and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
008:014 He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
008:015 He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns
of the altar round about with his finger, and purified
the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar,
and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
008:016 He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover
of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses
burned it on the altar.
008:017 But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung,
he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
008:018 He presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his
sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
008:019 He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.
008:020 He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head,
and the pieces, and the fat.
008:021 He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses
burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering
for a sweet savor. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
008:022 He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration:
and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
008:023 He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on
the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand,
and on the great toe of his right foot.
008:024 He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood
on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their
right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot;
and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.
008:025 He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on
the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys,
and their fat, and the right thigh;
008:026 and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh,
he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread,
and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh.
008:027 He put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved
them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
008:028 Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on
the burnt offering. They were a consecration for a sweet savor.
It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
008:029 Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering
before Yahweh. It was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration,
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
008:030 Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which
was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments,
and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him,
and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons'
garments with him.
008:031 Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door
of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that
is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying,
'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
008:032 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall
burn with fire.
008:033 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting
seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled:
for he shall consecrate you seven days.
008:034 What has been done this day, so Yahweh has commanded to do,
to make atonement for you.
008:035 At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall stay day and night
seven days, and keep the charge of Yahweh, that you don't die:
for so I am commanded."
008:036 Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh
commanded by Moses.
009:001 It happened on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons,
and the elders of Israel;
009:002 and he said to Aaron, "Take a calf from the herd for a sin offering,
and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer
them before Yahweh.
009:003 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male
goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old,
without blemish, for a burnt offering;
009:004 and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice
before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil:
for today Yahweh appears to you.'"
009:005 They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting:
and all the congregation drew near and stood before Yahweh.
009:006 Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you
should do: and the glory of Yahweh shall appear to you."
009:007 Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar, and offer
your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make
atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer
the offering of the people, and make atonement for them;
as Yahweh commanded."
009:008 So Aaron drew near to the altar, and killed the calf of
the sin offering, which was for himself.
009:009 The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped
his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar,
and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:
009:010 but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from
the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
009:011 The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
009:012 He killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the blood
to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar round about.
009:013 They delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece,
and the head: and he burned them upon the altar.
009:014 He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt
offering on the altar.
009:015 He presented the people's offering, and took the goat of
the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it,
and offered it for sin, like the first.
009:016 He presented the burnt offering, and offered it according
to the ordinance.
009:017 He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there,
and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering
of the morning.
009:018 He also killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings,
which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him
the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about,
009:019 and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that
which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover
of the liver:
009:020 and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat
on the altar:
009:021 and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave
offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.
009:022 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them;
and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the
burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
009:023 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out,
and blessed the people: and the glory of Yahweh appeared
to all the people.
009:024 There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt
offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people
saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
010:001 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer,
and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange
fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.
010:002 And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them,
and they died before Yahweh.
010:003 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of,
saying, 'I will show myself holy to those who come near me,
and before all the people I will be glorified.'"
Aaron held his peace.
010:004 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle
of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers
from before the sanctuary out of the camp."
010:005 So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp,
as Moses had said.
010:006 Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons,
"Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear
your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry
with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole
house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled.
010:007 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting,
lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you."
They did according to the word of Moses.
010:008 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,
010:009 "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you,
when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die:
it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:
010:010 and that you are to make a distinction between the holy
and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
010:011 and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes
which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."
010:012 Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar,
his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains
of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without
yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;
010:013 and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion,
and your sons' portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire:
for so I am commanded.
010:014 The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a
clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you:
for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion, out of
the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
010:015 The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with
the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave
offering before Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your sons'
with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded."
010:016 Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering,
and, behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar
and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
010:017 "Why haven't you eaten the sin offering in the place of
the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he has given it you
to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement
for them before Yahweh?
010:018 Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of
the sanctuary: you certainly should have eaten it in the sanctuary,
as I commanded."
010:019 Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this day they have offered
their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh;
and such things as these have happened to me: and if I had
eaten the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing
in the sight of Yahweh?"
010:020 When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.
011:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
011:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living
things which you may eat among all the animals that are
on the earth.
011:003 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews
the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
011:004 "'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew
the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel,
because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof,
he is unclean to you.
011:005 The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof,
he is unclean to you.
011:006 The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof,
she is unclean to you.
011:007 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed,
but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
011:008 Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you
shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
011:009 "'These you may eat of all that are in the waters:
whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas,
and in the rivers, that you may eat.
011:010 All that don't have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers,
of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures
that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
011:011 and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh,
and you shall detest their carcasses.
011:012 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an
abomination to you.
011:013 "'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten,
they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture,
and the black vulture,
011:014 and the red kite, any kind of black kite,
011:015 any kind of raven,
011:016 the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,
011:017 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
011:018 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
011:019 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
011:020 "'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an
abomination to you.
011:021 Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things
that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet,
with which to hop on the earth.
011:022 Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid,
any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
011:023 But all winged creeping things which have four feet,
are an abomination to you.
011:024 "'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches the carcass
of them shall be unclean until the evening.
011:025 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the evening.
011:026 "'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed,
nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches
them shall be unclean.
011:027 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours,
they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall
be unclean until the evening.
011:028 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
011:029 "'These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping
things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat,
any kind of great lizard,
011:030 the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink,
and the chameleon.
011:031 These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep.
Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean
until the evening.
011:032 On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean;
whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack,
whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must
be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening;
then it will be clean.
011:033 Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is
in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
011:034 All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes,
shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every
such vessel shall be unclean.
011:035 Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean;
whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces:
they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
011:036 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered
shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass
shall be unclean.
011:037 If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is
to be sown, it is clean.
011:038 But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass
falls on it, it is unclean to you.
011:039 "'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches
its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
011:040 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
011:041 "'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination.
It shall not be eaten.
011:042 Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours,
or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things
that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they
are an abomination.
011:043 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping
thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean
with them, that you should be defiled thereby.
011:044 For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore,
and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves
with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
011:045 For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
011:046 "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every
living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature
that creeps on the earth,
011:047 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean,
and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living
thing that may not be eaten.'"
012:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
012:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives,
and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days;
as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
012:003 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
012:004 She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days.
She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
until the days of her purifying are completed.
012:005 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean
two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood
of purification sixty-six days.
012:006 "'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son,
or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door
of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering,
and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering:
012:007 and he shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her;
and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood.
"'This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.
012:008 If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves,
or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt offering,
and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make
atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"
013:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
013:002 "When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab,
or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body
the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron
the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:
013:003 and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body:
and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the
appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin,
it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him,
and pronounce him unclean.
013:004 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body,
and the appearance of it isn't deeper than the skin,
and the hair of it hasn't turned white, then the priest shall
isolate the infected person for seven days.
013:005 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, behold,
if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't
spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for
seven more days.
013:006 The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day;
and behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague hasn't
spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean.
It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
013:007 But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself
to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself
to the priest again.
013:008 The priest shall examine him; and behold, if the scab has spread
on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is leprosy.
013:009 "When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be
brought to the priest;
013:010 and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white
rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white,
and there is raw flesh in the rising,
013:011 it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest
shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not isolate him,
for he is unclean.
013:012 "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy
covers all the skin of the infected person from his head
even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
013:013 then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy has
covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean of the plague.
It has all turned white: he is clean.
013:014 But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
013:015 The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean:
the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.
013:016 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white,
then he shall come to the priest;
013:017 and the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the plague
has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean
of the plague. He is clean.
013:018 "When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,
013:019 and in the place of the boil there is a white rising,
or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown
to the priest;
013:020 and the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the appearance
of it is lower than the skin, and the hair of it has
turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is the plague of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil.
013:021 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white
hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim,
then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
013:022 If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce
him unclean. It is a plague.
013:023 But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread,
it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall
pronounce him clean.
013:024 "Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw
flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,
013:025 then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair
in the bright spot has turned white, and the appearance of it
is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out
in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is the plague of leprosy.
013:026 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there is no white
hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin,
but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
013:027 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread
in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is the plague of leprosy.
013:028 If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread
in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn,
and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar
from the burn.
013:029 "When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,
013:030 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the
appearance of it is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it
is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean:
it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
013:031 If the priest examines the plague of itching, and behold,
its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no
black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person
infected with itching seven days.
013:032 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold,
if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it,
and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
013:033 then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch;
and the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days.
013:034 On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold,
if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't
deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean.
He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
013:035 But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
013:036 then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has
spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair;
he is unclean.
013:037 But if in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair
has grown in it; the itch is healed, he is clean.
The priest shall pronounce him clean.
013:038 "When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body,
even white bright spots;
013:039 then the priest shall examine them; and behold, if the bright
spots on the skin of their body are a dull white,
it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin;
he is clean.
013:040 "If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald.
He is clean.
013:041 If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head,
he is forehead bald. He is clean.
013:042 But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead,
a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his
bald head, or his bald forehead.
013:043 Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising
of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his
bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin
of the flesh,
013:044 he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely
pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.
013:045 "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes,
and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover
his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
013:046 All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean.
He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp
shall be his dwelling.
013:047 "The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it
is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
013:048 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool;
whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;
013:049 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin;
it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
013:050 The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the
plague seven days.
013:051 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day.
If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp,
or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin
is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew.
It is unclean.
013:052 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool
or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is:
for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
013:053 "If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn't
spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof,
or in anything of skin;
013:054 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which
the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days.
013:055 Then the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed;
and behold, if the plague hasn't changed its color, and the plague
hasn't spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire.
It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside.
013:056 If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after
it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment,
or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
013:057 and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp,
or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading.
You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.
013:058 The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing
of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has
departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time,
and it will be clean."
013:059 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool
or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin,
to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
014:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
014:002 "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing.
He shall be brought to the priest,
014:003 and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall
examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed
in the leper,
014:004 then the priest shall command them to take for him who is
to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood,
and scarlet, and hyssop.
014:005 The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an
earthen vessel over running water.
014:006 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood,
and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and
the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed
over the running water.
014:007 He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy
seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let
the living bird go into the open field.
014:008 "He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off
all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean.
After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell
outside his tent seven days.
014:009 It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his
hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all
his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes,
and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.
014:010 "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish,
and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths
of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil,
and one log of oil.
014:011 The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to
be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door
of the Tent of Meeting.
014:012 "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him
for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them
for a wave offering before Yahweh.
014:013 He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill
the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place
of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest's,
so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.
014:014 The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering,
and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him
who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand,
and on the big toe of his right foot.
014:015 The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it
into the palm of his own left hand.
014:016 The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his
left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger
seven times before Yahweh.
014:017 The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his
hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed,
and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his
right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.
014:018 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest
shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.
014:019 "The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement
for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness:
and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;
014:020 and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal
offering on the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him,
and he shall be clean.
014:021 "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall
take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved,
to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
014:022 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able
to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other
a burnt offering.
014:023 "On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to
the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh.
014:024 The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering,
and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave
offering before Yahweh.
014:025 He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering.
The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass
offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him
who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand,
and on the big toe of his right foot.
014:026 The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his
own left hand;
014:027 and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of
the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.
014:028 Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand
on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed,
and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his
right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.
014:029 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement
for him before Yahweh.
014:030 He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons,
such as he is able to afford,
014:031 even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering,
and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering.
The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be
cleansed before Yahweh."
014:032 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy,
who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.
014:033 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
014:034 "When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you
for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house
in the land of your possession,
014:035 then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying,
'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'
014:036 The priest shall command that they empty the house,
before the priest goes in to examine the plague,
that all that is in the house not be made unclean:
and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
014:037 He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in
the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish,
and it appears to be deeper than the wall;
014:038 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house,
and shut up the house seven days.
014:039 The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look.
If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,
014:040 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones
in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place
outside of the city:
014:041 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped round about,
and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off,
outside of the city into an unclean place.
014:042 They shall take other stones, and put them in the place
of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall
plaster the house.
014:043 "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house,
after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped
the house, and after it was plastered;
014:044 then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague
has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house.
It is unclean.
014:045 He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber,
and all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out of the city
into an unclean place.
014:046 "Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall
be unclean until the evening.
014:047 He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes;
and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
014:048 "If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold,
the plague hasn't spread in the house, after the house
was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean,
because the plague is healed.
014:049 To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood,
and scarlet, and hyssop.
014:050 He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel
over running water.
014:051 He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet,
and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird,
and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
014:052 He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with
the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood,
with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
014:053 but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into
the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house;
and it shall be clean."
014:054 This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
014:055 and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,
014:056 and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
014:057 to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean.
This is the law of leprosy.
015:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
015:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any
man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge
he is unclean.
015:003 This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge:
whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has
stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
015:004 "'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean;
and everything he sits on shall be unclean.
015:005 Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
015:006 He who sits on anything whereon the man who has the discharge
sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the evening.
015:007 "'He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the evening.
015:008 "'If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean,
then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the evening.
015:009 "'Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on
shall be unclean.
015:010 Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean
until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the evening.
015:011 "'Whoever he who has the discharge touches, without having
rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
015:012 "'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches,
shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
015:013 "'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge,
then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing,
and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water,
and shall be clean.
015:014 "'On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves, or two
young pigeons, and come before Yahweh to the door of the Tent
of Meeting, and give them to the priest:
015:015 and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering,
and the other for a burnt offering. The priest shall make
atonement for him before Yahweh for his discharge.
015:016 "'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe
all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.
015:017 Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be
washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
015:018 If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen,
they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean
until the evening.
015:019 "'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her
flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days:
and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
015:020 "'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean.
Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
015:021 Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
015:022 Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
015:023 If it is on the bed, or on anything whereon she sits,
when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
015:024 "'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him,
he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lies
shall be unclean.
015:025 "'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not
in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond
the time of her period; all the days of the discharge
of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period:
she is unclean.
015:026 Every bed whereon she lies all the days of her discharge shall
be to her as the bed of her period: and everything whereon
she sits shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.
015:027 Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the evening.
015:028 "'But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count
to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
015:029 On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves, or two
young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door
of the Tent of Meeting.
015:030 The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other
for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement
for her before Yahweh for the uncleanness of her discharge.
015:031 "'Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from
their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness,
when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.'"
015:032 This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has
an emission of semen, so that he is unclean thereby;
015:033 and of her who has her period, and of a man or woman who has
a discharge, and of him who lies with her who is unclean.
016:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron,
when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
016:002 and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come
at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil,
before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die:
for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
016:003 "Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young
bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
016:004 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen
breeches on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall
be dressed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments.
He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.
016:005 He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two
male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
016:006 "Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is
for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
016:007 He shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at
the door of the Tent of Meeting.
016:008 Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for Yahweh,
and the other lot for the scapegoat.
016:009 Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh,
and offer him for a sin offering.
016:010 But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be
presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him,
to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.
016:011 "Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering,
which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself
and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering
which is for himself.
016:012 He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar
before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small,
and bring it within the veil:
016:013 and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh,
that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is
on the testimony, so that he will not die.
016:014 He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it
with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before
the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his
finger seven times.
016:015 "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is
for the people, and bring his blood within the veil,
and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull,
and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
016:016 and he shall make atonement for the Holy Place,
because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel,
and because of their transgressions, even all their sins;
and so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells
with them in the midst of their uncleanness.
016:017 There shall be no one in the Tent of Meeting when he enters
to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out,
and has made atonement for himself and for his household,
and for all the assembly of Israel.
016:018 "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make
atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood,
and some of the goat's blood, and put it on the horns
of the altar round about.
016:019 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger
seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness
of the children of Israel.
016:020 "When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent
of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.
016:021 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat,
and confess over him all the iniquities of the children
of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins;
and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall
send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man
who is in readiness.
016:022 The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a
solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
016:023 "Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take
off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into
the Holy Place, and shall leave them there.
016:024 Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, and put
on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering
and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement
for himself and for the people.
016:025 The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar.
016:026 "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come
into the camp.
016:027 The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering,
whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place,
shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn
their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire.
016:028 He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
016:029 "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month,
on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls,
and shall do no manner of work, the native-born, or the stranger
who lives as a foreigner among you:
016:030 for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you;
from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh.
016:031 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict
your souls; it is a statute forever.
016:032 The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be
priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement,
and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
016:033 Then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary; and he shall
make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar;
and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all
the people of the assembly.
016:034 "This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for
the children of Israel once in the year because of all their sins."
It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.
017:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
017:002 "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel,
and say to them: 'This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded,
017:003 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox,
or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
017:004 and hasn't brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to offer
it as an offering to Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh:
blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood;
and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
017:005 This is to the end that the children of Israel may bring
their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field,
that they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent
of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices
of peace offerings to Yahweh.
017:006 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at
the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet
savor to Yahweh.
017:007 They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols,
after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute
forever to them throughout their generations.'
017:008 "You shall say to them, 'Any man there is of the house of Israel,
or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them,
who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
017:009 and doesn't bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
to sacrifice it to Yahweh; that man shall be cut off
from his people.
017:010 "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live
as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood,
I will set my face against that soul who eats blood,
and will cut him off from among his people.
017:011 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given
it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls:
for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
017:012 Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person
among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who lives
as a foreigner among you eat blood."
017:013 "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel,
or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them,
who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten;
he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
017:014 For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life:
therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat
the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh
is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."
017:015 "'Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is
torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner,
he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean.
017:016 But if he doesn't wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall
bear his iniquity.'"
018:001 Yahweh said to Moses,
018:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am
Yahweh your God.
018:003 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived:
and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I
am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes.
018:004 You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes,
and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God.
018:005 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances;
which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
018:006 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives,
to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
018:007 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father,
nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother.
You shall not uncover her nakedness.
018:008 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife:
it is your father's nakedness.
018:009 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister,
the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother,
whether born at home, or born abroad.
018:010 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter,
or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness:
for theirs is your own nakedness.
018:011 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's
wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she
is your sister.
018:012 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister:
she is your father's near kinswoman.
018:013 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister:
for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
018:014 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother,
you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
018:015 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law:
she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
018:016 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife:
it is your brother's nakedness.
018:017 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter.
You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter,
to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen:
it is wickedness.
018:018 "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival,
to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
018:019 "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness,
as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
018:020 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife,
and defile yourself with her.
018:021 "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech;
neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.
018:022 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman.
That is detestable.
018:023 "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it;
neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie
down with it: it is a perversion.
018:024 "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things:
for in all these the nations which I am casting out before
you were defiled.
018:025 The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity,
and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
018:026 You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall
not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born,
nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
018:027 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done,
that were before you, and the land became defiled);
018:028 that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it,
as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
018:029 "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls
that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
018:030 Therefore you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice
any of these abominable customs, which were practiced
before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them:
I am Yahweh your God.'"
019:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
019:002 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your God am holy.
019:003 "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father.
You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
019:004 "'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves.
I am Yahweh your God.
019:005 "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh,
you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
019:006 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day:
and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be
burned with fire.
019:007 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination.
It will not be accepted;
019:008 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has
profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut
off from his people.
019:009 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly
reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather
the gleanings of your harvest.
019:010 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather
the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them
for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.
019:011 "'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely,
nor lie to one another.
019:012 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name
of your God. I am Yahweh.
019:013 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all
night until the morning.
019:014 "'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling
block before the blind; but you shall fear your God.
I am Yahweh.
019:015 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be
partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great;
but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
019:016 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people;
neither shall you stand against the life{literally,
"blood"} of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
019:017 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin
because of him.
019:018 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against
the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor
as yourself. I am Yahweh.
019:019 "'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed
different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field
with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon on you
a garment made of two kinds of material.
019:020 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl,
pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed,
or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall
not be put to death, because she was not free.
019:021 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, to the door
of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.
019:022 The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed:
and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
019:023 "'When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees
for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden.{literally,
"uncircumcised"} Three years shall they be forbidden to you.
It shall not be eaten.
019:024 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving
praise to Yahweh.
019:025 In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield
its increase to you. I am Yahweh your God.
019:026 "'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it;
neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
019:027 "'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads,
neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.
019:028 "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead,
nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
019:029 "'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute;
lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become
full of wickedness.
019:030 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary;
I am Yahweh.
019:031 "'Don't turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards.
Don't seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.
019:032 "'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor
the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God.
I am Yahweh.
019:033 "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land,
you shall not do him wrong.
019:034 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you
as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself;
for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt.
I am Yahweh your God.
019:035 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures
of length, of weight, or of quantity.
019:036 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin,
shall you have. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out
of the land of Egypt.
019:037 You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances,
and do them. I am Yahweh.'"
020:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
020:002 "Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, 'Anyone of
the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as
foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech;
he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land
shall stone him with stones.
020:003 I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off
from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech,
to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
020:004 If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person,
when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death;
020:005 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,
and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him,
to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.
020:006 "'The person that turns to those who are mediums,
and to the wizards, to play the prostitute after them,
I will even set my face against that person, and will cut
him off from among his people.
020:007 "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am
Yahweh your God.
020:008 You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh
who sanctifies you.
020:009 "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely
be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother;
his blood shall be upon him.
020:010 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife,
even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife,
the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
020:011 The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his
father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death;
their blood shall be upon them.
020:012 "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall
surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion;
their blood shall be upon them.
020:013 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death;
their blood shall be upon them.
020:014 "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness:
they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there
may be no wickedness among you.
020:015 "'If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death;
and you shall kill the animal.
020:016 "'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it,
you shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely
be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
020:017 "'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter,
or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she
sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall
be cut off in the sight of the children of their people:
he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
020:018 "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period,
and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain,
and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood:
and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
020:019 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of
your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative:
they shall bear their iniquity.
020:020 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered
his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin;
they shall die childless.
020:021 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity:
he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
020:022 "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances,
and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell,
may not vomit you out.
020:023 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am
casting out before you: for they did all these things,
and therefore I abhorred them.
020:024 But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will
give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey."
I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
020:025 "'You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal
and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean:
and you shall not make yourselves abominable by animal,
or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems,
which I have separated from you as unclean for you.
020:026 You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set
you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
020:027 "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard,
shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones;
their blood shall be upon them.'"
021:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,
and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead
among his people;
021:002 except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother,
for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
021:003 and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband;
for her he may defile himself.
021:004 He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people,
to profane himself.
021:005 "'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave
off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings
in their flesh.
021:006 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of
their God; for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire,
the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
021:007 "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane;
neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband:
for he is holy to his God.
021:008 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread
of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh,
who sanctify you, am holy.
021:009 "'The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself
by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father:
she shall be burned with fire.
021:010 "'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head
the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put
on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose,
nor tear his clothes;
021:011 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself
for his father, or for his mother;
021:012 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane
the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil
of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.
021:013 "'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
021:014 A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled,
or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin
of his own people shall he take as a wife.
021:015 He shall not profane his seed among his people:
for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'"
021:016 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
021:017 "Say to Aaron, 'None of your seed throughout their generations
who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.
021:018 For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near:
a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose,
or any deformity,
021:019 or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,
021:020 or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye,
or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;
021:021 no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, who has a blemish,
shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
Since has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread
of his God.
021:022 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy,
and of the holy.
021:023 He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar,
because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries,
for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"
021:024 So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the
children of Israel.
022:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
022:002 "Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy
things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me,
and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
022:003 "Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed throughout your
generations approaches the holy things, which the children
of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness
on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me.
I am Yahweh.
022:004 "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue;
he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean.
Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead,
or a man whose seed goes from him;
022:005 or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be
made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness,
whatever uncleanness he has;
022:006 the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening,
and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his
body in water.
022:007 When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall
eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
022:008 That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall
not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
022:009 "'They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear
sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it.
I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
022:010 "'No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner
living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat
of the holy thing.
022:011 But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money,
he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house,
they shall eat of his bread.
022:012 If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider, she shall
not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
022:013 But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or divorced,
and has no child, and has returned to her father's house,
as in her youth, she may eat of her father's bread:
but no stranger shall eat any of it.
022:014 "'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add
the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy
thing to the priest.
022:015 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children
of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
022:016 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt,
when they eat their holy things: for I am Yahweh
who sanctifies them.'"
022:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
022:018 "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children
of Israel, and say to them, 'Whoever is of the house of Israel,
or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering,
whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings,
which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt offering;
022:019 that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish,
of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.
022:020 But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer:
for it shall not be acceptable for you.
022:021 Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh
to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd
or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted;
there shall be no blemish therein.
022:022 Blind, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having
a running sore, you shall not offer these to Yahweh, nor make
an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.
022:023 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking
in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering;
but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
022:024 That which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut,
you shall not offer to Yahweh; neither shall you do thus
in your land.
022:025 Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall you offer the bread
of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them.
There is a blemish in them. They shall not be accepted for you.'"
022:026 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
022:027 "When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall
remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth
day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering
of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
022:028 Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young
both in one day.
022:029 "When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh,
you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
022:030 It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it
until the morning. I am Yahweh.
022:031 "Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them.
I am Yahweh.
022:032 You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy
among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,
022:033 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God.
I am Yahweh."
023:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
023:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts
of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
even these are my set feasts.
023:003 "'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath
of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work.
It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
023:004 "'These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations,
which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.
023:005 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month
in the evening, is Yahweh's Passover.
023:006 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened
bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
023:007 In the first day you shall have a holy convocation.
You shall do no regular work.
023:008 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh
seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation:
you shall do no regular work.'"
023:009 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
023:010 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you
have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap
its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first
fruits of your harvest to the priest:
023:011 and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you.
On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
023:012 On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb
without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
023:013 The meal offering with it shall be two tenth parts of an ephah
of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire
to Yahweh for a sweet savor; and the drink offering with it
shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
023:014 You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain,
until this same day, until you have brought the offering
of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings.
023:015 "'You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath,
from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering;
seven Sabbaths shall be completed:
023:016 even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall number
fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh.
023:017 You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a
wave offering made of two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour.
They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh.
023:018 You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish
a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall
be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering,
and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire,
of a sweet aroma to Yahweh.
023:019 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male
lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
023:020 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits
for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs.
They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.
023:021 You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall
be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no regular work.
This is a statute forever in all your dwellings
throughout your generations.
023:022 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall
not wholly reap into the corners of your field,
neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest:
you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner.
I am Yahweh your God.'"
023:023 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
023:024 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month,
on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you,
a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
023:025 You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering
made by fire to Yahweh.'"
023:026 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
023:027 "However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day
of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you
shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering
made by fire to Yahweh.
023:028 You shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day
of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God.
023:029 For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day;
shall be cut off from his people.
023:030 Whoever it is who does any manner of work in that same day,
that person I will destroy from among his people.
023:031 You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
023:032 It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall
deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening,
from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."
023:033 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
023:034 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth
day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven
days to Yahweh.
023:035 On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall
do no regular work.
023:036 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you;
and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
023:037 "'These are the appointed feasts of Yahweh, which you shall
proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made
by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, and a meal offering,
a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day;
023:038 besides the Sabbaths of Yahweh, and besides your gifts,
and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings,
which you give to Yahweh.
023:039 "'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have
gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast
of Yahweh seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest,
and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
023:040 You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees,
and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh
your God seven days.
023:041 You shall keep it a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year:
it is a statute forever throughout your generations;
you shall keep it in the seventh month.
023:042 You shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are native-born
in Israel shall dwell in booths,
023:043 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel
to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.
I am Yahweh your God.'"
023:044 Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed
feasts of Yahweh.
024:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
024:002 "Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive
oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
024:003 Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting,
shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning
before Yahweh continually: it shall be a statute forever
throughout your generations.
024:004 He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold lampstand
before Yahweh continually.
024:005 "You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it:
two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
024:006 You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold
table before Yahweh.
024:007 You shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may
be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made
by fire to Yahweh.
024:008 Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before
Yahweh continually. It is on the behalf of the children
of Israel an everlasting covenant.
024:009 It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it
in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings
of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute."
024:010 The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian,
went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite
woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp.
024:011 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed;
and they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith,
the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
024:012 They put him in custody, until the will of Yahweh should be
declared to them.
024:013 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
024:014 "Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay
their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
024:015 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses
his God shall bear his sin.
024:016 He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put
to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him:
the foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes
the Name, shall be put to death.
024:017 "'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
024:018 He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good,
life for life.
024:019 If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it
be done to him:
024:020 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth;
as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.
024:021 He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills
a man shall be put to death.
024:022 You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well
as the native-born: for I am Yahweh your God.'"
024:023 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him
who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones.
The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
025:001 Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,
025:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you
come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep
a Sabbath to Yahweh.
025:003 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall
prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;
025:004 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn
rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow
your field or prune your vineyard.
025:005 What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap,
and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather.
It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
025:006 The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself,
for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant,
and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.
025:007 For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land,
shall all the increase of it be for food.
025:008 "'You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times
seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven
Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.
025:009 Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of
the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound
the trumpet throughout all your land.
025:010 You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty
throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee
to you; and each of you shall return to his own property,
and each of you shall return to his family.
025:011 That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you
shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself,
nor gather from the undressed vines.
025:012 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat
of its increase out of the field.
025:013 "'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
025:014 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor,
you shall not wrong one another.
025:015 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall
buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years
of the crops he shall sell to you.
025:016 According to the length of the years you shall increase the price
of it, and according to the shortness of the years you shall
diminish the price of it; for he is selling the number
of the crops to you.
025:017 You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God:
for I am Yahweh your God.
025:018 "'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances
and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
025:019 The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill,
and dwell therein in safety.
025:020 If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year?
Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
025:021 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year,
and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
025:022 You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits,
the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in,
you shall eat the old store.
025:023 "'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine;
for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
025:024 In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption
for the land.
025:025 "'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions,
then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem
that which his brother has sold.
025:026 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous
and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
025:027 then let him reckon the years since the sale of it,
and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it;
and he shall return to his property.
025:028 But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has
sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until
the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released,
and he shall return to his property.
025:029 "'If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may
redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold.
For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
025:030 If it isn't redeemed within the space of a full year,
then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure
in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations.
It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
025:031 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round
about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country:
they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
025:032 "'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities
of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
025:033 The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city
of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee;
for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession
among the children of Israel.
025:034 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold;
for it is their perpetual possession.
025:035 "'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't
support him among you; then you shall uphold him.
As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
025:036 Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God;
that your brother may live among you.
025:037 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him
your food for profit.
025:038 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land
of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
025:039 "'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself
to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
025:040 As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you;
he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:
025:041 then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him,
and shall return to his own family, and to the possession
of his fathers.
025:042 For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land
of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
025:043 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall
fear your God.
025:044 "'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have;
of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy
male and female slaves.
025:045 Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you,
of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you,
which they have conceived in your land; and they will
be your property.
025:046 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you,
to hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever:
but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule,
one over another, with harshness.
025:047 "'If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich,
and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself
to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member
of the stranger's family;
025:048 after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers
may redeem him;
025:049 or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any
who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him;
or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
025:050 He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year
that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee:
and the price of his sale shall be according to the number
of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall
he be with him.
025:051 If there are yet many years, according to them he shall
give back the price of his redemption out of the money
that he was bought for.
025:052 If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee,
then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service
he shall give back the price of his redemption.
025:053 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him:
he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
025:054 If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be released
in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.
025:055 For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my
servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt.
I am Yahweh your God.
026:001 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you
raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you
place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it:
for I am Yahweh your God.
026:002 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary.
I am Yahweh.
026:003 "'If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments,
and do them;
026:004 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land
shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall
yield their fruit.
026:005 Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage
shall reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread
to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
026:006 "'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down,
and no one will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals
out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
026:007 You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you
by the sword.
026:008 Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall
chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you
by the sword.
026:009 "'I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful,
and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
026:010 You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall move out
the old because of the new.
026:011 I will set my tent among you: and my soul won't abhor you.
026:012 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will
be my people.
026:013 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land
of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have
broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
026:014 "'But if you will not listen to me, and will not do
all these commandments;
026:015 and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors
my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments,
but break my covenant;
026:016 I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you,
even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes,
and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed
in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
026:017 I will set my face against you, and you will be struck
before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you;
and you will flee when no one pursues you.
026:018 "'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me,
then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
026:019 I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky
like iron, and your soil like brass;
026:020 and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't
yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land
yield their fruit.
026:021 "'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me,
then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according
to your sins.
026:022 I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you
of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few
in number; and your roads will become desolate.
026:023 "'If by these things you won't be reformed to me, but will walk
contrary to me;
026:024 then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you,
even I, seven times for your sins.
026:025 I will bring a sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance
of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within
your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you;
and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
026:026 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread
in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight:
and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
026:027 "'If you in spite of this won't listen to me, but walk
contrary to me;
026:028 then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will
chastise you seven times for your sins.
026:029 You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh
of your daughters.
026:030 I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars,
and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols;
and my soul will abhor you.
026:031 I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries
to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet
fragrance of your offerings.
026:032 I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies
that dwell therein will be astonished at it.
026:033 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out
the sword after you: and your land will be a desolation,
and your cities shall be a waste.
026:034 Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies
desolate and you are in your enemies' land. Even then the land
will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
026:035 As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest
which it didn't have in your sabbaths, when you lived on it.
026:036 "'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness
into their hearts in the lands of their enemies:
and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight;
and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they
will fall when no one pursues.
026:037 They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword,
when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand
before your enemies.
026:038 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies
will eat you up.
026:039 Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity
in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their
fathers shall they pine away with them.
026:040 "'If they confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,
in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that,
because they walked contrary to me,
026:041 I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land
of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled,
and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
026:042 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my
covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham;
and I will remember the land.
026:043 The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths
while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept
the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they
rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
026:044 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies,
I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them,
to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them;
for I am Yahweh their God;
026:045 but I will for their sake remember the covenant of their
ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt
in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God.
I am Yahweh.'"
026:046 These are the statutes, ordinances and laws, which Yahweh made
between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.
027:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
027:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man
makes a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your valuation.
027:003 Your valuation shall be of a male from twenty years old even
to sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels
of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
027:004 If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
027:005 If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old,
then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels,
and for a female ten shekels.
027:006 If the person is from a month old even to five years old,
then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver,
and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
027:007 If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it
is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels,
and for a female ten shekels.
027:008 But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set
before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to
the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.
027:009 "'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh,
all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.
027:010 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad
for a good: and if he shall at all change animal for animal,
then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
027:011 If it is any unclean animal, of which they do not offer
as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the animal
before the priest;
027:012 and the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad.
As you the priest values it, so shall it be.
027:013 But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth
part of it to its valuation.
027:014 "'When a man dedicates his house to be holy to Yahweh,
then the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad:
as the priest shall evaluate it, so shall it stand.
027:015 If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall
add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it,
and it shall be his.
027:016 "'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession,
then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it:
the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty
shekels of silver.
027:017 If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee,
according to your valuation it shall stand.
027:018 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest
shall reckon to him the money according to the years that
remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made
from your valuation.
027:019 If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall
add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it,
and it shall remain his.
027:020 If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field
to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;
027:021 but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy
to Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be owned by the priests.
027:022 "'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought,
which is not of the field of his possession,
027:023 then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation
up to the Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation
on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh.
027:024 In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from
whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession
of the land belongs.
027:025 All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of
the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
027:026 "'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn
to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep,
it is Yahweh's.
027:027 If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according
to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it:
or if it isn't redeemed, then it shall be sold according
to your valuation.
027:028 "'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote
to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal,
or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed:
every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.
027:029 "'No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men,
shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
027:030 "'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land
or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.
027:031 If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth
part to it.
027:032 All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes
under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.
027:033 He shall not search whether it is good or bad,
neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all,
then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
It shall not be redeemed.'"
027:034 These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses
for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
Book 04 Numbers
001:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent
of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second
year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
001:002 "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to
the number of the names, every male, one by one;
001:003 from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go
out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them
by their divisions.
001:004 With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head
of his fathers' house.
001:005 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you:
Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
001:006 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
001:007 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
001:008 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
001:009 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
001:010 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
001:011 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
001:012 Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
001:013 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
001:014 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
001:015 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan."
001:016 These are those who were called of the congregation,
the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads
of the thousands of Israel.
001:017 Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.
001:018 They assembled all the congregation together on the first
day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry
by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to
the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
one by one.
001:019 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the
wilderness of Sinai.
001:020 The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to
the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty
years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
001:021 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben,
were forty-six thousand five hundred.
001:022 Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of it,
according to the number of the names, one by one, every male
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
out to war;
001:023 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon,
were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
001:024 Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
out to war;
001:025 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad,
were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
001:026 Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
out to war;
001:027 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah,
were sixty-four thousand six hundred.
001:028 Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
out to war;
001:029 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar,
were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
001:030 Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
out to war;
001:031 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun,
were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
001:032 Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim,
their generations, by their families, by their fathers'
houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
001:033 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim,
were forty thousand five hundred.
001:034 Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
out to war;
001:035 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh,
were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
001:036 Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
out to war;
001:037 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin,
were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
001:038 Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
forth to war;
001:039 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan,
were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
001:040 Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
forth to war;
001:041 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher,
were forty-one thousand five hundred.
001:042 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
forth to war;
001:043 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali,
were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
001:044 These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men:
they were each one for his fathers' house.
001:045 So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel
by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war in Israel;
001:046 even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand
five hundred fifty.
001:047 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not
numbered among them.
001:048 For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
001:049 "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall
you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
001:050 but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony,
and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it.
They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings;
and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
001:051 When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down;
and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set
it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
001:052 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man
by his own camp, and every man by his own standard,
according to their divisions.
001:053 But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony,
that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children
of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle
of the Testimony."
001:054 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses, so they did.
002:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
002:002 "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard,
with the banners of their fathers' houses: at a distance
from the tent of meeting shall they encamp around it."
002:003 Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of
the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions:
and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon
the son of Amminadab.
002:004 His division, and those who were numbered of them,
were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
002:005 Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar:
and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel
the son of Zuar.
002:006 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four
thousand four hundred.
002:007 The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun
shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
002:008 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven
thousand four hundred.
002:009 All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred
eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions.
They shall set out first.
002:010 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben
according to their divisions. The prince of the children
of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
002:011 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six
thousand five hundred.
002:012 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon.
The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel
the son of Zurishaddai.
002:013 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine
thousand three hundred.
002:014 "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad
shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
002:015 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five
thousand six hundred fifty.
002:016 "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred
fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies.
They shall set out second.
002:017 "Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp
of the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp,
so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
002:018 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their divisions: and the prince of the children
of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
002:019 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty
thousand five hundred.
002:020 "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince
of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
002:021 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two
thousand two hundred.
002:022 "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children
of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
002:023 His army, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five
thousand four hundred.
002:024 "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred
eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions.
They shall set out third.
002:025 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan
according to their divisions: and the prince of the children
of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
002:026 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two
thousand seven hundred.
002:027 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher:
and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel
the son of Ochran.
002:028 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one
thousand and five hundred.
002:029 "The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children
of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
002:030 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-three
thousand four hundred.
002:031 "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred
fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last
by their standards."
002:032 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel
by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps
according to their armies were six hundred three thousand
five hundred fifty.
002:033 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
002:034 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards,
and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to
their fathers' houses.
003:001 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses
in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
003:002 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
003:003 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests
who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in
the priest's office.
003:004 Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange
fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had
no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's
office in the presence of Aaron their father.
003:005 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
003:006 "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron
the priest, that they may minister to him.
003:007 They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service
of the tabernacle.
003:008 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting,
and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service
of the tabernacle.
003:009 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are
wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
003:010 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep
their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be
put to death."
003:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
003:012 "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children
of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among
the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
003:013 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck
down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy
to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal.
They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."
003:014 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
003:015 "Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses,
by their families: every male from a month old and upward
shall you number."
003:016 Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh,
as he was commanded.
003:017 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath,
and Merari.
003:018 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families:
Libni and Shimei.
003:019 The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel.
003:020 The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites according to
their fathers' houses.
003:021 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family
of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
003:022 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were
numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
003:023 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind
the tabernacle westward.
003:024 The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall
be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
003:025 The charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall
be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen
for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
003:026 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door
of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar,
and its cords for all of its service.
003:027 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family
of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites,
and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families
of the Kohathites.
003:028 According to the number of all the males, from a month
old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred,
keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
003:029 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south
side of the tabernacle.
003:030 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites
shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
003:031 Their charge shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand,
the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister,
and the screen, and all its service.
003:032 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes
of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the charge
of the sanctuary.
003:033 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family
of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
003:034 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number
of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six
thousand two hundred.
003:035 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari
was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north
side of the tabernacle.
003:036 The appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the
tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
all its instruments, all its service,
003:037 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins,
and their cords.
003:038 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward,
in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise,
shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge
of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel.
The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
003:039 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered
at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males
from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
003:040 Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males
of the children of Israel from a month old and upward,
and take the number of their names.
003:041 You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh)
instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel;
and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn
among the livestock of the children of Israel."
003:042 Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn
among the children of Israel.
003:043 All the firstborn males according to the number of names,
from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them,
were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
003:044 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
003:045 "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among
the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites
instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine.
I am Yahweh.
003:046 For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the
firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number
of the Levites,
003:047 you shall take five shekels apiece for each one;
after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them
(the shekel is twenty gerahs):
003:048 and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them
is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."
003:049 Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded
the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
003:050 from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money,
one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary:
003:051 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons,
according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
004:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
004:002 "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
004:003 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old,
all who enter into the service, to do the work in the
Tent of Meeting.
004:004 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting,
the most holy things.
004:005 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons,
and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover
the ark of the Testimony with it,
004:006 and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread
over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
004:007 On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth,
and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups
with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.
004:008 They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same
with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
004:009 They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light,
and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes,
and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
004:010 They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin,
and shall put it on the frame.
004:011 On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover
it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
004:012 They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they
minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth,
and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put
them on the frame.
004:013 They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread
a purple cloth on it.
004:014 They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister
about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels,
and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall
spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
004:015 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary,
and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward;
after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it:
but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die.
These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the
Tent of Meeting.
004:016 "The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil
for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering,
and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle,
and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."
004:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
004:018 "Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites
from among the Levites;
004:019 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they
approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in,
and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
004:020 but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment,
lest they die."
004:021 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
004:022 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers'
houses, by their families;
004:023 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall
you number them; all who enter in to wait on the service,
to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
004:024 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites,
in serving and in bearing burdens:
004:025 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent
of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is
above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
004:026 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door
of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and
around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments
of their service, and whatever shall be done with them.
Therein shall they serve.
004:027 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the
service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden,
and in all their service; and you shall appoint to them
in charge all their burden.
004:028 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites
in the Tent of Meeting: and their charge shall be under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
004:029 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families,
by their fathers' houses;
004:030 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old
shall you number them, everyone who enters on the service,
to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
004:031 This is the charge of their burden, according to all their
service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards,
its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
004:032 and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets,
and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments,
and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint
the instruments of the charge of their burden.
004:033 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari,
according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting,
under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
004:034 Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation
numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families,
and by their fathers' houses,
004:035 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered into the service, for work in the
Tent of Meeting.
004:036 Those who were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred fifty.
004:037 These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites,
all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
004:038 Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families,
and by their fathers' houses,
004:039 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered into the service, for work in the
Tent of Meeting,
004:040 even those who were numbered of them, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
004:041 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons
of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses
and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh.
004:042 Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
004:043 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered into the service, for work in the
Tent of Meeting,
004:044 even those who were numbered of them by their families,
were three thousand two hundred.
004:045 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons
of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the
commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
004:046 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and
Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families,
and by their fathers' houses,
004:047 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work
of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
004:048 even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand
five hundred eighty.
004:049 According to the commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by Moses,
everyone according to his service, and according to his burden.
Thus were they numbered by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
005:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
005:002 "Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp
every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever
is unclean by the dead.
005:003 Both male and female shall you put out, outside of the camp
shall you put them; that they not defile their camp,
in the midst of which I dwell."
005:004 The children of Israel did so, and put them out outside of the camp;
as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
005:005 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
005:006 "Speak to the children of Israel: When a man or woman commits
any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Yahweh,
and that soul is guilty;
005:007 then he shall confess his sin which he has done, and he shall
make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it
the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom
he has been guilty.
005:008 But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made
for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made to Yahweh
shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement,
by which atonement shall be made for him.
005:009 Every heave offering of all the holy things of the children
of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.
005:010 Every man's holy things shall be his: whatever any man gives
the priest, it shall be his."
005:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
005:012 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them:
If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
005:013 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes
of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled,
and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken
in the act;
005:014 and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous
of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit
of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife,
and she isn't defiled:
005:015 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring
her offering for her: the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal.
He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it
is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial,
bringing iniquity to memory.
005:016 The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh;
005:017 and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel;
and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle
the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
005:018 The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair
of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of
memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy.
The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness
that brings a curse.
005:019 The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman,
'If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside
to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this
water of bitterness that brings a curse.
005:020 But if you have gone astray, being under your husband,
and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you
besides your husband:'
005:021 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath
of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, 'Yahweh make
you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows
your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
005:022 and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels,
and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.'
The woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'
005:023 "The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
blot them out into the water of bitterness.
005:024 He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes
the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter
into her and become bitter.
005:025 The priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the
woman's hand, and shall wave the meal offering before Yahweh,
and bring it to the altar.
005:026 The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering,
as the memorial of it, and burn it on the altar, and afterward
shall make the woman drink the water.
005:027 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen,
if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against
her husband, that the water that causes the curse will
enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell,
and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse
among her people.
005:028 If the woman isn't defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free,
and shall conceive seed.
005:029 "This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband,
goes astray, and is defiled;
005:030 or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous
of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh,
and the priest shall execute on her all this law.
005:031 The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall
bear her iniquity."
006:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
006:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: When either
man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite,
to separate himself to Yahweh,
006:003 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink.
He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink,
neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh
grapes or dried.
006:004 All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is
made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
006:005 "All the days of his vow of separation there shall no
razor come on his head, until the days are fulfilled,
in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy.
He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
006:006 "All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall
not go near a dead body.
006:007 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for
his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die;
because his separation to God is on his head.
006:008 All the days of his separation he is holy to Yahweh.
006:009 "If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head
of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day
of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.
006:010 On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young
pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.
006:011 The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other
for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he
sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy
that same day.
006:012 He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation,
and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering;
but the former days shall be void, because his separation
was defiled.
006:013 "This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his
separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door
of the Tent of Meeting,
006:014 and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb
a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one
ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering,
and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
006:015 and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour
mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil,
and their meal offering, and their drink offerings.
006:016 The priest shall present them before Yahweh, and shall offer
his sin offering, and his burnt offering.
006:017 He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings
to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest
shall offer also its meal offering, and its drink offering.
006:018 The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door
of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head
of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under
the sacrifice of peace offerings.
006:019 The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one
unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer,
and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has
shaved the head of his separation;
006:020 and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
This is holy for the priest, together with the breast that is
waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite
may drink wine.
006:021 "This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, and of his offering
to Yahweh for his separation, besides that which he is able to get.
According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law
of his separation."
006:022 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
006:023 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is how you
shall bless the children of Israel.' You shall tell them,
006:024 'Yahweh bless you, and keep you.
006:025 Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.
006:026 Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.'
006:027 "So they shall put my name on the children of Israel;
and I will bless them."
007:001 It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up
the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it,
with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels,
and had anointed and sanctified them;
007:002 that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers'
houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes.
These are they who were over those who were numbered:
007:003 and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for
each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
007:004 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
007:005 "Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service
of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites,
to every man according to his service."
007:006 Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
007:007 He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon,
according to their service:
007:008 and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari,
according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar
the son of Aaron the priest.
007:009 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service
of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it
on their shoulders.
007:010 The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar
in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their
offerings before the altar.
007:011 Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering,
each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar."
007:012 He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son
of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah,
007:013 and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:014 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:015 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:016 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:017 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
007:018 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
gave his offering.
007:019 He offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight
of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:020 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:021 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:022 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:023 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
007:024 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the
children of Zebulun
007:025 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:026 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:027 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:028 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:029 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
007:030 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the
children of Reuben
007:031 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:032 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:033 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:034 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:035 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
007:036 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of
the children of Simeon
007:037 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:038 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:039 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:040 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:041 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old:
this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
007:042 On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the
children of Gad
007:043 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:044 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:045 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:046 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:047 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
007:048 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of
the children of Ephraim
007:049 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:050 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:051 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:052 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:053 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
007:054 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of
the children of Manasseh
007:055 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:056 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:057 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:058 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:059 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
007:060 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the
children of Benjamin
007:061 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:062 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:063 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:064 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:065 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
007:066 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of
the children of Dan
007:067 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:068 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:069 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:070 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:071 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
007:072 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of
the children of Asher
007:073 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:074 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:075 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:076 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:077 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
007:078 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the
children of Naphtali
007:079 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was
one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
007:080 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
007:081 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering;
007:082 one male goat for a sin offering;
007:083 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
007:084 This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it
was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters,
twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;
007:085 each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels,
and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand
four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
007:086 the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten
shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;
007:087 all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve,
the male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal offering;
and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;
007:088 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings
twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty,
the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication
of the altar, after it was anointed.
007:089 When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh,
he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that
was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim:
and he spoke to him.
008:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
008:002 "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps,
the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
008:003 Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front
of the lampstand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
008:004 This was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold.
From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work:
according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses,
so he made the lampstand.
008:005 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
008:006 "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel,
and cleanse them.
008:007 Thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water
of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor,
and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
008:008 Then let them take a young bull, and its meal offering,
fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall
take for a sin offering.
008:009 You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting.
You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
008:010 You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children
of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
008:011 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering,
on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs
to do the service of Yahweh.
008:012 The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls,
and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for
a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.
008:013 You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,
and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.
008:014 Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children
of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
008:015 "After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of
the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer
them as a wave offering.
008:016 For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel;
instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all
the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
008:017 For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine,
both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
008:018 I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among
the children of Israel.
008:019 I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons
from among the children of Israel, to do the service of
the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make
atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague
among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel
come near to the sanctuary."
008:020 Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children
of Israel, to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children
of Israel did to them.
008:021 The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed
their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering
before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
008:022 After that, the Levites went in to do their service in
the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons:
as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites,
so they did to them.
008:023 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
008:024 "This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five
years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service
in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
008:025 and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting
on the work, and shall serve no more,
008:026 but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent
of Meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service.
Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their duties."
009:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first
month of the second year after they had come out of the land
of Egypt, saying,
009:002 "Moreover let the children of Israel keep the Passover
in its appointed season.
009:003 On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep
it in its appointed season--according to all its statutes,
and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."
009:004 Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should
keep the Passover.
009:005 They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth
day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai.
According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children
of Israel did.
009:006 There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body
of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day,
and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
009:007 Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead
body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer
the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among
the children of Israel?"
009:008 Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will
command concerning you."
009:009 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
009:010 "Say to the children of Israel, 'If any man of you or of your
generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a
journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh.
009:011 In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they
shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs.
009:012 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone
of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they
shall keep it.
009:013 But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails
to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Because he didn't offer the offering of Yahweh in its
appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
009:014 If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to keep the Passover
to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover,
and according to its ordinance, so shall he do.
You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner, and for him
who is born in the land.'"
009:015 On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud
covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony:
and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were
the appearance of fire, until morning.
009:016 So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance
of fire by night.
009:017 Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after
that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where
the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.
009:018 At the commandment of Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled,
and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped. As long
as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped.
009:019 When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days,
then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh,
and didn't travel.
009:020 Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle;
then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped,
and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled.
009:021 Sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning;
and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they traveled:
or by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they traveled.
009:022 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud
stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children
of Israel remained encamped, and didn't travel; but when it
was taken up, they traveled.
009:023 At the commandment of Yahweh they encamped, and at the commandment
of Yahweh they traveled. They kept the charge of Yahweh,
at the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
010:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
010:002 Make you two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shall you make them:
and you shall use them for the calling of the congregation,
and for the journeying of the camps.
010:003 When they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather
themselves to you at the door of the tent of meeting.
010:004 If they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands
of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
010:005 When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side
shall take their journey.
010:006 When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie
on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow
an alarm for their journeys.
010:007 But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow,
but you shall not sound an alarm.
010:008 The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they
shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations.
010:009 When you go to war in your land against the adversary who
oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets;
and you shall be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you
shall be saved from your enemies.
010:010 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts,
and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets
over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your
peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial
before your God: I am Yahweh your God.
010:011 It happened in the second year, in the second month,
on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken
up from over the tent of the testimony.
010:012 The children of Israel set forward according to their journeys
out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in
the wilderness of Paran.
010:013 They first took their journey according to the commandment
of Yahweh by Moses.
010:014 In the first [place] the standard of the camp of the children
of Judah set forward according to their armies:
and over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
010:015 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar was
Nethanel the son of Zuar.
010:016 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab
the son of Helon.
010:017 The tent was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons
of Merari, who bore the tent, set forward.
010:018 The standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to
their armies: and over his army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
010:019 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon was
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
010:020 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
010:021 The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary:
and [the others] did set up the tent against their coming.
010:022 The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward
according to their armies: and over his army was Elishama
the son of Ammihud.
010:023 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
010:024 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
010:025 The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the
rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their armies:
and over his army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
010:026 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel
the son of Ochran.
010:027 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira
the son of Enan.
010:028 Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according
to their armies; and they set forward.
010:029 Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses'
father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said,
I will give it to you: come you with us, and we will do you good;
for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel.
010:030 He said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land,
and to my relatives.
010:031 He said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we
are to encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to us
instead of eyes.
010:032 It shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever
good Yahweh shall do to us, the same will we do to you.
010:033 They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey;
and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them
three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
010:034 The cloud of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set forward
from the camp.
010:035 It happened, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,
Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered;
and let those who hate you flee before you.
010:036 When it rested, he said, Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands
of the thousands of Israel.
011:001 The people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Yahweh:
and when Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire
of Yahweh burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost
part of the camp.
011:002 The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh,
and the fire abated.
011:003 The name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire
of Yahweh burnt among them.
011:004 The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly:
and the children of Israel also wept again, and said,
Who shall give us flesh to eat?
011:005 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing;
the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions,
and the garlic:
011:006 but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save
this manna to look on.
011:007 The manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance of it
as the appearance of bdellium.
011:008 The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it:
and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
011:009 When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
011:010 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families,
every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Yahweh
was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
011:011 Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your servant?
and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay
the burden of all this people on me?
011:012 Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth,
that you should tell me, Carry them in your bosom,
as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you
swore to their fathers?
011:013 Where should I get meat to give to all this people? for they
weep to me, saying, Give us meat, that we may eat.
011:014 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is
too heavy for me.
011:015 If you deal thus with me, please kill me out of hand, if I have
found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
011:016 Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders
of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people,
and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting,
that they may stand there with you.
011:017 I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take
of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them;
and they shall bear the burden of the people with you,
that you not bear it yourself alone.
011:018 Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow,
and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears
of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was
well with us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you flesh,
and you shall eat.
011:019 You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days,
neither ten days, nor twenty days,
011:020 but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it
be loathsome to you; because that you have rejected Yahweh
who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came
we forth out of Egypt?
011:021 Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred
thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh,
that they may eat a whole month.
011:022 Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them?
or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them,
to suffice them?
011:023 Yahweh said to Moses, Has Yahweh's hand grown short? now shall
you see whether my word shall happen to you or not.
011:024 Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh:
and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people,
and set them round about the Tent.
011:025 Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of
the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders:
and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them,
they prophesied, but they did so no more.
011:026 But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad,
and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them;
and they were of those who were written, but had not gone
out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
011:027 There ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad
do prophesy in the camp.
011:028 Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his
chosen men, answered, My lord Moses, forbid them.
011:029 Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake?
I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh
would put his Spirit on them!
011:030 Moses got him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
011:031 There went forth a wind from Yahweh, and brought quails
from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's
journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side,
round about the camp, and about two cubits above the surface
of the earth.
011:032 The people rose up all that day, and all the night,
and all the next day, and gathered the quails:
he who gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread
them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
011:033 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed,
the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh
struck the people with a very great plague.
011:034 The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there
they buried the people who lusted.
011:035 From Kibrothhattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth;
and they abode at Hazeroth.
012:001 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite
woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
012:002 They said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he
spoken also with us? Yahweh heard it.
012:003 Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were
on the surface of the earth.
012:004 Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron,
and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tent of meeting.
They three came out.
012:005 Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of
the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
012:006 He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you,
I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will
speak with him in a dream.
012:007 My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:
012:008 with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly,
and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall he see:
why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant,
against Moses?
012:009 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against them; and he departed.
012:010 The cloud removed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous,
as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold,
she was leprous.
012:011 Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don't lay sin on us,
for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.
012:012 Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half
consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
012:013 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, God, I beg you.
012:014 Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face,
shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up
outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall
be brought in again.
012:015 Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days:
and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.
012:016 Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped
in the wilderness of Paran.
013:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
013:002 Send you men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan,
which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their
fathers shall you send a man, everyone a prince among them.
013:003 Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to
the commandment of Yahweh: all of them men who were heads
of the children of Israel.
013:004 These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the
son of Zaccur.
013:005 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
013:006 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
013:007 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
013:008 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
013:009 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
013:010 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
013:011 Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi
the son of Susi.
013:012 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
013:013 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
013:014 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
013:015 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
013:016 These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land.
Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
013:017 Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them,
Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country:
013:018 and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein,
whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
013:019 and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad;
and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps,
or in strongholds;
013:020 and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean,
whether there is wood therein, or not. Be of good courage,
and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time
of the first-ripe grapes.
013:021 So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness
of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
013:022 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;
and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there.
(Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
013:023 They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there
a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on
a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates,
and of the figs.
013:024 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster
which the children of Israel cut down from there.
013:025 They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
013:026 They went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh;
and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation,
and shown them the fruit of the land.
013:027 They told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us;
and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is
the fruit of it.
013:028 However the people who dwell in the land are strong,
and the cities are fortified, [and] very great:
and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
013:029 Amalek dwells in the land of the South: and the Hittite,
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill country;
and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side
of the Jordan.
013:030 Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up
at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
013:031 But the men who went up with him said, We aren't able to go
up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
013:032 They brought up an evil report of the land which they had
spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The land,
through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats
up the inhabitants of it; and all the people who we saw in it
are men of great stature.
013:033 There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of
the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers,
and so we were in their sight.
014:001 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried;
and the people wept that night.
014:002 All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron:
and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we
had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died
in this wilderness!
014:003 Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword?
Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it
be better for us to return into Egypt?
014:004 They said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us
return into Egypt.
014:005 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly
of the congregation of the children of Israel.
014:006 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
014:007 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out,
is an exceeding good land.
014:008 If Yahweh delight in us, then he will bring us into this land,
and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
014:009 Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people
of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense
is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us:
don't fear them.
014:010 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones.
The glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of meeting to all
the children of Israel.
014:011 Yahweh said to Moses, How long will this people despise me?
and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs
which I have worked among them?
014:012 I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them,
and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
014:013 Moses said to Yahweh, Then the Egyptians will hear it;
for you brought up this people in your might from among them;
014:014 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land.
They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people;
for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands
over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day,
and in a pillar of fire by night.
014:015 Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
014:016 Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into
the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them
in the wilderness.
014:017 Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you
have spoken, saying,
014:018 Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means
clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers
on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.
014:019 Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to
the greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you
have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
014:020 Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:
014:021 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be
filled with the glory of Yahweh;
014:022 because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs,
which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted
me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
014:023 surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers,
neither shall any of those who despised me see it:
014:024 but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him,
and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land
into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.
014:025 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley:
tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way
to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
014:026 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
014:027 How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur
against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children
of Israel, which they murmur against me.
014:028 Tell them, As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken
in my ears, so will I do to you:
014:029 your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all
who were numbered of you, according to your whole number,
from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
014:030 surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I
swore that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son
of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
014:031 But your little ones, that you said should be a prey,
them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which
you have rejected.
014:032 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
014:033 Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years,
and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies
be consumed in the wilderness.
014:034 After the number of the days in which you spied out the land,
even forty days, for every day a year, shall you bear your
iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my alienation.
014:035 I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this
evil congregation, who are gathered together against me:
in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there
they shall die.
014:036 The men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned,
and made all the congregation to murmur against him,
by bringing up an evil report against the land,
014:037 even those men who did bring up an evil report of the land,
died by the plague before Yahweh.
014:038 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
014:039 Moses told these words to all the children of Israel:
and the people mourned greatly.
014:040 They rose up early in the morning, and got them up
to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here,
and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised:
for we have sinned.
014:041 Moses said, Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh,
seeing it shall not prosper?
014:042 Don't go up, for Yahweh isn't among you; that you not be struck
down before your enemies.
014:043 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you,
and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned back
from following Yahweh, therefore Yahweh will not be with you.
014:044 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain:
nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses,
didn't depart out of the camp.
014:045 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who lived
in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down,
even to Hormah.
015:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
015:002 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you are
come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
015:003 and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering,
or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill offering,
or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor to Yahweh,
of the herd, or of the flock;
015:004 then shall he who offers his offering offer to Yahweh a meal
offering of a tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed
with the fourth part of a hin of oil:
015:005 and wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of a hin,
shall you prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice,
for each lamb.
015:006 Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenth
parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with the third part
of a hin of oil:
015:007 and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part
of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
015:008 When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice,
to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh;
015:009 then shall he offer with the bull a meal offering of three tenth
parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil:
015:010 and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine,
for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
015:011 Thus shall it be done for each bull, or for each ram,
or for each of the male lambs, or of the young goats.
015:012 According to the number that you shall prepare, so shall you
do to everyone according to their number.
015:013 All who are native-born shall do these things after this manner,
in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
015:014 If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may
be among you throughout your generations, and will offer
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh;
as you do, so he shall do.
015:015 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you,
and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner [with you],
a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are,
so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh.
015:016 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger
who lives as a foreigner with you.
015:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
015:018 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come
into the land where I bring you,
015:019 then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land,
you shall offer up a wave offering to Yahweh.
015:020 Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a
wave offering: as the wave offering of the threshing floor,
so shall you heave it.
015:021 Of the first of your dough you shall give to Yahweh a wave
offering throughout your generations.
015:022 When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments,
which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,
015:023 even all that Yahweh has commanded you by Moses, from the day that
Yahweh gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;
015:024 then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge
of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one
young bull for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor to Yahweh,
with the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it,
according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
015:025 The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven;
for it was an error, and they have brought their offering,
an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin offering
before Yahweh, for their error:
015:026 and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall
be forgiven, and the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them;
for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
015:027 If one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female
goat a year old for a sin offering.
015:028 The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs,
when he sins unwittingly, before Yahweh, to make atonement for him;
and he shall be forgiven.
015:029 You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly,
for him who is native-born among the children of Israel,
and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.
015:030 But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is
native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh;
and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
015:031 Because he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken
his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off;
his iniquity shall be on him.
015:032 While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found
a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
015:033 Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses
and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
015:034 They put him in custody, because it had not been declared
what should be done to him.
015:035 Yahweh said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death:
all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside
of the camp.
015:036 All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned
him to death with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
015:037 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
015:038 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they
should make them fringes{or, tassels (Hebrew tzitzit)} in
the borders of their garments throughout their generations,
and that they put on the fringe{or, tassel} of each border
a cord of blue:
015:039 and it shall be to you for a fringe{or, tassel}, that you may look
on it, and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them;
and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes,
after which you use to play the prostitute;
015:040 that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy
to your God.
015:041 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: I am Yahweh your God.
016:001 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,
with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son
of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]:
016:002 and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children
of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation,
called to the assembly, men of renown;
016:003 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and
against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on you,
seeing all the congregation are holy, everyone of them,
and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up above
the assembly of Yahweh?
016:004 When Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
016:005 and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the
morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy,
and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall
choose he will cause to come near to him.
016:006 This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
016:007 and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow:
and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does choose, he [shall
be] holy: you take too much on you, you sons of Levi.
016:008 Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
016:009 [seems it but] a small thing to you, that the God of Israel
has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring
you near to himself, to do the service of the tent of Yahweh,
and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
016:010 and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons
of Levi with you? and seek you the priesthood also?
016:011 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together
against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he who you murmur against him?
016:012 Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab;
and they said, We won't come up:
016:013 is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land
flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness,
but you must needs make yourself also a prince over us?
016:014 Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk
and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards:
will you put out the eyes of these men? we won't come up.
016:015 Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, "Don't respect
their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them,
neither have I hurt one of them."
016:016 Moses said to Korah, You and all your company go before Yahweh,
you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow:
016:017 and take every man his censer, and put incense on them,
and bring you before Yahweh every man his censer, two hundred
fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.
016:018 They took every man his censer, and put fire in them,
and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent
of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
016:019 Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door
of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared
to all the congregation.
016:020 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
016:021 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.
016:022 They fell on their faces, and said, God, the God of the spirits
of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry
with all the congregation?
016:023 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
016:024 Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the tent
of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
016:025 Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders
of Israel followed him.
016:026 He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you,
from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs,
lest you be consumed in all their sins.
016:027 So they got them up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood
at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons,
and their little ones.
016:028 Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do
all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of my own mind.
016:029 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they
be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh
hasn't sent me.
016:030 But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth,
and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them,
and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand
that these men have despised Yahweh.
016:031 It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words,
that the ground split apart that was under them;
016:032 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up,
and their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah,
and all their goods.
016:033 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive
into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished
from among the assembly.
016:034 All Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them;
for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
016:035 Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred
fifty men who offered the incense.
016:036 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
016:037 Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up
the censers out of the burning, and scatter you the fire yonder;
for they are holy,
016:038 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives;
and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar:
for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy;
and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
016:039 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who
were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering
of the altar,
016:040 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that
no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn
incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company:
as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
016:041 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have
killed the people of Yahweh.
016:042 It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses
and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting:
and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
016:043 Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
016:044 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
016:045 Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them
in a moment. They fell on their faces.
016:046 Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire therein
from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it
quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them:
for there is wrath gone out from Yahweh; the plague is begun.
016:047 Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly;
and behold, the plague was begun among the people:
and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
016:048 He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
016:049 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and
seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
016:050 Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting:
and the plague was stayed.
017:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
017:002 Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods,
one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according
to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every man's
name on his rod.
017:003 You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there
shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
017:004 You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony,
where I meet with you.
017:005 It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose
shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings
of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
017:006 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes
gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers'
houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was
among their rods.
017:007 Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
017:008 It happened on the next day, that Moses went into the tent
of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house
of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms,
and bore ripe almonds.
017:009 Moses brought out all the rods from before Yahweh to all
the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every
man his rod.
017:010 Yahweh said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony,
to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion;
that you may make an end of their murmurings against me,
that they not die.
017:011 Thus did Moses: as Yahweh commanded him, so did he.
017:012 The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish,
we are undone, we are all undone.
017:013 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tent of Yahweh, dies:
shall we perish all of us?
018:001 Yahweh said to Aaron, You and your sons and your fathers'
house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary;
and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity
of your priesthood.
018:002 Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father,
bring you near with you, that they may be joined to you,
and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall
be before the tent of the testimony.
018:003 They shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the Tent:
only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary
and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.
018:004 They shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of
the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent:
and a stranger shall not come near to you.
018:005 You shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of
the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.
018:006 I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among
the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh,
to do the service of the tent of meeting.
018:007 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for
everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you
shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift:
and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
018:008 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, I, behold, I have given you the charge
of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children
of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing,
and to your sons, as a portion forever.
018:009 This shall be your of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire:
every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs,
and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering
of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy
for you and for your sons.
018:010 As the most holy things shall you eat of it; every male shall
eat of it: it shall be holy to you.
018:011 This is your: the wave offering of their gift, even all
the wave offerings of the children of Israel; I have given
them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you,
as a portion forever; everyone who is clean in your house
shall eat of it.
018:012 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage,
and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give
to Yahweh, to you have I given them.
018:013 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they
bring to Yahweh, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your
house shall eat of it.
018:014 Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.
018:015 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they
offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be yours:
nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem,
and the firstborn of unclean animals shall you redeem.
018:016 Those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old shall
you redeem, according to your estimation, for the money
of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary
(the same is twenty gerahs).
018:017 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep,
or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy:
you shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall
burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet
savor to Yahweh.
018:018 The flesh of them shall be your, as the wave offering breast
and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
018:019 All the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children
of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given you, and your
sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever:
it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to
your seed with you.
018:020 Yahweh said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land,
neither shall you have any portion among them: I am your
portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
018:021 To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe
in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service
which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
018:022 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the tent
of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
018:023 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting,
and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute
forever throughout your generations; and among the children
of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
018:024 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave
offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance:
therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel
they shall have no inheritance.
018:025 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
018:026 Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them,
When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I
have given you from them for your inheritance, then you
shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe
of the tithe.
018:027 Your wave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it
were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness
of the winepress.
018:028 Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all
your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel;
and of it you shall give Yahweh's wave offering to Aaron the priest.
018:029 Out of all your gifts you shall offer every wave offering
of Yahweh, of all the best of it, even the holy part of it
out of it.
018:030 Therefore you shall tell them, When you heave the best of it
from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the increase
of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress.
018:031 You shall eat it in every place, you and your households:
for it is your reward in return for your service in the
tent of meeting.
018:032 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved
from it the best of it: and you shall not profane the holy
things of the children of Israel, that you not die.
019:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
019:002 This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded,
saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring
you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish,
[and] on which never came yoke.
019:003 You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring
her forth outside of the camp, and one shall kill her
before his face:
019:004 and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger,
and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of
meeting seven times.
019:005 One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
019:006 and the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,
and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
019:007 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe
his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp,
and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
019:008 He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe
his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
019:009 A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer,
and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place;
and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children
of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin offering.
019:010 He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even: and it shall be to the children
of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner
among them, for a statute forever.
019:011 He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
019:012 the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day,
and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he doesn't
purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall
not be clean.
019:013 Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died,
and doesn't purify himself, defiles the tent of Yahweh;
and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water
for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean;
his uncleanness is yet on him.
019:014 This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes
into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be
unclean seven days.
019:015 Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
019:016 Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword,
or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be
unclean seven days.
019:017 For the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning
of the sin offering; and running water shall be put thereto
in a vessel:
019:018 and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water,
and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on
the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone,
or the slain, or the dead, or the grave:
019:019 and the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day,
and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him;
and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and shall be clean at even.
019:020 But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself,
that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly,
because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh:
the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him;
he is unclean.
019:021 It shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles
the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who
touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.
019:022 Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean;
and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until even.
020:001 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month:
and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there,
and was buried there.
020:002 There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
020:003 The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we
had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
020:004 Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness,
that we should die there, we and our animals?
020:005 Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us
in to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs,
or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any
water to drink.
020:006 Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to
the door of the tent of meeting, and fell on their faces:
and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them.
020:007 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
020:008 Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron
your brother, and speak you to the rock before their eyes,
that it give forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them
water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation
and their livestock drink.
020:009 Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.
020:010 Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock,
and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring
you forth water out of this rock?
020:011 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice:
and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank,
and their livestock.
020:012 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because you didn't believe
in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel,
therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land
which I have given them.
020:013 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel
strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
020:014 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says
your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has
happened to us:
020:015 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in
Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us,
and our fathers:
020:016 and when we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, and sent
an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold,
we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.
020:017 Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass
through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of
the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway;
we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left,
until we have passed your border.
020:018 Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, lest I come
out with the sword against you.
020:019 The children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway;
and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will I give
the price of it: let me only, without [doing] anything [else],
pass through on my feet.
020:020 He said, You shall not pass through. Edom came out against him
with much people, and with a strong hand.
020:021 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:
why Israel turned away from him.
020:022 They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel,
even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
020:023 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border
of the land of Edom, saying,
020:024 Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter
into the land which I have given to the children of Israel,
because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
020:025 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;
020:026 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son:
and Aaron shall be gathered [to his people], and shall die there.
020:027 Moses did as Yahweh commanded: and they went up into Mount Hor
in the sight of all the congregation.
020:028 Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain:
and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
020:029 When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept
for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
021:001 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South,
heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim;
and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
021:002 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly
destroy their cities.
021:003 Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up
the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities:
and the name of the place was called Hormah.
021:004 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea{or, Sea
of Reeds}, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul
of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
021:005 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there
is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes
this light bread.
021:006 Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people;
and much people of Israel died.
021:007 The people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned,
because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you;
pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.
Moses prayed for the people.
021:008 Yahweh said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on
a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten,
when he sees it, shall live.
021:009 Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard:
and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man,
when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.
021:010 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth.
021:011 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim,
in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
021:012 From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
021:013 From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side
of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of
the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab,
between Moab and the Amorites.
021:014 Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, "Vaheb
in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,
021:015 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar,
leans on the border of Moab."
021:016 From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of
which Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together,
and I will give them water.
021:017 Then sang Israel this song: "Spring up, well; sing to it:
021:018 the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of
the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles."
From the wilderness [they traveled] to Mattanah;
021:019 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
021:020 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab,
to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
021:021 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
021:022 Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field,
or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells:
we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border.
021:023 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border:
but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out
against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz;
and he fought against Israel.
021:024 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his
land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon;
for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
021:025 Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities
of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns of it.
021:026 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites,
who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken
all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.
021:027 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon.
Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
021:028 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon.
It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places
of the Arnon.
021:029 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has
given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity,
to Sihon king of the Amorites.
021:030 We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon.
We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."
021:031 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
021:032 Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns of it,
and drove out the Amorites who were there.
021:033 They turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king
of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people,
to battle at Edrei.
021:034 Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him: for I have delivered
him into your hand, and all his people, and his land;
and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites,
who lived at Heshbon.
021:035 So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there
was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.
022:001 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains
of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
022:002 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done
to the Amorites.
022:003 Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many:
and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
022:004 Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick
up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass
of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab
at that time.
022:005 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor,
which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people,
to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out
from Egypt: behold, they cover the surface of the earth,
and they abide over against me.
022:006 Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are
too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we
may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land;
for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom
you curse is cursed.
022:007 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the
rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam,
and spoke to him the words of Balak.
022:008 He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you
word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes
of Moab abode with Balaam.
022:009 God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?
022:010 Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,
has sent to me, [saying],
022:011 Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers
the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them;
peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall
drive them out.
022:012 God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall
not curse the people; for they are blessed.
022:013 Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes
of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give
me leave to go with you.
022:014 The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said,
Balaam refuses to come with us.
022:015 Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
022:016 They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son
of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
022:017 for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you
say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this
people for me.
022:018 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me
his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word
of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
022:019 Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may
know what Yahweh will speak to me more.
022:020 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are
come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word
which I speak to you, that shall you do.
022:021 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey,
and went with the princes of Moab.
022:022 God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Yahweh
placed himself in the way for an adversary against him.
Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants
were with him.
022:023 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way,
with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey
turned aside out of the way, and went into the field:
and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.
022:024 Then the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path between the vineyards,
a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
022:025 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself
to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall:
and he struck her again.
022:026 The angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a narrow place,
where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
022:027 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under Balaam:
and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey
with his staff.
022:028 Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said
to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me
these three times?
022:029 Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me, I would
there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed you.
022:030 The donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on which you
have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever wont
to do so to you? and he said, No.
022:031 Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel
of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand;
and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
022:032 The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck your donkey
these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary,
because your way is perverse before me:
022:033 and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times:
unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even
slain you, and saved her alive.
022:034 Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, I have sinned;
for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me:
now therefore, if it displease you, I will get me back again.
022:035 The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only
the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.
So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
022:036 When Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him
to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon,
which is in the utmost part of the border.
022:037 Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call
you? why didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote
you to honor?
022:038 Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you:
have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word
that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
022:039 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
022:040 Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam,
and to the princes who were with him.
022:041 It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought
him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there
the utmost part of the people.
023:001 Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
me here seven bulls and seven rams.
023:002 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered
on every altar a bull and a ram.
023:003 Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go:
perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows
me I will tell you. He went to a bare height.
023:004 God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars,
and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
023:005 Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak,
and thus you shall speak.
023:006 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his
burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
023:007 He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me,
The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse
me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.
023:008 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy,
whom Yahweh has not defied?
023:009 For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him:
behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be
reckoned among the nations.
023:010 Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth
part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous,
Let my last end be like his!
023:011 Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me?
I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have
blessed them altogether.
023:012 He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which
Yahweh puts in my mouth?
023:013 Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place,
from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost
part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me
them from there.
023:014 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,
and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram
on every altar.
023:015 He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I
meet [Yahweh] yonder.
023:016 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said,
Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
023:017 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering,
and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him,
What has Yahweh spoken?
023:018 He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
023:019 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man,
that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
023:020 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed,
and I can't reverse it.
023:021 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen
perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him.
The shout of a king is among them.
023:022 God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength
of the wild ox.
023:023 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there
any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob
and of Israel, What has God done!
023:024 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts
himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,
and drinks the blood of the slain.
023:025 Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them at all.
023:026 But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that
Yahweh speaks, that I must do?
023:027 Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place;
peradventure it will please God that you may curse me
them from there.
023:028 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down
on the desert.
023:029 Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
me here seven bulls and seven rams.
023:030 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram
on every altar.
024:001 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel,
he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments,
but he set his face toward the wilderness.
024:002 Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according
to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
024:003 He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says,
the man whose eye was closed says;
024:004 he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision
of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
024:005 How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your tents, Israel!
024:006 As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the riverside,
as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
024:007 Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be
in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag.
His kingdom shall be exalted.
024:008 God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength
of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries,
shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.
024:009 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall
rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed.
Everyone who curses you is cursed.
024:010 Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck
his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you
to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed
them these three times.
024:011 Therefore now flee you to your place: I thought to promote
you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you
back from honor.
024:012 Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers
who you sent to me, saying,
024:013 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold,
I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad
of my own mind; what Yahweh speaks, that will I speak?
024:014 Now, behold, I go to my people: come, [and] I will advertise you
what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.
024:015 He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says,
the man whose eye was closed says;
024:016 he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the
Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down,
and having his eyes open:
024:017 I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out
of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab,
and break down all the sons of Sheth.
024:018 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall
be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
024:019 Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy
the remnant from the city.
024:020 He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall
come to destruction.
024:021 He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said,
Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
024:022 Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries
you away captive.
024:023 He took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when
God does this?
024:024 But ships [shall come] from the coast of Kittim.
They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber.
He also shall come to destruction.
024:025 Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak
also went his way.
025:001 Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play
the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
025:002 for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods;
and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
025:003 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the anger of Yahweh
was kindled against Israel.
025:004 Yahweh said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people,
and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce
anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.
025:005 Moses said to the judges of Israel, Kill you everyone his men
who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.
025:006 Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his
brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in
the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
025:007 When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation,
and took a spear in his hand;
025:008 and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion,
and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel,
and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed
from the children of Israel.
025:009 Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
025:010 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
025:011 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel,
in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I
didn't consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
025:012 Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:
025:013 and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant
of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God,
and made atonement for the children of Israel.
025:014 Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was
slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu,
a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.
025:015 The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi,
the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers'
house in Midian.
025:016 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
025:017 Vex the Midianites, and strike them;
025:018 for they vex you with their wiles, with which they have deceived
you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi,
the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was
slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.
026:001 It happened after the plague, that Yahweh spoke to Moses
and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
026:002 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers'
houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel.
026:003 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains
of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
026:004 [Take the sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward;
as Yahweh commanded Moses and the children of Israel,
that came forth out of the land of Egypt.
026:005 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben:
[of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu,
the family of the Palluites;
026:006 of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family
of the Carmites.
026:007 These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were
numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
026:008 The sons of Pallu: Eliab.
026:009 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are
that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation,
who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company
of Korah, when they strove against Yahweh,
026:010 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together
with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured
two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.
026:011 Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn't die.
026:012 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family
of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites;
of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
026:013 of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family
of the Shaulites.
026:014 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand
two hundred.
026:015 The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family
of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites;
of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
026:016 of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family
of the Erites;
026:017 of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family
of the Arelites.
026:018 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those
who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
026:019 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in
the land of Canaan.
026:020 The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah,
the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites;
of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
026:021 The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites;
of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
026:022 These are the families of Judah according to those who were
numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
026:023 The sons of Issachar after their families: [of] Tola,
the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
026:024 of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family
of the Shimronites.
026:025 These are the families of Issachar according to those who were
numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
026:026 The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family
of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites;
of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
026:027 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those
who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
026:028 The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
026:029 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites;
and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family
of the Gileadites.
026:030 These are the sons of Gilead: [of] Iezer, the family of
the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
026:031 and [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and [of] Shechem,
the family of the Shechemites;
026:032 and [of] Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and [of] Hepher,
the family of the Hepherites.
026:033 Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters:
and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah,
and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
026:034 These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered
of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
026:035 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families:
of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher,
the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family
of the Tahanites.
026:036 These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family
of the Eranites.
026:037 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those
who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred.
These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
026:038 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family
of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites;
of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
026:039 of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham,
the family of the Huphamites.
026:040 The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: [of Ard], the family
of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
026:041 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families;
and those who were numbered of them were forty-five
thousand six hundred.
026:042 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham,
the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan
after their families.
026:043 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were
numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
026:044 The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family
of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites;
of Beriah, the family of the Berites.
026:045 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites;
of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
026:046 The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
026:047 These are the families of the sons of Asher according
to those who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand
and four hundred.
026:048 The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel,
the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
026:049 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family
of the Shillemites.
026:050 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families;
and those who were numbered of them were forty-five
thousand four hundred.
026:051 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel,
six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
026:052 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
026:053 To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according
to the number of names.
026:054 To the more you shall give the more inheritance,
and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance:
to everyone according to those who were numbered of him shall
his inheritance be given.
026:055 Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot:
according to the names of the tribes of their fathers
they shall inherit.
026:056 According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between
the more and the fewer.
026:057 These are those who were numbered of the Levites after
their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites;
of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family
of the Merarites.
026:058 These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites,
the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites,
the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites.
Kohath became the father of Amram.
026:059 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,
who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron
and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
026:060 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
026:061 Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh.
026:062 Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand,
every male from a month old and upward: for they were not
numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no
inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
026:063 These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,
who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab
by the Jordan at Jericho.
026:064 But among these there was not a man of them who were numbered
by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children
of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
026:065 For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness.
There was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
and Joshua the son of Nun.
027:001 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher,
the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these
are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah,
and Milcah, and Tirzah.
027:002 They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest,
and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door
of the tent of meeting, saying,
027:003 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among
the company of those who gathered themselves together against
Yahweh in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin;
and he had no sons.
027:004 Why should the name of our father be taken away from among
his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession
among the brothers of our father.
027:005 Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.
027:006 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
027:007 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give
them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers;
and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to
pass to them.
027:008 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die,
and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass
to his daughter.
027:009 If he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance
to his brothers.
027:010 If he have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance
to his father's brothers.
027:011 If his father have no brothers, then you shall give his
inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family,
and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children
of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
027:012 Yahweh said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim,
and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
027:013 When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people,
as Aaron your brother was gathered;
027:014 because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin,
in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters
before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh
in the wilderness of Zin.)
027:015 Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying,
027:016 Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man
over the congregation,
027:017 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them,
and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in;
that the congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which
have no shepherd.
027:018 Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom
is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
027:019 and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all
the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
027:020 You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation
of the children of Israel may obey.
027:021 He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire
for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh:
at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall
come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him,
even all the congregation.
027:022 Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set
him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
027:023 and he laid his hands on him, and gave him a charge, as Yahweh
spoke by Moses.
028:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
028:002 Command the children of Israel, and tell them, My offering,
my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor to me,
shall you observe to offer to me in their due season.
028:003 You shall tell them, This is the offering made by fire which you
shall offer to Yahweh: male lambs a year old without blemish,
two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
028:004 The one lamb shall you offer in the morning, and the other lamb
shall you offer at even;
028:005 and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering,
mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
028:006 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai
for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
028:007 The drink offering of it shall be the fourth part of a hin
for the one lamb: in the holy place shall you pour out a drink
offering of strong drink to Yahweh.
028:008 The other lamb shall you offer at even: as the meal offering
of the morning, and as the drink offering of it, you shall
offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
028:009 On the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish,
and two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal offering,
mixed with oil, and the drink offering of it:
028:010 this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual
burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.
028:011 In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt
offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male
lambs a year old without blemish;
028:012 and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a
meal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth
parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil,
for the one ram;
028:013 and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal
offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savor,
an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
028:014 Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull,
and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part
of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every
month throughout the months of the year.
028:015 One male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be
offered besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink
offering of it.
028:016 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month,
is Yahweh's Passover.
028:017 On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast:
seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
028:018 In the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall
do no servile work;
028:019 but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering
to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven male
lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
028:020 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil:
three tenth parts shall you offer for a bull, and two tenth
parts for the ram;
028:021 a tenth part shall you offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
028:022 and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.
028:023 You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning,
which is for a continual burnt offering.
028:024 After this manner you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food
of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh:
it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering,
and the drink offering of it.
028:025 On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation:
you shall do no servile work.
028:026 Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal
offering to Yahweh in your [feast of] weeks, you shall have
a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;
028:027 but you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh:
two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
028:028 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth
parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
028:029 a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
028:030 one male goat, to make atonement for you.
028:031 Besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it,
you shall offer them (they shall be to you without blemish),
and their drink offerings.
029:001 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall
have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work:
it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
029:002 You shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh:
one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
029:003 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth
parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram,
029:004 and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
029:005 and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;
029:006 besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering
of it, and the continual burnt offering and the meal offering
of it, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance,
for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
029:007 On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have
a holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls:
you shall do no manner of work;
029:008 but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a sweet savor:
one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
they shall be to you without blemish;
029:009 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth
parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
029:010 a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:
029:011 one male goat for a sin offering; besides the sin offering
of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meal
offering of it, and their drink offerings.
029:012 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have
a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you
shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:
029:013 and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savor to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams,
fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
029:014 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil,
three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bulls,
two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
029:015 and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
029:016 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual
burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
offering of it.
029:017 On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls,
two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
029:018 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
after the ordinance;
029:019 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the
continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it,
and their drink offerings.
029:020 On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
a year old without blemish;
029:021 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
after the ordinance;
029:022 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink
offering of it.
029:023 On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
a year old without blemish;
029:024 their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
after the ordinance;
029:025 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
offering of it.
029:026 On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
a year old without blemish;
029:027 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
after the ordinance;
029:028 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual
burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink
offering of it.
029:029 On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
a year old without blemish;
029:030 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
after the ordinance;
029:031 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
offerings of it.
029:032 On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
a year old without blemish;
029:033 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
after the ordinance;
029:034 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
offering of it.
029:035 On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly:
you shall do no servile work;
029:036 but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savor to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male
lambs a year old without blemish;
029:037 their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bull,
for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the ordinance:
029:038 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual
burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink
offering of it.
029:039 These you shall offer to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your vows,
and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings,
and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings,
and for your peace offerings.
029:040 Moses told the children of Israel according to all that
Yahweh commanded Moses.
030:001 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.
030:002 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind
his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall
do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
030:003 Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself
by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,
030:004 and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she
has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her;
then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she
has bound her soul shall stand.
030:005 But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears,
none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound
her soul, shall stand: and Yahweh will forgive her,
because her father disallowed her.
030:006 If she be [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her,
or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has
bound her soul,
030:007 and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day
that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds
with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
030:008 But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it,
then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash
utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul:
and Yahweh will forgive her.
030:009 But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced,
[even] everything with which she has bound her soul,
shall stand against her.
030:010 If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond
with an oath,
030:011 and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her,
and didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall stand,
and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.
030:012 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he
heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning
her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand:
her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her.
030:013 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul,
her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
030:014 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day
to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds,
which are on her: he has established them, because he held
his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
030:015 But if he shall make them null and void after that he has
heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
030:016 These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded Moses,
between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter,
being in her youth, in her father's house.
031:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
031:002 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites:
afterward you shall be gathered to your people.
031:003 Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you
for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute
Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.
031:004 Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,
shall you send to the war.
031:005 So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel,
a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
031:006 Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war,
them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war,
with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm
in his hand.
031:007 They warred against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses;
and they killed every male.
031:008 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain:
Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five
kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed
with the sword.
031:009 The children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their
little ones; and all their livestock, and all their flocks,
and all their goods, they took for a prey.
031:010 All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all
their encampments, they burnt with fire.
031:011 They took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man
and of animal.
031:012 They brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil,
to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation
of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab,
which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
031:013 Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of
the congregation, went forth to meet them outside of the camp.
031:014 Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains
of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from
the service of the war.
031:015 Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
031:016 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel
of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor,
and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.
031:017 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill
every woman who has known man by lying with him.
031:018 But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him,
keep alive for yourselves.
031:019 Encamp you outside of the camp seven days: whoever has
killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain,
purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day,
you and your captives.
031:020 As to every garment, and all that is made of skin,
and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood,
you shall purify yourselves.
031:021 Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle,
This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:
031:022 however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin,
and the lead,
031:023 everything that may abide the fire, you shall make to go
through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it
shall be purified with the water for impurity:
and all that doesn't withstand the fire you shall make to go
through the water.
031:024 You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall
be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp.
031:025 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
031:026 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal,
you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers'
[houses] of the congregation;
031:027 and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled
in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
031:028 Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle:
one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen,
and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:
031:029 take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest,
for Yahweh's wave offering.
031:030 Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out
of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys,
and of the flocks, [even] of all the livestock, and give them
to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of Yahweh.
031:031 Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
031:032 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took,
was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
031:033 and seventy-two thousand oxen,
031:034 and sixty-one thousand donkeys,
031:035 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had
not known man by lying with him.
031:036 The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war,
was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand
five hundred sheep:
031:037 and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
031:038 The oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's
tribute was seventy-two.
031:039 The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's
tribute was sixty-one.
031:040 The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute
was thirty-two persons.
031:041 Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh's wave offering,
to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
031:042 Of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off
from the men who warred
031:043 (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven
thousand five hundred sheep,
031:044 and thirty-six thousand oxen,
031:045 and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
031:046 and sixteen thousand persons),
031:047 even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn
out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them
to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tent of Yahweh;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
031:048 The officers who were over the thousands of the army,
the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds,
came near to Moses;
031:049 and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum
of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacks
not one man of us.
031:050 We have brought Yahweh's offering, what every man has gotten,
of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings,
and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.
031:051 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them,
even all worked jewels.
031:052 All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh,
of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds,
was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
031:053 ([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
031:054 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting,
for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.
032:001 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had
a very great multitude of livestock: and when they saw
the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold,
the place was a place for livestock;
032:002 the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke
to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes
of the congregation, saying,
032:003 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon,
and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
032:004 the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel,
is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.
032:005 They said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land
be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us
over the Jordan.
032:006 Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children
of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall
you sit here?
032:007 Why discourage you the heart of the children of Israel from
going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?
032:008 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea
to see the land.
032:009 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land,
they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they
should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them.
032:010 Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,
032:011 Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years
old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
032:012 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua
the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Yahweh.
032:013 Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made
them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years,
until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight
of Yahweh, was consumed.
032:014 Behold, you are risen up in your fathers' place, an increase
of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of
Yahweh toward Israel.
032:015 For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave
them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people.
032:016 They came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:
032:017 but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children
of Israel, until we have brought them to their place:
and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities
because of the inhabitants of the land.
032:018 We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel
have inherited every man his inheritance.
032:019 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan,
and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this
side of the Jordan eastward.
032:020 Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will arm
yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,
032:021 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh,
until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
032:022 and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you
shall return, and be guiltless towards Yahweh, and towards Israel;
and this land shall be to you for a possession before Yahweh.
032:023 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh;
and be sure your sin will find you out.
032:024 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;
and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.
032:025 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses,
saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
032:026 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock,
shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
032:027 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war,
before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.
032:028 So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest,
and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers'
[houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel.
032:029 Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man
who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall
be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land
of Gilead for a possession:
032:030 but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall
have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
032:031 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying,
As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
032:032 We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan,
and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us
beyond the Jordan.
032:033 Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children
of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph,
the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom
of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities of it
with [their] borders, even the cities of the land round about.
032:034 The children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
032:035 and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
032:036 and Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities,
and folds for sheep.
032:037 The children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
032:038 and Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah:
and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
032:039 The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,
and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
032:040 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh;
and he lived therein.
032:041 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns of it,
and called them Havvoth Jair.
032:042 Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages of it, and called
it Nobah, after his own name.
033:001 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they
went forth out of the land of Egypt by their armies under
the hand of Moses and Aaron.
033:002 Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys
by the commandment of Yahweh: and these are their journeys
according to their goings out.
033:003 They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth
day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover
the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight
of all the Egyptians,
033:004 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn,
whom Yahweh had struck among them: on their gods also
Yahweh executed judgments.
033:005 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped
in Succoth.
033:006 They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is
in the edge of the wilderness.
033:007 They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth,
which is before Baal Zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.
033:008 They traveled from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst
of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days'
journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
033:009 They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim
were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees;
and they encamped there.
033:010 They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea{or, Sea of
Reeds}.
033:011 They traveled from the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}, and encamped
in the wilderness of Sin.
033:012 They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
033:013 They traveled from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
033:014 They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was
no water for the people to drink.
033:015 They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.
033:016 They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped
in Kibroth Hattaavah.
033:017 They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.
033:018 They traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
033:019 They traveled from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez.
033:020 They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah.
033:021 They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.
033:022 They traveled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.
033:023 They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher.
033:024 They traveled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.
033:025 They traveled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.
033:026 They traveled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.
033:027 They traveled from Tahath, and encamped in Terah.
033:028 They traveled from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.
033:029 They traveled from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.
033:030 They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
033:031 They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan.
033:032 They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad.
033:033 They traveled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.
033:034 They traveled from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.
033:035 They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber.
033:036 They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped in the wilderness
of Zin (the same is Kadesh).
033:037 They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor,
in the edge of the land of Edom.
033:038 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment
of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after
the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
033:039 Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died
in Mount Hor.
033:040 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land
of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
033:041 They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
033:042 They traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
033:043 They traveled from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.
033:044 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim,
in the border of Moab.
033:045 They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad.
033:046 They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
033:047 They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains
of Abarim, before Nebo.
033:048 They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped
in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
033:049 They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to
Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.
033:050 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan
at Jericho, saying,
033:051 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass
over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
033:052 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land
from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones],
and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all
their high places:
033:053 and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein;
for to you have I given the land to possess it.
033:054 You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families;
to the more you shall give the more inheritance,
and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance:
wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his;
according to the tribes of your fathers shall you inherit.
033:055 But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land
from before you, then shall those who you let remain of them
be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides,
and they shall vex you in the land in which you dwell.
033:056 It shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so will I
do to you.
034:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
034:002 Command the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come
into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall
to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according
to the borders of it),
034:003 then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin
along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be
from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
034:004 and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent
of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it
shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go forth
to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;
034:005 and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt,
and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
034:006 For the western border, you shall have the great sea and
the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.
034:007 This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall
mark out for you Mount Hor;
034:008 from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath;
and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
034:009 and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it
shall be at Hazar Enan: this shall be your north border.
034:010 You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham;
034:011 and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah,
on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down,
and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;
034:012 and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings
out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land
according to the borders of it round about.
034:013 Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land
which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded
to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
034:014 for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers'
houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according
to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe
of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
034:015 the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance
beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.
034:016 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
034:017 These are the names of the men who shall divide the land
to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun.
034:018 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide
the land for inheritance.
034:019 These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the
son of Jephunneh.
034:020 Of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
034:021 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
034:022 Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the
son of Jogli.
034:023 Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children
of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
034:024 Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the
son of Shiphtan.
034:025 Of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the
son of Parnach.
034:026 Of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince,
Paltiel the son of Azzan.
034:027 Of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the
son of Shelomi.
034:028 Of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince,
Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
034:029 These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance
to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
035:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan
at Jericho, saying,
035:002 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites
of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in;
and suburbs for the cities round about them shall you give
to the Levites.
035:003 The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs
shall be for their livestock, and for their substance,
and for all their animals.
035:004 The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites,
shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand
cubits round about.
035:005 You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two
thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits,
and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north
side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst.
This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
035:006 The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six
cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to:
and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
035:007 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be
forty-eight cities; them [shall you give] with their suburbs.
035:008 Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession
of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many;
and from the few you shall take few: everyone according
to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities
to the Levites.
035:009 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
035:010 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass
over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
035:011 then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge
for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly
may flee there.
035:012 The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger,
that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the
congregation for judgment.
035:013 The cities which you shall give shall be for you six
cities of refuge.
035:014 You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three
cities shall you give in the land of Canaan; they shall
be cities of refuge.
035:015 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner
living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge;
that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
035:016 But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died,
he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
035:017 If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die,
and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely
be put to death.
035:018 Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand,
by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer:
the murderer shall surely be put to death.
035:019 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death:
when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
035:020 If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait,
so that he died,
035:021 or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died;
he who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer:
the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death,
when he meets him.
035:022 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him
anything without lying in wait,
035:023 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him,
and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy,
neither sought his harm;
035:024 then the congregation shall judge between the striker and
the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
035:025 and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of
the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall
restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled:
and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest,
who was anointed with the holy oil.
035:026 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border
of his city of refuge, where he flees,
035:027 and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his
city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer;
he shall not be guilty of blood,
035:028 because he should have remained in his city of refuge
until the death of the high priest: but after the death
of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land
of his possession.
035:029 These things shall be for a statute [and] ordinance to you
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
035:030 Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at
the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify
against any person that he die.
035:031 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer
who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
035:032 You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city
of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land,
until the death of the priest.
035:033 So you shall not pollute the land in which you are:
for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can
be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein,
but by the blood of him who shed it.
035:034 You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst
of which I dwell: for I, Yahweh, dwell in the midst of
the children of Israel.
036:001 The heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the
children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke
before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers'
[houses] of the children of Israel:
036:002 and they said, Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land
for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel:
and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance
of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
036:003 If they be married to any of the sons of the [other] tribes
of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken
away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added
to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong:
so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
036:004 When the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will
their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe
whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be
taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
036:005 Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word
of Yahweh, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.
036:006 This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning
the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married
to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe
of their father shall they be married.
036:007 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove
from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave
everyone to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
036:008 Every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe
of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family
of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may
possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
036:009 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe;
for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave everyone
to his own inheritance.
036:010 Even as Yahweh commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
036:011 for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters
of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.
036:012 They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh
the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe
of the family of their father.
036:013 These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh
commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains
of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Book 05 Deuteronomy
001:001 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond
the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph,
between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
001:002 It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir
to Kadesh Barnea.
001:003 It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month,
on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children
of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him
in commandment to them;
001:004 after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites,
who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived
in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
001:005 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare
this law, saying,
001:006 Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have lived
long enough in this mountain:
001:007 turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of
the Amorites, and to all [the places] near there, in the Arabah,
in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the South,
and by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon,
as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
001:008 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land
which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.
001:009 I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear
you myself alone:
001:010 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this
day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
001:011 Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times
as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
001:012 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden,
and your strife?
001:013 Take wise men of understanding and well known according
to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
001:014 You answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken
is good [for us] to do.
001:015 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known,
and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains
of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens,
and officers, according to your tribes.
001:016 I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes]
between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man
and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
001:017 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small
and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man;
for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard
for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
001:018 I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
001:019 We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and
terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill
country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us;
and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
001:020 I said to you, You are come to the hill country of the Amorites,
which Yahweh our God gives to us.
001:021 Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you:
go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
001:022 You came near to me everyone of you, and said, Let us send
men before us, that they may search the land for us,
and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up,
and the cities to which we shall come.
001:023 The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you,
one man for every tribe:
001:024 and they turned and went up into the hill country, and came
to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
001:025 They took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought
it down to us, and brought us word again, and said,
It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to us.
001:026 Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled against the commandment
of Yahweh your God:
001:027 and you murmured in your tents, and said, Because Yahweh
hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt,
to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
001:028 Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart
to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we;
the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover
we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
001:029 Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.
001:030 Yahweh your God who goes before you, he will fight for you,
according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
001:031 and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Yahweh
your God bore you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way
that you went, until you came to this place.
001:032 Yet in this thing you didn't believe Yahweh your God,
001:033 who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch
your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way you
should go, and in the cloud by day.
001:034 Yahweh heard the voice of your words, and was angry,
and swore, saying,
001:035 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation
see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,
001:036 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall see it; and to him
will I give the land that he has trodden on, and to his children,
because he has wholly followed Yahweh.
001:037 Also Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, saying, You also
shall not go in there:
001:038 Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there:
encourage you him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
001:039 Moreover your little ones, whom you said should be a prey,
and your children, who this day have no knowledge of good
or evil, they shall go in there, and to them will I give it,
and they shall possess it.
001:040 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness
by the way to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
001:041 Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against Yahweh,
we will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God
commanded us. You girded on every man his weapons of war,
and were forward to go up into the hill country.
001:042 Yahweh said to me, Tell them, Don't go up, neither fight;
for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.
001:043 So I spoke to you, and you didn't listen; but you rebelled
against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous,
and went up into the hill country.
001:044 The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you,
and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir,
even to Hormah.
001:045 You returned and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh didn't listen
to your voice, nor gave ear to you.
001:046 So you abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days
that you abode [there].
002:001 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by
the way to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}, as Yahweh spoke to me;
and we compassed Mount Seir many days.
002:002 Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
002:003 You have compassed this mountain long enough:
turn you northward.
002:004 Command you the people, saying, You are to pass through
the border of your brothers the children of Esau,
who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you:
take good heed to yourselves therefore;
002:005 don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land,
no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on;
because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
002:006 You shall purchase food of them for money, that you may eat;
and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.
002:007 For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand;
he has known your walking through this great wilderness:
these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you;
you have lacked nothing.
002:008 So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell
in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber.
We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
002:009 Yahweh said to me, Don't bother Moab, neither contend with them
in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession;
because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.
002:010 (The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many,
and tall, as the Anakim:
002:011 these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites
call them Emim.
002:012 The Horites also lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau
succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them,
and lived in their place; as Israel did to the land of
his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)
002:013 Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. We went over
the brook Zered.
002:014 The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea, until we
were come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years;
until all the generation of the men of war were consumed
from the midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them.
002:015 Moreover the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them
from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
002:016 So it happened, when all the men of war were consumed and dead
from among the people,
002:017 that Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
002:018 You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
002:019 and when you come near over against the children of Ammon,
don't bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give
you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession;
because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.
002:020 (That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived
therein before; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
002:021 a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim;
but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them,
and lived in their place;
002:022 as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir,
when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they
succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:
002:023 and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza,
the Caphtorim, who came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them,
and lived in their place.)
002:024 Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon:
behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite,
king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend
with him in battle.
002:025 This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear
of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall
hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish
because of you.
002:026 I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon
king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
002:027 Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the highway,
I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
002:028 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me
water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through
on my feet,
002:029 as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites
who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan
into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.
002:030 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him;
for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his
heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand,
as at this day.
002:031 Yahweh said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon
and his land before you: begin to possess, that you may
inherit his land.
002:032 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people,
to battle at Jahaz.
002:033 Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him,
and his sons, and all his people.
002:034 We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed
every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones;
we left none remaining:
002:035 only the livestock we took for a prey to ourselves,
with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.
002:036 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
and [from] the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead,
there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered
up all before us:
002:037 only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn't come near;
all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country,
and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
003:001 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king
of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people,
to battle at Edrei.
003:002 Yahweh said to me, Don't fear him; for I have delivered him,
and all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you
shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites,
who lived at Heshbon.
003:003 So Yahweh our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king
of Bashan, and all his people: and we struck him until none
was left to him remaining.
003:004 We took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we
didn't take from them; sixty cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
003:005 All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars;
besides the unwalled towns a great many.
003:006 We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon,
utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women
and the little ones.
003:007 But all the livestock, and the spoil of the cities, we took
for a prey to ourselves.
003:008 We took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings
of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley
of the Arnon to Mount Hermon;
003:009 ([which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites
call it Senir;)
003:010 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
003:011 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of
the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron;
isn't it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits
was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it,
after the cubit of a man.)
003:012 This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer,
which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country
of Gilead, and the cities of it, gave I to the Reubenites
and to the Gadites:
003:013 and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og,
gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob,
even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
003:014 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob,
to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites,
and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair,
to this day.)
003:015 I gave Gilead to Machir.
003:016 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead
even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley,
and the border [of it], even to the river Jabbok, which is
the border of the children of Ammon;
003:017 the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it],
from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea,
under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
003:018 I commanded you at that time, saying, Yahweh your God has given
you this land to possess it: you shall pass over armed before
your brothers the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
003:019 But your wives, and your little ones, and your livestock,
(I know that you have much livestock), shall abide in your
cities which I have given you,
003:020 until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you, and they
also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond
the Jordan: then shall you return every man to his possession,
which I have given you.
003:021 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen
all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings:
so shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
003:022 You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God, he it is who
fights for you.
003:023 I begged Yahweh at that time, saying,
003:024 Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness,
and your strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or
in earth, that can do according to your works, and according
to your mighty acts?
003:025 Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond
the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
003:026 But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn't
listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, Let it suffice you;
speak no more to me of this matter.
003:027 Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward,
and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes:
for you shall not go over this Jordan.
003:028 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him;
for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause
them to inherit the land which you shall see.
003:029 So we abode in the valley over against Beth Peor.
004:001 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I
teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess
the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
004:002 You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall
you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments
of Yahweh your God which I command you.
004:003 Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor;
for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Yahweh your God has
destroyed them from the midst of you.
004:004 But you who did cleave to Yahweh your God are alive everyone
of you this day.
004:005 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh
my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst
of the land where you go in to possess it.
004:006 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all
these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise
and understanding people.
004:007 For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them,
as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
004:008 What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances
so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
004:009 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently,
lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they
depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make
them known to your children and your children's children;
004:010 the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb,
when Yahweh said to me, Assemble me the people, and I
will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear
me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they
may teach their children.
004:011 You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain
burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness,
cloud, and thick darkness.
004:012 Yahweh spoke to you out of the midst of the fire:
you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; only [you
heard] a voice.
004:013 He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you
to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them
on two tables of stone.
004:014 Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes
and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you
go over to possess it.
004:015 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner
of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out
of the midst of the fire.
004:016 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image
in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
004:017 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness
of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
004:018 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
004:019 and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see
the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky,
you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them,
which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under
the whole sky.
004:020 But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron
furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance,
as at this day.
004:021 Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes,
and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I
should not go in to that good land, which Yahweh your God
gives you for an inheritance:
004:022 but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan;
but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
004:023 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh
your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image
in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.
004:024 For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
004:025 When you shall father children, and children's children, and you
shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,
and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall
do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God,
to provoke him to anger;
004:026 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day,
that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto
you go over the Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong
your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
004:027 Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall
be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh shall
lead you away.
004:028 There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone,
which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
004:029 But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall
find him, when you search after him with all your heart
and with all your soul.
004:030 When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you,
in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God,
and listen to his voice:
004:031 for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you,
neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers
which he swore to them.
004:032 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you,
since the day that God created man on the earth, and from
the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has
been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been
heard like it?
004:033 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst
of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
004:034 Or has God tried to go and take him a nation from the midst
of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders,
and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm,
and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God
did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
004:035 To you it was shown, that you might know that Yahweh he is God;
there is none else besides him.
004:036 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might
instruct you: and on earth he made you to see his great fire;
and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
004:037 Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their
seed after them, and brought you out with his presence,
with his great power, out of Egypt;
004:038 to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you,
to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance,
as at this day.
004:039 Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh
he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath;
there is none else.
004:040 You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I
command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with
your children after you, and that you may prolong your days
in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
004:041 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan
toward the sunrise;
004:042 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares,
and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one
of these cities he might live:
004:043 [namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country,
for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites;
and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
004:044 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
004:045 these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances,
which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came
forth out of Egypt,
004:046 beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth Peor,
in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon,
whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, when they came
forth out of Egypt.
004:047 They took his land in possession, and the land of Og king
of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond
the Jordan toward the sunrise;
004:048 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
even to Mount Sion (the same is Hermon),
004:049 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea
of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
005:001 Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel,
the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears
this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.
005:002 Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
005:003 Yahweh didn't make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
005:004 Yahweh spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of
the midst of the fire,
005:005 (I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to show you
the word of Yahweh: for you were afraid because of the fire,
and didn't go up onto the mountain;) saying,
005:006 "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
005:007 You shall have no other gods before me.
005:008 "You shall not make an engraved image for yourself,
[nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth:
005:009 you shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them;
for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on
the fourth generation of those who hate me;
005:010 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me
and keep my commandments.
005:011 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain:
for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
005:012 "Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your
God commanded you.
005:013 Six days shall you labor, and do all your work;
005:014 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God:
[in it] you shall not do any work, you, nor your son,
nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant,
nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock,
nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male
servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
005:015 You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God
commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
005:016 "Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you;
that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you,
in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
005:017 "You shall not murder.
005:018 "Neither shall you commit adultery.
005:019 "Neither shall you steal.
005:020 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.
005:021 "Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you
desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant,
or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything
that is your neighbor's."
005:022 These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain
out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the
thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more.
He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
005:023 It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst
of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire,
that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes,
and your elders;
005:024 and you said, Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory
and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst
of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man,
and he lives.
005:025 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will
consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more,
then we shall die.
005:026 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice
of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire,
as we have, and lived?
005:027 Go you near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say:
and speak you to us all that Yahweh our God shall speak to you;
and we will hear it, and do it.
005:028 Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me;
and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words
of this people, which they have spoken to you:
they have well said all that they have spoken.
005:029 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me,
and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well
with them, and with their children forever!
005:030 Go tell them, Return you to your tents.
005:031 But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you
all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances,
which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land
which I give them to possess it.
005:032 You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has
commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand
or to the left.
005:033 You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has
commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well
with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land
which you shall possess.
006:001 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances,
which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might
do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
006:002 that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes
and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son,
and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your
days may be prolonged.
006:003 Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it
may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily,
as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you,
in a land flowing with milk and honey.
006:004 Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:
006:005 and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your might.
006:006 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
006:007 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall
talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
006:008 You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall
be for symbols between your eyes.
006:009 You shall write them on the door posts of your house,
and on your gates.
006:010 It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into
the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities,
which you didn't build,
006:011 and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill,
and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and
olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat
and be full;
006:012 then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
006:013 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and him shall you serve,
and shall swear by his name.
006:014 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples
who are round about you;
006:015 for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God;
lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you,
and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
006:016 You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
006:017 You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God,
and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
006:018 You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh;
that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess
the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
006:019 to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
006:020 When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean
the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances,
which Yahweh our God has commanded you?
006:021 then you shall tell your son, We were Pharaoh's bondservants
in Egypt: and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
006:022 and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt,
on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
006:023 and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in,
to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
006:024 Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh
our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive,
as at this day.
006:025 It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this
commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.
007:001 When Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you
go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you,
the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite,
and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
seven nations greater and mightier than you;
007:002 and when Yahweh your God shall deliver them up before you,
and you shall strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them:
you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them;
007:003 neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you
shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take
to your son.
007:004 For he will turn away your son from following me, that they
may serve other gods: so will the anger of Yahweh be kindled
against you, and he will destroy you quickly.
007:005 But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars,
and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim,
and burn their engraved images with fire.
007:006 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your
God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession,
above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
007:007 Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you
were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest
of all peoples:
007:008 but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would keep the oath
which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with
a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage,
from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
007:009 Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God,
who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love
him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
007:010 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them:
he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him
to his face.
007:011 You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes,
and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
007:012 It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances,
and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with
you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore
to your fathers:
007:013 and he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you;
he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit
of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil,
the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock,
in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
007:014 You shall be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be
male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
007:015 Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and none of the evil
diseases of Egypt, which you know, he will put on you,
but will lay them on all those who hate you.
007:016 You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God
shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them:
neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a
snare to you.
007:017 If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I;
how can I dispossess them?
007:018 you shall not be afraid of them: you shall well remember
what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;
007:019 the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs,
and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm,
by which Yahweh your God brought you out: so shall Yahweh
your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
007:020 Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them,
until those who are left, and hide themselves,
perish from before you.
007:021 You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is in
the midst of you, a great and awesome God.
007:022 Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you
by little and little: you may not consume them at once,
lest the animals of the field increase on you.
007:023 But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will
confuse them with a great confusion, until they be destroyed.
007:024 He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you
shall make their name to perish from under the sky:
there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you
have destroyed them.
007:025 The engraved images of their gods shall you burn with fire:
you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them,
nor take it to you, lest you be snared therein; for it is
an abomination to Yahweh your God.
007:026 You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become
a devoted thing like it: you shall utterly detest it,
and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
008:001 All the commandment which I command you this day shall you
observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go
in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.
008:002 You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you
these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you,
to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you
would keep his commandments, or not.
008:003 He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna,
which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know;
that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only,
but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh
does man live.
008:004 Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell,
these forty years.
008:005 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son,
so Yahweh your God chastens you.
008:006 You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk
in his ways, and to fear him.
008:007 For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land
of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing
into valleys and hills;
008:008 a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates;
a land of olive trees and honey;
008:009 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness,
you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron,
and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
008:010 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God
for the good land which he has given you.
008:011 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping
his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes,
which I command you this day:
008:012 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built
goodly houses, and lived therein;
008:013 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver
and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
008:014 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God,
who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage;
008:015 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness,
[in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty
ground where was no water; who brought you forth water out
of the rock of flint;
008:016 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers
didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you,
to do you good at your latter end:
008:017 and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my
hand has gotten me this wealth.
008:018 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives
you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant
which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
008:019 It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk
after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify
against you this day that you shall surely perish.
008:020 As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you,
so shall you perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice
of Yahweh your God.
009:001 Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go
in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself,
cities great and fortified up to the sky,
009:002 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know,
and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before
the sons of Anak?
009:003 Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes
over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them,
and he will bring them down before you: so shall you drive
them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has
spoken to you.
009:004 Don't speak in your heart, after that Yahweh your God
has thrust them out from before you, saying, For my
righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;
whereas for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh does drive
them out from before you.
009:005 Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart,
do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness
of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from
before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh
swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
009:006 Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn't give you this
good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are
a stiff-necked people.
009:007 Remember, don't forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God
to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you went forth
out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place,
you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
009:008 Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry
with you to destroy you.
009:009 When I was gone up onto the mountain to receive the tables of stone,
even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you,
then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights;
I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
009:010 Yahweh delivered to me the two tables of stone written
with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according
to all the words, which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain
out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
009:011 It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,
that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables
of the covenant.
009:012 Yahweh said to me, Arise, get you down quickly from hence;
for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt
have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside
out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them
a molten image.
009:013 Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people,
and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:
009:014 let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name
from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier
and greater than they.
009:015 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain
was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant
were in my two hands.
009:016 I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God;
you had made you a molten calf: you had turned aside quickly
out of the way which Yahweh had commanded you.
009:017 I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands,
and broke them before your eyes.
009:018 I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days
and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water;
because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.
009:019 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure,
with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you.
But Yahweh listened to me that time also.
009:020 Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to destroy him:
and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
009:021 I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it
with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it
was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook
that descended out of the mountain.
009:022 At Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah,
you provoked Yahweh to wrath.
009:023 When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Go up and possess
the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against
the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn't believe him,
nor listen to his voice.
009:024 You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that
I knew you.
009:025 So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights
that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.
009:026 I prayed to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, don't destroy your
people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through
your greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt
with a mighty hand.
009:027 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't look
to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness,
nor to their sin,
009:028 lest the land whence you brought us out say, Because Yahweh was
not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them,
and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill
them in the wilderness.
009:029 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought
out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
010:001 At that time Yahweh said to me, Hew you two tables of stone
like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain,
and make an ark of wood.
010:002 I will write on the tables the words that were on the first
tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
010:003 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables
of stone like the first, and went up onto the mountain,
having the two tables in my hand.
010:004 He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing,
the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain
out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly:
and Yahweh gave them to me.
010:005 I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables
in the ark which I had made; and there they are as
Yahweh commanded me.
010:006 (The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah.
There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son
ministered in the priest's office in his place.
010:007 From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah
to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.
010:008 At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh
to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
010:009 Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers;
Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God
spoke to him.)
010:010 I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days
and forty nights: and Yahweh listened to me that time also;
Yahweh would not destroy you.
010:011 Yahweh said to me, Arise, take your journey before the people;
and they shall go in and possess the land, which I swore
to their fathers to give to them.
010:012 Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you,
but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways,
and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your
heart and with all your soul,
010:013 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I
command you this day for your good?
010:014 Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven
of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
010:015 Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them,
and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples,
as at this day.
010:016 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be
no more stiff-necked.
010:017 For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords,
the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't
regard persons, nor takes reward.
010:018 He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow,
and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
010:019 Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in
the land of Egypt.
010:020 You shall fear Yahweh your God; him shall you serve;
and to him shall you cleave, and by his name shall you swear.
010:021 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you
these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.
010:022 Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons;
and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the
sky for multitude.
011:001 Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his charge,
and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
011:002 Know you this day: for I don't speak with your children
who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement
of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand,
and his outstretched arm,
011:003 and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt
to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land;
011:004 and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to
their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea{or, Sea of
Reeds} to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how
Yahweh has destroyed them to this day;
011:005 and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came
to this place;
011:006 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab,
the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth,
and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents,
and every living thing that followed them, in the midst
of all Israel:
011:007 but your eyes have seen all the great work of Yahweh which he did.
011:008 Therefore shall you keep all the commandment which I command
you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess
the land, where you go over to possess it;
011:009 and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh
swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed,
a land flowing with milk and honey.
011:010 For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land
of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed,
and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
011:011 but the land, where you go over to possess it, is a land of hills
and valleys, [and] drinks water of the rain of the sky,
011:012 a land which Yahweh your God cares for: the eyes of Yahweh
your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year
even to the end of the year.
011:013 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments
which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God,
and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
011:014 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former
rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain,
and your new wine, and your oil.
011:015 I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you
shall eat and be full.
011:016 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you
turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
011:017 and the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and he shut
up the sky, so that there shall be no rain, and the land
shall not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off
the good land which Yahweh gives you.
011:018 Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in
your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand,
and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
011:019 You shall teach them your children, talking of them,
when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way,
and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
011:020 You shall write them on the door posts of your house,
and on your gates;
011:021 that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children,
in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them,
as the days of the heavens above the earth.
011:022 For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I
command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk
in all his ways, and to cleave to him;
011:023 then will Yahweh drive out all these nations from before you, and you
shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
011:024 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall
be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river,
the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.
011:025 There shall no man be able to stand before you:
Yahweh your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread
of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has
spoken to you.
011:026 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:
011:027 the blessing, if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh
your God, which I command you this day;
011:028 and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments
of Yahweh your God, but turn aside out of the way which I
command you this day, to go after other gods, which you
have not known.
011:029 It shall happen, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into
the land where you go to possess it, that you shall set
the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
011:030 Aren't they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going
down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell
in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
011:031 For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land
which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it,
and dwell therein.
011:032 You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances
which I set before you this day.
012:001 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe
to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
has given you to possess it, all the days that you live
on the earth.
012:002 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that
you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains,
and on the hills, and under every green tree:
012:003 and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces
their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire;
and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods;
and you shall destroy their name out of that place.
012:004 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
012:005 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all
your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation
shall you seek, and there you shall come;
012:006 and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,
and your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand,
and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn
of your herd and of your flock:
012:007 and there you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall
rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households,
in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
012:008 You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day,
every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
012:009 for you haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance,
which Yahweh your God gives you.
012:010 But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which
Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest
from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety;
012:011 then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God
shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there shall
you bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings,
and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the wave offering of
your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
012:012 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons,
and your daughters, and your male servants, and your
female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates,
because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
012:013 Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings
in every place that you see;
012:014 but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes,
there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you
shall do all that I command you.
012:015 Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all
your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to
the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you:
the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle,
and as of the hart.
012:016 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on
the earth as water.
012:017 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain,
or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your
herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow,
nor your freewill offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;
012:018 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place
which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son,
and your daughter, and your male servant, and your
female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates:
and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you
put your hand to.
012:019 Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long
as you live in your land.
012:020 When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has
promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh,
because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh,
after all the desire of your soul.
012:021 If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put
his name there, be too far from you, then you shall kill
of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you,
as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates,
after all the desire of your soul.
012:022 Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it:
the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
012:023 Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood
is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
012:024 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
012:025 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with
your children after you, when you shall do that which is
right in the eyes of Yahweh.
012:026 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take,
and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:
012:027 and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood,
on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your
sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God;
and you shall eat the flesh.
012:028 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it
may go well with you, and with your children after you forever,
when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of
Yahweh your God.
012:029 When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations from before you,
where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them,
and dwell in their land;
012:030 take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them,
after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you
not inquire after their gods, saying, How do these nations
serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
012:031 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination
to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods;
for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire
to their gods.
012:032 Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do:
you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
013:001 If there arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer
of dreams, and he give you a sign or a wonder,
013:002 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke
to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have
not known, and let us serve them;
013:003 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to
that dreamer of dreams: for Yahweh your God proves you,
to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart
and with all your soul.
013:004 You shall walk after Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep
his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him,
and cleave to him.
013:005 That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death,
because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed
you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out
of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in.
So shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
013:006 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son,
or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend,
who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us
go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you,
nor your fathers;
013:007 of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, near to you,
or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even
to the other end of the earth;
013:008 you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall
your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall
you conceal him:
013:009 but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him
to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
013:010 You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has
sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought
you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
013:011 All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more
such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.
013:012 If you shall hear tell concerning one of your cities,
which Yahweh your God gives you to dwell there, saying,
013:013 Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of you,
and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us
go and serve other gods, which you have not known;
013:014 then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently;
and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain,
that such abomination is done in the midst of you,
013:015 you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge
of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein
and the livestock of it, with the edge of the sword.
013:016 You shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst
of the street of it, and shall burn with fire the city,
and all the spoil of it every whit, to Yahweh your God:
and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
013:017 There shall cleave nothing of the devoted thing to your hand;
that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger,
and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you,
as he has sworn to your fathers;
013:018 when you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God,
to keep all his commandments which I command you this day,
to do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
014:001 You are the children of Yahweh your God: you shall not
cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes
for the dead.
014:002 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh
has chosen you to be a people for his own possession,
above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
014:003 You shall not eat any abominable thing.
014:004 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep,
and the goat,
014:005 the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat,
and the ibex, and the antelope, and the chamois.
014:006 Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two,
[and] chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.
014:007 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud,
or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare,
and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but don't part the hoof,
they are unclean to you.
014:008 The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud,
is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat,
and their carcasses you shall not touch.
014:009 These you may eat of all that are in the waters:
whatever has fins and scales may you eat;
014:010 and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you shall not eat;
it is unclean to you.
014:011 Of all clean birds you may eat.
014:012 But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle,
and the vulture, and the osprey,
014:013 and the red kite, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
014:014 and every raven after its kind,
014:015 and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk
after its kind,
014:016 the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
014:017 and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,
014:018 and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe,
and the bat.
014:019 All winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall
not be eaten.
014:020 Of all clean birds you may eat.
014:021 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself:
you may give it to the foreigner living among you who is
within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it
to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God.
You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
014:022 You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed,
that which comes forth from the field year by year.
014:023 You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place
which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there,
the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil,
and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you
may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.
014:024 If the way be too long for you, so that you are not able
to carry it, because the place is too far from you,
which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there,
when Yahweh your God shall bless you;
014:025 then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money
in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your
God shall choose:
014:026 and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires,
for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink,
or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat
there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice,
you and your household.
014:027 The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him;
for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
014:028 At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all
the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall lay
it up within your gates:
014:029 and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you,
and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless,
and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come,
and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless
you in all the work of your hand which you do.
015:001 At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.
015:002 This is the manner of the release: every creditor
shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor;
he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother;
because Yahweh's release has been proclaimed.
015:003 Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is
with your brother your hand shall release.
015:004 However there shall be no poor with you; (for Yahweh will
surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you
for an inheritance to possess it;)
015:005 if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God,
to observe to do all this commandment which I command
you this day.
015:006 For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you:
and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow;
and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not
rule over you.
015:007 If there be with you a poor man, one of your brothers,
within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God
gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand
from your poor brother;
015:008 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely
lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.
015:009 Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying,
The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye
be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing;
and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
015:010 You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved
when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh
your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you
put your hand to.
015:011 For the poor will never cease out of the land:
therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open
your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor,
in your land.
015:012 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold to you,
and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall
let him go free from you.
015:013 When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
015:014 you shall furnish him liberally out of your flock,
and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress;
as Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
015:015 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land
of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you: therefore I
command you this thing today.
015:016 It shall be, if he tell you, I will not go out from you;
because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;
015:017 then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear
to the door, and he shall be your servant forever.
Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
015:018 It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you;
for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served
you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all
that you do.
015:019 All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and
of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your God:
you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd,
nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
015:020 You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place
which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.
015:021 If it have any blemish, [as if it be] lame or blind, any ill
blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
015:022 You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean
[shall eat it] alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.
015:023 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on
the ground as water.
016:001 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God;
for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth
out of Egypt by night.
016:002 You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock
and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose,
to cause his name to dwell there.
016:003 You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you
eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction;
for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste:
that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land
of Egypt all the days of your life.
016:004 There shall be no yeast seen with you in all your borders
seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you sacrifice
the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
016:005 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates,
which Yahweh your God gives you;
016:006 but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause
his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover
at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you
came forth out of Egypt.
016:007 You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God
shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go
to your tents.
016:008 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh
day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God; you shall
do no work [therein].
016:009 Seven weeks shall you number to you: from the time you begin
to put the sickle to the standing grain shall you begin
to number seven weeks.
016:010 You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute
of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give,
according as Yahweh your God blesses you:
016:011 and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son,
and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant,
and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner,
and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you,
in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause
his name to dwell there.
016:012 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt:
and you shall observe and do these statutes.
016:013 You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have
gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:
016:014 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son,
and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant,
and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless,
and the widow, who are within your gates.
016:015 Seven days shall you keep a feast to Yahweh your God in the place
which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless
you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands,
and you shall be altogether joyful.
016:016 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before
Yahweh your God in the place which he shall choose:
in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks,
and in the feast of tents; and they shall not appear
before Yahweh empty:
016:017 every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing
of Yahweh your God which he has given you.
016:018 Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates,
which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes;
and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
016:019 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons;
neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes
of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
016:020 That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live,
and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
016:021 You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside
the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make you.
016:022 Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh
your God hates.
017:001 You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep,
in which is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an
abomination to Yahweh your God.
017:002 If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your
gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman,
who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God,
in transgressing his covenant,
017:003 and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them,
or the sun, or the moon, or any of the army of the sky,
which I have not commanded;
017:004 and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then shall you
inquire diligently; and behold, if it be true, and the thing certain,
that such abomination is done in Israel,
017:005 then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, who has done
this evil thing, to your gates, even the man or the woman;
and you shall stone them to death with stones.
017:006 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is
to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall
not be put to death.
017:007 The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put
him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
017:008 If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment,
between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke
and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates;
then shall you arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh
your God shall choose;
017:009 and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge
who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire;
and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.
017:010 You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they
shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose;
and you shall observe to do according to all that they
shall teach you:
017:011 according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you,
and according to the judgment which they shall tell you,
you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence
which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
017:012 The man who does presumptuously, in not listening to the priest
who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God,
or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put
away the evil from Israel.
017:013 All the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
017:014 When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you,
and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say,
I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are
round about me;
017:015 you shall surely set him king over you, whom Yahweh your
God shall choose: one from among your brothers shall you
set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you,
who is not your brother.
017:016 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people
to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses;
because Yahweh has said to you, You shall henceforth return
no more that way.
017:017 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart
not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself
silver and gold.
017:018 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom,
that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book,
out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:
017:019 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days
of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God,
to keep all the words of this law and these statutes,
to do them;
017:020 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not
turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left:
to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom,
he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
018:001 The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi,
shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel:
they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire,
and his inheritance.
018:002 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers:
Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
018:003 This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those
who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they
shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks,
and the maw.
018:004 The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil,
and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.
018:005 For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes,
to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his
sons for ever.
018:006 If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel,
where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire
of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose;
018:007 then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all
his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.
018:008 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes
of the sale of his patrimony.
018:009 When you are come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you,
you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
018:010 There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his
daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination,
one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
018:011 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard,
or a necromancer.
018:012 For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh:
and because of these abominations Yahweh your God does drive
them out from before you.
018:013 You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God.
018:014 For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those
who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you,
Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
018:015 Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst
of you, of your brothers, like me; to him you shall listen;
018:016 according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb
in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again
the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire
any more, that I not die.
018:017 Yahweh said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
018:018 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers,
like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall
speak to them all that I shall command him.
018:019 It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words
which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
018:020 But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name,
which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak
in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.
018:021 If you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh
has not spoken?
018:022 when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing
doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh
has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously,
you shall not be afraid of him.
019:001 When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations, whose land
Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell
in their cities, and in their houses;
019:002 you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land,
which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
019:003 You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land,
which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts,
that every manslayer may flee there.
019:004 This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live:
whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him
in time past;
019:005 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood,
and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree,
and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor,
so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
019:006 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his
heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long,
and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death,
inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.
019:007 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three
cities for you.
019:008 If Yahweh your God enlarge your border, as he has sworn
to your fathers, and give you all the land which he promised
to give to your fathers;
019:009 if you shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command
you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever
in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you,
besides these three:
019:010 that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land,
which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance,
and so blood be on you.
019:011 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him,
and rise up against him, and strike him mortally so that he dies,
and he flee into one of these cities;
019:012 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there,
and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood,
that he may die.
019:013 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent
blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
019:014 You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which they of old
time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit,
in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
019:015 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity,
or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth
of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses,
shall a matter be established.
019:016 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify
against him of wrong-doing,
019:017 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand
before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall
be in those days;
019:018 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold,
if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely
against his brother;
019:019 then shall you do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother:
so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
019:020 Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth
commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.
019:021 Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
020:001 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses,
and chariots, [and] a people more than you, you shall
not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
020:002 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest
shall approach and speak to the people,
020:003 and shall tell them, Hear, Israel, you draw near this day
to battle against your enemies: don't let your heart faint;
don't be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
020:004 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you
against your enemies, to save you.
020:005 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is
there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let
him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle,
and another man dedicate it.
020:006 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not
used the fruit of it? let him go and return to his house,
lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit of it.
020:007 What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife,
and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house,
lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
020:008 The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say,
What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him
go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt
as his heart.
020:009 It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking
to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies
at the head of the people.
020:010 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim
peace to it.
020:011 It shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you,
then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein
shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
020:012 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you,
then you shall besiege it:
020:013 and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall
strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:
020:014 but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock,
and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it,
shall you take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat
the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.
020:015 Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off
from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
020:016 But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you
for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
020:017 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite,
the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite;
as Yahweh your God has commanded you;
020:018 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations,
which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against
Yahweh your God.
020:019 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war
against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees of it
by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them,
and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man,
that it should be besieged of you?
020:020 Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees
for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall
build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you,
until it fall.
021:001 If one be found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives
you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known
who has struck him;
021:002 then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall
measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain:
021:003 and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man,
even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd,
which hasn't been worked with, and which has not drawn
in the yoke;
021:004 and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a
valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown,
and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
021:005 The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh
your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name
of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy
and every stroke be.
021:006 All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man,
shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken
in the valley;
021:007 and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood,
neither have our eyes seen it.
021:008 Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed,
and don't allow innocent blood [to remain] in the midst
of your people Israel. The blood shall be forgiven them.
021:009 So shall you put away the innocent blood from the midst of you,
when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
021:010 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh
your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry
them away captive,
021:011 and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have
a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;
021:012 then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall
shave her head, and pare her nails;
021:013 and she shall put the clothing of her captivity from off her,
and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her
mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her,
and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
021:014 It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall
let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at
all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave,
because you have humbled her.
021:015 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated,
and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated;
and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;
021:016 then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons
to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son
of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated,
who is the firstborn:
021:017 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated,
by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is
the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
021:018 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey
the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and,
though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
021:019 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,
and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate
of his place;
021:020 and they shall tell the elders of his city, This our son
is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice;
he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
021:021 All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones:
so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you;
and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
021:022 If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put
to death, and you hang him on a tree;
021:023 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall
surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed
of God; that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God
gives you for an inheritance.
022:001 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray,
and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them
again to your brother.
022:002 If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him,
then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall
be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall
restore it to him.
022:003 So shall you do with his donkey; and so shall you do with
his garment; and so shall you do with every lost thing
of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found:
you may not hide yourself.
022:004 You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox
fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them:
you shall surely help him to lift them up again.
022:005 A woman shall not wear men's clothing, neither shall a man
put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is
an abomination to Yahweh your God.
022:006 If a bird's nest chance to be before you in the way,
in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs,
and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall
not take the hen with the young:
022:007 you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take
to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may
prolong your days.
022:008 When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement
for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house,
if any man fall from there.
022:009 You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed,
lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which you have sown,
and the increase of the vineyard.
022:010 You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
022:011 You shall not wear a mixed stuff, wool and linen together.
022:012 You shall make yourselves fringes{or, tassles} on the four
borders of your cloak, with which you cover yourself.
022:013 If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and hates her,
022:014 and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an evil name
on her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to her,
I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;
022:015 then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother,
take and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity
to the elders of the city in the gate;
022:016 and the young lady's father shall tell the elders, I gave
my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;
022:017 and behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying,
I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;
and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity.
They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
022:018 The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;
022:019 and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver,
and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has
brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall
be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
022:020 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were
not found in the young lady;
022:021 then they shall bring out the young lady to the door
of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone
her to death with stones, because she has done folly
in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father's house:
so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
022:022 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband,
then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman,
and the woman: so shall you put away the evil from Israel.
022:023 If there be a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married
to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
022:024 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city,
and you shall stone them to death with stones;
the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city;
and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife:
so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
022:025 But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married
in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her;
then the man only who lay with her shall die:
022:026 but to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin
worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor,
and kills him, even so is this matter;
022:027 for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married
lady cried, and there was none to save her.
022:028 If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged
to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her,
and they be found;
022:029 then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady's father
fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife,
because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
022:030 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover
his father's skirt.
023:001 He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off,
shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
023:002 A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh;
even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into
the assembly of Yahweh.
023:003 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly
of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging
to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever:
023:004 because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way,
when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired
against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia,
to curse you.
023:005 Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam;
but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you,
because Yahweh your God loved you.
023:006 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all
your days forever.
023:007 You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother:
you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner
in his land.
023:008 The children of the third generation who are born to them
shall enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
023:009 When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall
keep you from every evil thing.
023:010 If there be among you any man, who is not clean by reason
of that which happens him by night, then shall he go abroad
out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
023:011 but it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall bathe
himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come
within the camp.
023:012 You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you
shall go forth abroad:
023:013 and you shall have a paddle among your weapons; and it shall be,
when you sit down abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall
turn back and cover that which comes from you:
023:014 for Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp,
to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you;
therefore shall your camp be holy, that he may not see
an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
023:015 You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped
from his master to you:
023:016 he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which
he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best:
you shall not oppress him.
023:017 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel,
neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
023:018 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages
of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow:
for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
023:019 You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money,
interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:
023:020 to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother
you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless
you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you
go in to possess it.
023:021 When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack
to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you;
and it would be sin in you.
023:022 But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.
023:023 That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do;
according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill offering,
which you have promised with your mouth.
023:024 When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat
of grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not
put any in your vessel.
023:025 When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, then you
may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move
a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
024:001 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be,
if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some
unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce,
and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
024:002 When she is departed out of his house, she may go and be
another man's [wife].
024:003 If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce,
and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house;
or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;
024:004 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again
to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination
before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin,
which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
024:005 When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army,
neither shall he be charged with any business:
he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife
whom he has taken.
024:006 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge;
for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.
024:007 If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children
of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him;
then that thief shall die: so shall you put away the evil
from the midst of you.
024:008 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently,
and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall
teach you: as I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
024:009 Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, by the way as you
came forth out of Egypt.
024:010 When you do lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall
not go into his house to get his pledge.
024:011 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall
bring forth the pledge outside to you.
024:012 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
024:013 you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun
goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you:
and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.
024:014 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy,
whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are
in your land within your gates:
024:015 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun
go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it:
lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.
024:016 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children,
neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers:
every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
024:017 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner,
[or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;
024:018 but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt,
and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command
you to do this thing.
024:019 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot
a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it:
it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for
the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work
of your hands.
024:020 When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the
boughs again: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless,
and for the widow.
024:021 When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall
not glean it after you: it shall be for the foreigner,
for the fatherless, and for the widow.
024:022 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt:
therefore I command you to do this thing.
025:001 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment,
and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous,
and condemn the wicked;
025:002 and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten,
that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten
before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
025:003 Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he
should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes,
then your brother should seem vile to you.
025:004 You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the grain].
025:005 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son,
the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger:
her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him
as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
025:006 It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed
in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be
blotted out of Israel.
025:007 If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his
brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say,
My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother
a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's
brother to me.
025:008 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him:
and if he stand, and say, I don't want to take her;
025:009 then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence
of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit
in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done
to the man who does not build up his brother's house.
025:010 His name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who has
his shoe untied.
025:011 When men strive together one with another, and the wife
of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand
of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes
him by the secrets;
025:012 then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity.
025:013 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great
and a small.
025:014 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, a great
and a small.
025:015 A perfect and just weight shall you have; a perfect and just
measure shall you have: that your days may be long in the land
which Yahweh your God gives you.
025:016 For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously,
are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
025:017 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth
out of Egypt;
025:018 how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you,
all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary;
and he didn't fear God.
025:019 Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you
rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which
Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it,
that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky;
you shall not forget.
026:001 It shall be, when you are come in to the land which Yahweh
your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it,
and dwell therein,
026:002 that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground,
which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God
gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go
to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause
his name to dwell there.
026:003 You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days,
and tell him, I profess this day to Yahweh your God,
that I am come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers
to give us.
026:004 The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it
down before the altar of Yahweh your God.
026:005 You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, A Syrian
ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt,
and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there
a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
026:006 The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid
on us hard bondage:
026:007 and we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and Yahweh
heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil,
and our oppression;
026:008 and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand,
and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror,
and with signs, and with wonders;
026:009 and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land,
a land flowing with milk and honey.
026:010 Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground,
which you, Yahweh, have given me. You shall set it down
before Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh your God.
026:011 You shall rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God
has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite,
and the foreigner who is in the midst of you.
026:012 When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your
increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing,
then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner,
to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within
your gates, and be filled.
026:013 You shall say before Yahweh your God, I have put away the holy
things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite,
and to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow,
according to all your commandment which you have commanded me:
I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have
I forgotten them:
026:014 I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I put
away of it, being unclean, nor given of it for the dead:
I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done
according to all that you have commanded me.
026:015 Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless
your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us,
as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
026:016 This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes
and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all
your heart, and with all your soul.
026:017 You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would
walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments,
and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
026:018 and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his
own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should
keep all his commandments;
026:019 and to make you high above all nations that he has made,
in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be
a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
027:001 Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying,
Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
027:002 It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan
to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you shall
set yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:
027:003 and you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you
are passed over; that you may go in to the land which Yahweh
your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey,
as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
027:004 It shall be, when you are passed over the Jordan, that you
shall set up these stones, which I command you this day,
in Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
027:005 There shall you build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar
of stones: you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them.
027:006 You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of uncut stones;
and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh your God:
027:007 and you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there;
and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God.
027:008 You shall write on the stones all the words of this
law very plainly.
027:009 Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying,
Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you are become
the people of Yahweh your God.
027:010 You shall therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God,
and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command
you this day.
027:011 Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
027:012 These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people,
when you are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi,
and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
027:013 These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad,
and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
027:014 The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of Israel
with a loud voice,
027:015 Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image,
an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman,
and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer
and say, Amen.
027:016 Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother.
All the people shall say, Amen.
027:017 Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark.
All the people shall say, Amen.
027:018 Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way.
All the people shall say, Amen.
027:019 Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner,
fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
027:020 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has
uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen.
027:021 Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal.
All the people shall say, Amen.
027:022 Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father,
or the daughter of his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
027:023 Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. All the people
shall say, Amen.
027:024 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret.
All the people shall say, Amen.
027:025 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.
All the people shall say, Amen.
027:026 Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them.
All the people shall say, Amen.
028:001 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice
of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments
which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set
you on high above all the nations of the earth:
028:002 and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you,
if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
028:003 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be
in the field.
028:004 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground,
and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock,
and the young of your flock.
028:005 Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough.
028:006 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you
be when you go out.
028:007 Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be
struck before you: they shall come out against you one way,
and shall flee before you seven ways.
028:008 Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns,
and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you
in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
028:009 Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself,
as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments
of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
028:010 All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called
by the name of Yahweh; and they shall be afraid of you.
028:011 Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body,
and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground,
in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.
028:012 Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky,
to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all
the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations,
and you shall not borrow.
028:013 Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail;
and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath;
if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God,
which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],
028:014 and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I
command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left,
to go after other gods to serve them.
028:015 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice
of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments
and his statutes which I command you this day, that all
these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
028:016 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be
in the field.
028:017 Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading trough.
028:018 Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground,
the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
028:019 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you
be when you go out.
028:020 Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke,
in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed,
and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings,
by which you have forsaken me.
028:021 Yahweh will make the pestilence cleave to you, until he has
consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.
028:022 Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever,
and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword,
and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you
until you perish.
028:023 Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth
that is under you shall be iron.
028:024 Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust:
from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
028:025 Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies;
you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven
ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth
among all the kingdoms of the earth.
028:026 Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky,
and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none
to frighten them away.
028:027 Yahweh will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors,
and with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can
not be healed.
028:028 Yahweh will strike you with madness, and with blindness,
and with astonishment of heart;
028:029 and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes
in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways:
and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there
shall be none to save you.
028:030 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her:
you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein:
you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.
028:031 Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall
not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away
from before your face, and shall not be restored to you:
your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall
have none to save you.
028:032 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people;
and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all
the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
028:033 The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation
which you don't know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed
and crushed always;
028:034 so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which
you shall see.
028:035 Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs,
with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole
of your foot to the crown of your head.
028:036 Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you,
to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers;
and there shall you serve other gods, wood and stone.
028:037 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,
among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
028:038 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather
little in; for the locust shall consume it.
028:039 You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall
neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes];
for the worm shall eat them.
028:040 You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders,
but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive
shall cast [its fruit].
028:041 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours;
for they shall go into captivity.
028:042 All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess.
028:043 The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above
you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
028:044 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him:
he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
028:045 All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you,
and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't
listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments
and his statutes which he commanded you:
028:046 and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder,
and on your seed forever.
028:047 Because you didn't serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness,
and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance
of all things;
028:048 therefore shall you serve your enemies whom Yahweh shall send
against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness,
and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron
on your neck, until he have destroyed you.
028:049 Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end
of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language
you shall not understand;
028:050 a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not regard
the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
028:051 and shall eat the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of
your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave
you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your livestock,
or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
028:052 They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high
and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted,
throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all
your gates throughout all your land, which Yahweh your God
has given you.
028:053 You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons
and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you,
in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies
shall distress you.
028:054 The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall
be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom,
and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;
028:055 so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his
children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him,
in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall
distress you in all your gates.
028:056 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure
to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness
and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband
of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
028:057 and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet,
and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall
eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege
and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you
in your gates.
028:058 If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that
are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious
and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;
028:059 then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues
of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance,
and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
028:060 He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt,
which you were afraid of; and they shall cleave to you.
028:061 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written
in the book of this law, them will Yahweh bring on you,
until you are destroyed.
028:062 You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars
of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice
of Yahweh your God.
028:063 It shall happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good,
and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause
you to perish, and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked
from off the land where you go in to possess it.
028:064 Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one
end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;
and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known,
you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
028:065 Among these nations shall you find no ease, and there
shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but Yahweh
will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes,
and pining of soul;
028:066 and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall
fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
028:067 In the morning you shall say, Would it were even! and at even
you shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your
heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes
which you shall see.
028:068 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way
of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again:
and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for
bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man shall buy you.
029:001 These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded
Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab,
besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
029:002 Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You have seen
all that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt
to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
029:003 the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs,
and those great wonders:
029:004 but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see,
and ears to hear, to this day.
029:005 I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes
have not grown old on you, and your shoe has not grown old
on your foot.
029:006 You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink;
that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
029:007 When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon,
and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle,
and we struck them:
029:008 and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance
to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe
of the Manassites.
029:009 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them,
that you may prosper in all that you do.
029:010 You stand this day all of you before Yahweh your God;
your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers,
even all the men of Israel,
029:011 your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is
in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood
to the one who draws your water;
029:012 that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God,
and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;
029:013 that he may establish you this day to himself for a people,
and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you,
and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob.
029:014 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
029:015 but with him who stands here with us this day before Yahweh
our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day
029:016 (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came
through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
029:017 and you have seen their abominations, and their idols,
wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
029:018 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family,
or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God,
to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should
be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
029:019 and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse,
that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace,
though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy
the moist with the dry.
029:020 Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh
and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all
the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him,
and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
029:021 Yahweh will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel,
according to all the curses of the covenant that is written
in this book of the law.
029:022 The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you,
and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say,
when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses
with which Yahweh has made it sick;
029:023 [and that] the whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, [and] a burning,
[that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein,
like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim,
which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
029:024 even all the nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus
to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?
029:025 Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh,
the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought
them forth out of the land of Egypt,
029:026 and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that
they didn't know, and that he had not given to them:
029:027 therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against this land,
to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book;
029:028 and Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath,
and in great indignation, and cast them into another land,
as at this day.
029:029 The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things
that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever,
that we may do all the words of this law.
030:001 It shall happen, when all these things are come on you,
the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you,
and you shall call them to mind among all the nations,
where Yahweh your God has driven you,
030:002 and shall return to Yahweh your God, and shall obey his voice
according to all that I command you this day, you and your children,
with all your heart, and with all your soul;
030:003 that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and have
compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all
the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
030:004 If [any of] your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of
the heavens, from there will Yahweh your God gather you,
and from there he will bring you back:
030:005 and Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your
fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do
you good, and multiply you above your fathers.
030:006 Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart
of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, that you may live.
030:007 Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies,
and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
030:008 You shall return and obey the voice of Yahweh, and do all his
commandments which I command you this day.
030:009 Yahweh your God will make you plenteous in all the work
of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit
of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good:
for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced
over your fathers;
030:010 if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his
commandments and his statutes which are written in this book
of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul.
030:011 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not
too hard for you, neither is it far off.
030:012 It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up
for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it,
that we may do it?
030:013 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go
over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it,
that we may do it?
030:014 But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart,
that you may do it.
030:015 Behold, I have set before you this day life and good,
and death and evil;
030:016 in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God,
to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his
statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply,
and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you
go in to possess it.
030:017 But if your heart turn away, and you will not hear, but shall
be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
030:018 I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish;
you shall not prolong your days in the land, where you pass
over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
030:019 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I
have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse:
therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;
030:020 to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cleave to him;
for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you
may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
031:001 Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
031:002 He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old this day;
I can no more go out and come in: and Yahweh has said to me,
You shall not go over this Jordan.
031:003 Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy
these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them:
[and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
031:004 Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings
of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.
031:005 Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them
according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
031:006 Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid, nor be scared
of them: for Yahweh your God, he it is who does go with you;
he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
031:007 Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of
all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for you shall
go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn
to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them
to inherit it.
031:008 Yahweh, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you,
he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don't be afraid,
neither be dismayed.
031:009 Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons
of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
and to all the elders of Israel.
031:010 Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years,
in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,
031:011 when all Israel is come to appear before Yahweh your God
in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law
before all Israel in their hearing.
031:012 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones,
and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they
may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God,
and observe to do all the words of this law;
031:013 and that their children, who have not known, may hear,
and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live
in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
031:014 Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die:
call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting,
that I may give him a charge. Moses and Joshua went,
and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
031:015 Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud:
and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
031:016 Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers;
and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after
the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them,
and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have
made with them.
031:017 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day,
and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them,
and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles
shall come on them; so that they will say in that day,
Haven't these evils come on us because our God is not among us?
031:018 I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they
shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.
031:019 Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it
the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this
song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
031:020 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I
swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey,
and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat;
then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me,
and break my covenant.
031:021 It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them,
that this song shall testify before them as a witness;
for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed:
for I know their imagination which they frame this day,
before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
031:022 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it
the children of Israel.
031:023 He gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said,
Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring
the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them:
and I will be with you.
031:024 It happened, when Moses had made an end of writing the words
of this law in a book, until they were finished,
031:025 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant
of Yahweh, saying,
031:026 Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there
for a witness against you.
031:027 For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I
am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious
against Yahweh; and how much more after my death?
031:028 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers,
that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven
and earth to witness against them.
031:029 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves,
and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;
and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you
will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke
him to anger through the work of your hands.
031:030 Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words
of this song, until they were finished.
032:001 Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear
the words of my mouth.
032:002 My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall
condense as the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass,
as the showers on the herb.
032:003 For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh. Ascribe greatness
to our God!
032:004 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice:
a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
032:005 They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not
his children, [it is] their blemish. [They are] a perverse
and crooked generation.
032:006 Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise?
Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you,
and established you.
032:007 Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they
will tell you.
032:008 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of
the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
032:009 For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot
of his inheritance.
032:010 He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness.
He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple
of his eye.
032:011 As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young,
he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them
on his feathers.
032:012 Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.
032:013 He made him ride on the high places of the earth.
He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck
honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;
032:014 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of
the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat.
Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
032:015 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat.
You have grown thick. You have become sleek.
Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock
of his salvation.
032:016 They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]. They provoked
him to anger with abominations.
032:017 They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, to gods
that they didn't know, to new [gods] that came up of late,
which your fathers didn't dread.
032:018 Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful,
and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
032:019 Yahweh saw [it], and abhorred [them], because of the provocation
of his sons and his daughters.
032:020 He said, I will hide my face from them. I will see what their
end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
032:021 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God.
They have provoked me to anger with their vanities.
I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people.
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
032:022 For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest
Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets
the foundations of the mountains on fire.
032:023 I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.
032:024 [They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning
heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals
on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
032:025 Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers, terror; on both
young man and virgin, The suckling with the gray-haired man.
032:026 I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory
of them to cease from among men;
032:027 were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,
lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say,
Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.
032:028 For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no
understanding in them.
032:029 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they
would consider their latter end!
032:030 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand
to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had
delivered them up?
032:031 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies
themselves being judges.
032:032 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter.
032:033 Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.
032:034 Isn't this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?
032:035 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their
foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand.
The things that are to come on them shall make haste.
032:036 For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion
on his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone,
There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
032:037 He will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which
they took refuge;
032:038 Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine
of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you!
Let them be your protection.
032:039 See now that I, even I, am he, There is no god with me.
I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal.
There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
032:040 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
032:041 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense
those who hate me.
032:042 I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall
devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the head of the leaders of the enemy.
032:043 Rejoice, you nations, [with] his people, for he will avenge
the blood of his servants. He will render vengeance
to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land,
for his people.
032:044 Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears
of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
032:045 Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
032:046 He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I
testify to you this day, which you shall command your children
to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
032:047 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life,
and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land,
where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
032:048 Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
032:049 Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo,
which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho;
and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the children
of Israel for a possession;
032:050 and die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered
to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor,
and was gathered to his people:
032:051 because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children
of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness
of Zin; because you didn't sanctify me in the midst of
the children of Israel.
032:052 For you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go
there into the land which I give the children of Israel.
033:001 This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed
the children of Israel before his death.
033:002 He said, Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them.
He shone forth from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands
of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
033:003 Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand.
They sat down at your feet; [Everyone] shall receive
of your words.
033:004 Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
033:005 He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered,
All the tribes of Israel together.
033:006 Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.
033:007 This is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Yahweh,
the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people.
With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help
against his adversaries.
033:008 Of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are with your
godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you strove
at the waters of Meribah;
033:009 who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him;
Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know
his own children: For they have observed your word,
and keep your covenant.
033:010 They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law.
They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering
on your altar.
033:011 Yahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands.
Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him,
of those who hate him, that they not rise again.
033:012 Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell
in safety by him. He covers him all the day long.
He dwells between his shoulders.
033:013 Of Joseph he said, His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the
precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep
that couches beneath,
033:014 for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious
things of the growth of the moons,
033:015 for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the precious
things of the everlasting hills,
033:016 for the precious things of the earth and its fullness,
the good will of him who lived in the bush{i. e.
the burning bush of Exodus 3:3-4.}. Let [the blessing] come
on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was
separate from his brothers.
033:017 The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are
the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples
all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten
thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.
033:018 Of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out;
and Issachar, in your tents.
033:019 They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will
offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out
the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand.
033:020 Of Gad he said, He who enlarges Gad is blessed.
He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown
of the head.
033:021 He provided the first part for himself, for there was the lawgiver's
portion reserved. He came [with] the heads of the people.
He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel.
033:022 Of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan.
033:023 Of Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of
the blessing of Yahweh, Possess the west and the south.
033:024 Of Asher he said, Asher is blessed with children.
Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his
foot in oil.
033:025 Your bars shall be iron and brass. As your days, so shall
your strength be.
033:026 There is none like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens
for your help, In his excellency on the skies.
033:027 The eternal God is [your] dwelling place. Underneath are
the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you,
and said, Destroy.
033:028 Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land
of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
033:029 You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh,
the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency!
Your enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread
on their high places.
034:001 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo,
to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.
Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
034:002 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,
and all the land of Judah, to the hinder sea,
034:003 and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city
of palm trees, to Zoar.
034:004 Yahweh said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed:
I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall
not go over there.
034:005 So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab,
according to the word of Yahweh.
034:006 He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against
Beth Peor: but no man knows of his tomb to this day.
034:007 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died:
his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
034:008 The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab
thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for
Moses were ended.
034:009 Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom;
for Moses had laid his hands on him: and the children of Israel
listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
034:010 There has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses,
whom Yahweh knew face to face,
034:011 in all the signs and the wonders, which Yahweh sent him to do
in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants,
and to all his land,
034:012 and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror,
which Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.
Book 06 Joshua
001:001 Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,
that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,
001:002 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
you, and all this people, to the land which I give to them,
even to the children of Israel.
001:003 I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will
tread on, as I told Moses.
001:004 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river,
the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites,
and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun,
shall be your border.
001:005 No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail
you nor forsake you.
001:006 Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this
people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers
to give them.
001:007 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according
to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you.
Don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left,
that you may have good success wherever you go.
001:008 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth,
but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may
observe to do according to all that is written therein:
for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you
shall have good success.
001:009 Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage.
Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God
is with you wherever you go.
001:010 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
001:011 "Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people,
saying, 'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass
over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh
your God gives you to possess it.'"
001:012 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to
the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,
001:013 "Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh
commanded you, saying, 'Yahweh your God gives you rest,
and will give you this land.
001:014 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, shall live
in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you
shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty
men of valor, and shall help them
001:015 until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you,
and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God
gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession,
and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you
beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.'"
001:016 They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us
we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
001:017 Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you.
Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
001:018 Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn't listen to your
words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death.
Only be strong and of good courage."
002:001 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim
as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, and Jericho."
They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name
was Rahab, and slept there.
002:002 The king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men of the children
of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land."
002:003 The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men
who have come to you, who have entered into your house;
for they have come to spy out all the land."
002:004 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes,
the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.
002:005 It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it
was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know.
Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them."
002:006 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with
the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
002:007 The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords:
and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out,
they shut the gate.
002:008 Before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
002:009 and she said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given
you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us,
and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
002:010 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the
Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds} before you, when you came out of Egypt;
and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond
the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
002:011 As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did
there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you:
for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above,
and on earth beneath.
002:012 Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt
kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my
father's house, and give me a true token;
002:013 and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers,
and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver
our lives from death."
002:014 The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you don't talk
about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives
us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."
002:015 Then she let them down by a cord through the window;
for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived
on the wall.
002:016 She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you;
and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers
have returned. Afterward, you may go your way."
002:017 The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath
which you have made us to swear.
002:018 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line
of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by.
You shall gather to yourself into the house your father,
your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.
002:019 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into
the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless.
Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head,
if any hand is on him.
002:020 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall
be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear."
002:021 She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away,
and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.
002:022 They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days,
until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them
throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
002:023 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain,
passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told
him all that had happened to them.
002:024 They said to Joshua, "Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands
all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt
away before us."
003:001 Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim,
and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel.
They lodged there before they passed over.
003:002 It happened after three days, that the officers went through
the midst of the camp;
003:003 and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests
the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place,
and follow it.
003:004 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two
thousand cubits by measure. Don't come near to it, that you
may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed
this way before."
003:005 Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow
Yahweh will do wonders among you."
003:006 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark
of the covenant, and pass over before the people."
They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
003:007 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you
in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I
was with Moses, so I will be with you.
003:008 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant,
saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan,
you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"
003:009 Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear
the words of Yahweh your God."
003:010 Joshua said, "Hereby you shall know that the living God is
among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite,
and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite,
and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite out
from before you.
003:011 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth
passes over before you into the Jordan.
003:012 Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel,
for every tribe a man.
003:013 It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests
who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth,
rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan
will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above;
and they shall stand in one heap."
003:014 It happened, when the people moved from their tents to pass
over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant
being before the people,
003:015 and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan,
and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped
in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its
banks all the time of harvest),
003:016 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose
up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is
beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea
of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off.
Then the people passed over right against Jericho.
003:017 The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan;
and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation
had passed completely over the Jordan.
004:001 It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over
the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
004:002 "Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
004:003 and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of
the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm,
twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them
down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.'"
004:004 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared
of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
004:005 Joshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your
God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up
a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number
of the tribes of the children of Israel;
004:006 that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask
in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'
004:007 then you shall tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan
were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were
cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children
of Israel forever.'"
004:008 The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve
stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged,
and laid them down there.
004:009 Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan,
in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark
of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
004:010 For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan,
until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak
to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua;
and the people hurried and passed over.
004:011 It happened, when all the people had completely passed over,
that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the priests,
in the presence of the people.
004:012 The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe
of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel,
as Moses spoke to them.
004:013 About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war passed
over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
004:014 On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;
and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days
of his life.
004:015 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
004:016 "Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony,
that they come up out of the Jordan."
004:017 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out
of the Jordan!"
004:018 It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant
of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan,
and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground,
that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place,
and went over all its banks, as before.
004:019 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day
of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east
border of Jericho.
004:020 Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of
the Jordan, n Gilgal.
004:021 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your
children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do
these stones mean?'
004:022 Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came
over this Jordan on dry land.
004:023 For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from
before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God
did to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}, which he dried up
from before us, until we had passed over;
004:024 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh,
that it is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.'"
005:001 It happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond
the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites,
who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up
the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel,
until we had passed over, that their heart melted, neither was
there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
005:002 At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make flint knives,
and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time."
005:003 Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children
of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
005:004 This is the reason Joshua circumcised: all the people who came
out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war,
died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
005:005 For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all
the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they
came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.
005:006 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness,
until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt,
were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh.
Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land
which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us,
a land flowing with milk and honey.
005:007 Their children, whom he raised up in their place,
were circumcised by Joshua; for they were uncircumcised,
because they had not circumcised them on the way.
005:008 It happened, when they were done circumcising all the nation,
that they stayed in their places in the camp until
they were healed.
005:009 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach
of Egypt from off you." Therefore the name of that place
was called Gilgal,{"Gilgal" sounds like the Hebrew for "roll."
} to this day.
005:010 The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept
the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening
in the plains of Jericho.
005:011 They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce
of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.
005:012 The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce
of the land. The children of Israel didn't have manna any more;
but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
005:013 It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up
his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him
with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him,
and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"
005:014 He said, "No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh's army."
Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped,
and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?"
005:015 The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes
off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy."
Joshua did so.
006:001 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel.
No one went out, and no one came in.
006:002 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand,
with its king and the mighty men of valor.
006:003 All your men of war shall march around the city, going around
the city once. You shall do this six days.
006:004 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before
the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city
seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
006:005 It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn,
and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people
shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city
shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man
straight before him."
006:006 Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them,
"Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear
seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh."
006:007 They said to the people, "Advance! March around the city,
and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh's ark."
006:008 It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people,
the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams'
horns before Yahweh advanced, and blew the trumpets;
and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.
006:009 The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets,
and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
006:010 Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout,
nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed
out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout.
Then you shall shout."
006:011 So he caused the ark of Yahweh to go around the city,
going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and lodged
in the camp.
006:012 Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up
the ark of Yahweh.
006:013 The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams'
horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually,
and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them.
The rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh. The trumpets
sounded as they went.
006:014 The second day they marched around the city once, and returned
into the camp. They did this six days.
006:015 It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning
of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times.
Only on this day they marched around the city seven times.
006:016 It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets,
Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for Yahweh has given
you the city!
006:017 The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh.
Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with
her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
006:018 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing,
lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing;
so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
006:019 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron,
are holy to Yahweh. They shall come into Yahweh's treasury."
006:020 So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets.
It happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet,
that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall
fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city,
every man straight before him, and they took the city.
006:021 They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man
and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey,
with the edge of the sword.
006:022 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land,
"Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there
the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her."
006:023 The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab
with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had.
They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them
outside of the camp of Israel.
006:024 They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it.
Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of brass
and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh's house.
006:025 But Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all
that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst
of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers,
whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
006:026 Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed be
the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho.
With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation,
and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."
006:027 So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
007:001 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing;
for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son
of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing:
and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the children of Israel.
007:002 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven,
on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up
and spy out the land. The men went up and spied out Ai.
007:003 They returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let all
the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go
up and strike Ai; don't make all the people to toil there;
for they are but few.
007:004 So there went up there of the people about three thousand men:
and they fled before the men of Ai.
007:005 The men of Ai struck of them about thirty-six men; and they
chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck
them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted,
and became as water.
007:006 Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before
the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel;
and they put dust on their heads.
007:007 Joshua said, Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you at all brought
this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand
of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been
content and lived beyond the Jordan!
007:008 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned
their backs before their enemies!
007:009 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will
hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name
from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?
007:010 Yahweh said to Joshua, Get you up; why are you thus fallen
on your face?
007:011 Israel has sinned; yes, they have even transgressed my
covenant which I commanded them: yes, they have even taken
of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also;
and they have even put it among their own stuff.
007:012 Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies;
they turn their backs before their enemies, because they
are become accursed: I will not be with you any more,
except you destroy the devoted thing from among you.
007:013 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves
against tomorrow: for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, There is
a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel; you can not stand
before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing
from among you.
007:014 In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes:
and it shall be, that the tribe which Yahweh takes shall come
near by families; and the family which Yahweh shall take
shall come near by households; and the household which Yahweh
shall take shall come near man by man.
007:015 It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall
be burnt with fire, he and all that he has; because he has
transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he has done
folly in Israel.
007:016 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel
near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
007:017 and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family
of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites
man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
007:018 and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan,
the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah,
of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
007:019 Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yahweh,
the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me
now what you have done; don't hide it from me.
007:020 Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned
against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
007:021 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle,
and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold
of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them;
and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent,
and the silver under it.
007:022 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold,
it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
007:023 They took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them
to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel; and they laid
them down before Yahweh.
007:024 Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,
and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold,
and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys,
and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had:
and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
007:025 Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? Yahweh shall
trouble you this day. All Israel stoned him with stones;
and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
007:026 They raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day;
and Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger.
Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor"
to this day.
008:001 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed:
take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up
to Ai; behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai,
and his people, and his city, and his land;
008:002 You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king:
only the spoil of it, and the livestock of it, shall you
take for a prey to yourselves: set you an ambush for the
city behind it.
008:003 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai:
and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor,
and sent them forth by night.
008:004 He commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in ambush against
the city, behind the city; don't go very far from the city,
but be all ready:
008:005 and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city.
It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first,
that we will flee before them;
008:006 and they will come out after us, until we have drawn them
away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us,
as at the first: so we will flee before them;
008:007 and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of
the city: for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.
008:008 It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set
the city on fire; according to the word of Yahweh shall you do:
behold, I have commanded you.
008:009 Joshua sent them forth; and they went to set up the ambush,
and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai:
but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
008:010 Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people,
and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
008:011 All the people, [even] the [men of] war who were with him,
went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped
on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between
him and Ai.
008:012 He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between
Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
008:013 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north
of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city;
and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
008:014 It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried
and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against
Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed,
before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush
against him behind the city.
008:015 Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them,
and fled by the way of the wilderness.
008:016 All the people who were in the city were called together
to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua,
and were drawn away from the city.
008:017 There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El, who didn't
go out after Israel: and they left the city open,
and pursued after Israel.
008:018 Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in
your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand.
Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand
toward the city.
008:019 The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon
as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city,
and took it; and they hurried and set the city on fire.
008:020 When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold,
the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no
power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled
to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
008:021 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city,
and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again,
and killed the men of Ai.
008:022 The others came forth out of the city against them;
so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side,
and some on that side: and they struck them, so that they
let none of them remain or escape.
008:023 The king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
008:024 It happened, when Israel had made an end of killing all the
inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they
pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword,
until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai,
and struck it with the edge of the sword.
008:025 All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand,
even all the men of Ai.
008:026 For Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with which he stretched
out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the
inhabitants of Ai.
008:027 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took
for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh
which he commanded Joshua.
008:028 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation,
to this day.
008:029 The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening:
and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they
took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance
of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap
of stones, to this day.
008:030 Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel,
in Mount Ebal,
008:031 as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel,
as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar
of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron:
and they offered thereon burnt offerings to Yahweh,
and sacrificed peace offerings.
008:032 He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses,
which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel.
008:033 All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges,
stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests
the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
as well the foreigner as the native; half of them in front
of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal;
as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first,
that they should bless the people of Israel.
008:034 Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing
and the curse, according to all that is written in the book
of the law.
008:035 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua
didn't read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women,
and the little ones, and the foreigners who were among them.
009:001 It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan,
in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore
of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite,
the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
heard of it;
009:002 that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua
and with Israel, with one accord.
009:003 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done
to Jericho and to Ai,
009:004 they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they
had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys,
and wineskins, old and torn and bound up,
009:005 and old and patched shoes on their feet, and old garments on them;
and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become moldy.
009:006 They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him,
and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country:
now therefore make you a covenant with us.
009:007 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, What if you dwell among us;
and how shall we make a covenant with you?
009:008 They said to Joshua, We are your servants. Joshua said to them,
Who are you? and from whence come you?
009:009 They said to him, From a very far country your servants
are come because of the name of Yahweh your God:
for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
009:010 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites,
who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon,
and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
009:011 Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke
to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey,
and go to meet them, and tell them, We are your servants:
and now make you a covenant with us.
009:012 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses
on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry,
and is become moldy:
009:013 and these wineskins, which we filled, were new; and behold,
they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes are become
old by reason of the very long journey.
009:014 The men took of their provision, and didn't ask counsel at
the mouth of Yahweh.
009:015 Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them,
to let them live: and the princes of the congregation
swore to them.
009:016 It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant
with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors,
and that they lived among them.
009:017 The children of Israel traveled, and came to their cities on
the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah,
and Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
009:018 The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes
of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel.
All the congregation murmured against the princes.
009:019 But all the princes said to all the congregation,
We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel:
now therefore we may not touch them.
009:020 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us,
because of the oath which we swore to them.
009:021 The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became
wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation,
as the princes had spoken to them.
009:022 Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying,
Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you;
when you dwell among us?
009:023 Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be
of you bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water
for the house of my God.
009:024 They answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly
told your servants, how that Yahweh your God commanded
his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to
destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you;
therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you,
and have done this thing.
009:025 Now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right
to you to do to us, do.
009:026 So did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of
the children of Israel, that they didn't kill them.
009:027 That day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water
for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day,
in the place which he should choose.
010:001 Now it happened, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua
had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done
to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king;
and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel,
and were among them;
010:002 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city,
as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai,
and all the men of it were mighty.
010:003 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron,
and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish,
and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
010:004 Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it
has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
010:005 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem,
the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish,
the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up,
they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon,
and made war against it.
010:006 The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,
saying, Don't slack your hand from your servants;
come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us:
for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill
country are gathered together against us.
010:007 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war
with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
010:008 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't fear them: for I have delivered
them into your hands; there shall not a man of them
stand before you.
010:009 Joshua therefore came on them suddenly; [for] he went up
from Gilgal all the night.
010:010 Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them
with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way
of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah,
and to Makkedah.
010:011 It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they
were at the descent of Beth Horon, that Yahweh cast down
great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died:
they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom
the children of Israel killed with the sword.
010:012 Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh
delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel;
and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still
on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
010:013 The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation
had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written
in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the midst of the sky,
and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day.
010:014 There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh
listened to the voice of a man: for Yahweh fought for Israel.
010:015 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
010:016 These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
010:017 It was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found,
hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
010:018 Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave,
and set men by it to keep them:
010:019 but don't stay; pursue after your enemies, and strike the hindmost
of them; don't allow them to enter into their cities:
for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.
010:020 It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had
made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter,
until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained
of them had entered into the fortified cities,
010:021 that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at
Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of
the children of Israel.
010:022 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth
those five kings to me out of the cave.
010:023 They did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out
of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
010:024 It happened, when they brought forth those kings to Joshua,
that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said
to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him,
Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings.
They came near, and put their feet on the necks of them.
010:025 Joshua said to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed;
be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Yahweh do
to all your enemies against whom you fight.
010:026 Afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged
them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees
until the evening.
010:027 It happened at the time of the going down of the sun,
that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees,
and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves,
and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
010:028 Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge
of the sword, and the king of it: he utterly destroyed them
and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining;
and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the
king of Jericho.
010:029 Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah,
and fought against Libnah:
010:030 and Yahweh delivered it also, and the king of it, into the hand
of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword,
and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining in it;
and he did to the king of it as he had done to the king of Jericho.
010:031 Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish,
and encamped against it, and fought against it:
010:032 and Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel;
and he took it on the second day, and struck it with
the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were therein,
according to all that he had done to Libnah.
010:033 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua
struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
010:034 Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon;
and they encamped against it, and fought against it;
010:035 and they took it on that day, and struck it with the edge
of the sword; and all the souls who were therein he utterly
destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
010:036 Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron;
and they fought against it:
010:037 and they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword,
and the king of it, and all the cities of it, and all the souls
who were therein; he left none remaining, according to all
that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it,
and all the souls who were therein.
010:038 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir,
and fought against it:
010:039 and he took it, and the king of it, and all the cities of it;
and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly
destroyed all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining:
as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king of it;
as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king of it.
010:040 So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the South,
and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings:
he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed,
as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
010:041 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all
the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
010:042 All these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,
because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
010:043 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
011:001 It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent
to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron,
and to the king of Achshaph,
011:002 and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country,
and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland,
and in the heights of Dor on the west,
011:003 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the
hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
011:004 They went out, they and all their armies with them, much people,
even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude,
with horses and chariots very many.
011:005 All these kings met together; and they came and encamped
together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
011:006 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them;
for tomorrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain
before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn
their chariots with fire.
011:007 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them
by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.
011:008 Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them,
and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim,
and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they struck them,
until they left them none remaining.
011:009 Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses,
and burnt their chariots with fire.
011:010 Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck
the king of it with the sword: for Hazor before was the head
of all those kingdoms.
011:011 They struck all the souls who were therein with the edge of the sword,
utterly destroying them; there was none left who breathed:
and he burnt Hazor with fire.
011:012 All the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them,
did Joshua take, and he struck them with the edge of
the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant
of Yahweh commanded.
011:013 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned
none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
011:014 All the spoil of these cities, and the livestock, the children
of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but every man they
struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them,
neither left they any who breathed.
011:015 As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua:
and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that
Yahweh commanded Moses.
011:016 So Joshua took all that land, the hill country, and all the South,
and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah,
and the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
011:017 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad
in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their
kings he took, and struck them, and put them to death.
011:018 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
011:019 There was not a city that made peace with the children
of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon:
they took all in battle.
011:020 For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against
Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them,
that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them,
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
011:021 Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the
hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from
all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country
of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
011:022 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children
of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod,
did some remain.
011:023 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh
spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance
to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes.
The land had rest from war.
012:001 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of
Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward
the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon,
and all the Arabah eastward:
012:002 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
and [the city that is in] the middle of the valley, and half Gilead,
even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
012:003 and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to
the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way
to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
012:004 and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim,
who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
012:005 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan,
to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites,
and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
012:006 Moses the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them:
and Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to
the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
012:007 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children
of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in
the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir;
and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession
according to their divisions;
012:008 in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah,
and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South;
the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
012:009 the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
012:010 the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
012:011 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
012:012 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
012:013 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
012:014 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
012:015 the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
012:016 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
012:017 the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
012:018 the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
012:019 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
012:020 the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
012:021 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
012:022 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
012:023 the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim
in Gilgal, one;
012:024 the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
013:001 Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Yahweh said
to him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there
remains yet very much land to be possessed.
013:002 This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of
the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
013:003 from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border
of Ekron northward, [which] is reckoned to the Canaanites;
the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites,
the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites;
also the Avvim,
013:004 on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah
that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border
of the Amorites;
013:005 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise,
from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
013:006 all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to
Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive
out from before the children of Israel: only allot you it
to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
013:007 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
013:008 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance,
which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses
the servant of Yahweh gave them:
013:009 from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all
the plain of Medeba to Dibon;
013:010 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned
in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;
013:011 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites,
and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;
013:012 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth
and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim);
for these did Moses strike, and drove them out.
013:013 Nevertheless the children of Israel didn't drive out the Geshurites,
nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst
of Israel to this day.
013:014 Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings
of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance,
as he spoke to him.
013:015 Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according
to their families.
013:016 Their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley
of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley,
and all the plain by Medeba;
013:017 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon,
and Bamoth Baal, and Beth Baal Meon,
013:018 and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
013:019 and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth Shahar in the mount
of the valley,
013:020 and Beth Peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth,
013:021 and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon
king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck
with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur,
and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
013:022 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children
of Israel kill with the sword among the rest of their slain.
013:023 The border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border
[of it]. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben
according to their families, the cities and the villages of it.
013:024 Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad,
according to their families.
013:025 Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead,
and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that
is before Rabbah;
013:026 and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim
to the border of Debir;
013:027 and in the valley, Beth Haram, and Beth Nimrah, and Succoth,
and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon,
the Jordan and the border [of it], to the uttermost part
of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
013:028 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according
to their families, the cities and the villages of it.
013:029 Moses gave [inheritance] to the half-tribe of Manasseh:
and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh
according to their families.
013:030 Their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom
of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are
in Bashan, sixty cities:
013:031 and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of
the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir
the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children
of Machir according to their families.
013:032 These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains
of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
013:033 But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Yahweh, the God
of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
014:001 These are the inheritances which the children of Israel
took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest,
and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers'
[houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel,
distributed to them,
014:002 by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses,
for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
014:003 For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and
the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave
no inheritance among them.
014:004 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:
and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land,
save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for their
livestock and for their substance.
014:005 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did;
and they divided the land.
014:006 Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal:
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,
You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God
concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.
014:007 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent
me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him
word again as it was in my heart.
014:008 Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart
of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.
014:009 Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon
your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance to you and
to your children forever, because you have wholly followed
Yahweh my God.
014:010 Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke,
these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke
this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness:
and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
014:011 As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me:
as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war,
and to go out and to come in.
014:012 Now therefore give me this hill country, of which Yahweh spoke
in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there,
and cities great and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will
be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke.
014:013 Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son
of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
014:014 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son
of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day; because that he wholly
followed Yahweh, the God of Israel.
014:015 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba;
[which Arba was] the greatest man among the Anakim.
The land had rest from war.
015:001 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their
families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness
of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
015:002 Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea,
from the bay that looks southward;
015:003 and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed
along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea,
and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned
about to Karka;
015:004 and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook
of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea:
this shall be your south border.
015:005 The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan.
The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea
at the end of the Jordan;
015:006 and the border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by
the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone
of Bohan the son of Reuben;
015:007 and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor,
and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against
the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river;
and the border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh,
and the goings out of it were at En Rogel;
015:008 and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom
to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem);
and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies
before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost
part of the valley of Rephaim northward;
015:009 and the border extended from the top of the mountain
to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to
the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah
(the same is Kiriath Jearim);
015:010 and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir,
and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north
(the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth Shemesh,
and passed along by Timnah;
015:011 and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward;
and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along
to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings
out of the border were at the sea.
015:012 The west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it].
This is the border of the children of Judah round about
according to their families.
015:013 To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children
of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua,
even Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak
(the same is Hebron).
015:014 Caleb drove out there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai, the children of Anak.
015:015 He went up there against the inhabitants of Debir:
now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
015:016 Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it,
to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
015:017 Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it:
and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
015:018 It happened, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask
of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey;
and Caleb said, What would you?
015:019 She said, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me
in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.
He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
015:020 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah
according to their families.
015:021 The uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah
toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel,
and Eder, and Jagur,
015:022 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
015:023 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
015:024 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
015:025 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (the same is Hazor),
015:026 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
015:027 and Hazar Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth Pelet,
015:028 and Hazar Shual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,
015:029 Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
015:030 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
015:031 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
015:032 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities
are twenty-nine, with their villages.
015:033 In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
015:034 and Zanoah, and En Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
015:035 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
015:036 and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim;
fourteen cities with their villages.
015:037 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal Gad,
015:038 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
015:039 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
015:040 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,
015:041 and Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah;
sixteen cities with their villages.
015:042 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
015:043 and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
015:044 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities
with their villages.
015:045 Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
015:046 from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod,
with their villages.
015:047 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and
its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea,
and the border [of it].
015:048 In the hill country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
015:049 and Dannah, and Kiriath Sannah (the same is Debir),
015:050 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
015:051 and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
015:052 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,
015:053 and Janim, and Beth Tappuah, and Aphekah,
015:054 and Humtah, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior;
nine cities with their villages.
015:055 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
015:056 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
015:057 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
015:058 Halhul, Beth Zur, and Gedor,
015:059 and Maarath, and Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities
with their villages.
015:060 Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah;
two cities with their villages.
015:061 In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
015:062 and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities
with their villages.
015:063 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children
of Judah couldn't drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell
with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
016:001 The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan
at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east,
even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill
country to Bethel;
016:002 and it went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border
of the Archites to Ataroth;
016:003 and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites,
to the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to Gezer;
and the goings out of it were at the sea.
016:004 The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
016:005 The border of the children of Ephraim according to their
families was [thus]: the border of their inheritance eastward
was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper;
016:006 and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north;
and the border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh,
and passed along it on the east of Janoah;
016:007 and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah,
and reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
016:008 From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook
of Kanah; and the goings out of it were at the sea.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim
according to their families;
016:009 together with the cities which were set apart for the children
of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children
of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
016:010 They didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer:
but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day,
and are become servants to do forced labor.
017:001 [This] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was
the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn
of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war,
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
017:002 So [the lot] was for the rest of the children of Manasseh
according to their families: for the children of Abiezer,
and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel,
and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher,
and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children
of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
017:003 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead,
the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons,
but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters:
Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
017:004 They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua
the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded
Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers:
therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them
an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
017:005 There fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead
and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
017:006 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons.
The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
017:007 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is
before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand,
to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.
017:008 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on
the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
017:009 The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook:
these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh:
and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook,
and the goings out of it were at the sea:
017:010 southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's,
and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north,
and to Issachar on the east.
017:011 Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth Shean and its towns,
and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor
and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns,
and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants
of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
017:012 Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out [the inhabitants
of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
017:013 It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong,
that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't
utterly drive them out.
017:014 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you
given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I
am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed me?
017:015 Joshua said to them, If you are a great people, go up to the forest,
and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites
and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too
narrow for you.
017:016 The children of Joseph said, The hill country is not enough for us:
and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have
chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth Shean and its towns,
and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.
017:017 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and
to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power;
you shall not have one lot only:
017:018 but the hill country shall be yours; for though it is a forest,
you shall cut it down, and the goings out of it shall be yours;
for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have
chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
018:001 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves
together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there:
and the land was subdued before them.
018:002 There remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,
which had not yet divided their inheritance.
018:003 Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go
in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
has given you?
018:004 Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them,
and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe
it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.
018:005 They shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide
in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall
abide in their border on the north.
018:006 You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring
[the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you
here before Yahweh our God.
018:007 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood
of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and
the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance
beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of
Yahweh gave them.
018:008 The men arose, and went: and Joshua charged those who went
to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land,
and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots
for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh.
018:009 The men went and passed through the land, and described it
by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came
to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
018:010 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh:
and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel
according to their divisions.
018:011 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families: and the border of their lot went
out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
018:012 Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan;
and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north,
and went up through the hill country westward; and the goings
out of it were at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
018:013 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz
(the same is Bethel), southward; and the border went down
to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south
of Beth Horon the lower.
018:014 The border extended [there], and turned about on the west
quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before
Beth Horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath Baal
(the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah:
this was the west quarter.
018:015 The south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath Jearim;
and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring
of the waters of Nephtoah;
018:016 and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain
that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is
in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to
the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward,
and went down to En Rogel;
018:017 and it extended northward, and went out at En Shemesh, and went
out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim;
and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
018:018 and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward,
and went down to the Arabah;
018:019 and the border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward;
and the goings out of the border were at the north
bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan:
this was the south border.
018:020 The Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter.
This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin,
by the borders of it round about, according to their families.
018:021 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
according to their families were Jericho, and Beth Hoglah,
and Emek Keziz,
018:022 and Beth Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
018:023 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
018:024 and Chephar Ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities
with their villages:
018:025 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
018:026 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
018:027 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
018:028 and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath,
[and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according
to their families.
019:001 The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe
of the children of Simeon according to their families:
and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance
of the children of Judah.
019:002 They had for their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
019:003 and Hazar Shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
019:004 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
019:005 and Ziklag, and Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susah,
019:006 and Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
019:007 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:
019:008 and all the villages that were round about these cities to
Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of
the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
019:009 Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance
of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children
of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children
of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
019:010 The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according
to their families; and the border of their inheritance
was to Sarid;
019:011 and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached
to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;
019:012 and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to
the border of Chisloth Tabor; and it went out to Daberath,
and went up to Japhia;
019:013 and from there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin;
and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah;
019:014 and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon;
and the goings out of it were at the valley of Iphtah El;
019:015 and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem:
twelve cities with their villages.
019:016 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according
to their families, these cities with their villages.
019:017 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children
of Issachar according to their families.
019:018 Their border was to Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
019:019 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
019:020 and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,
019:021 and Remeth, and Engannim, and En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez,
019:022 and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh;
and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan:
sixteen cities with their villages.
019:023 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cities with their villages.
019:024 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families.
019:025 Their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
019:026 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to
Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
019:027 and it turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached
to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek
and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,
019:028 and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon;
019:029 and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre;
and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out of it
were at the sea by the region of Achzib;
019:030 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities
with their villages.
019:031 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
019:032 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for
the children of Naphtali according to their families.
019:033 Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim,
and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum; and the goings out
of it were at the Jordan;
019:034 and the border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out
from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south,
and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan
toward the sunrise.
019:035 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath,
and Chinnereth,
019:036 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
019:037 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En Hazor,
019:038 Iron, and Migdal El, Horem, and Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages.
019:039 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
according to their families, the cities with their villages.
019:040 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families.
019:041 The border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
019:042 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
019:043 and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
019:044 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
019:045 and Jehud, and Bene Berak, and Gath Rimmon,
019:046 and Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
019:047 The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them;
for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem,
and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword,
and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan,
after the name of Dan their father.
019:048 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
019:049 So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance
by the borders of it; and the children of Israel gave an
inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
019:050 according to the commandment of Yahweh they gave him the city
which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim;
and he built the city, and lived therein.
019:051 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes
of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot
in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting.
So they made an end of dividing the land.
020:001 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
020:002 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities
of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
020:003 that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly [and]
unawares may flee there: and they shall be to you for a refuge
from the avenger of blood.
020:004 He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at
the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause
in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall
take him into the city to them, and give him a place,
that he may dwell among them.
020:005 If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall
not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck
his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him before.
020:006 He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest
that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return,
and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city
from whence he fled.
020:007 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali,
and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba
(the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
020:008 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer
in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben,
and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan
in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
020:009 These were the appointed cities for all the children
of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them,
that whoever kills any person unwittingly might flee there,
and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood
before the congregation.
021:001 Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites
to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun,
and to the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of
the children of Israel;
021:002 and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,
saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in,
with the suburbs of it for our livestock.
021:003 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance,
according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities
with their suburbs.
021:004 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites:
and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites,
had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of
the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
021:005 The rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families
of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan,
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
021:006 The children of Gershon had by lot out of the families
of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe
of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
021:007 The children of Merari according to their families had
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad,
and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
021:008 The children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
021:009 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah,
and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities
which are [here] mentioned by name:
021:010 and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families
of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi;
for theirs was the first lot.
021:011 They gave them Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak
(the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah,
with the suburbs of it round about it.
021:012 But the fields of the city, and the villages of it, gave they
to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
021:013 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron
with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
and Libnah with its suburbs,
021:014 and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
021:015 and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
021:016 and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs,
[and] Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of
those two tribes.
021:017 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs,
Geba with its suburbs,
021:018 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
021:019 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests,
were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
021:020 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites,
even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities
of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
021:021 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country
of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer
with its suburbs,
021:022 and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs;
four cities.
021:023 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs,
Gibbethon with its suburbs,
021:024 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
021:025 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs,
and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
021:026 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children
of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
021:027 To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,
out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan
with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
021:028 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs,
Daberath with its suburbs,
021:029 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
021:030 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs,
Abdon with its suburbs,
021:031 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
021:032 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs,
the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammothdor with
its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
021:033 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families
were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
021:034 To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites,
out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs,
and Kartah with its suburbs,
021:035 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
021:036 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz
with its suburbs,
021:037 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
four cities.
021:038 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs,
the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
021:039 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs;
four cities in all.
021:040 All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according
to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites;
and their lot was twelve cities.
021:041 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession
of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities
with their suburbs.
021:042 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:
thus it was with all these cities.
021:043 So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give
to their fathers; and they possessed it, and lived therein.
021:044 Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore
to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their
enemies before them; Yahweh delivered all their enemies
into their hand.
021:045 There failed not anything of any good thing which Yahweh had
spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
022:001 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
022:002 and said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant
of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all
that I commanded you:
022:003 you have not left your brothers these many days to this day,
but have kept the charge of the commandment of Yahweh your God.
022:004 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke
to them: therefore now turn you, and get you to your tents,
to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant
of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
022:005 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses
the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God,
and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments,
and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart
and with all your soul.
022:006 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went
to their tents.
022:007 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
[inheritance] in Bashan; but to the other half gave
Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward;
moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents,
he blessed them,
022:008 and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents,
and with very much livestock, with silver, and with gold,
and with brass, and with iron, and with very much clothing:
divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
022:009 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe
of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel
out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land
of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned,
according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
022:010 When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan,
a great altar to look on.
022:011 The children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh
have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan,
in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains
to the children of Israel.
022:012 When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation
of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh,
to go up against them to war.
022:013 The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben,
and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh,
into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
022:014 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for
each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them
head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
022:015 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad,
and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,
and they spoke with them, saying,
022:016 Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, What trespass
is this that you have committed against the God of Israel,
to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you
have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?
022:017 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we
have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came
a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,
022:018 that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? and it
will be, seeing you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow
he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
022:019 However, if the land of your possession be unclean,
then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh,
in which Yahweh's tent dwells, and take possession among us:
but don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us,
in building you an altar besides the altar of Yahweh our God.
022:020 Didn't Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing,
and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man
didn't perish alone in his iniquity.
022:021 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads
of the thousands of Israel,
022:022 The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows;
and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in
trespass against Yahweh (don't save us this day),
022:023 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh;
or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal offering,
or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings thereon,
let Yahweh himself require it;
022:024 and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this,
[and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might
speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with Yahweh,
the God of Israel?
022:025 for Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you,
you children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no portion
in Yahweh: so might your children make our children cease
from fearing Yahweh.
022:026 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar,
not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
022:027 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our
generations after us, that we may do the service of Yahweh
before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices,
and with our peace offerings; that your children may not tell
our children in time to come, You have no portion in Yahweh.
022:028 Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so tell us
or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say,
Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our
fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;
but it is a witness between us and you.
022:029 Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh,
and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar
for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice,
besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tent.
022:030 When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation,
even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him,
heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children
of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
022:031 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children
of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children
of Manasseh, This day we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us,
because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh:
now have you delivered the children of Israel out of the
hand of Yahweh.
022:032 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children
of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan,
to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
022:033 The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of
Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them
to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad lived.
022:034 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad called
the altar [Ed]: For, [said they], it is a witness between us
that Yahweh is God.
023:001 It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest
to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua
was old and well stricken in years;
023:002 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for
their heads, and for their judges and for their officers,
and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years:
023:003 and you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all
these nations because of you; for Yahweh your God, he it
is that has fought for you.
023:004 Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain,
to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan,
with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great
sea toward the going down of the sun.
023:005 Yahweh your God, he will thrust them out from before you,
and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess
their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.
023:006 Therefore be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn
aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
023:007 that you not come among these nations, these that remain
among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods,
nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow
down yourselves to them;
023:008 but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
023:009 For Yahweh has driven out from before you great nations and strong:
but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
023:010 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Yahweh your God,
he it is who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
023:011 Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love
Yahweh your God.
023:012 Else if you do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant
of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make
marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
023:013 know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no more drive
these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be
a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides,
and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this
good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
023:014 Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth:
and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls,
that not one thing has failed of all the good things which
Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you,
not one thing has failed of it.
023:015 It shall happen, that as all the good things are come on you
of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so will Yahweh bring
on you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from
off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
023:016 When you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God,
which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods,
and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Yahweh
be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off
the good land which he has given to you.
024:001 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem,
and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads,
and for their judges, and for their officers; and they
presented themselves before God.
024:002 Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God
of Israel, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River,
even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor:
and they served other gods.
024:003 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him
throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed,
and gave him Isaac.
024:004 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir,
to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
024:005 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to
that which I did in the midst of it: and afterward I
brought you out.
024:006 I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea;
and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots
and with horsemen to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
024:007 When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between
you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them,
and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt:
and you lived in the wilderness many days.
024:008 I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond
the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into
your hand, and you possessed their land; and I destroyed them
from before you.
024:009 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought
against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor
to curse you;
024:010 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still:
so I delivered you out of his hand.
024:011 You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men
of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite,
and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite,
and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
024:012 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you,
even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword,
nor with your bow.
024:013 I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities
which you didn't build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards
and olive groves which you didn't plant do you eat.
024:014 Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth;
and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River,
and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.
024:015 If it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom
you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served
that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house,
we will serve Yahweh.
024:016 The people answered, Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh,
to serve other gods;
024:017 for Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers
up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,
and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us
in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples
through the midst of whom we passed;
024:018 and Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites
who lived in the land: therefore we also will serve Yahweh;
for he is our God.
024:019 Joshua said to the people, You can't serve Yahweh;
for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive
your disobedience nor your sins.
024:020 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will
turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he has
done you good.
024:021 The people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Yahweh.
024:022 Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against
yourselves that you have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him.
They said, We are witnesses.
024:023 Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are
among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
024:024 The people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve,
and to his voice will we listen.
024:025 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set
them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
024:026 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God;
and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak
that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
024:027 Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be
a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh
which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you,
lest you deny your God.
024:028 So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
024:029 It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
024:030 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah,
which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north
of the mountain of Gaash.
024:031 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work
of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.
024:032 The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought
up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel
of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor
the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money:
and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
024:033 Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill
of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill
country of Ephraim.
Book 07 Judges
001:001 It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel
asked of Yahweh, saying, Who shall go up for us first against
the Canaanites, to fight against them?
001:002 Yahweh said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered
the land into his hand.
001:003 Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot,
that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise
will go with you into your lot. So Simeon went with him.
001:004 Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the
Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek
ten thousand men.
001:005 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him,
and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
001:006 But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,
and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
001:007 Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their
great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table:
as I have done, so God has requited me." They brought him
to Jerusalem, and he died there.
001:008 The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it,
and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
001:009 Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against
the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South,
and in the lowland.
001:010 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron
(now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they
struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
001:011 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir.
(Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)
001:012 Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it,
to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
001:013 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it:
and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
001:014 It happened, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask
of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey;
and Caleb said to her, What would you?
001:015 She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me
in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.
Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
001:016 The children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up
out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah
into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad;
and they went and lived with the people.
001:017 Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the
Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it.
The name of the city was called Hormah.
001:018 Also Judah took Gaza with the border of it, and Ashkelon
with the border of it, and Ekron with the border of it.
001:019 Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out [the inhabitants of]
the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants
of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
001:020 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken:
and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.
001:021 The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who
inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children
of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
001:022 The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel;
and Yahweh was with them.
001:023 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name
of the city before was Luz.)
001:024 The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they
said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city,
and we will deal kindly with you.
001:025 He shown them the entrance into the city; and they struck
the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go
and all his family.
001:026 The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city,
and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it
to this day.
001:027 Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth Shean and
its towns, nor [of] Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants
of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and
its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns;
but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
001:028 It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put
the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly
drive them out.
001:029 Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer;
but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
001:030 Zebulun didn't drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the
inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them,
and became subject to forced labor.
001:031 Asher didn't drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants
of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah,
nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
001:032 but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
of the land; for they did not drive them out.
001:033 Naphtali didn't drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh,
nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived
among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land:
nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath
became subject to forced labor.
001:034 The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country;
for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;
001:035 but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon,
and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed,
so that they became subject to forced labor.
001:036 The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim,
from the rock, and upward.
002:001 The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim.
He said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought
you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said,
I will never break my covenant with you:
002:002 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land;
you shall break down their altars. But you have not listened
to my voice: why have you done this?
002:003 Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you;
but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods
shall be a snare to you.
002:004 It happened, when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words
to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up
their voice, and wept.
002:005 They called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed
there to Yahweh.
002:006 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel
went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
002:007 The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all
the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen
all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
002:008 Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one
hundred ten years old.
002:009 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north
of the mountain of Gaash.
002:010 Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers:
and there arose another generation after them, who didn't
know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.
002:011 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, and served the Baals;
002:012 and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought
them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods,
of the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed
themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
002:013 They forsook Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
002:014 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them;
and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about,
so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
002:015 Wherever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them
for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them:
and they were sore distressed.
002:016 Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand
of those who despoiled them.
002:017 Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the
prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them:
they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their
fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh;
[but] they didn't do so.
002:018 When Yahweh raised them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge,
and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days
of the judge: for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning
by reason of those who oppressed them and vexed them.
002:019 But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back,
and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following
other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't
cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
002:020 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel; and he said,
Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I
commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
002:021 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them
of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
002:022 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep
the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers did
keep it, or not.
002:023 So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily;
neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
003:001 Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to prove Israel
by them, even as many [of Israel] as had not known all
the wars of Canaan;
003:002 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know,
to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
003:003 [namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites,
and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon,
from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
003:004 They were [left], to prove Israel by them, to know whether they
would listen to the commandments of Yahweh, which he commanded
their fathers by Moses.
003:005 The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites:
003:006 and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave
their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
003:007 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals
and the Asheroth.
003:008 Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold
them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia:
and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
003:009 When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised
up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them,
even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
003:010 The Spirit of Yahweh came on him, and he judged Israel;
and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim
king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed
against Cushan Rishathaim.
003:011 The land had rest forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
003:012 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh: and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab
against Israel, because they had done that which was evil
in the sight of Yahweh.
003:013 He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek;
and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city
of palm trees.
003:014 The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
003:015 But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised
them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite,
a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him
to Eglon the king of Moab.
003:016 Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length;
and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
003:017 He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was
a very fat man.
003:018 When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away
the people who bore the tribute.
003:019 But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal,
and said, I have a secret errand to you, king. He said,
Keep silence. All who stood by him went out from him.
003:020 Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool
upper room. Ehud said, I have a message from God to you.
He arose out of his seat.
003:021 Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
003:022 and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed
on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body;
and it came out behind.
003:023 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors
of the upper room on him, and locked them.
003:024 Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw,
and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said,
Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.
003:025 They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn't open
the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key,
and opened [them], and behold, their lord was fallen down dead
on the earth.
003:026 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries,
and escaped to Seirah.
003:027 It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in
the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went
down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
003:028 He said to them, Follow after me; for Yahweh has delivered your
enemies the Moabites into your hand. They went down after him,
and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites,
and didn't allow a man to pass over.
003:029 They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men,
every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped
not a man.
003:030 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel.
The land had rest eighty years.
003:031 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck
of the Philistines six hundred men with an oxgoad:
and he also saved Israel.
004:001 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead.
004:002 Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan,
who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera,
who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
004:003 The children of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred
chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed
the children of Israel.
004:004 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged
Israel at that time.
004:005 She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel
in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel
came up to her for judgment.
004:006 She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of
Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, Hasn't Yahweh, the God
of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and draw to Mount Tabor,
and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali
and of the children of Zebulun?
004:007 I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain
of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude;
and I will deliver him into your hand.
004:008 Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go;
but if you will not go with me, I will not go.
004:009 She said, I will surely go with you: notwithstanding, the journey
that you take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh
will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. Deborah arose,
and went with Barak to Kedesh.
004:010 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh;
and there went up ten thousand men at his feet:
and Deborah went up with him.
004:011 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites,
even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses,
and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim,
which is by Kedesh.
004:012 They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up
to Mount Tabor.
004:013 Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred
chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him,
from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to the river Kishon.
004:014 Deborah said to Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Yahweh has
delivered Sisera into your hand; hasn't Yahweh gone out before you?
So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand
men after him.
004:015 Yahweh confused Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army,
with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted
from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
004:016 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army,
to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera
fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
004:017 However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael
the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin
the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
004:018 Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord,
turn in to me; don't be afraid. He came in to her into the tent,
and she covered him with a rug.
004:019 He said to her, Please give me a little water to drink;
for I am thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave
him drink, and covered him.
004:020 He said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be,
when any man does come and inquire of you, and say, Is there
any man here? that you shall say, No.
004:021 Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer
in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin
into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground;
for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
004:022 Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,
and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.
He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent
peg was in his temples.
004:023 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before
the children of Israel.
004:024 The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more
against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed
Jabin king of Canaan.
005:001 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
005:002 Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people
offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!
005:003 Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, [even] I,
will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh,
the God of Israel.
005:004 Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out
of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped.
Yes, the clouds dropped water.
005:005 The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh, even Sinai,
at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
005:006 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael,
the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
005:007 The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose;
Until I arose a mother in Israel.
005:008 They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there
a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
005:009 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered
themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!
005:010 Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit
on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
005:011 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing
water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts
of Yahweh, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel.
Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.
005:012 Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.
005:013 Then a remnant of the nobles [and] the people came down.
Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
005:014 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you,
Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir.
Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zebulun.
005:015 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar,
so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet.
By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
005:016 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling
for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were
great searchings of heart.
005:017 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships?
Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.
005:018 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the deaths;
Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
005:019 The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
005:020 From the sky the stars fought. From their courses,
they fought against Sisera.
005:021 The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river,
the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
005:022 Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancings,
the prancings of their strong ones.
005:023 Curse Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh. Curse bitterly
its inhabitants, because they didn't come to help Yahweh,
to help Yahweh against the mighty.
005:024 Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite;
blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
005:025 He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter
in a lordly dish.
005:026 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to
the workmen's hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera.
She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck
through his temples.
005:027 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed,
he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
005:028 Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera's mother
looked through the lattice. Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?
005:029 Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
005:030 Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady,
two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments,
A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments
embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?
005:031 So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love
him be as the sun when it rises forth in its strength.
The land had rest forty years.
006:001 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of
Midian seven years.
006:002 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of
Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are
in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
006:003 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,
and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came
up against them;
006:004 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase
of the earth, until you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance
in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.
006:005 For they came up with their livestock and their tents;
they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their
camels were without number: and they came into the land
to destroy it.
006:006 Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children
of Israel cried to Yahweh.
006:007 It happened, when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh
because of Midian,
006:008 that Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of Israel:
and he said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I
brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of
the house of bondage;
006:009 and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them
out from before you, and gave you their land;
006:010 and I said to you, I am Yahweh your God; you shall not
fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.
But you have not listened to my voice.
006:011 The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which
was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite:
and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress,
to hide it from the Midianites.
006:012 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him,
Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor.
006:013 Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then
has all this happened to us? and where are all his wondrous
works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh
bring us up from Egypt? but now Yahweh has cast us off,
and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
006:014 Yahweh looked at him, and said, Go in this your might,
and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent you?
006:015 He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold,
my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least
in my father's house.
006:016 Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall
strike the Midianites as one man.
006:017 He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight,
then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
006:018 Please don't go away, until I come to you, and bring out
my present, and lay it before you. He said, I will wait
until you come again.
006:019 Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes
of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put
the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak,
and presented it.
006:020 The angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened
cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.
He did so.
006:021 Then the angel of Yahweh put forth the end of the staff that was
in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh
and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed
out of his sight.
006:022 Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said,
Alas, Lord Yahweh! because I have seen the angel of Yahweh
face to face.
006:023 Yahweh said to him, Peace be to you; don't be afraid:
you shall not die.
006:024 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it
Yahweh is Peace{or, Yahweh Shalom}: to this day it is still
in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
006:025 It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him,
Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old,
and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has,
and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
006:026 and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold,
in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer
a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you
shall cut down.
006:027 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh
had spoken to him: and it happened, because he feared his
father's household and the men of the city, so that he could
not do it by day, that he did it by night.
006:028 When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold,
the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut
down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on
the altar that was built.
006:029 They said one to another, Who has done this thing?
When they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son
of Joash has done this thing.
006:030 Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son,
that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal,
and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
006:031 Joash said to all who stood against him, Will you contend
for Baal? Or will you save him? he who will contend for him,
let him be put to death while [it is yet] morning:
if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one has
broken down his altar.
006:032 Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal
contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.
006:033 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children
of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over,
and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
006:034 But the Spirit of Yahweh came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet;
and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
006:035 He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were
gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher,
and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
006:036 Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand,
as you have spoken,
006:037 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor;
if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground,
then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand,
as you have spoken.
006:038 It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed
the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece,
a bowl full of water.
006:039 Gideon said to God, Don't let your anger be kindled against me,
and I will speak but this once: Please let me make a trial
just this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on
the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.
006:040 God did so that night: for it was dry on the fleece only,
and there was dew on all the ground.
007:001 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him,
rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod:
and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them,
by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
007:002 Yahweh said to Gideon, The people who are with you are
too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand,
lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand
has saved me.
007:003 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is
fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.
There returned of the people twenty-two thousand; and there
remained ten thousand.
007:004 Yahweh said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them
down to the water, and I will try them for you there:
and it shall be, that of whom I tell you, This shall go with you,
the same shall go with you; and of whoever I tell you,
This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
007:005 So he brought down the people to the water: and Yahweh said
to Gideon, Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue,
as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise everyone
who bows down on his knees to drink.
007:006 The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth,
was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed
down on their knees to drink water.
007:007 Yahweh said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped
will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand;
and let all the people go every man to his place.
007:008 So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets;
and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent,
but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian
was beneath him in the valley.
007:009 It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Arise, get you
down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.
007:010 But if you fear to go down, go you with Purah your servant
down to the camp:
007:011 and you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall
your hands be strengthened to go down into the camp.
Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost
part of the armed men who were in the camp.
007:012 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of
the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude;
and their camels were without number, as the sand which is
on the seashore for multitude.
007:013 When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream
to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream;
and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp
of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell,
and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
007:014 His fellow answered, This is nothing else save the sword
of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand
God has delivered Midian, and all the army.
007:015 It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream,
and the interpretation of it, that he worshiped; and he returned
into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Yahweh has
delivered into your hand the army of Midian.
007:016 He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put
into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers,
with torches within the pitchers.
007:017 He said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and behold,
when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that,
as I do, so shall you do.
007:018 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow
you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say,
For Yahweh and for Gideon.
007:019 So Gideon, and the hundred men who were with him,
came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning
of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch:
and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers
that were in their hands.
007:020 The three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers,
and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets
in their right hands with which to blow; and they cried,
The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon.
007:021 They stood every man in his place round about the camp;
and all the army ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
007:022 They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every
man's sword against his fellow, and against all the army;
and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah,
as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
007:023 The men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out
of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
007:024 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country
of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before
them the waters, as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took
the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
007:025 They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb;
and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they
killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian:
and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon
beyond the Jordan.
008:001 The men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you
didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian? They did
chide with him sharply.
008:002 He said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you?
Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than
the vintage of Abiezer?
008:003 God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb
and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you?
Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
008:004 Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three
hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
008:005 He said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread
to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am
pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
008:006 The princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna
now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
008:007 Gideon said, Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna
into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns
of the wilderness and with briers.
008:008 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner;
and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of
Succoth had answered.
008:009 He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again
in peace, I will break down this tower.
008:010 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them,
about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army
of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty
thousand men who drew sword.
008:011 Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents
on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army;
for the army was secure.
008:012 Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them;
and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna,
and confused all the army.
008:013 Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from
the ascent of Heres.
008:014 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him:
and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders
of it, seventy-seven men.
008:015 He came to the men of Succoth, and said, See Zebah and Zalmunna,
concerning whom you did taunt me, saying, Are the hands
of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give
bread to your men who are weary?
008:016 He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness
and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
008:017 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
008:018 Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were
they whom you killed at Tabor? They answered, As you are,
so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
008:019 He said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother:
as Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would
not kill you.
008:020 He said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them.
But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he feared,
because he was yet a youth.
008:021 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, and fall on us;
for as the man is, so is his strength. Gideon arose,
and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that
were on their camels' necks.
008:022 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us,
both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you
have saved us out of the hand of Midian.
008:023 Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall
my son rule over you: Yahweh shall rule over you.
008:024 Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you,
that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil.
(For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
008:025 They answered, We will willingly give them. They spread a garment,
and did cast therein every man the earrings of his spoil.
008:026 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand
and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, besides the crescents,
and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on
the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about
their camels' necks.
008:027 Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah:
and all Israel played the prostitute after it there;
and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
008:028 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they
lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years
in the days of Gideon.
008:029 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
008:030 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body;
for he had many wives.
008:031 His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son,
and he named him Abimelech.
008:032 Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried
in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
008:033 It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals,
and made Baal Berith their god.
008:034 The children of Israel didn't remember Yahweh their God,
who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies
on every side;
008:035 neither shown they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal,
[who is] Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had
shown to Israel.
009:001 Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his
mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family
of the house of his mother's father, saying,
009:002 Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is
better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are
seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?
Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
009:003 His mother's brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men
of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined
to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
009:004 They gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of
Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows,
who followed him.
009:005 He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers
the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone:
but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left;
for he hid himself.
009:006 All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together,
and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king,
by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
009:007 When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top
of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried,
and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God
may listen to you.
009:008 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them;
and they said to the olive tree, Reign you over us.
009:009 But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness,
with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back
and forth over the trees?
009:010 The trees said to the fig tree, Come you, and reign over us.
009:011 But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness,
and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
009:012 The trees said to the vine, Come you, and reign over us.
009:013 The vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers
God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
009:014 Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you,
and reign over us.
009:015 The bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me
king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade;
and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour
the cedars of Lebanon.
009:016 Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously,
in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt
well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him
according to the deserving of his hands
009:017 (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life,
and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
009:018 and you are risen up against my father's house this day,
and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone,
and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant,
king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
009:019 if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal
and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech,
and let him also rejoice in you:
009:020 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour
the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come
out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo,
and devour Abimelech.
009:021 Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there,
for fear of Abimelech his brother.
009:022 Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
009:023 God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem;
and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
009:024 that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come,
and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother,
who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened
his hands to kill his brothers.
009:025 The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains,
and they robbed all who came along that way by them:
and it was told Abimelech.
009:026 Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over
to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
009:027 They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards,
and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house
of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
009:028 Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem,
that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul
his officer? serve you the men of Hamor the father of Shechem:
but why should we serve him?
009:029 Would that this people were under my hand! then would I
remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech, Increase your army,
and come out.
009:030 When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal
the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
009:031 He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the
son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and behold,
they constrain the city [to take part] against you.
009:032 Now therefore, up by night, you and the people who are with you,
and lie in wait in the field:
009:033 and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up,
you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and behold,
when he and the people who are with him come out against you,
then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.
009:034 Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night,
and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
009:035 Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of
the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people
who were with him, from the ambush.
009:036 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come
people down from the tops of the mountains. Zebul said to him,
You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
009:037 Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down
by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way
of the oak of Meonenim.
009:038 Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you said,
Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this
the people that you have despised? go out now, I pray,
and fight with them.
009:039 Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
009:040 Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell
many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
009:041 Abimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and
his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
009:042 It happened on the next day, that the people went out into the field;
and they told Abimelech.
009:043 He took the people, and divided them into three companies,
and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold,
the people came forth out of the city; He rose up against them,
and struck them.
009:044 Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward,
and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city:
and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field,
and struck them.
009:045 Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took
the city, and killed the people who were therein:
and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
009:046 When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it,
they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
009:047 It was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem
were gathered together.
009:048 Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people
who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand,
and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up,
and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people
who were with him, What you have seen me do, make haste,
and do as I have done.
009:049 All the people likewise cut down every man his bough,
and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold,
and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the men
of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
009:050 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez,
and took it.
009:051 But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled
all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut
themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower.
009:052 Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew
near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
009:053 A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head,
and broke his skull.
009:054 Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer,
and said to him, Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say
of me, A woman killed him. His young man thrust him through,
and he died.
009:055 When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed
every man to his place.
009:056 Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did
to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
009:057 and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite
on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham
the son of Jerubbaal.
010:001 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah,
the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir
in the hill country of Ephraim.
010:002 He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was
buried in Shamir.
010:003 After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged
Israel twenty-two years.
010:004 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they
had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day,
which are in the land of Gilead.
010:005 Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
010:006 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, and served the Baals, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods
of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods
of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines;
and they forsook Yahweh, and didn't serve him.
010:007 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold
them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand
of the children of Ammon.
010:008 They vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year:
eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel
that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites,
which is in Gilead.
010:009 The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also
against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house
of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
010:010 The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, We have
sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God,
and have served the Baals.
010:011 Yahweh said to the children of Israel, Didn't I save you from
the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon,
and from the Philistines?
010:012 The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites,
did oppress you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out
of their hand.
010:013 Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods:
therefore I will save you no more.
010:014 Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them save
you in the time of your distress.
010:015 The children of Israel said to Yahweh, We have sinned:
do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us,
we pray you, this day.
010:016 They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh;
and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
010:017 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped
in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together,
and encamped in Mizpah.
010:018 The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another,
What man is he who will begin to fight against the children
of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
011:001 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor,
and he was the son of a prostitute: and Gilead became
the father of Jephthah.
011:002 Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up,
they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit
in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.
011:003 Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob:
and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they
went out with him.
011:004 It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made
war against Israel.
011:005 It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel,
the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
011:006 and they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we
may fight with the children of Ammon.
011:007 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Didn't you hate me,
and drive me out of my father's house? and why are you come
to me now when you are in distress?
011:008 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore are we
turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight
with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over
all the inhabitants of Gilead.
011:009 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home
again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver
them before me, shall I be your head?
011:010 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall be witness
between us; surely according to your word so will we do.
011:011 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people
made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all
his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.
011:012 Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,
saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come to me
to fight against my land?
011:013 The king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers
of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out
of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan:
now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.
011:014 Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;
011:015 and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel didn't take
away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,
011:016 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went
through the wilderness to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds},
and came to Kadesh;
011:017 then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Please let
me pass through your land; but the king of Edom didn't listen.
In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not:
and Israel abode in Kadesh.
011:018 Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land
of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side
of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side
of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab,
for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
011:019 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites,
the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass,
we pray you, through your land to my place.
011:020 But Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his border;
but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz,
and fought against Israel.
011:021 Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his
people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them:
so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants
of that country.
011:022 They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon
even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
011:023 So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites
from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
011:024 Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess?
So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us,
them will we possess.
011:025 Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor,
king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did
he ever fight against them?
011:026 While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer
and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side
of the Arnon, three hundred years; why didn't you recover
them within that time?
011:027 I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong
to war against me: Yahweh, the Judge, be judge this day
between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
011:028 However the king of the children of Ammon didn't listen
to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
011:029 Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed
over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead,
and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
011:030 Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed
deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
011:031 then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors
of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children
of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up
for a burnt offering.
011:032 So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight
against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand.
011:033 He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty
cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter.
So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
011:034 Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter
came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances:
and she was his only child; besides her he had neither
son nor daughter.
011:035 It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes,
and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low,
and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened
my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back.
011:036 She said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh;
do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth,
because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies,
even on the children of Ammon.
011:037 She said to her father, Let this thing be done for me:
let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on
the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
011:038 He said, Go. He sent her away for two months:
and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her
virginity on the mountains.
011:039 It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father,
who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed:
and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,
011:040 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter
of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
012:001 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward;
and they said to Jephthah, Why did you pass over to fight
against the children of Ammon, and didn't call us to go
with you? we will burn your house on you with fire.
012:002 Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife
with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn't
save me out of their hand.
012:003 When I saw that you didn't save me, I put my life in my hand,
and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh
delivered them into my hand: why then are you come up to me
this day, to fight against me?
012:004 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead,
and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim,
because they said, You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites,
in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.
012:005 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites.
It was so, that when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said,
Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you
an Ephraimite? If he said, No;
012:006 then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth;
for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right: then they laid
hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan.
There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.
012:007 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite,
and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
012:008 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
012:009 He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad,
and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons.
He judged Israel seven years.
012:010 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
012:011 After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged
Israel ten years.
012:012 Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the
land of Zebulun.
012:013 After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
012:014 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy
donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
012:015 Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried
in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country
of the Amalekites.
013:001 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in
the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand
of the Philistines forty years.
013:002 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.
013:003 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her,
See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive,
and bear a son.
013:004 Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink,
and don't eat any unclean thing:
013:005 for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor
shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite
to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel
out of the hand of the Philistines.
013:006 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God
came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel
of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask him whence he was,
neither did he tell me his name:
013:007 but he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son;
and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any
unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God
from the womb to the day of his death.
013:008 Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, please let
the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach
us what we shall do to the child who shall be born.
013:009 God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God
came again to the woman as she sat in the field:
but Manoah, her husband, wasn't with her.
013:010 The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said
to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me
the [other] day.
013:011 Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man,
and said to him, Are you the man who spoke to the woman?
He said, I am.
013:012 Manoah said, Now let your words happen: what shall be the ordering
of the child, and [how] shall we do to him?
013:013 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Of all that I said
to the woman let her beware.
013:014 She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let
her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing;
all that I commanded her let her observe.
013:015 Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you,
that we may make ready a kid for you.
013:016 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Though you detain me,
I won't eat of your bread; and if you will make ready
a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.
For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh.
013:017 Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, What is your name,
that when your words happen, we may honor you?
013:018 The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why do you ask after my name,
seeing it is wonderful?
013:019 So Manoah took the kid with the meal offering, and offered
it on the rock to Yahweh: and [the angel] did wondrously,
and Manoah and his wife looked on.
013:020 For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky
from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in
the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on;
and they fell on their faces to the ground.
013:021 But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife.
Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.
013:022 Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we
have seen God.
013:023 But his wife said to him, If Yahweh were pleased to kill us,
he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a meal offering
at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things,
nor would at this time have told such things as these.
013:024 The woman bore a son, and named him Samson: and the child grew,
and Yahweh blessed him.
013:025 The Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh Dan,
between Zorah and Eshtaol.
014:001 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of
the daughters of the Philistines.
014:002 He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said,
I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines:
now therefore get her for me as wife.
014:003 Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there
never a woman among the daughters of your brothers,
or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of
the uncircumcised Philistines? Samson said to his father,
Get her for me; for she pleases me well.
014:004 But his father and his mother didn't know that it was of Yahweh;
for he sought an occasion against the Philistines.
Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
014:005 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother,
to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and behold,
a young lion roared against him.
014:006 The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he tore him
as he would have torn a kid; and he had nothing in his hand:
but he didn't tell his father or his mother what he had done.
014:007 He went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
014:008 After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside
to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm
of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
014:009 He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went;
and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them,
and they ate: but he didn't tell them that he had taken
the honey out of the body of the lion.
014:010 His father went down to the woman: and Samson made there a feast;
for so used the young men to do.
014:011 It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty
companions to be with him.
014:012 Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you:
if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast,
and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments
and thirty changes of clothing;
014:013 but if you can't declare it to me, then shall you give me
thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.
They said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it.
014:014 He said to them, Out of the eater came forth food.
Out of the strong came forth sweetness. They couldn't
in three days declare the riddle.
014:015 It happened on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife,
Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle,
lest we burn you and your father's house with fire:
have you called us to impoverish us? is it not [so]?
014:016 Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me,
and don't love me: you have put forth a riddle
to the children of my people, and haven't told it me.
He said to her, Behold, I haven't told it my father nor my mother,
and shall I tell you?
014:017 She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted:
and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her,
because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle
to the children of her people.
014:018 The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun
went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than
a lion? He said to them, If you hadn't plowed with my heifer,
you wouldn't have found out my riddle.
014:019 The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down
to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil,
and gave the changes [of clothing] to those who declared the riddle.
His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
014:020 But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had
used as his friend.
015:001 But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest,
that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said,
I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father
wouldn't allow him to go in.
015:002 Her father said, I most certainly thought that you had
utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion:
isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she?
Please take her, instead.
015:003 Samson said to them, This time shall I be blameless in regard
of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.
015:004 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands,
and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst
between every two tails.
015:005 When he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into
the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both
the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.
015:006 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They said, Samson,
the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife,
and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up,
and burnt her and her father with fire.
015:007 Samson said to them, If you do after this manner, surely I
will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
015:008 He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter:
and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
015:009 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread
themselves in Lehi.
015:010 The men of Judah said, Why are you come up against us?
They said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him
as he has done to us.
015:011 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock
of Etam, and said to Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines
are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?"
He said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
015:012 They said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we
may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.
Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall
on me yourselves.
015:013 They spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast,
and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you.
They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up
from the rock.
015:014 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him:
and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes
that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire,
and his bands dropped from off his hands.
015:015 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand,
and took it, and struck a thousand men therewith.
015:016 Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps,
With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.
015:017 It happened, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast
away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was
called Ramath Lehi.
015:018 He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, You have
given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant;
and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand
of the uncircumcised.
015:019 But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out
of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived:
therefore the name of it was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi,
to this day.
015:020 He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
016:001 Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went
in to her.
016:002 [It was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come here.
They compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate
of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Let be]
until morning light, then we will kill him.
016:003 Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid
hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts,
and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders,
and carried them up to the top of the mountain that
is before Hebron.
016:004 It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley
of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
016:005 The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her,
Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies,
and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind
him to afflict him: and we will each give you of us eleven
hundred [pieces] of silver.
016:006 Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, Please, in which your great
strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
016:007 Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords
that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be
as another man.
016:008 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green
cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
016:009 Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner chamber.
She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He broke
the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire.
So his strength was not known.
016:010 Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies:
now tell me, Please, with which you might be bound.
016:011 He said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes with
which no work has been done, then shall I become weak,
and be as another man.
016:012 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith,
and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson.
The ambush was waiting in the inner chamber. He broke them
off his arms like a thread.
016:013 Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto you have mocked me,
and told me lies: tell me with which you might be bound.
He said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head
with the web.
016:014 She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines
are on you, Samson. He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked
away the pin of the beam, and the web.
016:015 She said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart
is not with me? you have mocked me these three times,
and have not told me in which your great strength lies.
016:016 It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words,
and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.
016:017 He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever
come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my
mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me,
and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
016:018 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart,
she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying,
Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart.
Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought
the money in their hand.
016:019 She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man,
and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began
to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
016:020 She said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He awoke out
of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times,
and shake myself free. But he didn't know that Yahweh had
departed from him.
016:021 The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they
brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass;
and he ground at the mill in the prison.
016:022 However the hair of his head began to grow again after
he was shaved.
016:023 The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer
a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice;
for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy
into our hand.
016:024 When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said,
Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer
of our country, who has slain many of us.
016:025 It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said,
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. They called
for Samson out of the prison; and he made sport before them.
They set him between the pillars:
016:026 and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, Allow me
that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house rests,
that I may lean on them.
016:027 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords
of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about
three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson made sport.
016:028 Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me,
Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I
may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
016:029 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the
house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand,
and the other with his left.
016:030 Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines.
He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell
on the lords, and on all the people who were therein.
So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those
who he killed in his life.
016:031 Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down,
and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between
Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father.
He judged Israel twenty years.
017:001 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
017:002 He said to his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver
that were taken from you, about which you did utter a curse,
and did also speak it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me;
I took it. His mother said, Blessed be my son of Yahweh.
017:003 He restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother;
and his mother said, I most certainly dedicate the silver
to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image
and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you.
017:004 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took
two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder,
who made of it an engraved image and a molten image:
and it was in the house of Micah.
017:005 The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim,
and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
017:006 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did
that which was right in his own eyes.
017:007 There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family
of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
017:008 The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah,
to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came
to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah,
as he traveled.
017:009 Micah said to him, Whence come you? He said to him, I am
a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to sojourn where I
may find [a place].
017:010 Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father
and a priest, and I will give you ten [pieces] of silver
by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food.
So the Levite went in.
017:011 The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young
man was to him as one of his sons.
017:012 Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest,
and was in the house of Micah.
017:013 Then said Micah, Now know I that Yahweh will do me good,
seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
018:001 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days
the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in;
for to that day [their] inheritance had not fallen to them
among the tribes of Israel.
018:002 The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their
whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol,
to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them,
Go, search the land. They came to the hill country of Ephraim,
to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
018:003 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice
of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there,
and said to him, Who brought you here? and what do you in this
place? and what have you here?
018:004 He said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me,
and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.
018:005 They said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we
may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
018:006 The priest said to them, Go in peace: before Yahweh is your
way wherein you go.
018:007 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw
the people who were therein, how they lived in security,
after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure;
for there was none in the land, possessing authority,
that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far
from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
018:008 They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol:
and their brothers said to them, What [say] you?
018:009 They said, Arise, and let us go up against them;
for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good:
and are you still? don't be slothful to go and to enter
in to possess the land.
018:010 When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and the land
is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place
where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.
018:011 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites,
out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with
weapons of war.
018:012 They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah:
therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan, to this day;
behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
018:013 They passed there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came
to the house of Micah.
018:014 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered,
and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in
these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image,
and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
018:015 They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young
man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him
of his welfare.
018:016 The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were
of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
018:017 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came
in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod,
and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood
by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt
with weapons of war.
018:018 When these went into Micah's house, and fetched the engraved image,
the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest
said to them, What do you?
018:019 They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth,
and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest:
is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man,
or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
018:020 The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim,
and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.
018:021 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and
the livestock and the goods before them.
018:022 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who
were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together,
and overtook the children of Dan.
018:023 They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their faces,
and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with
such a company?
018:024 He said, you have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest,
and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say
you to me, What ails you?
018:025 The children of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be heard
among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life,
with the lives of your household."
018:026 The children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw
that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back
to his house.
018:027 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom
he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure,
and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt
the city with fire.
018:028 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon,
and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in
the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city,
and lived therein.
018:029 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan
their father, who was born to Israel: however the name
of the city was Laish at the first.
018:030 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image:
and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his
sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day
of the captivity of the land.
018:031 So they set them up Micah's engraved image which he made,
all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
019:001 It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel,
that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side
of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine
out of Bethlehem Judah.
019:002 His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went
away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah,
and was there the space of four months.
019:003 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her,
to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple
of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house;
and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced
to meet him.
019:004 His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him;
and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drink,
and lodged there.
019:005 It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning,
and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said
to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread,
and afterward you shall go your way.
019:006 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together:
and the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased
to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
019:007 The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him,
and he lodged there again.
019:008 He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart;
and the young lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart
and stay until the day declines; and they ate, both of them.
019:009 When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine,
and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father,
said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening,
please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end,
lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get
you early on your way, that you may go home.
019:010 But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed,
and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem):
and there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled;
his concubine also was with him.
019:011 When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant
said to his master, Please come and let us turn aside into
this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
019:012 His master said to him, We won't turn aside into the city
of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel;
but we will pass over to Gibeah.
019:013 He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one
of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
019:014 So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down
on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
019:015 They turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah:
and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city;
for there was no man who took them into his house to lodge.
019:016 Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even:
now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he sojourned
in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
019:017 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street
of the city; and the old man said, Where go you? and
whence come you?
019:018 He said to him, We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther
side of the hill country of Ephraim; from there am I, and I went
to Bethlehem Judah: and I am [now] going to the house of Yahweh;
and there is no man who takes me into his house.
019:019 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys;
and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid,
and for the young man who is with your servants:
there is no want of anything.
019:020 The old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants
lie on me; only don't lodge in the street.
019:021 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder;
and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
019:022 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of
the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about,
beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house,
the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house,
that we may know him.
019:023 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said
to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly;
seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.
019:024 Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine;
them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do
with them what seems good to you: but to this man don't
do any such folly.
019:025 But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold
on his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they
knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning:
and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
019:026 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell
down at the door of the man's house where her lord was,
until it was light.
019:027 Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of
the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman
his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house,
with her hands on the threshold.
019:028 He said to her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered:
then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up,
and got him to his place.
019:029 When he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on
his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces,
and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
019:030 It was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed
done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came
up out of the land of Egypt to this day: consider it,
take counsel, and speak.
020:001 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation
was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba,
with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
020:002 The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,
presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God,
four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.
020:003 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel
had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, Tell us,
how was this wickedness brought to pass?
020:004 The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered,
answered, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and
my concubine, to lodge.
020:005 The men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house
round about me by night; me they thought to have slain,
and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.
020:006 I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her
throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel;
for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
020:007 Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your
advice and counsel.
020:008 All the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us
go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his house.
020:009 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah:
[we will go up] against it by lot;
020:010 and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all
the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand,
and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people,
that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin,
according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel.
020:011 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city,
knit together as one man.
020:012 The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,
saying, What wickedness is this that is happen among you?
020:013 Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah,
that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.
But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers
the children of Israel.
020:014 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together
out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against
the children of Israel.
020:015 The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out
of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword,
besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven
hundred chosen men.
020:016 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen
men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth,
and not miss.
020:017 The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
020:018 The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked
counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first
to battle against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh said,
Judah [shall go up] first.
020:019 The children of Israel rose up in the morning,
and encamped against Gibeah.
020:020 The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin;
and the men of Israel set the battle in array against
them at Gibeah.
020:021 The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah,
and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day
Twenty-two thousand men.
020:022 The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves,
and set the battle again in array in the place where they
set themselves in array the first day.
020:023 The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even;
and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near
to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?
Yahweh said, Go up against him.
020:024 The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin
the second day.
020:025 Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day,
and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel
again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
020:026 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up,
and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh,
and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
020:027 The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant
of God was there in those days,
020:028 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before
it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle
against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?
Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him
into your hand.
020:029 Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
020:030 The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin
on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah,
as at other times.
020:031 The children of Benjamin went out against the people,
and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike
and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways,
of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah,
in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
020:032 The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us,
as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee,
and draw them away from the city to the highways.
020:033 All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set
themselves in array at Baal Tamar: and the ambushers of Israel
broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.
020:034 There came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out
of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they didn't know
that evil was close on them.
020:035 Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel
destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men:
all these drew the sword.
020:036 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck;
for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they
trusted the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.
020:037 The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the ambushers
drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge
of the sword.
020:038 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers
was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up
out of the city.
020:039 The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began
to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons;
for they said, Surely they are struck down before us,
as in the first battle.
020:040 But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar
of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold,
the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
020:041 The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed;
for they saw that evil had come on them.
020:042 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel
to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard
after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed
them in the midst of it.
020:043 They enclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them,
[and] trod them down at [their] resting place, as far as over
against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
020:044 There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were]
men of valor.
020:045 They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon:
and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men,
and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them
two thousand men.
020:046 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five
thousand men who drew the sword; all these [were] men of valor.
020:047 But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to
the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
020:048 The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin,
and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the
entire city, and the livestock, and all that they found:
moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
021:001 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall
not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.
021:002 The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God,
and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
021:003 They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel,
that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?
021:004 It happened on the next day that the people rose early,
and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings.
021:005 The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes
of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they
had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up
to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
021:006 The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother,
and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
021:007 How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we
have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our
daughters to wives?
021:008 They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't
come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none
to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
021:009 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none
of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
021:010 The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant,
and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants
of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women
and the little ones.
021:011 This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy
every male, and every woman who has lain by man.
021:012 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred
young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him;
and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in
the land of Canaan.
021:013 The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin
who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
021:014 Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women
whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead:
and yet so they weren't enough for them.
021:015 The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made
a breach in the tribes of Israel.
021:016 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for
wives for those who remain, seeing the women are destroyed
out of Benjamin?
021:017 They said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped
of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
021:018 However we may not give them wives of our daughters,
for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be
he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
021:019 They said, Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year
in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east
side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem,
and on the south of Lebonah.
021:020 They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie
in wait in the vineyards,
021:021 and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out
to dance in the dances, then come you out of the vineyards,
and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh,
and go to the land of Benjamin.
021:022 It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain
to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us,
because we didn't take for each man his wife in battle,
neither did you give them to them, else would you now be guilty.
021:023 The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to
their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off:
and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built
the cities, and lived in them.
021:024 The children of Israel departed there at that time, every man
to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there
every man to his inheritance.
021:025 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did
that which was right in his own eyes.
Book 08 Ruth
001:001 It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there
was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah
went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife,
and his two sons.
001:002 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi,
and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of
Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab,
and continued there.
001:003 Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left,
and her two sons.
001:004 They took them wives of the women of Moab; the name
of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth:
and they lived there about ten years.
001:005 Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left
of her two children and of her husband.
001:006 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return
from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab
how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread.
001:007 She went forth out of the place where she was, and her two
daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return
to the land of Judah.
001:008 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each
of you to her mother's house: Yahweh deal kindly with you,
as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
001:009 Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house
of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up
their voice, and wept.
001:010 They said to her, No, but we will return with you to your people.
001:011 Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me?
have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
001:012 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have
a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even
have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;
001:013 would you therefore wait until they were grown? would you
therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters,
for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh
is gone forth against me.
001:014 They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed
her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
001:015 She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone back to her people,
and to her god: return you after your sister-in-law.
001:016 Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return
from following after you, for where you go, I will go;
and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people,
and your God my God;
001:017 where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried:
Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part
you and me."
001:018 When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her,
she left off speaking to her.
001:019 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened,
when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved
about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?
001:020 She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara;
for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
001:021 I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty;
why do you call me Naomi, seeing Yahweh has testified against me,
and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
001:022 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law,
with her, who returned out of the country of Moab:
and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
002:001 Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,
of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
002:002 Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight
I shall find favor. She said to her, Go, my daughter.
002:003 She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging
to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
002:004 Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers,
Yahweh be with you. They answered him, Yahweh bless you.
002:005 Then said Boaz to his servant who was set over the reapers,
Whose young lady is this?
002:006 The servant who was set over the reapers answered, It is the Moabite
lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
002:007 She said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers
among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even
from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little
in the house.
002:008 Then said Boaz to Ruth, Don't you hear, my daughter?
Don't go to glean in another field, neither pass from hence,
but abide here fast by my maidens.
002:009 Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them:
haven't I charged the young men that they shall not touch
you? and when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink
of that which the young men have drawn.
002:010 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight,
that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
002:011 Boaz answered her, It has fully been shown me, all that you
have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband;
and how you have left your father and your mother,
and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you
didn't know before.
002:012 Yahweh recompense your work, and a full reward be given you
of Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you are come
to take refuge.
002:013 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord,
because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly
to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.
002:014 At meal time Boaz said to her, Come here, and eat of the bread,
and dip your morsel in the vinegar. She sat beside the reapers,
and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was sufficed,
and left of it.
002:015 When she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his
young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves,
and don't reproach her.
002:016 Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it,
and let her glean, and don't rebuke her.
002:017 So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that
which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
002:018 She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law
saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave
to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.
002:019 Her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? and
where have you worked? blessed be he who did take knowledge of you.
She shown her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said,
The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
002:020 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Yahweh,
who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.
Naomi said to her, The man is a close relative to us,
one of our near kinsmen.
002:021 Ruth the Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, You shall keep
fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
002:022 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter,
that you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you
in any other field.
002:023 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end
of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived
with her mother-in-law.
003:001 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I
not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
003:002 Now isn't Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were?
Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.
003:003 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint you, and put your clothing
on you, and get you down to the threshing floor, but don't
make yourself known to the man, until he shall have done
eating and drinking.
003:004 It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place
where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet,
and lay you down; and he will tell you what you shall do.
003:005 She said to her, All that you say I will do.
003:006 She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all
that her mother-in-law told her.
003:007 When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry,
he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain:
and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
003:008 It happened at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself;
and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
003:009 He said, Who are you? She answered, I am Ruth your handmaid:
spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are
a near kinsman.
003:010 He said, Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter:
you have shown more kindness in the latter end than at
the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men,
whether poor or rich.
003:011 Now, my daughter, don't be afraid; I will do to you all that
you say; for all the city of my people does know that you
are a worthy woman.
003:012 Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is
a kinsman nearer than I.
003:013 Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will
perform to you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the
kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you,
then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as Yahweh lives:
lie down until the morning.
003:014 She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before
one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known
that the woman came to the threshing floor.
003:015 He said, Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it;
and she held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley,
and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
003:016 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you,
my daughter? She told her all that the man had done to her.
003:017 She said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said,
"Don't go empty to your mother-in-law."
003:018 Then said she, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how
the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has
finished the thing this day."
004:001 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there:
and behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by;
to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here.
He turned aside, and sat down.
004:002 He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you
down here. They sat down.
004:003 He said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has come back out
of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land,
which was our brother Elimelech's:
004:004 I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it before
those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.
If you will redeem it, redeem it: but if you will not
redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there
is none to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.
He said, I will redeem it.
004:005 Then said Boaz, What day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi,
you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead,
to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.
004:006 The near kinsman said, I can't redeem it for myself, lest I
mar my own inheritance: take my right of redemption on you;
for I can't redeem it.
004:007 Now this was [the custom] in former time in Israel concerning
redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things:
a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor;
and this was the [manner of] attestation in Israel.
004:008 So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself.
He drew off his shoe.
004:009 Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are witnesses
this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's,
and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
004:010 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I
purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead
on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off
from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place:
you are witnesses this day.
004:011 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house
like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel:
and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
004:012 and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar
bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you
of this young woman.
004:013 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her,
and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.
004:014 The women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left
you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be
famous in Israel.
004:015 He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you
in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you,
who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.
004:016 Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became
nurse to it.
004:017 The women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they named him Obed: he is the father
of Jesse, the father of David.
004:018 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became
the father of Hezron,
004:019 and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became
the father of Amminadab,
004:020 and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became
the father of Salmon,
004:021 and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became
the father of Obed,
004:022 and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became
the father of David.
Book 09 1 Samuel
001:001 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim,
of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah,
the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu,
the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
001:002 and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah,
and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children,
but Hannah had no children.
001:003 This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship
and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons
of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
001:004 When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah
his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
001:005 but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah,
but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
001:006 Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Yahweh
had shut up her womb.
001:007 [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house
of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept,
and did not eat.
001:008 Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why
don't you eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better
to you than ten sons?
001:009 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after
they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat
by the doorpost of the temple of Yahweh.
001:010 She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh,
and wept sore.
001:011 She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed
look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me,
and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid
a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life,
and there shall no razor come on his head.
001:012 It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli
marked her mouth.
001:013 Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved,
but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she
had been drunken.
001:014 Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your
wine from you.
001:015 Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit:
I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured
out my soul before Yahweh.
001:016 Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out
of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have
I spoken hitherto.
001:017 Then Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant
your petition that you have asked of him.
001:018 She said, Let your handmaid find favor in your sight.
So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression
wasn't sad any more.
001:019 They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh,
and returned, and came to their house to Ramah:
and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
001:020 It happened, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived,
and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, [saying], Because I
have asked him of Yahweh.
001:021 The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
001:022 But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, [I will not
go up] until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him,
that he may appear before Yahweh, and there abide forever.
001:023 Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems you good;
wait until you have weaned him; only Yahweh establish his word.
So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.
001:024 When she had weaned him, she took him up with her,
with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle
of wine, and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh:
and the child was young.
001:025 They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
001:026 She said, Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am
the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.
001:027 For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition
which I asked of him:
001:028 therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh; as long as he lives
he is granted to Yahweh. He worshiped Yahweh there.
002:001 Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn
is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies,
because I rejoice in your salvation.
002:002 There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you,
nor is there any rock like our God.
002:003 Talk no more so exceeding proudly. Don't let arrogance
come out of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of knowledge.
By him actions are weighed.
002:004 The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled
are girded with strength.
002:005 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.
Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]. Yes, the barren
has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.
002:006 Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol,
and brings up.
002:007 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low,
he also lifts up.
002:008 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy
from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit
the throne of glory, for the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's.
He has set the world on them.
002:009 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put
to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
002:010 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces.
He will thunder against them in the sky. Yahweh will judge
the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king,
and exalt the horn of his anointed.
002:011 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister
to Yahweh before Eli the priest.
002:012 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.
002:013 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man
offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh
was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
002:014 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot;
all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith.
So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
002:015 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said
to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest;
for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw.
002:016 If the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first,
and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say,
No, but you shall give it me now: and if not, I will take
it by force.
002:017 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh;
for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.
002:018 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child,
girded with a linen ephod.
002:019 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it
to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband
to offer the yearly sacrifice.
002:020 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you seed
of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.
They went to their own home.
002:021 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons
and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
002:022 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did
to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served
at the door of the tent of meeting.
002:023 He said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your
evil dealings from all this people.
002:024 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear:
you make Yahweh's people to disobey.
002:025 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him;
but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?
Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father,
because Yahweh was minded to kill them.
002:026 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh,
and also with men.
002:027 There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says
Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father,
when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house?
002:028 and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be
my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear
an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father
all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
002:029 Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have
commanded in [my] habitation, and honor your sons above me,
to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings
of Israel my people?
002:030 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed
that your house, and the house of your father, should walk
before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me;
for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise
me shall be lightly esteemed.
002:031 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm
of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man
in your house.
002:032 You shall see the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth
which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old
man in your house forever.
002:033 The man of yours, [whom] I shall not cut off from my altar,
[shall be] to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart;
and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower
of their age.
002:034 This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons,
on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
002:035 I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do
according to that which is in my heart and in my mind:
and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before
my anointed forever.
002:036 It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall
come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf
of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests'
offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
003:001 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli.
The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was
no frequent vision.
003:002 It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place
(now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
003:003 and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid
down [to sleep], in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark
of God was;
003:004 that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, Here am I.
003:005 He ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me.
He said, I didn't call; lie down again. He went and lay down.
003:006 Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. Samuel arose and went to Eli,
and said, Here am I; for you called me. He answered,
I didn't call, my son; lie down again.
003:007 Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word
of Yahweh yet revealed to him.
003:008 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose
and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me.
Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
003:009 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be,
if he call you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your
servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
003:010 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel.
Then Samuel said, Speak; for your servant hears.
003:011 Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,
at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
003:012 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken
concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
003:013 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever,
for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring
a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them.
003:014 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity
of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice
nor offering forever.
003:015 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house
of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
003:016 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son.
He said, Here am I.
003:017 He said, "What is the thing that [Yahweh] has spoken to you?
Please don't hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also,
if you hide anything from me of all the things that he
spoke to you."
003:018 Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him.
He said, It is Yahweh: let him do what seems him good.
003:019 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his
words fall to the ground.
003:020 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was
established to be a prophet of Yahweh.
003:021 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself
to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
004:001 The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out
against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer:
and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
004:002 The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel:
and when they joined battle, Israel was struck before
the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field
about four thousand men.
004:003 When the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said,
Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us
get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us,
that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand
of our enemies.
004:004 So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits [above] the cherubim:
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there
with the ark of the covenant of God.
004:005 When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp,
all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
004:006 When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,
What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of
the Hebrews? They understood that the ark of Yahweh was come
into the camp.
004:007 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come
into the camp. They said, Woe to us! for there has not been
such a thing heretofore.
004:008 Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty
gods? these are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all
manner of plagues in the wilderness.
004:009 Be strong, and behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines,
that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you:
quit yourselves like men, and fight.
004:010 The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled
every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter;
for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
004:011 The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni
and Phinehas, were slain.
004:012 There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh
the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
004:013 When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the
road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God.
When the man came into the city, and told it, all the
city cried out.
004:014 When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means
the noise of this tumult? The man hurried, and came
and told Eli.
004:015 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set,
so that he could not see.
004:016 The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled
today out of the army. He said, How went the matter, my son?
004:017 He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before
the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter
among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas,
are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
004:018 It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli]
fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate;
and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy.
He had judged Israel forty years.
004:019 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child,
near to be delivered: and when she heard the news that
the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her
husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth;
for her pains came on her.
004:020 About the time of her death the women who stood by her said
to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son.
But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.
004:021 She named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed
from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because
of her father-in-law and her husband.
004:022 She said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark
of God is taken.
005:001 Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought
it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
005:002 The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into
the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
005:003 When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was
fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh.
They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
005:004 When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was
fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh;
and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay]
cut off on the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was
left to him.
005:005 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into
Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod,
to this day.
005:006 But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod,
and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod
and the borders of it.
005:007 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said,
The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us;
for his hand is sore on us, and on Dagon our god.
005:008 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines
to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God
of Israel? They answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel
be carried about to Gath. They carried the ark of the God
of Israel [there].
005:009 It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand
of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion:
and he struck the men of the city, both small and great;
and tumors broke out on them.
005:010 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark
of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying,
They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us,
to kill us and our people.
005:011 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of
the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God
of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it
not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly confusion
throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
005:012 The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors;
and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
006:001 The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
006:002 The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners,
saying, "What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us
with which we shall send it to its place."
006:003 They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send
it empty; but by all means return him a trespass offering:
then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why
his hand is not removed from you."
006:004 Then they said, "What shall be the trespass offering which we
shall return to him?" They said, "Five golden tumors,
and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords
of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all,
and on your lords.
006:005 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your
mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God
of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you,
and from off your gods, and from off your land.
006:006 Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them,
didn't they let the people go, and they departed?
006:007 Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart,
and two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie
the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
006:008 and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put
the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering,
in a coffer by the side of it; and send it away, that it may go.
006:009 Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to
Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not,
then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us;
it was a chance that happened to us."
006:010 The men did so, and took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart,
and shut up their calves at home;
006:011 and they put the ark of Yahweh on the cart, and the coffer
with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
006:012 The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh;
they went along the highway, lowing as they went,
and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left;
and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border
of Beth Shemesh.
006:013 They of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley;
and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced
to see it.
006:014 The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh,
and stood there, where there was a great stone:
and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cows
for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
006:015 The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that
was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them
on the great stone: and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt
offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.
006:016 When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned
to Ekron the same day.
006:017 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for
a trespass offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one,
for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
006:018 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities
of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified
cities and of country villages, even to the great stone,
whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, [which stone remains]
to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
006:019 He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked
into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand
seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck
the people with a great slaughter.
006:020 The men of Beth Shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Yahweh,
this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
006:021 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim,
saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh;
come you down, and bring it up to you.
007:001 The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh,
and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill,
and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh.
007:002 It happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath Jearim,
that the time was long; for it was twenty years:
and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
007:003 Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you
do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away
the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you,
and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only;
and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
007:004 Then the children of Israel did put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth,
and served Yahweh only.
007:005 Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray
for you to Yahweh."
007:006 They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured
it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there,
"We have sinned against Yahweh." Samuel judged the children
of Israel in Mizpah.
007:007 When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were
gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went
up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it,
they were afraid of the Philistines.
007:008 The children of Israel said to Samuel, "Don't cease to cry
to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand
of the Philistines."
007:009 Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt
offering to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel;
and Yahweh answered him.
007:010 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines
drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a
great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them;
and they were struck down before Israel.
007:011 The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines,
and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.
007:012 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen,
and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto has
Yahweh helped us.
007:013 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within
the border of Israel: and the hand of Yahweh was against
the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
007:014 The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were
restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the border
of it did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines.
There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
007:015 Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
007:016 He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal,
and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
007:017 His return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there
he judged Israel: and he built there an altar to Yahweh.
008:001 It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons
judges over Israel.
008:002 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of
his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
008:003 His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted justice.
008:004 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together,
and came to Samuel to Ramah;
008:005 and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons
don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us
like all the nations.
008:006 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king
to judge us. Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
008:007 Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people
in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you,
but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
008:008 According to all the works which they have done since the day
that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day,
in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods,
so do they also to you.
008:009 Now therefore listen to their voice: however you shall protest
solemnly to them, and shall show them the manner of the king
who shall reign over them.
008:010 Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who asked
of him a king.
008:011 He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign
over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him,
for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run
before his chariots;
008:012 and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands,
and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground,
and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war,
and the instruments of his chariots.
008:013 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks,
and to be bakers.
008:014 He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves,
even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
008:015 He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards,
and give to his officers, and to his servants.
008:016 He will take your male servants, and your female servants,
and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them
to his work.
008:017 He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall
be his servants.
008:018 You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall
have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.
008:019 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel;
and they said, No: but we will have a king over us,
008:020 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king
may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
008:021 Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed
them in the ears of Yahweh.
008:022 Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king.
Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go you every man to his city.
009:001 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son
of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son
of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
009:002 He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man;
and there was not among the children of Israel a better
person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was higher
than any of the people.
009:003 The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said
to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you,
and arise, go seek the donkeys.
009:004 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed
through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them:
then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they
weren't there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites,
but they didn't find them.
009:005 When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant
who was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father
leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us.
009:006 He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man of God,
and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes
surely to pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can
tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
009:007 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall
we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels,
and there is not a present to bring to the man of God:
what have we?
009:008 The servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have
in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver:
that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
009:009 (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God,
thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he who is
now called a Prophet was before called a Seer.)
009:010 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go.
So they went to the city where the man of God was.
009:011 As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens
going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
009:012 They answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you:
make haste now, for he is come today into the city;
for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place:
009:013 as soon as you are come into the city, you shall immediately
find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat;
for the people will not eat until he come, because he does bless
the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat who are invited.
Now therefore get you up; for at this time you shall find him.
009:014 They went up to the city; [and] as they came within the city,
behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
009:015 Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
009:016 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land
of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my
people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand
of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people,
because their cry is come to me.
009:017 When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Behold, the man
of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority
over my people.
009:018 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said,
Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is.
009:019 Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before
me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today:
and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all
that is in your heart.
009:020 As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago,
don't set your mind on them; for they are found.
For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you,
and for all your father's house?
009:021 Saul answered, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest
of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all
the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you
to me after this manner?
009:022 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into
the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among
those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.
009:023 Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you,
of which I said to you, Set it by you.
009:024 The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it
before Saul. [Samuel] said, Behold, that which has been reserved!
set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has
it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people.
So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
009:025 When they were come down from the high place into the city,
he talked with Saul on the housetop.
009:026 They arose early: and it happened about the spring of the day,
that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I
may send you away. Saul arose, and they went out both of them,
he and Samuel, abroad.
009:027 As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said
to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on),
but stand you still first, that I may cause you to hear
the word of God.
010:001 Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head,
and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed
you to be prince over his inheritance?
010:002 When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men
by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they
will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found;
and behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys,
and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
010:003 Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall
come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet you there
three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids,
and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying
a bottle of wine:
010:004 and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread,
which you shall receive of their hand.
010:005 After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is
the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen,
when you are come there to the city, that you shall meet a band
of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery,
and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them;
and they will be prophesying:
010:006 and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall
prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.
010:007 Let it be, when these signs are come to you, that you do
as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you.
010:008 You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come
down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice
sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shall you wait,
until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.
010:009 It was so, that when he had turned his back to go
from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs
happened that day.
010:010 When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets
met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him,
and he prophesied among them.
010:011 It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold,
he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one
to another, What is this that is come to the son of Kish? Is Saul
also among the prophets?
010:012 One of the same place answered, Who is their father?
Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
010:013 When he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
010:014 Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where went you?
He said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they
were not found, we came to Samuel.
010:015 Saul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Samuel said to you.
010:016 Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys
were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom,
of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him.
010:017 Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;
010:018 and he said to the children of Israel, Thus says Yahweh,
the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt,
and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
010:019 but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves
you out of all your calamities and your distresses;
and you have said to him, [No], but set a king over us.
Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes,
and by your thousands.
010:020 So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe
of Benjamin was taken.
010:021 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families;
and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son
of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could
not be found.
010:022 Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man
to come here? Yahweh answered, Behold, he has hid himself
among the baggage.
010:023 They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among
the people, he was higher than any of the people from his
shoulders and upward.
010:024 Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom Yahweh
has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?"
All the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king.
010:025 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom,
and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh.
Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
010:026 Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him
the army, whose hearts God had touched.
010:027 But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us?
They despised him, and brought him no present.
But he held his peace.
011:001 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead:
and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant
with us, and we will serve you.
011:002 Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I
make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out;
and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.
011:003 The elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we
may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then,
if there be none to save us, we will come out to you.
011:004 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these
words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted
up their voice, and wept.
011:005 Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field;
and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep?
They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
011:006 The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words,
and his anger was kindled greatly.
011:007 He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent
them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand
of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after
Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.
The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out
as one man.
011:008 He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were
three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
011:009 They said to the messengers who came, Thus shall you tell
the men of Jabesh Gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot,
you shall have deliverance. The messengers came and told
the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
011:010 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you,
and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.
011:011 It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in
three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the
morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day:
and it happened, that those who remained were scattered,
so that no two of them were left together.
011:012 The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign
over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
011:013 Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day;
for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.
011:014 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal,
and renew the kingdom there.
011:015 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king
before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices
of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all
the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
012:001 Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice
in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
012:002 Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old
and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you:
and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
012:003 Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before
his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I
taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed?
or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes
therewith? and I will restore it you.
012:004 They said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,
neither have you taken anything of any man's hand.
012:005 He said to them, Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed
is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.
They said, He is witness.
012:006 Samuel said to the people, It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron,
and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
012:007 Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you
before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh,
which he did to you and to your fathers.
012:008 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh,
then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your
fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
012:009 But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand
of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand
of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab;
and they fought against them.
012:010 They cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned, because we have
forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth:
but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we
will serve you.
012:011 Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel,
and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side;
and you lived in safety.
012:012 When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us;
when Yahweh your God was your king.
012:013 Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you
have asked for: and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
012:014 If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice,
and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, and both you
and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh
your God, [well]:
012:015 but if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel
against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh
be against you, as it was against your fathers.
012:016 Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh
will do before your eyes.
012:017 Isn't it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh,
that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see
that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight
of Yahweh, in asking you a king.
012:018 So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain
that day: and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
012:019 All the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Yahweh
your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins
[this] evil, to ask us a king.
012:020 Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid; you have indeed
done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh,
but serve Yahweh with all your heart:
012:021 and don't turn aside; for [then would you go] after vain things
which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
012:022 For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake,
because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.
012:023 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against
Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you
in the good and the right way.
012:024 Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart;
for consider how great things he has done for you.
012:025 But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed,
both you and your king."
013:001 Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign;
and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
013:002 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two
thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel,
and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin:
and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
013:003 Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba:
and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet
throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
013:004 All Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of
the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination
with the Philistines. The people were gathered together
after Saul to Gilgal.
013:005 The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel,
thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen,
and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude:
and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
013:006 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait
(for the people were distressed), then the people did
hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks,
and in coverts, and in pits.
013:007 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land
of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal,
and all the people followed him trembling.
013:008 He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel
[had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal;
and the people were scattered from him.
013:009 Saul said, Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the
peace offerings. He offered the burnt offering.
013:010 It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out
to meet him, that he might greet him.
013:011 Samuel said, What have you done? Saul said, Because I saw
that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't
come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines
assembled themselves together at Michmash;
013:012 therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down on me
to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh: I forced
myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.
013:013 Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept
the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you:
for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom
on Israel forever.
013:014 But now your kingdom shall not continue: Yahweh has sought
him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him
to be prince over his people, because you have not kept
that which Yahweh commanded you.
013:015 Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin.
Saul numbered the people who were present with him,
about six hundred men.
013:016 Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present
with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines
encamped in Michmash.
013:017 The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in
three companies: one company turned to the way that leads
to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
013:018 and another company turned the way to Beth Horon;
and another company turned the way of the border that looks
down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
013:019 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel;
for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them
swords or spears:
013:020 but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen
every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;
013:021 yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares,
and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
013:022 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither
sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who
were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan
his son was there found.
013:023 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
014:001 Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said
to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go
over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side.
But he didn't tell his father.
014:002 Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate
tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him
were about six hundred men;
014:003 and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas,
the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod.
The people didn't know that Jonathan was gone.
014:004 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to
the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side,
and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one
was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
014:005 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash,
and the other on the south in front of Geba.
014:006 Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come,
and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised:
it may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no
restraint to Yahweh to save by many or by few.
014:007 His armor bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart:
turn you, behold, I am with you according to your heart.
014:008 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men,
and we will disclose ourselves to them.
014:009 If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you; then we
will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
014:010 But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up;
for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand: and this shall
be the sign to us.
014:011 Both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines:
and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth
out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
014:012 The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer,
and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing.
Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me;
for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
014:013 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his
armor bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan;
and his armor bearer killed them after him.
014:014 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made,
was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length
in an acre of land.
014:015 There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all
the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled;
and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.
014:016 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold,
the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.
014:017 Then said Saul to the people who were with him, Number now,
and see who is gone from us. When they had numbered, behold,
Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
014:018 Saul said to Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark
of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.
014:019 It happened, while Saul talked to the priest, that the tumult
that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased:
and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.
014:020 Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together,
and came to the battle: and behold, every man's sword was
against his fellow, [and there was] a very great confusion.
014:021 Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines as before,
and who went up with them into the camp, [from the country]
round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites
who were with Saul and Jonathan.
014:022 Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill
country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled,
even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
014:023 So Yahweh saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over
by Beth Aven.
014:024 The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had
adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any
food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies.
So none of the people tasted food.
014:025 All the people came into the forest; and there was honey
on the ground.
014:026 When the people were come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped:
but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people
feared the oath.
014:027 But Jonathan didn't hear when his father charged the people
with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod
who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put
his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
014:028 Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly
charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man
who eats food this day. The people were faint.
014:029 Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land.
Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I
tasted a little of this honey.
014:030 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today
of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now has
there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.
014:031 They struck of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon.
The people were very faint;
014:032 and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen,
and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people
ate them with the blood.
014:033 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin
against Yahweh, in that they eat with the blood.
He said, you have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone
to me this day.
014:034 Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them,
Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep,
and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against Yahweh
in eating with the blood. All the people brought every man
his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
014:035 Saul built an altar to Yahweh: the same was the first altar
that he built to Yahweh.
014:036 Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night,
and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not
leave a man of them. They said, Do whatever seems good to you.
Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God.
014:037 Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines?
will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he didn't
answer him that day.
014:038 Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people;
and know and see in which this sin has been this day.
014:039 For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan
my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among
all the people who answered him.
014:040 Then said he to all Israel, Be you on one side,
and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.
The people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.
014:041 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, Show the right.
Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot]; but the people escaped.
014:042 Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son.
Jonathan was taken.
014:043 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done.
Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little
honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and behold,
I must die.
014:044 Saul said, God do so and more also; for you shall
surely die, Jonathan.
014:045 The people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has
worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it:
as Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head
fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day.
So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die.
014:046 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines;
and the Philistines went to their own place.
014:047 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought
against all his enemies on every side, against Moab,
and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom,
and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines:
and wherever he turned himself, he put [them] to the worse.
014:048 He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered
Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them.
014:049 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua;
and the names of his two daughters were these: the name
of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
014:050 and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz.
The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son
of Ner, Saul's uncle.
014:051 Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was
the son of Abiel.
014:052 There was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul:
and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man,
he took him to him.
015:001 Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king
over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you
to the voice of the words of Yahweh.
015:002 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, I have marked that which Amalek
did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way,
when he came up out of Egypt.
015:003 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have,
and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman,
infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
015:004 Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim,
two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
015:005 Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
015:006 Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among
the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you shown kindness
to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.
So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
015:007 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur,
that is before Egypt.
015:008 He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly
destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
015:009 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep,
and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all
that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything
that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
015:010 Then came the word of Yahweh to Samuel, saying,
015:011 It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned
back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.
Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
015:012 Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it
was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold,
he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on,
and went down to Gilgal.
015:013 Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you
by Yahweh: I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.
015:014 Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears,
and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
015:015 Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites:
for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen,
to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we
have utterly destroyed.
015:016 Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh
has said to me this night. He said to him, Say on.
015:017 Samuel said, "Though you were little in your own sight,
weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed
you king over Israel;
015:018 and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, 'Go, and utterly
destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them
until they are consumed.'
015:019 Why then didn't you obey the voice of Yahweh, but flew on the spoil,
and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?"
015:020 Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh,
and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag
the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
015:021 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief
of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.
015:022 Samuel said, Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings
and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey
is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
015:023 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is
as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word
of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king.
015:024 Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed
the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared
the people, and obeyed their voice.
015:025 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me,
that I may worship Yahweh.
015:026 Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you
have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected
you from being king over Israel.
015:027 As Samuel turned about to go away, [Saul] laid hold on the skirt
of his robe, and it tore.
015:028 Samuel said to him, Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel
from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours
who is better than you.
015:029 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent;
for he is not a man, that he should repent.
015:030 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, Please, before the
elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me,
that I may worship Yahweh your God.
015:031 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
015:032 Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king
of the Amalekites. Agag came to him cheerfully.
Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
015:033 Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall
your mother be childless among women. Samuel hewed Agag
in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
015:034 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house
to Gibeah of Saul.
015:035 Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death;
for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had
made Saul king over Israel.
016:001 Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I
have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn
with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite;
for I have provided me a king among his sons.
016:002 Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.
Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am come
to sacrifice to Yahweh.
016:003 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do:
and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.
016:004 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem.
The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said,
Come you peaceably?
016:005 He said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh:
sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.
He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
016:006 It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab,
and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.
016:007 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on
the height of his stature; because I have rejected him:
for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the
outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
016:008 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.
He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this.
016:009 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, Neither has
Yahweh chosen this.
016:010 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.
Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen these.
016:011 Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children?
He said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is
keeping the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him;
for we will not sit down until he come here.
016:012 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy,
and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on.
Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.
016:013 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst
of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily
on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up,
and went to Ramah.
016:014 Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit
from Yahweh troubled him.
016:015 Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from
God troubles you.
016:016 Let our lord now command your servants who are before you,
to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp:
and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you,
that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.
016:017 Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well,
and bring him to me.
016:018 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen
a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing,
and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent
in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
016:019 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me
David your son, who is with the sheep.
016:020 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine,
and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
016:021 David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly;
and he became his armor bearer.
016:022 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me;
for he has found favor in my sight.
016:023 It happened, when the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul,
that David took the harp, and played with his hand:
so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit
departed from him.
017:001 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle;
and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah,
and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
017:002 Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together,
and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array
against the Philistines.
017:003 The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side,
and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side:
and there was a valley between them.
017:004 There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,
named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
017:005 He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a
coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand
shekels of brass.
017:006 He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass
between his shoulders.
017:007 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam;
and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron:
and his shield bearer went before him.
017:008 He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them,
Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not
a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you,
and let him come down to me.
017:009 If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we
be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him,
then shall you be our servants, and serve us.
017:010 The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day;
give me a man, that we may fight together.
017:011 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,
they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
017:012 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah,
whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was
an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
017:013 The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle:
and the names of his three sons who went to the battle
were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab,
and the third Shammah.
017:014 David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
017:015 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's
sheep at Bethlehem.
017:016 The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days.
017:017 Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brothers
an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves,
and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers;
017:018 and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand,
and look how your brothers fare, and take their pledge.
017:019 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley
of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
017:020 David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with
a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him;
and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was
going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
017:021 Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array,
army against army.
017:022 David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage,
and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
017:023 As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,
the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks
of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words:
and David heard them.
017:024 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,
and were sore afraid.
017:025 The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come
up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be,
that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him
with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make
his father's house free in Israel.
017:026 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall
be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away
the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine,
that he should defy the armies of the living God?
017:027 The people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall
it be done to the man who kills him.
017:028 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's
anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down?
and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness?
I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart;
for you have come down that you might see the battle.
017:029 David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
017:030 He turned away from him toward another, and spoke after
the same manner: and the people answered him again after
the former manner.
017:031 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed
them before Saul; and he sent for him.
017:032 David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him;
your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
017:033 Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth,
and he a man of war from his youth.
017:034 David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep;
and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out
of the flock,
017:035 I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out
of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him
by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.
017:036 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear:
and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them,
seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.
017:037 David said, Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion,
and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand
of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and Yahweh shall
be with you.
017:038 Saul clad David with his clothing, and he put a helmet of brass
on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
017:039 David girded his sword on his clothing, and he tried to go;
for he had not proved it. David said to Saul, I can't go with these;
for I have not proved them. David put them off him.
017:040 He took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones
out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which
he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand:
and he drew near to the Philistine.
017:041 The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man
who bore the shield went before him.
017:042 When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him;
for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.
017:043 The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me
with sticks? The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
017:044 The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give
your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals
of the field.
017:045 Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in
the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel,
whom you have defied.
017:046 This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will
strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give
the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day
to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth;
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
017:047 and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn't
save with sword and spear: for the battle is Yahweh's,
and he will give you into our hand.
017:048 It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near
to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army
to meet the Philistine.
017:049 David put his hand in his bag, and took there a stone,
and slang it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead;
and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face
to the earth.
017:050 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and
with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him;
but there was no sword in the hand of David.
017:051 Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword,
and drew it out of the sheath of it, and killed him,
and cut off his head therewith. When the Philistines saw
that their champion was dead, they fled.
017:052 The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued
the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron.
The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim,
even to Gath, and to Ekron.
017:053 The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines,
and they plundered their camp.
017:054 David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem;
but he put his armor in his tent.
017:055 When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner,
the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth?
Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.
017:056 The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"
017:057 As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner
took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of
the Philistine in his hand.
017:058 Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man?
David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
018:001 It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul,
that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David,
and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
018:002 Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home
to his father's house.
018:003 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him
as his own soul.
018:004 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him,
and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword,
and to his bow, and to his sash.
018:005 David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely:
and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight
of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
018:006 It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter
of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities
of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul,
with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
018:007 The women sang one to another as they played, and said,
Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.
018:008 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him;
and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands,
and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can
he have more but the kingdom?
018:009 Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
018:010 It happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came
mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house:
and David played with his hand, as he did day by day.
Saul had his spear in his hand;
018:011 and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David
even to the wall. David avoided out of his presence twice.
018:012 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him,
and was departed from Saul.
018:013 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain
over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
018:014 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh
was with him.
018:015 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood
in awe of him.
018:016 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came
in before them.
018:017 Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give
you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles.
For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand
of the Philistines be on him.
018:018 David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my
father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law
to the king?
018:019 But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter,
should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel
the Meholathite as wife.
018:020 Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul,
and the thing pleased him.
018:021 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him,
and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.
Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law
a second time.
018:022 Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly,
and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his
servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
018:023 Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David.
David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's
son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
018:024 The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
018:025 Saul said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires
no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines,
to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make
David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
018:026 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David
well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;
018:027 and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed
of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought
their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king,
that he might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him Michal
his daughter as wife.
018:028 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David;
and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
018:029 Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was
David's enemy continually.
018:030 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth:
and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David
behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul;
so that his name was much set by.
019:001 Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants,
that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son,
delighted much in David.
019:002 Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you:
now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning,
and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:
019:003 and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field
where you are, and I will commune with my father of you;
and if I see anything, I will tell you.
019:004 Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him,
Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David;
because he has not sinned against you, and because his works
have been very good toward you:
019:005 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine,
and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel: you saw it,
and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood,
to kill David without a cause?
019:006 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore,
As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.
019:007 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things.
Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence,
as before.
019:008 There was war again: and David went out, and fought with
the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter;
and they fled before him.
019:009 An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house
with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
019:010 Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear;
but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he struck
the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
019:011 Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him,
and to kill him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife,
told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight,
tomorrow you will be slain.
019:012 So Michal let David down through the window: and he went,
and fled, and escaped.
019:013 Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put
a pillow of goats' [hair] at the head of it, and covered it
with the clothes.
019:014 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
019:015 Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up
to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
019:016 When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed,
with the pillow of goats' [hair] at the head of it.
019:017 Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my
enemy go, so that he is escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said
to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?
019:018 Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel
went and lived in Naioth.
019:019 It was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
019:020 Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company
of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head
over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul,
and they also prophesied.
019:021 When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they
also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time,
and they also prophesied.
019:022 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well
that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel
and David? One said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
019:023 He went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came
on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came
to Naioth in Ramah.
019:024 He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied
before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night.
Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
020:001 David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said
before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity?"
and "What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
020:002 He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father
does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it
to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me?
It is not so."
020:003 David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows
well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says,
'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:'
but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is
but a step between me and death."
020:004 Then said Jonathan to David, "Whatever your soul desires,
I will even do it for you."
020:005 David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon,
and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go,
that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
020:006 If your father miss me at all, then say, 'David earnestly
asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city;
for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.'
020:007 If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace:
but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
020:008 Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have
brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you:
but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why
should you bring me to your father?"
020:009 Jonathan said, "Far be it from you; for if I should at all
know that evil were determined by my father to come on you,
then wouldn't I tell you that?"
020:010 Then said David to Jonathan, "Who shall tell me if perchance
your father answer you roughly?"
020:011 Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field."
They both went out into the field.
020:012 Jonathan said to David, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]:
when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow,
[or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David,
shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
020:013 Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my
father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send
you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you,
as he has been with my father.
020:014 You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness
of Yahweh, that I not die;
020:015 but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever;
no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone
from the surface of the earth."
020:016 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying],
Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies.
020:017 Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had
to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
020:018 Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon:
and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
020:019 When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly,
and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the
business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
020:020 I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot
at a mark.
020:021 Behold, I will send the boy, [saying], Go, find the arrows.
If I tell the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you;
take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt,
as Yahweh lives.
020:022 But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond you;
go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
020:023 As touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold,
Yahweh is between you and me forever.
020:024 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come,
the king sat him down to eat food.
020:025 The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat
by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side:
but David's place was empty.
020:026 Nevertheless Saul didn't say anything that day:
for he thought, Something has happened to him. He is not clean.
Surely he is not clean.
020:027 It happened on the next day after the new moon, [which was]
the second [day], that David's place was empty: and Saul said
to Jonathan his son, Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to meat,
neither yesterday, nor today?
020:028 Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me
to go to Bethlehem:
020:029 and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice
in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to
be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes,
let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers.
Therefore he is not come to the king's table.
020:030 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said
to him, You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don't I know
that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame,
and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
020:031 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall
not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send
and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.
020:032 Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should
he be put to death? What has he done?"
020:033 Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan
knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
020:034 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food
the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David,
because his father had done him shame.
020:035 It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field
at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
020:036 He said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.
As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
020:037 When the boy was come to the place of the arrow which
Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said,
Isn't the arrow beyond you?
020:038 Jonathan cried after the boy, Go fast! Hurry! Don't delay!
Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
020:039 But the boy didn't know anything: only Jonathan and David
knew the matter.
020:040 Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, Go,
carry them to the city.
020:041 As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of [a place]
toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground,
and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another,
and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
020:042 Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, because we have sworn
both of us in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh shall be
between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.
He arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
021:001 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest:
and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him,
Why are you alone, and no man with you?
021:002 David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me
a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the
business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you:
and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.
021:003 Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves
of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
021:004 The priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread
under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young
men have kept themselves from women.
021:005 David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth
women have been kept from us about these three days;
when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy,
though it was but a common journey; how much more then today
shall their vessels be holy?
021:006 So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread
there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh,
to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
021:007 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite,
the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
021:008 David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear
or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons
with me, because the king's business required haste.
021:009 The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine,
whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here
wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that,
take it; for there is no other except that here.
David said, There is none like that; give it me.
021:010 David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went
to Achish the king of Gath.
021:011 The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David
the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another
about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands,
David his ten thousands?'"
021:012 David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid
of Achish the king of Gath.
021:013 He changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad
in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate,
and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
021:014 Then said Achish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad;
why then have you brought him to me?
021:015 Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play
the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
022:001 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam:
and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it,
they went down there to him.
022:002 Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt,
and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him;
and he became captain over them: and there were with him
about four hundred men.
022:003 David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king
of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth,
[and be] with you, until I know what God will do for me.
022:004 He brought them before the king of Moab: and they lived
with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
022:005 The prophet Gad said to David, Don't stay in the stronghold;
depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed,
and came into the forest of Hereth.
022:006 Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him:
now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree
in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants
were standing about him.
022:007 Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now,
you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give everyone of you
fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands
and captains of hundreds,
022:008 that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none
who discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son
of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me,
or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant
against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
022:009 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants
of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob,
to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
022:010 He inquired of Yahweh for him, and gave him food, and gave
him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
022:011 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,
and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob:
and they came all of them to the king.
022:012 Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. He answered,
Here I am, my lord.
022:013 Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me,
you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread,
and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should
rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
022:014 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your
servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law,
and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
022:015 Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me:
don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to
all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing
of all this, less or more.
022:016 The king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all
your father's house.
022:017 The king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn, and kill
the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David,
and because they knew that he fled, and didn't disclose it to me.
But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand
to fall on the priests of Yahweh.
022:018 The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests.
Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests,
and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore
a linen ephod.
022:019 Nob, the city of the priests, struck he with the edge of
the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies,
and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
022:020 One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar,
escaped, and fled after David.
022:021 Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh's priests.
022:022 David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite
was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned
[the death] of all the persons of your father's house.
022:023 Abide you with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life
seeks your life: for with me you shall be in safeguard.
023:001 They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting
against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.
023:002 Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and strike
these Philistines? Yahweh said to David, Go, and strike
the Philistines, and save Keilah.
023:003 David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah:
how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies
of the Philistines?
023:004 Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him,
and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver
the Philistines into your hand.
023:005 David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines,
and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a
great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
023:006 It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David
to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
023:007 It was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. Saul said,
God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in,
by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
023:008 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah,
to besiege David and his men.
023:009 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him;
and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
023:010 Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has
surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy
the city for my sake.
023:011 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand?
will Saul come down, as your servant has heard?
Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.
Yahweh said, He will come down.
023:012 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me
and my men into the hand of Saul? Yahweh said, They will
deliver you up.
023:013 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and
departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go.
It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah;
and he gave up going there.
023:014 David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds,
and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph.
Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him
into his hand.
023:015 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life:
and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
023:016 Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood,
and strengthened his hand in God.
023:017 He said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father
shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I
shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
023:018 They two made a covenant before Yahweh: and David abode
in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
023:019 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David
hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood,
in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
023:020 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire
of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver
him up into the king's hand.
023:021 Saul said, Blessed be you of Yahweh; for you have had
compassion on me.
023:022 Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place
where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there; for it
is told me that he deals very subtly.
023:023 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places
where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty,
and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land,
that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
023:024 They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men
were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south
of the desert.
023:025 Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told,
he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon.
When Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the
wilderness of Maon.
023:026 Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men
on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get
away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David
and his men round about to take them.
023:027 But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come;
for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.
023:028 So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went
against the Philistines: therefore they called that
place Sela Hammahlekoth.
023:029 David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds
of En Gedi.
024:001 It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines,
that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness
of En Gedi.
024:002 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel,
and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
024:003 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where was a cave;
and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men
were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.
024:004 The men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which Yahweh
said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand,
and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.
Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.
024:005 It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him,
because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
024:006 He said to his men, Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing
to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand against him,
seeing he is Yahweh's anointed.
024:007 So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow
them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave,
and went on his way.
024:008 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave,
and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. When Saul
looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth,
and did obeisance.
024:009 David said to Saul, Why listen you to men's words, saying,
Behold, David seeks your hurt?
024:010 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh
had delivered you today into my hand in the cave:
and some bade me kill you; but [my eye] spared you;
and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord;
for he is Yahweh's anointed.
024:011 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe
in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe,
and didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil
nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you,
though you hunt after my life to take it.
024:012 Yahweh judge between me and you, and Yahweh avenge me of you;
but my hand shall not be on you.
024:013 As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes
forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you.
024:014 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you
pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
024:015 Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you,
and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.
024:016 It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking
these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice,
my son David? Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
024:017 He said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have
rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.
024:018 You have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me,
because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand,
you didn't kill me.
024:019 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed?
Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you
have done to me this day.
024:020 Now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that
the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
024:021 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut
off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name
out of my father's house.
024:022 David swore to Saul. Saul went home; but David and his men
got them up to the stronghold.
025:001 Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together,
and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah.
David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
025:002 There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel;
and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep,
and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
025:003 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail;
and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face:
but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was
of the house of Caleb.
025:004 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
025:005 David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men,
Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
025:006 and thus shall you tell him who lives [in prosperity],
Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be
to all that you have.
025:007 Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have
now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there
anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.
025:008 Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let
the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day.
Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants,
and to your son David.
025:009 When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according
to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
025:010 Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David?
and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants who break
away from their masters these days.
025:011 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I
have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't
know where they come from?
025:012 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back,
and came and told him according to all these words.
025:013 David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword.
They girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on
his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men;
and two hundred abode by the baggage.
025:014 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife,
saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness
to Greet our master; and he railed at them.
025:015 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt,
neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them,
when we were in the fields:
025:016 they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we
were with them keeping the sheep.
025:017 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil
is determined against our master, and against all his house:
for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.
025:018 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves,
and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five
measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins,
and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
025:019 She said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you.
But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.
025:020 It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert
of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down
toward her; and she met them.
025:021 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this
fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all
that pertained to him: and he has returned me evil for good.
025:022 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave
of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much
as one who urinates on a wall.{or, male.}
025:023 When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey,
and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself
to the ground.
025:024 She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be
the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears.
Hear the words of your handmaid.
025:025 Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal;
for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly
is with him: but I your handmaid didn't see the young men
of my lord, whom you did send.
025:026 Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives,
seeing Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness,
and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore
let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord,
be as Nabal.
025:027 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord,
let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
025:028 Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for Yahweh
will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord
fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found
in you all your days.
025:029 Though men be risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul,
yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life
with Yahweh your God; and the souls of your enemies,
them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
025:030 It shall come to pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord
according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you,
and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,
025:031 that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart
to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause,
or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh shall
have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.
025:032 David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
who sent you this day to meet me:
025:033 and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have
kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging
myself with my own hand.
025:034 For in very deed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has
withheld me from hurting you, except you had hurried
and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left
to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates
on a wall.{or, male.}
025:035 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him:
and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; behold, I have
listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.
025:036 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house,
like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him,
for he was very drunken: therefore she told him nothing,
less or more, until the morning light.
025:037 It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal,
that his wife told him these things, and his heart died
within him, and he became as a stone.
025:038 It happened about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal,
so that he died.
025:039 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh,
who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand
of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil:
and the evil-doing of Nabal has Yahweh returned on his own head.
David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to
him as wife.
025:040 When the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel,
they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take
you to him as wife.
025:041 She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth,
and said, Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet
of the servants of my lord.
025:042 Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies
of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers
of David, and became his wife.
025:043 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both
of them his wives.
025:044 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife,
to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
026:001 The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide
himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?
026:002 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph,
having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek
David in the wilderness of Ziph.
026:003 Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert,
by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw
that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
026:004 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was
come of a certainty.
026:005 David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped;
and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner,
the captain of his army: and Saul lay within the place
of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.
026:006 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite,
and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab,
saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?
Abishai said, I will go down with you.
026:007 So David and Abishai came to the people by night:
and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons,
with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner
and the people lay round about him.
026:008 Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy
into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike
him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will
not strike him the second time.
026:009 David said to Abishai, Don't destroy him; for who can put forth
his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless?
026:010 David said, As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day
shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
026:011 Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against
Yahweh's anointed: but now please take the spear that is at
his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.
026:012 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head;
and they got them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it,
neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep
sleep from Yahweh was fallen on them.
026:013 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top
of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;
026:014 and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner,
saying, Don't you answer, Abner? Then Abner answered,
Who are you who cries to the king?
026:015 David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like
you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord,
the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy
the king your lord.
026:016 This thing isn't good that you have done. As Yahweh lives,
you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over
your lord, Yahweh's anointed. Now see where the king's spear is,
and the jar of water that was at his head.
026:017 Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice,
my son David? David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
026:018 He said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? for what
have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
026:019 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words
of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you
up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it
be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh:
for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling
to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.
026:020 Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away
from the presence of Yahweh: for the king of Israel is
come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge
in the mountains.
026:021 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David;
for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious
in your eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool,
and have erred exceedingly.
026:022 David answered, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of
the young men come over and get it.
026:023 Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and
his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today,
and I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed.
026:024 Behold, as your life was much set by this day in my eyes,
so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Yahweh, and let
him deliver me out of all oppression.
026:025 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David:
you shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail.
So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
027:001 David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand
of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should
escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair
of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel:
so shall I escape out of his hand.
027:002 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men
who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
027:003 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man
with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
027:004 It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought
no more again for him.
027:005 David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes,
let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country,
that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell
in the royal city with you?
027:006 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains
to the kings of Judah to this day.
027:007 The number of the days that David lived in the country
of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
027:008 David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites,
and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were
the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur,
even to the land of Egypt.
027:009 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive,
and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys,
and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned,
and came to Achish.
027:010 Achish said, Against whom have you made a raid today?
David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South
of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
027:011 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath,
saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David,
and so has been his manner all the while he has lived
in the country of the Philistines.
027:012 Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel
utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
028:001 It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered
their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
Achish said to David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go
out with me in the army, you and your men.
028:002 David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your servant
will do. Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you
keeper of my head for ever.
028:003 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him,
and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had
put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards,
out of the land.
028:004 The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together,
and they encamped in Gilboa.
028:005 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid,
and his heart trembled greatly.
028:006 When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn't answer him,
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
028:007 Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman who has
a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.
His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has
a familiar spirit at Endor.
028:008 Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went,
he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night:
and he said, Please divine to me by the familiar spirit,
and bring me up whoever I shall name to you.
028:009 The woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done,
how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards,
out of the land: why then lay you a snare for my life,
to cause me to die?
028:010 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives,
there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
028:011 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to you?
He said, Bring me up Samuel.
028:012 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice;
and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived
me? for you are Saul.
028:013 The king said to her, Don't be afraid: for what do you see?
The woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.
028:014 He said to her, What form is he of? She said, An old man
comes up; and he is covered with a robe. Saul perceived
that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground,
and did obeisance.
028:015 Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up?
Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines
make war against me, and God is departed from me,
and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams:
therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me
what I shall do.
028:016 Samuel said, Why then do you ask of me, seeing Yahweh is departed
from you, and is become your adversary?
028:017 Yahweh has done to you, as he spoke by me: and Yahweh has torn
the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor,
even to David.
028:018 Because you didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and didn't execute
his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore has Yahweh done this
thing to you this day.
028:019 Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand
of the Philistines; and tomorrow shall you and your sons be with me:
Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand
of the Philistines.
028:020 Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth,
and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel:
and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread
all the day, nor all the night.
028:021 The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled,
and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice,
and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your
words which you spoke to me.
028:022 Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your handmaid,
and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat,
that you may have strength, when you go on your way.
028:023 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants,
together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened
to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.
028:024 The woman had a fattened calf in the house; and she hurried,
and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did
bake unleavened bread of it:
028:025 and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants;
and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
029:001 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:
and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.
029:002 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands;
and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
029:003 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do]
these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of
the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king
of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather]
these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell
away [to me] to this day?
029:004 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him;
and the princes of the Philistines said to him,
Make the man return, that he may go back to his place
where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us
to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us:
for with what should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his
lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
029:005 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,
saying, Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?
029:006 Then Achish called David, and said to him, As Yahweh lives,
you have been upright, and your going out and your coming
in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found
evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day:
nevertheless the lords don't favor you.
029:007 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease
the lords of the Philistines.
029:008 David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you
found in your servant so long as I have been before you
to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies
of my lord the king?
029:009 Achish answered David, I know that you are good in my sight,
as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines
have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
029:010 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants
of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up
early in the morning, and have light, depart.
029:011 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in
the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines.
The Philistines went up to Jezreel.
030:001 It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on
the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South,
and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
030:002 and had taken captive the women [and all] who were therein,
both small and great: they didn't kill any, but carried them off,
and went their way.
030:003 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned
with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters,
were taken captive.
030:004 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their
voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
030:005 David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
030:006 David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him,
because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man
for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened
himself in Yahweh his God.
030:007 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Please bring
me here the ephod. Abiathar brought there the ephod to David.
030:008 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, If I pursue after this troop,
shall I overtake them? He answered him, Pursue; for you shall
surely overtake [them], and shall without fail recover [all].
030:009 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him,
and came to the brook Besor, where those who were
left behind stayed.
030:010 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred
stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't go over
the brook Besor.
030:011 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David,
and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
030:012 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins:
and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him;
for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days
and three nights.
030:013 David said to him, To whom belong you? and whence are you?
He said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite;
and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
030:014 We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on
that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb;
and we burned Ziklag with fire.
030:015 David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop?
He said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me,
nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring
you down to this troop.
030:016 When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad
over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing,
because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of
the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
030:017 David struck them from the twilight even to the evening
of the next day: and there not a man of them escaped,
except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
030:018 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David
rescued his two wives.
030:019 There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,
neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything
that they had taken to them: David brought back all.
030:020 David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove
before those [other] livestock, and said, This is David's spoil.
030:021 David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they
could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide
at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David,
and to meet the people who were with him: and when David
came near to the people, he greeted them.
030:022 Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who
went with David, and said, Because they didn't go with us,
we will not give them anything of the spoil that we
have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children,
that he may lead them away, and depart.
030:023 Then said David, You shall not do so, my brothers,
with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us,
and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
030:024 Who will listen to you in this matter? for as his share is
who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries
by the baggage: they shall share alike.
030:025 It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute
and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
030:026 When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders
of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present
for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:
030:027 To those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth
of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,
030:028 and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth,
and to those who were in Eshtemoa,
030:029 and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities
of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities
of the Kenites,
030:030 and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Borashan,
and to those who were in Athach,
030:031 and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where
David himself and his men used to stay.
031:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain
on Mount Gilboa.
031:002 The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons;
and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua,
the sons of Saul.
031:003 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him;
and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
031:004 Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust
me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust
me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not;
for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword,
and fell on it.
031:005 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell
on his sword, and died with him.
031:006 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer,
and all his men, that same day together.
031:007 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley,
and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men
of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead,
they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came
and lived in them.
031:008 It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen
on Mount Gilboa.
031:009 They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent
into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news
to the house of their idols, and to the people.
031:010 They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they
fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
031:011 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning him
that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
031:012 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body
of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan;
and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
031:013 They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree
in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Book 10 2 Samuel
001:001 It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned
from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode
two days in Ziklag;
001:002 it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of
the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head:
and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth,
and did obeisance.
001:003 David said to him, From whence come you? He said to him,
Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
001:004 David said to him, How went the matter? Please tell me.
He answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many
of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan
his son are dead also.
001:005 David said to the young man who told him, How know you that Saul
and Jonathan his son are dead?
001:006 The young man who told him said, As I happened by chance on
Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold,
the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.
001:007 When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me.
I answered, Here am I.
001:008 He said to me, Who are you? I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
001:009 He said to me, Stand, I pray you, beside me, and kill me;
for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet
whole in me.
001:010 So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was
sure that he could not live after that he was fallen:
and I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet
that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.
001:011 Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them;
and likewise all the men who were with him:
001:012 and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul,
and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh,
and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen
by the sword.
001:013 David said to the young man who told him, Whence are you?
He answered, I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.
001:014 David said to him, How were you not afraid to put forth your
hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?
001:015 David called one of the young men, and said, Go near,
and fall on him. He struck him, so that he died.
001:016 David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has
testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.
001:017 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over
Jonathan his son
001:018 (and he bade them teach the children of Judah [the song of]
the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
001:019 Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!
001:020 Don't tell it in Gath. Don't publish it in the streets
of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
001:021 You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you,
neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of
the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not
anointed with oil.
001:022 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,
Jonathan's bow didn't turn back. Saul's sword didn't return empty.
001:023 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives.
In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter
than eagles. They were stronger than lions.
001:024 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in
scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
001:025 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan is slain on your high places.
001:026 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have
been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful,
passing the love of women.
001:027 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
002:001 It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying,
Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? Yahweh said
to him, Go up. David said, Where shall I go up?
He said, To Hebron.
002:002 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
002:003 His men who were with him did David bring up, every man
with his household: and they lived in the cities of Hebron.
002:004 The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king
over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, The men
of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.
002:005 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said
to them, Blessed be you of Yahweh, that you have shown this
kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
002:006 Now Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you:
and I also will requite you this kindness, because you have
done this thing.
002:007 Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be you valiant;
for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah
have anointed me king over them.
002:008 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken
Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
002:009 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites,
and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin,
and over all Israel.
002:010 Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began
to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years.
But the house of Judah followed David.
002:011 The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah
was seven years and six months.
002:012 Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son
of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
002:013 Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out,
and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down,
the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other
side of the pool.
002:014 Abner said to Joab, Please let the young men arise and play
before us. Joab said, Let them arise.
002:015 Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin,
and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the
servants of David.
002:016 They caught everyone his fellow by the head, and [thrust]
his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together:
therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim,
which is in Gibeon.
002:017 The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten,
and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
002:018 The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel:
and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
002:019 Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn
to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
002:020 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it you, Asahel?
He answered, It is I.
002:021 Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left,
and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor.
But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
002:022 Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me:
why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold
up my face to Joab your brother?
002:023 However he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the hinder
end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came
out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place:
and it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel
fell down and died stood still.
002:024 But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went
down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies
before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
002:025 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner,
and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
002:026 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever?
Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end?
How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return
from following their brothers?"
002:027 Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then
in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed
everyone his brother.
002:028 So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still,
and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
002:029 Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah;
and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron,
and came to Mahanaim.
002:030 Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered
all the people together, there lacked of David's servants
nineteen men and Asahel.
002:031 But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men,
[so that] three hundred sixty men died.
002:032 They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father,
which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night,
and the day broke on them at Hebron.
003:001 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house
of David: and David grew stronger and stronger, but the house
of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
003:002 To David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon,
of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
003:003 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai
king of Geshur;
003:004 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth,
Shephatiah the son of Abital;
003:005 and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife.
These were born to David in Hebron.
003:006 It happened, while there was war between the house of Saul
and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong
in the house of Saul.
003:007 Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter
of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Why have you gone
in to my father's concubine?
003:008 Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said,
Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show
kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers,
and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand
of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault
concerning this woman.
003:009 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn
to David, I don't do even so to him;
003:010 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set
up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan
even to Beersheba.
003:011 He could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
003:012 Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is
the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and behold,
my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
003:013 He said, Well; I will make a league with you; but one thing
I require of you: that is, you shall not see my face,
except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come
to see my face.
003:014 David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying,
Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I pledged to be married to me
for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
003:015 Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from
Paltiel the son of Laish.
003:016 Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed
her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return:
and he returned.
003:017 Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying,
In times past you sought for David to be king over you:
003:018 now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the hand
of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand
of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
003:019 Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went
also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed
good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
003:020 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him.
David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.
003:021 Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel
to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you,
and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.
David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
003:022 Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray,
and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not
with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was
gone in peace.
003:023 When Joab and all the army who was with him had come,
they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king,
and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
003:024 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold,
Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away,
and he is quite gone?
003:025 You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you,
and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know
all that you do.
003:026 When Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers
after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah:
but David didn't know it.
003:027 When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into
the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck
him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood
of Asahel his brother.
003:028 Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom
are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner
the son of Ner:
003:029 let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house;
and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has
an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff,
or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
003:030 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had
killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
003:031 David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him,
Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn
before Abner. King David followed the bier.
003:032 They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice,
and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
003:033 The king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die
as a fool dies?
003:034 Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters.
As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.
All the people wept again over him.
003:035 All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day;
but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also,
if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun be down.
003:036 All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them;
as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
003:037 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it
was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
003:038 The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there
a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
003:039 I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men
the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward
the evil-doer according to his wickedness."
004:001 When [Ishbosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron,
his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
004:002 [Ishbosheth], Saul's son, [had] two men who were captains of bands:
the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab,
the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin
(for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:
004:003 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners
there until this day).
004:004 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame of his feet.
He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan
out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled:
and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell,
and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
004:005 The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,
and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth,
as he took his rest at noon.
004:006 They came there into the midst of the house, as though they
would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body:
and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
004:007 Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed
in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him,
and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way
of the Arabah all night.
004:008 They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron,
and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ishbosheth,
the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life;
and Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul,
and of his seed.
004:009 David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons
of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Yahweh lives,
who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
004:010 when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have
brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag,
which was the reward I gave him for his news.
004:011 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person
in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood
of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
004:012 David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut
off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside
the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth,
and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
005:001 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron,
and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
005:002 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you
who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh said to you,
You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall
be prince over Israel.
005:003 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron;
and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh:
and they anointed David king over Israel.
005:004 David was thirty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned forty years.
005:005 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months;
and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all
Israel and Judah.
005:006 The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites,
the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying,
Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not
come in here; thinking, David can't come in here.
005:007 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is
the city of David.
005:008 David said on that day, Whoever strikes the Jebusites,
let him get up to the watercourse, and [strike]
the lame and the blind, who are hated of David's soul.
Therefore they say, There are the blind and the lame;
he can't come into the house.
005:009 David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David.
David built round about from Millo and inward.
005:010 David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh, the God of Armies,
was with him.
005:011 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,
and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
005:012 David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel,
and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
005:013 David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,
after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons
and daughters born to David.
005:014 These are the names of those who were born to him
in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
005:015 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
005:016 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
005:017 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king
over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David;
and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.
005:018 Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the
valley of Rephaim.
005:019 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up against
the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hand?
Yahweh said to David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver
the Philistines into your hand.
005:020 David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said,
Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters.
Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
005:021 They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
005:022 The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves
in the valley of Rephaim.
005:023 When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, You shall not go up:
make a circuit behind them, and come on them over against
the mulberry trees.
005:024 It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself;
for then is Yahweh gone out before you to strike the army
of the Philistines.
005:025 David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines
from Geba until you come to Gezer.
006:001 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel,
thirty thousand.
006:002 David arose, and went with all the people who were with him,
from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God,
which is called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies
who sits [above] the cherubim.
006:003 They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it
out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill:
and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
006:004 They brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill,
with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
006:005 David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all
manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, and with harps,
and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines,
and with castanets, and with cymbals.
006:006 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put
forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it;
for the oxen stumbled.
006:007 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck
him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
006:008 David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah;
and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.
006:009 David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, How shall
the ark of Yahweh come to me?
006:010 So David would not remove the ark of Yahweh to him into
the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house
of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
006:011 The ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom
the Gittite three months: and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom,
and all his house.
006:012 It was told king David, saying, Yahweh has blessed the house
of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark
of God. David went and brought up the ark of God from the house
of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.
006:013 It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Yahweh had gone
six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
006:014 David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was
girded with a linen ephod.
006:015 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Yahweh
with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
006:016 It was so, as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David,
that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window,
and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh;
and she despised him in her heart.
006:017 They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place,
in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
006:018 When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering
and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name
of Yahweh of Armies.
006:019 He dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude
of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a cake
of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins.
So all the people departed everyone to his house.
006:020 Then David returned to bless his household.
Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said,
How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered
himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants,
as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
006:021 David said to Michal, [It was] before Yahweh, who chose me
above your father, and above all his house, to appoint
me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel:
therefore will I play before Yahweh.
006:022 I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in my
own sight: but of the handmaids of whom you have spoken,
they shall honor me.
006:023 Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
007:001 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh
had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
007:002 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell
in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
007:003 Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart;
for Yahweh is with you.
007:004 It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came
to Nathan, saying,
007:005 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh, Shall you
build me a house for me to dwell in?
007:006 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought
up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day,
but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.
007:007 In all places in which I have walked with all the children
of Israel, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel,
whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying,
Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
007:008 Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says
Yahweh of Armies, I took you from the sheep pen, from following
the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel;
007:009 and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all
your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name,
like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
007:010 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more;
neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more,
as at the first,
007:011 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies.
Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.
007:012 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers,
I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out
of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
007:013 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish
the throne of his kingdom forever.
007:014 I will be his father, and he shall be my son:
if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men,
and with the stripes of the children of men;
007:015 but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took
it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
007:016 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you:
your throne shall be established forever.
007:017 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,
so did Nathan speak to David.
007:018 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh;
and he said, Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house,
that you have brought me thus far?
007:019 This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have
spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come;
and this [too] after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh!
007:020 What can David say more to you? for you know your servant,
Lord Yahweh.
007:021 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you
worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
007:022 Therefore you are great, Yahweh God: for there is none like you,
neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we
have heard with our ears.
007:023 What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel,
whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make
him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things
for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you
out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?
007:024 You did establish to yourself your people Israel to be a people
to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
007:025 Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning
your servant, and concerning his house, confirm you it forever,
and do as you have spoken.
007:026 Let your name be magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Armies
is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall
be established before you.
007:027 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed
to your servant, saying, I will build you a house:
therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this
prayer to you.
007:028 Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth,
and you have promised this good thing to your servant:
007:029 now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant,
that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh,
have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your
servant be blessed forever.
008:001 After this it happened that David struck the Philistines,
and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother
city out of the hand of the Philistines.
008:002 He struck Moab, and measured them with the line,
making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two
lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive.
The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
008:003 David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah,
as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
008:004 David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty
thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses,
but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
008:005 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king
of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
008:006 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the
Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute.
Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
008:007 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
008:008 From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David
took exceeding much brass.
008:009 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all
the army of Hadadezer,
008:010 then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to Greet him,
and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer
and struck him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi.
[Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,
and vessels of brass:
008:011 These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver
and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;
008:012 of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of
the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer,
son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
008:013 David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians
in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
008:014 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons,
and all the Edomites became servants to David.
Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
008:015 David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice
and righteousness to all his people.
008:016 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud was recorder;
008:017 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
008:018 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites
and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
009:001 David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul,
that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
009:002 There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba,
and they called him to David; and the king said to him,
Are you Ziba? He said, Your servant is he.
009:003 The king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may show the kindness of God to him? Ziba said to the king,
Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame of his feet.
009:004 The king said to him, Where is he? Ziba said to the king,
Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel,
in Lo Debar.
009:005 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir
the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
009:006 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul,
came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance.
David said, Mephibosheth. He answered, Behold, your servant!
009:007 David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will
surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake,
and will restore you all the land of Saul your father;
and you shall eat bread at my table continually."
009:008 He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you
should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
009:009 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him,
"All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given
to your master's son.
009:010 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons,
and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits],
that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth
your master's son shall eat bread always at my table."
Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
009:011 Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord
the king commands his servant, so shall your servant do.
As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table,
as one of the king's sons.
009:012 Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica.
All that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
009:013 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually
at the king's table. He was lame in both his feet.
010:001 It happened after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died,
and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
010:002 David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash,
as his father shown kindness to me. So David sent
by his servants to comfort him concerning his father.
David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
010:003 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun
their lord, Do you think that David honors your father,
in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn't David sent
his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out,
and to overthrow it?
010:004 So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half
of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle,
even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
010:005 When they told it to David, he sent to meet them; for the men
were greatly ashamed. The king said, Wait at Jericho until
your beards be grown, and then return.
010:006 When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious
to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians
of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen,
and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men
of Tob twelve thousand men.
010:007 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army
of the mighty men.
010:008 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and
of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves
in the field.
010:009 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel,
and put them in array against the Syrians:
010:010 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai
his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
010:011 He said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall
help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you,
then I will come and help you.
010:012 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people,
and for the cities of our God: and Yahweh do that which
seems him good.
010:013 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle
against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
010:014 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,
they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city.
Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon,
and came to Jerusalem.
010:015 When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel,
they gathered themselves together.
010:016 Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond
the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain
of the army of Hadarezer at their head.
010:017 It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together,
and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians
set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
010:018 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians
[the men of] seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen,
and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that
he died there.
010:019 When all the kings who were servants to Hadarezer saw that they
were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel,
and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children
of Ammon any more.
011:001 It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go
out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him,
and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon,
and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
011:002 It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed,
and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof
he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful
to look on.
011:003 David send and inquired after the woman. One said,
Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife
of Uriah the Hittite?
011:004 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him,
and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness);
and she returned to her house.
011:005 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said,
I am with child.
011:006 David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite.
Joab sent Uriah to David.
011:007 When Uriah was come to him, David asked of him how Joab did,
and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
011:008 David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet.
Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed
him a mess [of food] from the king.
011:009 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all
the servants of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.
011:010 When they had told David, saying, Uriah didn't go down to his house,
David said to Uriah, Haven't you come from a journey? why
did you not go down to your house?
011:011 Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah,
abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord,
are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house,
to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live,
and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
011:012 David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I
will let you depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day,
and the next day.
011:013 When David had called him, he ate and drink before him;
and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on
his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn't go down
to his house.
011:014 It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab,
and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
011:015 He wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront
of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may
be struck, and die.
011:016 It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned
Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
011:017 The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab:
and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David;
and Uriah the Hittite died also.
011:018 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
011:019 and he charged the messenger, saying, "When you have made an end
of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
011:020 it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he tells you,
'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you
know that they would shoot from the wall?
011:021 who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman
cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died
at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then shall you say,
'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
011:022 So the messenger went, and came and shown David all that Joab
had sent him for.
011:023 The messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us,
and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even
to the entrance of the gate.
011:024 The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall;
and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
011:025 Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you tell Joab, Don't let
this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well
as another; make your battle more strong against the city,
and overthrow it: and encourage you him.
011:026 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead,
she made lamentation for her husband.
011:027 When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home
to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son.
But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
012:001 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said
to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich,
and the other poor.
012:002 The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
012:003 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb,
which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him,
and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his
own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
012:004 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his
own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring
man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb,
and dressed it for the man who had come to him."
012:005 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said
to Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is
worthy to die!
012:006 He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing,
and because he had no pity!"
012:007 Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh,
the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel,
and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
012:008 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into
your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah;
and if that would have been too little, I would have added
to you many more such things.
012:009 Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which
is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite
with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife,
and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
012:010 Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house,
because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah
the Hittite to be your wife.'
012:011 This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will raise up evil
against you out of your own house; and I will take your
wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor,
and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
012:012 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel,
and before the sun.'"
012:013 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh."
Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put away your sin.
You will not die.
012:014 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion
to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born
to you shall surely die."
012:015 Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that
Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
012:016 David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted,
and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
012:017 The elders of his house arose, [and stood] beside him,
to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did
he eat bread with them.
012:018 It happened on the seventh day, that the child died.
The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead;
for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive,
we spoke to him, and he didn't listen to our voice:
how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the
child is dead!
012:019 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together,
David perceived that the child was dead; and David said
to his servants, Is the child dead? They said, He is dead.
012:020 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself,
and changed his clothing; and he came into the house
of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own house;
and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.
012:021 Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have
done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive;
but when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread.
012:022 He said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept:
for I said, Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me,
that the child may live?
012:023 But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again?
I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
012:024 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay
with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon.
Yahweh loved him;
012:025 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named
him Jedidiah, for Yahweh's sake.
012:026 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon,
and took the royal city.
012:027 Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought
against Rabbah; yes, I have taken the city of waters.
012:028 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together,
and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city,
and it be called after my name.
012:029 David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,
and fought against it, and took it.
012:030 He took the crown of their king from off his head;
and the weight of it was a talent of gold, and [in it
were] precious stones; and it was set on David's head.
He brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
012:031 He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them
under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes
of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln:
and thus did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon.
David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
013:001 It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had
a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son
of David loved her.
013:002 Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar;
for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do
anything to her.
013:003 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son
of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
013:004 He said to him, Why, son of the king, are you thus lean from day
to day? Won't you tell me? Amnon said to him, I love Tamar,
my brother Absalom's sister.
013:005 Jonadab said to him, Lay you down on your bed, and feign
yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you,
tell him, Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread
to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it,
and eat it from her hand.
013:006 So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king
was come to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let her
sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight,
that I may eat from her hand.
013:007 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother
Amnon's house, and dress him food.
013:008 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down.
She took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight,
and did bake the cakes.
013:009 She took the pan, and poured them out before him;
but he refused to eat. Amnon said, Have out all men from me.
They went out every man from him.
013:010 Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I may
eat from your hand. Tamar took the cakes which she had made,
and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
013:011 When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her,
and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
013:012 She answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you do this folly.
013:013 I, where shall I carry my shame? and as for you, you will be
as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak
to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.
013:014 However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger
than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
013:015 Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred
with which he hated her was greater than the love with which
he had loved her. Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.
013:016 She said to him, Not so, because this great wrong in putting
me forth is [worse] than the other that you did to me.
But he would not listen to her.
013:017 Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said,
Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
013:018 She had a garment of various colors on her; for with such
robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed.
Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
013:019 Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various
colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head,
and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
013:020 Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother
been with you? but now hold your peace, my sister:
he is your brother; don't take this thing to heart.
So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
013:021 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
013:022 Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom
hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
013:023 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had
sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim:
and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
013:024 Absalom came to the king, and said, See now, your servant
has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray you, and his servants
go with your servant.
013:025 The king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go,
lest we be burdensome to you. He pressed him:
however he would not go, but blessed him.
013:026 Then said Absalom, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.
The king said to him, Why should he go with you?
013:027 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's
sons go with him.
013:028 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now,
when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you,
Smite Amnon, then kill him; don't be afraid; haven't I
commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
013:029 The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded.
Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up
on his mule, and fled.
013:030 It happened, while they were in the way, that the news came
to David, saying, Absalom has slain all the king's sons,
and there is not one of them left.
013:031 Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth;
and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
013:032 Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered, Don't let
my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men
the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment
of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced
his sister Tamar.
013:033 Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing
to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead;
for Amnon only is dead.
013:034 But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up
his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming
by way of the hillside behind him.
013:035 Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons are come:
as your servant said, so it is.
013:036 It happened, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that behold,
the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept:
and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
013:037 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur,
king of Geshur. [David] mourned for his son every day.
013:038 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
013:039 [the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom:
for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
014:001 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart
was toward Absalom.
014:002 Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman,
and said to her, please act like a mourner, and put on
mourning clothing, Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil,
but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead:
014:003 and go in to the king, and speak on this manner to him.
So Joab put the words in her mouth.
014:004 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face
to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
014:005 The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, Of a truth
I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
014:006 Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field,
and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other,
and killed him.
014:007 Behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid,
and they say, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we
may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed,
and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal
which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor
remainder on the surface of the earth.
014:008 The king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give
charge concerning you.
014:009 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king,
the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king
and his throne be guiltless.
014:010 The king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me,
and he shall not touch you any more.
014:011 Then said she, Please let the king remember Yahweh your God,
that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they
destroy my son. He said, As Yahweh lives, there shall not
one hair of your son fall to the earth.
014:012 Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word
to my lord the king. He said, Say on.
014:013 The woman said, Why then have you devised such a thing against
the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is
as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home
again his banished one.
014:014 For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground,
which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take
away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be
an outcast from him.
014:015 Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my
lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid:
and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king;
it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
014:016 For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand
of the man who would destroy me and my son together out
of the inheritance of God.
014:017 Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king
be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king
to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you.
014:018 Then the king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything
from me that I shall ask you. The woman said, Let my lord
the king now speak.
014:019 The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?
The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king,
none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything
that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab,
he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth
of your handmaid;
014:020 to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done
this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom
of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
014:021 The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:
go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
014:022 Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance,
and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows
that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that
the king has performed the request of his servant.
014:023 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
014:024 The king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him
not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house,
and didn't see the king's face.
014:025 Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom
for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown
of his head there was no blemish in him.
014:026 When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end
that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it);
he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels,
after the king's weight.
014:027 To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter,
whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.
014:028 Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see
the king's face.
014:029 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king;
but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time,
but he would not come.
014:030 Therefore he said to his servants, Behold, Joab's field is
near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.
Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
014:031 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said
to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?
014:032 Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here,
that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come
from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still.
Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be
iniquity in me, let him kill me.
014:033 So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called
for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face
to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
015:001 It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot
and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
015:002 Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate:
and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should
come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him,
and said, Of what city are you? He said, Your servant is
of one of the tribes of Israel.
015:003 Absalom said to him, Behold, your matters are good and right;
but there is no man deputized of the king to hear you.
015:004 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land,
that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me,
and I would do him justice!
015:005 It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance,
he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
015:006 In this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king
for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
015:007 It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said
to the king, please let me go and pay my vow, which I have
vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
015:008 For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,
saying, If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem,
then I will serve Yahweh.
015:009 The king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
015:010 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel,
saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet,
then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
015:011 With Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were invited,
and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.
015:012 Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor,
from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering
the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people
increased continually with Absalom.
015:013 There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men
of Israel are after Absalom.
015:014 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise,
and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom:
make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring
down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
015:015 The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants
are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.
015:016 The king went forth, and all his household after him.
The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
015:017 The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they
stayed in Beth Merhak.
015:018 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites,
and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men
who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
015:019 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Why go you also with
us? return, and abide with the king: for you are a foreigner,
and also an exile; [return] to your own place.
015:020 Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go
up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? return you,
and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you.
015:021 Ittai answered the king, and said, As Yahweh lives, and as my
lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king
shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will
your servant be.
015:022 David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. Ittai the Gittite
passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who
were with him.
015:023 All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people
passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron,
and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
015:024 Behold, Zadok also [came], and all the Levites with him,
bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down
the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people
had done passing out of the city.
015:025 The king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city:
if I shall find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring
me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
015:026 but if he say thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I,
let him do to me as seems good to him.
015:027 The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer?
Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you,
Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
015:028 Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word
comes from you to inform me."
015:029 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again
to Jerusalem: and they abode there.
015:030 David went up by the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, and wept
as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot:
and all the people who were with him covered every man his head,
and they went up, weeping as they went up.
015:031 One told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators
with Absalom. David said, Yahweh, please turn the counsel
of Ahithophel into foolishness.
015:032 It happened that when David had come to the top [of the ascent],
where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came
to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
015:033 David said to him, If you pass on with me, then you will be
a burden to me:
015:034 but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, I will be
your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant
in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you
defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
015:035 Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you?
therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear
out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and
Abiathar the priests.
015:036 Behold, they have there with them their two sons,
Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them
you shall send to me everything that you shall hear.
015:037 So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom
came into Jerusalem.
016:001 When David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold,
Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple
of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread,
and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits,
and a bottle of wine.
016:002 The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these?
Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on;
and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat;
and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
016:003 The king said, Where is your master's son? Ziba said
to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said,
Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom
of my father.
016:004 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, all that pertains
to Mephibosheth is yours. Ziba said, I do obeisance;
let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.
016:005 When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of
the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera.
He came out, and cursed still as he came.
016:006 He cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David:
and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right
hand and on his left.
016:007 Thus said Shimei when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you man
of blood, and base fellow:
016:008 Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul,
in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has delivered
the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and behold,
you are [taken] in your own mischief, because you are a
man of blood.
016:009 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king,
"Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?
Please let me go over and take off his head."
016:010 The king said, What have I to do with you, you sons
of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said
to him, Curse David; who then shall say, Why have you done so?
016:011 David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold,
my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life:
how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? let him alone,
and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.
016:012 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me,
and that Yahweh will requite me good for [his] cursing
of me this day.
016:013 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along
on the hillside over against him, and cursed as he went,
and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
016:014 The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary;
and he refreshed himself there.
016:015 Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem,
and Ahithophel with him.
016:016 It happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come
to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, [Long] live the king,
[Long] live the king.
016:017 Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend?
Why didn't you go with your friend?
016:018 Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom Yahweh, and this people,
and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be,
and with him will I abide.
016:019 Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence
of his son? as I have served in your father's presence,
so will I be in your presence.
016:020 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what
we shall do.
016:021 Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines,
that he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear
that you are abhorred of your father: then will the hands
of all who are with you be strong.
016:022 So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house;
and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight
of all Israel.
016:023 The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days,
was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all
the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
017:001 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose
out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after
David this night:
017:002 and I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will
make him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee;
and I will strike the king only;
017:003 and I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom
you seek is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall
be in peace.
017:004 The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
017:005 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let
us hear likewise what he says.
017:006 When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him,
saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner:
shall we do [after] his saying? if not, speak up.
017:007 Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given
this time is not good.
017:008 Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men,
that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds,
as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father
is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
017:009 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place:
and it will happen, when some of them are fallen at the first,
that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among
the people who follow Absalom.
017:010 Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,
will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father
is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
017:011 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you,
from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea
for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
017:012 So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found,
and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground;
and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not
leave so much as one.
017:013 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel
bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river,
until there not be one small stone found there.
017:014 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai
the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.
For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel,
to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
017:015 Then said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and
thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel;
and thus and thus have I counseled.
017:016 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Don't lodge
this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means
pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people
who are with him.
017:017 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female
servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David:
for they might not be seen to come into the city.
017:018 But a boy saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them
away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim,
who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
017:019 The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth,
and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.
017:020 Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said,
Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The woman said to them,
They have gone over the brook of water. When they had sought
and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
017:021 It happened, after they had departed, that they came up
out of the well, and went and told king David; and they
said to David, Arise you, and pass quickly over the water;
for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.
017:022 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him,
and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there
lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
017:023 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed,
he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city,
and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died,
and was buried in the tomb of his father.
017:024 Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan,
he and all the men of Israel with him.
017:025 Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab.
Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra
the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash,
sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
017:026 Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
017:027 It happened, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi
the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon,
and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai
the Gileadite of Rogelim,
017:028 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat,
and barley, and meal, and parched [grain], and beans,
and lentils, and parched [pulse],
017:029 and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd,
for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat:
for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty,
in the wilderness.
018:001 David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains
of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
018:002 David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand
of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son
of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand
of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, I will
surely go forth with you myself also.
018:003 But the people said, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away,
they will not care for us; neither if half of us die,
will they care for us: but you are worth ten thousand of us;
therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us
out of the city.
018:004 The king said to them, What seems you best I will do.
The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out
by hundreds and by thousands.
018:005 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal
gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.
All the people heard when the king gave all the captains
charge concerning Absalom.
018:006 So the people went out into the field against Israel:
and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
018:007 The people of Israel were struck there before the servants
of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day
of twenty thousand men.
018:008 For the battle was there spread over the surface of all
the country; and the forest devoured more people that day
than the sword devoured.
018:009 Absalom happened to meet the servants of David.
Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under
the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold
of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth;
and the mule that was under him went on.
018:010 A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanging in an oak.
018:011 Joab said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it,
and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I
would have given you ten [pieces of] silver, and a sash.
018:012 The man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
[pieces of] silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth
my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king
charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none
touch the young man Absalom.
018:013 Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there
is no matter hid from the king), then you yourself would
have set yourself against [me].
018:014 Then said Joab, I may not wait thus with you. He took three darts
in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom,
while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
018:015 Ten young men who bore Joab's armor compassed about and
struck Absalom, and killed him.
018:016 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing
after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
018:017 They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest,
and raised over him a very great heap of stones:
and all Israel fled everyone to his tent.
018:018 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up
for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale;
for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory:
and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called
Absalom's monument, to this day.
018:019 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear
the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.
018:020 Joab said to him, You shall not be the bearer of news this day,
but you shall bear news another day; but this day you shall
bear no news, because the king's son is dead.
018:021 Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen.
The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
018:022 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come
what may, Please let me also run after the Cushite.
Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will
have no reward for the news?
018:023 But come what may, [said he], I will run. He said to him, Run.
Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
018:024 Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman
went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up
his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
018:025 The watchman cried, and told the king. The king said,
If he be alone, there is news in his mouth. He came apace,
and drew near.
018:026 The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called
to the porter, and said, Behold, [another] man running alone.
The king said, He also brings news.
018:027 The watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is
like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. The king said,
He is a good man, and comes with good news.
018:028 Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well.
He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth,
and said, Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has delivered up
the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
018:029 The king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom?
Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant,
even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know
what it was.
018:030 The king said, Turn aside, and stand here. He turned aside,
and stood still.
018:031 Behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, News for my
lord the king; for Yahweh has avenged you this day of all
those who rose up against you.
018:032 The king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young
man Absalom? The Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord
the king, and all who rise up against you to do you hurt,
be as that young man is.
018:033 The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate,
and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom,
my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom,
my son, my son!
019:001 It was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
019:002 The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people;
for the people heard say that day, The king grieves for his son.
019:003 The people got them by stealth that day into the city,
as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
019:004 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice,
my son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!
019:005 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed
this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved
your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters,
and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
019:006 in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you.
For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are
nothing to you: for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived,
and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well.
019:007 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably
to your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don't
go forth, there will not stay a man with you this night:
and that will be worse to you than all the evil that has
happened to you from your youth until now.
019:008 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all
the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate:
and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled
every man to his tent.
019:009 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes
of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of
our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines;
and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.
019:010 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle.
Now therefore why don't you speak a word of bringing
the king back?
019:011 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last
to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all
Israel is come to the king, [to bring him] to his house.
019:012 You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh:
why then are you the last to bring back the king?
019:013 Say you to Amasa, Aren't you my bone and my flesh?
God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain
of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.
019:014 He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of]
one man; so that they sent to the king, [saying], Return you,
and all your servants.
019:015 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal,
to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
019:016 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim,
hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
019:017 There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba
the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his
twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan
in the presence of the king.
019:018 A ferry boat went to bring over the king's household,
and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell
down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.
019:019 He said to the king, Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me,
neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely
the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem,
that the king should take it to his heart.
019:020 For your servant does know that I have sinned: therefore, behold,
I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go
down to meet my lord the king.
019:021 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, Shall Shimei not be
put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?
019:022 David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah,
that you should this day be adversaries to me? shall there
any man be put to death this day in Israel? for don't I know
that I am this day king over Israel?
019:023 The king said to Shimei, You shall not die. The king
swore to him.
019:024 Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king;
and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard,
nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until
the day he came home in peace.
019:025 It happened, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king,
that the king said to him, Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?
019:026 He answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me:
for your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may
ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.
019:027 He has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord
the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good
in your eyes.
019:028 For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king;
yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table.
What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more
to the king?
019:029 The king said to him, Why speak you any more of your matters?
I say, You and Ziba divide the land.
019:030 Mephibosheth said to the king, yes, let him take all,
because my lord the king is come in peace to his own house.
019:031 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went
over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.
019:032 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old:
and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay
at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
019:033 The king said to Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I
will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.
019:034 Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years
of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
019:035 I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good
and bad? can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink?
can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing
women? why then should your servant be yet a burden to my
lord the king?
019:036 Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king:
and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
019:037 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die
in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother.
But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord
the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
019:038 The king answered, Chimham shall go over with me,
and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you:
and whatever you shall require of me, that will I do for you.
019:039 All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over:
and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned
to his own place.
019:040 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him:
and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half
the people of Israel.
019:041 Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king,
Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away,
and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan,
and all David's men with him?
019:042 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king
is a close relative to us: why then are you angry for this
matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or has
he given us any gift?
019:043 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said,
We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right]
in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our
advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?
The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words
of the men of Israel.
020:001 There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba,
the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet,
and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance
in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.
020:002 So all the men of Israel went up from following David,
and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah
joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
020:003 David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten
women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house,
and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance,
but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day
of their death, living in widowhood.
020:004 Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together
within three days, and be here present.
020:005 So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he stayed
longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
020:006 David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us
more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants,
and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities,
and escape out of our sight.
020:007 There went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites
and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went
out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
020:008 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came
to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that
he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened
on his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
020:009 Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother?
Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
020:010 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand:
so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels
to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died.
Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
020:011 There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who
favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.
020:012 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway.
When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa
out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him,
when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
020:013 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went
on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
020:014 He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah,
and all the Berites: and they were gathered together,
and went also after him.
020:015 They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast
up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart;
and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall,
to throw it down.
020:016 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear!
Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"
020:017 He came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered,
I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid.
He answered, I do hear.
020:018 Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in
old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel:
and so they ended [the matter].
020:019 I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel:
you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel:
why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?
020:020 Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should
swallow up or destroy.
020:021 The matter is not so: but a man of the hill country
of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted
up his hand against the king, even against David;
deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.
The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown
to you over the wall.
020:022 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom.
They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri,
and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they
were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent.
Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
020:023 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
020:024 and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor;
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
020:025 and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
020:026 and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
021:001 There was a famine in the days of David three years,
year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh.
Yahweh said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house,
because he put to death the Gibeonites.
021:002 The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites
were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of
the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them:
and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children
of Israel and Judah);
021:003 and David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you?
And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless
the inheritance of Yahweh?
021:004 The Gibeonites said to him, It is no matter of silver or gold
between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put
any man to death in Israel. He said, What you shall say,
that will I do for you.
021:005 They said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised
against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining
in any of the borders of Israel,
021:006 let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang
them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.
The king said, I will give them.
021:007 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son
of Saul, because of Yahweh's oath that was between them,
between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
021:008 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,
whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five
sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel
the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
021:009 He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, and they fell [all]
seven together. They were put to death in the days of harvest,
in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
021:010 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it
for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water
was poured on them from the sky; and she allowed neither
the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals
of the field by night.
021:011 It was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine
of Saul, had done.
021:012 David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from
the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them,
in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;
021:013 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones
of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of those
who were hanged.
021:014 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country
of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father:
and they performed all that the king commanded.
After that God was entreated for the land.
021:015 The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down,
and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines.
David grew faint;
021:016 and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight
of whose spear was three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight,
he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
021:017 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck
the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore
to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle,
that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.
021:018 It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the
Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph,
who was of the sons of the giant.
021:019 There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan
the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath
the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose spear was like
a weaver's beam.
021:020 There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,
who had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes,
four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
021:021 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother,
killed him.
021:022 These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell
by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
022:001 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day
that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,
and out of the hand of Saul:
022:002 and he said, Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
even mine;
022:003 God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield,
and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge.
My savior, you save me from violence.
022:004 I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
022:005 For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness
made me afraid.
022:006 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
022:007 In my distress I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God.
He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry [came] into his ears.
022:008 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven
quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
022:009 Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured.
Coals were kindled by it.
022:010 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness
was under his feet.
022:011 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings
of the wind.
022:012 He made darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters,
and thick clouds of the skies.
022:013 At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.
022:014 Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.
022:015 He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and confused them.
022:016 Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of
the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast
of the breath of his nostrils.
022:017 He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out
of many waters.
022:018 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
022:019 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh
was my support.
022:020 He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
022:021 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness.
He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
022:022 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly
departed from my God.
022:023 For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes,
I did not depart from them.
022:024 I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
022:025 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
022:026 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.
With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.
022:027 With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked
you will show yourself shrewd.
022:028 You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on
the haughty, that you may bring them down.
022:029 For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
022:030 For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
022:031 As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tested.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
022:032 For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God?
022:033 God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect.
022:034 He makes his feet like hinds' [feet], and sets me on
my high places.
022:035 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
022:036 You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
Your gentleness has made me great.
022:037 You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.
022:038 I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I didn't turn
again until they were consumed.
022:039 I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they
can't arise. Yes, they have fallen under my feet.
022:040 For you have armed me with strength for the battle.
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
022:041 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I
might cut off those who hate me.
022:042 They looked, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh,
but he didn't answer them.
022:043 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth.
I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
022:044 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people.
You have kept me to be the head of the nations.
A people whom I have not known will serve me.
022:045 The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they
hear of me, they will obey me.
022:046 The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out
of their close places.
022:047 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock
of my salvation,
022:048 even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down
peoples under me,
022:049 who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up
above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from
the violent man.
022:050 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations.
Will sing praises to your name.
022:051 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness
to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.
023:001 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says,
the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God
of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
023:002 The Spirit of Yahweh spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.
023:003 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me,
one who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
023:004 [He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun rises,
a morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springs]
out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
023:005 Most certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made
with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,
and sure, for it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire,
although he doesn't make it grow.
023:006 But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away,
because they can't be taken with the hand,
023:007 But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and
the staff of a spear. They shall be utterly burned with fire
in [their] place.
023:008 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had:
Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains;
the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain
at one time.
023:009 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite,
one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied
the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle,
and the men of Israel were gone away.
023:010 He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary,
and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great
victory that day; and the people returned after him only
to take spoil.
023:011 After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite.
The Philistines were gathered together into a troop,
where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people
fled from the Philistines.
023:012 But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it,
and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.
023:013 Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David
in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop
of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
023:014 David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the
Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
023:015 David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink
of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
023:016 The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines,
and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was
by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David:
but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.
023:017 He said, Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this:
[shall I drink] the blood of the men who went in jeopardy
of their lives? therefore he would not drink it.
These things did the three mighty men.
023:018 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred
and killed them, and had a name among the three.
023:019 Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made
their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
023:020 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel
of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst
of a pit in time of snow.
023:021 He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had
a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff,
and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed
him with his own spear.
023:022 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name
among the three mighty men.
023:023 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain
to the [first] three. David set him over his guard.
023:024 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son
of Dodo of Bethlehem,
023:025 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
023:026 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
023:027 Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
023:028 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
023:029 Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai
of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
023:030 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
023:031 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
023:032 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
023:033 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
023:034 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam
the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
023:035 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
023:036 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
023:037 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers
to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
023:038 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
023:039 Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
024:001 Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved
David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
024:002 The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him,
Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel,
from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people,
that I may know the sum of the people.
024:003 Joab said to the king, Now Yahweh your God add to the people,
however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes
of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king
delight in this thing?
024:004 Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab,
and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains
of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number
the people of Israel.
024:005 They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right
side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad,
and to Jazer:
024:006 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi;
and they came to Dan Jaan, and round about to Sidon,
024:007 and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities
of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out
to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
024:008 So when they had gone back and forth through all the land,
they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
024:009 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king:
and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant
men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five
hundred thousand men.
024:010 David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people.
David said to Yahweh, I have sinned greatly in that which I
have done: but now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity
of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
024:011 When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came
to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
024:012 Go and speak to David, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you three things:
choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.
024:013 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven
years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee
three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall
there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise you,
and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
024:014 David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall
now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great;
and let me not fall into the hand of man.
024:015 So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even
to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan
even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
024:016 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem
to destroy it, Yahweh repented him of the evil, and said
to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough;
now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing
floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
024:017 David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people,
and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely;
but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand
be against me, and against my father's house.
024:018 Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar
to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
024:019 David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.
024:020 Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming
on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself
before the king with his face to the ground.
024:021 Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant?
David said, To buy the threshing floor of you, to build an altar
to Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
024:022 Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up
what seems good to him: behold, the oxen for the burnt offering,
and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen
for the wood:
024:023 all this, king, does Araunah give to the king. Araunah said
to the king, Yahweh your God accept you.
024:024 The king said to Araunah, No; but I will most certainly
buy it of you at a price. Neither will I offer burnt
offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.
So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty
shekels of silver.
024:025 David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land,
and the plague was stayed from Israel.
Book 11 1 Kings
001:001 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered
him with clothes, but he got no heat.
001:002 Therefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought for
my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before
the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom,
that my lord the king may keep warm.
001:003 So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all
the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite,
and brought her to the king.
001:004 The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king,
and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.
001:005 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying,
I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen,
and fifty men to run before him.
001:006 His father had not displeased him at any time in saying,
Why have you done so? and he was also a very goodly man;
and he was born after Absalom.
001:007 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar
the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
001:008 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty
men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
001:009 Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone
of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all
his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah,
the king's servants:
001:010 but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men,
and Solomon his brother, he didn't call.
001:011 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying,
Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns,
and David our lord doesn't know it?
001:012 Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you
may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
001:013 Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you,
my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon
your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
why then does Adonijah reign?
001:014 Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will
come in after you, and confirm your words.
001:015 Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king
was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering
to the king.
001:016 Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said,
What would you?
001:017 She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God
to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall
reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
001:018 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king,
don't know it:
001:019 and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance,
and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest,
and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn't called
Solomon your servant.
001:020 You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you,
that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my
lord the king after him.
001:021 Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall
sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall
be counted offenders.
001:022 Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the
prophet came in.
001:023 They told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet.
When he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before
the king with his face to the ground.
001:024 Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall
reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
001:025 For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings
and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons,
and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest;
and behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say,
[Long] live king Adonijah.
001:026 But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.
001:027 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown
to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord
the king after him?
001:028 Then king David answered, Call to me Bathsheba.
She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
001:029 The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed
my soul out of all adversity,
001:030 most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel,
saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me,
and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most certainly
so will I do this day.
001:031 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance
to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
001:032 King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. They came
before the king.
001:033 The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord,
and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring
him down to Gihon:
001:034 and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him
there king over Israel; and blow you the trumpet, and say,
[Long] live king Solomon.
001:035 Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit
on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have
appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
001:036 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king,
and said, Amen: Yahweh, the God of my lord the king,
say so [too].
001:037 As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so be
he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne
of my lord king David.
001:038 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites,
went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule,
and brought him to Gihon.
001:039 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent,
and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all
the people said, [Long] live king Solomon.
001:040 All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes,
and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with
the sound of them.
001:041 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they
had made an end of eating. When Joab heard the sound
of the trumpet, he said, Why is this noise of the city being
in an uproar?
001:042 While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar
the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are
a worthy man, and bring good news.
001:043 Jonathan answered Adonijah, Most certainly our lord king David
has made Solomon king:
001:044 and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest,
and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused
him to ride on the king's mule;
001:045 and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him
king in Gihon; and they are come up from there rejoicing,
so that the city rang again. This is the noise that
you have heard.
001:046 Also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.
001:047 Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord
king David, saying, Your God make the name of Solomon better
than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne:
and the king bowed himself on the bed.
001:048 Also thus said the king, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes
even seeing it.
001:049 All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went
every man his way.
001:050 Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went,
and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
001:051 It was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon;
for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar,
saying, Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not
kill his servant with the sword.
001:052 Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall
not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found
in him, he shall die.
001:053 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.
He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said
to him, Go to your house.
002:001 Now the days of David drew near that he should die;
and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
002:002 I am going the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore,
and show yourself a man;
002:003 and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways,
to keep his statutes, [and] his commandments, and his ordinances,
and his testimonies, according to that which is written
in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do,
and wherever you turn yourself.
002:004 That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me,
saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk
before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,
there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
002:005 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,
even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel,
to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether,
whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put
the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist,
and in his shoes that were on his feet.
002:006 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray
head go down to Sheol in peace.
002:007 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite,
and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they
came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
002:008 Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite,
of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I
went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan,
and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, I will not put you
to death with the sword.
002:009 Now therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man;
and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall
bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.
002:010 David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
002:011 The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years;
seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years
reigned he in Jerusalem.
002:012 Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom
was established greatly.
002:013 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba
the mother of Solomon. She said, Come you peaceably?
He said, Peaceably.
002:014 He said moreover, I have somewhat to tell you.
She said, Say on.
002:015 He said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all
Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign:
however the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's;
for it was his from Yahweh.
002:016 Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. She said
to him, Say on.
002:017 He said, "Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell
you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife."
002:018 Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.
002:019 Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him
for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself
to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be
set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
002:020 Then she said, I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me.
The king said to her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.
002:021 She said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
your brother as wife.
002:022 King Solomon answered his mother, Why do you ask Abishag
the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also;
for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar
the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
002:023 Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, God do so to me,
and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against
his own life.
002:024 Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me,
and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made
me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put
to death this day.
002:025 King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell
on him, so that he died.
002:026 To Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth,
to your own fields; for you are worthy of death:
but I will not at this time put you to death, because you bear
the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father, and because
you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.
002:027 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh,
that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
002:028 The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah,
though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent
of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
002:029 It was told king Solomon, Joab is fled to the Tent of Yahweh,
and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
002:030 Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, Thus says
the king, Come forth. He said, No; but I will die here.
Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,
and thus he answered me.
002:031 The king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him,
and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab
shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
002:032 Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell
on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed
them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it,
[to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel,
and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
002:033 So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on
the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed,
and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace
for ever from Yahweh.
002:034 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him,
and killed him; and he was buried in his own house
in the wilderness.
002:035 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the army;
and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
002:036 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him,
Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there,
and don't go forth from there any where.
002:037 For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron,
know you for certain that you shall surely die:
your blood shall be on your own head.
002:038 Shimei said to the king, The saying is good:
as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.
Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
002:039 It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants
of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath.
They told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.
002:040 Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish,
to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his
servants from Gath.
002:041 It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath,
and was come again.
002:042 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Didn't I
adjure you by Yahweh, and protest to you, saying, Know for certain,
that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where,
you shall surely die? and you said to me, The saying that I
have heard is good.
002:043 Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment
that I have charged you with?
002:044 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness
which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father:
therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
002:045 But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David
shall be established before Yahweh forever.
002:046 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died.
The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
003:001 Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took
Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David,
until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house
of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
003:002 Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there
was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.
003:003 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father:
only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
003:004 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was
the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon
offer on that altar.
003:005 In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night;
and God said, Ask what I shall give you.
003:006 Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father
great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth,
and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you;
and you have kept for him this great loving kindness,
that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it
is this day.
003:007 Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead
of David my father: and I am but a little child; I don't
know how to go out or come in.
003:008 Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen,
a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
003:009 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge
your people, that I may discern between good and evil;
for who is able to judge this your great people?
003:010 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
003:011 God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have
not asked for yourself long life, neither have asked riches
for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies,
but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;
003:012 behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have
given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there
has been none like you before you, neither after you shall
any arise like you.
003:013 I have also given you that which you have not asked,
both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among
the kings like you, all your days.
003:014 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments,
as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.
003:015 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream: and he came
to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings,
and made a feast to all his servants.
003:016 Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king,
and stood before him.
003:017 The one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house;
and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
003:018 It happened the third day after I was delivered, that this
woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no
stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
003:019 This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.
003:020 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me,
while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom,
and laid her dead child in my bosom.
003:021 When I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead;
but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was
not my son, whom I bore.
003:022 The other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead
is your son. This said, No; but the dead is your son,
and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.
003:023 Then said the king, The one says, This is my son who lives,
and your son is the dead: and the other says, No; but your
son is the dead, and my son is the living.
003:024 The king said, Get me a sword. They brought a sword
before the king.
003:025 The king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half
to the one, and half to the other.
003:026 Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king,
for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord,
give her the living child, and in no way kill it.
But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.
003:027 Then the king answered, Give her the living child, and in no
way kill it: she is the mother of it.
003:028 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged;
and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God
was in him, to do justice.
004:001 King Solomon was king over all Israel.
004:002 These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son
of Zadok, the priest;
004:003 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud, the recorder;
004:004 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok
and Abiathar were priests;
004:005 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud
the son of Nathan was chief minister, [and] the king's friend;
004:006 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son
of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
004:007 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided
food for the king and his household: each man had to make
provision for a month in the year.
004:008 These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
004:009 Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh,
and Elon Beth Hanan;
004:010 Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him [pertained] Socoh, and all
the land of Hepher);
004:011 Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath
the daughter of Solomon as wife);
004:012 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all
Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel,
from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
004:013 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him [pertained] the towns
of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to
him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan,
sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
004:014 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
004:015 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter
of Solomon as wife);
004:016 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
004:017 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
004:018 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
004:019 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country
of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan;
and [he was] the only officer who was in the land.
004:020 Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea
in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
004:021 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to
the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt:
they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days
of his life.
004:022 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour,
and sixty measures of meal,
004:023 ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and one
hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks,
and fattened fowl.
004:024 For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River,
from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side
the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
004:025 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine
and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba,
all the days of Solomon.
004:026 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen.
004:027 Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all
who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month;
they let nothing be lacking.
004:028 Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought
they to the place where [the officers] were, every man
according to his charge.
004:029 God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much,
and very great understanding, even as the sand that is
on the seashore.
004:030 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children
of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
004:031 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite,
and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol:
and his fame was in all the nations round about.
004:032 He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were
one thousand five.
004:033 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to
the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals,
and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.
004:034 There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
005:001 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard
that they had anointed him king in the room of his father:
for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
005:002 Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
005:003 You know how that David my father could not build a house
for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about
him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles
of his feet.
005:004 But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side;
there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
005:005 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh
my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, Your son,
whom I will set on your throne in your room, he shall build
the house for my name.
005:006 Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon;
and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you
hire for your servants according to all that you shall say:
for you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut
timber like the Sidonians.
005:007 It happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon,
that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Yahweh this day,
who has given to David a wise son over this great people.
005:008 Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard [the message]
which you have sent to me: I will do all your desire concerning
timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
005:009 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea;
and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you
shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there,
and you shall receive them; and you shall accomplish my desire,
in giving food for my household.
005:010 So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir
according to all his desire.
005:011 Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for
food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil:
thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
005:012 Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there
was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made
a league together.
005:013 King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy
was thirty thousand men.
005:014 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses;
a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home;
and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
005:015 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty
thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
005:016 besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work,
three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people
who labored in the work.
005:017 The king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones,
to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
005:018 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites
did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones
to build the house.
006:001 It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after
the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel,
in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began
to build the house of Yahweh.
006:002 The house which king Solomon built for Yahweh, the length of it
was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty [cubits],
and the height of it thirty cubits.
006:003 The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was
the length of it, according to the breadth of the house;
[and] ten cubits was the breadth of it before the house.
006:004 For the house he made windows of fixed lattice work.
006:005 Against the wall of the house he built stories round about,
against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple
and of the oracle; and he made side chambers round about.
006:006 The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle
was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad;
for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house
round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls
of the house.
006:007 The house, when it was in building, was built of stone made
ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor
any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
006:008 The door for the middle side chambers was in the right side
of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into
the middle [story], and out of the middle into the third.
006:009 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house
with beams and planks of cedar.
006:010 He built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high:
and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
006:011 The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,
006:012 Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk
in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my
commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word
with you, which I spoke to David your father.
006:013 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake
my people Israel.
006:014 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
006:015 He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar:
from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling,
he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered
the floor of the house with boards of fir.
006:016 He built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house
with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [of
the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle,
even for the most holy place.
006:017 The house, that is, the temple before [the oracle],
was forty cubits [long].
006:018 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and
open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
006:019 He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within,
to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
006:020 Within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length,
and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in
the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold:
and he covered the altar with cedar.
006:021 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold:
and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle;
and he overlaid it with gold.
006:022 The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house
was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle
he overlaid with gold.
006:023 In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood,
each ten cubits high.
006:024 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits
the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one
wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
006:025 The other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one
measure and one form.
006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it
of the other cherub.
006:027 He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings
of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing
of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other
cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one
another in the midst of the house.
006:028 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
006:029 He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved
figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers,
inside and outside.
006:030 The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.
006:031 For the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood:
the lintel [and] door posts were a fifth part [of the wall].
006:032 So [he made] two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them
carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid
them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim,
and on the palm trees.
006:033 So also made he for the entrance of the temple door posts
of olive wood, out of a fourth part [of the wall];
006:034 and two doors of fir wood: the two leaves of the one door
were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
006:035 He carved [thereon] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers;
and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
006:036 He built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone,
and a course of cedar beams.
006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Yahweh laid,
in the month Ziv.
006:038 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month,
was the house finished throughout all the parts of it,
and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven
years in building it.
007:001 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished
all his house.
007:002 For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it
was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits,
and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars,
with cedar beams on the pillars.
007:003 It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams,
that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.
007:004 There were beams in three rows, and window was over against
window in three ranks.
007:005 All the doors and posts were made square with beams:
and window was over against window in three ranks.
007:006 He made the porch of pillars; the length of it was fifty cubits,
and the breadth of it thirty cubits; and a porch before them;
and pillars and a threshold before them.
007:007 He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge,
even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar
from floor to floor.
007:008 His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch,
was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter
(whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
007:009 All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone,
according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside,
even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside
to the great court.
007:010 The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,
stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
007:011 Above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure,
and cedar wood.
007:012 The great court round about had three courses of hewn stone,
and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house
of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
007:013 King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
007:014 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father
was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with
wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass.
He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
007:015 For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits
high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either
of them about.
007:016 He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of
the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits,
and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
007:017 There were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work,
for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
007:018 So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about on
the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top
of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.
007:019 The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch
were of lily work, four cubits.
007:020 There were capitals above also on the two pillars,
close by the belly which was beside the network:
and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about
on the other capital.
007:021 He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple:
and he set up the right pillar, and called the name of it Jachin;
and he set up the left pillar, and called the name of it Boaz.
007:022 On the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work
of the pillars finished.
007:023 He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
round in compass, and the height of it was five cubits;
and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
007:024 Under the brim of it round about there were buds which did
compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about:
the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
007:025 It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward
the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was
set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
007:026 It was a handbreadth thick: and the brim of it was worked
like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily:
it held two thousand baths.
007:027 He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length
of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and three cubits
the height of it.
007:028 The work of the bases was on this manner: they had panels;
and there were panels between the ledges;
007:029 and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen,
and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above;
and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
007:030 Every base had four bronze wheels, and axles of brass;
and the four feet of it had supports: beneath the basin
were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
007:031 The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit:
and the mouth of it was round after the work of a pedestal,
a cubit and a half; and also on the mouth of it were engravings,
and their panels were foursquare, not round.
007:032 The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles
of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel
was a cubit and half a cubit.
007:033 The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:
their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves,
were all molten.
007:034 There were four supports at the four corners of each base:
the supports of it were of the base itself.
007:035 In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high;
and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels
of it were of the same.
007:036 On the plates of the stays of it, and on the panels of it,
he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to
the space of each, with wreaths round about.
007:037 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had
one casting, one measure, and one form.
007:038 He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths;
and every basin was four cubits; and on very one of the ten
bases one basin.
007:039 He set the bases, five on the right side of the house,
and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea
on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
007:040 Hiram made the basins, and the shovels, and the basins.
So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he worked
for king Solomon in the house of Yahweh:
007:041 the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on
the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two
bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
007:042 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks;
two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two
bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
007:043 and the ten bases, and the ten basins on the bases;
007:044 and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
007:045 and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins:
even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon,
in the house of Yahweh, were of burnished brass.
007:046 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
007:047 Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were
exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.
007:048 Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Yahweh:
the golden altar, and the table whereupon the show
bread was, of gold;
007:049 and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left,
before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps,
and the tongs, of gold;
007:050 and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons,
and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for
the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for
the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple, of gold.
007:051 Thus all the work that king Solomon worked in the house
of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things
which David his father had dedicated, [even] the silver,
and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries
of the house of Yahweh.
008:001 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads
of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the
children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David,
which is Zion.
008:002 All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at
the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
008:003 All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
008:004 They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting,
and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did
the priests and the Levites bring up.
008:005 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled
to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen,
that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
008:006 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to
its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cherubim.
008:007 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place
of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles
of it above.
008:008 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from
the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside:
and there they are to this day.
008:009 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone
which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant
with the children of Israel, when they came out of the
land of Egypt.
008:010 It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place,
that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
008:011 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of
the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
008:012 Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell
in the thick darkness.
008:013 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you
to dwell in forever.
008:014 The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly
of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
008:015 He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke
with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand
fulfilled it, saying,
008:016 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out
of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel
to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose
David to be over my people Israel.
008:017 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house
for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
008:018 But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your
heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it
was in your heart:
008:019 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who
shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house
for my name.
008:020 Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I am risen up
in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel,
as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name
of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
008:021 There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant
of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought
them out of the land of Egypt.
008:022 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all
the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
008:023 and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you,
in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant
and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you
with all their heart;
008:024 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you
did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have
fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
008:025 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant
David my father that which you have promised him, saying,
There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne
of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way,
to walk before me as you have walked before me.
008:026 Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified,
which you spoke to your servant David my father.
008:027 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold,
heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you;
how much less this house that I have built!
008:028 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for
his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to
the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;
008:029 that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall
be there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall
pray toward this place.
008:030 Listen you to the supplication of your servant, and of your
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place:
yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when
you hear, forgive.
008:031 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him
to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your
altar in this house;
008:032 then hear you in heaven, and do, and judge your servants,
condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head,
and justifying the righteous, to give him according
to his righteousness.
008:033 When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy,
because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you,
and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you
in this house:
008:034 then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel,
and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
008:035 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they
have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place,
and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you
do afflict them:
008:036 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants,
and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way
in which they should walk; and send rain on your land,
which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
008:037 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence,
if there is blight [or] mildew, locust [or] caterpillar;
if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities;
whatever plague, whatever sickness there be;
008:038 whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man,
[or] by all your people Israel, who shall know every man
the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands
toward this house:
008:039 then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive,
and do, and render to every man according to all his ways,
whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts
of all the children of men;)
008:040 that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land
which you gave to our fathers.
008:041 Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel,
when he shall come out of a far country for your name's sake
008:042 (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand,
and of your outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray
toward this house;
008:043 hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all
that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples
of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as does your
people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I
have built is called by my name.
008:044 If your people go out to battle against their enemy,
by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh
toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house
which I have built for your name;
008:045 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication,
and maintain their cause.
008:046 If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin),
and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy,
so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy,
far off or near;
008:047 yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they
are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication
to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying,
We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;
008:048 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their
soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive,
and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers,
the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have
built for your name:
008:049 then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven,
your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
008:050 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their
transgressions in which they have transgressed against you;
and give them compassion before those who carried them captive,
that they may have compassion on them
008:051 (for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought
forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);
008:052 that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant,
and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen
to them whenever they cry to you.
008:053 For you did separate them from among all the peoples of the earth,
to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant,
when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.
008:054 It was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all
this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before
the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands
spread forth toward heaven.
008:055 He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a
loud voice, saying,
008:056 Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel,
according to all that he promised: there has not failed
one word of all his good promise, which he promised by
Moses his servant.
008:057 Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers:
let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
008:058 that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances,
which he commanded our fathers.
008:059 Let these my words, with which I have made supplication
before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night,
that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause
of his people Israel, as every day shall require;
008:060 that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh, he is God;
there is none else.
008:061 Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God,
to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments,
as at this day.
008:062 The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
008:063 Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings,
which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand oxen,
and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all
the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
008:064 The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy
that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered
the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat
of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was
before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering,
and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.
008:065 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him,
a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook
of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days,
even fourteen days.
008:066 On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed
the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart
for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant,
and to Israel his people.
009:001 It happened, when Solomon had finished the building of the house
of Yahweh, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire
which he was pleased to do,
009:002 that Yahweh appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had
appeared to him at Gibeon.
009:003 Yahweh said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication,
that you have made before me: I have made this house holy,
which you have built, to put my name there forever;
and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
009:004 As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked,
in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according
to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes
and my ordinances;
009:005 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever,
according as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall
not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
009:006 But if you shall turn away from following me, you or your children,
and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I
have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods,
and worship them;
009:007 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them;
and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast
out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all peoples.
009:008 Though this house is so high, yet shall everyone who passes
by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say,
Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?
009:009 and they shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh their God,
who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them:
therefore has Yahweh brought all this evil on them.
009:010 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had
built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house
009:011 (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all
his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities
in the land of Galilee.
009:012 Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had
given him; and they didn't please him.
009:013 He said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?
He called them the land of Cabul to this day.
009:014 Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.
009:015 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised,
to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo,
and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
009:016 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt
it with fire, and slain the Canaanites who lived in the city,
and given it for a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
009:017 Solomon built Gezer, and Beth Horon the lower,
009:018 and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
009:019 and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and the cities
for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that
which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem,
and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
009:020 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
who were not of the children of Israel;
009:021 their children who were left after them in the land,
whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy,
of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.
009:022 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants;
but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes,
and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
009:023 These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work,
five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored
in the work.
009:024 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David
to her house which [Solomon] had built for her:
then did he build Millo.
009:025 Three times a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings
and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh,
burning incense therewith, [on the altar] that was before Yahweh.
So he finished the house.
009:026 King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is
beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds},
in the land of Edom.
009:027 Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge
of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
009:028 They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred
and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
010:001 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning
the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.
010:002 She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels
that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones;
and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all
that was in her heart.
010:003 Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything
hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.
010:004 When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
010:005 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing,
and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up
to the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.
010:006 She said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my
own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
010:007 However I didn't believe the words, until I came, and my
eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me;
your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.
010:008 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand
continually before you, [and] who hear your wisdom.
010:009 Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you
on the throne of Israel: because Yahweh loved Israel forever,
therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.
010:010 She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold,
and of spices very great store, and precious stones:
there came no more such abundance of spices as these which
the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
010:011 The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
010:012 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh,
and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments
for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen,
to this day.
010:013 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of
his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land,
she and her servants.
010:014 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
010:015 besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic
of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people,
and of the governors of the country.
010:016 King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold;
six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one buckler.
010:017 [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas
of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house
of the forest of Lebanon.
010:018 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid
it with the finest gold.
010:019 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was
round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place
of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
010:020 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on
the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
010:021 All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels
of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:
none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the
days of Solomon.
010:022 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram:
once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold,
and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
010:023 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches
and in wisdom.
010:024 All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart.
010:025 They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels
of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules,
a rate year by year.
010:026 Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen:
and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities,
and with the king at Jerusalem.
010:027 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones,
and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are
in the lowland, for abundance.
010:028 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt;
and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove
at a price.
010:029 A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred
[shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty;
and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings
of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
011:001 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter
of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians,
and Hittites;
011:002 of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children
of Israel, You shall not go among them, neither shall they
come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart
after their gods: Solomon joined to these in love.
011:003 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines;
and his wives turned away his heart.
011:004 For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned
away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect
with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
011:005 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians,
and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
011:006 Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.
011:007 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination
of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for
Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
011:008 So did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and
sacrificed to their gods.
011:009 Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away
from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
011:010 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go
after other gods: but he didn't keep that which Yahweh commanded.
011:011 Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you,
and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I
have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you,
and will give it to your servant.
011:012 Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it, for David
your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand
of your son.
011:013 However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will
give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake,
and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
011:014 Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite:
he was of the king's seed in Edom.
011:015 For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain
of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck
every male in Edom
011:016 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had
cut off every male in Edom);
011:017 that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants
with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
011:018 They arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men
with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh
king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food,
and gave him land.
011:019 Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that
he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister
of Tahpenes the queen.
011:020 The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's
house among the sons of Pharaoh.
011:021 When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,
and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said
to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
011:022 Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me,
that behold, you seek to go to your own country?
He answered, Nothing: however only let me depart.
011:023 God raised up [another] adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada,
who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
011:024 He gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop,
when David killed them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus,
and lived therein, and reigned in Damascus.
011:025 He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon,
besides the mischief that Hadad [did]: and he abhorred Israel,
and reigned over Syria.
011:026 Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah,
a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow,
he also lifted up his hand against the king.
011:027 This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city
of David his father.
011:028 The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw
the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge
over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
011:029 It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way;
now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they
two were alone in the field.
011:030 Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore
it in twelve pieces.
011:031 He said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh,
the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of
the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
011:032 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake
and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out
of all the tribes of Israel);
011:033 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped
Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god
of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon;
and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right
in my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances,
as did David his father.
011:034 However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand;
but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David
my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments
and my statutes;
011:035 but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will
give it to you, even ten tribes.
011:036 To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may
have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I
have chosen me to put my name there.
011:037 I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your
soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.
011:038 It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you,
and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes,
to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did;
that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house,
as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
011:039 I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.
011:040 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose,
and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt
until the death of Solomon.
011:041 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did,
and his wisdom, aren't they written in the book of the
acts of Solomon?
011:042 The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
was forty years.
011:043 Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city
of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
012:001 Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem
to make him king.
012:002 It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it
(for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence
of king Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt,
012:003 and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly
of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
012:004 Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you
the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke
which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
012:005 He said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me.
The people departed.
012:006 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel
give you me to return answer to this people?
012:007 They spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this
people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak
good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
012:008 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him,
who stood before him.
012:009 He said to them, What counsel do you give, that we may return answer
to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke
that your father did put on us lighter?
012:010 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying,
Thus shall you tell this people who spoke to you, saying,
Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us;
thus shall you speak to them, My little finger is thicker
than my father's waist.
012:011 Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke,
I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise you with scorpions.
012:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
012:013 The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel
of the old men which they had given him,
012:014 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying,
My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke:
my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
012:015 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing
brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word,
which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam
the son of Nebat.
012:016 When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them,
the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we
in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David.
So Israel departed to their tents.
012:017 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities
of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
012:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject
to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones.
King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot,
to flee to Jerusalem.
012:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
012:020 It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned,
that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him
king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house
of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
012:021 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house
of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty
thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against
the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam
the son of Solomon.
012:022 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
012:023 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah,
and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest
of the people, saying,
012:024 Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your
brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house;
for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of Yahweh,
and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
012:025 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim,
and lived therein; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.
012:026 Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return
to the house of David:
012:027 if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house
of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people
turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah;
and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
012:028 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold;
and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:
see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the
land of Egypt.
012:029 He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
012:030 This thing became a sin; for the people went [to worship]
before the one, even to Dan.
012:031 He made houses of high places, and made priests from among
all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
012:032 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth
day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went
up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves
that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests
of the high places that he had made.
012:033 He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on
the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month
which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained
a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar,
to burn incense.
013:001 Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word
of Yahweh to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar
to burn incense.
013:002 He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said,
altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: Behold, a son shall be born
to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall
he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense
on you, and men's bones shall they burn on you.
013:003 He gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign
which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be torn,
and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.
013:004 It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God,
which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam
put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him.
His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up,
so that he could not draw it back again to him.
013:005 The altar also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the man of God had given by
the word of Yahweh.
013:006 The king answered the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Yahweh
your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.
The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was
restored him again, and became as it was before.
013:007 The king said to the man of God, Come home with me,
and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
013:008 The man of God said to the king, If you will give me half
your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat
bread nor drink water in this place;
013:009 for so was it charged me by the word of Yahweh, saying, You shall
eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way
that you came.
013:010 So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that
he came to Bethel.
013:011 Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons
came and told him all the works that the man of God had done
that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king,
them also they told to their father.
013:012 Their father said to them, Which way did he go?
Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went,
who came from Judah.
013:013 He said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled
him the donkey; and he rode thereon.
013:014 He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak;
and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came
from Judah? He said, I am.
013:015 Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
013:016 He said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you;
neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place:
013:017 for it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, You shall eat no
bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way
that you came.
013:018 He said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel
spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, Bring him back with
you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.
[But] he lied to him.
013:019 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house,
and drank water.
013:020 It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh
came to the prophet who brought him back;
013:021 and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying,
Thus says Yahweh, Because you have been disobedient to the mouth
of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh
your God commanded you,
013:022 but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place
of which he said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water;
your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
013:023 It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk,
that he saddled for him the donkey, [to wit], for the prophet
whom he had brought back.
013:024 When he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him:
and his body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it;
the lion also stood by the body.
013:025 Behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way,
and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it
in the city where the old prophet lived.
013:026 When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it,
he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the mouth
of Yahweh: therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion,
which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word
of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.
013:027 He spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey.
They saddled it.
013:028 He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey
and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten
the body, nor torn the donkey.
013:029 The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it
on the donkey, and brought it back; and he came to the city
of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.
013:030 He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him,
[saying], Alas, my brother!
013:031 It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons,
saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which
the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
013:032 For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against
the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high
places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely happen.
013:033 After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but made
again from among all the people priests of the high places:
whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests
of the high places.
013:034 This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off,
and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.
014:001 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
014:002 Jeroboam said to his wife, Please get up and disguise yourself,
that you not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you
to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke
concerning me that I should be king over this people.
014:003 Take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey,
and go to him: he will tell you what shall become of the child.
014:004 Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh,
and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see;
for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
014:005 Yahweh said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes
to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick:
thus and thus shall you tell her; for it will be, when she
comes in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.
014:006 It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came
in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam;
why feign you yourself to be another? for I am sent to you
with heavy news.
014:007 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Because I
exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over
my people Israel,
014:008 and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you;
and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept
my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart,
to do that only which was right in my eyes,
014:009 but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone
and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me
to anger, and have cast me behind your back:
014:010 therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam,
and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall,{or,
male} him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel,
and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man
sweeps away dung, until it be all gone.
014:011 Him who dies of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat;
and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat:
for Yahweh has spoken it.
014:012 Arise you therefore, get you to your house: [and] when your
feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
014:013 All Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only
of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there
is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel,
in the house of Jeroboam.
014:014 Moreover Yahweh will raise him up a king over Israel,
who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day:
but what? even now.
014:015 For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water;
and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave
to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River,
because they have made their Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger.
014:016 He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam,
which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.
014:017 Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah:
[and] as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
014:018 All Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word
of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
014:019 The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how
he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
014:020 The days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years:
and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned
in his place.
014:021 Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was
forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there:
and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
014:022 Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they
provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed,
above all that their fathers had done.
014:023 For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim,
on every high hill, and under every green tree;
014:024 and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according
to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove
out before the children of Israel.
014:025 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
014:026 and he took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh,
and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all:
and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
014:027 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass,
and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard,
who kept the door of the king's house.
014:028 It was so, that as often as the king went into the house
of Yahweh, the guard bore them, and brought them back into
the guard chamber.
014:029 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
014:030 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
014:031 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
Abijam his son reigned in his place.
015:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat
began Abijam to reign over Judah.
015:002 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
015:003 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done
before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God,
as the heart of David his father.
015:004 Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give
him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him,
and to establish Jerusalem;
015:005 because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,
and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded
him all the days of his life, except only in the matter
of Uriah the Hittite.
015:006 Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days
of his life.
015:007 The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
015:008 Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city
of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
015:009 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa
to reign over Judah.
015:010 Forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
015:011 Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did
David his father.
015:012 He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all
the idols that his fathers had made.
015:013 Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen,
because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah;
and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
015:014 But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart
of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
015:015 He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father
had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated,
silver, and gold, and vessels.
015:016 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
015:017 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah,
that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa
king of Judah.
015:018 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left
in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures
of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand
of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad,
the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria,
who lived at Damascus, saying,
015:019 [There is] a league between me and you, between my father and
your father: behold, I have sent to you a present of silver
and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel,
that he may depart from me.
015:020 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of
his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon,
and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all
the land of Naphtali.
015:021 It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off
building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
015:022 Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted:
and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber of it,
with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith
Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
015:023 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might,
and all that he did, and the cities which he built,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased
in his feet.
015:024 Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son
reigned in his place.
015:025 Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second
year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
015:026 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked
in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made
Israel to sin.
015:027 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,
conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon,
which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel
were laying siege to Gibbethon.
015:028 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha kill him,
and reigned in his place.
015:029 It happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house
of Jeroboam: he didn't leave to Jeroboam any who breathed,
until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh,
which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
015:030 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which
he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which
he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.
015:031 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
015:032 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
015:033 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha
the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah,
[and reigned] twenty-four years.
015:034 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked
in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made
Israel to sin.
016:001 The word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani
against Baasha, saying,
016:002 Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over
my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam,
and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger
with their sins;
016:003 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house;
and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat.
016:004 Him who dies of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat;
and him who dies of his in the field shall the birds of
the sky eat.
016:005 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did,
and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
016:006 Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah;
and Elah his son reigned in his place.
016:007 Moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came
the word of Yahweh against Baasha, and against his house,
both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh,
to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being
like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.
016:008 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah began
Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah,
[and reigned] two years.
016:009 His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired
against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk
in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:
016:010 and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him,
in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned
in his place.
016:011 It happened, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat
on his throne, that he struck all the house of Baasha:
he didn't leave him a single one who urinates on a wall,{or,
male} neither of his relatives, nor of his friends.
016:012 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word
of Yahweh, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
016:013 for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son,
which they sinned, and with which they made Israel to sin,
to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
016:014 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
016:015 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped
against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
016:016 The people who were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired,
and has also struck the king: therefore all Israel made Omri,
the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
016:017 Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him,
and they besieged Tirzah.
016:018 It happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken,
that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt
the king's house over him with fire, and died,
016:019 for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil
in the sight of Yahweh, in walking in the way of Jeroboam,
and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
016:020 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
016:021 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts:
half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make
him king; and half followed Omri.
016:022 But the people who followed Omri prevailed against the people
who followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died,
and Omri reigned.
016:023 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri
to reign over Israel, [and reigned] twelve years:
six years reigned he in Tirzah.
016:024 He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver;
and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city
which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of
the hill, Samaria.
016:025 Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt
wickedly above all who were before him.
016:026 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh,
the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
016:027 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might
that he shown, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
016:028 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria;
and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
016:029 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab
the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son
of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
016:030 Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh above all that were before him.
016:031 It happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk
in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife
Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians,
and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
016:032 He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal,
which he had built in Samaria.
016:033 Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh,
the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel
who were before him.
016:034 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid
the foundation of it with the loss of Abiram his firstborn,
and set up the gates of it with the loss of his youngest
son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke
by Joshua the son of Nun.
017:001 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead,
said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom
I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years,
but according to my word.
017:002 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
017:003 Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself
by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
017:004 It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed you there.
017:005 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went
and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
017:006 The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning,
and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
017:007 It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there
was no rain in the land.
017:008 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
017:009 Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon,
and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there
to sustain you.
017:010 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate
of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks:
and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water
in a vessel, that I may drink.
017:011 As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said,
Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.
017:012 She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake,
but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar:
and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake
it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
017:013 Elijah said to her, Don't be afraid; go and do as you have said;
but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it forth to me,
and afterward make for you and for your son.
017:014 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall
not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day
that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.
017:015 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah:
and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days.
017:016 The jar of meal didn't empty, neither did the jar of oil fail,
according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Elijah.
017:017 It happened after these things, that the son of the woman,
the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was
so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
017:018 She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man
of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory,
and to kill my son!
017:019 He said to her, Give me your son. He took him out of her bosom,
and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode,
and laid him on his own bed.
017:020 He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought
evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?
017:021 He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh,
and said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come
into him again.
017:022 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child
came into him again, and he revived.
017:023 Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the
chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother;
and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives.
017:024 The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God,
and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.
018:001 It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came
to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab;
and I will send rain on the earth.
018:002 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was
sore in Samaria.
018:003 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household.
(Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:
018:004 for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh,
that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty
in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
018:005 Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs
of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find
grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose
all the animals.
018:006 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it:
Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another
way by himself.
018:007 As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him:
and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you,
my lord Elijah?
018:008 He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is
here].
018:009 He said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your
servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
018:010 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom,
where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said,
He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation,
that they didn't find you.
018:011 Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
018:012 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit
of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I
come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me:
but I your servant fear Yahweh from my youth.
018:013 Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets
of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets
by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
018:014 Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here];
and he will kill me.
018:015 Elijah said, As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand,
I will surely show myself to him today.
018:016 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went
to meet Elijah.
018:017 It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him,
Is it you, you troubler of Israel?
018:018 He answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your
father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments
of Yahweh, and you have followed the Baals.
018:019 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel,
and the prophets of Baal four hundred fifty, and the prophets
of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.
018:020 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered
the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
018:021 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you
waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him;
but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him
not a word.
018:022 Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet
of Yahweh; but Baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men.
018:023 Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull
for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood,
and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull,
and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
018:024 You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name
of Yahweh; and the God who answers by fire, let him be God."
All the people answered, "It is well said."
018:025 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull
for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many;
and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."
018:026 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it,
and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying,
Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered.
They leaped about the altar which was made.
018:027 It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud;
for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside,
or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps and
must be awakened.
018:028 They cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner
with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
018:029 It was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until
the time of the offering of the [evening] offering; but there
was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any who regarded.
018:030 Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all
the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of Yahweh
that was thrown down.
018:031 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes
of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying,
Israel shall be your name.
018:032 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh;
and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would
contain two measures of seed.
018:033 He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces,
and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water,
and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
018:034 He said, Do it the second time; and they did it the second time.
He said, Do it the third time; and they did it the third time.
018:035 The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench
also with water.
018:036 It happened at the time of the offering of the [evening] offering,
that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Yahweh, the God
of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this
day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant,
and that I have done all these things at your word.
018:037 Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know
that you, Yahweh, are God, and [that] you have turned their
heart back again.
018:038 Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering,
and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up
the water that was in the trench.
018:039 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces:
and they said, Yahweh, he is God; Yahweh, he is God.
018:040 and Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; don't let
one of them escape. They took them; and Elijah brought them
down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
018:041 Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there
is the sound of abundance of rain.
018:042 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top
of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put
his face between his knees.
018:043 He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing.
He said, Go again seven times.
018:044 It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold,
a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea."
He said, Go up, tell Ahab, Make ready [your chariot],
and get you down, that the rain not stop you.
018:045 It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black
with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.
Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
018:046 and the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he girded up his waist,
and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
019:001 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had
killed all the prophets with the sword.
019:002 Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let
the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life
as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
019:003 When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came
to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
019:004 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came
and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself
that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Yahweh,
take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
019:005 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold,
an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
019:006 He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked
on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink,
and laid him down again.
019:007 The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him,
and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
019:008 He arose, and ate and drink, and went in the strength of that
food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
019:009 He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold,
the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, What are
you doing here, Elijah?
019:010 He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies;
for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword:
and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life,
to take it away.
019:011 He said, Go forth, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.
Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore
the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh;
but Yahweh was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake;
but Yahweh was not in the earthquake:
019:012 and after the earthquake a fire; but Yahweh was not in the fire:
and after the fire a still small voice.
019:013 It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face
in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance
of the cave. Behold, there came a voice to him, and said,
What are you doing here, Elijah?
019:014 He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies;
for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword;
and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life,
to take it away.
019:015 Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness
of Damascus: and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael
to be king over Syria;
019:016 and Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel;
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shall you anoint
to be prophet in your room.
019:017 It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael
shall Jehu kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu
shall Elisha kill.
019:018 Yet will I leave [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees
which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has
not kissed him.
019:019 So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat,
who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him,
and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him,
and cast his mantle on him.
019:020 He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you,
kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.
He said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
019:021 He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen,
and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments
of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate.
Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
020:001 Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together;
and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots:
and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
020:002 He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,
and said to him, Thus says Ben Hadad,
020:003 Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children,
even the best, are mine.
020:004 The king of Israel answered, It is according to your saying,
my lord, O king; I am yours, and all that I have.
020:005 The messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben Hadad,
saying, I sent indeed to you, saying, You shall deliver me
your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;
020:006 but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time,
and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants;
and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes,
they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
020:007 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land,
and said, Please notice how this man seeks mischief:
for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children,
and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him.
020:008 All the elders and all the people said to him, Don't you
listen, neither consent.
020:009 Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, Tell my
lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant
at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do.
The messengers departed, and brought him word again.
020:010 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me,
and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls
for all the people who follow me.
020:011 The king of Israel answered, Tell him, Don't let him who girds
on [his armor] boast himself as he who puts it off.
020:012 It happened, when [Ben Hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking,
he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants,
Set [yourselves in array]. They set [themselves in array]
against the city.
020:013 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said,
Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold,
I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know
that I am Yahweh.
020:014 Ahab said, By whom? He said, Thus says Yahweh, By the young
men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall
begin the battle? He answered, You.
020:015 Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces,
and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them
he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel,
being seven thousand.
020:016 They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself
drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two
kings who helped him.
020:017 The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first;
and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are
men come out from Samaria.
020:018 He said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive,
or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
020:019 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes
of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
020:020 They killed everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel
pursued them: and Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on
a horse with horsemen.
020:021 The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots,
and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
020:022 The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him,
Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do;
for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come
up against you.
020:023 The servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their god is
a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we:
but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we
shall be stronger than they.
020:024 Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place,
and put captains in their room;
020:025 and number you an army, like the army that you have lost,
horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against
them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
He listened to their voice, and did so.
020:026 It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered
the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
020:027 The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned,
and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped
before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians
filled the country.
020:028 A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel,
and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said,
Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys;
therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand,
and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
020:029 They encamped one over against the other seven days.
So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined;
and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians one hundred
thousand footmen in one day.
020:030 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell
on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled,
and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
020:031 His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that
the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings:
let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our bodies,
and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel:
peradventure he will save your life.
020:032 So they girded sackcloth on their bodies, and [put] ropes
on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said,
Your servant Ben Hadad says, please let me live.
He said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
020:033 Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to catch whether
it were his mind; and they said, Your brother Ben Hadad.
Then he said, Go you, bring him. Then Ben Hadad came forth to him;
and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
020:034 [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took
from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets
for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.
I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant.
So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
020:035 A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow
by the word of Yahweh, Please strike me. The man refused
to strike him.
020:036 Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice
of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me,
a lion shall kill you. As soon as he was departed from him,
a lion found him, and killed him.
020:037 Then he found another man, and said, Please strike me.
The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
020:038 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way,
and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
020:039 As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said,
Your servant went out into the midst of the battle;
and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me,
and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing,
then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay
a talent of silver.
020:040 As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.
The king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be;
yourself have decided it.
020:041 He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes;
and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
020:042 He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have let go
out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction,
therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people
for his people.
020:043 The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry,
and came to Samaria.
021:001 It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite
had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace
of Ahab king of Samaria.
021:002 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may
have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house;
and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it:
or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth
of it in money.
021:003 Naboth said to Ahab, Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give
the inheritance of my fathers to you.
021:004 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word
which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said,
I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.
He laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face,
and would eat no bread.
021:005 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your
spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?
021:006 He said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite,
and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else,
if it please you, I will give you [another] vineyard for it:
and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.
021:007 Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom
of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry:
I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
021:008 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal,
and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were
in his city, [and] who lived with Naboth.
021:009 She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
Naboth on high among the people:
021:010 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them
testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king.
Then carry him out, and stone him to death.
021:011 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived
in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it
was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
021:012 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
021:013 The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him:
and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth,
in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God
and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city,
and stoned him to death with stones.
021:014 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned,
and is dead.
021:015 It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,
and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession
of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused
to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
021:016 It happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab
rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite,
to take possession of it.
021:017 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
021:018 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria:
behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone
down to take possession of it.
021:019 You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Have you
killed and also taken possession? You shall speak to him,
saying, Thus says Yahweh, In the place where dogs licked
the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.
021:020 Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, my enemy?
He answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself
to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.
021:021 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you
away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against
a wall,{or, male} and him who is shut up and him who is left
at large in Israel:
021:022 and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah
for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger,
and have made Israel to sin.
021:023 Of Jezebel also spoke Yahweh, saying, The dogs shall eat
Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
021:024 Him who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat;
and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.
021:025 (But there was none like Ahab, who did sell himself to do
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel
his wife stirred up.
021:026 He did very abominably in following idols, according to
all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before
the children of Israel.)
021:027 It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes,
and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth,
and went softly.
021:028 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
021:029 See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles
himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days;
but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house.
022:001 They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
022:002 It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king
of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
022:003 The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that
Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we are still, and don't take it
out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
022:004 He said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to
Ramoth Gilead? Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am
as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
022:005 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first
for the word of Yahweh.
022:006 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,
about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go
against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
They said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand
of the king.
022:007 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides,
that we may inquire of him?
022:008 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man
by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah:
but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me,
but evil. Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."
022:009 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly
Micaiah the son of Imlah.
022:010 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes,
in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria;
and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
022:011 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said,
Thus says Yahweh, With these shall you push the Syrians,
until they be consumed.
022:012 All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead,
and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand
of the king.
022:013 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, See now,
the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one mouth:
please let your word be like the word of one of them,
and speak you good.
022:014 Micaiah said, As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me,
that will I speak.
022:015 When he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah,
shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?
He answered him, Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver
it into the hand of the king.
022:016 The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you
speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
022:017 He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep
that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have no master;
let them return every man to his house in peace.
022:018 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you
that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
022:019 [Micaiah] said, "Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw
Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven
standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
022:020 Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up
and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said on this manner;
and another said on that manner.
022:021 There came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said,
'I will entice him.'
022:022 Yahweh said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go forth,
and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.'
He said, 'You shall entice him, and shall prevail also:
go forth, and do so.'
022:023 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in
the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken
evil concerning you."
022:024 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah
on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahweh
from me to speak to you?
022:025 Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you
shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
022:026 The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back
to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
022:027 and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison,
and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,
until I come in peace.
022:028 Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not
spoken by me. He said, Hear, you peoples, all of you.
022:029 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
up to Ramoth Gilead.
022:030 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself,
and go into the battle; but put you on your robes.
The king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
022:031 Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains
of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great,
save only with the king of Israel.
022:032 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they
turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
022:033 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was
not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
022:034 A certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck
the king of Israel between the joints of the armor:
therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand,
and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded.
022:035 The battle increased that day: and the king was stayed
up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even;
and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
022:036 There went a cry throughout the army about the going down
of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man
to his country.
022:037 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried
the king in Samaria.
022:038 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked
up his blood (now the prostitutes washed themselves [there]);
according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke.
022:039 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did,
and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that
he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
022:040 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned
in his place.
022:041 Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth
year of Ahab king of Israel.
022:042 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem.
His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
022:043 He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside
from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh:
however the high places were not taken away; the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
022:044 Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
022:045 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that
he shown, and how he warred, aren't they written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
022:046 The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his
father Asa, he put away out of the land.
022:047 There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
022:048 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold:
but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.
022:049 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants
go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
022:050 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father; Jehoram his son
reigned in his place.
022:051 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria
in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
and he reigned two years over Israel.
022:052 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked
in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother,
and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made
Israel to sin.
022:053 He served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger Yahweh,
the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
Book 12 2 Kings
001:001 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
001:002 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber
that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers,
and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron,
whether I shall recover of this sickness.
001:003 But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up
to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them,
Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire
of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
001:004 Now therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down
from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
Elijah departed.
001:005 The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it
that you have returned?
001:006 They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said
to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him,
Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel,
that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you
are gone up, but shall surely die.
001:007 He said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you,
and told you these words?
001:008 They answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt
of leather about his waist. He said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
001:009 Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty.
He went up to him: and behold, he was sitting on the top
of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king
has said, Come down.
001:010 Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God,
let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty.
Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
001:011 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty.
He answered him, man of God, thus has the king said,
Come down quickly.
001:012 Elijah answered them, If I be a man of God, let fire come
down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty.
The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him
and his fifty.
001:013 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty.
The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees
before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God,
please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants,
be precious in your sight.
001:014 Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former
captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life
be precious in your sight.
001:015 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, Go down with him:
don't be afraid of him. He arose, and went down with him
to the king.
001:016 He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers
to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because
there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore
you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up,
but shall surely die.
001:017 So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken.
Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram
the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
001:018 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
002:001 It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind
into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
002:002 Elijah said to Elisha, Please wait here, for Yahweh has
sent me as far as Bethel. Elisha said, As Yahweh lives,
and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went
down to Bethel.
002:003 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came forth to Elisha,
and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away
your master from your head today?" He said, "Yes, I know it;
hold your peace."
002:004 Elijah said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent
me to Jericho. He said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives,
I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho.
002:005 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha,
and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your
master from your head today?" He answered, "Yes, I know it.
Hold your peace."
002:006 Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent
me to the Jordan." He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your
soul lives, I will not leave you." They two went on.
002:007 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over
against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.
002:008 Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck
the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they
two went over on dry ground.
002:009 It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said
to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.
Elisha said, please let a double portion of your spirit
be on me.
002:010 He said, You have asked a hard thing: [nevertheless], if you
see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you;
but if not, it shall not be so.
002:011 It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold,
[there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire,
which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a
whirlwind into heaven.
002:012 Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots
of Israel and the horsemen of it! He saw him no more:
and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
002:013 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him,
and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
002:014 He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck
the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?
and when he also had struck the waters, they were divided
here and there; and Elisha went over.
002:015 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him
saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha.
They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him.
002:016 They said to him, See now, there are with your servants
fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek
your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up,
and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley.
He said, You shall not send.
002:017 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send.
They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days,
but didn't find him.
002:018 They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said
to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'"
002:019 The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you,
the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees:
but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
002:020 He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein.
They brought it to him.
002:021 He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein,
and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters;
there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.
002:022 So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word
of Elisha which he spoke.
002:023 He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up
by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him,
and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead.
002:024 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name
of Yahweh. Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled
forty-two of those youths.
002:025 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there
he returned to Samaria.
003:001 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in
Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
and reigned twelve years.
003:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like
his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar
of Baal that his father had made.
003:003 Nevertheless he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
003:004 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he rendered
to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs,
and of one hundred thousand rams.
003:005 But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel.
003:006 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time,
and mustered all Israel.
003:007 He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go
with me against Moab to battle? He said, I will go up:
I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses
as your horses.
003:008 He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way
of the wilderness of Edom.
003:009 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king
of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey:
and there was no water for the army, nor for the animals
that followed them.
003:010 The king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these
three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
003:011 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh,
that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of
Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here,
who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
003:012 Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh is with him.
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom
went down to him.
003:013 Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you?
get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets
of your mother. The king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh
has called these three kings together to deliver them into
the hand of Moab.
003:014 Elisha said, As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
003:015 But now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played,
that the hand of Yahweh came on him.
003:016 He said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches.
003:017 For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you
see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you
shall drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.
003:018 This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh:
he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
003:019 You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city,
and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water,
and mar every good piece of land with stones.
003:020 It happened in the morning, about the time of offering
the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom,
and the country was filled with water.
003:021 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up
to fight against them, they gathered themselves together,
all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood
on the border.
003:022 They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water,
and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:
003:023 and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed,
and they have struck each man his fellow: now therefore,
Moab, to the spoil.
003:024 When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose
up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them;
and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
003:025 They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they
cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped
all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees,
until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left the stones of it;
however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
003:026 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe
for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword,
to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
003:027 Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place,
and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall.
There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him,
and returned to their own land.
004:001 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons
of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband
is dead; and you know that your servant did fear Yahweh:
and the creditor is come to take to him my two children
to be bondservants.
004:002 Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me;
what have you in the house? She said, Your handmaid has
nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.
004:003 Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors,
even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
004:004 You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons,
and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside
that which is full.
004:005 So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons;
they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
004:006 It happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son,
Bring me yet a vessel. He said to her, There isn't another vessel.
The oil stayed.
004:007 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, Go, sell the oil,
and pay your debt, and live you and your sons of the rest.
004:008 It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was
a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread.
So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there
to eat bread.
004:009 She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy
man of God, that passes by us continually.
004:010 Let us make, Please, a little chamber on the wall;
and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat,
and a lamp stand: and it shall be, when he comes to us,
that he shall turn in there.
004:011 It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into
the chamber and lay there.
004:012 He said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite.
When he had called her, she stood before him.
004:013 He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful
for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would
you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?
She answered, I dwell among my own people.
004:014 He said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered,
Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.
004:015 He said, Call her. When he had called her, she stood in the door.
004:016 He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall
embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God,
do not lie to your handmaid.
004:017 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time
came round, as Elisha had said to her.
004:018 When the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out
to his father to the reapers.
004:019 He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant,
Carry him to his mother.
004:020 When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat
on her knees until noon, and then died.
004:021 She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God,
and shut [the door] on him, and went out.
004:022 She called to her husband, and said, Please send me one of
the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man
of God, and come again.
004:023 He said, Why will you go to him today? it is neither new moon
nor Sabbath. She said, It shall be well.
004:024 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive,
and go forward; don't slacken me the riding, except I bid you.
004:025 So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel.
It happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said
to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:
004:026 please run now to meet her, and ask her, Is it well with you?
is it well with your husband? is it well with the child?
She answered, It is well.
004:027 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold
of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man
of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her;
and Yahweh has hid it from me, and has not told me.
004:028 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Didn't I say,
Do not deceive me?
004:029 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your waist, and take my
staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man,
Don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again:
and lay my staff on the face of the child.
004:030 The mother of the child said, As Yahweh lives, and as your
soul lives, I will not leave you. He arose, and followed her.
004:031 Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face
of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing.
Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child
has not awakened.
004:032 When Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead,
and laid on his bed.
004:033 He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both,
and prayed to Yahweh.
004:034 He went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth,
and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands:
and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the
child grew warm.
004:035 Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth;
and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child
sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
004:036 He called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite.
So he called her. When she was come in to him, he said,
Take up your son.
004:037 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself
to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
004:038 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a dearth in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him;
and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil
stew for the sons of the prophets.
004:039 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine,
and gathered of it wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred
them into the pot of stew; for they didn't recognize them.
004:040 So they poured out for the men to eat. It happened,
as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out,
and said, man of God, there is death in the pot.
They could not eat of it.
004:041 But he said, Then bring meal. He cast it into the pot;
and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat.
There was no harm in the pot.
004:042 There came a man from Baal Shalishah, and brought the man
of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley,
and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, Give to the people,
that they may eat.
004:043 His servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men?
But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus
says Yahweh, They shall eat, and shall leave of it.
004:044 So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it,
according to the word of Yahweh.
005:001 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria,
was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him
Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man
of valor, [but he was] a leper.
005:002 The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive
out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited
on Naaman's wife.
005:003 She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet
who is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.
005:004 One went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said
the maiden who is of the land of Israel.
005:005 The king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter
to the king of Israel. He departed, and took with him
ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold,
and ten changes of clothing.
005:006 He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this
letter is come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant
to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy.
005:007 It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter,
that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to
make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man
of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks
a quarrel against me.
005:008 It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king
of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king,
saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me,
and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
005:009 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots,
and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
005:010 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the
Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you,
and you shall be clean.
005:011 But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought,
He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on
the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place,
and recover the leper.
005:012 Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than
all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?
So he turned and went away in a rage.
005:013 His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said,
My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing,
wouldn't you have done it? how much rather then, when he says
to you, Wash, and be clean?
005:014 Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times
in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God;
and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child,
and he was clean.
005:015 He returned to the man of God, he and all his company,
and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now,
I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel:
now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
005:016 But he said, As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will
receive none. He urged him to take it; but he refused.
005:017 Naaman said, If not, yet, please let there be given to your servant
two mules' burden of earth; for your servant will henceforth
offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods,
but to Yahweh.
005:018 In this thing Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master
goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans
on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I
bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Yahweh pardon your servant
in this thing.
005:019 He said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him
a little way.
005:020 But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold,
my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving
at his hands that which he brought: as Yahweh lives,
I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
005:021 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running
after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said,
Is all well?
005:022 He said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold,
even now there are come to me from the hill country of Ephraim
two young men of the sons of the prophets; please give them
a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.
005:023 Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. He urged him,
and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two
changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants;
and they bore them before him.
005:024 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand,
and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go,
and they departed.
005:025 But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him,
Whence come you, Gehazi? He said, Your servant went no where.
005:026 He said to him, Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned
from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money,
and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards,
and sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants?
005:027 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave to you,
and to your seed forever. He went out from his presence
a leper [as white] as snow.
006:001 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place
where we dwell before you is too strait for us.
006:002 Let us go, we pray you, to the Jordan, and take there every man
a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.
He answered, Go you.
006:003 One said, Be pleased, I pray you, to go with your servants.
He answered, I will go.
006:004 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan,
they cut down wood.
006:005 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water;
and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
006:006 The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" He showed him the place.
He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.
006:007 He said, "Take it." So he put out his hand and took it.
006:008 Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took
counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place
shall be my camp.
006:009 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you
not pass such a place; for there the Syrians are coming down.
006:010 The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God
told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there,
not once nor twice.
006:011 The heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing;
and he called his servants, and said to them, Won't you show
me which of us is for the king of Israel?
006:012 One of his servants said, No, my lord, O king; but Elisha,
the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel
the words that you speak in your bedchamber.
006:013 He said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.
It was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
006:014 Therefore sent he there horses, and chariots, and a great army:
and they came by night, and surrounded the city.
006:015 When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth,
behold, an army with horses and chariots was round about the city.
His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
006:016 He answered, Don't be afraid; for those who are with us are
more than those who are with them.
006:017 Elisha prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his eyes,
that he may see. Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man;
and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses
and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
006:018 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh,
and said, Please smite this people with blindness.
He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
006:019 Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city:
follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.
He led them to Samaria.
006:020 It happened, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said,
Yahweh, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.
Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold,
they were in the midst of Samaria.
006:021 The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father,
shall I strike them? shall I strike them?
006:022 He answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those
whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow?
set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink,
and go to their master.
006:023 He prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten
and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master.
The bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
006:024 It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered
all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
006:025 There was a great famine in Samaria: and behold, they besieged it,
until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver,
and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five
[pieces] of silver.
006:026 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried
a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
006:027 He said, If Yahweh doesn't help you, whence shall I help you?
out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress?
006:028 The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman
said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today,
and we will eat my son tomorrow.
006:029 So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day,
Give your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid her son.
006:030 It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman,
that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall);
and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within
on his flesh.
006:031 Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head
of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
006:032 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were
sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him:
but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders,
See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away
my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door,
and hold the door fast against him: isn't the sound of his
master's feet behind him?
006:033 While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came
down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Yahweh;
why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?
007:001 Elisha said, Hear you the word of Yahweh: thus says
Yahweh, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour
be [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel,
in the gate of Samaria.
007:002 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man
of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows
in heaven, might this thing be? He said, Behold, you shall
see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
007:003 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate:
and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
007:004 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is
in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here,
we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army
of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live;
and if they kill us, we shall but die.
007:005 They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians;
and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp
of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
007:006 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise
of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army:
and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has
hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings
of the Egyptians, to come on us.
007:007 Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,
and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was,
and fled for their life.
007:008 When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp,
they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried
there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it;
and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried
there also, and went and hid it.
007:009 Then they said one to another, We aren't doing right.
This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace:
if we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us;
now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.
007:010 So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they
told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians,
and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man,
but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents
as they were.
007:011 He called the porters; and they told it to the king's
household within.
007:012 The king arose in the night, and said to his servants,
I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us.
They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out
of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they
come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get
into the city.
007:013 One of his servants answered, Please let some take five
of the horses that remain, which are left in the city
(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are
left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel
who are consumed); and let us send and see.
007:014 They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king
sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
007:015 They went after them to the Jordan: and behold, all the way
was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians
had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned,
and told the king.
007:016 The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians.
So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two
measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.
007:017 The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have
the charge of the gate: and the people trod on him in the gate,
and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king
came down to him.
007:018 It happened, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine
flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time
in the gate of Samaria;
007:019 and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold,
if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing
be? and he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes,
but shall not eat of it:
007:020 it happened even so to him; for the people trod on him in the gate,
and he died.
008:001 Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored
to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn
wherever you can sojourn: for Yahweh has called for a famine;
and it shall also come on the land seven years.
008:002 The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God;
and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land
of the Philistines seven years.
008:003 It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned
out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry
to the king for her house and for her land.
008:004 Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man
of God, saying, Please tell me all the great things that
Elisha has done.
008:005 It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life
him who was dead, that behold, the woman, whose son he had restored
to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land.
Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this
is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
008:006 When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed
to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers,
and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left
the land, even until now.
008:007 Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick;
and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.
008:008 The king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go,
meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying,
Shall I recover of this sickness?
008:009 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him,
even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels'
burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son
Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I
recover of this sickness?
008:010 Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall surely recover;
however Yahweh has shown me that he shall surely die.
008:011 He settled his gaze steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed:
and the man of God wept.
008:012 Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? He answered, Because I
know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel:
their strongholds will you set on fire, and their young men
will you kill with the sword, and will dash in pieces their
little ones, and rip up their women with child.
008:013 Hazael said, But what is your servant, who is but a dog,
that he should do this great thing? Elisha answered,
Yahweh has shown me that you shall be king over Syria.
008:014 Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master;
who said to him, What said Elisha to you? He answered,
He told me that you would surely recover.
008:015 It happened on the next day, that he took the coverlet, and dipped
it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died:
and Hazael reigned in his place.
008:016 In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king
of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son
of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
008:017 Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign;
and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
008:018 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house
of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife; and he did
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
008:019 However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his
servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp
for his children always.
008:020 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah,
and made a king over themselves.
008:021 Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him:
and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him,
and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled
to their tents.
008:022 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day.
Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
008:023 The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
008:024 Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
008:025 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel
did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
008:026 Twenty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name
was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
008:027 He walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab;
for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
008:028 He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king
of Syria at Ramoth Gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
008:029 King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought
against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king
of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel,
because he was sick.
009:001 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets,
and said to him, Gird up your waist, and take this vial of oil
in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
009:002 When you come there, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat
the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among
his brothers, and carry him to an inner chamber.
009:003 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say,
Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel.
Then open the door, and flee, and don't wait.
009:004 So the young man, even the young man the prophet,
went to Ramoth Gilead.
009:005 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting;
and he said, I have an errand to you, captain. Jehu said,
To which of us all? He said, To you, O captain.
009:006 He arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil
on his head, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, the God
of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh,
even over Israel.
009:007 You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may
avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood
of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.
009:008 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off
from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall,{or, male} and
him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
009:009 I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
009:010 The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there
shall be none to bury her. He opened the door, and fled.
009:011 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord:
and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you?
He said to them, You know the man and what his talk was.
009:012 They said, It is false; tell us now. He said, Thus and thus
spoke he to me, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed
you king over Israel.
009:013 Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it
under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet,
saying, Jehu is king.
009:014 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired
against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth Gilead,
he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
009:015 but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of
the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought
with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, If this be your mind,
then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go
to tell it in Jezreel.
009:016 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
009:017 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied
the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company.
Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let
him say, Is it peace?
009:018 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says
the king, Is it peace? Jehu said, What have you to do with peace?
turn you behind me. The watchman told, saying, The messenger
came to them, but he isn't coming back.
009:019 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them,
and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu answered,
What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me.
009:020 The watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and isn't
coming back: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu
the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.
009:021 Joram said, Make ready. They made ready his chariot.
Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu,
and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
009:022 It happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? He answered, What peace, so long as the prostitution
of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?
009:023 Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There
is treachery, Ahaziah.
009:024 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram
between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart,
and he sunk down in his chariot.
009:025 Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast
him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite;
for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab
his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:
009:026 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood
of his sons, says Yahweh; and I will requite you in this plat,
says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat
[of ground], according to the word of Yahweh.
009:027 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way
of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said,
Smite him also in the chariot: [and they struck him] at
the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo,
and died there.
009:028 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried
him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
009:029 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah
to reign over Judah.
009:030 When Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it;
and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked
out at the window.
009:031 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, you Zimri,
your master's murderer?
009:032 He lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my
side? who? There looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
009:033 He said, Throw her down. So they threw her down; and some
of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses:
and he trod her under foot.
009:034 When he was come in, he ate and drink; and he said, See now to this
cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.
009:035 They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull,
and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
009:036 Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, This is
the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Elijah
the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs
eat the flesh of Jezebel;
009:037 and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field
in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say,
This is Jezebel.
010:001 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters,
and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders,
and to those who brought up [the sons of] Ahab, saying,
010:002 Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's
sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses,
a fortified city also, and armor;
010:003 look you out the best and meet of your master's sons, and set
him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
010:004 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two
kings didn't stand before him: how then shall we stand?
010:005 He who was over the household, and he who was over the city,
the elders also, and those who brought up [the children],
sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do
all that you shall bid us; we will not make any man king:
you do that which is good in your eyes.
010:006 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying,
If you be on my side, and if you will listen to my voice,
take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me
to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons,
being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city,
who brought them up.
010:007 It happened, when the letter came to them, that they took
the king's sons, and killed them, even seventy persons,
and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.
010:008 There came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought
the heads of the king's sons. He said, Lay you them in two
heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
010:009 It happened in the morning, that he went out, and stood,
and said to all the people, You are righteous:
behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him;
but who struck all these?
010:010 Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word
of Yahweh, which Yahweh spoke concerning the house of Ahab:
for Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.
010:011 So Jehu struck all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel,
and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests,
until he left him none remaining.
010:012 He arose and departed, and went to Samaria. As he was at
the shearing house of the shepherds in the way,
010:013 Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,
Who are you? They answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah:
and we go down to Greet the children of the king and the children
of the queen.
010:014 He said, Take them alive. They took them alive, and killed
them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men;
neither left he any of them.
010:015 When he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son
of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said
to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?
Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand.
He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
010:016 He said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh.
So they made him ride in his chariot.
010:017 When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab
in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word
of Yahweh, which he spoke to Elijah.
010:018 Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them,
Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.
010:019 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal,
all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting:
for I have a great sacrifice [to do] to Baal; whoever shall
be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety,
to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
010:020 Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.
They proclaimed it.
010:021 Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of
Baal came, so that there was not a man left that didn't come.
They came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was
filled from one end to another.
010:022 He said to him who was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments
for all the worshippers of Baal. He brought them forth vestments.
010:023 Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal;
and he said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look
that there be here with you none of the servants of Yahweh,
but the worshippers of Baal only.
010:024 They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings.
Now Jehu had appointed him eighty men outside, and said,
If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape,
[he who lets him go], his life shall be for the life of him.
010:025 It happened, as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to
the captains, Go in, and kill them; let none come forth.
They struck them with the edge of the sword; and the guard
and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of
the house of Baal.
010:026 They brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal,
and burned them.
010:027 They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house
of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
010:028 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
010:029 However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from
after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Bethel,
and that were in Dan.
010:030 Yahweh said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing
that which is right in my eyes, [and] have done to the house
of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons
of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
010:031 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God
of Israel, with all his heart: he didn't depart from the sins
of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
010:032 In those days Yahweh began to cut off from Israel:
and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel;
010:033 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites,
and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is
by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
010:034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all
his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
010:035 Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria.
Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
010:036 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria
was twenty-eight years.
011:001 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
011:002 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,
took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among
the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse,
[and put them] in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah,
so that he was not slain;
011:003 He was with her hid in the house of Yahweh six years.
Athaliah reigned over the land.
011:004 In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains
over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought
them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant
with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh,
and shown them the king's son.
011:005 He commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do:
a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be
keepers of the watch of the king's house;
011:006 A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate
behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house,
and be a barrier.
011:007 The two companies of you, even all who go forth on the Sabbath,
shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.
011:008 You shall compass the king round about, every man with his
weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks,
let him be slain: and be you with the king when he goes out,
and when he comes in.
011:009 The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada
the priest commanded; and they took every man his men,
those who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were
to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
011:010 The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears
and shields that had been king David's, which were in the
house of Yahweh.
011:011 The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,
from the right side of the house to the left side of the house,
along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
011:012 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him,
and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king,
and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said,
[Long] live the king.
011:013 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and of] the people,
she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
011:014 and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar,
as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king;
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets.
Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
011:015 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were
set over the army, and said to them, Have her forth between
the ranks; and him who follows her kill with the sword.
For the priest said, Don't let her be slain in the house of Yahweh.
011:016 So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses'
entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
011:017 Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king
and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people;
between the king also and the people.
011:018 All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke
it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly,
and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
011:019 He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites,
and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they
brought down the king from the house of Yahweh, and came
by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house.
He sat on the throne of the kings.
011:020 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet.
Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.
011:021 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
012:001 In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign;
and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
012:002 Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all
his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
012:003 However the high places were not taken away; the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
012:004 Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things
that is brought into the house of Yahweh, in current money,
the money of the persons for whom each man is rated,
and all the money that it comes into any man's heart to bring
into the house of Yahweh,
012:005 let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance;
and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever any
breach shall be found.
012:006 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king
Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
012:007 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for
the [other] priests, and said to them, Why don't you repair
the breaches of the house? now therefore take no [more] money
from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches
of the house.
012:008 The priests consented that they should take no [more] money
from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
012:009 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole
in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar,
on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh:
and the priests who kept the threshold put therein all the money
that was brought into the house of Yahweh.
012:010 It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest,
that the king's scribe and the high priest came up,
and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found
in the house of Yahweh.
012:011 They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those
who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh:
and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders,
who worked on the house of Yahweh,
012:012 and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber
and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Yahweh,
and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
012:013 But there were not made for the house of Yahweh cups
of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold,
or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into
the house of Yahweh;
012:014 for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired
therewith the house of Yahweh.
012:015 Moreover they didn't demand an accounting from the men into whose
hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work;
for they dealt faithfully.
012:016 The money for the trespass offerings, and the money for
the sin offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh:
it was the priests'.
012:017 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath,
and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
012:018 Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat
and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah,
had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold
that was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh,
and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria:
and he went away from Jerusalem.
012:019 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
012:020 His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash
at the house of Millo, [on the way] that goes down to Silla.
012:021 For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son
of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died;
and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David:
and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
013:001 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah,
king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over
Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years.
013:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and followed
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made
Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
013:003 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand
of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.
013:004 Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him;
for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king
of Syria oppressed them.
013:005 (Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under
the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived
in their tents as before.
013:006 Nevertheless they didn't depart from the sins of the house
of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked therein:
and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)
013:007 For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen,
and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria
destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
013:008 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did,
and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
013:009 Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:
and Joash his son reigned in his place.
013:010 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria,
[and reigned] sixteen years.
013:011 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he didn't
depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.
013:012 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,
and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king
of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
013:013 Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne:
and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
013:014 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died:
and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him,
and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel
and the horsemen of it!
013:015 Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows; and he took to him
bow and arrows.
013:016 He said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow;
and he put his hand [on it]. Elisha laid his hands on
the king's hands.
013:017 He said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it.
Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. He said, Yahweh's arrow
of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall
strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.
013:018 He said, Take the arrows; and he took them. He said to the king
of Israel, Smite on the ground; and he struck thrice, and stayed.
013:019 The man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have
struck five or six times: then had you struck Syria until you
had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
013:020 Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites
invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
013:021 It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied
a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha:
and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived,
and stood up on his feet.
013:022 Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
013:023 But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them,
and had respect to them, because of his covenant
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them,
neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
013:024 Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned
in his place.
013:025 Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand
of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken
out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times
did Joash strike him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
014:001 In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
014:002 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem:
and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
014:003 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not
like David his father: he did according to all that Joash
his father had done.
014:004 However the high places were not taken away: the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
014:005 It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand,
that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:
014:006 but the children of the murderers he didn't put to death;
according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses,
as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put
to death for the children, nor the children be put to death
for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
014:007 He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand,
and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel,
to this day.
014:008 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz
son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one
another in the face.
014:009 Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was
in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife:
and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon,
and trod down the thistle.
014:010 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up:
glory of it, and abide at home; for why should you
meddle to [your] hurt, that you should fall, even you,
and Judah with you?
014:011 But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up;
and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face
at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
014:012 Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every
man to his tent.
014:013 Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son
of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came
to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate
of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
014:014 He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found
in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house,
the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
014:015 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,
and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
014:016 Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria
with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned
in his place.
014:017 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death
of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
014:018 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
014:019 They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem;
and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish,
and killed him there.
014:020 They brought him on horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem
with his fathers in the city of David.
014:021 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old,
and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
014:022 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
slept with his fathers.
014:023 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of
Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign
in Samaria, [and reigned] forty-one years.
014:024 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
he didn't depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin.
014:025 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath
to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh,
the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son
of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher.
014:026 For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter;
for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there
any helper for Israel.
014:027 Yahweh didn't say that he would blot out the name of Israel
from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam
the son of Joash.
014:028 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did,
and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus,
and Hamath, [which had belonged] to Judah, for Israel,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
014:029 Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
015:001 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
015:002 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
015:003 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to
all that his father Amaziah had done.
015:004 However the high places were not taken away: the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
015:005 Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day
of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's
son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
015:006 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
015:007 Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his
fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned
in his place.
015:008 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah
the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
015:009 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his
fathers had done: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
015:010 Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him
before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
015:011 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
015:012 This was the word of Yahweh which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons
to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
So it came to pass.
015:013 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space
of a month in Samaria.
015:014 Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria,
and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him,
and reigned in his place.
015:015 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which
he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
015:016 Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were therein,
and the borders of it, from Tirzah: because they didn't open
to him, therefore he struck it; and all the women therein
who were with child he ripped up.
015:017 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began
Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, [and reigned]
ten years in Samaria.
015:018 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
he didn't depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
015:019 There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria;
and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his
hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
015:020 Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty
men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give
to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back,
and didn't stay there in the land.
015:021 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
015:022 Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned
in his place.
015:023 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah
the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria,
[and reigned] two years.
015:024 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin.
015:025 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him,
and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house,
with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites:
and he killed him, and reigned in his place.
015:026 Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did,
behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
015:027 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah
the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria,
[and reigned] twenty years.
015:028 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin.
015:029 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king
of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah,
and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land
of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
015:030 Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son
of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in
his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
015:031 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did,
behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
015:032 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel
began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
015:033 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
015:034 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh; he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
015:035 However the high places were not taken away: the people
still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
015:036 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
015:037 In those days Yahweh began to send against Judah Rezin the king
of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
015:038 Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned
in his place.
016:001 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz
the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
016:002 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign;
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't
do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God,
like David his father.
016:003 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made
his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations
of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the
children of Israel.
016:004 He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on
the hills, and under every green tree.
016:005 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of
Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz,
but could not overcome him.
016:006 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria,
and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath,
and lived there, to this day.
016:007 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria,
saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, and save
me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand
of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
016:008 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house
of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house,
and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
016:009 The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria
went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people
of] it captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
016:010 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king
of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king
Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar,
and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship of it.
016:011 Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king
Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make
it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
016:012 When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar:
and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.
016:013 He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his
drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings,
on the altar.
016:014 The bronze altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought from
the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house
of Yahweh, and put it on the north side of his altar.
016:015 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar
burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering,
and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt
offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering,
and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood
of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice:
but the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.
016:016 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that
king Ahaz commanded.
016:017 King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin
from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen
that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
016:018 The covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house,
and the king's entry outside, turned he to the house of Yahweh,
because of the king of Assyria.
016:019 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
016:020 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
017:001 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son
of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
017:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not
as the kings of Israel who were before him.
017:003 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea
became his servant, and brought him tribute.
017:004 The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had
sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute
to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year:
therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound
him in prison.
017:005 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land,
and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
017:006 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria,
and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah,
and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities
of the Medes.
017:007 It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against
Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land
of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and had feared other gods,
017:008 and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out
from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel,
which they made.
017:009 The children of Israel did secretly things that were not
right against Yahweh their God: and they built them high
places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen
to the fortified city;
017:010 and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill,
and under every green tree;
017:011 and there they burnt incense in all the high places,
as did the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them;
and they worked wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;
017:012 and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them,
You shall not do this thing.
017:013 Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet,
and every seer, saying, Turn you from your evil ways,
and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all
the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent
to you by my servants the prophets.
017:014 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck,
like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in
Yahweh their God.
017:015 They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them;
and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after
the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh
had charged those who they should not do like them.
017:016 They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made
them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah,
and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
017:017 They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through
the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold
themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
to provoke him to anger.
017:018 Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed
them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe
of Judah only.
017:019 Also Judah didn't keep the commandments of Yahweh their God,
but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
017:020 Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them,
and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had
cast them out of his sight.
017:021 For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made
Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel
from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.
017:022 The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam
which he did; they didn't depart from them;
017:023 until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke
by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away
out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
017:024 The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah,
and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them
in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel;
and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.
017:025 So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they
didn't fear Yahweh: therefore Yahweh sent lions among them,
which killed some of them.
017:026 Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations
which you have carried away, and placed in the cities
of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land:
therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them,
because they don't know the law of the god of the land.
017:027 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one
of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go
and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god
of the land.
017:028 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from
Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they
should fear Yahweh.
017:029 However every nation made gods of their own, and put them
in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made,
every nation in their cities in which they lived.
017:030 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
017:031 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites
burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech,
the gods of Sepharvaim.
017:032 So they feared Yahweh, and made to them from among themselves
priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses
of the high places.
017:033 They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner
of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
017:034 To this day they do after the former manner: they don't fear Yahweh,
neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances,
or after the law or after the commandment which Yahweh
commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
017:035 with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and charged them, saying,
You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them,
nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
017:036 but Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall
you fear, and to him shall you bow yourselves, and to him
shall you sacrifice:
017:037 and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment,
which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore;
and you shall not fear other gods:
017:038 and the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget;
neither shall you fear other gods:
017:039 but Yahweh your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you
out of the hand of all your enemies.
017:040 However they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.
017:041 So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images;
their children likewise, and their children's children,
as did their fathers, so do they to this day.
018:001 Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king
of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah
began to reign.
018:002 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem:
and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
018:003 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to
all that David his father had done.
018:004 He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut
down the Asherah: and he broke in pieces the bronze serpent
that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel
did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
018:005 He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him
was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among
them] that were before him.
018:006 For he joined with Yahweh; he didn't depart from following him,
but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
018:007 Yahweh was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered:
and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn't serve him.
018:008 He struck the Philistines to Gaza and the borders of it,
from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
018:009 It happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was
the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,
that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria,
and besieged it.
018:010 At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year
of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king
of Israel, Samaria was taken.
018:011 The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria,
and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan,
and in the cities of the Medes,
018:012 because they didn't obey the voice of Yahweh their God,
but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant
of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.
018:013 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king
of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah,
and took them.
018:014 Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria
to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me:
that which you put on me will I bear. The king of Assyria
appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents
of silver and thirty talents of gold.
018:015 Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house
of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house.
018:016 At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors
of the temple of Yahweh, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah
king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
018:017 The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh
from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem.
They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come up,
they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool,
which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
018:018 When they had called to the king, there came out to them
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
018:019 Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says
the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this
in which you trust?
018:020 You say (but they are but vain words), [There is] counsel
and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust,
that you have rebelled against me?
018:021 Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed,
even on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand,
and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who
trust on him.
018:022 But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God; isn't that
he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away,
and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship
before this altar in Jerusalem?
018:023 Now therefore, Please give pledges to my master the king
of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you
are able on your part to set riders on them.
018:024 How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least
of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots
and for horsemen?
018:025 Am I now come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it?
Yahweh said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
018:026 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah,
to Rabshakeh, Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language;
for we understand it: and don't speak with us in the Jews'
language, in the ears of the people who are on the wall.
018:027 But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master,
and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men
who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink
their own water with you?
018:028 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and spoke, saying, Hear you the word of the great king,
the king of Assyria.
018:029 Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you;
for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
018:030 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will
surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into
the hand of the king of Assyria.
018:031 Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king
of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me;
and eat you everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree,
and everyone drink the waters of his own cistern;
018:032 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards,
a land of olive trees and of honey, that you may live, and not die:
and don't listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying,
Yahweh will deliver us.
018:033 Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land
out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
018:034 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods
of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria
out of my hand?
018:035 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have
delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should
deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
018:036 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word;
for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.
018:037 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder,
to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the
words of Rabshakeh.
019:001 It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore
his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went
into the house of Yahweh.
019:002 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth,
to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
019:003 They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble,
and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come
to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
019:004 It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh,
whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God,
and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard.
Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
019:005 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
019:006 Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master,
Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you
have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria
have blasphemed me.
019:007 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news,
and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall
by the sword in his own land.
019:008 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring
against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
019:009 When he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is
come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again
to Hezekiah, saying,
019:010 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't let
your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall
not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
019:011 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria
have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly:
and shall you be delivered?
019:012 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers
have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children
of Eden that were in Telassar?
019:013 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king
of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
019:014 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers,
and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh,
and spread it before Yahweh.
019:015 Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God
of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God,
even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have
made heaven and earth.
019:016 Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see;
and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent
him to defy the living God.
019:017 Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste
the nations and their lands,
019:018 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods,
but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they
have destroyed them.
019:019 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you,
out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know
that you Yahweh are God alone.
019:020 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus
says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard [you].
019:021 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him:
The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you;
the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
019:022 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you
exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even]
against the Holy One of Israel.
019:023 By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said,
With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height
of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon;
and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir
trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place,
the forest of his fruitful field.
019:024 I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my
feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
019:025 Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it
of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should
be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
019:026 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were
dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field,
and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops,
and as grain blasted before it is grown up.
019:027 But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your
coming in, and your raging against me.
019:028 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is
come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose,
and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way
by which you came.
019:029 This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year
that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which
springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap,
and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.
019:030 The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
019:031 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out
of Mount Zion those who shall escape: the zeal of Yahweh
shall perform this.
019:032 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall
he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
019:033 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return,
and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.
019:034 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake,
and for my servant David's sake.
019:035 It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth,
and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred
eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning,
behold, these were all dead bodies.
019:036 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,
and lived at Nineveh.
019:037 It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god,
that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword:
and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son
reigned in his place.
020:001 In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him,
Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order: for you shall die,
and not live.
020:002 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
020:003 Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you
in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is
good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
020:004 It happened, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle part
of the city, that the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
020:005 Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people,
Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard
your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you;
on the third day you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.
020:006 I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver
you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria;
and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.
020:007 Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it
on the boil, and he recovered.
020:008 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Yahweh
will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh
the third day?
020:009 Isaiah said, This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh,
that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken:
shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?
020:010 Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline
ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.
020:011 Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten
steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.
020:012 At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard
that Hezekiah had been sick.
020:013 Hezekiah listened to them, and shown them all the house of his
precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices,
and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that
was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house,
nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show them.
020:014 Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him,
What said these men? and from whence came they to you?
Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country,
even from Babylon.
020:015 He said, What have they seen in your house? Hezekiah answered,
All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing
among my treasures that I have not shown them.
020:016 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Yahweh.
020:017 Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house,
and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day,
shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says Yahweh.
020:018 Of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you shall father,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace
of the king of Babylon.
020:019 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Yahweh
which you have spoken. He said moreover, Isn't it so,
if peace and truth shall be in my days?
020:020 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might,
and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water
into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah?
020:021 Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned
in his place.
021:001 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Hephzibah.
021:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out
before the children of Israel.
021:003 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father
had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made
an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all
the army of the sky, and served them.
021:004 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said,
In Jerusalem will I put my name.
021:005 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts
of the house of Yahweh.
021:006 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery,
and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits,
and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh,
to provoke him to anger.
021:007 He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made,
in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon
his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
021:008 neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out
of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will
observe to do according to all that I have commanded them,
and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
021:009 But they didn't listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do that
which is evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed
before the children of Israel.
021:010 Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
021:011 Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations,
and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were
before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;
021:012 therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring
such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it,
both his ears shall tingle.
021:013 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet
of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man
wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
021:014 I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver
them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become
a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
021:015 because they have done that which is evil in my sight,
and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers
came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.
021:016 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had
filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin
with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil
in the sight of Yahweh.
021:017 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did,
and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
021:018 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden
of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son
reigned in his place.
021:019 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
021:020 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did
Manasseh his father.
021:021 He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served
the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
021:022 and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk
in the way of Yahweh.
021:023 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king
to death in his own house.
021:024 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired
against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah
his son king in his place.
021:025 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
021:026 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza:
and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
022:001 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
022:002 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked
in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside
to the right hand or to the left.
022:003 It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king
sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam,
the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,
022:004 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money
which is brought into the house of Yahweh, which the keepers
of the threshold have gathered of the people:
022:005 and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have
the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and let them give it
to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, to repair
the breaches of the house,
022:006 to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons,
and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
022:007 However there was no reckoning made with them of the money
that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
022:008 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe,
I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.
Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
022:009 Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king
word again, and said, Your servants have emptied out the money
that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand
of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh.
022:010 Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
has delivered me a book. Shaphan read it before the king.
022:011 It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book
of the law, that he tore his clothes.
022:012 The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son
of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe,
and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,
022:013 Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for
all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found;
for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is kindled against us,
because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book,
to do according to all that which is written concerning us.
022:014 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,
and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum
the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe
(now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter);
and they talked with her.
022:015 She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you
the man who sent you to me,
022:016 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place,
and on the inhabitants of it, even all the words of the book
which the king of Judah has read.
022:017 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense
to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all
the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled
against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
022:018 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh,
thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God
of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,
022:019 because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself
before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place,
and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become
a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes,
and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.
022:020 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you
shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall
your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place.
They brought the king word again.
023:001 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem.
023:002 The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests,
and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great:
and he read in their ears all the words of the book of
the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
023:003 The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh,
to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments,
and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart,
and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant
that were written in this book: and all the people stood
to the covenant.
023:004 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests
of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring
forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made
for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky,
and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields
of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
023:005 He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah
had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities
of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also
who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon,
and to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.
023:006 He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh,
outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it
at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust
of it on the graves of the common people.
023:007 He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house
of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
023:008 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah,
and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense,
from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places
of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua
the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand
at the gate of the city.
023:009 Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn't come up
to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened
bread among their brothers.
023:010 He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children
of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter
to pass through the fire to Molech.
023:011 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given
to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the
chamber of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court;
and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
023:012 The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz,
which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which
Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh,
did the king break down, and beat [them] down from there,
and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
023:013 The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on
the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon
the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination
of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab,
and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon,
did the king defile.
023:014 He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,
and filled their places with the bones of men.
023:015 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place
which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin,
had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down;
and he burned the high place and beat it to dust,
and burned the Asherah.
023:016 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there
in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of
the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it,
according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed,
who proclaimed these things.
023:017 Then he said, What monument is that which I see?
The men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God,
who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you
have done against the altar of Bethel.
023:018 He said, Let him be; let no man move his bones.
So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet
who came out of Samaria.
023:019 All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities
of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke
[Yahweh] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according
to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
023:020 He killed all the priests of the high places that were there,
on the altars, and burned men's bones on them;
and he returned to Jerusalem.
023:021 The king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover
to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
023:022 Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of
the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings
of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
023:023 but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover
kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
023:024 Moreover those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards,
and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations
that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem,
did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law
which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found
in the house of Yahweh.
023:025 Like him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh with
all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might,
according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose
there any like him.
023:026 Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't turn from the fierceness of his
great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah,
because of all the provocation with which Manasseh
had provoked him.
023:027 Yahweh said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I
have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I
have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said,
My name shall be there.
023:028 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
023:029 In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king
of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went
against him; and [Pharaoh Necoh] killed him at Megiddo,
when he had seen him.
023:030 His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo,
and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.
The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
023:031 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
023:032 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
all that his fathers had done.
023:033 Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath,
that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a
tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
023:034 Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room
of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim:
but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.
023:035 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed
the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh:
he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land,
of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.
023:036 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
023:037 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
all that his fathers had done.
024:001 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up,
and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned
and rebelled against him.
024:002 Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands
of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the
children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it,
according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his
servants the prophets.
024:003 Surely at the commandment of Yahweh came this on Judah,
to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh,
according to all that he did,
024:004 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled
Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.
024:005 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
024:006 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son
reigned in his place.
024:007 The king of Egypt didn't come again out of his land any more;
for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt
to the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
024:008 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother's
name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
024:009 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
all that his father had done.
024:010 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
024:011 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his
servants were besieging it;
024:012 and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon,
he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes,
and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth
year of his reign.
024:013 He carried out there all the treasures of the house of Yahweh,
and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all
the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made
in the temple of Yahweh, as Yahweh had said.
024:014 He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes,
and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives,
and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained,
save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
024:015 He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother,
and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of
the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
024:016 All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen
and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for war,
even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
024:017 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother,
king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
024:018 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
024:019 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
024:020 For through the anger of Yahweh did it happen in Jerusalem
and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
025:001 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,
in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem,
and encamped against it; and they built forts against
it round about.
025:002 So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
025:003 On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore
in the city, so that there was no bread for the people
of the land.
025:004 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war
[fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls,
which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were
against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way
of the Arabah.
025:005 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king,
and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army
was scattered from him.
025:006 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king
of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
025:007 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out
the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried
him to Babylon.
025:008 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month,
which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar,
king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,
a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
025:009 He burnt the house of Yahweh, and the king's house;
and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house,
burnt he with fire.
025:010 All the army of the Chaldeans, who were [with] the captain
of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
025:011 The residue of the people who were left in the city,
and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon,
and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain
of the guard carry away captive.
025:012 But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land
to work the vineyards and fields.
025:013 The pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh,
and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh,
did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass
of them to Babylon.
025:014 The pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons,
and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered,
took they away.
025:015 The fire pans, and the basins, that which was of gold,
in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain
of the guard took away.
025:016 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had
made for the house of Yahweh, the brass of all these vessels
was without weight.
025:017 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital
of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was
three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital
round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second
pillar with network.
025:018 The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest,
and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers
of the threshold:
025:019 and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men
of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face,
who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain
of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty
men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
025:020 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought
them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
025:021 The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah
in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive
out of his land.
025:022 As for the people who were left in the land of Judah,
whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them
he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
025:023 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men,
heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor,
they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth
the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite,
they and their men.
025:024 Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them,
Don't be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans:
dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it
shall be well with you.
025:025 But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed came,
and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died,
and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
025:026 All the people, both small and great, and the captains of
the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid
of the Chaldeans.
025:027 It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity
of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven
and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon,
in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head
of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
025:028 and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne
of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
025:029 and changed his prison garments. [Jehoiachin] ate bread
before him continually all the days of his life:
025:030 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him
of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Book 13 1 Chronicles
001:001 Adam, Seth, Enosh,
001:002 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
001:003 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
001:004 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
001:005 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
001:006 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.
001:007 The sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
001:008 The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
001:009 The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama,
and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
001:010 Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty
one in the earth.
001:011 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim,
and Naphtuhim,
001:012 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines),
and Caphtorim.
001:013 Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
001:014 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
001:015 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
001:016 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
001:017 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud,
and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
001:018 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became
the father of Eber.
001:019 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;
for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's
name was Joktan.
001:020 Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph,
and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
001:021 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
001:022 and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
001:023 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the
sons of Joktan.
001:024 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
001:025 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
001:026 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
001:027 Abram (the same is Abraham).
001:028 The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.
001:029 These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;
then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
001:030 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
001:031 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
001:032 The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran,
and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
The sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
001:033 The sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida,
and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
001:034 Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons
of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
001:035 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
001:036 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,
and Timna, and Amalek.
001:037 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
001:038 The sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
001:039 The sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.
001:040 The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.
The sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.
001:041 The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban,
and Ithran, and Cheran.
001:042 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons
of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.
001:043 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there
resigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son
of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
001:044 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned
in his place.
001:045 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned
in his place.
001:046 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian
in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name
of his city was Avith.
001:047 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
001:048 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned
in his place.
001:049 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
001:050 Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name
of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel,
the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
001:051 Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna,
chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,
001:052 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
001:053 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
001:054 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.
002:001 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
002:002 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
002:003 The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three
were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess.
Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh;
and he killed him.
002:004 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah.
All the sons of Judah were five.
002:005 The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.
002:006 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,
and Dara; five of them in all.
002:007 The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed
a trespass in the devoted thing.
002:008 The sons of Ethan: Azariah.
002:009 The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him:
Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
002:010 Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became
the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
002:011 and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became
the father of Boaz,
002:012 and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became
the father of Jesse;
002:013 and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab
the second, and Shimea the third,
002:014 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
002:015 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
002:016 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons
of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
002:017 Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was
Jether the Ishmaelite.
002:018 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of [children] of
Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons:
Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
002:019 Azubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
002:020 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
002:021 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father
of Gilead, whom he took [as wife] when he was sixty years old;
and she bore him Segub.
002:022 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities
in the land of Gilead.
002:023 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them,
with Kenath, and the villages of it, even sixty cities.
All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
002:024 After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's
wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
002:025 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram
the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
002:026 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was
the mother of Onam.
002:027 The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz,
and Jamin, and Eker.
002:028 The sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. The sons
of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.
002:029 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore
him Ahban, and Molid.
002:030 The sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled
died without children.
002:031 The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons
of Sheshan: Ahlai.
002:032 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan;
and Jether died without children.
002:033 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the
sons of Jerahmeel.
002:034 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant,
an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
002:035 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife;
and she bore him Attai.
002:036 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became
the father of Zabad,
002:037 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became
the father of Obed,
002:038 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became
the father of Azariah,
002:039 and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became
the father of Eleasah,
002:040 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became
the father of Shallum,
002:041 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became
the father of Elishama.
002:042 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha
his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons
of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
002:043 The sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
002:044 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam;
and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
002:045 The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
002:046 Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez;
and Haran became the father of Gazez.
002:047 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet,
and Ephah, and Shaaph.
002:048 Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
002:049 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father
of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter
of Caleb was Achsah.
002:050 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn
of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
002:051 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
002:052 Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half
of the Menuhoth.
002:053 The families of Kiriath Jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites,
and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came
the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
002:054 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites,
Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
002:055 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites,
the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites
who came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
003:001 Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron:
the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
003:002 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai
king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
003:003 the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by
Eglah his wife:
003:004 six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years
and six months. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;
003:005 and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab,
and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
003:006 and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
003:007 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
003:008 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
003:009 All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines;
and Tamar was their sister.
003:010 Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
003:011 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
003:012 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
003:013 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
003:014 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
003:015 The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim,
the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
003:016 The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
003:017 The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
003:018 and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama,
and Nedabiah.
003:019 The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. The sons
of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith
was their sister;
003:020 and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,
Jushab Hesed, five.
003:021 The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons
of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah,
the sons of Shecaniah.
003:022 The sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. The sons
of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah,
and Shaphat, six.
003:023 The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
003:024 The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,
and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
004:001 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
004:002 Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath;
and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad.
These are the families of the Zorathites.
004:003 These were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma,
and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
004:004 and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.
These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah,
the father of Bethlehem.
004:005 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
004:006 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari.
These were the sons of Naarah.
004:007 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
004:008 Hakkoz became the father of Anub, and Zobebah, and the families
of Aharhel the son of Harum.
004:009 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother
named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
004:010 Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would
bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand
might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it
not be to my sorrow! God granted him that which he requested.
004:011 Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir,
who was the father of Eshton.
004:012 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah
the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah.
004:013 The sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons
of Othniel: Hathath.
004:014 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah
became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim;
for they were craftsmen.
004:015 The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam;
and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
004:016 The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
004:017 The sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon;
and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
004:018 His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber
the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,
whom Mered took.
004:019 The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the
father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
004:020 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon.
The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth.
004:021 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah,
and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house
of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
004:022 and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had
dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. The records are ancient.
004:023 These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah:
there they lived with the king for his work.
004:024 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
004:025 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
004:026 The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son,
Shimei his son.
004:027 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers
didn't have many children, neither did all their family
multiply like the children of Judah.
004:028 They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
004:029 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
004:030 and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
004:031 and at Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susim, and at Beth Biri,
and at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign of David.
004:032 Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,
and Ashan, five cities;
004:033 and all their villages that were round about the same cities,
to Baal. These were their habitations, and they
have their genealogy.
004:034 Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
004:035 and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah,
the son of Asiel,
004:036 and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah,
and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
004:037 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah,
the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah--
004:038 these mentioned by name were princes in their families:
and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
004:039 They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side
of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
004:040 They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet,
and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.
004:041 These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were found there,
and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place;
because there was pasture there for their flocks.
004:042 Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,
went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah,
and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
004:043 They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped,
and have lived there to this day.
005:001 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was
the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch,
his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel;
and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
005:002 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince;
but the birthright was Joseph's:)
005:003 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
005:004 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
005:005 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
005:006 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried
away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
005:007 His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
005:008 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,
who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:
005:009 and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness
from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied
in the land of Gilead.
005:010 In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell
by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all
the [land] east of Gilead.
005:011 The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of
Bashan to Salecah:
005:012 Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai,
and Shaphat in Bashan.
005:013 Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam,
and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
005:014 These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah,
the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai,
the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
005:015 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of
their fathers' houses.
005:016 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all
the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
005:017 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
005:018 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe
of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword,
and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four
thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go
forth to war.
005:019 They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
005:020 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered
into their hand, and all who were with them; for they
cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them,
because they put their trust in him.
005:021 They took away their livestock; of their camels fifty thousand,
and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys
two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
005:022 For there fell many slain, because the war was of God.
They lived in their place until the captivity.
005:023 The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land:
they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir
and Mount Hermon.
005:024 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher,
and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah,
and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of
their fathers' houses.
005:025 They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played
the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land,
whom God destroyed before them.
005:026 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria,
and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria,
and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah,
and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
006:001 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
006:002 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
006:003 The children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
006:004 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became
the father of Abishua,
006:005 and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became
the father of Uzzi,
006:006 and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became
the father of Meraioth,
006:007 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became
the father of Ahitub,
006:008 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became
the father of Ahimaaz,
006:009 and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became
the father of Johanan,
006:010 and Johanan became the father of Azariah, (he it is who executed
the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),
006:011 and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became
the father of Ahitub,
006:012 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became
the father of Shallum,
006:013 and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became
the father of Azariah,
006:014 and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became
the father of Jehozadak;
006:015 Jehozadak went [into captivity], when Yahweh carried away
Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
006:016 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
006:017 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
006:018 The sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
006:019 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families
of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
006:020 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
006:021 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
006:022 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
Assir his son,
006:023 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
006:024 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
006:025 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.
006:026 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son,
and Nahath his son,
006:027 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
006:028 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn [Joel], and the second Abijah.
006:029 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son,
Uzzah his son,
006:030 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
006:031 These are they whom David set over the service of song
in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest.
006:032 They ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting,
until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem:
and they waited on their office according to their order.
006:033 These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons
of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel,
the son of Samuel,
006:034 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,
the son of Toah,
006:035 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath,
the son of Amasai,
006:036 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah,
the son of Zephaniah,
006:037 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph,
the son of Korah,
006:038 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,
the son of Israel.
006:039 His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph
the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
006:040 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
006:041 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
006:042 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
006:043 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
006:044 On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son
of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
006:045 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
006:046 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
006:047 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,
the son of Levi.
006:048 Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service
of the tent of the house of God.
006:049 But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering,
and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most
holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all
that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
006:050 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son,
006:051 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
006:052 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
006:053 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
006:054 Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments
in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families
of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),
006:055 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs
of it round about it;
006:056 but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave
to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
006:057 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge,
Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa
with its suburbs,
006:058 and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
006:059 and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;
006:060 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs,
and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs.
All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
006:061 To the rest of the sons of Kohath [were given] by lot,
out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe,
the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
006:062 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families,
out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe
of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
006:063 To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to
their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe
of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
006:064 The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities
with their suburbs.
006:065 They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah,
and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of
the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are
mentioned by name.
006:066 Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their
borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
006:067 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill
country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
006:068 and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs,
006:069 and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs;
006:070 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs,
and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family
of the sons of Kohath.
006:071 To the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the family of
the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs,
and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
006:072 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs,
Daberath with its suburbs,
006:073 and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;
006:074 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs,
and Abdon with its suburbs,
006:075 and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
006:076 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs,
and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.
006:077 To the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari, [were given],
out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs,
Tabor with its suburbs;
006:078 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan,
[were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in
the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,
006:079 and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
006:080 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs,
and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
006:081 and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
007:001 Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
007:002 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,
and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, [to wit],
of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number
in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
007:003 The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and
Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.
007:004 With them, by their generations, after their fathers'
houses, were bands of the army for war, thirty-six thousand;
for they had many wives and sons.
007:005 Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men
of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
007:006 [The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
007:007 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,
and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor;
and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
007:008 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai,
and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth.
All these were the sons of Becher.
007:009 They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations,
heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor,
twenty thousand two hundred.
007:010 The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan:
Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan,
and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
007:011 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of
their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand
and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the army for war.
007:012 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
007:013 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,
the sons of Bilhah.
007:014 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore:
she bore Machir the father of Gilead:
007:015 and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's
name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad:
and Zelophehad had daughters.
007:016 Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh;
and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were
Ulam and Rakem.
007:017 The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead
the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
007:018 His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
007:019 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
007:020 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath
his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
007:021 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead,
whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed,
because they came down to take away their livestock.
007:022 Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came
to comfort him.
007:023 He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son,
and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
007:024 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower
and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
007:025 Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son,
and Tahan his son,
007:026 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
007:027 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
007:028 Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and the towns of it,
and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns of it;
Shechem also and the towns of it, to Azzah and the towns of it;
007:029 and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean
and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns,
Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Joseph
the son of Israel.
007:030 The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah,
and Serah their sister.
007:031 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the
father of Birzaith.
007:032 Heber became the father of Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham,
and Shua their sister.
007:033 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.
These are the children of Japhlet.
007:034 The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
007:035 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna,
and Shelesh, and Amal.
007:036 The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual,
and Beri, and Imrah,
007:037 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
007:038 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
007:039 The sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.
007:040 All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers'
houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes.
The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war
was twenty-six thousand men.
008:001 Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second,
and Aharah the third,
008:002 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
008:003 Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
008:004 and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
008:005 and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
008:006 These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers'
[houses] of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them
captive to Manahath:
008:007 and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive:
and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
008:008 Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab,
after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
008:009 He became the father of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia,
and Mesha, and Malcam,
008:010 and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons,
heads of fathers' [houses].
008:011 Of Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.
008:012 The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built
Ono and Lod, with the towns of it;
008:013 and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers'
[houses] of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight
the inhabitants of Gath;
008:014 and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
008:015 and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
008:016 and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
008:017 and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
008:018 and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
008:019 and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
008:020 and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
008:021 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
008:022 and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
008:023 and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
008:024 and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
008:025 and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,
008:026 and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
008:027 and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
008:028 These were heads of fathers' [houses] throughout their generations,
chief men: these lived in Jerusalem.
008:029 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife's
name was Maacah;
008:030 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
008:031 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
008:032 Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They also lived with
their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
008:033 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul;
and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua,
and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
008:034 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became
the father of Micah.
008:035 The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
008:036 Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah became
the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri
became the father of Moza.
008:037 Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son,
Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
008:038 Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan.
All these were the sons of Azel.
008:039 The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn,
Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
008:040 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers,
and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty.
All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
009:001 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold,
they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah
was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
009:002 Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions
in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites,
and the Nethinim.
009:003 In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children
of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
009:004 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri,
the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
009:005 Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
009:006 Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers,
six hundred ninety.
009:007 Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son
of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,
009:008 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi,
the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah,
the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
009:009 and their brothers, according to their generations,
nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers'
[houses] by their fathers' houses.
009:010 Of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
009:011 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam,
the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub,
the ruler of the house of God;
009:012 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son
of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah,
the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
009:013 and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand
seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service
of the house of God.
009:014 Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam,
the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
009:015 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica,
the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
009:016 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son
of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah,
who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
009:017 The porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,
and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
009:018 who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward:
they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
009:019 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over
the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent:
and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh,
keepers of the entry.
009:020 Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past,
[and] Yahweh was with him.
009:021 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door
of the tent of meeting.
009:022 All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds
were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy
in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain
in their office of trust.
009:023 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates
of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
009:024 On the four sides were the porters, toward the east,
west, north, and south.
009:025 Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven
days from time to time to be with them:
009:026 for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office
of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries
in the house of God.
009:027 They lodged round about the house of God, because the charge
[of it] was on them; and to them pertained the opening of it
morning by morning.
009:028 Certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count
were these brought in and by count were these taken out.
009:029 Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over
all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour,
and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
009:030 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection
of the spices.
009:031 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum
the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that
were baked in pans.
009:032 Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites,
were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
009:033 These are the singers, heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites,
[who lived] in the chambers [and were] free [from other service];
for they were employed in their work day and night.
009:034 These were heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites,
throughout their generations, chief men: these lived at Jerusalem.
009:035 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's
name was Maacah:
009:036 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal,
and Ner, and Nadab,
009:037 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
009:038 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with
their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
009:039 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul;
and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua,
and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
009:040 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became
the father of Micah.
009:041 The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz].
009:042 Ahaz became the father of Jarah; and Jarah became the father
of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became
the father of Moza;
009:043 and Moza became the father of Binea; and Rephaiah his son,
Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
009:044 Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan:
these were the sons of Azel.
010:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain
on Mount Gilboa.
010:002 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons;
and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua,
the sons of Saul.
010:003 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him;
and he was distressed by reason of the archers.
010:004 Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me
through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.
But his armor bearer would not; for he was sore afraid.
Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.
010:005 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell
on his sword, and died.
010:006 So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.
010:007 When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled,
and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities,
and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
010:008 It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came
to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen
on Mount Gilboa.
010:009 They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor,
and sent into the land of the Philistines round about,
to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.
010:010 They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened
his head in the house of Dagon.
010:011 When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had
done to Saul,
010:012 all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul,
and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried
their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
010:013 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh,
because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and also
because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit,
to inquire [thereby],
010:014 and didn't inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him,
and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
011:001 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron,
saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
011:002 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led
out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh your God said to you,
You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall
be prince over my people Israel.
011:003 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron;
and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh;
and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word
of Yahweh by Samuel.
011:004 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus);
and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
011:005 The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come in here.
Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is
the city of David.
011:006 David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be
chief and captain. Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first,
and was made chief.
011:007 David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it
the city of David.
011:008 He built the city round about, from Millo even round about;
and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
011:009 David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh of Armies was with him.
011:010 Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had,
who shown themselves strong with him in his kingdom,
together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word
of Yahweh concerning Israel.
011:011 This is the number of the mighty men whom David had:
Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty;
he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them
at one time.
011:012 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was
one of the three mighty men.
011:013 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were
gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full
of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
011:014 They stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed
the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.
011:015 Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David,
into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines
were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
011:016 David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the
Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
011:017 David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink
of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
011:018 The three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew
water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate,
and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not
drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,
011:019 and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this:
shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their
lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives
they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it.
These things did the three mighty men.
011:020 Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three;
for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them,
and had a name among the three.
011:021 Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made
their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
011:022 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel
of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst
of a pit in time of snow.
011:023 He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high;
and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam;
and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear
out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
011:024 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name
among the three mighty men.
011:025 Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't
attain to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.
011:026 Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother
of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
011:027 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
011:028 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
011:029 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
011:030 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
011:031 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children
of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
011:032 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
011:033 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
011:034 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of
Shagee the Hararite,
011:035 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
011:036 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
011:037 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
011:038 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
011:039 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer
of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
011:040 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
011:041 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
011:042 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites,
and thirty with him,
011:043 Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
011:044 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of
Hotham the Aroerite,
011:045 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
011:046 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,
and Ithmah the Moabite,
011:047 Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
012:001 Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag, while he yet
kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish;
and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.
012:002 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and
the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow:
they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
012:003 The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah
the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth,
and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite,
012:004 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty,
and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan,
and Jozabad the Gederathite,
012:005 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah,
and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
012:006 Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,
the Korahites,
012:007 and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
012:008 Of the Gadites there separated themselves to David to
the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor,
men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear;
whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift
as the roes on the mountains;
012:009 Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
012:010 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
012:011 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
012:012 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
012:013 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
012:014 These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army:
he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest
to one thousand.
012:015 These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month,
when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put
to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east,
and toward the west.
012:016 There came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the
stronghold to David.
012:017 David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come
peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you;
but if [you be come] to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there
is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon,
and rebuke it.
012:018 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty,
[and he said], "We are yours, David, and on your side, you son
of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers;
for your God helps you." Then David received them, and made
them captains of the band.
012:019 Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David,
when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle:
but they didn't help them; for the lords of the Philistines
sent him away after consultation, saying, He will fall away
to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
012:020 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah,
and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu,
and Zillethai, captains of thousands who were of Manasseh.
012:021 They helped David against the band of rovers: for they were
all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army.
012:022 For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there
was a great army, like the army of God.
012:023 These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war,
who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,
according to the word of Yahweh.
012:024 The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six
thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
012:025 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war,
seven thousand and one hundred.
012:026 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
012:027 Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron; and with him
were three thousand and seven hundred,
012:028 and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's
house twenty-two captains.
012:029 Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand:
for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance
to the house of Saul.
012:030 Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred,
mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
012:031 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were
mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
012:032 Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times,
to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred;
and all their brothers were at their commandment.
012:033 Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could
set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war,
fifty thousand, and who could order [the battle array,
and were] not of double heart.
012:034 Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield
and spear thirty-seven thousand.
012:035 Of the Danites who could set the battle in array,
twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
012:036 Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could
set the battle in array, forty thousand.
012:037 On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites,
and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
with all manner of instruments of war for the battle,
one hundred twenty thousand.
012:038 All these being men of war, who could order the battle array,
came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over
all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart
to make David king.
012:039 They were there with David three days, eating and drinking;
for their brothers had made preparation for them.
012:040 Moreover those who were near to them, [even] as far as
Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys,
and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food of meal,
cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil,
and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.
013:001 David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
even with every leader.
013:002 David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good to you,
and if it be of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere
to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom
the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs,
that they may gather themselves to us;
013:003 and let us bring again the ark of our God to us:
for we didn't seek it in the days of Saul.
013:004 All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing
was right in the eyes of all the people.
013:005 So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the
brook] of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring
the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.
013:006 David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is],
to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from
there the ark of God Yahweh that sits [above] the cherubim,
that is called by the Name.
013:007 They carried the ark of God on a new cart, [and brought it] out
of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
013:008 David and all Israel played before God with all their might,
even with songs, and with harps, and with stringed instruments,
and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
013:009 When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put
forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
013:010 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzza, and he struck him,
because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there
he died before God.
013:011 David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzza;
and he called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.
013:012 David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring
the ark of God home to me?
013:013 So David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
013:014 The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house
three months: and Yahweh blessed the house of Obed-Edom,
and all that he had.
014:001 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,
and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
014:002 David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel;
for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.
014:003 David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David became the father
of more sons and daughters.
014:004 These are the names of the children whom he had
in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
014:005 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet,
014:006 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
014:007 and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
014:008 When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king
over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David:
and David heard of it, and went out against them.
014:009 Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the
valley of Rephaim.
014:010 David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against
the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand?
Yahweh said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.
014:011 So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there;
and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand,
like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name
of that place Baal Perazim.
014:012 They left their gods there; and David gave commandment,
and they were burned with fire.
014:013 The Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
014:014 David inquired again of God; and God said to him, You shall
not go up after them: turn away from them, and come on them
over against the mulberry trees.
014:015 It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle;
for God is gone out before you to strike the army
of the Philistines.
014:016 David did as God commanded him: and they struck the army
of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
014:017 The fame of David went out into all lands; and Yahweh brought
the fear of him on all nations.
015:001 [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared
a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
015:002 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:
for them has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God,
and to minister to him forever.
015:003 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark
of Yahweh to its place, which he had prepared for it.
015:004 David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
015:005 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers
one hundred twenty;
015:006 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers
two hundred twenty;
015:007 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers
one hundred thirty;
015:008 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his
brothers two hundred;
015:009 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;
015:010 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers
one hundred twelve.
015:011 David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites,
for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
015:012 and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of
the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers,
that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel,
to [the place] that I have prepared for it.
015:013 For because you didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God
made a breach on us, because we didn't seek him according
to the ordinance.
015:014 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring
up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
015:015 The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their
shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according
to the word of Yahweh.
015:016 David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers
the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments
and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up
the voice with joy.
015:017 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers,
Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari
their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
015:018 and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben,
and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab,
and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu,
and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
015:019 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed]
with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
015:020 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments
set to Alamoth;
015:021 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom,
and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed
lyre, to lead.
015:022 Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song:
he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
015:023 Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
015:024 Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai,
and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests,
did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-Edom
and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
015:025 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,
went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of
the house of Obed-Edom with joy.
015:026 It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls
and seven rams.
015:027 David was clothed with a robe of fine linen,
and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers,
and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers:
and David had on him an ephod of linen.
015:028 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant
of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the cornet,
and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed
instruments and harps.
015:029 It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to
the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked
out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing;
and she despised him in her heart.
016:001 They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst
of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
016:002 When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and
the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.
016:003 He dealt to everyone of Israel, both man and woman,
to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion [of flesh],
and a cake of raisins.
016:004 He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark
of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh,
the God of Israel:
016:005 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom,
and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps;
and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;
016:006 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually,
before the ark of the covenant of God.
016:007 Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh,
by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.
016:008 Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make his doings
known among the peoples.
016:009 Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works.
016:010 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who
seek Yahweh rejoice.
016:011 Seek you Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
016:012 Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders,
and the judgments of his mouth,
016:013 you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob,
his chosen ones.
016:014 He is Yahweh our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
016:015 Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded
to a thousand generations,
016:016 [the covenant] which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.
016:017 He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel
for an everlasting covenant,
016:018 saying, I will you give the land of Canaan, The lot
of your inheritance,
016:019 when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few,
and foreigners were in it.
016:020 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom
to another people.
016:021 He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings
for their sakes,
016:022 [saying], Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm.
016:023 Sing to Yahweh, all the earth! Display his salvation from
day to day.
016:024 Declare his glory among the nations, and his marvelous works
among all the peoples.
016:025 For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised.
He also is to be feared above all gods.
016:026 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh
made the heavens.
016:027 Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and gladness are
in his place.
016:028 Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the peoples, ascribe to
Yahweh glory and strength!
016:029 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering,
and come before him. Worship Yahweh in holy array.
016:030 Tremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established
that it can't be moved.
016:031 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice!
Let them say among the nations, Yahweh reigns.
016:032 Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult,
and all that is therein!
016:033 Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh,
for he comes to judge the earth.
016:034 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
kindness endures forever.
016:035 Say, Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and
deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name,
to triumph in your praise.
016:036 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even
to everlasting. All the people said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.
016:037 So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, Asaph
and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually,
as every day's work required;
016:038 and Obed-Edom with their brothers, sixty-eight; Obed-Edom also
the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
016:039 and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tent
of Yahweh in the high place that was at Gibeon,
016:040 to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering
continually morning and evening, even according to all that is
written in the law of Yahweh, which he commanded to Israel;
016:041 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen,
who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh,
because his loving kindness endures forever;
016:042 and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals
for those that should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for
the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
016:043 All the people departed every man to his house:
and David returned to bless his house.
017:001 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said
to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar,
but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains.
017:002 Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God
is with you.
017:003 It happened the same night, that the word of God came
to Nathan, saying,
017:004 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says Yahweh, You shall
not build me a house to dwell in:
017:005 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought
up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent,
and from [one] tent [to another].
017:006 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, spoke I
a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded
to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have you not built
me a house of cedar?
017:007 Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says
Yahweh of Armies, I took you from the sheep pen, from following
the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel:
017:008 and I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off
all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name,
like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
017:009 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more;
neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more,
as at the first,
017:010 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over
my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies.
Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you a house.
017:011 It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go
to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you,
who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
017:012 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
017:013 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not
take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him
that was before you;
017:014 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever;
and his throne shall be established forever.
017:015 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,
so did Nathan speak to David.
017:016 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh;
and he said, Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house,
that you have brought me thus far?
017:017 This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have
spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come,
and have regarded me according to the estate of a man
of high degree, Yahweh God.
017:018 What can David [say] yet more to you concerning the honor
which is done to your servant? for you know your servant.
017:019 Yahweh, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart,
have you worked all this greatness, to make known all
[these] great things.
017:020 Yahweh, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you,
according to all that we have heard with our ears.
017:021 What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel,
whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you
a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations
from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt?
017:022 For your people Israel did you make your own people forever;
and you, Yahweh, became their God.
017:023 Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken concerning
your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever,
and do as you have spoken.
017:024 Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying,
Yahweh of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel:
and the house of David your servant is established before you.
017:025 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will
build him a house: therefore has your servant found [in
his heart] to pray before you.
017:026 Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing
to your servant:
017:027 and now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant,
that it may continue forever before you: for you, Yahweh,
have blessed, and it is blessed forever.
018:001 After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines,
and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand
of the Philistines.
018:002 He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David,
and brought tribute.
018:003 David struck Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went
to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
018:004 David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven
thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David
hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them
for one hundred chariots.
018:005 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king
of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
018:006 Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus;
and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute.
Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
018:007 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
018:008 From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took
very much brass, with which Solomon made the bronze sea,
and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
018:009 When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army
of Hadarezer king of Zobah,
018:010 he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him,
because he had fought against Hadarezer and struck him;
(for Hadarezer had wars with Tou;) and [he had with him]
all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
018:011 These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver
and the gold that he carried away from all the nations;
from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon,
and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
018:012 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites
in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
018:013 He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants
to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
018:014 David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and
righteousness to all his people.
018:015 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud was recorder;
018:016 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,
were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
018:017 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites
and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief
about the king.
019:001 It happened after this, that Nahash the king of the children
of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
019:002 David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son
of Nahash, because his father shown kindness to me.
So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father.
David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon
to Hanun, to comfort him.
019:003 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you
that David does honor your father, in that he has sent
comforters to you? Aren't his servants come to you to search,
and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
019:004 So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut
off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks,
and sent them away.
019:005 Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men
were served. He sent to meet them; for the men were
greatly ashamed. The king said, Stay at Jericho until your
beards be grown, and then return.
019:006 When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves
odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one
thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen
out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.
019:007 So they hired them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king
of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba.
The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from
their cities, and came to battle.
019:008 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army
of the mighty men.
019:009 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
at the gate of the city: and the kings who had come were
by themselves in the field.
019:010 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel,
and put them in array against the Syrians.
019:011 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai
his brother; and they put themselves in array against
the children of Ammon.
019:012 He said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall
help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you,
then I will help you.
019:013 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people,
and for the cities of our God: and Yahweh do that which
seems him good.
019:014 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before
the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
019:015 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,
they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered
into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
019:016 When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel,
they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond
the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadarezer
at their head.
019:017 It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together,
and passed over the Jordan, and came on them, and set the battle
in array against them. So when David had put the battle
in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
019:018 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians
[the men of] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen,
and killed Shophach the captain of the army.
019:019 When the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him:
neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
020:001 It happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time
when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army,
and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came
and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.
020:002 David took the crown of their king from off his head,
and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were
precious stones in it; and it was set on David's head:
and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
020:003 He brought forth the people who were therein, and cut [them]
with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes.
Thus did David to all the cities of the children of Ammon.
David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
020:004 It happened after this, that there arose war at Gezer with
the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,
of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
020:005 There was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son
of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite,
the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
020:006 There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,
whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six [on each hand],
and six [on each foot]; and he also was born to the giant.
020:007 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's
brother killed him.
020:008 These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand
of David, and by the hand of his servants.
021:001 Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
021:002 David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go,
number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word,
that I may know the sum of them.
021:003 Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many
as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my
lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing?
Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
021:004 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab.
Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel,
and came to Jerusalem.
021:005 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David.
All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand
men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy
thousand men who drew sword.
021:006 But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's
word was abominable to Joab.
021:007 God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
021:008 David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done
this thing: but now, put away, I beg you, the iniquity
of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
021:009 Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
021:010 Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you
three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.
021:011 So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Take
which you will:
021:012 either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed
before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you;
or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence
in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout
all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer
I shall return to him who sent me.
021:013 David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray,
into the hand of Yahweh; for very great are his mercies:
and let me not fall into the hand of man.
021:014 So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel; and there fell of Israel
seventy thousand men.
021:015 God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he repented him of the evil,
and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand.
The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor
of Ornan the Jebusite.
021:016 David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing
between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand
stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders,
clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
021:017 David said to God, Isn't it I who commanded the people
to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done
very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done?
Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me,
and against my father's house; but not against your people,
that they should be plagued.
021:018 Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David, that David
should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing
floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
021:019 David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the
name of Yahweh.
021:020 Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons who were
with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
021:021 As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went
out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David
with his face to the ground.
021:022 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this
threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar to Yahweh:
for the full price shall you give it me, that the plague
may be stayed from the people.
021:023 Ornan said to David, Take it to you, and let my lord the king
do that which is good in his eyes: behold, I give [you] the oxen
for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood,
and the wheat for the meal offering; I give it all.
021:024 King David said to Ornan, No; but I will most certainly buy it
for the full price: for I will not take that which is yours
for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering without cost.
021:025 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels
of gold by weight.
021:026 David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered
him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
021:027 Yahweh commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again
into the sheath of it.
021:028 At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered
him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
then he sacrificed there.
021:029 For the tent of Yahweh, which Moses made in the wilderness,
and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high
place at Gibeon.
021:030 But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was
afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
022:001 Then David said, This is the house of Yahweh God, and this
is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.
022:002 David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were
in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones
to build the house of God.
022:003 David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors
of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in
abundance without weight;
022:004 and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they
of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
022:005 David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house
that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent,
of fame and of glory throughout all countries:
I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared
abundantly before his death.
022:006 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build
a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
022:007 David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart
to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
022:008 But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, You have shed
blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not
build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood
on the earth in my sight.
022:009 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest;
and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about;
for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and
quietness to Israel in his days:
022:010 he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son,
and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne
of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
022:011 Now, my son, Yahweh be with you; and prosper you, and build
the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
022:012 May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put
you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law
of Yahweh your God.
022:013 Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes
and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel.
Be strong, and of good courage. Don't be afraid,
neither be dismayed.
022:014 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house
of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one thousand
thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight;
for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared;
and you may add to them.
022:015 There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers
of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful
in every kind of work:
022:016 of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is
no number. Arise and be doing, and Yahweh be with you.
022:017 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon
his son, [saying],
022:018 Isn't Yahweh your God with you? Hasn't he given you rest on
every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants of the land
into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh,
and before his people.
022:019 Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God;
arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God,
into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh.
023:001 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son
king over Israel.
023:002 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests
and the Levites.
023:003 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward:
and their number by their polls, man by man,
was thirty-eight thousand.
023:004 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of
the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges;
023:005 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised
Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David],
for giving praise.
023:006 David divided them into divisions according to the sons
of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
023:007 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
023:008 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
023:009 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three.
These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan.
023:010 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.
These four were the sons of Shimei.
023:011 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah
didn't have many sons; therefore they became a fathers'
house in one reckoning.
023:012 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
023:013 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated,
that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons,
forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him,
and to bless in his name, forever.
023:014 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among
the tribe of Levi.
023:015 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
023:016 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
023:017 The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer
had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
023:018 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
023:019 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
023:020 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
023:021 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli:
Eleazar and Kish.
023:022 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only:
and their brothers the sons of Kish took them [to wife].
023:023 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
023:024 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses,
even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were
counted individually, in the number of names by their polls,
who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh,
from twenty years old and upward.
023:025 For David said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest
to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever:
023:026 and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tent
and all the vessels of it for the service of it.
023:027 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered,
from twenty years old and upward.
023:028 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service
of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers,
and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work
of the service of the house of God;
023:029 for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering,
whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked
in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner
of measure and size;
023:030 and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh,
and likewise in the evening;
023:031 and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths,
on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according
to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;
023:032 and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting,
and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons
of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.
024:001 These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons
of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
024:002 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children:
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
024:003 David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of
the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering
in their service.
024:004 There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar
than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided:
of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers'
houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to
their fathers' houses, eight.
024:005 Thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots;
for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God,
both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
024:006 Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites,
wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes,
and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and
of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar,
and one taken for Ithamar.
024:007 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
024:008 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
024:009 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
024:010 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
024:011 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
024:012 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
024:013 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
024:014 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
024:015 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
024:016 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
024:017 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
024:018 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
024:019 This was the ordering of them in their service, to come
into the house of Yahweh according to the ordinance [given]
to them by Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel,
had commanded him.
024:020 Of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael;
of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
024:021 Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
024:022 Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
024:023 The sons [of Hebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
024:024 The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
024:025 The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
024:026 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.
024:027 The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham,
and Zaccur, and Ibri.
024:028 Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
024:029 Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
024:030 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth.
These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.
024:031 These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron
in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech,
and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests
and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even
as those of his younger brother.
025:001 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service
certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun,
who should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments,
and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work
according to their service was:
025:002 of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah,
and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph,
who prophesied after the order of the king.
025:003 Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri,
and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands
of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied
in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
025:004 Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel,
and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti,
and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
025:005 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words
of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons
and three daughters.
025:006 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house
of Yahweh, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps,
for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman
being under the order of the king.
025:007 The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed
in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful,
was two hundred eighty-eight.
025:008 They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small
as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
025:009 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph:
the second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve:
025:010 the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:011 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:012 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:013 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:014 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:015 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:016 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:017 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:018 the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:019 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:020 for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:021 for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:022 for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:023 for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:024 for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and
his brothers, twelve:
025:025 for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:026 for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:027 for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
025:028 for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and
his brothers, twelve:
025:029 for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and
his brothers, twelve:
025:030 for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and
his brothers, twelve:
025:031 for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and
his brothers, twelve.
026:001 For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah
the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
026:002 Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second,
Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
026:003 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
026:004 Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second,
Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,
026:005 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth;
for God blessed him.
026:006 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who ruled over the house
of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
026:007 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,
whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
026:008 All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons
and their brothers, able men in strength for the service;
sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
026:009 Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
026:010 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons:
Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn,
yet his father made him chief),
026:011 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth:
all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
026:012 Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the
chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister
in the house of Yahweh.
026:013 They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to
their fathers' houses, for every gate.
026:014 The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son,
a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
026:015 To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
026:016 To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth,
at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.
026:017 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four
a day, and for the storehouse two and two.
026:018 For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
026:019 These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons
of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
026:020 Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God,
and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
026:021 The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan,
the heads of the fathers' [houses] belonging to Ladan
the Gershonite: Jehieli.
026:022 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother,
over the treasures of the house of Yahweh.
026:023 Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites,
of the Uzzielites:
026:024 and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler
over the treasures.
026:025 His brothers: of Eliezer [came] Rehabiah his son,
and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son,
and Shelomoth his son.
026:026 This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures
of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads
of the fathers' [houses], the captains over thousands and hundreds,
and the captains of the army, had dedicated.
026:027 Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair
the house of Yahweh.
026:028 All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner
the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated,
whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth,
and of his brothers.
026:029 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and judges.
026:030 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor,
one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel
beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh,
and for the service of the king.
026:031 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites,
according to their generations by fathers' [houses]. In
the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for,
and there were found among them mighty men of valor at
Jazer of Gilead.
026:032 His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred,
heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers
over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe
of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God,
and for the affairs of the king.
027:001 Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers'
[houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
and their officers who served the king, in any matter
of the divisions which came in and went out month by month
throughout all the months of the year--of every division
were twenty-four thousand.
027:002 Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son
of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
027:003 [He was] of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains
of the army for the first month.
027:004 Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite,
and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division
were twenty-four thousand.
027:005 The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah,
the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division
were twenty-four thousand.
027:006 This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty,
and over the thirty: and [of] his division was Ammizabad his son.
027:007 The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel
the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him:
and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
027:008 The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite:
and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
027:009 The sixth [captain] for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh
the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
027:010 The seventh [captain] for the seventh month was Helez
the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division
were twenty-four thousand.
027:011 The eighth [captain] for the eighth month was Sibbecai
the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division
were twenty-four thousand.
027:012 The ninth [captain] for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite,
of the Benjamites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
027:013 The tenth [captain] for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite,
of the Zerahites: and in his division were Twenty-four thousand.
027:014 The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month was
Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim:
and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
027:015 The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month was Heldai
the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division
were twenty-four thousand.
027:016 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel:
of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler:
of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah:
027:017 of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok:
027:018 of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David:
of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
027:019 of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth
the son of Azriel:
027:020 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah:
of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
027:021 of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:
of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
027:022 of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains
of the tribes of Israel.
027:023 But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old
and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel
like the stars of the sky.
027:024 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish;
and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number
put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
027:025 Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:
and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities,
and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan
the son of Uzziah:
027:026 Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground
was Ezri the son of Chelub:
027:027 and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite:
and over the increase of the vineyards for the winecellars
was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
027:028 and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in
the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars
of oil was Joash:
027:029 and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite:
and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat
the son of Adlai:
027:030 and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite:
and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.
027:031 All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
027:032 Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man
of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni
was with the king's sons:
027:033 Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite
was the king's friend:
027:034 and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar:
and the captain of the king's army was Joab.
028:001 David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes,
and the captains of the companies who served the king by division,
and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds,
and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king
and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men,
even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
028:002 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me,
my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart
to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready
for the building.
028:003 But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name,
because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.
028:004 However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all
the house of my father to be king over Israel forever:
for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah,
the house of my father; and among the sons of my father
he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;
028:005 Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has
chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom
of Yahweh over Israel.
028:006 He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house
and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I
will be his father.
028:007 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do
my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.
028:008 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh,
and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all
the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this
good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children
after you forever.
028:009 You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve
him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh
searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations
of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you;
but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
028:010 Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house
for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
028:011 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of
the temple], and of the houses of it, and of the treasuries of it,
and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it,
and of the place of the mercy seat;
028:012 and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts
of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms,
for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries
of the dedicated things;
028:013 also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites,
and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh,
and for all the vessels of service in the house of Yahweh;
028:014 of gold by weight for the [vessels of] gold, for all vessels
of every kind of service; [of silver] for all the vessels
of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;
028:015 by weight also for the lampstands of gold, and for the lamps of it,
of gold, by weight for every lampstand and for the lamps of it;
and for the lampstands of silver, [silver] by weight for [every]
lampstand and for the lamps of it, according to the use
of every lampstand;
028:016 and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table;
and silver for the tables of silver;
028:017 and the forks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold;
and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl;
and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;
028:018 and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight;
and gold for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim,
that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh.
028:019 All this, [said David], have I been made to understand in writing
from the hand of Yahweh, even all the works of this pattern.
028:020 David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage,
and do it: don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God,
even my God, is with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you,
until all the work for the service of the house of
Yahweh is finished.
028:021 Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and
the Levites, for all the service of the house of God:
and there shall be with you in all manner of work every
willing man who has skill, for any manner of service:
also the captains and all the people will be entirely
at your command.
029:001 David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son,
whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender,
and the work is great; for the palace is not for man,
but for Yahweh God.
029:002 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God
the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things
of] silver, and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron
for the [things of] iron, and wood for the [things of] wood;
onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones for inlaid work,
and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones,
and marble stones in abundance.
029:003 In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God,
seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver,
I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I
have prepared for the holy house,
029:004 even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir,
and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to
overlay the walls of the houses;
029:005 of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the [things
of] silver, and for all manner of work [to be made] by the hands
of artificers. Who then offers willingly to consecrate
himself this day to Yahweh?
029:006 Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the
tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;
029:007 and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five
thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten
thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents,
and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
029:008 They with whom [precious] stones were found gave them
to the treasure of the house of Yahweh, under the hand
of Jehiel the Gershonite.
029:009 Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly,
because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh:
and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
029:010 Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly;
and David said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel
our father, forever and ever.
029:011 Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory,
the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens
and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you
are exalted as head above all.
029:012 Both riches and honor come of you, and you rule over all;
and in your hand is power and might; and it is in your hand
to make great, and to give strength to all.
029:013 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
029:014 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able
to offer so willingly as this? For all things come of you,
and of your own have we given you.
029:015 For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all
our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow,
and there is no abiding.
029:016 Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to
build you a house for your holy name comes of your hand,
and is all your own.
029:017 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have
pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness
of my heart I have willingly offered all these things:
and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here,
offer willingly to you.
029:018 Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers,
keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart
of your people, and prepare their heart to you;
029:019 and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments,
your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things,
and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
029:020 David said to all the assembly, Now bless Yahweh your God.
All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers,
and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before
Yahweh and the king.
029:021 They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt
offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one
thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs,
with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance
for all Israel,
029:022 and ate and drink before Yahweh on that day with great gladness.
They made Solomon the son of David king the second time,
and anointed him to Yahweh to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
029:023 Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David
his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
029:024 All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons
of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
029:025 Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel,
and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on
any king before him in Israel.
029:026 Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
029:027 The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years;
he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three [years]
reigned he in Jerusalem.
029:028 He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor:
and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
029:029 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are
written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history
of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
029:030 with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him,
and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
Book 14 2 Chronicles
001:001 Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom,
and Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
001:002 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands
and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince
in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
001:003 So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place
that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God,
which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness.
001:004 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim
to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched
a tent for it at Jerusalem.
001:005 Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tent of Yahweh:
and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.
001:006 Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh,
which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand
burnt offerings on it.
001:007 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him,
"Ask what I shall give you."
001:008 Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving kindness
to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
001:009 Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established;
for you have made me king over a people like the dust
of the earth in multitude.
001:010 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come
in before this people; for who can judge this your people,
that is so great?
001:011 God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart,
and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life
of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life;
but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you
may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:
001:012 wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches,
and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had
who have been before you; neither shall there any after you
have the like.
001:013 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon,
from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem;
and he reigned over Israel.
001:014 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand
four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed
in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
001:015 The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones,
and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are
in the lowland, for abundance.
001:016 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue;
the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.
001:017 They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six
hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty:
and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria,
did they bring them out by their means.
002:001 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh,
and a house for his kingdom.
002:002 Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens,
and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains,
and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
002:003 Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt
with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house
in which to dwell, [even so deal with me].
002:004 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh
my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him
incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread,
and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths,
and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God.
This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel.
002:005 The house which I build is great; for great is our God
above all gods.
002:006 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven
of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should
build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
002:007 Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver,
and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue,
and who knows how to engrave [all manner of] engravings,
[to be] with the skillful men who are with me in Judah
and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
002:008 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon;
for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon:
and behold, my servants shall be with your servants,
002:009 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I
am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
002:010 Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber,
twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand
measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine,
and twenty thousand baths of oil.
002:011 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent
to Solomon, "Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made
you king over them."
002:012 Huram continued, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, that made
heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son,
endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build
a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.
002:013 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding,
of Huram my father's,
002:014 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father
was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver,
in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple,
in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave
any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there
may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men,
and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
002:015 Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine,
which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants:
002:016 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need;
and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa;
and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem."
002:017 Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land
of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father
had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three
thousand six hundred.
002:018 He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty
thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three
thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
003:001 Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem
on Mount Moriah, where [Yahweh] appeared to David his father,
which he made ready in the place that David had appointed,
in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
003:002 He began to build in the second [day] of the second month,
in the fourth year of his reign.
003:003 Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building
of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first
measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
003:004 The porch that was before [the house], the length of it,
according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits,
and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within
with pure gold.
003:005 The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood,
which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm
trees and chains.
003:006 He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty:
and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
003:007 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds,
and the walls of it, and the doors of it, with gold;
and engraved cherubim on the walls.
003:008 He made the most holy house: the length of it, according to
the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth
of it twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold,
amounting to six hundred talents.
003:009 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold.
He overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
003:010 In the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work;
and they overlaid them with gold.
003:011 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long:
the wing of the one [cherub] was five cubits, reaching to the wall
of the house; and the other wing was [likewise] five cubits,
reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
003:012 The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall
of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also],
joining to the wing of the other cherub.
003:013 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits:
and they stood on their feet, and their faces were
toward the house.
003:014 He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
and ornamented it with cherubim.
003:015 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five
cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each
of them was five cubits.
003:016 He made chains in the oracle, and put [them] on the tops
of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates,
and put them on the chains.
003:017 He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left; and called the name of that on
the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
004:001 Then he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits
the height of it.
004:002 Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
round in compass; and the height of it was five cubits;
and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
004:003 Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it
round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about.
The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
004:004 It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
and three looking toward the west, and three looking
toward the south, and three looking toward the east:
and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder
parts were inward.
004:005 It was a handbreadth thick; and the brim of it was worked
like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily:
it received and held three thousand baths.
004:006 He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand,
and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged
to the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was
for the priests to wash in.
004:007 He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance
concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on
the right hand, and five on the left.
004:008 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple,
five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one
hundred basins of gold.
004:009 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court,
and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
004:010 He set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward,
toward the south.
004:011 Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.
So Huram made an end of doing the work that he did for king
Solomon in the house of God:
004:012 the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were
on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two
bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
004:013 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks;
two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two
bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.
004:014 He made also the bases, and the basins made he on the bases;
004:015 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
004:016 The pots also, and the shovels, and the forks, and all the vessels
of it, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house
of Yahweh of bright brass.
004:017 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
004:018 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance:
for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
004:019 Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God,
the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
004:020 and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according
to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
004:021 and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,
and that perfect gold;
004:022 and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the
fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house,
the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors
of the main hall of the temple were of gold.
005:001 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh
was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David
his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold,
and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of
the house of God.
005:002 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all
the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers'
[houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David,
which is Zion.
005:003 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king
at the feast, which was [in] the seventh month.
005:004 All the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;
005:005 and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting,
and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did
the priests the Levites bring up.
005:006 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were
assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen,
that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
005:007 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to
its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cherubim.
005:008 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place
of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles
of it above.
005:009 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen
from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen outside:
and there it is to this day.
005:010 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put
[there] at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children
of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
005:011 It happened, when the priests were come out of the holy place,
(for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves,
and did not keep their divisions;
005:012 also the Levites who were the singers, all of them,
even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers,
arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments
and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them
one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
005:013 it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one,
to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh;
and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals
and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For he
is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then
the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
005:014 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason
of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
006:001 Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell
in the thick darkness.
006:002 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you
to dwell in forever.
006:003 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel:
and all the assembly of Israel stood.
006:004 He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke
with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands
fulfilled it, saying,
006:005 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land
of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel
to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose
I any man to be prince over my people Israel:
006:006 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there;
and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
006:007 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house
for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
006:008 But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your
heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it
was in your heart:
006:009 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who
shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house
for my name.
006:010 Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I am risen up
in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel,
as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name
of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
006:011 There have I set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh,
which he made with the children of Israel.
006:012 He stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all
the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands
006:013 (for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long,
and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it
in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled
down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel,
and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
006:014 and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you,
in heaven, or on earth; who keep covenant and loving kindness
with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
006:015 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you
did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have
fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
006:016 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant
David my father that which you have promised him, saying,
There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne
of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way,
to walk in my law as you have walked before me.
006:017 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified,
which you spoke to your servant David.
006:018 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you;
how much less this house which I have built!
006:019 Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant,
and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry
and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
006:020 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night,
even toward the place where you have said that you would put
your name; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall
pray toward this place.
006:021 Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place:
yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven;
and when you hear, forgive.
006:022 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him
to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your
altar in this house;
006:023 then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants,
bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his
own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according
to his righteousness.
006:024 If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy,
because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again
and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before
you in this house;
006:025 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel,
and bring them again to the land which you gave to them
and to their fathers.
006:026 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they
have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place,
and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you
do afflict them:
006:027 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants,
and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way
in which they should walk; and send rain on your land,
which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
006:028 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence,
if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar;
if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities;
whatever plague or whatever sickness there be;
006:029 whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man,
or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own
plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands
toward this house:
006:030 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place and forgive, and render
to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know;
(for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)
006:031 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they
live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
006:032 Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel,
when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake,
and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they
shall come and pray toward this house:
006:033 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place,
and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for;
that all the peoples of the earth may know your name,
and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know
that this house which I have built is called by your name.
006:034 If your people go out to battle against their enemies,
by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you
toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I
have built for your name;
006:035 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication,
and maintain their cause.
006:036 If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin),
and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy,
so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
006:037 yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they
are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication
to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned,
we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;
006:038 if they return to you with all their heart and with all
their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have
carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you
gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen,
and toward the house which I have built for your name:
006:039 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place,
their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause,
and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
006:040 Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your
ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
006:041 Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place,
you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests,
Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints
rejoice in goodness.
006:042 Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed:
remember [your] loving kindnesses to David your servant.
007:001 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down
from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices;
and the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
007:002 The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh,
because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
007:003 All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down,
and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed
themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement,
and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good;
for his loving kindness endures for ever.
007:004 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
007:005 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen,
and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all
the people dedicated the house of God.
007:006 The priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites
also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king
had made to give thanks to Yahweh, (for his loving kindness
endures for ever), when David praised by their ministry:
and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
007:007 Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before
the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings,
and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar
which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering,
and the meal offering, and the fat.
007:008 So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all
Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance
of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
007:009 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly:
for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days,
and the feast seven days.
007:010 On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent
the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for
the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon,
and to Israel his people.
007:011 Thus Solomon finished the house of Yahweh, and the king's house:
and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon's
heart to make in the house of Yahweh, and in his own house.
007:012 Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him,
I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself
for a house of sacrifice.
007:013 If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command
the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence
among my people;
007:014 if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
007:015 Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer
that is made in this place.
007:016 For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my
name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall
be there perpetually.
007:017 As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked,
and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will
keep my statutes and my ordinances;
007:018 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I
covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not
fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.
007:019 But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments
which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods,
and worship them;
007:020 then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I
have given them; and this house, which I have made holy
for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it
a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
007:021 This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall
be astonished, and shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus
to this land, and to this house?
007:022 They shall answer, Because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of
their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them:
therefore has he brought all this evil on them.
008:001 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had
built the house of Yahweh, and his own house,
008:002 that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them,
and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
008:003 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.
008:004 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities,
which he built in Hamath.
008:005 Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower,
fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
008:006 and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had,
and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for
his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his
pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land
of his dominion.
008:007 As for all the people who were left of the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel;
008:008 of their children who were left after them in the land,
whom the children of Israel didn't consume, of them did
Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.
008:009 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for
his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains,
and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
008:010 These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty,
who ruled over the people.
008:011 Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city
of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said,
My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel,
because the places where the ark of Yahweh has come are holy.
008:012 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar
of Yahweh, which he had built before the porch,
008:013 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to
the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons,
and on the set feasts, three times in the year, [even] in
the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks,
and in the feast of tents.
008:014 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David
his father, the divisions of the priests to their service,
and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister
before the priests, as the duty of every day required;
the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate:
for so had David the man of God commanded.
008:015 They didn't depart from the commandment of the king to the priests
and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
008:016 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the
foundation of the house of Yahweh, and until it was finished.
[So] the house of Yahweh was completed.
008:017 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore
in the land of Edom.
008:018 Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea
by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants
of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred
fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
009:001 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon,
she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem,
with a very great train, and camels that bore spices,
and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she
was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was
in her heart.
009:002 Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything
hid from Solomon which he didn't tell her.
009:003 When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
009:004 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing,
his cup bearers also, and their clothing, and his ascent
by which he went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no more
spirit in her.
009:005 She said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my
own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
009:006 However I didn't believe their words, until I came, and my eyes
had seen it; and behold, the half of the greatness of your
wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.
009:007 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
009:008 Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you
on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God: because your
God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made
he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
009:009 She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold,
and spices in great abundance, and precious stones:
neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave
to king Solomon.
009:010 The servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought
gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
009:011 The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh,
and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments
for the singers: and there were none like these seen before
in the land of Judah.
009:012 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king.
So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
009:013 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
009:014 besides that which the traders and merchants brought:
and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country
brought gold and silver to Solomon.
009:015 King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold;
six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one buckler.
009:016 [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold;
three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield:
and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
009:017 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid
it with pure gold.
009:018 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,
which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either
side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing
beside the stays.
009:019 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on
the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
009:020 All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels
of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:
silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
009:021 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants
of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish,
bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
009:022 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in
riches and wisdom.
009:023 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon,
to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
009:024 They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels
of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules,
a rate year by year.
009:025 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities,
and with the king at Jerusalem.
009:026 He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land
of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
009:027 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones,
and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are
in the lowland, for abundance.
009:028 They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
009:029 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last,
aren't they written in the history of Nathan the prophet,
and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions
of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
009:030 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
009:031 Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city
of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
010:001 Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem
to make him king.
010:002 It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it,
(for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence
of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
010:003 They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came,
and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
010:004 Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you
the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke
which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
010:005 He said to them, Come again to me after three days.
The people departed.
010:006 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel
give you me to return answer to this people?
010:007 They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people,
and please them, and speak good words to them, then they
will be your servants forever.
010:008 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him,
who stood before him.
010:009 He said to them, What counsel give you, that we may return answer
to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke
that your father did put on us lighter?
010:010 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying,
Thus shall you tell the people who spoke to you, saying,
Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us;
thus shall you say to them, My little finger is thicker
than my father's waist.
010:011 Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke,
I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips,
but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.
010:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
010:013 The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook
the counsel of the old men,
010:014 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying,
My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto:
my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise
you] with scorpions.
010:015 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about
of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke
by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
010:016 When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them,
the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we
in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David.
So all Israel departed to their tents.
010:017 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities
of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
010:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject
to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him
to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him
up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
010:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
011:001 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house
of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men,
who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom
again to Rehoboam.
011:002 But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
011:003 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah,
and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
011:004 Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against
your brothers: return every man to his house; for this
thing is of me. So they listened to the words of Yahweh,
and returned from going against Jeroboam.
011:005 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
011:006 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
011:007 Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
011:008 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
011:009 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
011:010 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and
in Benjamin, fortified cities.
011:011 He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them,
and stores of food, and oil and wine.
011:012 In every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them
exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
011:013 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted
to him out of all their border.
011:014 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession,
and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons
cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's
office to Yahweh;
011:015 and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for
the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.
011:016 After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their
hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem
to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
011:017 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam
the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked
three years in the way of David and Solomon.
011:018 Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth
the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab
the son of Jesse;
011:019 and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
011:020 After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore
him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
011:021 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his
wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives,
and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight
sons and sixty daughters.)
011:022 Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief,
[even] the prince among his brothers; for [he was minded]
to make him king.
011:023 He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all
the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city:
and he gave them food in abundance. He sought [for
them] many wives.
012:001 It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established,
and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh,
and all Israel with him.
012:002 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had
trespassed against Yahweh,
012:003 with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen.
The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt:
the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
012:004 He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah,
and came to Jerusalem.
012:005 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes
of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,
and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, You have forsaken me,
therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
012:006 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;
and they said, Yahweh is righteous.
012:007 When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves:
I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance,
and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the
hand of Shishak.
012:008 Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know
my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
012:009 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
and took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh,
and the treasures of the king's house: he took all away:
he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
012:010 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass,
and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard,
who kept the door of the king's house.
012:011 It was so, that as often as the king entered into the house
of Yahweh, the guard came and bore them, and brought them
back into the guard chamber.
012:012 When he humbled himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him,
so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah
there were good things [found].
012:013 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:
for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there:
and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
012:014 He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart
to seek Yahweh.
012:015 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren't they written
in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer,
after the manner of genealogies? There were wars between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
012:016 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David:
and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
013:001 In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to
reign over Judah.
013:002 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.
There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
013:003 Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war,
even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set
the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand
chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
013:004 Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country
of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
013:005 Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel,
gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him
and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
013:006 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son
of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
013:007 There were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows,
who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could
not withstand them.
013:008 Now you think to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand
of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude,
and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made
you for gods.
013:009 Haven't you driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron,
and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner
of the peoples of [other] lands? so that whoever comes
to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams,
the same may be a priest of [those who are] no gods.
013:010 But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken him;
and [we have] priests ministering to Yahweh, the sons of Aaron,
and the Levites in their work:
013:011 and they burn to Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt
offerings and sweet incense: the show bread also [set
they] in order on the pure table; and the lampstand of gold
with the lamps of it, to burn every evening: for we keep
the charge of Yahweh our God; but you have forsaken him.
013:012 Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with
the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you.
Children of Israel, don't you fight against Yahweh, the God
of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.
013:013 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them:
so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
013:014 When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and
behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded
with the trumpets.
013:015 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted,
it happened, that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before
Abijah and Judah.
013:016 The children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered
them into their hand.
013:017 Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter:
so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
013:018 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time,
and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied
on Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
013:019 Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,
Bethel with the towns of it, and Jeshanah with the towns of it,
and Ephron with the towns of it.
013:020 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:
and Yahweh struck him, and he died.
013:021 But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives,
and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
013:022 The rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,
are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
014:001 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in
the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
In his days the land was quiet ten years.
014:002 Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:
014:003 for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places,
and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
014:004 and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers,
and to do the law and the commandment.
014:005 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places
and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
014:006 He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet,
and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had
given him rest.
014:007 For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make
about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land
is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God;
we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.
So they built and prospered.
014:008 Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah
three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore
shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand:
all these were mighty men of valor.
014:009 There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an
army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots;
and he came to Mareshah.
014:010 Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array
in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
014:011 Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides
you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength:
help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name
are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God;
don't let man prevail against you.
014:012 So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah;
and the Ethiopians fled.
014:013 Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar:
and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not
recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh,
and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.
014:014 They struck all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear
of Yahweh came on them: and they despoiled all the cities;
for there was much spoil in them.
014:015 They struck also the tents of livestock, and carried away
sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
015:001 The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
015:002 and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa,
and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you
are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you;
but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
015:003 Now for a long season Israel was without the true God,
and without a teaching priest, and without law:
015:004 But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God
of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
015:005 In those times there was no peace to him who went out,
nor to him who came in; but great vexations were on all
the inhabitants of the lands.
015:006 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city
against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
015:007 But be you strong, and don't let your hands be slack;
for your work shall be rewarded.
015:008 When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,
he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all
the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which
he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed
the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
015:009 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned
with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon:
for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they
saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
015:010 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month,
in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
015:011 They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they
had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
015:012 They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of
their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
015:013 and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel,
should be put to death, whether small or great,
whether man or woman.
015:014 They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting,
and with trumpets, and with cornets.
015:015 All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with
all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire;
and he was found of them: and Yahweh gave them rest round about.
015:016 Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen,
because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah;
and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt
it at the brook Kidron.
015:017 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:
nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
015:018 He brought into the house of God the things that his father
had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver,
and gold, and vessels.
015:019 There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of
the reign of Asa.
016:001 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king
of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might
not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
016:002 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures
of the house of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent
to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
016:003 [There is] a league between me and you, as [there was] between
my father and your father: behold, I have sent you silver
and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel,
that he may depart from me.
016:004 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his
armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon,
and Dan, and Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.
016:005 It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off
building Ramah, and let his work cease.
016:006 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones
of Ramah, and the timber of it, with which Baasha had built;
and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
016:007 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah,
and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria,
and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the army
of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.
016:008 Weren't the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots
and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because you did rely on Yahweh,
he delivered them into your hand.
016:009 For the eyes of Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth,
to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart
is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly;
for from henceforth you shall have wars.
016:010 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison;
for he was in a rage with him because of this thing.
Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
016:011 Behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are
written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
016:012 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet;
his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he didn't
seek Yahweh, but to the physicians.
016:013 Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth
year of his reign.
016:014 They buried him in his own tombs, which he had hewn out
for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed
which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices]
prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great
burning for him.
017:001 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened
himself against Israel.
017:002 He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set
garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim,
which Asa his father had taken.
017:003 Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first
ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
017:004 but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments,
and not after the doings of Israel.
017:005 Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand;
and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches
and honor in abundance.
017:006 His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore
he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
017:007 Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes,
even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel,
and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
017:008 and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah,
and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan,