numbred of them even of the tribe of Reuben were fourty and six thousand and five hundred 22 ¶ Of the children of Simeon by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers those that were numbred of them according to the number of the names by their polls every male from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 23 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Simeon were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred 24 ¶ Of the children of Gad by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 25 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Gad were fourty and five thousand six hundred and fifty 26 ¶ Of the children of Judah by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 27 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Judah were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred 28 ¶ Of the children of Issachar by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 29 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Issachar were fifty and four thousand and four hundred 30 ¶ Of the children of Zebulun by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 31 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred 32 ¶ Of the children of Joseph namely of the children of Ephraim by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 33 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Ephraim were fourty thousand and five hundred 34 ¶ Of the children of Manasseh by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 35 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty and two thousand and two hundred 36 ¶ Of the children of Benjamin by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 37 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty and five thousand and four hundred 38 ¶ Of the children of Dan by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 39 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Dan were thereescore and two thousand and seven hundred 40 ¶ Of the children of Asher by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 41 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Asher were fourty and one thousand and five hundred 42 ¶ Of the children of Naphtali throughout their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 43 Those that were numbred of them even of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty and three thousand and four hundred 44 These are those that were numbred which Moses and Aaron numbred and the princes of Israel being twelve men each one was for the house of his fathers 45 So were all those that were numbred of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war in Israel 46 Even all they that were numbred were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty 47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbred among them 48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses saying 49 Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony and over all the vessels thereof and over all things that belong to it they shall bear the tabernacle and all the vessels thereof and they shall minister unto it and shall encamp round about the tabernacle 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward the Levites shall take it down and when the tabernacle is to be pitched the Levites shall set it up and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents every man by his own camp and every man by his own standard throughout their hosts 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses so did they CHAP. II. 5 The order of the tribes in their tents ANd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard with the ensigne of their fathers house â Heb. over against far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch 3 ¶ And on the east-side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah 4 And his host and those that were numbred of them were threescore and fourteen thousand and fix hundred 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar 6 And his host and those that were numbred thereof were fifty and four thousand and four hundred 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun 8 And his host and those that were numbred thereof were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred 9 All that were numbred in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and sourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred throughout their armies these
at Hazeroth 18 And they departed from Hazeroth and pitched in Rithmah 19 And they departed from Rithmah and pitched at Rimmon-parez 20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez and pitched in Libnah 21 And they removed from Libnah and pitched at Rissah 22 And they journeyed from Rissah and pitched in Kehelathah 23 And they went from Kehelathah and pitched in mount Shapher 24 And they removed from mount Shapher and encamped in Haradah 25 And they removed from Haradah and pitched in Makheloth 26 And they removed from Makheloth and encamped at Tahath 27 And they departed from Tahath and pitched at Tarah 28 And they removed from Tarah and pitched in Mithcah 29 And they went from Mithcah and pitched in Hashmonah 30 And they departed from Hashmonah and * Deut. 10.6 encamped at Moseroth 31 And they departed from Moseroth and pitched in Bene-jaakan 32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan and encamped at Horhagidgad 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad and pitched in Jotbathah 34 And they removed from Jotbathah and encamped at Ebronah 35 And they deparâed from Ebronah and encamped at Ezion-gaber 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber and pitched in the * Ch. 20.1 wilderness of Zin which is Kadesh 37 And they removed from * Ch. 20.22 Kadesh and pitched in mount Hor in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 And * Ch. 20.25 Deut. 32.50 Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD and died there in the fourtieth year after the children of Israeâ were come out of the land of Egypt in the first day of the fifth moneth 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And * Chap. 27.1 c. king Arad the Canaanite which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan heard of the coming of the children of Israel 41 And they departed from mount * Chap. 21.4 Hor and pitched in Zalmonah 42 And they departed from Zalmonah and pitched in Punon 43 And they departed from Punon and pitched in Oboth 44 And they departed from Oboth and pitched in â Or heaps of Abarim Ije-abarim in the border of Moab 45 And they departed from Iim and pitched in Dibon-gad 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad and encamped in Almon-diblathaim 47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim and pitched in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho 49 And they pitched by Jordan from Beth-jesimoth even unto â Or the plains of Shittim * Ch. 25.1 Abel shâtâim in the plains of Meab 50 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho saying 51 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them * Deut. â 2 Josh 11.12 When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan 52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their pictures and destroy all their molten images and quite pluck down all their high places 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell therein for I have given you the land to possess it 54 And * Ch. 26.53 ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families and to the mo ye shall â Heb. multiply his inheritance give the more inheritance and to the sewer ye shall â Heb. diminish his inheritance give the less inheritance every mans inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you then it shall come to pass that those which ye let remain of them shall be * Josh 23 13. Judg. 2.3 pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell 56 Moreover it shall come to pass that I shall do unto you as I thought to do unto them CHAP. XXXIV 1 The borders of the land 16 The names of the men which shall divide the land ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Command the children of Israel and say unto them When ye come into the land of Canaan this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof 3 Then * Josh 15 1 your south-quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom and your south-border shall be the outmost coast of the salt-sea east-ward 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and pass on to Zin and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea and shall go on to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt and the goings out of it shall be at the sea 6 And as for the western-border you shall even have the great sea for a border this shall be your west-border 7 And this shall be your north-border from the great sea you shall point out for you mount Hor. 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad 9 ¶ And the border shall go on to Ziphron and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan this shall be your north-border 10 And ye shall point out your east-border from Hazar-enan to Shepham 11 And the coast shall go down to Shepham to Riblah on the east-side of Ain and the border shall descend and shall reach unto the â Heb shoulder side of the sea of Chinnereth east-ward 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan and the goings out of it shall be at the salt-sea This shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel saying This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes and to the half-tribe 14 * Ch. 32.33 Jos 14.2.5 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers have received their inheritance and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho east-ward toward the sun-rising 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you * Josh 19 51. Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe to divide the land by inheritance 19 And the names of the men are these Of the tribe of Judah Caleb the son
of Jephunneh 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon Shemuel the son of Ammihud 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin Elidad the son of Chislon 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan Bukki the son of Jogli 23 The prince of the children of Joseph for the tribe of the children of Manasseh Hanniel the son of Ephod 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim Kemuel the son of Shiphtan 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun Elizaphan the son of Parnach 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar Paltiel the son of Azzan 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher Ahihud the son of Shelomi 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali Pedahel the son of Annhihud 29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan CHAP. XXXV 1 Eight and fourty cities for the Levites with their suburâs and measure thereof 6 Six of them are to be cities of refuge 9 The laws of murder 31 No satisfaction for murder ANd the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho saying 2 * Josh 21. â Command the children of Israel that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattel and for their goods and for all their beasts 4 And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east-side two thousand cubits and on the south-side two thousand cubits and on the west side two thousand cubits and on the north-side two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Lâvites thâre shall be * Deut. 4.41 Josh 20.2 21.3 six cities for refuge which ye shall appoint for the man-slayer that he may flee thither and â Heb. above them ye shall give to them ye shall add fourty two cities 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Lâvites shall be fourty and eight cities them shall ye give with their suburbs 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel from them that have many ye shall giâe many but from them that have few ye shall give few every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which â Heb. they inherit he inheriteth 9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 10 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them * Deu. 19.2 Josh 20.2 When the be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you that the slayer may flee thither which killeth any person â Heb. by errour at unawares 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger that the man-slayer die not until he stand before the congregation in judgement 13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan which shall be cities of refuge 15 These six cities shall be a refuge both for the children of Israel and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither 16 * Exod. 21.14 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron so that he die he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death 17 And if he smite him â Heb. with a stone of the band with throwing a stone wherewith he may die and he die he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death 18 Or if he smite him with an hand-weapon of wood wherewith he may die and he die he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death 19 The revenger of bloud himself shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him he shall slay him 20 But * Deut. 19.11 if he thrust him of hatred or hurl at him by laying of wait that he die 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand that he die he that smote him shall surely be put to death for he is a murderer the revenger of bloud shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him 22 But if he thrust him suddenly * Exod. 21. â3 without enmity or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait 23 Or with any stone wherewith a man may die seeing him not and cast it upon him that he die and was not his enemy neither sought his harm 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of bloud according to these judgements 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of bloud and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge wither he was fled and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest which was anointed with the holy oyl 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge whether he was fled 27 And the revenger of bloud finde him without the borders of the city of his refuge and the revenger of bloud kill the slayer â Heb. no bloud shall be to him he shall not be guilty of bloud 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgement unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings 30 Whoso killeth any person the murderer shall be put to death by the * Deu. 17.6 19.15 Mat. 18.16 2 Cor. 1â 1 Heb. 10.28 mouth of witnesses but one witness shall not testifie against any person to cause him to die 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer which is â Heb. faulty to die guilty of death but he shall be surely put to death 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge that he should come again to dwell in the land until the death of the priest 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are for bloud it defileth the land and â Heb. there can be no explation for the land the
land cannot be cleansed of the bloud that is shed therein but by the bloud of him that shed it 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit wherein I dwell for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel CHAP. XXXVI 1 The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters 5 is remedied by marrying in their own tribes 7 lest the inheritance should be removed from the tribe 10 The daughters of Zelophehad marry their fathers brothers sons ANd the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh of the families of the sons of Joseph came near and spake before Moses and before the princes the chief fathers of the children of Israel 2 And they said * Ch 27 â Jââh 17.3 The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe â Heb. unto whom they shall be whereunto they are received so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance 4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers 5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD saying The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well 6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad saying let them â Heb. be wiveâ marry to whom they think best * Tob. 1.9 onely to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe for every one of the children of Israel shall â Heb. cleaâe to the c. keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers 8 And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses so did the daughters of Zelophehad 11 * Chap. 27.1 For Mahlah Tirzah and Hoglah and Milcah and Noah the daughters of Zelophehad were married unto their fathers brothers sons 12 And they were married â Heb. to some that were of the families into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father 13 These are the commandments and the judgements which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho The fifth book of Moses called DEUTERONOMY CHAP. I. 1 Moses speech in the end of the fourtieth year briefly rehearsing the story 6 of Gods promise 9 of giving them officers 19 of sending the spies to search the land 34 of Gods anger for their incredulity 4â and disobedience THese be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness in the plain over against â Or Zupâ the Red sea between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab 2 There are eleven days journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea 3 And it came to pass in the fourtieth year in the eleventh moneth on the first day of the moneth that Moses spake unto the children of Israel according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them 4 * Numb 21.24 After he had slain Sâhon the king of the Amorites which dwelt in Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei 5 On this side Jordan in the land of Moab began Moses to declare this law saying 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb saying Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount 7 Turn you and take your journey and go to the mount of the Amorites and unto â Heb. all his neighbouâs all the places nigh thereunto in the plain in the hills and in the vale and in the south and by the sea-side to the land of the Canaanites and unto Lâbanon unto the great river the river Euphrates 8 Behold I have â Heb. given let the land before you go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers * Gen. 15.18 17.7.8 Abraham Isaac and Jacob to give unto them and to their seed after them 9 ¶ And I spake unto you at that time saying I am not able to bear you myself alone 10 The LORD our God hath multiplyed you and behold you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude 11 The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many mo as ye are and bless you as he hath promised you 12 How can I my self alone bear your cumbrance and your burden and your strife 13 â Heb. Give Take ye wise men and understanding and known among your tribes and I will make them rulers over you 14 And ye answered me and said The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do 15 So I took the chief of your tribes wise men and known and â Heb. gave made them heads over you captains over thousands and captains over hundreds and captains over fifties and captains ever tens and officers among your tribes 16 And I charged your judges at that time saying Hear the causes between your brethren and * Joh. 7.24 judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him 17 * Lev. 19.15 Ch. 16.19 1 Sam. 16.7 Prov. 24.23 Ye shall not â Heb. acknowledge faces respect persons in judgement but you shall hear the small as well as the great you shall not be afraid of the face of man for the judgement is Gods and the cause that is too hard for you bring it unto me and I will hear it 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do 19 ¶ And when we departed from Horeb we went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites as the LORD our God commanded us and we came to Kadesh-barnea 20 And I said unto you Ye are come unto the mountain of the
of Manasseh 7 ¶ And these are the kings of the countrey which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto * Chap. 11.17 the mount Halak that goeth up to Seir which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions 8 In the mountains and in the valleys and in the plains and in the springs and in the wilderness and in the south-countrey the Hittites the Amorites and the Canaanites the Perizzites the Hivites and the Jebusites 9 ¶ * Chap. 62. The king of Jericho one * Chap. 8.29 the king of Ai which is beside Beth-el one 10 * Chap. 10.23 The king of Jerusalem one the king of Hebron one 11 The king of Jarmuth one the king of Lachish one 12 The king of Eglon one * Chap. 10.33 the king of Gezer one 13 * Chap. 10.38 The king of Debir one the king of Geder one 14 The king of Hormah one the king of Arad one 15 * Chap. 10.29 The king of Libnah one the king of Adullam one 16 * Chap. 10.28 The king of Makkedah one the king of Beth-el one 17 The king of Tappuah one the king of Hephir one 18 The king of Aphek one the king of â Or Sharon Lasharon one 19 The king of Madon one * Chap. 11.10 the king of Hazor one 20 The king of Shimron-meron one the king of Achshaph one 21 The king of Taanach one the king of Megiddo one 22 The king of Kedesh one the king of Jokneam of Carmel one 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor one the king of * Gen. 14.1 the nations of Gilgal one 24 The king of Tirzah one all the kings thirty and one CHAP. XIII 2 The bounds of the land not yet conquered 8 The inheritance of the two triles and half 14 33 The Lord and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben 22 Balaam slain 24 The bounds of the inheritance of Gad 29 and of the half-tribe of Manasseh NOw Joshua was old and stricken in years and the LORD said unto him Thou art old and stricken in years and there remaineth yet very much land â Heb. ãâã possâss it to be possessed 2 This is the land that yet remaineth all the borders of the Philistines and all Geshuri 3 From Sihor which is before Egypt even unto the borders of Ekron north-ward which is counted to the Canaanite five lords of the Philistines the Gazathites and the Ashdothites the Eshkalonites the Gittites and the Ekronites also the Avites 4 From the south all the land of the Canaanites and â Or. the cave Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek to the borders of the Amorites 5 And the land of the Giblites and all Lebanon toward the sun-rising from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entring into Hamath 6 All the inhabitants of the hill-countrey from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim and all the Sidonians them will I drive out from before the children of Israel onely divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance as I have commanded thee 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance * Num. 32.33 Deut. 3.12 13. Chap. 22.4 which Moses gave them beyond Jordan east-ward even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them 9 From Aroer that is upon the bank of the river Arnon and the city that is in the midst of the river and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites which reigned in Heshbon unto the border of the children of Ammon 11 And Gilead and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites and all mount Hermon and all Bashan unto Salcah 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei who remained of * Deut. 3.11 Chap. 12.4 the remnant of the giants for these did Moses smite and cast them out 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites nor the Maachathites but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day 14 Onely unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance as he said unto them 15 ¶ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families 16 And their coast was from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon and the city that is in the midst of the river and all the plain by Medeba 17 Heshbon and all her cities that are in the plain Dibon and â Or the high places of Baal and house of Baal-meon Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon 18 And Jahaza and Kedemoth and Mephaath 19 And Kirjathaim and Sibmah and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley 20 And Beth-peor and * Deut. 3.17 â Or springs of Pisâab or the bâll Ashdoth-pisgah and Beth-jeshimoth 21 And all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites which reigned in Heshbon whom Moses smote * Numb 31.8 with the princes of Midian Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba which were dukes of Sihon dwelling in the countrey 22 ¶ Balaam also the son of Beor the â Or diviner sooth-sayer did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan and the border thereof This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families the cities and the villages thereof 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad even unto the children of Gad according to their families 25 And their coast was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead and half the land of the children of Ammon unto Aroer that is before Rabbah 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir 27 And in the valley Beth-aram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon Jordan and his border even unto the edge of the sea of Cinnereth on the other side Jordan east-ward 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families the cities and their villages 29 ¶ And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-half-tribe of Manasseh and this was the possession of the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim all Bashan all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan threescore cities 31 And half Gilead and Ashtaroth and Edrei cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan were pertaining unto the children of Machir
according to all that he sware unto their father and there stood not a man of all their enemâes before them the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand 45 * Chap. 23.14 15. There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel all came to pass CHAP. XXII 1 The two tribes and half with a blessing are sent home 10 They build the altar of testimony in their journey 11 The Israelites are offended thereat 21 They give them good satisfaction THen Joshua called the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2 And said unto them Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God 4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren as he promised them therefore now return ye and get ye unto your tents and unto the land of your possession * Num 32.33 Chap. 138. which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan 5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you * Deut. 10.12 to love the LORD your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul 6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away and they went unto their tents 7 ¶ Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan west-ward And when âoshua sent them away alâo unto their tents then he blessed them 8 And he spake unto them saying Return with much riches unto your tents and with very much castel with silver and with gold and with brass and with âron and with very much raiment divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren 9 ¶ And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-half-tribe of Manasseh returned and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh whâch is in the land of Canaan to go unto the countrey of Gilead to the land of their possession whereof they were possessed according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses 10 ¶ And when they came unto the borders of Jordan that are in the land of Canaan the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan a great aâtar to see to 11 ¶ And the children of Israel heard say Behold the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan in the borders of Jordan at the passage of the children of Israel 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh to go up to war against them 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben and to the âhildren of Gad and to the half-half-tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest 14 And with him ten princes of each â Hâb house of ãâã father chief house a prince throughoât all the tribe of Israel and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel 15 And they came unto the children of Reuben and to the children of Gad and to the half-half-tribe of Manasseh unto the land of Gilead and they spake with them saying 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel to turn away this day from following the LORD in that ye have builded you an altar that ye might râbel this day against the LORD 17 Is the iniquity * Numb 25.4 of Peor too little for us from which we are not clâansed until this day although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD and it will be seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel 19 Notwithstanding if the land of your possession be unclean then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD wherein the LORDS tabernacle dwelleth and take possession among us but rebel not against the LORD nor rebel against us in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God 20 * Chap. 7. â 5 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel and that man perished not alone in his iniquity 21 ¶ Then the âhildren of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-half-tribe of Manasseh answered and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel 22 The LORD God of gods the LORD God of gods he knoweth and Israel he shall know it be in rebellion or if in transgression against the LORD save us not this day 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meat-offering or it to offer peace-offerings thereon let the LORD himself require it 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing saying â Heb. To morrow In time to come your children might speak unto our children saying What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you ye children of Reuben and children of Gad ye have no part in the LORD so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD 26 Therefore we said Let us now prepare to build us an altar not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice 27 But that it may be * Gen. 31.48 Ch. 24 27. Vers 34. a witness between us and you and our generations after us that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt-offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace-offerings that your children may not say to our children in time to come Ye have no part in the LORD 28 Therefore said we that it shall be when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come that we may say again Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD which our fathers made not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices but it is a witness between us and you 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD and turn this day from following the LORD to build an altar for burnt-offerings for meat offerings or for sacrifices besides the altar
and Jeshaiah his son and Joram his son and Zichri his son and Shelomith his son 26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicate things which David the king and the chief fathers the captains over thousands and hundreds and the captains of the host had dedicated 27 â Heb. out of the battels and spoils Out of the spoils won in battels did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD 28 And all that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Kish and Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated and whosoever had dedicated any thing it was under the hand of Shelomith and of his brethren 29 ¶ Of the Izharites Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel for officers and judges 30 And of the Hebronites Hashabiah and his brethren men of valour a thousand and seven hundred were â Heb. âver the charge officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan west-ward in all business of the LORD and in the service of the king 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief even among the Hebronites according to the generations of his fathers In the fourtieth year of the reign of David they were sought for and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead 32 And his brethren men of valour were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and â Heb. thing affairs of the king CHAP. XXVII 1 The twelve captains for every several moneth 16 The princes of the twelve tribes 23 The numbring of the people is bindred 25 Davids several officers NOw the children of Israel after their number to wit the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses which came in and went out moneth by moneth throughout all the moneths of the year of every course were twenty and four thousand 2 Over the first course for the first moneth was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel and in his course were twenty and four thousand 3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first moneth 4 And over the course of the second moneth was â Or Dodo 2 Sam. 23.9 Dodai an Ahohite and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand 5 The third captain of the host for the third moneth was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada a â Or principal officer chief priest and in his course were twenty and four thousand 6 This is that Benaiah who was * 2 Sam. 23.20 22 23. Ch. 11.22 c. mighty among the thirty and above the thirty and in his course was Amizabad his son 7 The fourth captain for the fourth moneth was Asahel the brother of Joab and Zebadiah his son after him and in his course were twenty and four thousand 8 The fifth captain for the fifth moneth was Shamhuth the Izrahite and in his course were twenty and four thousand 9 The sixth captain for the sixth moneth was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite and in his course were twenty and four thousand 10 The seventh captain for the seventh moneth was Helez the Pelonite of the children of Ephraim and in his course were twenty and four thousand 11 The eighth captain for the eighth moneth was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zarhites and in his course were twenty four thousand 12 The ninth captain for the ninth moneth was Abiezer the Anetothite of the Benjamites and in his course were twenty and four thousand 13 The tenth captain for the tenth moneth was Maharai the Netophathite of the Zarhites and in his course were twenty and four thousand 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh moneth was Benaiah the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim and in his course were twenty and four thousand 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth moneth was â Or âeiââ ãâã 11 30. Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel and in his course were twenty and four thousand 16 ¶ Furthermore over the tribes of Israel the ruler of the Reubeiâteâ was Eliezer the son of Zichri of the Simeonites Shephatiah the son of Maachah 17 Of the Levites Hashabiah the son of Kemuel of the Aaronites Zadok 18 Of Judah Elihu one of the brethren of David of Issachar Omri the son of Michael 19 Of Zebulun Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah of Naphtali Jerimoth the son of Azriel 20 Of the children of Ephraim Hoshea the son of Azaziah of the half-half-tribe of Manasseh Joel the son of Pedaiah 21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead Iddo the son of Zechariah of Benjamin Jaasiel the son of Abner 22 Of Dan Azareel the son of Jeroham These were the princes of the tribes of Israel 23 ¶ But David took not the number of them from twenty yeare old and under because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number but he finished not because * 2 Sam. 24.15 Chap. 21.7 there fell wrath for it against Israel neither â Heb. ascended was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David 25 ¶ And over the kings treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel and over the store-houses in the fields in the cities and in the villages and in the castles was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah 26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub 27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite â Heb. over that which was of the vineyards over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite 28 And over the olive-trees and the sycomore-trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite and over the cellars of oyl was Joash 29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai 30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmeelite and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite All these were the rulers of the substance which was king Davids 32 Also Jonathan Davids uncle was a counsellour a wise man and a â Or seâritary scribe and Jehiel the â Or Hachmonites son of Hachmoni was with the kings sons 33 And Ahithophel was the kings counsellour and Hushai the Archite was the kings companion 34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah and Abiathar and the general of the kings army was Joab CHAP. XXVIII 1 David in a solemn assembly having declared Gods favour to him and promise to his son Solomon exhorteth them to fear God 9
that which he was commanded 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses that the skin of Moses face shone and Moses put the vail upon his face again until he went in to speak with him CHAP. XXXV 1 The sabbath 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle 20 The readiness of the people to offer 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work ANd Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together and said unto them These are the words which the LORD hath commanded that ye should do them 2 * Chap. 20.9 Lev. 23.3 Deut. 5.12 Luke 13.14 Six days shall work be done but on the seventh day there shall be to you â Heb. holiness an holy day a sabbath of rest to the LORD whosoever doth work therein shall be put to death 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath-day 4 ¶ And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel saying This is the thing which the LORD commanded saying 5 Take ye from amongst you an offering unto the LORD * Chap 25.2 Whosoever is of a willing heart let him bring it an offering of the LORD gold and silver and brass 6 And blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats hair 7 And rams skins died red and badgers skins and shittim-wood 8 And oyl for the light and spices for anointing oyl and for the sweet incense 9 And onyx-stones and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breast-plate 10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come and make all that the LORD hath commanded 11 * Chap. 26.1 c. The tabernacle his tent and his covering his taches and his boards his bars his pillars and his sockets 12 The ark and the staves thereof with the mercy-seat and the vail of the covering 13 The table and his staves and all his vessels and the shew-bread 14 The candlestick also for the light and his furniture and his lamps with the oyl for the light 15 * Chap. 30.1 And the incense-altar and his staves and the anointing oyl and the sweet incense and the hanging for the door at the entring in of the tabernacle 16 * Chap. 27.1 The altar of burnt-offering with his brasen grate his staves and all his vessels the laver and his foot 17 The hangings of the court his pillars and their sockets and the hanging for the door of the court 18 The pins of the tabernacle the pins of the court and their cords 19 The clothes of service to do service in the holy place the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to minister in the priests office 20 ¶ And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses 21 And they came every one whose heart stirred him up and every one whom his spirit made willing and they brought the LORDS offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation and for all his service and for the holy garments 22 And they came both men and women as many as were willing-hearted and brought bracelets and ear-rings and rings and tablets all jewels of gold and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD 23 And every man with whom was found blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats hair and red skins of rams and badgers skins brought them 24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORDS offering and every man with whom was found shittim-wood for any work of the service brought it 25 And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands and brought that which they had spun both of blue and of purple and of scarlet and of fine linen 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats hair 27 And the rulers brought onyx-stones and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breast-plate 28 And * Chap 30.23 spice and oyl for the light and for the anointing oyl and for the sweet incense 29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses 30 ¶ And Moses said unto the children of Israel See * Chap. 31.2 the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God in wisdom in understanding and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship 32 And to devise curious works to work in gold and in silver and in brass 33 And in the cutting of stones to set them and in carving of wood to make any manner of cunning work 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach both he and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver and of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer in blue and in purple in scarlet and in fine linen and of the weaver even of them that do any work and of those that devise cunning work CHAP. XXXVI 1 The offerings are delivered to the workmen 5 The liberality of the people is restrained 8 The curtains of cherubims 14 The curtains of goats hair 19 The covering of skins 20 The boards with their sockets 31 The bars 35 The vail 37 The hanging for the door THen wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise-hearted man in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary according to all that the LORD had commanded 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise-hearted man in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it 3 And they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary to make it withal And they brought yet unto him free-offerings every morning 4 And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came every man from his work which they made 5 ¶ And they spake unto Moses saying The people bring much more then enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make 6 And Moses gave commandment and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp saying Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary so the people were restrained from bringing 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it and too much 8 ¶ * Chap. 26.3 4. And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined
morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days and ye shall offer a new-meat-offering unto the LORD 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth-deals they shall be of fine flour they shall be baken with leaven they are the first-fruits unto the LORD 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year and one young bullock and two rams they shall be for a burnt-offering unto the LORD with their meat-offering their drink-offerings even an offering made by fire of sweet savour unto the LORD 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD with the two lambs they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest 21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-same day that it may be an holy convocation unto you ye shall do no servile work therein It shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations 22 ¶ And * Chap. 19.9 when ye reap the harvest of your land thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest * Deut. 24.19 neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger I am the LORD your God 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 24 Speak unto the children of Israel saying In the * Num. 29.1 seventh moneth in the first day of the moneth shall ye have a sabbath a memorial of blowing of trumpets an holy convocation 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 27 * Chap. 16.30 Numb 29.7 Also on the tenth day of this seventh moneth there shall be a day of atonement it shall be an holy convocation unto you and ye shall afflict your souls and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day for it is a day of atonement to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day he shall be cut off from among his people 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day the same soul will I destroy from among his people 31 Ye shall do no manner of work It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest and ye shall afflict your souls in the ninth day of the moneth at even from even unto even shall ye â Heb. rest celebrate your sabbath 33 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 34 Speak unto the children of Israel saying * Numb 29.12 The fifteenth day of this seventh moneth shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD 35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation ye shall do no servile work therein 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD * Joh. 7.37 on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD it is a â Heb. day of restraint solemn assembly and ye shall do no servile work therein 37 These are the feasts of the LORD which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD a burnt-offering and a meat-offering a sacrifice and drink-offerings ever thing upon his day 38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD and beside your gifts and beside all your vows and beside all your free-will-offerings which ye give unto the LORD 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh moneth when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days on the first day shall be a sabbath and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the â Heb. fruit boughs of goodly trees branches of palm-trees and the boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook and ye shall rejoyce before the LORD your God seven days 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year It shall be a statute for ever in your generations ye shall celebrate it in the seventh moneth 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt I am the LORD your God 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD CHAP. XXIV 1 The oyl for the lamps 5 The shew-bread 10 Shelomiths son blasphemeth 13 The law of blasphemy 17 Of murder 18 Of damage 23 The Hasphemer is stoned ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oyl-olive beaten for the light â Heb to cause to ascend to cause the lamps to burn continually 3 Without the vail of the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually It shall be a statute for ever in your generations 4 He shall order the lamps upon * Exod. 31.8 the pure candlestick before the LORD continually 5 ¶ And thou shalt take fine flour and bake twelve * Exod. 25.30 cakes thereof two tenth-deals shall be in one cake 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows six on a row upon the pure table before the LORD 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row that it may be on the bread for a memorial even an offering made by fire unto the LORD 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant 9 And * Exod. 29.33 Chap. 8.31 Mat. 12.4 it shall be Aarons and his sons and they shall eat it in the holy place for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute 10 ¶ And the son of an Israelitish woman whose father was an Egyptian went out among the children of Israel and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp 11 And the Israelitish womans son blasphemed the Name of the LORD and cursed and they brought him unto Moses and his mothers name was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan 12 And they * Numb 15.34 put him in ward â Heb. to expound unto them according to
shall first set forth 10 ¶ On the south-side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur 11 And his host and those that were numbred thereof were fourty and six thousand and five hundred 12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simâon and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai 13 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fifty and âine thousand and three hundred 14 Then the tribe of Gad and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel 15 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fourty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty 16 All that were numbred in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty throughout their armies and they shall set forth in the second rank 17 ¶ Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp as they encamp so shall they set forward every man in his place by their standards 18 ¶ On the west-side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud 19 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fourty thousand and five hundred 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur 21 And his host and those that were numbred of them were thirty and two thousand and two hundred 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni 23 And his host and those that were numbred of them were thirty and five thousand and four hundred 24 All that were numbred of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred throughout their armies and they shall go forward in the third rank 25 ¶ The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north-side by their armies and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai 26 And his host and those that were numbred of them were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred 27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran 28 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fourty and one thousand and five hundred 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan 30 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fifty and three thousand and four hundred 31 All they that were numbred in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred they shall go hindmost with their standards 32 ¶ These are those which were numbred of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers all those that were numbred of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty 33 But the Levites were not numbred among the children of Israel as the LORD commanded Moses 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses so they pitched by their standards and so they set forward every one after their families according to the house of their fathers CHAP. III. 1 The sons of Aaron 5 The Levites are given to the priests for the service of the tabernacleâ 11 in stead of the first-born 14 The Levites are numbred by their families 21 The families number and charge of the Gershonites 27 of the Koâathites 33 of the Merarites 38 The place and charge of Moses and Aaron 40 The first-born are freed by the Levites 44 The overplus are redeemed THese also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron Nadab the * Exod. 6.23 first-born and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron the priests which were anointed â Heb. whose hand be filled whom he consecrated to minister in the priests office 4 * Lev. 10.1 Ch. 26.61 1 Chr. 24.2 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai and they had no children and Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the priests office in the sight of Aaron their father 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron the priest that they may minister unto him 7 And they shall keep his charge and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation to do the service of the tabernacle 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation and the charge of the children of Israel to do the service of the tabernacle 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons and they shall wait on their priests office and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unte Moses saying 12 And I behold I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in stead of all the first-born that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel therefore the Levites shall be mine 13 Because all the first-born are mine * Exod. 13.2 Lev. 27.26 Chap. 8.16 Luk. 2.23 for on the day that I smote all the first born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel both man and beast mine they shall be I am the LORD 14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai saying 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers by their families every male from a moneth old and upward shalt thou number them 16 And Moses numbred them according to the â Heb. mouth word of the LORD as he was commanded 17 * Gen. 46.11 Exod. 6.16 Ch. 26.57 1 Chro. 6.1 And these were the sons of Levi by their names Gershon and Kohath and Merari 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families Libni and Shimei 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families Amram and Izehar Hebron and Uzziel 20 And the sons of Merari by their families Mahli and Mushi these are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family
he is holy unto the LORD 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him and he hath defiled the head of his consecration then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing on the seventh day shall he shave it 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest to the door or the tabernacle of the congregation 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering and the other for a burnt-offering and make an atonement for him for that he sinned by the dead and shall hallow his head that same day 12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass-offering but the days that were before shall â Heb. fall be lost because his separation was defiled 13 ¶ And this is the law of the Nazarite When the days of his separation are fulfilled he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering and one ew-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offering and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings 15 And a basket of unleavened bread cakes of fine flour mingled with oyl and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oyl and their meat-offering and their drink-offerings 16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD and shall offer his sin-offering and his burnt-offering 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD with the basket of unleavened bread the priest shall offer also his meat-offering and his drink offering 18 * Act 21.24 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and shall take the hair of the head of his separation and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened water and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite after the hair of his separation is shaven 20 And the priest shall wave them * Exod. 29.27 for a wave-offering before the LORD this is holy for the priest with the wave-breast and heave-shoulder and after that the Nazarite may drink wine 21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation besides that that his hand shall get according to the vow which he vowed so he must do after the law of his separation 22 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons saying On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel saying unto them 24 The LORD bless thee and keep thee 25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel and I will bless them CHAP. VII 1 The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle 10 Their several offerings at the dedication of the altar 89 God speaketh to Moses from the mercy-seat ANd it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully * Exed 40.18 set up the tabernacle and had anointed it and sanctified it and all the instruments thereof both the altar and all the vessels thereof and had anointed them and sanctified them 2 That the princes of Israel heads of the house of their fathers who were the princes of the tribes â Heb. who stood and were over them that were numbred offered 3 And they brought their offering before the LORD six covered wagons and twelve oxen a wagon for two of the princes and for each one an ox and they brought them before the tabernacle 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 5 Take it of them that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt give them unto the Levites to every man according to his service 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them unto the Levites 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon according to their service 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari according unto their service under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders 10 ¶ And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed even the princes offered their offering before the altar 11 And the LORD said unto Moses They shall offer their offering each prince on his daâ for the dedicating of the altar 12 ¶ And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah 13 And his offering was one silver charger the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a * Levit. 2.1 meat-offering 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense 15 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 16 One kid of the goats for a * Levit. 4.23 sin-offering 17 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab 18 ¶ On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar prince of Issachar did offer 19 He offered for his offering one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels full of incense 21 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 22 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 23 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar 24 ¶ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon prince of the children of Zebulun did offer 25 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver howl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 27 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 28 One kid of the goats for a
sin-offering 29 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year Thus was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon 30 ¶ On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur prince of the children of Reuben did offer 31 His offering was one silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 33 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 34 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 35 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur 36 ¶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai prince of the children of Simeon did offer 37 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 39 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 40 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 41 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai 42 ¶ On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel prince of the children of Gad offered 43 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels a silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 45 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 46 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 47 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel 48 ¶ On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud prince of the children of Ephraim offered 49 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 50 One golden spoon often shekels full of incense 51 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 52 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 53 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud 54 ¶ On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur prince of the children of Manasseh 55 His offering was one silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 56 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 57 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 58 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 59 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur 60 ¶ On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni prince of the children of Benjamin offered 61 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels a silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 63 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 64 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 65 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni 66 ¶ On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai prince of the children of Dan offered 67 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shakels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 69 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 70 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 71 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai 72 ¶ On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran prince of the children of Asher offered 73 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 75 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 76 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 77 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran 78 ¶ On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan prince of the children of Naphtali offered 79 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 81 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 82 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 83 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan 84 This was the dedication of the altar in the day when it was anointed by the princes of Israel twelve chargers of silver twelve silver bowls twelve spoons of gold 85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels each bowl seventy all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary 86 The golden spoons were twelve full of incense weighing ten shekels apiece after the shekel of the sanctuary all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels 87 All the oxen for the burnt-offering were twelve bullocks the rams twelve the
in a journey afar off yet he shall keep the pass-over unto the LORD 11 The fourteenth day of the second moneth at even they shall keep it and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs 12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning * Exod. 12.46 Joh. 19.36 nor break any bone of it according to all the ordinances of the pass-over they shall keep it 13 But the man that is clean and is not in a journey and forbeareth to keep the pass over even the same soul shall be cut off from his people because he brouâht not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season that man shall bear his sin 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you and will keep the pass-over unto the LORD according to the ordinance of the pass-over and according to the manner thereof so shall he do * Exod. 12.49 ye shall have one ordinance both for the stranger and for him that was born in the land 15 ¶ And * Exod. 40.34 on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle namely the tent of the testimony and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire until the moâning 16 So it was alway the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle then after that the children of Israel journeyed and in the place where the cloud abode there the children of Israel pitched their tents 18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched * 1 Cor. 10.1 as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in the tents 19 And when the cloud â Heb. prolonged tarried long upon the tabernacle many days then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and journeyed not 20 And so it was when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed 21 And so it was when the cloud â Heb. was abode from even unto the morning and that the cloud was taken up in the morning then they journeyed whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up they journeyed 22 Or whether it were two days or a moneth or a year that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle remaining thereon the children of Israel * Exod. 30.36 37. abode in their tents and journeyed not but when it was taken up they journeyed 23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed they kept the charge of the LORD at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses CHAP. X. 1 The use of the silver trumpets 11 The Israelites remove from Sinai to Paran 14 The order of their march 29 Hobah is entreated by Moses not to leave them 33 The blessing of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver of an whole peice shalt thou make them that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly and for the journeying of the camps 3 And when they shall blow with them all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet then the princes which are heads of the thousands of Israel shall gather themselves unto thee 5 When ye blow an alarm then the camps that lie on the east-parts shall go forward 6 When you blow an alarm the second time then the camps that lie on the south-side shall take their journey they shall blow an alarm for their journeys 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together you shall blow but you shall not sound an alarm 8 And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the trumpets and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets and ye shall be remembred before the LORD your God and ye shall be saved from your enemies 10 Also in the day of your gladness and in your solemn days and in the beginnings of your moneths ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings that they may be to you for a memorial before your God I am the LORD your God 11 ¶ And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second moneth in the second year that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses 14 ¶ * Chap. 2.3 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies and over his host was * Chap. 1.4 Nahshon the son of Amminadab 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon 17 And the tabernacle was taken down and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle 18 ¶ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel 21 And the Kohathites set forward bearing the * Chap. 4 4 sanctuary and â That is the Gershonites and the Merarites Sâe vers 17. the other did set up the tabernacle against they came 22 ¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni 25 ¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the
Moses forbid them 29 And Moses said unto him Enviest thou for my sake would God that all the LORDS people were prophets and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them 30 And Moses gat him into the camp he and the elders of Israel 31 ¶ And there went forth a * Ex. 16.13 Ps 78.26 wind from the LORD brought quails from the sea and let them fall by the camp â Heb. as it were the way of a day as it were a days journey on this side and as it were a days journey on the other side round about the camp and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth 32 And the people stood up all that day and all that night and all the next day and they gathered the quails he that gathered least gathered ten homers and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp 33 And while the * Ps 78.30 31. flesh was yet between their teeth ere it was chewed the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague 34 And he called the name of that place â That is The graves of lust Kibroth-hattaavah because there they buried the people that lusted 35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth and â Heb. they were in c. abode at Hazeroth CHAP. XII 1 God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron 10 Miriams leprosie is healed at the prayer of Moses 14 God commandeth her to be shut out of the host ANd Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the â Or Cushite Ethiopian woman whom he had married for he had â Heb. taken married an Ethiopian woman 2 And they said Hath the LORD indeed spoken onely by Moses hath he not spoken also by us And the LORD heard it 3 Now the man Moses was * Ecclus. 95.4 very meek above all the men which were upon the face of the earth 4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto Miriam Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation And they three came out 5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle and called Aaron and Miriam and they both came forth 6 And he said Hear now my words If there be a prophet among you I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision and will speak unto him in a dream 7 My servant Moses is not so * Heb. 3.2 who is faithful in all mine house 8 With him will I speak * Ex 33 11 mouth to mouth even apparently and not in dark speeches and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them and he departed 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle and behold Miriam became leprous white as snow and Aaron looked upon Miriam and behold she was leprous 11 And Aaron said unto Moses Alas my lord I beseech thee lay not the sin upon us wherein we have done foolishly and wherein we have sinned 12 Let her nor be as one dead of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mothers womb 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD saying Heal her now O God I beseech thee 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses If her father had but spit in her face should she not be ashamed seven days let her be * Levit. 13 4â shut out from the camp seven days and after that let her be received in again 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again 16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth and pitched in the wilderness of Paran CHAP. XIII 1 The names of the men who were sent to search the land 17 Their instructions 21 Their acts 26 Their relation ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Send thou men that they may search the land of Canaan which I give unto the children of Israel of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man every one a ruler among them 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran all those men were heads of the children of Israel 4 And these were their names Of the tribe of Reuben Shammua the son of Zaccur 5 Of the tribe of Simeon Shaphat the son of Hori 6 Of the tribe of Judah Caleb the son of Jephunneh 7 Of the tribe of Issachar Igal the son of Joseph 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim Oshea the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin Palti the son of Raphu 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun Gaddiel the son of Sodi 11 Of the tribe of Joseph namely of the tribe of Manasseh Gaddi the son of Susi 12 Of the tribe of Dan Ammiel the son of Gemalli 13 Of the tribe of Asher Sethur the son of Michael 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali Nahbi the son of Vophsi 15 Of the tribe of Gad Geuel the son of Machi 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua 17 ¶ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said unto them Get you up this way south-ward and go up into the mountain 18 And see the land what it is and the people that dwelleth therein whether they be strong or weak few or many 19 And what the land is that they dwell in whether it be good or bad and what cities they be that they dwell in whether in tents or in strong holds 20 And what the land is whether it be fat or lean whether there be wood therein or not And be ye of good courage and bring of the fruit of the land now the time was the time of the first-ripe-grapes 21 ¶ So they went up and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob as men come to Hamath 22 And they ascended by the south and came unto Hebron where Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai the children of Anak were now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt 23 * Deu. 1.24 And they came unto the â Or valley brook of Eshcol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes and they bare it between two upon a staff and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs. 24 The place was called the â Or valley brook â That is a cluster of grapes Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence 25 And they returned from searching of the land after fourty days 26 ¶ And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the congregation of the children of Israel unto
saying 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt * Chap. 14.28 29. from twenty years old and upward shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham unto Isaac and unto Jacob because they have not â Heb. fulfilled after me wholly followed me 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite and Joshua the son of Nun for they have wholly followed the LORD 13 And the LORDS anger was kindled against Israel and the made them wander in the wilderness fourty years until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was consumed 14 And behold ye are risen up in your fathers stead an increase of sinful men to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel 15 For if ye turn away from after him he will yet again leave them in the wilderness and ye shall destroy all this people 16 ¶ And they came near unto him and said We will build sheep-folds here for our cattel and cities for our little ones 17 But we our selves will go ready armed before the children of Israel until we have brought them unto their place and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land 18 We will not return unto our houses until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan or forward because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan east-ward 20 ¶ And * Josh 1.13 Moses said unto them If ye will do this thing if ye will go armed before the LORD to war 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD until he hath driven out his enemies from before him 22 And the land be subdued before the LORD then afterward ye shall return and be guiltless before the LORD and before Israel and this land shall be your possession before the LORD 23 But if ye will not do so behold ye have sinned against the LORD and be sure your sin will finde you out 24 Build ye cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses saving Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth 26 Our little ones our wives our flocks and all our cattel shall be there in the cities of Gilead 27 * Josh 4.12 But thy servants will pass over every man armed for war before the LORD to battel as my lord saith 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel 29 And Moses said unto them If the children of God and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan every man armed to battel before the LORD and the land shall be subdued before you then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered saying As the LORD hath said unto thy servants so will we do 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours 33 And * Deut. 2.12 Jof 12.8 22.4 Moses gave unto them even to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben and unto halt the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan the land with the citâes thereof in the coasts even the cities of the countrey round about 34 ¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer 35 And Atroth Shophan and Jâzer and Jogbehah 36 And Beth nimrah and Beth-haran fenced cities and solds for sheep 37 And the children of Reuben built Hâshbon and Elealeh and Kiâjathaim 38 And Nebo and Baal-meon their names being changed and Shibmah and â Heb. they called by names the names of the cities gave other names unto the cities which they builded 39 And the children of * Gen. 50.23 Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh and he dwelt therein 41 And * Deut. 3.14 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof and called them Havothââair 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath and the villages thereof and called it Nobah after his own name CHAP. XXXIII 1 Two and fourty journeys of the Israelites 50 The Canaanites aye to be destroyed THese are the journeys of the children of Israel which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD and these are their journeys according to their goings out 3 And they * Exod. 12.37 departed from Rameses in the first moneth on the fifteenth day of the first moneth on the morrow after the pass-over the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians 4 For the Egyptians buried all their first-born which the LORD had smitten among them upon their gods also the LORD executed judgements 5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses and pitched in Succoth 6 And they departed from * Exod. 13.20 Succoth and pitched in Etham which is in the edge of the wilderness 7 And they removed from Etham and turned again unto Pi hahiroth which is before Baal-zephon and they pitched before Migdol 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth and * Exod. 15.22 passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness and went three days journey in the wilderness of Etham and pitched in Marah 9 And they removed from Marah and * Exod. 15.27 came unto Elim and in Elim were twelve fountains of water and threescore and ten palm-trees and they pitched there 10 And they removed from Elim and encamped by the Red sea 11 And they removed from the Red sea and encamped in the * Exod. 16. â wilderness of Sin 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin and encamped in Dophkah 13 And they departed from Dophkah and encamped in Alush 14 And they removed from Alush and encamped at * Exod. 17. â Rephidim where was no water for the people to drink 15 And they departed from Rephidim and pitched in the * Ex. 19.1 wilderness of Sinai 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai and pitched * Ch. 11.24 ãâã That is the graves of lusi at â Kibroth-hattaavah 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah and * Câ 11.35 encamped
the LORD 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets and it came to pass when the people heard the sound of the trumpet and the people shouted with a great shout that * Heb. 11.30 the wall fell down â Heb. under it flat so that the people went up into the city every man straight before him and they took the city 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city both man and woman young and old and ox and sheep and ass with the edge of the sword 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the countrey Go into the harlots house and bring out thence the woman and all that she hath * Ch. 2.14 Heb. 11.31 as ye sware unto her 23 And the young men that were spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brethren and all that she had and they brought out all her â Heb. families kindred and left them without the camp of Israel 24 And they burnt the city with fire and all that was therein onely the silver and the gold and the vessels of brass and of iron they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive and her fathers houshold all that she had she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spie out Jericho 26 ¶ And Joshua adjured them at that time saying â 1 Kin. 16.34 Cursed be the man before the LORD that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it 27 So the LORD was with Joshua and his same was noised throughout all the countrey CHAP. VII 1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 Joshua's complaint 10 God instructeth him what to do 16 Achan is taken by the lot 19 His confession 22 He and all he had are destroyeâ in the valley of Achor BUt the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing for * Ch. 22 2â 1 Châo 2.7 Achan the son of Carmi the son of Zabdi the ãâã of Zerah of the tribe of Judah took of the acâursed thing and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which is beside Beth-aven on the east-âide of Beth-el and spake unto them saying Go up and view the countrey And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua and said unto him Let not all the people go up but let â Heb. about 2000 men or about 3000 men about two or three thousand men go up smite Ai and make not all the people to labour thither for they are but few 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim and smote them â Or in Merad in the going down wherefore the hearts of the people melted and became as water 6 ¶ And Joshua rent his clothes and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the even-tide he and the elders of Israel and put dust upon their heads 7 And Joshua said Alas O Lord GOD wherefore hast thou at all brought this people ever Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us would to God we had been content and dwelt on the other side Jordan 8 O Lord what shall I say when Israel turneth their â Heb. necks backs before their enemies 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it and shall environ us round and cut off our name from the earth and what wilt thou do unto thy great name 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua Get thee up wherefore â Heb. fallest liest thou thus upon thy face 11 Israel hath sinned and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them for they have even taken of the accursed thing and have also stoln and dissembled also and they have put it even amongst their own stuff 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies but turned their backs before their enemies because they were accursed neither will I be with you any more except ye destroy the accursed from amongst you 13 Up sanctifie the people and say Sanctifie your selves against to morrow for thus saith the LORD God of Israel There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee O Israel thou canst not stand before thine enemies until ye take away the accursed thing from among you 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes and it shall be that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by housholds and the houshold which the LORD shall take shall come man by man 15 And it shall be that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire he and all that he hath because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD and because he hath wrought â Or wickedness folly in Israel 16 ¶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes and the tribe of Judah was taken 17 And he brought the family of Judah and he took the family of the Zarhites and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man and Zabdi was taken 18 And he brought his houshold man by man and Achan the son of Carmi the son of Zabdi the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah was taken 19 And Joshua said unto Achan My son give I pray thee glory to the LORD God of Israel and make confession unto him and tell me now what thou hast done hide it not from me 20 And Achan answered Joshua and said Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel and thus and thus have I done 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment and two hundred shekels of silver and a â Heb. tongue wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight then I coveted them and took them and behold they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent and the silver under it 22 ¶ So Joshua sent messengers and they ran unto the tent and behold it was hid in his tent and the silver under it 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent and brought them unto Joshua and unto all the children of Israel and â Heb. poured laid them out before the LORD 24 And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah and the silver and the garment and
the son of Manasseh even to the one half of the * Numb 32.39 children of Machir by their families 32 These are the countreys which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab on the other side Jordan by Jericho east-ward 33 * Chap. 18.7 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance * Numb 18.20 as he said unto them CHAP. XIV 1 The nine tribes and an half are to have their inheritance by lot 6 Caleb by priviledge obtaineth Hebron ANd these are the countreys which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan * Numb 34.17 which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed for inheritance unto them 2 * Num. 26.55 and 33.54 By lot was their inheritance as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine tribes and for the half-tribe 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half-tribe on the other side Jordan but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes Manasseh Ephraim therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land save cities to dwell in with their suburbs for their cattel and for their substance 5 * Numb 35.2 Chap. 21.2 As the LORD commanded Moses so the children of Israel did and they divided the land 6 ¶ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea 7 Fourty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espie out the land and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt but I wholly * Numb 14.24 followed the LORD my God 9 And Moses sware on that day saying Surely the land whereon thy feet have troden shall be thine inheritance and thy childrens for ever because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God 10 And now behold the LORD hath kept me alive as he said these fourty and five years even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses while the children of Israel â Heb. walââd wandred in the wilderness and now lo I am this day fourscore and five years old 11 * Ecclus â6 9 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me as my strength was then even so is my strength now for war both to go out and to come in 12 Now therefore give me this mountain whereof the LORD spake in that day for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there and that the cities were great and fenced if so be the LORD will be with me then I shall be able to drive them out as the LORD said 13 And Joshua blessed him and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance 14 * Chap. 21.12 1 Mac. 2.56 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel 15 And * Chap. 15.13 the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba which Arba was a great man among the Anakims And the land had rest from war CHAP. XV. 1 The borders of the lot of Judah 13 Calebs portion and conquest 16 Othniel for his valour hath Achsah Calebs daughter to wife 18 She obtaineth a blessing of her father 21 The cities of Judah 63 The Jebusites not conquered THis then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families * Numb 34.3 even to the border of Edom the * Numb 33.36 wilderness of Zin south-ward was the uttermost part of the south-coast 2 And their south-border was from the shore of the salt-sea from the â Heb. tongue bay that looketh south-ward 3 And it went out to the south-side to â Or the going up to Acrabbim Maaleh-acrabbim and passed along to Zin and ascended up on the south-side unto Cadesh barnea and passed along to Hezron and went up to Adar and fetched a compass to Karkaa 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon and went out unto the river of Egypt and the goings out of that coast were at the sea this shall be your south-coast 5 And the east-border was the salt-sea even unto the end of Jordan and their border in the north-quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben 7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor and so north-ward looking toward Gilgal that is before the going up to Adummim which is on the south-side of the river and the border passed towards the waters of Enshemesh and the goings out thereof were at * 1 King â 8 En-rogel 8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south-side of the Jebusite the fame is Jerusalem the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom west-ward which is at the end of the valley of the giants north-ward 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephroah and went out to the cities of mount Ephron and the border was drawn to Baalah which is Kirjath-jearim 10 And the border compassed from Baalah west-ward unto mount Seir and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim which is Chesalon on the north-side went down to Beth-shemesh passed on to Timnah 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron north-ward and the border was drawn to Shicron passed along to mount Baalah and went out unto Jabneel and the goings out of the border were at the sea 12 And the west-border was to the great sea and the coast thereof this is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families 13 ¶ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua even * Chap. 14.15 â Or Kirjath-arba the city of Arba the father of Anak which city is Hebron 14 And Caleb drove thence * Judg. 1.10 the three sons of Anak Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai the children of Anak 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher 16 ¶ And Caleb said He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher and taketh it to him will I give Achsah my
of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle 30 ¶ And when Phinehas the priest and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake â Heb. it was good in their eyes it pleased them 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben and to the children of Gad and to the children of Manasseh This day we perceive that the LORD is among us because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD â Heb. then now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD 32 ¶ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest and the princes returned from the children of Reuben and from the children of Gad out of the land of Gilead unto the land of Canaan to the children of Israel and brought them word again 33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel and the children of Israel blessed God and did not intend to go up against them in battel to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt 34 And the chiâdren of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar â That is A witness Ed for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God CHAP. XXIII 1 Joshua's exhortation before his death 3 by former benâfits 5 by promises 11 and by threatnings ANd it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about that Joshua waxed old and â Heb. come into days stricken in age 2 And Joshua called for all Israel and for their elders and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers and said unto them I am old and stricken in age 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you for the * Exod. 14.14 LORD your God is he that hath fought for you 4 Behold I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain to be an inheritance for your tribes from Jordan with all the nations that I have cut off even unto the great sea â Heb. at the sunsââ west-ward 5 And the LORD your God he shall expel them from before you and drive them from out of your sight and ye shall possess their land as the LORD your God hath promised unto you 6 Be ye therefore very couragious to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses * Deu. 5. â2 28.14 that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left 7 That ye come not among these nations these that remain amongst you neither * Ps 16.4 make mention of the name of their gods nor cause to swear by them neither serve them nor bow your selves unto them 8 â Or for if you will cleave c. But cleave unto the LORD your God as ye have done unto this day 9 â Or then the LORD will drive For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong but as for you no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day 10 * Lev. 26.8 Deu. 32.30 One man of you shall chase a thousand for the LORD your God he it is that fighteth for you as he hath promised you 11 Take good heed therefore unto your â Heb souls selves that ye love the LORD your God 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back and cleave unto the remnant of these nations even these that remain among you and shall make marriages with them and go in unto them and they to you 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you * Exod. 23.33 Num. 33.55 Deu. â 16 but they shall be snares and traps unto you aââ scourges in your sides and thorns in your eyes until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you 14 And behold this day I am going the way of all the earth and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls that * Ch. 21.45 not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you all are come to pass unto you and not one thing hath failed thereof 15 Therefore it shall come to pass that as all good things are comâ upon you which the LORD your God promised you so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God which he commanded you and have gone and served other gods and bowed your selves to them then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you CHAP. XXIV 1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem 2 A brief history of Gods benifits from Terah 14 He reneweth a covenant between them and God 26 A stone the witness of the covenant 29 Jâshua's age death and burial 32 Josephs bonâs are buried 33 Eleazar dieth ANd Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers and they presented themselves before God 2 And Joshua said unto all the people Thus saith the LORD God of Israel * Geâ 11.31 Judith 5.6 7. Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the floud in old time even Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor and they served other gods 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the floud and led him throughout all the land of Canaan and multiplied his seed and * Gen. 21.2 gave him Isaac 4 And I gave unto Isaac * Gen. 25.26 Jacob and Esau and I gave unto * Gen. 36.8 Esau mount Seir to possess it * Gen. 46.6 but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt 5 * Ex. â 10 I sent Moses also and Aaron and I plagued Egypt according to that which I did amongst them and afterward I brought you out 6 And I * Ex. 12.37 brought your fathers out of Egypt and you came unto the sea and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and hors-men unto * Ex. 14.9 the Red sea 7 And when they cried unto the LORD he put darkness between you and the Egyptians and brought the sea upon them and covered them and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites which dwelt on the other side
they cryed unto the children of Dan and they turned their faces and said unto Micah What aileth thee â Heb. that thou art gathered together that thou comest with such a company 24 And he said Ye have taken away my gods which I made and the priest and ye are come away and what have I more and what is this that ye say unto ãâã What a ãâã thee 25 And the children of Dan said unto him Let not thy voice be heard among âs â Heb. bitter of soul ãâã aââry fellows run upon thee and thou lose thy life with the ãâã of thy âââââshold 26 And the children of Dan went their way and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him he turned and went back unto his house 27 And they ãâã the things which Micah had made and the priest which he had and came unto Laish unto a people that were at quiet and secure and they smote them with the edge of the sword and burnt the city with fire 28 And there was no deliverer because it was far from Zidon and they had no business with any man and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob and they built a city and dwelt therein 29 And they called the name of the * Josh 13.47 city Dan after the name of Dan their father who was born unto Israel howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first 30 ¶ And the children of Dan set up the graven image and Jonathan the son of Gershom the son of Manasseh he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land 31 And they set them up Micahs graven image which he made all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh CHAP. XIX 1 A Levite geoth to Beth-lehem to feteh home his wife 16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah 22 The Gibeathithes abuse his concubine to death 29 He divideth her into twelve pieces to send them to the twelve tribes ANd it came to pass in those days * Ch. 17.6 18.1 21.25 when there was no king in Israel that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim who took to him â Heb. a woman a concubine or a wife a concubine a concubine out of Beth-lehein-judah 2 And his concubine played the whore against him and went away from him unto her fathers house to Beth-lehem-judah and was there â Or a year and four moneths â Heb. days four moneths four whole moneths 3 And her husband arofe and went after her to speak â Heb. to her heart friendly unto her and to bring her again having his servant with him and a couple of asses and she brought him into her fathers house and when the father of the damsel saw him he rejoyced to meet him 4 And his father in law the damsels father retained him and he abode with him three days so they did eat and drink and lodged there 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day when they arose early in the morning that he rose up to depart and the damsels father said unto his son in law â Heb. Strengthen Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread and afterward go your way 6 And they sat down and did eat and drink both of them together for the damsels father had said unto the man Be content I pray thee and tarry all night and let thine heart be merry 7 And when the man rose up to depart his father in law urged him therefore he lodged there again 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart and the damsels father said Comfort thine heart I pray thee And they tarried â Heb. till the day declined until after noon and they did eat both of them 9 And when the man rose up to depart he and his concubine and his servant his father in law the damsels father said unto him Behold now the day â Heb. is weak draweth towards evening I pray you tarry all night behold â Heb. it is the pitching time of the day the day groweth to an end lodge here that thine heart may be merry and to morrow get you early on your way that thou mayest go â Heb. to thy tent home 10 But the man would not tarry that night but he rose up and departed and came â Heb. to over against over against Jebus which is Jerusalem and there were with him two asses saddled his concubine also was with him 11 And when they were by Jebus the day was far spent and the servant said unto his master Come I pray thee and let us turn in unto this city of the Jebusites and lodge in it 12 And his master said unto him We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger that is not of the children of Israel we will pass over to Gibeah 13 And he said unto his servant Come and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night in Gibeah or in Ramah 14 And they passed on and went their way and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah which belongeth to Benjamin 15 And they turned aside thither to go in and to lodge in Gibeah and when he went in he sat him down in a street of the city for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging 16 ¶ And behold there came an old man from his work out of the field at even which was also of mount Ephraim and he sojourned in Gibeah but the men of the place were Benjamites 17 And when he had lift up his eyes he saw a wayfaring man in the steeet of the city and the old man said Whither goest thousand whence cornest thou 18 And he said unto him We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim from thence am I and I went to Beth-lehem-judah but I am now going to the house of the LORD and there is no man that â Heb. gatherâââ receiveth me to house 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses and there is bread and wine also for me and for thy hand-maid and for the young man which is with thy servants there is no want of any thing 20 And the old man said Peace be with thee howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me onely lodge not in the street 21 So he brought him into his house and gave provender unto the asses and they washed their feet and did eat and drink 22 ¶ Now as they were making their hearts merry behold the men of the city certain sons of Belial belet the house round about and beat at the door and spake to the master of the house the old man saying Bring forth the man that came into thine house that we may know him 23 And * Gen 19.6 the man the master of the
it and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever CHAP. VIII 1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites 3 He smiteth Hadadezer and the Syrians 9 Toâ sendeth Joram with presents to bless him 11 The presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God 14 He putteth garisâns Edom. 16 Davids offâcârs ANd * 1 Chr. 18.1 c. after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and David took â Or The bridââ of Ammah Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote Moab and measured them with a line casting them down to the ground even with two lines measured he to put to death and with one full line to keep alive and so the Moabites became Davids servants and brought gifts 3 ¶ David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob king of * Ps 62.2 Zobah as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates 4 And David took â Or of his from him a thousand â As 1 Chr. 18.4 chariots and seven hundred horsmen and twenty thousand footmen and David houghed all the chariot hârses but reserved of them for an hundred chariots 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men 6 Then David put garisons in Syria of Damascus and the Syrians became servants to David and brought gifts and the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem 8 And from Betah and from Berothai cities of Hadadezer king David took exceeding much brass 9 ¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer 10 Then Toi sent Jorant his son unto king David to â Heb. ask him of peace salute him and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him for Hadadezer â Heb. was a man of wars with had wars with Toi and Joram â Heb. in his hand were brought with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of brass 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he had dedicate of all nations which he subdued 12 Of Syria and of Moab and of the children of Ammon and of the Philistines and of Amalek and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah 13 And David gat him a name when he returned from â Heb. his smiting smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salâ being eighteen thousand men 14 ¶ And he put garisons in Edom throughout all Edom put he garisons and all they of Edom became Davids servants and the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 15 And David reignâd over all Israel and David executed judgement and justice unto all his people 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was â Or remembrancer or writer of chronicles recorder 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests and Seraiah was the â Or âââretary scribe 18 * 1 Chr. 18.17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites and Davids sons were â Or princes chief rulers CHAP. IX 1 David by Ziba sendeth for Mephibosheth 7 For Jonathans sake he entertaineth him at his table and restoreth him all that was Sauls 9 He maketh Ziba his farmer ANd David said Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul that I may shew him kindness for Jonathans sake 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba and when they had called him unto David the king said unto him Art thou Ziba And he said Thy servant is he 3 And the king said Is there not yet any of the house of Saul that I may shew the kindness of God unto him And Ziba said unto the king Jonathan hath yet a son which is * Chap. 4.4 lame on his feet 4 And the king said unto him Where is he And Ziba said unto the king Behold he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar 5 ¶ Then king David sent and fet him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo debar 6 Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul was come unto David he fell on his face and did reverence And David said Mephibosheth And he answered Behold thy servant 7 ¶ And David said unto him Fear not for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy fathers sake and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually 8 And he bowed himself and said What is thy servant that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am 9 ¶ Then the king called to Ziba Sauls servant and said unto him I have given unto thy masters son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house 10 Thou therefore and thy sons and thy servants shall till the land for him and thou shalt bring in the fruits that thy masters son may have food to eat but Mephibosheth thy masters son shall eat bread alway at my table Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants 11 Then said Ziba unto the king According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant so shall thy servant do As for Mephibosheth said the king he shall eat at my table as one of the kings sons 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micha and all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem for he did eat continually at the kings table and was lame on both his feet CHAP. X. 1 Davids messengers sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash are villanously intreated 6 The Ammonites streng thened by the Syrians are overcome by Joab and Abishai 15 Shobach making a new supply of the Syrians at Helam is slain by David ANd it came to pass after this that the * 1 Chr. 19.1 king of the children of Ammon died and Hanun his son reigned in his stead 2 Then said David I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash as his father shewed kindness unto me And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father And Davids servants came into the land of the children of Ammon 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord â Heb. In thine eyes doth David Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father that he hath sent comforters unto thee hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee to search the city and to spie it out and to overthrow it 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants and shaved off
of Isaac Esau and Israel 35 ¶ The sons of * Gen. 36.9 10. Esau Eliphaz Reuel and Jeush and Jaalam and Korah 36 The sons of Eliphaz Teman and Omar â Or Zephi Gen. 36.11 Zephi and Gatam Kenaz and Timna and Amalek 37 The sons of Reuel Nahath Zerah Shammah and Mizzah 38 And the sons of Seir Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan 39 And the sons of Lotan Hori and â Or Homan Gen. 36.22 Homam and Timna was Lotans sister 40 The sons of Shobal â Or Alvan Gen. 36.23 Alian and Manahath and Ebal â Or Shepho Gen. 36.23 Shephi and Onam And the sons of Zibeon Aiah and Anak 41 The sons of Anah * Gen. 36.25 Dishon And the sons of Dishon â Or Hemdan Gen. 36.26 Amram and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran 42 The sons of Ezer Bilhan and Zavan and â Or Akan Gen. 36.27 Jakan The sons of Dishan Uz and Aran. 43 ¶ Now these are the * Gen. 36.31 kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel Bela the son of Beor and the name of his city was Dinhabah 44 And when Bela was dead Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead 45 And when Jobab was dead Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead 46 And when Husham was dead Hadad the son of Bedad which smote Midian in the field of Moab reigned in his stead and the name of his city was Avith 47 And when Hadad was dead Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead 48 * Gen. 36.37 And when Samlah was dead Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead 49 And when Shaul was dead Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead 50 And when Baal-hanan was dead â Or Hadar Gen. 36.39 Hadad reigned in his stead and the name of his city was â Or Pau Gen. 36.39 Pai and his wives name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezaliab 51 ¶ Hadad died also And the * Gen. 36.40 dukes of Edom were duke Timna duke Aliah duke Jetheth 52 Duke Aholibamah duke Elah duke Pinon 53 Duke Kenaz duke Teman duke Mibzar 54 Duke Magdiel duke Iram These are the dukes of Edom. CHAP. II. 1 The sons of Israel 3 The posterity of Judah by Tamar 13 The children of Jesse 18 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hegzon 21 Hezrons posterity by the daughter of Mashir 25 Jerahmeels posterity 34 Sheshans posterity 42 Another branch of Calebs posterity 50 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur. THese are the sons of â Or Jacob. Israel * Gen. 29.32 30.5 35.18 22. 46.8 c. Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah Issachar and Zebulun 2 Dan Joseph and Benjamin Naphtali Gad and Asher 3 ¶ The sons of * Gen. 38.3 46.12 Judah Er and Onan and Shelah which three were born unto him of the daughter of * Gen. 38.2 Shua the Canaanitess And Er the first-born of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD and he slew him 4 And * Gen. 38.29 30. Matth. 1.3 Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah All the sons of Judah were five 5 The sons of * Ruth 4.18 Pharez Hezron and Hamul 6 And the sons of Zerah â Or Zabdi Jos 7.1 Zimri * 1 Kin. 4.31 and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and â Or Darda Data five of them in all 7 And the sons of Carmi â Or Athan. Achar the troubler of Israel who transgressed in the thing * Josh 6.13 7.1 accursed 8 And the sons of Ethan Azariah 9 The sons also of Hezron that were born unto him Jerahmeel and â Or Aram. Matth. 1.3 Ram and â Or Caleb v. 18. Chelubai 10 And Ram * Ruth 4.19 begat Amminadab and Amminadab begat Nahshon prince of the children of Judah 11 And Nahshon begat Salma and Salma begat Boaz 12 And Boaz begat Obed and Obed begat Jesse 13 ¶ * 1 Sam. 16.6 And Jesse begat his first-born Eliab and Abinadab the second and â Or Shammab 1 Sam. 16.9 Shimma the third 14 Nethaneel the fourth Raddai the fifth 15 Ozem the sixth David the seventh 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail And the sons of Zeruiah Abishai and Joab and Asahel three 17 And Abigail bare Amasa and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite 18 ¶ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife and of Jerioth her sons are these Jesher Shobah Ardon 19 And when Azubah was dead Caleb took unto him Ephrath which bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begat Uri and Uri begat * Exod. 31.2 Bezaleel 21 ¶ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead whom he â Heb. took married when he was threescore years old and she bare him Segub 22 And Segub begat air who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead 23 * Num. 32.41 Deut. 3.14 Josh 13.30 And he took Geshur and Aram with the towns of Jair from them with Kenath and the towns thereof even threescore cities all these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead 24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb ephratal then Abiah Hezrons wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa 25 ¶ And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born and Bunah and Orer and Ozem and Ahijah 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife whose name was Atarah she was the mother of Onam 27 And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz and Jamin and Eker 28 And the sons of Onam were Shamma and Jada And the sons of Shammai Nadab and Abishur 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihaiâ and she bare him Ahban and Molid 30 And the sons of Nadab Seled and Appaim but Seled died without children 31 And the sons of Appaim Ishi And the sons of Ishi Sheshan And the children of Sheshan Ahlai 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai Jether and Jonathan and Jether died without children 33 And the sons of Jonathan Peleth and Zaza These were the sons of Jerahmeel 34 ¶ Now Sheshan had no sons but daughters and Sheshan had a servant an Egyptian whose name was Jarha 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife and she bare him Attai 36 And Attai begat Nathan and Nathan begat * Chap. 11.41 Zabad 37 And Zabad begat Ephial and Ephial begat Obed 38 And Obed begat Jehu and Jehu begat Azariah 39 And Azariah begat Helez and Helez begat Eleasah 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai and Sisamai begat Shallum 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah and Jekamiah begat Elishama 42 ¶ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born which was
his son Abishua his son 51 Bukki his son Uzzi his son Zerahiah his son 52 Meraioth his son Amariah his son Ahitub his son 53 Zadok his son Ahimaaz his son 54 ¶ Now these are their dwelling-places throughout their castles in their coasts of the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites for theirs was the lot 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah and the suburbs thereof round about it 56 But the fiâlds of the city and the villages thereof they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah namely Hebron the city of refuge and Libnah with her suburbs and Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs 58 And â Or Holou Jesh 21.15 Hilen with her suburbs Debir with her suburbs 59 And â Or Am oâh 21.16 Ashan with her suburbs and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin Geba with her suburbs and â Or Almon Josh 21.18 Alemeth with her suburbs and Anathoth with her suburbs All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities 61 And unto the sons of Kohath which were left of the family of that tribe were cities given out of the half-tribe namely cut of the half-tribe of Manasseh * Josh 21.5 by lot ten cities 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe of Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out oâ the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot throughout their families out of the tribe of Reuben and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun * Josh 11.7 34. twelve cities 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names 66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim 67 * Josh 21.21 ând they gave unto them of the cities of refuge Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs they gave also Gezer with her suburbs 68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs and Beth-horon with her suburbs 69 And Aijalon with her suburbs and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs 70 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Aner with her suburbs and Bileam with her suburbs for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with her suburbs and Ashtaroth with her suburbs 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar Kedesh with her suburbs Daberath with her suburbs 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs and Anem with her suburbs 74 And out of the tribe of Asher Mashal with her suburbs and Abdon with her suburbs 75 And Hukok with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs and Hammon with her suburbs and Kirjathaim with her suburbs 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun Rimmon with her suburbs Tabor with her suburbs 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho on the east-side of Jordan were given them out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs and Jahzah with her suburbs 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs and Mephaath with her suburbs 80 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs and Mahanaim with her suburbs 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs and Jazer with her suburbs CHAP. VII 1 The sons of Issachar 6 of Benjamin 13 of Naphtali 14 of Manasseh 20 24 and of Ephraim 21 The calamity of Ephraim of the men of Gath. 23 Beriah is born 28 Ephraims habitations 30 The sons of Asher NOw the sons of Issachar were * Gen. 46.13 Numb 26.23 Tola and Puah Jashub and Shimron four 2 And the sons of Tola Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Jibsam and Shemuel heads of their fathers house to wit of Tola they were valiant men of might in their generations * 2 Sam. 24.1 2. whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred 3 And the sons of Uzzi Izrahiah and the sons of Izrahiah Michael and Obadiah and Joel Ishiah five all of them chief men 4 And with them by their generations after the house of their fathers were bands of souldiers for war six and thirty thousand men for they had man wives and sons 5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might reckoned in all by their geneâlogies fourscore and seven thousand 6 ¶ The sons of * Gen 46.21 Benjamin Bela and Becher and Jediael three 7 And the sons of Bela Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jezimoth and Ira five heads of the house of their fathers mighty men of valour and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four 8 And the sons of Becher Zemira and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abiah and Anathoth and Alameth All these are the sons of Becher 9 And the number of them after their genealogy by their generations heads of the house of their fathers mighty men of valour was twenty thousand and two hundred 10 The sons also of Jedial Bilhan and the sons of Bilhan Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tharshish and Ahishahar 11 All these the sons of Jediael by the heads of their fathers mighty men of valour were seventeen thousand and two hundred souldiers fit to go out for war and battel 12 Shuppim also and Huppim the children of â Or Irâ vers 7. Ir and Hushim the sons of â Or Abiram Numb 26.38 Aher 13 ¶ The son of Naphtali Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum the sons of Bilhah 14 ¶ The sons of Manasseh Ashriel whom she bare but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead 15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim whose sisters name was Maachah and the name of the second was Zelophehad and Zelophehad had daughters 16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son and she called his name Peresh and the name of his brother was Sheresh and his sons were Ulam and Rakem 17 And the sons of Ulam * 1 Sam. 12.11 Bedan These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh 18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod and Abiezer and Mahalah 19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam 20 ¶ And the sons of Ephraim Shuthelah and Bered his
after this * 2 Sam. 8.1 c. it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote Moab and the Moabites became Davids servants and brought gifts 3 ¶ And David smote â Or Hadarezer in Sam. Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand hors-men and twenty thousand footmen David also houghed all the chariot horses but reserved of them an hundred chariots 5 And when the Syrians of â Heb. Darmeseb Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men 6 Then David put garisons in Syria-Damascus and the Syrians became Davids servants and brought gifts Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezers and brought them to Jerusalem 8 Likewise from â Called in the book of Sam. Beta and Berothai Tibhath and from Chun cities of Hadarezer brought David very much brass wherewith * 1 Kin. 7.13 2 Chr. 4.15 Solomon made the brasen sea and the pillars and the vessels of brass 9 ¶ Now when â Or Toi 2 Sam. 8.9 Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah 10 He sent â Or Joram 2 Sam. 8.10 Hadoram his son to king David â Or to salute to enquire of his welfare and â Heb. to bless to congratulate him because he had sought against Hadarezer and smitten him for Hadarezer â Heb. was the man of wars had warred with Tou and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass 11 ¶ Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations from Edom and from Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand 13 ¶ And he put garisons in Edom and all the Edomites became Davids servants Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 14 ¶ So David reigned over all Israel and executed judgement and justice among all his people 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud â Or. remembrancer recorder 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and â Called Abimelech in Sam. Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests and â Called Seraiah in Sam. and Shisha 1 Kin 4.3 Shavsha was scribe 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the sons of David were chief â Heb. at the bank of the king about the king CHAP. XIX 1 Davids messengers sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash are villainously entreated 6 The Ammonites strengthned by the Syriam are overcome by Joab and Abishai 16 Shopback making a new supply of the Syrians is slain by David NOw * 2 Sam. 10. 1 c. it came to pass after this that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died and his son reigned in his stead 2 And David said I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash because his father shewed kindness to me And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father so the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun â Heb In thine eyes doth David c. Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father that he hath sent comforters unto thee are not his servants come unto thee for to search and to overthrow and to spie out the land 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks and sent them away 5 Then there went certain and told David how the men were served and he sent to meet them for the men were greatly ashamed and the king said Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown and then return 6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves â Heb. to stink odious to David Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and hors-men out of Mesopotamia and out of Syria-maachah and out of Zobah 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots and the king of Maachah and his people who came and pitched before Medeba And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and came to battel 8 And when David heard of it he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men 9 And the children of Ammon came out and put the battel in aray before the gate of the city and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field 10 Now when Joab saw that â Heb. the face of the battel was the battel was set against him before and behinde he chose out of all the â Or young men choise of Israel and put them in aray against the Syrians 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of â Heb. Abshai Abishai his brother and they set themselves in aray against the children of Ammon 12 And he said If the Syrians be too strong for me then thou shalt help me but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee then I will help thee 13 Be of good courage and let us he have our selves valiantly for our people and for the cities of our God and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battel and they fled before him 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled they likewise fled before Abishai his brother and entred into the city Then Joab came to Jerusalem 16 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they sent messengers and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the â That is Euphrates river and â Or Shobach 2 Sam. 10.16 Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them 17 And it was told David and he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan and came upon them and set the battel in aray against them so when David had put the battel in aray against the Syrians they sought with him 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots and fourty thousand footmen and killed Shophach the captain of the host 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they
LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time 16 And said * Ps 105.9 Ecclus 44 21. Luke 1.72 Heb. 6.13 By my self have I sworn saith the LORD for because thou hast done this thing hast not withheld thy son thine onely son 17 That in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea â Heb. lip shore and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies 18 * Chap. 12.3 18.18 Ecclus 44.22 Act. 3.25 Galat. 3.8 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voice 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba 20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham saying Behold Milcah she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor 21 Huz his first-born and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram 22 And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and âidlaph and Bethuel 23 And Bethuel begat * Called Rom. 9.10 Rebecca Rebekah these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor Abrahams brother 24 And his concubine whose name was Reumah she bare also Tebah and Gaham and Thahath and Maachah CHAP. XXIII 1 The age and death of Sarah 3 The purchase of Machpelah 19 where Sarah was buried ANd Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old these were the years of the life of Sarah 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah to weep for her 3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spake unto the sons of Heth saying 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you give me a possession of a burying place with you that I may bury my dead out of my sight 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham saying unto him 6 Hear us my lord thou art â Heb. a prince of God a mighty prince amongst us in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre but that thou mayest bury thy dead 7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them saying If it be your minde that I should bury my dead out of my sight hear me and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he hath which is in the end of his field for â Heb. full money as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying-place amongst you 10 And Ephron dwelt amongst the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the â Heb. ears audience of the children of Heth eveâ of all that went in at the gates of his city saying 11 Nay my lord hear me the field give I thee and the cave that is therein I give it thee in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee bury thy dead 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land saying But if thou wilt give it I pray thee hear me I will give thee money for the field take it of me and I will bury my dead there 14 And Ephron answered Abraham saying unto him 15 My lord hearken unto me the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver what is that betwixt me thee bury therefore thy dead 16 And Abraham hearkned unto Ephron and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver currant money with ãâã merchant 17 ¶ And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah which was before Maâure the field and the cave which was therein and all the trees that were in the field that were in all the borders round about were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth before all that went in at the gate of his city 19 And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan 20 And the field and the cave that is therein were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the sons of Heth. CHAP. XXIV 1 Abraham sweareth his servant 10 The servants journey 12 His prayer 14 His signe 15 Rebekah meetech him 18 fulfilleth his signe 22 receiveth jenwels 23 sheweth her kindred 25 and inviteth him home 26 The servant blesseth God 29 Laban entertaineth him 34 The servant sheweth his message 50 Laban and Bethuel approve it 58 Rebekah consenteth to go 62 Isaac meeteth her ANd Abraham was old and â Heb. âone into days well stricken in age and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house that ruled over all that he had * Chap. 47.29 Put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD the God of heaven and the God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell 4 But thou shalt go unto my countrey and to my kindred and take a wife unto my son Isaac 5 And the servant said unto him Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest 6 And Abraham said unto him Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again 7 ¶ The LORD God of heaven which took me from my fathers house and from the land of my kindred and which spake unto me and that sware unto me saying * Chap. 12.7 13.15 15.18 25.4 Unto thy seed will I give this land he shall send his angel before thee and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee then thou shalt be clear from this my oath onely bring not my son thither again 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and sware to him concerning that matter 10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed â Or and. for all the good of his master were in his hand and he arose and went to Mesopotamia unto the city of Nahor 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening even the time â Heb. that women which draw water go forth that women go out to draw water
shall make the ephod of gold of blue and of purple of scarlet and fine twined linen with cunning work 7 It shall have the two shoulder-pieces thereof joyned at the two edges thereof and so it shall be joyned together 8 And the â Or embroidered curious girdle of the ephod which is upon it shall be of the same according to the work thereof even of gold of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen 9 And thou shalt take two onyx-stones and grave on them the names of the children of Israel 10 Six of their names on one stone and the other six names of the rest on the other stone according to their birth 11 * Wis 18.34 With the work of an engraver in stone like the engravings of a signet shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel thou shalt make them to be set in ouch as of gold 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial 13 ¶ And thou shalt make ouches of gold 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends of wreathen work shalt thou make them and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches 15 ¶ And thou shalt make the breast-plate of judgement with cunning work after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it of gold of blue and of purple and of scarlet and of fine twined linen shalt thou make it 16 Four-square it shall be being doubled a span shall be the length thereof and a span shall be the breadth thereof 17 And thou shalt â Heb. fill in it fillings of stone set in it settings of stones even four âoââ of stones the first row shall be a â Or. ruby sardius a topaz and a carbuâââ this shall be the first row 18 And the second row shall be an emeraud a sapphire and a diamond 19 And the third row a figure and agate and an amethyst 20 And the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper they shall be set in gold in their â Heb. fillings enclosings 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes 22 ¶ And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold 23 And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate two rings of gold and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breast-plate 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breast-plate 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches and put them on the shoulder-pieces or the ephod before it 26 ¶ And thou shalt make two rings of gold and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breast-plate in the border thereof which is in the side of the ephod inward 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath towards the fore-part thereof over against the other coupling thereof above the curious girdle of the ephod 28 And they shall binde the breast-plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod and that the breast-plate be not loosed from the ephod 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breast-plate of judgement upon his heart when he goeth in unto the holy place for a memorial before the LORD continually 30 ¶ And thou shalt put in the breast-plate of judgement the Urim and the Thummim and they shall be upon Aarons heart when he goeth in before the LORD and Aaron shall bear the judgement of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually 31 ¶ And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it in the midst thereof it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it as it were the hole of an habergâon that it be not rent 33 ¶ And beneath upon the â Or skirts hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue and of purple and of scarlet round about the hem thereof and bells of gold between them round about 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate a golden bell and a pomegranate upon the hem of the robe round about 35 * Ecclus 45.9 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD and when he cometh out that he die not 36 ¶ And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and grave upon it like the engravings of a signet HOLINESS TO THE LORD 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace that it may be upon the mitre upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be 38 And it shall be upon Aarons forehead that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts and it shall be always upon his forehead that they may be accepted before LORD 39 ¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen and thou shalt make the girdle of needle-work 40 ¶ And for Aarons sons thou shalt make coats and thou shalt make for them girdles and bonnets shalt thou make for them for glory and for beauty 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother and his sons with him and shalt anoint them and â Heb. fill their band consecrate them and sanctifie them that they may minister unto me in the priests office 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover â Heb. flâsh of their nakedness their nakedness from the loyns even unto the things they shall â Heb. be reach 43 And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place that they bear not iniquity and die It shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him CHAP. XXIX 1 The sacrifies and ceremonies of consecrating the priests 38 The continual burnt-offering 45 Gods promise to dwell among the children of Israel ANd this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them to minister unto me in the priests office * Lev. 9.2 Take one young bullock and two rams without blemish 2 And unleavened bread and cakes unleavened tempered with oyl and waters unleavened anointed with oyl of wheaten flour shalt thou
approved by Moses ANd of the blue and purple and scarlet they made clothes of service to do service in the holy place and * Ch. 35 5ââ 35.19 made the holy garments for Aaron as the LORD commanded Moses 2 And he made the ephod of gold blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates and cut it into wiers to work it in the blue and in the purple and in the scarlet and in the fine linen with cunning work 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it to couple it together by the two edges was it coupled together 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod that was upon it was of the same according to the work thereof of gold blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen as the LORD commanded Moses 6 ¶ * Ch. 28.9 And they wrought onyx-stones enclosed in ouche of gold graven as signet are graven with the names of the children of Israel 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod that they should be stones for a * Ch. 28.12 memorial to the children of Israel as the LORD commanded Moses 8 ¶ And he made the breast-plate of cunning work like the work of the ephod of gold blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen 9 It was four-square they made the breast-plate double a span was the length thereof and a span the breadth thereof being doubled 10 And they set in it four rows of stones the first row was a â Or rubâ sardius a topaz and a carbuncle this was the first row 11 And the second row an emraud a sapphire and a diamond 12 And the third row a ligure an agate and an amethyst 13 And the fourth row a beryl an onyx and a jasper they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet every one with his name according to the twelve tribes 15 And they made upon the breast-plate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold 16 And they made two ouches of gold and two gold rings and put the two rings in the two ends of the breast-plate 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breast-plate 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastned in the two ouches and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it 19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breast-plate upon the border of it which was on the side of the ephod inward 20 And they made two other golden rings and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath toward the forepart of it over against the other coupling thereof above the curious girdle of the ephod 21 And they did binde the breast-plate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod and that the breast-plate might not be loosed from the ephod as the LORD commanded Moses 22 ¶ And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work all of blue 23 And there was a hole in the midst of the robe as the hole of an habergeon with a band round about the hole that it should not rent 24 And they made up on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet and twined linen 25 And they made * Ch. 23.33 bells of pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe round about between the pomegranates 26 A bell and a pomegranate a bell and a pomegranate round about the hem of the robe to minister in as the LORD commanded Moses 27 ¶ And they made coats of ââne linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons 28 And a mitre of fine linen and goodly bonnets of fine linen and * Ch. 28.42 linen breeches of fine twined linen 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet of needle-work as the LORD commanded Moses 30 ¶ And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and wrote upon it a writing like to the engravings of a signet * Ch. 28.36 HOLINESS TO THE LORD 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue to fasten it on high upon the mitre as the LORD commanded Moses 32 ¶ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses so did they 33 ¶ And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses the tent and all his furniture his taches his boards his bars and his pillars and his sockets 34 And the covering of rams skins died red and the covering of badgers skins and the vail of the covering 35 The ark of the testimony the staves thereof and the mercy-seat 36 The table and all the vessels thereof and the shew-bread 37 The Pure candlestick with the lamps thereof even with the lamps to be set in order and all the vessels thereof and the oyl for light 38 And the golden altar and the anointing oyl and â Heb. the incense of sweet spiâââ the sweet incense and the hanging for the tabernacle-door 39 The brasen altar and his grate of brass his staves and all his vessels the laver and his foot 40 The hangings of the court his pillars and his sockets and the hanging for the court-gate his cords and his pins and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of the congregation 41 The clothes of service to do service in the holy place and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons garments to minister in the priests office 42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses so the children of Israel made all the work 43 And Moses did look upon all the work and behold they had done it as the LORD had commanded even so had they done it And Moses blessed them CHAP. XL. 1 The tabernacle is commanded to be reared 9 and anointed 13 Aaron and his sons to be sanctified 16 Moses performeth all things accordingly 34 A cloud covereth the tabernacle ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 On the first day of the first moneth shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony and cover the ark with the vail 4 And * Ch. 26.35 thou shalt bring the table and set in order â Heb. the order thereof the things that are to be set in order upon it and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and light the lamp thereof 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony and put the
the priest shall value him according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him 9 And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy 10 He shall not alter it nor change it a good for a bad or a bad for a good and if he shall at all change beast for beast then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy 11 And if it be any unclean beast of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD then he shall present the beast before the priest 12 And the priest shall value it whether it be good or bad â Heb. according to thy estimation O priest c. as thou valuest it who art the priest so shall it be 13 But if he will at all redeem it then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation 14 ¶ And when a man shall sanctifie his house to be holy unto the LORD then the priest shall estimate it whether it be good or bad as the priest shall estimate it so shall it stand 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it and it shall be his 16 And if a man shall sanctifie unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof â Or the land of an homer c. an homer of barley-seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver 17 If he sanctifie his field from the year of jubile according to thy estimation it shall stand 18 But if he sanctifie his field after the jubile then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain even unto the year of the jubile and it shall be abated from thy estimation 19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it and it shall be assured to him 20 And if he will not redeem the field or if he have sold the field to another man it shall not be redeemed any more 21 But the field when it goeth out in the jubile shall be holy unto the LORD as a field devoted the possession thereof shall be the priests 22 And if a man sanctifie unto the LORD a field which he hath bought which is not of the fields of his possession 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation even unto the year of the jubile and he shall give thine estimation in that day as a holy thing unto the LORD 24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary * Exod. 30.13 Numb 3.47 Ezek. 45.12 twenty gerahs shall be the shekel 26 ¶ Onely the â Heb. first-born c. firstling of the beasts which should be the LORDS firstling no man shall sanctifie it whether it be ox or sheep it is the LORDS 27 And if it be of an unclean beast then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation and shall add a fifth part of it thereto or if it be not redeemed then it shall be sold according to thy estimation 28 * Josh 6.19 Notwithstanding no devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath both of man and beast and of the field of his possession shall be sold or redeemed every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD 29 None devoted which shall be devoted of men shall be redeemed but shall surely be put to death 30 And all the tithe of the land whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree is the LORDS it is holy unto the LORD 31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd or of the flock even of whatsoever passeth under the rod the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad neither shall he change it and if he change it at all then both it and the change thereof shall be holy it shall not be redeemed 34 These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai ¶ The fourth book of Moses called NUMBERS CHAP. I. 1 God commandeth Moses to number the people 5 The princes of the tribes 17 The number of every tribe 47 The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord. ANd the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tabernacle of the congregation on the first day of the second moneth in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt saying 2 * Exod. 30.12 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel after their families by the house of their fathers with the number of their names every male by their poll 3 From twenty years old and upward all that are able to go forth to war in Israel thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe every one head of the house of his fathers 5 ¶ And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you Of the tribe of Reuben Elizur the son of Shedeur 6 Of Simeon Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai 7 Of Judah Nahshon the son of Amminadab 8 Of Issachar Nethaneel the son of Zuar 9 Of Zebulun Eliab the son of Helon 10 Of the children of Joseph of Ephraim Elishama the son of Ammihud of Manasseh Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur 11 Of Benjamin Abidan the son of Gideoni 12 Of Dan Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai 13 Of Asher Pagiel the son of Ocran 14 Of Gad Eliasaph the son of Deuel 15 Of Naphtali Ahira the son of Enan 16 These were the renowned of the congregation princes of the tribes of their fathers heads of thousands in Israel 17 ¶ And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second moneth and they declared their pedegrees after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward by their poll 19 As the LORD commanded Moses so he numbred them in the wilderness of Sinai 20 And the children of Reuben Israels eldest son by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names by their poll every male from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 21 Those that were
hast altogether blessed them these three times 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place I thought to promote thee unto great honour but lo the LORD hath kept thee back from honour 12 And Balaam said unto Balak Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me saying 13 If Balak would give me his house-full of silver and gold I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD to do either good or bad of mine own mind but what the LORD saith that will I speak 14 And now behold I go unto my people come therefore and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days 15 ¶ And he took up his parable and said Balaam the son of Beor hath said and the man whose eyes are open hath said 16 He hath said which heard the words of God and knew the knowledge of the most High which saw the vision of the Almighty falling into a trance but having his eyes open 17 I shall see him but not now I shall behold him but not nigh there shall come a Star out of Jacob and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel and shall â Or smite throuh the princes of Moab smite the corners of Moab and destroy all the children of Sheth 18 And Edom shall be a possession Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies and Israel shall do valiantly 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city 20 And when he looked on Amalek he took up his parable and said Amalek was â the first of the nations that warred against Israel Exod. 17. the first of the nations but his latter end â Or shall be even to destruction shall be that he perish for ever 21 And he looked on the Kenites and took up his parable and said Strong is thy dwelling-place and thou puttest thy nest in a rock 22 Nevertheless â Heb. Kain the Kenite shall be wasted â Or how long shall it be ere Ashur carry thee away captive until Ashur shall carry thee away captive 23 And he took up his parable and said Alas who shall live when God doeth this 24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim and shall afflict Ashur and shall afflict Eber and he also shall perish for ever 25 And Balaam rose up and went and returned to his place and Balak also went his way CHAP. XXV 1 Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry 6 Phinehas killeth Zimri and Cozbi 10 God therefore giveth him an everlasting priesthood 16 The Midianites are to be vexed ANd Israel abode in * Chap. 33.49 Shittim and the people begun to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods and the people did eat and bowed down to their gods 3 And Israel joyned himself unto Baal-peor and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel 4 And the LORD said unto Moses * Deut. 4.3 Josh 22.17 Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before the LORD against the sun that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel Slay ye every one his men that were joyned unto Baal-peor 6 ¶ And behold one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 7 And * Psal 106.30 1 Mac. 2.54 when Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw it he rose up from amongst the congregation and took a javelin in his hand 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through the man of Israel and the woman through her belly So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel 9 And * 1 Cor. 10.8 those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand 10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 11 * Psal 106.30 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel while he was Zealous for my sake among them that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousie 12 Wherefore say * Ecclus. 45.24 1 Mac. 2.54 Behold I give unto him my covenant of peace 13 And he shall have it and his seed after him even the covenant of an everlasting priest-hood because he was zealous for his God and made an atonement for the children of Israel 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain * Heb. house of a father even that was slain with the Midianitish woman was Zimri the son of Salu a prince of a â chief house among the Simeonites 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi the daughter of Zur he was head over a people and of a chief house in Midian 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 17 * Chap. 31.2 Vex the Midianites and smite them 18 For they vex you with their wiles wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi the daughter of a prince of Midian their sister which was slain in the day of the plague for Peors sake CHAP. XXVI 1 The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab 52 The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land 57 The families and number of the Levites 63 None were left of them which were numbred at Sinai but Calâb and Joshua ANd it came to pass after the plague that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saying 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel * Chap. 1.3 from twenty years old and upward throughout their fathers house all that are able to go to war in Israel 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho saying 4 Take the sum of the people from twenty years old and upwards as the LORD * Chap. 1.1 commanded Moses and the children of Israel which went forth out of the land of Egypt 5 ¶ * Gen. 46.8 Exod. 6.14 1 Chro. 5.1 Reuben the eldest son of Israel the children of Reuben Hanoch of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites of Pallu the family of the Palluites 6 Of Hesron the family of the Hesronites of Carmi the family of the Carmites 7 These are the families of the Reubenites and they that were numbred of them were fourty three thousand and seven hundred thirty 8 And the sons of Pallu Eliab 9 And the sons of Eliab Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram which were *
manner 31 And one goat for a sin-offering beside the continual burnt-offering his meat-offering and his drink-offering 32 ¶ And on the seventh day seven bullocks two rams and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish 33 And their meat-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks for the rams and for the lambs shall be according to their number after the manner 34 And one goat for a sin-offering beside the continual burnt-offering his meat-offering and his drink-offering 35 ¶ On the eighth day ye shall have a * Levit. 23.36 solemn assembly ye shall do no servile work therein 36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering a sacrifice made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD one bullock one ram seven lambs of the first year without blemish 37 Their meat-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock for the ram and for the lambs shall be according to their number after the manner 38 And one goat for a sin-offering beside the continual burnt-offering and his meat-offering and his drink-offering 39 These things ye shall â Or offer do unto the LORD in your set feasts beside your vows and your free-will-offerings for your burnt-offerings and for your meat-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace-offerings 40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses CHAP. XXX 1 Vows are not to be broken 3 The exception of a maids vow 6 of a wives 9 of a widows or her that is divorced ANd Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel saying This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded 2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD or swear an oath to binde his soul with a bond he shall not â Heb. profaââ break his word he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD and binde her self by a bond being in her fathers house in her youth 4 And her father hear her vow and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul and her father shall hold his peace at her then all her vows shall stand and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth not any of her vows or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand and the LORD shall forgive her because her father disallowed her 6 And if she had at all an husband when â Heb. her vow were upon her she vowed or uttered ought out of her lips wherewith she bound her soul 7 And her husband heard it and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it then her vows shall stand and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand 8 But if her husband disallow her on the day that he heard it then he shall make her vow which she vowed and that which she uttered with her lips wherewith she bound her soul of none effect and the LORD shall forgive her 9 But every vow of a widow and of her that is divorced wherewith they have bound their souls shall stand against her 10 And if she vowed in her husbands house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath 11 And her husband heard it and held his peace at her and disallowed her not then all her vows shall stand and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand 12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them then whatsoever proceeded out of her lip concerning her vows or concerning the bond of her soul shall not stand her husband hath made them void and the LORD shall forgive her 13 Every vow and every binding oath to afflict the soul her husband may establish it or her husband may make it void 14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day then he establisheth all her vows or all her bonds which are upon her he confirmeth them because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them 15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them then he shall bear her iniquity 16 These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses between a man and his wise between the father and his daughter being yet in her youth in her fathers house CHAP. XXXI 1 The Midianites are spoiled and Balaam slain 13 Moses is wroth with the officers for saving the women alive 19 How the souldiers with their captives and spoil are to be purified 25 The proportion whereby the prey is to be divided 48 The voluntary oblation unto the treasury of the Lord. ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 * Ch. 25.17 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites afterward shalt thou * Ch. 27.13 be gathered unto thy people 3 And Moses spake unto the people saying Arm some of your selves unto the war and let them go against the Midianites and avenge the LORD of Midian 4 â Heb. a thousand of a tribeâ a thousand of a tribe Of every tribe a thousand throughout all the tribes of Israel shall ye send to the war 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel a thousand of every tribe twelve thousand armed for war 6 And Moses sent them to the war a thousand of every tribe them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest to the war with the holy instruments and the trumpets to blow in his hand 7 And they warred against the Midianites as the LORD commanded Moses and they slew all the males 8 And they slew the kings of Midian beside the rest of them that were slain namely * Josh 13.21 Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba five kings of Midian Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives and their little ones and took the spoil of all their cattel and all their flocks and all their goods 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt and all their goodly castles with fire 11 And they took all the spoil and all the prey both of men and of beasts 12 And they brought the captives and the prey and the spoil unto Moses and Eleazar the priest and unto the congregation of the children of Israel unto the camp at the plains of Moab which are by Jordan near Jericho 13 ¶ And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the congregation went forth to meet them without the camp 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds which came from the â Heb. host of war battel 15 And Moses said unto them Have ye saved all the women alive 16 Behold * Ch. 25.2 these caused the children of Israel through the *
me and sealed up among my treasures 35 To me belongeth * Ecclus. 28.1 Rom. 12.19 Heb. 10.30 vengeance and recompense their foot shall slide in due time for the day of their calamity is at hand and the things that shall come upon them make haste 36 For the LORD shall judge his people * 2 Mac. 7.6 and repent himself for his servants when he seeth that their â Heb. hand power is gone and there is none shut up or left 37 And he shall say Where are their gods their rock in whom they trusted 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink-offerings let them rise up and help you and be â Heb. an hiding for you your protection 39 See now that I even I am he and there is no god with me * 1 Sam. 2 6. Tobit 13.2 wis 16.13 I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven and say I live for ever 41 If I whet my glittering sword and mine hand take hold on judgement I will render vengeance to mine enemies and will reward them that hate me 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with bloud and my sword shall devour flesh and that with the bloud of the slain and of the captives from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy 43 â Or Praise his people ye nations or Sing ye * Rom. 15.10 Rejoyce O ye nations with his people for he will avenge the bloud of his servants and will render vengeance to his adversaries and will be merciful unto his land and to his people 44 ¶ And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people he and â Or Joshua Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel 46 And he said unto them * Chap. 6.6 and 11.18 Set your hearts unto all the words which I testifie among you this day which ye shall command your children to observe to do all the words of this law 47 For it is not a vain thing for you because it is your life through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it 48 * Numb 27.12 And the LORD spake unto Moses that self-same day saying 49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim unto mount Nebo which is in the land of Moab that is over against Jericho and behold the land of Canaan which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up and be gathered unto thy people as * Numb 20.25 28. and 33.38 Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor and was gathered unto his people 51 Because * Numb 20.12 13. and 27.14 ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of â Or strife at Kadesh Meribah-Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin because ye sanctâfied me not in the midst of the children of Israel 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel CHAP. XXXIII 1 The majesty of God 6 The blessings of the twelve tribes 26 The excellency of Israel ANd this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death 2 And he said the LORD came from Sinai and rose up from Seir unto them he shined forth from mount Paran and he came with ten thousands of saints from his right hand went â Heb a fire of law a fiery law for them 3 Yea he loved the people all his saints are in thy hand and they sat down at thy feet every one shall receive of thy words 4 Moses commanded us a law even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together 6 ¶ Let Reuben live and not die and let not his men be few 7 ¶ And this is the blessing of Judah and he said Hear LORD the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people let his hands be sufficient for him and be thou an help to him from his enemies 8 ¶ And of Levi he said * Exod. 28.30 Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one whom thou didst prove at Massah and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother I have not seen him neither did he acknowledge his brethren nor knew his own children for they have observed thy word and kept thy covenant 10 â Or Let them teach c. They shall teach Jacob thy judgements and Israel thy law â Or let them put incense they shall put incense â Heb. at thy nose before thee and whole burnt sacrifice upon thy altar 11 Bless LORD his substance and accept the work of his hands smite through the loyns of them that rise against him and of them that hate him that they rise not again 12 ¶ And of Benjamin he said The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him and the LORD shall cover him all the day long and he shall dwell between his shoulders 13 ¶ And of Joseph he said * Gen. 49.25 Blessed of the LORD be his land for the precious things of heaven for the dew and for the deep that coucheth beneath 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun and for the precious things â Heb. thrust forth put forth by the â Heb. moons moon 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains and for the precious things of the lasting hills 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph and upon the top of the head of him that * Gen. 49.26 was separated from his brethren 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock and his horns are like the horns of unicorns with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and they are the thousands of Manasleh 18 ¶ And of Zebulun he said Rejoyce Zebulun in thy going out and Issachar in thy tents 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas and of treasures hid in the sand 20 ¶ And of Gad he said Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad he dwelleth as a lion and teareth the arm with the crown of the head 21 And he provided the first part for himself because there in a portion of the law-giver was he
Jordan 9 ¶ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel Come hither and hear the words of the LORD your God 10 And Joshua said Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites 11 Behold the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan 12 Now therefore take ye twelve men out of the tribes of Israel out of every tribe a man 13 And it shall come to pass assoon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD the Lord of all the earth shall rest in the waters of Jordan that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above and they * Psal 114.3 shall stand upon an heap 14 ¶ And it came to pass when the people removed from their tents to pass over Jordan and the priests bearing the * Acts. 7.45 ark of the covenant before the people 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water for * 1 Chro. 12.15 Ecclus. 24.26 Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan and those that came down toward the sea of the plain even the salt sea failed were cut off and the people passed over right against Jericho 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground until all the people were passed clean over Jordan CHAP. IV. 1 Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan 9 Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan 10.19 The people pass over 14 God magnifieth Joshua 20 The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal ANd it came to pass when all the people were clean passed * Deu. 1â 2 over Jordan that the LORD spake unto * Ch. 3.12 Joshua saying 2 Take you twelve men out of the people out of every tribe a man 3 And command you them saying Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan out of the place where the priests feet stood firm twelve stones and ye shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging-place where you shall lodge this night 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel out of every tribe a man 5 And Joshua said unto them Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the mâdst of Jordan and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel 6 That this may be a signe among you that when your children ask their fathers â Heb. to morrow in time to come saying What mean you by these stones 7 Then ye shall answer them That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD when it passed over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan as the LORD spake unto Joshua according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged and laid them down there 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood and they are there unto this day 10 ¶ For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people according to all that Moses commanded Joshua and the people hasted and passed over 11 And it came to pass when all the people were clean passed over that the ark of the LORD passed over and the priests in the presence of the people 12 And * Num. 32.27 the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the children of Israel as Moses spake unto them 13 About fourty thousand â Or ready armed prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battel to the plains of Jericho 14 ¶ On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel and they feared him as they feared Moses all the days of his life 15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua saying 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony that they come up out of Jordan 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests saying Come ye up out of Jordan 18 And it came to pass when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan and the soles of the priests feet were â Heb. plucked up lift up unto the dry land that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place and â Heb. went flowed over all his banks as they did before 19 ¶ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first moneth and encamped in Gilgal in the east-border of Jericho 20 ¶ And those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan did Joshua pitch in Gilgal 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel saying When your children shall ask their fathers â Heb. to morrow in time to come saying What mean these stones 22 Then ye shall let your children know saying Israel came over this Jordan on dry land 23 For the LORD your God dryed up the waters of Jordan from before you until ye were passed over as the LORD your God did to the Red sea * Exod. 14.21 which he dried up from before us until we were gone over 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD that it is mighty that ye might fear the LORD your God â Heb. all days for ever CHAP. V. 1 The Canaanites are afraid 2 Joshua reneweth circumcision 10 The pass-over is kept at Gilgal 12 Manna ceaseth 13 An angel appeareth to Joshua ANd it came to pass when all the kings of the Amorites which were on the side of Jordan west-ward and all the kings of the Canaanites which were by the sea heard that the LORD had dryed up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel until we were passed over that their heart melted neither was their spirit in
hath lift up any iron and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD and sacrificed peace-offerings 32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel 33 And all Israel and their elders and officers and their judges stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD as well the stranger as he that was born among them half of them over against mount Gerizim and half of them over against mount Ebal * Deut 11.29 27.12 as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before that they should bless the people of Israel 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law the blessings and cursings according to all that is written in the book of the law 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel * Deut. 31.12 with the women and the little ones and the strangers that â Heb. walked were conversant among them CHAP. IX 1 The kings combine against Israel 3 The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league 16 for which they are condemned to perpetual bondage ANd it came to pass when all the kings which were on this side Jordan in the hills and in the valleys and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon the Hittite and the Amorite the Canaanite the Perizzite the Hivite and the Jebusite heard thereof 2 That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel with one â Heb. mouth accord 3 ¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai 4 They did work wilily and went and made as if they had been embassadours and took old sacks upon their asses and wine âottles old and rent and bound up 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet and old garments upon them and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal and said unto him and to the men of Israel We be come from a far countrey now therefore make ye a league with us 7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites Peradventure ye dwell among us and how shall we make a league with you 8 And they said unto Joshua We are thy servants And Joshua said unto them Who are ye and from whence come ye 9 And they said unto him From a very far countrey thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God for we have heard the fame of him and all that he did in Egypt 10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan which was at Ashtaroth 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to us saying Take victuals â Heb. in your ãâã with you for the journey and go to meet them and say unto them We are your servants therefore now make ye a league with us 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you but now behold it is dry and it is mouldy 13 And these bottles of wine which we filled were new and behold they be rent and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey 14 And â Or ther reâeiâââ the men bâ reason of their victuals the men took of their victuals and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD 15 And Joshua made peace with them and made a league with them to let them live and the princes of the congregation sware unto them 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them that they heard that they were their neighbours and that they dwelt among them 17 And the children of Israel journeyed and came unto their cities on the third day now their cities were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kirjath-jearim 18 And the children of Israel smote them not because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto chem by the LORD God of Israel and all the congregation murmured against the princes 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel now therefore we may not touch them 20 This we will do to them we will even let them live lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we sware unto them 21 And the princes said unto them Let them live but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation as the princes had * Vers 15. promised them 22 ¶ And Joshua called for them and he spake unto them saying Wherefore have ye beguiled us saying We are very far from you when ye dwell among us 23 Now therefore ye are cursed and there shall â Heb. not be cut off from you none of you be freed from being bond-men and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God 24 And they answered Joshua and said Because it was certainly told thy servants how that the LORD thy God * Deu. 7.1 2. commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you and have done this thing 25 And now behold we are in thine hand as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us do 26 And so did he unto them and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel that they slew them not 27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD even unto this day in the place which he should choose CHAP. X. 1 Five kings war against Gibeon 6 Joshua rescueth it 10 God fighteth against them with bâl-stones 12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua 16 The five kings are mured in a cave 22 They are brought forth 24 scornfully used 26 and banged 28 Seven kings more are conquered 43 Joshua returneth to Gilgal NOw it came to pass when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it * Ch. 6.15 as he had done to Jericho and her king so he had done to * Ch. 8.3 Ai and her king and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them 2 That they feared greatly because Gibeon was a great city as one of the â Heb. cities of the kingdom royal cities and because it was greater then Ai and all the men thereof were mighty 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king
had done to Hebron so he did to Debir and to the king thereof as he had done also to Libnah and to her king 40 ¶ So Joshua smote all the countrey of the hills and of the south and of the vale and of the springs and all their kings he left none remaining but utterly destroyed all that breathed as the LORD God of Israel * Deu. 20 16 17. commanded 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza and all the countrey of Goshen even unto Gibeon 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel 43 And Joshua returned and all Israel with him unto the camp to Gilgal CHAP. XI 1 Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom 10 Hazar is taken and burnt 16 All the countrey taken by Joshua 21 The Anakims cut off ANd it came to pass when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things that he sent to Jobab king of Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains and of the plains south of Cinneroth and in the valley and in the borders of Dor on the west 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west and to the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the mountains and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh 4 And they went out they and all their hosts with them much people even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude with horses and chariots very many 5 And when all these kings were â Heb. assembled by appointment met together they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel 6 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua Be not afraid because of them for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel thou shalt hough their horses and burn their chariots with fire 7 So Joshua came and all the people of war with him against them by the waters of Merom suddenly and they fell upon them 8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel who smote them and chased them unto â Or Zidon-raâbab great Zidon and unto â Or salt-pits â Heb. burnings of waters Misrephothmaim and unto the valley of Mizpeh east-ward and they smote them until they left them none remaining 9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him he houghed their horses and burnt their chariots with fire 10 ¶ And Joshua at that time turned back and took Hazor and smote the king thereof with the sword for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword utterly destroying them there was not â Heb. any breath any left to breathe and he burnt Hazor with fire 12 And all the cities of those kings and all the kings of them did Joshua take and smote them with the edge of the sword and he utterly destroyed them * Numb 23.52 Deut. 7.2 and 20.16.17 as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded 13 But as for the cities that stood still â Heb. on their beap in their strength Israel burned none of them save Hazor onely that did Joshua burn 14 And all the spoil of these cities and the cattel the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves but every man they smote with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them neither left they any to breathe 15 ¶ * Exod. 34.11 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant so * Deut. 7.2 did Moses command Joshua and so did Joshua â Heb. be removed nothing he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses 16 So Joshua took all that land the hills and all the south-countrey and all the land of Goshen and the valley and the plain and the mountain of Israel and the valley of the same 17 Even from â Or the smooth mountain the mount Halak that goeth up to Seir even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon and all their kings he took and smote them and slew them 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel save * Chap. 2.3 the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon all other they took in battel 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battel that he might destroy them utterly and that they might have no favour but that he might destroy them as the LORD commanded Moses 21 ¶ And at that time came Joshua and cut off the Anakims from the mountains from Hebron from Debir from Anab and from all the mountains of Judah and from all the mountains of Israel Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities 22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel onely in Gaza in Gath and in Ashdod there remained 23 So Joshua took the whole land according to all that the LORD said unto Moses and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel * Numb 26.53 according to their diviâions by their tribes And the land rested from war CHAP. XII 1 The two kings whose countreys Moses took and disposed of 7 The one and thirty kings on the other side Jordan which Joshua smote NOw these are the kings of the land which the children of Israel smote and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon and all the plain on the east 2 * Numb 21.24 Deut. 3.6 Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer which is upon the bank of the river Arnon and from the mâddle of the river and from half Gilead even unto the river Jabbok which is the border of the children of Ammon 3 And from the plain to the sea of Cinneroth on the east and unto the sea of the plain even the salt-sea on the east the way to Beth-jeshimoth and from â Or Teman the south under â Or the springs of Pisrab or the bill * Deu. 3.17 and 4.49 Ashdoth-pisgah 4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan which was of * Deu. 3.11 Ch. 13.12 the remnant of the giants that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei 5 And reigned in mount Hermon and in Salcah and in all Bashan unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites and half Gilead the border of Sihon king of Heshbon 6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite and * Numb 32.29 Deu. 3.12 Chap. 13.8 Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-half-tribe
daughter to wife 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz the brother of Caleb took it and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife 18 And it came to pass as she came unto him that she moved him to ask of her father a field and she lighted off her ass and Caleb said unto her What wouldest thou 19 Who answered Give me a blessing for thou hast given me a south-land give me also springs of water and he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom south-ward were Kabzeel and Eder Jagur 22 And Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah 23 And Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan 24 Ziph. and Telem and Bealoth 25 And Hazor Hadattah and Kerioth and Hezron which is Hazor 26 Aman and Shema and Moladah 27 And Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon and Bethepalet 28 And Hazar-shual and Beer-sheba and Bizjothjah 29 Baalah and lim and Azem 30 And Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah 31 And Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah 32 And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon all the cities are twenty and nine with their villages 33 And in the valley Eshtaol and Zoreah and Ashnah 34 And Zanaoh and En-gannim Tappuah and Enam 35 Jarmuth and Adullam Socoh and Azekah 36 And Sharaim and Adithaim and Gederah â Or or and Gederothaim fourteen cities with their villages 37 Zenan and Hadashah and Migdal-gad 38 And Dilean and Mizpeh and Joktheel 39 Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon 40 And Cabbon and Lahmas and Kithlish 41 And Gederoth Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah sixteen cities with their villages 42 Libnah and Ether and Ashan 43 And Jiphtah and Ashnah and Nezib 44 And Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah nine cities with their villages 45 Ekron with her towns and her villages 46 From Ekron even unto the sea all that lay â Heb. by the place of near Ashdod with their villages 47 Ashdod with her towns her villages Gaza with her towns her villages unto the river of Egypt and the great sea and the border thereof 48 ¶ And in the mountains Shamir and Jattir and Socoh 49 And Dannah and Kirjath-sannah which is Debir 50 And Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim 51 And Goshen Holon Giloh eleven cities with their villages 52 Arab and Dumah and Eshean 53 And â Or Janus Janum and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah 54 And Humtah and * Chap. 14.15 Kirjath-arba which is Hebron and Zior nine cities with their villages 55 Maon Carmel and Ziph and Juttah 56 And Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah 57 Cain Gibeah and Timnah ten cities with their villages 58 Halhul Beth-zur and Gedor 59 And Maarath and Beth-anoth and Eltekon six cities with their villages 60 Kirjath-baal which is Kirjath-jearim and Rabbah two cities with their villages 61 ¶ In the wilderness Beth-arabah Middin and Secacah 62 And Nibshan and the city of Salt and Engedi six cities with their villages 63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem the children of Judah could not drive them out but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day CHAP. XVI 1 The general borders of the sons of Joseph 5 The border of the inheritance of Ephraim 10 The Canaanites not conquered ANd the lot of the children of Joseph â Heb. went forth fell from Jordan by Jericho unto the water of Jericho on the east to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to * Judg. â 26 Luz and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth 3 And goeth down west-ward to the coast of Japhleti unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether and to Gezer and the goings out thereof are at the sea 4 So the children of Joseph Manasseh and Ephraim took their inheritance 5 ¶ And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus even the border of their inheritance on the east-side was Ataroth-addar unto Bath-horon the upper 6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north-side and the border went about east-ward unto Taanath-shiloh and passed by it on the east to Janohah 7 And it went down from from Janohah to Ataroth and to Naarath and came to Jericho and went out at Jordan 8 The border went out from Tappuah west-ward unto the river Kanah and the goings out thereof were at the sea This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families 9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh all the cities with their villages 10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day and serve under tribute CHAP. XVII 1 The lot of Manasseh 7 His coast 12 The Canaanites not driven out 14 The children of Joseph obtain another lot THere was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh for he was the * Gen. 41.51 46.20 first-born of Joseph to wit for * Gen. 50.23 Numb 32 3â Machir the first-born of Manasseh the father of Gilead because he was a man of war therefore he had Gilead and Bashan 2 There was also a lot for * Numb 26.29 the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families for the children of Abiezer and for the children of Helek and for the children of Asriel and for the children of Shechem and for the children of Hepher and for the children of Shemida these were the male-children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families 3 ¶ But * Numb 25.33 27.1 and 36.2 Zelophehad the son of Hephir the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh had no sons but daughters and these are the names of his daughters Mahlah and Noah Hoglah Milcah and Tirzah 4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the princes saying The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh beside the land of Gilead and Bashan which were on the other side Jordan 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons and the rest of Manassehs sons had the land of Gilead 7 ¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah that lieth before Shechem and the border went along on the right hand into the inhabitants of En-Tappuah 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim 9 And the coast descended unto the â Or brook of râeds river Kanah south-ward of the
river these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh the coast of Manasseh also was on the north-side of the river and the out-goings of it were at the sea 10 South-ward it was Ephraims and north-ward it was Manassehs and the sea is his border and they met together in Asher on the north and in Issachar on the east 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns and Ibleam and her towns and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns even three countreys 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities but the Canaanites would dwell in that land 13 Yet it came to pass when the children of Israel were waxen strong that they put the Canaanites to tribute but did not utterly drive them out 14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua saying Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit seeing I am a great people forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto 15 And Joshua answered them If thou be a great people then get thee up to the wood countrey and cut down for thy self there in the land of the Perizzites and of the â Or Rephaims giants if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee 16 And the children of Joseph said The hill is not enough for us and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns and they who are of the valley of Jezreel 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph even to Ephraim and to Manasseh saying Thou art a great people and hast great power thou shalt not have one lot onely 18 But the mountain shall be thine for it is a wood and thou shalt cut it down and the out-goings of it shall be thine for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites though they have iron chariots and though they be strong CHAP. XVIII 1 The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh 2 The remainder of the land is described and divided into seven parts 10 Joshua divideth it by lot 11 The lot and border of Benjamin 21 Their cities ANd the whole congregation of the Children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there and the land was subdued before them 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel How long are you slack to go to possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe and I will send them and they shall rise and go through the land and describe it according to the inheritance of them and they shall come again to me 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts Judah shall abide in their coast on the south and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts and bring the description hither to me that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God 7 But the Levites have no part among you for the priest-hood of the LORD is their inheritance and Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them 8 ¶ And the men arose and went away and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land saying Go and walk through the land and describe it and come again to me that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh 9 And the men went and passed through the land and described it by cities into seven parts in a book and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh 10 ¶ And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions 11 ¶ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph 12 And their border on the north-side was from Jordan and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north-side and went up through the mountains west-ward and the goings-out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz to the side of Luz which is Beth-el south-ward and the border descended to Ataroth-adar near the hill that lieth on the south-side of the nether Beth-horon 14 And the border was drawn thence and compassed the corner of the sea south-ward from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon south-ward and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal which is Kirjath-jearim a city of the children of Judah This was the west-quarter 15 And the south-quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim and the border went out on the west and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom and which is in the valley of the giants on the north and descended to the valley of Hinnom to the side of Jebusi on the south and descended to En-rogel 17 And was drawn from the north and went forth to En-shemesh and went forth toward Geliloth which is over against the going up of Adummim and descended to * Chap. 15.6 the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben 18 And passed along toward the side over against â Or the plain Arabah north-ward and went down unto Arabah 19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah north-ward and the out goings of the border were at the north â Heb. tongue bay of the salt-sea at the south-end of Jordan This was the south-coast 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east-side This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin by the coasts thereof round about according to their families 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and the valley of Keziz 22 And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el 23 And Avim and Parah and Ophrah 24 And Chephar-haamonai and Ophni and Gaba twelve cities with their villages 25 Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth 26 And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah 27 And Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah 28 And Zelah Eleph and Jebusi which is Jerusalem Gibeath and Kirjath fourteen cities with their villages This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families CHAP. XIX 1 The lot of Simeon 10 of Zebulun 17 of Issachar 24 of Asher 32 of Naphtali 40 of Dan.
49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua ANd the second lot came forth to Simeon even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba and Sheba and Moladah 3 And Hazar-shual and Balah and Azem 4 And Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah 5 And Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah 6 And Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen thirteen cities and their villages 7 Ain Remmon and Ether and Ashan four cities their villages 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer Ramath of the south This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them 10 ¶ And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid 11 And their border went up toward the sea and Maralah and reached to Dabasheth and reached to the river that is before Jokneam 12 And turned from Sarid east-ward toward the sun-rising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor and then goeth out to Daberath and goeth up to Japhia 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher to Ittah-kazin and goeth out to Remmon â Or whichtâ drawn methoar to Neah 14 And the border compasseth it on the north-side to Hannathon and the out-goings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el 15 And Kattath and Nahallal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem twelve cities with their villages 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families these cities with their villages 17 ¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar for the children of Issachar according to their families 18 And their border was toward Jezreel and Chesulloth Shunem 19 And Hapharaim and Shihon and Anaharath 20 And Rabbith and Kishion and Abez 21 And Remeth and Engannim and En-haddah and Beth-pazzer 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor and Shahazimah and Beth-shemesh and the out-goings of their border were at Jordan sixteen cities with their villages 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families the cities and their villages 24 ¶ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families 25 And their border was Helkath and Hali and Beten Achshaph 26 And Alammelech and Amad and Misheal and reacheth to Carmel west-ward and to Shihor-libnath 27 And turneth toward the sun-rising to Beth-dagon and reacheth to Zebulun and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north-side of Beth-emek and Neiel and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand 28 And Hebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah even unto great Zidon 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah and to the strong city â Heb. Tzor Tyre and the coast turneth to Hosah and the out-goings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib 30 Ummah also and Aphek and Rehob twenty and two cities with their villages 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families these cities with their villages 32 ¶ The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali even for the children of Naphtali according to their families 33 And their coast was from Heleph from Allon to Zaanannim and Adami Nekeb and Jabneel unto Lakum and the out goings thereof were at Jordan 34 And then the coast turneth west-ward to Aznoth-tabor and goeth out from thence to Hukkok and reacheth to Zebulun on the south-side and reacheth to Asher on the west-side and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sun-rising 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim Zer and Hammath Rakkath and Cinnereth 36 And Adamah and Ramah and Hazor 37 And Kedesh and Edrei and En-hazor 38 And Iron and Migdal-el Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh nineteen cities with their villages 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families the cities and their villages 40 ¶ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families 41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh 42 And Shaalabbin and Ajalon and Jethlah 43 And Elon and Thimnathah and Ekron 44 And Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath 45 And Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon 46 And Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the border â Or over against before â Or Joppa Act. 9.36 Japho 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it and smote it with the edge of the sword possessed it dwelt therein and called Leshem * Judg. 18 29. Dan after the name of Dan their father 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families these cities with their villages 49 ¶ When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them 50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked even * Chap. 24.30 Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim and he built the city and dwelt therein 51 * Numb 3â 17 These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiâoh before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation so they made an end of dividing the countrey CHAP. XX. 1 God commandeth 7 and the children of Israel appoint the six cities of refuge THe LORD also spake unto Jeshua saying 2 Speak to the children of Israel saying * Ex. 21.13 Num. 35.6 11 14. Deut. 19.2 Appoint out for you cities of refuge whereof I spake unto you by the hand or Moses 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of bloud 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entring of the gate of the city and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city they shall take him into the city unto them and give him a place that he may dwell among them 5 And if the avenger of bloud pursue after him then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand because he smote his neighbour unwittingly and hated him not before time 6 And he shall dwell in that city until he
stand before the congregation for judgement and * Numb 35.25 until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days then shall the slayer return and come unto his own city and unto his own house unto the city from whence he fled 7 ¶ And they â Heb. sanctified appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali and Shechem in mount Ephraim and Kirjath-arba which is Hebron in the mountain of Judah 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho east-ward they assigned * Deu. 4.43 â Chron. 6. â8 Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourneth among them that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither and not die by the hand of the avenger of bloud until he stood before the congregation CHAP. XXI 1 Eight and fourty cities given by lot out of the other tribes unto the Levitâs 43 God gave the land and rest to the Israelites according to his tromise THen came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest and unto Joshua the son of Nun and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying * Nâmb â â The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in with the suburbs thereof for our cattel 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance at hte commandment of the LORD these cities their suburbs 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had by lot out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of Simeon and out of the tribe of Benjamin thirteen cities 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh ten cities 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out of the half-tribe or Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuâen and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun twelve cities 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses 9 ¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are here â ãâ¦ã mentioned by name 10 Which the children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites who were of the children of Levi had for theirs was the first lot 11 And they gave them â Or Kirjâth-arba the city of Arba the father of Anak which city is Hebron in the hill countrey of Judah with the suburbs thereof round about ât 12 But * Chap. 14.14 1 Chron. â â6 the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession 13 ¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Libnah with her suburbs 14 And Jattir with her suburbs and Eshtemoa with her suburbs 15 And Holon with her suburbs and Debir with her suburbs 16 And Ain with her suburbs and Juttah with her suburbs and Bethshemesh wâth her suburbs nine cities out of those two tribes 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin Gibeon with her suburbs Geââ with her suâurbs 18 Anatâoth with her suburbs and Almon with her suburbs four ââties 19 All the âities of the châldren of Aaron the priests were thirteen ââtâes with their suburbs 20 ¶ And the families of the children of Kohath the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Gezer with her suburbs 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs and Beth-horon with her suburbs four cities 23 And out of the tribe of Dan Eltekeh with her suburbs Gibbethon with her suburbs 24 Ajalon with her suburbs Gath-rimmon with her suburbs four cities 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Tanach with her suburbs and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs two cities 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained 27 ¶ And unto the children of Gershon of the families of the Levites out of the other half-half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Beeshterah with her suburbs two cities 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar Kishon with her suburbs Dabareh with her suburbs 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs En-gannim with her suburbs four cities 30 And out of the tribe of Asher Mishal with her suburbs Abdon with her suburbs 31 Helkath with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs four citâes 32 And our of the tribe of Naphtali Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Hamoth dor wâth her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs three cities 33 All the cities of the-Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs 34 ¶ And unto the families of the children of Merari the rest of the Levites out of the tribe of Zebulun Jokneam with her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs 35 Dimnah with her suburbs Nahalal with her suburbs four cities 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer with her suburbs and Jahazah with her suburbs 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs and Mephaath with her suburbs four cities 38 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Mahanaim with her suburbs 39 Heshbon with her suburbs Jazer with her suburbs four cities in all 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families which were remaining of the families of the Levites were by their lot twelve cities 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were fourty and eight cities with their suburbs 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them thus were all these cities 43 ¶ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers and they possessed it and dwelt therein 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about
years and died and was buried in Shamir 3 ¶ And after him arose Jair a Gileadite and judged Israel twenty and two years 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass-colts and they had thirty cities which are called â Or the villages of Jair Havoth jair unto this day which are in the land of Gilead 5 And Jair died and was buried in Camon 6 And * Chap. 2.11 3.7 4.1 6.1 13.1 the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD and served Baalim and * Chap. 2.13 Ashâaroth and the gods of Syria and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines and forsook the LORD and served not him 7 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the children of Ammon 8 And that year they vexed and â Heb. crushed oppressed the children of Israel eighteen years all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites which is in Gilead 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim so that Israel was sore distressed 10 ¶ And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD saying We have sinned against thee both because we have forsaken our God and also served Baalim 11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines 12 The Zidonians also and the Amalekites and the Maonites did oppress you and ye cried to me and I delivered you out of their hand 13 * Deut. 32.15 Jer. 2.13 Yet ye have forsaken me and served other gods wheresore I will deliver you no more 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation 15 ¶ And the children of Israel said unto the LORD We have sinned do thou unto us whatsoever â Heb. is good in thine eyes seemeth good unto thee deliver us onely we pray thee this day 16 And they put away the â Heb. gods of strangers strange gods from among them and served the LORD and his soul â Heb. was shortned was grieved for the misery of Israel 17 Then the children of Ammon were â Heb. cried together gathered together and encamped in Gilead and the children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped in Mizpeh 18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon he shall * Chap. 11.8 be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead CHAP. XI 1 The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites that he should be their head 12 The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain 29 Jephthah's vow 32 His conquest of the Ammonites 34 He performeth his vow on his daughter NOw * Heb. 11.32 called Jephthae Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour and he was the son of â Heb. a woman an harlot an harlot and Gilead begat Jephthah 2 And Gileads wife bare him sons and his wives sons grew up and they thrust out Jephthah and said unto him Thou shalt not inherit in our fathers house for thou art the son of a strange woman 3 Then Jephthah fled â Heb. from the face from his brethren and dwelt in the land of Tob and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah and went out with him 4 ¶ And it came to pass â Heb. after days in process of time that the children of Ammon made war against Israel 5 And it was so that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob 6 And they said unto Jephthah Come and be our captain that we may fight with the children of Ammon 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead Did not ye hate me and expel me out of my fathers house and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah Therefore we turn again to thee now that thou mayest go with us and fight against the children of Ammon be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon and the LORD deliver them before me shall I be your head 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah The LORD â Heb. be the hearer between us be witness between us if we do not so according to thy words 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead and the people made him head and captain over them and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh 12 ¶ And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon saying What hast thou to do with me that thou art come against me to fight in my land 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah * Numb 21.13 Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt from Arnon even unto Jabbok and unto Jordan now therefore restore those lands again peaceably 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon 15 And said unto him Thus saith Jephthah * Deu. 2.9 Israel took not away the land of Moab nor the land of the children of Ammon 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea and came to Cadesh 17 Then * Numb 20.14 Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom saying Let me I pray thee pass through thy land but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab but he would not consent and Israel abode in Kadesh 18 Then they went along through the wilderness and compassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab and came by the east-side of the land of Moab and pitched on the other side of Arnon * Numb 21.13 and 22.36 but came not within the border of Moab for Arnon was the border of Moab 19 And * Deut. 2.26 Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites the king of Heshbon and Israel said unto him Let us pass we pray thee through thy land unto my place 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast but Sihon gathered all his people together and pitched in Jahaz and fought against Israel 21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel and they smote them so Israel possessed
house went out unto them and said unto them Nay my brethren nay I pray you do not so wickedly seeing that this man is come into mine house do not this folly 24 Behold here is my daughter a maiden and his concubine them I will bring out now and humble ye them and do with them what seemeth good unto you but unto this man do not â Heb. the matter of this folly so vile a thing 25 But the men would not hearken to him so the man took his concubine and brought her forth unto them and they knew her and abused her all the night until the morning and when the day began to spring they let her go 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day and fell down at the door of the mans house where her lord was till it was light 27 And her lord rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way and behold the woman his concubine was falâ down at the door of the house and her hands were upon the threshold 28 And he said unto her Up and let us be going but none answered Then the man took her up vpon an ass and the man rose up and gat him unto his place 29 ¶ And when he was come into his house he took a knife and laid hold on his concubine and divided her together with her bones into twelve pieces and sent her into all the coasts of Israel 30 And it was so that all that saw it said there was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day consider of it take advice and speak your minds CHAP. XX. 1 The Levite in a general assembly declareth his wrong 8 The decree of the assembly 12 The Benjamites being cited make head against the Israelites 18 The Israelites in two battels lose fourty thousand 26 They destroy by a stratagem all the Benjamites except six hundred THen all the children of Israel went out and the congregation was gathered together as one man from Dan even to Beer-sheba with the land of Gilead unto the LORD in Mizpeh 2 And the chief of all the people even of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword 3 Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh Then said the children of Israel Tell us how was this wickedness 4 And â Heb. the man the Levite the Levite the husband of the woman that was slain answered and said I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin I and my concubine to lodge 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me and beset the house round about upon me by night and thought to have slain me and my concubine have they â Heb. humbled forced that she is dead 6 And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the countrey of the inheritance of Israel for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel 7 Behold ye are all children of Israel give here your advice and counsel 8 ¶ And all the people arose as one man saying We will not any of us go to his tent neither will we any of us turn into his house 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah we will go up by lot against it 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel and an hundred of a thousand and a thousand out of ten thousand to fetch victual for the people that they may do when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city â Heb. fellows knit together as one man 12 ¶ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying What wickedness is this that is done among you 13 Now therefore deliver us the men the children of Belial which are in Gibeah that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah to go out to battel against the children of Israel 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbred at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword beside the inhabitants of Gibeah which were numbred seven hundred chosen men 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men * Chap. 3.15 left-handed every one could sling stones at an hair breadth and not miss 17 And the men of Israel beside Benjamin were numbred four hundred thousand men that drew sword all these were men of war 18 ¶ And the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God and asked counsel of God and said Which of us shall go up first to the battâl against the children of Benjamin And the LORD said Judah shall go up first 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah 20 And the men of Israel went out to battel against Benjamin and the men of Israel put themselves in aray to fight against them at Gibeah 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men 22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves and set their battel again in aray in the place where they put themselves in aray the first day 23 And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even and asked counsel of the LORD saying Shall I go up again to battel against the children of Benjamin my brother And the LORD said Go up against him 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men all these drew the sword 26 ¶ Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up and came unto the house of God and wept and sat there before the LORD and fasted that day until even and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the LORD 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days 28 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron stood before it in those days saying Shall I yet again go out to battel against the children of Benjamin my brother or shall I cease And the LORD said Go up for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand 29 And Israel set liers in
wait round about Gibeah 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day and put themselves in aray against Gibeah as at other times 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city and they began â Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at c. to smite of the people and kill as at other times in the high-ways of which one goeth up to â Or Bâth-el the house of God and the other to Gibeah in the field about thirty men of Israel 32 And the children of Benjamin said They are smitten down before us as at the first But the children of Israel said Let us flee and draw them from the city unto the high ways 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place and put themselves in aray at Baal-tamar and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places even out of the medows of Gibeah 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel and the battel was sore but they knew not that evil was near them 35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men all these drew the sword 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah 37 And the liers in wait hasted and rushed upon Gibeah and the liers in wait â Or made a long sound with the trumpets drew themselves along and smote all the city with the edge of the sword 38 Now there was an appointed â Or time signe between the men of Israel â Heb with and the liers in wait that they should make a great â Heb. elevation flame with smoke to rise up out of the city 39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battel Benjamin began â Heb. to smite the wounded to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons for they said Surely they are smitten down before us as in the first battel 40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke the Benjamites looked behinde them and behold â Heb. the whole consumption the flame of the city ascended up to heaven 41 And when the men of Israel turned again the men of Benjamin were amazed for they saw that evil â Heb. touched them was come upon them 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness but the battel overtook them and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them 43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about and chased them and trode them down â Or from Minuchah c. with ease â Heb. unto over against over against Gibeah toward the sun-rising 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men all these were men of valour 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon and they gleaned of them in the high-ways five thousand men and pursued hard after them unto Gidom and slew two thousand men of them 46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword all these were men of valour 47 * Ch. 21.13 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon and abode in the rock Rimmon âour moneths 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin and smote them with the edge of the sword as well the men of every city as the beast and all that â Heb. was found came to hand also they set on fire all the cities that â Heb. were found they came to CHAP. XXI 1 The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin 8 By the destruction of Jabesh-gilead they provide them four hundred wives 16 They advise them to surprise the virgins that danced at Shiloh NOw the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh saying There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife 2 And the people came to the house of God and abode there till even before God and lift up their voices and went sore 3 And said O LORD God of Israel why is this come to pass in Israel that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel 4 And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose early and built there an altar and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings 5 And the children of Israel said Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD for they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh saying He shall surely be put to death 6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother and said There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives 8 ¶ And they said What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD and behold there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly 9 For the people were numbred and behold there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest and commanded them saying Go smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword with the women the children 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do * Numb 31.17 Ye shall utterly destroy every male and every woman that â Heb. knoweth the lying with man hath lien by man 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred â Heb. young women virgins young virgins that had known no man by lying with any male and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan 13 And the whole congregation sent some â Heb. and spake and called to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon and to â Or proclaim peace call peaceably unto them 14 And Benjamin came again at that time and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead and yet so they sufficed them not 15 And the people repented them for Benjamin because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel 16 ¶ Then the elders of the congregation said How shall we do for wives for them that remain seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin 17 And they said There must be an inheritance
for them that be escaped of Benjamin that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters for the children of Israel have sworn saying Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin 19 Then they said Behold there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh â Heb. from year to year yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el â Or towards the sun-rising on the east-side â Or Or. on of the high-way that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem and on the south of Lebonah 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin saying Go and lie in wait in the vineyards 21 And see and behold if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances then come ye out of the vineyards and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh and go to the land of Benjamin 22 And it shall be when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain that we will say unto them â Or Gratifie us in thim be favourable unto them for our sakes because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war for ye did not give unto them at this time that you should be guilty 23 And the children of Benjamin did so and took them wives according to their number of them that danced whom they caught and they went and returned unto their inheritance and repaired the cities and dwelt in them 24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time every man to his tribe and to his family and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance 25 * Chap. 17.6 18.1 19.1 In those days there was no king in Israel every man did that which was right in his own eyes ¶ The book of RUTH CHAP. I. 1 Elimelech driven by famine into Moab dieth there 4 Mahlon and Chilion having married wives of Moab die also 6 Naomi returning homeward 8 dissuadeth her two daughters in law from going with her 14 Orpah leaveth her but Ruth with great constancy accompanieth her 19 They two come to Beth-lehem where they are gladly received NOw it came to pass in the days when the judges â Heb. judged ruled that there was a famine in the land and a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the countrey of Moab he and his wife and his two sons 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah and they came into the countrey of Moab and â Heb. were continued there 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died and she was left and her two sons 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth and they dwelled there about ten years 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband 6 ¶ Then she arose with her daughters in law that she might return from the countrey of Meab for she had heard in the countrey of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was and her two daughters in law with her and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law Go return each to her mothers house the LORD deal kindly with you as ye have dealt with the dead and with me 9 The LORD grant you that you may finde rest each of you in the house of her husband Then she kissed them and they lift up their voice and wept 10 And they said unto her Surely we will return with thee unto thy people 11 And Naomi said Turn again my daughters why will ye go with me are there yet any mo sons in my womb that they may be your husbands 12 Turn again my daughters go your way for I am too old to have an husband if I should say I have hope â Or if I were with an bushand if I should have a husband also to night and should also bear sons 13 Would ye â Heb. hope tarry for them till they were grown would ye stay for them from having husbands nay my daughters for â Heb. I have much bitterness it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me 14 And they lift up their voice and wept again and Orpah kissed her mother in law but Ruth clave unto her 15 And she said Behold thy sister in law is gone back unto her people and unto her gods return thou after thy sister in law 16 And Ruth said â Or Be not against me Intreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee for whither thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge thy people shall be my people and thy God my God 17 Where thou diest will I die and there will I be buried the LORD do so to me and more also if ought but death part thee and me 18 When she saw that she â Heb. strengthned her self was stedfastly minded to go with her then she left speaking unto her 19 ¶ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem And it came to pass when they were come to Beth-lehem that all the city was moved about them and they said Is this Naomi 20 And she said unto them Call me not â That is pleasant Naomi call me â That is bitter Mara for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me 21 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty why then call ye me Naomi seeing the LORD hath testified against me and the Almighty hath afflicted me 22 So Naomi returned and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter in law with her which returned out of the countrey of Moab and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest CHAP. II. 1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. 4 Boaz taking knowledge of her 8 sheweth her great favour 18 That which she got she carrieth to Naomi ANd Naomi had a kinsman of her husbands a mighty man of wealth of the family of Elimelech and his name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi Let me now go to the field and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall finde grace And she said unto her Go my daughter 3 And she went and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers and her â Heb. hap hapned hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto â Called Mat. 1.5 Boaz. Boaz who was of the kindred of Elimelech 4 ¶ And behold Boaz came from Beth-lehem and said unto the reapers The LORD be with you and they answered him the LORD
LORD and set it in his place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had â pitched for it and David offered burnt-offerings and peace offerings before the LORD 18 And assoon as David had made an end of offering burnt-offerings and peace offerings * 1 Chr. 16.2 he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts 19 And he dealt among all the people even among the whole multiââde of Israel as well to the women as men to every one a cake of bread and a good piece of flesh and a flagon of wine so all the people departed eââây one to his house 20 ¶ Then David returned to bless his houshold and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said How glorious was the king of Israel to day who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the hand-maids of his servants as one of the vain fellows â Or openly shamelesly uncovereth himself 21 And David said unto Michal It was before the LORD which chose me before thy father and before all his house to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD over Israel therefore will I play before the LORD 22 And I will yet be more vile then thus and will be base in mine own sight and â Or of the handmaidâ of my servants of the maid servants which thou hast spoken of of them shall I be had in honour 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no childe until the day of her death CHAP. VII 1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David to build God an house 4 after by the word of God forbiadeth him 12 He promiseth him benefits and blessings in his seed 18 Davids prayer and thanksgiving ANd it came to pass * 1 Chr. 17.1 when the king sat in his house and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet See now I dwell in an house of cedar but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains 3 And Nathan said to the king Go do all that is in thine heart for the LORD is with thee 4 ¶ And it came to pass that night that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan saying 5 Go and tell â Heb. to my servant to David my servant David Thus saith the LORD Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of âgypt even to this day but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with â Chro. 1â â any of the judges any of the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people Israel saying Why build ye not me an house of cedar 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David Thus saith the LORD of hosts * 1 Sam. 16.11 Ps 78.70 I took thee from the sheep-cote â Heb. from after from following the sheep to be ruler over my people over Israel 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest and have out off all thine enemies â Heb. from thy âace out of thy sight and have made thee a great name like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more as beforetime 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house 12 ¶ And * 1 King 8.20 when thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers I will set up thy seed after thee which shall proceed out of thy bowels and I will establish his kingdom 13 * 1 Kin. 5.5 6.12 1 Chr. 22.10 He shall build an house for my name and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever 14 * Heb. 1.5 I will be his father and he shall be my son * Ps 89.30 31 32. if he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men 15 But my mercy shall not depart a way from him as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee thy throne shall be established for ever 17 According to all these words and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak unto David 18 ¶ Then went king David in and sat before the LORD and he said Who am I O Lord GOD and what is my house that thou hast brought me hitherto 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lord GOD but thou hast spoken also of thy servants house for a great while to come and is this the â Heb. law manner of man O Lord GOD 20 And what can David say more unto thee for thou Lord GOD knowest thy servant 21 For thy words sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things to make thy servant know them 22 Wherefore thou art great O LORD God for there is none like thee neither is there any God beside thee according to all that we have heard with our ears 23 And * Deut. 4.7 what one nation in the earth is like thy people even like Israel whom God went to redeem for a people to himself and to make him a name and to do for you great things and terrible for thy land before thy people which thou redeemest to thee from Egypt from the nations and their gods 24 For thou hast confirmed to thy self thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever and thou LORD art become their God 25 And now O LORD God the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy serâant and concerning his house establish it for ever and do as thou hast said 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever saying The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee 27 For thou O LORD of hosts God of Israel hast â Heb. opened the ear revealed to thy servant saying I will build thee an house therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee 28 And now O Lord GOD thou art that God and * John 17.17 thy words be true and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant 29 Therefore now â Heb. be thou pleased let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant that it may continue for ever before thee for thou O Lord GOD hast spoken
face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entring in of the cave and behold there came a voice unto him and said What doest thou here Elijah 14 And he said I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant thrown down thine altars and slain thy prophets with the sword and I even I onely am left and they seek my life to take it away 15 And the LORD said unto him Go return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus and when thou comest anoint Hazael to be king over Syria 16 And * 2 Kin 9.1 2. Ecclus. 48.8 Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel and * Luke 4.27 called Eliseus Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room 17 And it shall come to pass that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay 18 * Rom. 11.4 Yet â Or I will leave I have left me seven thousand in Israel all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal and every mouth which hath not kissed him 19 ¶ So he departed thence and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him and he with the twelfth and Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him 20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said Let me I pray thee kiss my father and my mother and then I will follow thee And he said unto him â Heb. Go return Go back again for what have I done to thee 21 And he returned back from him and took a yoke of oxen and slew them and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen and gave unto the people and they did eat then he arose and went after Elijah and ministred unto him CHAP. XX. 1 Ben-hadad not content with Ahabs homage besiegeth Samaria 13 By the direction of a prophet the Syrians are slain 22 As the prophet forewarned Ahab the Syrians trusting in the valleys come against him in Aphek 28 By the word of the prophet and Gods judgement the Syrians are smitten again 31 The Syrians submitting themselves Ahab sendeth Ben-hadad away with a covenant 35 The prophet under the parable of a prisoner making Ahab to judge himself denounceth Gods judgement against him ANd Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together and there were thirty and two kings with him and horses and chariots and he went up and besieged Samaria and warred against it 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city and said unto him Thus saith Ben-hadad 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine thy wives also and thy children even the goodliest are mine 4 And the king of Israel answered and said My lord O king according to thy saying I am thine and all that I have 5 And the messengers came again and said Thus speaketh Ben-hadad saying Although I have sent unto thee saying Thou shalt deliver me thy silver and thy gold and thy wives and thy children 6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time and they shall search thine house and the houses of thy servants and it shall be that whatsoever is â Heb. dâsââable pleasant in thine eyes they shall put it in their hand and take it away 7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said Mark I pray you and see how this man seeketh mischief for he sent unto me for my wives and for my children and for my silver and for my gold and â Heb. I kept not back from him I denied him not 8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him Hearken not unto him nor consent 9 Wherefore he said unto the messenges of Ben-hadad Tell my lord the king All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do but this thing I may not do And the messengers departed and brought him word again 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him and said The gods do so unto me and more also if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that â Heb. are at my feet follow me 11 And the king of Israel answered Tell him Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off 12 And it came to pass when Ben-hadad heard this â Heb word message as he was drinking he and the kings in the â Or tents pavilions that he said unto his servants â Or Place the engines And they placed engines Set your selves in aray And they set themselves in aray against the city 13 ¶ And behold there â Heb. approached came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel saying Thus saith the LORD Hast thou seen all this great multitude behold I will deliver it into thine hand this day and thou shalt know that I am the LORD 14 And Ahab said By whom And he said Thus saith the LORD Even by the â Or servants young men of the princes of the provinces Then he said Who shall â Heb. hinde or ãâã order the battel And he answered Thou 15 Then he numbred the young men of the princes of the provinces and they were two hundred and thirty two and after them he numbred all the people even all the children of Israel being seven thousand 16 And they went out at noon but Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions he and the kings the thirty and two kings that helped him 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him saying There are men come out of Samaria 18 And he said Whether they be come out for peace take them alive or whether they be come out for war take them alive 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city and the army which followed them 20 And they slew every one his man and the Syrians fled and Israel pursued them and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the hors-men 21 And the king of Israel went out and smote the horses and chariots and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter 22 ¶ And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said unto him Go strengthen thy self and mark and see what thou doest for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him Their gods are gods of the hills therefore they were stronger then we but let us fight against them in the plain and surely we shall be stronger then they 24 And do this thing Take the kings away every man out of his place and put captains in their rooms 25
war were four and fourty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to the war 19 And they made war with the Hagarites with * Gen. 25.15 Jetur and Nephish and Nodab 20 And they were helped against them and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand and all that were with them for they cried to God in the battel and he was intreated of them because they put their trust in him 21 And they â Heb. led captive took away their cattel of their camels fifty thousand and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand and of asses two thousand and of â Heb. souls of men as Nu. 31 35 men an hundred thousand 22 For there fell down many slain because the war was of God And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity 23 ¶ And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and unto mount Hermon 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers even Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel mighty men of valour â Heb men of names famous men and heads of the house of their fathers 25 ¶ And they transgressed against the God of their fathers and went a * 2 Kin. 17.7 whoring after the gods of the people of the land whom God destroyed before them 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of * 2 Kin. 15.19 Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath pilneser king of Assyria and he carried them away even the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh and brought them unto * 2 Kin. 17.6 Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river Gozan unto this day CHAP. VI. 1 The sons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests unto the captivity 16 The families of Gershom Merari and Kohath 49 The office of Aaron and his line unto Ahimaaz 54 The cities of the priests and Levites THe sons of Levi * Gen. 46.11 Ex. 6.16 â Or Gershom ver 16. Gershon Kohath and Merari 2 And the sons of Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron Uzziel 3 And the children of Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam The sons also of Aaron * Lev. 10.1 Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 4 ¶ Eleazar begat Phinehas Phinehas begat Abishua 5 And Abishua begat Bukki and Bukki begat Uzzi 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah and Zerahiah begat Meraioth 7 Meraioth begat Amariah and Amariah begat Ahitub 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok and * 2 Sam. 15.27 Zadok begat Ahimaaz 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah and Azariah begat Johanan 10 And Johanan begat Azariah he it is that executed the priests office â Heb. in the house in the * 1 Kin 6. 2 Chro. 3. temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem 11 And Azariah begat Amariah and Amariah begat Ahitub 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok and Zadok begat â Or Mestullam Ch. 9.11 Shallum 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah and Hilkiah begat Azariah 14 And Azariah begat * Neh. 11.11 Seraiah and Seraiah begat Jehozadak 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity * 2 Kin. 25.18 when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar 16 ¶ The sons of Levi * Ex. 6.16 â Or Gershon ver 1. Gershom Kohath and Merari 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom Libni Shimei 18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel 19 The sons of Merari Mahli and Mushi And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers 20 Of Gershom Libni his son Jahath his son * Ver. 4â Zimmah his son 21 â Or Ethan v. 4â Joah his son â Or Adaiah v. 41. Iddo his son Zerah his son Jeaterai his son 22 The sons of Kohath â Or Izhar ver 2 13. Amminadab his son Korah his son Assir his son 23 Elkanah his son and Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son 24 Tahath his son Uriel his son Uzziah his son and Shaul his son 25 And the sons of Elkanah * See ver 35 36. Amasai and Ahimoth 26 As for Elkanah the sons of Elkanah â Or Zuph 1 Sam. 1. â Zophai his son and Nahath his son 27 Eliab his son Jeroham his son Elkanah his son 28 And the sons of Samuel the first-born â Called also Joel ver 22 and 1 Sam. 8.2 Vashni and Abiah 29 The sons of Merari Mahli Libni his son Shimei his son Uzza his son 30 Shimea his son Haggiah his son Asaiah his son 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD after that the * Ch. 16.1 ark had rest 32 And they ministred before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem and then they waited on their office according to their order 33 And these are they that â Heb. stood waited with their children of the sons of the Kohathites Heman a singer the son of Joel the son of Shemuel 34 The son of Elkanah the son of Jeroham the son of Eliel the son of Toah 35 The son of Zuph the son of Elkanah the son of Mahath the son of Amasai 36 The son of Elkanah the son of Joel the son of Azariah the son of Zephaniah 37 The son of Tahath the son of Assir the son of * Ex. 6.24 Ebiasaph the son of Korah 38 The son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi the son of Israel 39 And his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand even Asaph the son of Berachiah the son of Shimea 40 The son of Michael the son of Baasiah the son of Malchiah 41 The son of Ethni the son of Zerah the son of Adaiah 42 The son of Ethan the son of Zimmah the son of Shimei 43 The son of Jahath the son of Gershom the son of Levi. 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand Ethan the son of â Or Nuâhaiah Clap. 15.17 Kishi the son of Abdi the son of Malluch 45 The son of Hashabiah the son of Amaziah the son of Hilkiah 46 The son of Amzi the son of Bani the son of Shamer 47 The son of Mahli the son of Mushi the son of Merari the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God 49 ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered * Lev. 1.9 upon the altar of the burnt-offering and * Ex. 30.7 on the altar of incense and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy and to make an atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded 50 And these are the sons of Aaron Eleazar his son Phinehas
the Reubenites and thirty with him 43 Hanan the son of Maachah and Joshaphat the Mithnite 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite 45 Jediael the â Or Shimrite son of Shimri and Joha his brother the Tizite 46 Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam and Ithmah the Moabite 47 Eliel and Obed and Jasiel the Mesobaite CHAP. XII 1 The companies that came to David at Ziklag 23 The armies that came to him at Hebron NOw * 1 Sam. 27.2 these are they that came to David to Ziklag â Heb. being yet shut up while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish and they were among the mighty men helpers of the war 2 They were armed with bowes and could use both the right hand and the left in burling stones and shooting arrows out of a bowe even of Sauls brethren of Benjamin 3 The chief was Ahiezer then Joash the sons of â Or Hasmaah Shemaah the Gibeathite and Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth and Berachah and Jehu the Antothite 4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite a mighty man among the thirty and over the thirty and Jeremiah and Jahaziel and Johanan and Josabad the Gederathite 5 Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatian the Haruphite 6 Elkanah and Jesiah and Azareel and Joezer and Jashobeam the Korhites 7 And Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham of Gedor 8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might and men â Heb. of the best of war fit for the battel that could handle shield and buckler whose faces were like the faces of lions and were â Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste as swift as the roes upon the mountains 9 Ezer the first Obadiah the second Eliab the third 10 Mishmannah the fourth Jeremiah the fifth 11 Attai the sixth Eliel the seventh 12 Johanan the eighth Elzabad the ninth 13 Jeremiah the tenth Machbanai the eleventh 14 These were of the sons of Gad captains of the host â Or one that was least could resist an hundred and the greatest a thousand one of the least was over an hundred and the greatest over a thousand 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first moneth when it had â Heb. filled over overflown all his * Josh 3.15 banks and they put to flight all them of the valleys both toward the east and toward the west 16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David 17 And David went out â Heb. before them to meet them and answered and said unto them if ye be come peaceably unto me to help me mine heart shall â Heb. be one be knit unto you but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies seeing there is no â Or violence wrong in mine hands the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke it 18 Then â Heb. the spirit clothed Amasai the spirit came upon Amasai who was chief of the captains and be said Thine are we David and on thy side thou son of Jesse peace peace be unto thee and peace be to thine helpers for thy God helpeth thee Then David received them and made them captains of the band 19 And there âell some of Manasseh to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battel but they helped them not for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away saying * 1 Sam. 29 4. He will fall to his master Saul â Heb. oâ our heads to the jeopardy of our heads 20 As he went to Ziklag there fell to him of Manasseh Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zilthai captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh 21 And they helped David â Or with a band against the band of the rovers for they were all mighty men of valour and were captains in the host 22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him until it was a great host like the host of God 23 ¶ And these are the numbers of the â Or captains or men â Heb. heads bands that were ready armed to the war and came to David to Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the word of the LORD 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred ready â Or prepared armed to the war 25 Of the children of Simeon mighty men of valour for the war seven thousand and one hundred 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites and with him were three thousand and seven hundred 28 And Zadok a young man mighty of valour and of his fathers house twenty and two captains 29 And of the children of Benjamin â Heb. brethren the kindred of Saul three thousand for hitherto â Heb. a multitude of them the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men of valour â Heb. men of names famous throughout the house of their fathers 31 And of the half-half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand which were expressed by name to come and make David king 32 And of the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do the heads of them were two hundred and all their brethren were at their commandment 33 Of Zebulun such as went forth to battel â Or rangers of battel or ranged in battel expert in war with all instruments of war fifty thousand which could â Or set the battel in aray keep rank they were â Heb. without a heart and a heart not of double heart 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand 35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred 36 And of Asher such as went forth to battel â Or keeping their rank expert in war fourty thousand 37 And on the other side of Jordan of the Reubenites and the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh with all manner of instruments of war for the battel an hundred and twenty thousand 38 All these men of war that could keep rank came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king 39 And there they were with David three days eating and drinking for their brethren had prepared for them 40 Moreover they that were nigh them even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali brought bread on asses and on camels and mules and on oxen and
in his transgression have we prepared and sanctified and behold they are before the altar of the LORD 20 ¶ Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the rulers of the city and went up to the house of the LORD 21 And they brought seven bullocks and seven rams and seven lambs and seven he-goats for a * Levit. â 14 sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah and he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD 22 So they killed the bullocks and the priests received the bloud and * Levit. 8.14 1â Heb. 9.21 sprinkled it on the altar likewise when they had killed the rams they sprinkied the bloud upon the altar they killed also the lambs and they sprinkled the bloud upon the altar 23 And they brought â Heb. near forth the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation and they laid their * Levit. 4.15 hands upon them 24 And the priests killed them and they made reconciliation with their bloud upon the altar to make an atonement for all Israel for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel 25 * 1 Chron 16.4 and 25.6 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals with psalteries and with harps according to the commandment of David and of Gad the kings seer and Nathan the prophet for so was the commandment â Heb. by the hand of the LORD of the LORD â Heb. by the hand of by his prophets 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David and the priests with the trumpets 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar and â Heb. in the time when the burnt-offering began the song of the LORD beâan also with the trumpets and with the â Heb. hands of instruments instruments ordained by David king of Israel 28 And all the congregation worshipped and the â Heb. song singers sang and the trumpeters sounded and all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished 29 And when they had made an end of offering the king and all that were â Heb. sound present with him bowed themselves and worshipped 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer and they sang praises with gladness and they bowed their heads and worshipped 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said Now ye have â Or filled your hand consecrated your selves unto the LORD come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings and as many as were of a free heart burnt-offerings 22 And the number of the burnt offerings which the congregation brought was threescore and ten bulloâks an hundred rams and two hundred lambs all these were for a burnt-offering to the LORD 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep 34 But the priests were too sew so that they could not stay all the burnt-offerings wherefore their brethren the Levites â Heb. strengthned them did help them till the work was ended and until the other priests had sanctified themselves for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctifie themselves then the priests 35 And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order 36 And Hezekiah rejoyced and all the people that God had prepared the people for the thing was done suddenly CHAP. XXX 1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemn pass-over on the second moneth for Judah and Israel 13 The assembly having destroyed the altars of idolatry keep the feast fourteen days 27 The priests and Levites bless the people ANd Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Eparaim and Manasseh that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to keep the pass-over unto the LORD God of Israel 2 For the king had taken counsel and his princes and all the congregation in Jerusalem to keep the pass-over in the second * Num. 9.10 11. moneth 3 For they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem 4 And the thing â Heb. was right in the eyes of the king pleased the king and all the congregation 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel from Beer sheba even to Dan that they should come to keep the pass-over unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written 6 So the posts went with the letters â Heb. from the âând from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah and according to the commandment of the king saying Ye children of Israel turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham Isaac and Israel and he will return to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria 7 And be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers who therefore gave them up to desolation as ye see 8 Now â Heb. âarden not your necks be ye not stiff-necked as your fathers were but â Heb. give the hând yeeld your selves unto the LORD and enter into his sanctuary which he hath sanctified for ever and serve the LORD your God that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you 9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD your brethren and your children shall finde compassion before them that lead them captive so that they shall come again into this land for the LORD your God is * Exod. 34.6 gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return unto him 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the countrey of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them 11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of the LORD 13 ¶ And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second moneth a very great congregation 14 And they arose and took away the * Chap. 28 24. altars that were in Jerusalem and all the altars for incense took they away and cast them into the brook Kidron 15 Then they killed the pass-over on the fourteenth day of the second moneth and the priests and the Levites were
where the treasures were â Cald. made to descend laid up in Babylon 2 And there was found at â Or Echatana or in a coffer Achmetha in the palace that is in the province of the Medes a roll and therein was a record thus written 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem Let the house be builded the place where they offered sacrifices and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid the height thereof threescore cubits and the breadth thereof threescore cubits 4 With three rows of great stones and a row of new timber and let the expences be given out of the kings house 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought unto Babylon be restored and â Cald. go brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem every one to his place and place them in the house of God 6 Now therefore Tatnai governour beyond the river Shethar-boznai and â Cald. their societies your companions the Apharsachites which are beyond the river be ye far from thence 7 Let the work of this house of God alone let the governour of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place 8 Moreover â Cald. by me a decree is made I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God that of the kings goods even of the tribute beyond the river forthwith expences be given unto these men that they be not â Cald. made to cease hindred 9 And that which they have need of both young bullocks and rams and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven wheat salt wine and oyl according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem let it be given them day by day without fail 10 That they may offer sacrifices â Cald. âf rest of sweet savours unto the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and of his sons 11 Also I have made a decree that whosoever shall alter this word let timber be pulled down from his house and being set up â Cald. let him be destroyed let him be hanged thereon and let his house be made a dunghil for this 12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem I Darius have made a decree let it be done with speed 13 ¶ Then Tatnai governour on this side the river Shethar-boznai and their companions according to that which Darius the king had sent so they did speedily 14 And the elders of the Jews builded and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo and they builded and finished it according to the commandment of the God of Israel and according to the â Cald. âââree commandment of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the moneth Adar which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king 16 ¶ And the children of Israel the priests and the Levites and the rest of â Cald. the sons of the transportation the children of the captivity kept the dedication of this house of God with joy 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks two hundred rams four hundred lambs and for a sin-offering for all Israel twelve he-goats according to the number of the tribes of Israel 18 And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God which is at Jerusalem â Cald. according to the writânâ * Râm 3.6 â 9 as it is written in the book of Moles 19 And the children of the captivity kept the pass-over upon the fourteenth day of the first moneth 20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together all of them were pure and killed the pass-over for all the children of the captivity and for their brethren the priests and for themselves 21 And the children of Israel which were come again out of captivity and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land to seek the LORD God of Israel did eat 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy for the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God the God of Israel CHAP. VII 1 Ezra goeth up to Jerusalem 11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra 27 Ezra blesseth God for his savour NOw after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia Ezra the son of Seraiah the son of Azariah the son of Hilkiah 2 The son of Shallum the son of Zadok the son of Ahitub 3 The son of Amariah the son of Azariah the son of Meraioth 4 The son of Zerahiah the son of Uzzi the son of Bukki 5 The son of Abishua the son of Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the chief priest 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses which the LORD God of Israel had given and the king granted him all his request according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him 7 And there went up some of the children of Israel and of the priests and the Levites and the singers and the porters and the Nethinims unto Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth moneth which was in the seventh year of the king 9 For upon the first day of the first moneth â Heb. was the foundation of the going up began he to go up from Babylon and on the first day of the fifth moneth came he to Jerusalem according to the good hand of his God upon him 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgements 11 ¶ Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest the scribe even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD and of his statutes to Israel 12 Artaxerxes king of kings â Or To Ezra the priest a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven peace c. Unto Ezra the priest a scribe of the law of the God of heaven perfect peace and at such a time 13 I make a decree that all they of the people of Israel and of his priests and Levites in my realm which are minded of their own
as long as the sun and men shall be blessed in him all nations shall ãâã him blessed 18 Blessed ãâã the LORD God the God of Israel who onely doth wondrous things 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory Amen and amen 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended PSAL. LXXIII 1 The prophet prevailing in a temptation 2 sheweth the occasion thereof the prosperity of the wicked 13 the wound given thereby diffidenââ 15 the victory over it knowledge of Gods purpose in destroying of the wicked and sustaining the righteous ¶ â Or A psalm for Asaph A psalm of Asaph â Or. yet TRuly God is good to Israel even to such as are â Heb. clean of heart of a clean heart 2 But as for me my feet were almost gone my steps had well-nigh slipt 3 * Job 21. â Psal 3â 1 Jer. 12.1 For I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked 4 For there are no bands in their death but their strength is â Heb. fat firm 5 They are not â Heb. in the trouble of other men in trouble as other men neither are they plagued â Heb. with like other men 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain violence covereth them as a garment 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness â Heb. they pass the thoughts of the heart they have more then heart could wish 8 They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression they speak loftily 9 They set their mouth against the heavens and their tongue walketh through the earth 10 Therefore his people return hither and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them 11 And they say How doth God know and is there knowledge in the most High 12 Behold these are the ungodly who prosper in the world they increase in riches 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain and washed my hands in innocency 14 For all the day long have I been plagued and â Heb. my chastisement was chastned every morning 15 If I say I will speak thus behold I should offend against the generation of thy children 16 When I thought to know this â Heb. it was labour in mine eyes it was too painful for me 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God then understood I their end 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places thou castedst them down into destruction 19 How are they brought into desolation as in a moment they are utterly consumed with terrours 20 As a dream when one awaketh so O Lord when thou awakest thou shalt despise their image 21 Thus my heart was grieved and I was pricked in my reins 22 So foolish was I and â Heb. I knew not ignorant I was as a beast â Heb. with thee before thee 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee thou hast holden me by my right hand 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee 26 My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the â Heb. rock strength of my heart and my portion for ever 27 For lo they that are far from thee shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God I have put my trust in the Lord GOD that I may declare all thy works PSAL. LXXIV 1 The prophet complaineth of the desolation of the sanctuary 10 He moveth God to help in consideration of his power 18 of his reproachful enemies of his children and of his covenant ¶ â Or a psalm for Asaph to give instruction Maschil of Asaph O God why hast thou cast us off for ever why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture 2 Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased of old the â Or tribe rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed this mount Zion wherein thou hast dwelt 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations they set up their ensigns for signs 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees 6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers 7 â Heb. they have sent thy sanctuary into tââ fire They have cast sire into thy sanctuary they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground 8 They said in their hearts Let us â Heb. break destroy them together they have burnt up all the synagogues of God in the land 9 We see not our signs there is no more any prophet neither is there among us any that knoweth how long 10 O God how long shall the adversary reproach shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand even thy right hand pluck it out of thy bosom 12 For God is my King of old working salvation in the midst of the earth 13 * Ex 14.21 Thou didst â Heb. break divide the sea by the strength thou brakest the heads of the â Or a âales dragons in the waters 14 Thou brakest the heads of seviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness 15 * Ex. 1â â Numb 20.11 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the floud * Jos 2.13 thou driedst up â Heb. riverâ of stâââât mighty rivers 16 The day is thine the night also is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sun 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast â Heb. maâe them made summer and winter 18 Remember this that the enemy hath reproached O LORD and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the wicked forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever 20 Have respect unto the covenant for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed let the poor and needy praise thy name 22 Arise O God plead thine own cause remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies the tumult of those that rise up against thee â Heb. âsâendeth increaseth continually PSAL. LXXV 1 The prophet praiseth God 2 He promiseth to judge uprightly 4. He rebuketh the proud by consideration of Gods providence 9 He praiseth God and promiseth to execute justice ¶ To the chief musician â Or destroy not Al-taschith A Psalm or long â Or for Asaph of Asâph UNto thee O God do we give thanks unto thee do we give thanks for
princes and babes shall rule over them 5 And the people shall be oppressed every one by another and every one by his neighbour the childe shall behave himself proudly against the ancient and the base against the honourable 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father saying Thou hast clothing be thou our ruler and let this ruine be under thy hand 7 In that day shall he â Heb. lift up the hand swear saying I will not be an â Heb. binder up healer for in my house is neither bread nor clothing make me not a ruler of the people 8 For Jerusalem is ruined and Judah is faln because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD to provoke the eyes of his glory 9 ¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them and they declare their sin as * Gen. 13.13 18.21 19.5 Sodom they hide it not wo unto their soul for they have rewarded evil unto themselves 10 Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of their doings 11 Wo unto the wicked it shall be ill with him for the reward of his hands shall be â Heb. done to him given him 12 ¶ As for my people children are their oppressours and women rule over them O my people â Or they which call thee blessed they which lead thee cause thee to err and â Heb. swallow up destroy the way of thy paths 13 The LORD standeth up to plead standeth to judge the people 14 The LORD will enter into judgement with the ancients of his people and the princes thereof for ye have â Or burnt eaten up the vineyard the spoil of the poor is in your houses 15 What mean ye thâââ ye beat my people to pieces and grinde the faces of the poor saith the Lord GOD of hosts 16 ¶ Moreover the LORD saith Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched-forth necks and â Heb. deceiving with their eyes wanton eyes walking and â Or tripping nicelâ mincing as they go and making a tinkling with their feet 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion and the LORD will â Heb. make âaked discover their secret parts 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet and their â Or net-works cauls and their round tires like the moon 19 The â Or sweet balls chains and the braceâers and the â Or spangled ornaments mufflers 20 The bonnets and the ornaments of the legs and the headbands and the â Heb. âouses of the soul tablets and the ear-rings 21 The rings and nose-jewels 22 The changeable suits of apparel and the mantles and the wimples and the crisping-pins 23 The glasses and the fine linen and the hoods and the veils 24 And it shall come to pass that in stead of sweet smell there shall be stink and in stead of a girdle a rent and in stead of well set hair baldness and in stead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth and burning in stead of beauty 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy â Heb. miâât mighty in the war 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn and she being â Or emptied â Heb. creansed desolate shall sit upon the ground CHAP. IV. In the extremity of evils Christs kingdom shall be a sanctuary ANd in that day seven women shall take hold of one man saying We will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel onely â Heb. let the name be called upon us let us be called by thy name â Or take thââ away to take away our reproach 2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be â Heb. ãâ¦ã beautiful and glorious and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely â Heb. so the escaping of Israel for them that are escaped of Israel 3 And it shall come to pass that he that is left in Zion and he that remaineth in Jerusalem shall be called holy even every one that is written â Or to life among the living in Jerusalem 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and shall have purged the bloud of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgement and by the spirit of burning 5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion and upon her assemblies a * Ex. 13.21 cloud and smoke by day the shining of a flaming fire by night for â Or above upon all the glory shall be â Heb. a covering a defence 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day-time from the heat and for a place of refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain CHAP. V. 1Vnder the parable of a vineyard God excuseth bis severe judgement 8 His judgements upon covetousness 11 upon lasciviousness 13 upon impiety 20 and upon injustice 26 The executioners of Gods judgements NOw will I sing to my welbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard My welbeloved hath * Jer. 2 21. Mat. 21.33 Mar. 12.1 Lu. 20.9 a vineyard in â Heb. the born of the son of oyl a very fruitful hill 2 And he â Or made a wall about it fenced it and gathered out the stones thereof and planted it with the choicest vine and built a towre in the midst of it and also â Heb. bewed made a wine-press therein and he looked that it should bring forth grapes and it brought forth wilde grapes 3 And now O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah judge I pray you betwixt me and my vineyard 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it wherefore when I looked that it should bring forth grapes brought it forth wilde grapes 5 And now go to I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard I will take away the hedge thereof and it shall be eaten up and break down the wall thereof and it shall be â Heb. for a treading troden down 6 And I will lay it waste it shall not be pruned nor digged bââ there shall come up briers and thorns I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel and the men of Judah â Heb. plant of his pleasures his pleasant plant and he looked for judgement but behold â Heb. a seab oppression for righteousness but behold a cry 8 ¶ Wo unto them that joyn * Mic. 2.2 house to house that lay field to field till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth 9 â Or This is in mine
had made that the prison 16 ¶ When Jeremiah was entred into the dungeon and into the â Or ãâã cabins and Jeremiah had remained there many days 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out and the king asked him secretly in his house and said Is there any word from the LORD And Jeremiah said There is for said he thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah What have I offended against thee or against thy servants or against this people that ye have put me in prison 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you saying The king of Babylon shall not come against you nor against this land 20 Therefore hear now I pray thee O my lord the king â Heb. let my supplication fall let my supplication I pray thee be accepted before thee that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe lest I die there 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers street until all the bread in the city were spent Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison CHAP. XXXVIII 1 Jeremiah by a false suggestion is put into the dungeon of Malebiah 7 Ebed meleab by suit getteth him some enlargement 14Vpon secret conference be counselleth the king by yeelding to save his life 24 By the kings instructions be concealeth the conference from the princes THen Shephatiah the son of Mattan and Gedasiah the son of Pashur and Jucal the son of Shelemiah and Pashur the son of Maichiah heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people saying 2 Thus saith the LORD * Chap. 21.9 He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence but he that goeth forth to the Caldeans shall live for he shall have his life for a prey and shall live 3 Thus saith the LORD This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylons army which shall take it 4 Therefore the Princes said unto the king We beseech thee let this man be put to death for thus he weakneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city and the hands of all the people in speaking such words unto them for this man seeketh not the â Heb. peace welfare of this people but the hurt 5 Then Zedekiah the king said Behold he is in your hand for the king is not be that can do any thing against you 6 Then took they Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son â Or of the king of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison and they let down Jeremiah with cords And in the dungeon there was no water but mire So Jeremiah sunk in the mire 7 ¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian one of the eunuchs which was in the kings house heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the kings house and spake to the king saying 9 My lord the king these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the dungeon and â Heb. be will die he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is for there is no more bread in the city 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethioplan saying Take from hence thirty men â Heb. in thinâ hand with thee and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he die 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine arm-holes under the cords And Jeremiah did so 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords and took him up out of the dungeon and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison 14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the â Or principal third entry that is in the house of the LORD and the king said unto Jeremiah I will ask thee a thing hide nothing from me 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah If I declare it unto thee wilt thou not surely put me to death and if I give thee counsel wilt thou not hearken unto me 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah saying As the LORD liveth that made us this soul I will not put thee to death neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah Thus saith the LORD the God of hosts the God of Israel If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylons princes then thy soul shall live and this city shall not be burnt with fire and thou shalt live and thine house 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylons princes then shall this city be given into the hand of the Caldeans and they shall burn it with fire and thou shalt not escape out of their hand 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah I am afraid of the Jews that are faln to the Caldeans lest they deliver me into their hand and they mock me 20 But Jeremiah said They shall not deliver thee obey I beseech thee the voice of the LORD which I speak unto thee so it shall be well unto thee and thy soul shall live 21 But if thou refuse to go forth this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me 22 And behold all the women that are left in the king of Judahs house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylons princes and those women shall say â Heb. Men of thy peace Thy friends have set thee on and have prevailed against thee thy feet are sunk in the mire and they are turned away back 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Caldeans and thou shalt not escape out of their hand but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon and â Heb. thou shalt burn c thou shalt cause this city to be burnt with fire 24 ¶ Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah Let no man know of these words and thou shalt not die 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee and they come unto thee and say unto thee Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king hide it not from us and we will not put thee to death also what the king said unto thee 26 Then thou shalt say unto them I presented my supplication before the king that he would
the inhabitants of the world would not have beleeved that the adversary and the enemy should have entred into the gates of Jerusalem 13 ¶ * Jer. 5.31 and 23.21 For the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests that have shed the bloud of the just in the midst of her 14 They have wandred as blinde men in the streets they have polluted themselves with bloud â Or in that they could not but touch so that men could not touch their garments 15 They cried unto them Depart ye â Or ye polluted it is unclean depart depart touch not when they fled away and wandred they said among the heathen They shall no more sojourn there 16 The â Or faââ anger of the LORD hath divided them he will no more regard them they respected not the persons of the priests they favoured not the elders 17 As for us our eyes as yet failed for our vain help in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us 18 They hunt out steps that we cannot go in our streets our end is near our days are fulfilled for our end is come 19 Our persecutours are swifter then the eagles of the heaven they pursued us upon the mountains they said wait for us in the wilderness 20 The * Gen. 2.7 breath of our nostrils the anointed of the LORD was taken in their pits of whom we said Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen 21 Rejoyce and be glad O daughter of Edom that dwellest in the land of Uz the cup also shall pass through unto thee thou shalt be drunken and shalt make thy self naked 22 ¶ â Or Thine iniquity The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished O daughter of Zion he will no more carry thee away into captivity he will visit thine iniquity O daughter of Edom he will â Or carry thee captive for thy sins discover thy sins CHAP. V. A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God REmember O LORD what is come upon us consider and behold our reproach 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers our houses to aliens 3 We are orphans and fatherless our mothers are as widows 4 We have drunken our water for money our wood â Heb. cometh for price is sold unto us 5 â Heb. on our necks are we persecuted Our necks are under persecution we labour and have no rest 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians to be satisfied with bread 7 * Jer. 31.29 Ezek. 18.2 Our fathers have sinned and are not and we have born their iniquities 8 Servants have ruled over us there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand 9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness 10 Our * Ps 119.83 skin was black like an oven because of the â Or terrours or storms terrible famine 11 They ravished the women in Zion and the maids in the cities of Judah 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand the faces of elders were not honoured 13 They took the young men to grinde and the children fell under the wood 14 The elders have ceased from the gate the young men from their musick 15 The joy of our heart is ceased our dance is turned into mourning 16 â Heb. the crown of our head is fallen The crown is faln from our head wo unto us that we have sinned 17 For this our heart is faint for these things our eyes are dim 18 Because of the mountain of Zion which is desolate the foxes walk upon it 19 Thou O LORD * Ps 9.7 c 29.10 and 102.12 and 145.13 remainest for ever thy throne from generation to generation 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever and forsake us â Heb. for âength of days so long time 21 * Jer. 31.18 Turn thou us unto thee O LORD and we shall be turned renew our days as of old 22 â Or For wilt thou utterly reject uââ But thou hast utterly rejected us thou art very wroth against us ¶ The book of the Prophet EZEKIEL CHAP. I. 1 The time of Ezekiels prophesie at Chebar 4 His vision of four therubims 15 of the four wheels 2â and of the glory of GOD. NOw it came to pass in the thirtieth year in the fourth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth as I was among the â Heb. captivity captives by the river of Chebar that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God 2 In the fifth day of the moneth which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachins captivity 3 The word of the LORD came expresly unto â Heb. Jekezkel Ezekiel the priest the son of Buzi in the land of the Caldeans by the river Chebar and the hand of the LORD was there upon him 4 ¶ And I looked and behold a whirlwind came out of the north a great cloud and a fire â Heb. catching it self infolding it self and a brightness was about it and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber out of the midst of the fire 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures And this was their appearance They had the likeness of a man 6 And every one had four faces and every one had four wings 7 And their feet were â Heb. a strait foot strait feet and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calves foot and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides and they four had their faces and their wings 9 Their wings were joyned one to another they turned not when they went they went every one strait forward 10 As for the likeness of their faces they four had the face of a man and the face of a lion on the right side and they four had the face or an ox on the left side they four also had the face of an eagle 11 Thus were their faces and their wings were â Or artâââ aâââ stretched upward two wings of every one were joyned one to another and two covered their bodies 12 And they went every one strait forward whither the spirit was to go they went and they turned not when they went 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures their appearance was like burning coals of fire and like the appearance of lamps it went up and down among the living creatures and the fire was bright and out of the fire went forth lightning 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning 15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures with his four faces 16 The apâearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl and they four had one
prophesied as I was commanded and as I prophesied there was a noise and behold a shaking and the bones came together bone to his bone 8 And when I beheld lo the sinews and the flesh came up upon them and the skin covered them above but there was no breath in them 9 Then said he unto me Prophesie unto the â Or breath wind prophesie son of man and say to the wind Thus saith the Lord GOD Come from the four winds O breath and breathe upon these slain that they may live 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me and the breath came into them and they lived and stood up upon their feet an exceeding great army 11 ¶ Then he said unto me Son of man these bones are the whole house of Israel behold they say Our bones are dried and our hope is lost we are cut off for our parts 12 Therefore prophesie and say unto them Thus saith the Lord God Behold O my people I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel 13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have opened your graves O my people and brought you up out of your graves 14 And shall put my spirit in you and ye shall live and I shall place you in your own land then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it and performed it saith the LORD 15 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me saying 16 Moreover thou son of man take thee one stick and write upon it For Judah and for the children of Israel his companions then take another stick and write upon it For Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions 17 And joyn them one to another into one stick and they shall become one in thine hand 18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee saying Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these 19 Say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will take the stick of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his fellows and will put them with him even with the stick of Judah and make them one stick and they shall be one in mine hand 20 ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes 21 And say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel and * Joh. 10 16. one king shall be king to them all and they shall be no more two nations neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols nor with their detestable things nor with any of their transgressions but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned and will cleanse them so shall they be my people and I will be their God 24 And * Isa 40.11 Jer. 23.5 and 30.9 Ch. 34.23 David my servant shall be king over them and they all shall have one shepherd they shall also walk in my judgements and observe my statutes and do them 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant wherein your fathers have dwelt and they shall dwell therein even they and their children and their childrens children for ever and my servant David shall be their prince for ever 26 Moreover I will make a * Psa 89.3 Ch. 34.25 covenant of peace with them it shall be an everlasting covenant with them and I will place them multiply them will set my * 2 Cor. 6.16 sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them yea I will be * Ch. 11.20 and 14.11 their God and they shall be my People 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctifie Israel when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore CHAP. XXXVIII 1 The army 8 and malice of Gog. 14 Gods judgement against him ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man set thy face against * Rev. ac â Gog the land of Magog â Or prince of the chief the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal and prophesie against him 3 And say Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I am against thee O Gog the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal 4 And * Ch. 39.2 I will turn thee back and put hooks into thy chaws and I will bring thee forth and all thine army horses and hors-men all of them clothed with all sorts of armour even a great company with bucklers and shields all of them handling swords 5 Persia Ethiopia and â Or Phut Libya with them all of them with shield and helmet 6 Gomer and all his bands the house of Togarmah of the northquarters and all his bands and many people with thee 7 Be thou prepared and prepare for thy self thou and all thy company that are assembled unto thee and be thou a guard unto them 8 ¶ After many days thou shalt be visited in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword and is gathered out of many people against the mountains of Israel which have been always waste but it is brought forth out of the nations and they shall dwell safely all of them 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land thou and all thy bands and many people with thee 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD It shall also come to pass that at the same time shall things come into thy minde and thou shalt â Or conceive a mischievous purpose think an evil thought 11 And thou shalt say I will go up to the land of unwalled villages I will go to them that are at rest that dwell â Or confidently safely all of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates 12 â Heb. to spoil the spoil and to prey the prey To take a spoil and to take a prey to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations which have gotten cattel and goods that dwell in the â Heb. navel midst of the land 13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all the young lions thereof shall say unto thee Art thou come to take a spoil hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey to carry away silver and gold to take away cattel and goods to take a great spoil 14 ¶ Therefore son of man prophesie and say unto Gog Thus saith
bear them not out into the utter court to sanctifie the people 21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court and behold â Heb. a court in a corner of a court and a court in a corner of a court in every corner of the court there was a court 22 In the four corners of the court there were courts â Or made with chimneys joyned of fourty cubits long and thirty broad these four â Heb. cornered corners were of one measure 23 And there was a row of building round about in them round about them four and it was made with boyling-places under the rows round about 24 Then said he unto me These are the places of them that boyl where the ministers of the house shall boyl the sacrifice of the people CHAP. XLVII 1 The vision of the holy waters 6 The vertue of them 13 The borders of the land 22 The division of it by lot AFterward he brought me again unto the door of the house and behold waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward for the forefront of the house stood toward the east and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house at the south-side of the altar 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate north-ward and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh east-ward and behold there ran out waters on the right side 3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward he measured a thousand cubits and he brought me through the waters the â Heb. waters of the ankles waters were to the ankles 4 Again he measured a thousand and brought me through the waters the waters were to the knees again he measured a thousand and brought me through the waters were to the loyns 5 Afterward he measured a thousand and it was a river that I could not pass over for the waters were risen â Heb. waters of swimming waters to swim in a river that could not be passed over 6 ¶ And he said unto me Son of man hast thou seen this then he brought me and caused me to return to the brink of the river 7 Now when I had returned behold at the â Heb. lip bank of the river were very many * Rev. 22.2 trees on the one side and on the other 8 Then said he unto me These waters issue out toward the east-countrey and go down into the â Or plain desert and go into the sea which being brought forth into the sea the waters shall be healed 9 And it shall come to pass that every thing that liveth which moveth whithersoever the â Heb. two rivers rivers shall come shall live and there shall be a very great multitude of fish because these waters shall come thither for they shall be healed and every thing shall live whither the river cometh 10 And it shall come to pass that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim they shall be a place to spread forth nets their fish shall be according to their kinds as the fish of the great sea exceeding many 11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof â Or and that which shall not be healed shall not be healed they shall be given to salt 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof on this side and on that side â Heb. shall come up shall grow all trees for meat whose leaf shall not fade neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed it shall bring forth â Or principal new fruit according to his moneths because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary and the fruit thereof shall be for meat and the leaf thereof â Or for bruises and scres for * Rev. 22.2 medicine 13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD This shall be the border whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel Joseph shall have two portions 14 And ye shall inherit it one as well as another concerning the which I â Or swore * Gen. 27.7 and 17.8 and 26.3 and 28.13 lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance 15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north-side from the great sea the way of Hethlon as men go to Zedad 16 Hamath Berothah Sibraim which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath â Or the middle village Hazar-hatticon which is by the coast of Hauran 17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan the border of Damascus and the north north-ward and the border of Hamath and this is the north-side 18 And the east-side ye shall measure â Heb. from between from Hauran and from Damascus and from Gilead and from the land of Israel by Jordan from the border unto the east-sea and this is the east-side 19 And the south-side south-ward from Tamar even to the waters of â Or Meribah strife in Kadesh the â Or valley river to the great sea and this is the south-side â Or. toward Teman south-ward 20 The west-side also shall be the great sea from the border till a man come over against Hamath this is the west-side 21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel 22 ¶ And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you which shall beget children among you and they shall be unto you as born in the countrey among the children of Israel they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel 23 And it shall come to pass that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth there shall ye give him his inheritance saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XLVIII 1 23 The portions of the twelve tribes 8 of the sanctuary 15 of the city and suburbs 21 and of the prince 30 The dimensions and gates of the city NOw these are the names of the tribes from the north-end to the coast of the way of Hethlon as one goeth to Hamath Hazar-enan the border of Damascus north-ward to the coast of Hamath for these are his sides east and west â Heb. one portion a portion for Dan. 2 And by the border of Dan from the east-side unto the west-side a portion for Asher 3 And by the border of Asher from the east-side even unto the west-side a portion for Naphtali 4 And by the border of Naphtali from the east-side unto the west-side a portion for Manasseh 5 And by the border of Manasseh from the east-side unto the west-side a portion for Ephraim 6 And by the border of Ephraim from the east-side even unto the west-side a portion for Reuben 7 And by the
border of Reuben from the east-side unto the west-side a portion for Judah 8 ¶ And by the border of Judah from the east-side unto the west-side shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth and in length as one of the other parts from the east-side unto the west-side and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it 9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length and of ten thousand in breadth 10 And for them even for the priests shall be this holy oblation toward the north five and twenty thousand in length and toward the west ten thousand in breadth and toward the east ten thousand in breadth and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof 11 â Or the sanctified portion shall be for the priests It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok which have kept my â Or ward or ordinance charge which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray as the Levites went astray 12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites 13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length and ten thousand in breadth all the length shall be five and twenty thousand and the breadth ten thousand 14 And they shall not sell of it neither exchange nor alienate the first-fruits of the land for it is holy unto the LORD 15 ¶ And the five thousand that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand shall be a profane place for the city for dwelling and for suburbs and the city shall be in the midst thereof 16 And these shall be the measures thereof the north side four thousand and five hundred and the south-side four thousand and five hundred and on the east-side four thousand and five hundred and the west-side four thousand and five hundred 17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty and toward the south two hundred and fifty and toward the east two hundred and fifty and toward the west two hundred and fifty 18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand east-ward and ten thousand west-ward and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city 19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel 20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand ye shall offer the holy oblation four-square with the possession of the city 21 ¶ And the residue shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east-border and west-ward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west-border over against the portions for the prince and it shall be the holy oblation and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof 22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites and from the possession of the city being in the midst of that which is the princes between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince 23 As for the rest of the tribes from the east-side unto the west-side Benjamin shall have â Heb. one portion a portion 24 And by the border of Benjamin from the east-side unto the west-side Simeon shall have a portion 25 And by the border of Simeon from the east-side unto the west-side Issachar a portion 26 And by the border of Issachar from the east-side unto the west-side Zebulun a portion 27 And by the border of Zebulun from the east-side unto the west-side Gad a portion 28 And by the border of Gad at the south-side south-ward the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of â Heb. Meribah-kadesh strife in Kadesh and to the river toward the great sea 29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance and these are their portions saith the Lord GOD. 30 ¶ And these are the goings out of the city on the north-side four thousand and five hundred measures 31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel three gates north-ward one gate of Reuben one gate of Judah one gate of Levi. 32 And at the east-side four thousand and five hundred and three gates and one gate of Joseph one gate of Benjamin one gate of Dan. 33 And at the south-side four thousand and five hundred measures and three gates one gate of Simeon one gate of Issachar one gate of Zebulun 34 At the west-side four thousand and five hundred with their three gates one gate of Gad one gate of Asher one gate of Naphtali 35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures and the name of the city from that day shall be â Heb. Jebovah-shammah The LORD is there ¶ The book of DANIEL CHAP. I. 1 Jehoiakims captivity 3 Ashpenaz taketh Daniel Hananiah Misharl and Azariab 8 They refusing the kings portion do prosper with pulse and water 17 Their excellency in wisdom IN the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah * 2 Kin. 24.2 â Chr. 36.6 came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem and besieged it 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand with part of the vessels of the house of God which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god 3 ¶ And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs that he should bring certain of the children of Israel and of the kings feed and of the princes 4 Children in whom was no blemish but well-favoured and skilful in all wisdom and cunning in knowledge and understanding science and such as had ability in them to stand in the kings palace and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Caldeans 5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the kings meat and of â Heb. ãâã wine of ãâã drink the wine which he drank so nourishing them three years that at the end thereof they might stand before the king 6 Now among these were of the children of Judah Daniel Hananiah Mishael and Azariah 7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar and to Hananiah of Shadrach and to Mishael of Meshach and to Azariah of Abed-nego 8 ¶ But Daniel purposed in his
heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the kings meat nor with the wine which he drank therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel I fear my lord the king who hath appointed your meat and your drink for why should he see your faces â Heb. sadder worse liking then the children which are of your â Or term or continuance sort then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king 11 Then said Daniel to â Or the sieward Melzar whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel Hananiah Mishael and Azariah 12 Prove thy servants I beseech thee ten days and let them give us â Heb. of pulse pulse â Heb. that we may eat c. to eat and water to drink 13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the kings meat and as thou seest deal with thy servants 14 So he consented to them in this matter and proved them ten days 15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh then all the children which did eat the portion of the kings meat 16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat and the wine that they should drink and gave them pulse 17 ¶ As for these four children God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom and â Or be made Daniel understand Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams 18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar 19 And the king commauned with them and among them all was found none like Daniel Hananiah Mishael and Azariah therefore stood they before the king 20 And in all matters of â Heb. wisdom of understanding wisdom and understanding that the king enquired of them he found them ten times better then all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm 21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus CHAP. II. 1 Nebuchadnezzar forgetting his dream requireth it of the Caldeans by promises and threatnings 10 They acknowledging their inability are judged to die 14 Daniel obtaining some respite findeth the dream 19 He blesseth God â4 He staying the decree is brought to the king 31 The dream 36 The interpretation 4â Daniels advancement ANd in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams wherewith his spirit was troubled and his sleep brake from him 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians and the astrologers and the sorcerers and the Caldeans for to shew the king his dreams so they came and stood before the king 3 And the king said unto them I have dreamed a dream and my spirit was troubled to know the dream 4 Then spake the Caldeans to the king in Syriack * Ch. 3.9 O king live for ever tell thy servants the dream we will shew the interpretation 5 The king answered and said to the Caldeans The thing is gone from me it ye will not make known unto me the dream with the interpretation thereof ye shall be * Ch. 3.29 â Câld maâe pieces cut in pieces and your houses shall be made a dunghil 6 But it ye shew the dream and the interpretation thereof ye shall receive of me gifts and â Or see ch 5. â7 rewards and great honour therefore shew me the dream and the interpretation thereof 7 They answered again and said Let the king tell his servants the dream and we will shew the interpretation of it 8 The king answered and said I know of certainty that ye would â Cald. buy gain the time because ye see the thing is gone from me 9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream there is but one decree for you for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me till the time be changed therefore tell me the dream and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof 10 ¶ The Caldeans answered before the king and said There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the kings matter therefore there is no king lord nor ruler that asked such things at any magician or astrologer or Caldean 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth and there is none other that can shew it before the king except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon 13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain 14 ¶ Then Daniel â Cââd ââswered answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the â Or chief marshal â Câld chief of the executioners or slaughter-men captain of the kings guard which was gone forth to slay the wise-men of Babylon 15 He answered and said to Arioch the kings captain Why is the decree so hasty from the king Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel 16 Then Daniel went in and desired of the king that he would give him time and that he would shew the king the interpretation 17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah Mishael and Azariah his companions 18 That they would desire mercies â Cald. from before God of the God of heaven concerning this secret â Or that they should not destroy Daniel c. that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon 19 ¶ Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night-vision then Daniel blessed the God of heaven 20 Daniel answered and said * Ps â13 2 115.18 Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever for wisdom and might are his 21 And be changeth the times and the seasons he removeth kings and setteth up kings he giveth wisdom unto the wise and knowledge to them that know understanding 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things he knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth with him 23 I thank thee and praise thee O thou God of my fathers who hast given me wisdom and might and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee for thou hast now made known unto us the kings matter 24 ¶ Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon he went and said thus unto him Destroy not the wise men of Babylon bring me in before the king and I will shew unto the king the interpretation 25 Then Arioch brought
shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished for that that is determined shall be done 37 Neither shall he regard the god of his fathers nor the desire of women nor regard any god for he shall magnifie himself above all 38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of â Or munitions â Heb. Mauzzim or as for the almighty God in his seat he shall honour yea he shall honour a god c. forces and a God whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold and silver and with precious stones and â Heb. things desired pleasant things 39 Thus shall he do in the â Heb. fortresses of munitions most strong holds with a strange God whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory and he shall cause them to rule over many and shall divide the land for â Heb. a price gain 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind with chariots and with hors men and with many ships and he shall enter into the countreys and shall overflow and pass over 41 He shall enter also into the â Or goodly land â Heb. land of delight or ornament glorious land and many countreys shall be overthrown but these shall escape out of his hand even Edom and Moaâ and the chief of the children of Ammon 42 He shall â Heb. send forth stretch forth his hand also upon the countreys and the land of Egypt shall not escape 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps 44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him therefore he sââll go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to make away many 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the â Or goodly â Heb. mountain of delicht of holiness glorious holy mountain yet he shall come to his end and none shall help him CHAP. XII 1 Michael shall deliver Israel from their troubles 5 Daniel is informed of the times ANd at that time shall Michael stand up the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time and at that time thy people shall be delivered every one that shall be found written in the book 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake * Matth. 25.46 Joh. 5.29 some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt 3 And they that be â Or teachers wise shall * Matth. 13.43 shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever 4 But thou O Daniel shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased 5 ¶ Then I Daniel looked and behold there stood other two the one on this side of the â Heb. lip bank of the river and the other on that side of the bank of the river 6 And one said to the man clothed in * Ch. 10. â linen which was â Or from above upon the waters of the river How long shall it be to the end of these wonders 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river when he * Rev. 10. â held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time times and â Or part an half and when he shall have accompâââhed to scatter the power of the holy people all these things shall be finished 8 And I heard but I understood not then said I O my Lord what shall be the end of these things 9 And he said Go thy way Daniel for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end 10 Many shall be purified and made white and tried but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away and â Heb. to set up the abomination c. the abomination that â Or astonisheth maketh desolate set up there shall be a thousand two handred and ninety days 12 Bressed is he that waâtâth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days 13 But go thou thy way till the and be â Or and thou c. for thou shalt rest and stand in thy lât at the end of the days ¶ HOSEA CHAP. I. 1 Hosea to shew Gods judgement for spiritual wheredom taketh Gomer ãâã and hath by her Jezreel 6 Lo-ruhamah 8 and Lo-ammi 10 The restauration of Judah and Israel THe word of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel 2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea and the LORD said to Hosea Go take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms for the land hath committed great whoredom departing from the LORD 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim which conceived and bare him a son 4 And the LORD said unto him Call his name Jezreel for yet a little while and I will â Heb. visit avenge the bloud of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel 5 And it shall come to pass at that day that I will break the bowe of Israel in the valley of Jezreel 6 ¶ And she conceived again and bare a daughter and God said unto him Call her name â That is not having obtained mercy Lo-ruhamah for â Heb. I will not and any more to I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel â Or that I should altogâther pardon them but I will utterly take them away 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah and will save them by the LORD their God and will not save them by bowe nor by sword nor by battel by horses nor by hors-men 8 ¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah she conceived and bare a son 9 Then said God Call his name â That is Not my people Lo-ammi for ye are not my people and I will not be your God 10 ¶ Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured nor numbred * Rom. 9.25 26.
and it shall come to pass that â Or inâââd of that in the place where it was said unto them Ye are not my people there it shall be said unto them Ye are the sons of the living God 11 * Jer. 3.18 Ezek. 34. â3 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together and appoint themselves one head and they shall come up out of the land for great shall be the day of Jezreel CHAP. II. 1 The idolatry of the people 6 Gods judgements against them 14 His promises of reconciâation with them SAy ye unto your brethren â That is My people Ammi and to your sisters â That is Having obtained mercâ Ruhamah 2 Plead with your mother plead for * Isa 50.1 she is not my wise neither am I her husband let her therefore put away her * Ezek. 16.25 whoredoms out of her sight and her aduâteries from between her breasts 3 Lest I strip her naked and set her as in the day that she was * Ezek. 16.4 born and make her as a wilderness and set her like a dry land and slay her with thirst 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children for they be the children of whoredoms 5 For their mother hath played the harlot she that conceived them hath done shamefully for she said I will go after my lovers that give me my bread and my water my wooll and my flax mine oyl and my â Heb. drinks drink 6 ¶ Therefore behold I will hedge up thy way with thorns and â Heb. wall a wall make a wall that she shall not finde her paths 7 And she shall follow after her lovers but she shall not overtake them and she shall seek them but shall not finde them then shall she say I will go and return to my first husband for then was it better with me then now 8 For she did not know that I gave her corn and â Heb. new wine wine and oyl and multiplied her silver and gold â Or wherewith they maâe Baal which they prepared for Baal 9 Therefore will I return and take away my corn in the time thereof and my wine in the season thereof and will â Or take away recover my wooll and my flax given to cover her nakedness 10 And now will I discover her â Heb. fâlây or viâlany Jewdness in the sight of her lovers and none shall deliver her out of mine hand 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease her feast-days her new-moons and her sabbaths and all her solemn feasts 12 And I will â Heb. make desolate destroy her vines and her fig-trees whereof she hath said These are my rewards that my lovers have given me and I will make them a forest and the beasts of the field shall eat them 13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim wherein she burnt incense to them and she decked her self with her ear-rings and her jewels and she went after her lovers and forgat me saith the LORD 14 ¶ Therefore behold I will allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak â Or frienâly â Heb. to her hearâ comfortably unto her 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence and the valley of Achor for a door of hope and she shall sing there as in the days of her youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt 16 And it shall be at that day saith the LORD that thou shalt call me â That is My husband Ishi and shalt call me no more â That is My loââ Baali 17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth and they shall no more be remembred by their name 18 And in that day will I make a * Job 5.23 covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven and with the creeping things of the ground and I will break the bowe and the sword and the battel out of the earth and will make them to lie down safely 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever yea I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness and in judgement and in loving kindness and in mercies 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness and thou shalt know the LORD 21 And it shall come to pass in that day I will hear saith the LORD I will hear the heavens and they shall hear the earth 22 And the earth shall hear the corn and the wine and the oyl and they shall hear Jezreel 23 And I will sowe her unto me in the earth and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy and I * Rom. 9.26 1 Pet. 2.10 will say to them which were not my people Thou art my people and they shall say Thou art my God CHAP. III. 1 By the explation of an adulteress 4 iâ shewed the desclation of Israel before their restauration THen said the LORD unto me Go yet love a woman beloved of her friend yet an adulteress according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel who look to other gods and love flagons â Heb. of crapes of wine 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and for an homer of barley and an â Heb. letheâk half-homer of barley 3 And I said unto her Thou shalt * Deut. 27 13. abide for me many days thou shalt not play the harlot and thou shalt not be for another man so will I also be for thee 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king and without a prince and without a sacrifice and ââthout â Heb. a standing or âtatue an image and without an ephod and without teraphim 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the LORD their God and * Jer. 30.9 Ezek. 34.22 David their king and shall fear the LORD and ãâã goodness in the * Isa â 2 latter days CHAP. IV. 1 Gods judgements against the sins of the people 6 and of the priests 12 and against their idolatry 15 Judah is exhorted to take warning by Israels calamity HEar the word of the LORD ye children of Israel for the LORD hath a * Mic. 6. â controversie with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of God in the land 2 By swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adultery they break out and â Heb. bloudâ bloud toucheth bloud 3 Therefore shall the land mourn and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven yea the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away 4 Yet let no man strive nor reprove another for thy people are as they that strive with the priest 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the
day and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night and I will â Heb. cut âff deâtroy thy mother 6 ¶ My people are â Heb. cut off destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou hast rejected knowledge I will also reject thee that thou shalt be no priest to me seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God I will also forget thy children 7 As they were increased so they sinned against me therefore will I change their glory into shame 8 They eat up the sin of my people and they â Heb. lift up their soul to their iniquity let their heart on their iniquity 9 And there shall be * Isa 24.2 like people like priest and I will â Heb. visit upon punish them for their ways and â Heb. cause to return reward them their doings 10 For they shall eat and not have enough they shall commit whoredom and shall not increase because they have left off to take heed to the LORD 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart 12 ¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks and their staff declareth unto them for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains and burn incense upon the hills under oaks and poplars and elms because the shadow thereof is good therefore your daughters shall commit wheredom and your spouses shall commit adultery 14 â Or shall I not c. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom nor your spouses when they commit adultery for themselves are separated with whores and they sacrifice with harlots therefore the people that doth not understand shall â Or be punished fall 15 ¶ Though thou Israel play the harlot yet let not Judah offend and come not ye unto Gilgal neither go ye up to * 1 King â2 29 Beth-aven nor swear The LORD liveth 16 âor Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer now the LORD will âeeâ them as a lamb in a large place 17 Ephraim is joyned to idols let him alone 18 Their drink â Heb. âââe is sowre they have committed whoredom continually her â Heb. ââeldâ rulers with shame do love Give ye 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings and they shall be ashame because of their sacrifices CHAP. V. 1 Gods judâements against the priests the people and the princes of Israel for tâââr manifold sins 15 until they repent HEar ye this O priests and hearken ye house of Israel and give ye ear O house of the king for judgement is toward you because ye have been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor 2 And the revolter are profound to make slaughter â Or ãâã c. though I have been â Heb. a ãâã a rebuker of them all 3 I know Ephraim and Israel is not hid from me for now O Ephraim thou committest whoredom and Israel is defiled 4 â Heb. they will not give â Or their doings will not suffer thâm They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them and they have not known the LORD 5 And the pride of Israel doth testifie to his face therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity Judah also shall fall with them 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD but they shall not finde him he hath withdrawn himself from them 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD for they have begottân strange children now shall a moneth devour them with their portions 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah cry aloud at Beth-aven after thee O Benjamin 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound thereâoââ I will pour out my wrath upon them like water 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgement because be willingly walked after the commandment 12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth and to the house of Judah as â Or a worn rottenness 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound then went Ephraim to the Assyrian and sent â Or to the king of Jareb or to the king that sâould plead to king Jareb yet could he not heal you nor cure you of your wound 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion and as a young lion to the house of Judah I even I will tear and go away I will take away and none shall rescue him 15 ¶ I will go and return to my place â Heb. till they be guilty till they acknowledge their offence and seek my face in their affliction they will seek me early CHAP. VI. 1 An exhortation to repentance 4 A complaint of their untowardness and iniquity COmâ and let us return unto the LORD for he hath torn and he will heal us he hath smitten and he will binde us up 2 * 1 Cor. 15.4 Afâer two days will he revive us in the third day he will raise us up and we shall live in his sight 3 Then shall we know if we follow on to know the LORD his going forth is prepared as the morning and he shall come unto us as the rain as the latter and former rain unto the earth 4 ¶ O Ephraim what shall I do unto thee O Judah what shall I do unto thee for your â Or mercy or kindness goodness is as a morning cloud and as the early dew it goeth away 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets I have slain them by the words of my mouth â Or that the judgements might be c. and thy judgements are as the light that goeth forth 6 For I desired * 1 Sam â5 22 Eccles 5.1 Mat. 9.13 12. â mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God mâre then burnt-offerings 7 But they â Or like Adam like men have transgressed the covenant there have they dealt treacherously against me 8 Gââead is a city of them that work iniquity and is â Or âunning âor bloud polluted with âlââd 9 And as troups of robbers wait for a man so the company of priests murder in the way â Heb with one shoulder or to Sâeâhem by consent for the commit â Or enormity Jewdness 10 I âave seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel there is the whoredom of Ephraim Israel is defiled 11 Also O Judah he hath set an harvest for thee when I returned the captivity of my people CHAP. VII 1 A reproof of manifold sins 11 Gods wrath against them for their hypocrisie WHen I would have healed Israel then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered and the
I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place and the name of the Chemarims with the priests 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the hous-tops and them that worship and that sware â Or to the LORD by the LORD and that sware by Malcham 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD and those that have not sought the LORD nor enquired for him 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD for the day of the LORD is at hand for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice he hath â Heb. sanctified or prepared bid his guests 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORDS sacrifice that I will â Heb. visit upon punish the princes and the kings children and all such as are clothed with strange apparel 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold which fill their masters houses with violence and deceit 10 And it shall come to pass in that day saith the LORD that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate and an howling from the second and a great crashing from the hills 11 Howl ye inhabitants of Maktesh for all the merchant-people are cut down all they that bear silver are cut off 12 And it shall come to pass at that time that I will search Jerusalem with candles and punish the men that are â Heb. curded or tâickned settled on their lees that say in their heart The LORD will not do good neither will he do evil 13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty and their houses a desolation they shall also build houses but * Deut. 28.30 39. Am. 5.11 not inhabit them and they shall plant vineyards but not drink the wine thereof 14 The great day of the LORD is near it is near and hasteth greatly even the voice of the day of the LORD the mighty man shall cry there bitterly 15 That day is a day of * Jer. 30. â Joel 2.11 Am. 5.18 wrath a day of trouble and distress a day of wasteness and desolation a day of darkness and gloominess a day of clouds and thick darkness 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities and against the high towers 17 And I will bring distress upon men that they shall walk like blinde men because they have sinned against the LORD and their bloud shall be poured out as dust and their flesh as the dung 18 * Prov. 11.4 Ezek. 7.19 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORDS wrath but the whole land shall be * Ch. 3 8. devoured by the fire of his jealousy for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land CHAP. II. 1 An exhortation to repentance 4 The judgement of the Philistines 8 of Moah and Ammon 12 of Ethiopia and Assyria GAther your selves together yea gather together O nation â Or not desirous not desired 2 Before the decree bring forth before the day pass as the chaff before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you before the day of the LORDS anger come upon you 3 Seek ye the LORD all ye meek of the earth which have wrought his judgement seek righteousness seek meekness it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORDS anger 4 ¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken and Ashkelon a desolation they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon-day and Ekron shall be rooted up 5 Wo unto the inhabitants of the sea-coasts the nation of the Cherethites the word of the LORD is against you O Canaan the land of the Philistines I will even destroy thee that there shall be no inhabitant 6 And the sea-coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks 7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah they shall feed thereupon in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening â Or ââen c. for the LORD their God shall visit them and turn away their captivity 8 ¶ I have heard the reproach of Moab and the revilings of the children of Ammon whereby they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border 9 Therefore as I live saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Surely Moab shall be as Sodom and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah even the breeding of nettles and salt-pits and a perpetual desolation the residue of my people shall spoil them and the remnant of my people shall possess them 10 This shall they have for their pride because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts 11 The LORD will be terrible unto them for he will â Heb. make leaââ famish all the gods of the earth and men shall worship him every one from his place even all the isles of the heathen 12 ¶ Ye Ethiopians also ye shall be slain by my sword 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria and will make Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her all the beasts of the nations both the â Or Pelican * Isa 34.11 cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the â Or knops or chapiters upper lintels of it their voice shall sing in the windows desolation shall be in the thresholds â Or when he hath uncovered for he shall uncover the cedar-work 15 This is the rejoycing city that dwelt carelesly that said in her heart * Isa 47.8 I am and thâre is none beside me how is she become a desolation a place for beasts to lie down in every one that passeth by her shall hiss and wag his hand CHAP. III. 1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins 8 An exhortation to wait for the restauration of Israel 14 to rejoyce for their salvation by God WO to â Or gluttonous â Heb. craw her that is filthy and polluted to the oppressing city 2 She obeyed not the voice she received not â Or instruction correction she trusted not in the LORD she drew not near to her God 3 * Ez. 22.27 Micah 3.9 10. Her princes within her are roaring lions her judges are evening wolves they gnaw not the bones till the morrow 4 Her * Jer. 23.11 Hos 9.7 prophets are light and treacherous persons her priests have polluted the sanctuary they have done * Ezek. 22.26 violence to the law 5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof he will not do iniquity â Heb. morning by morning every morning doth he bring his judgement to light he faileth not but the unjust knoweth no shame 6 I have cut off the nations their â Or corners towers are desolate I made their streets waste that none passeth
But the people were very thirsty and compelled us to do unto them as we have spoken and to bring an oath upon our selves which we will not break 31 Therefore now pray thou for us because thou art a godly woman and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns and we shall faint no more 32 Then said Judith unto them Hear me and I will do a thing which shall go throughout all generations to the children of our nation 33 You shall stand this night in the gate and I will go forth with my waiting-woman and within the days that you have promised to deliver the city to our enemies the Lord will visit Israel by mine hand 34 But enquire not you of mine act for I will not declare it unto you till the things be finished that I do 35 Then said Ozias and the princes unto her Go in peace and the Lord God be before thee to take vengeance on our enemies 36 So they returned from the tent and went to their wards CHAP. IX 1 Judith humbleth her self 2 and prayeth God to prosper her purpose against the enemies of his sanctuary THen Judith fell upon her face and put ashes upon her head and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord Judith cried with a loud voice and said 2 O Lord God of my Father * Gen. 34.2 25. Simeon to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her and discovered the thigh to her shame and polluted her virginity to her reproach for thou saidst It shall not be so and yet they did so 3 Wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain so that they died their bed in bloud being deceived and smotest the servants with their lords and the lords upon their thrones 4 And hast given their wives for a prey and their daughters to be captives and all their spoils to be divided amongst thy dear children which were moved with thy zeal and abhorred the pollution of their bloud and called upon thee for aid O God O my God hear me also a widow 5 For thou hast wrought not onely those things but also the things which fell out before and which ensued after thou hast thought upon the things which are now and which are to come 6 Yea what things thou didst determine were ready at hand and said Lo we are here for all thy ways are prepared and thy judgements are in thy fore-knowledge 7 For behold the Assyrians are multiplied in their power they are exalted with horse and man they glory in the strength of their footmen they trust in shield and spear and bowe and sling and know not that thou art the Lord that breakest the battles the Lord is thy name 8 Throw down their strength in thy power and bring down their force in thy wrath for they have purposed to defile thy sanctuary and to pollute the tabernacle where thy glorious name resteth and to cast down with sword the horn of thy altar 9 Behold their pride and send thy wrath upon their heads give into mine hand which am a widow the power that I have conceived 10 * Judg. 4.21 and 5.26 Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince and the prince with the servant break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman 11 * Judg. 7.2.2 Chr. 14.11 16.8 20.6 For thy power standeth not in multitude nor thy might in strong men for thou art a God of the afflicted an helper of the oppressed an upholder of the weak a protectour of the forlorn a saviour of them that are without hope 12 I pray thee I pray thee O God of my father and God of the inheritance of Israel Lord of the heavens and earth Creatour of the waters King of every creature hear thou my prayer 13 And make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe who have purposed cruel things against thy covenant and thy hallowed house and against the top of Sion and against the house of the possession of thy children 14 And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art the God of all power and might and that there is none other that protecteth the people of Israel but thou CHAP. X. 3 Judith doth set forth her self 10 She and her maid go forth into the camp 17 The watch take and conduct her to Holofernes NOw after that she had ceased to cry unto the God of Israel and bad made an end of all these words 2 She rose where she had fain down and called her maid and went down into the house in the which she abode in the sabbath-days and in her feast-days 3 And pulled off the sackcloth which she had on and put off the garments of her widowhood and washed her body all over with water and anointed her self with precious ointment and braided the hair of her head and put on a â Gr. âatre tire upon it and put on her garments of gladness wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her husband 4 And she took sandals upon her feet and put about her her bracelets and her chains and her rings and her ear-rings and all her ornaments and decked her self bravely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her 5 Then she gave her maid a bottle of wine and a cruse of oyl and filled a bag with parched corn and lumps of figs and with fine bread so she â Or wrapped or parked folded all these things together and said them upon her 6 Thus they went forth to the gate of the city of Bethulia and found standing there Ozias and the ancients of the city Chabris and Charmis 7 And when they saw her that her countenance was altered and her apparel was changed they wondred at her beauty very greatly and said unto her 8 The God the God of our fathers give thee savour and accomplish thine enterprises to the glory of the children of Israel and to the exaltation of Jerusalem then they worshipped God 9 And she said unto them Command the gates of the city to be opened unto me that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof you have spoken with me so they commanded the young men to open unto her as she had spoken 10 And when they had done so Judith went out she and her maid with her and the men of the city looked after her until she was gone down the mountain and till she had passed the valley and could see her no more 11 Thus they went straight forth in the valley and the first watch of the Assyrians met her 12 And took her and asked her Of what people art thou and whence comest thou and whither goest thou And she said I am a woman of the Hebrews and am fled from them for
XV. 2 Wisdom embraceth those that fear God 7 The wicked shall not get her 11 We may not charge God with our faults 14 For be made and left us to our selves HE that feareth the Lord will do good and he that hath the knowledge of the law shall obtain her 2 And as a mother shall she meet him and receive him as a wife married of a virgin 3 With the bread of understanding shall she feed him and give him the water of wisdom to drink 4 He shall be stayed upon her and shall not be moved and shall relie upon her and shall not be confounded 5 She shall exalthim above his neighbours and in the midst of the congregation shall she open his mouth 6 He shall finde joy and a crown of gladness and she shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name 7 But foolish men shall not attain unto her and sinners shall not see her 8 For she is far from pride and men that are liars cannot remember her 9 â Or a parable Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner for â Or be was not sent of c. it was not sent him of the Lord. 10 For â Or rather a parable praise shall be uttered in wisdom and the Lord will prosper it 11 Say not thou It is through the Lord that I fell away for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth 12 Say not thou He hath caused me to err for he hath no need of the sinful man 13 The Lord hateth all abomination and they that fear God love it not 14 He himself * Gen. 1.26 made man from the beginning and left him in the hand of his counsel 15 If thou wilt to keep the commandments and to perform acceptable faithfulness 16 He hath set sire and water before thee stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt 17 * Jer. 21.8 Before man is life and death and whether him liketh shall be given him 18 For the wisdom of the Lord is great and he is mighty in power and beholdeth all things 19 And * Psal 33.18 his eyes are upon them that fear him and he knoweth every work of man 20 He hath commanded no man to do wickedly neither hath he given any man licence to sin CHAP. XVI 1 It is better to have none then many lewd ebildren 6 The wicked are not spared for their number 12 Both the wrath and the mercy of the Lord are great 17 The wicked cannot be bid 20 Gods works are unsearchable DEsire not a multitude of unprofitable children neither delight in ungodly sons 2 Though they multiply rejoyce not in them except the fear of the Lord be with them 3 Trust not thou in their life neither respect their multitude for one that is just is better then a thousand and better it is to die without children then to have them that are ungodly 4 For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished but the â Or tribe kindred of the wicked shall speedily become delolate 5 Many such things have I seen with mine eyes and mine ear hath heard greater things then these 6 * Ch. 21.9 In the congregation of the ungodly shall a fire be kindled and in a rebellious nation wrath â Or hath been is set on fire 7 * Gen. 6 4. He was not pacified towards the old giants who fell away in the strength of their foolishness 8 * Gen. 19.24 Neither spared he the place where Lot sojourned but abhorred them for their pride 9 He pitied not the people of perdition who were taken away in their sins 10 * Num. 14.11 16.20 21.6 Nor the six hundred thousand footmen who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts 11 And if there be one still-necked among the people it is marvel if he escape unpunished for * Chap. 5.6 mercy and wrath are with him he is mighty to forgive and to poor out displeasure 12 As his mercy is great so is his correction also he judgeth a man according to his works 13 The sinner shall not escape with his spoils and the patience of the godly shall not be trustrate 14 Make way for every work of mercy for every man shall sinde according to his works 15 The Lord hardened Pharaoh that he should not know him that his powerful works might be known to the world 16 His mercy is manifest to every creature and he hath separated his light from the darkness with an â Or ãâã partition adamant 17 Say not thou I will hide my self from the Lord shall any remember me from above I shall not be remembred among so many people for what is my soul among such an infinite number of createres 18 * 1 King 8.27 2 Chr. 6.18 2 Per. 3.10 Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens the deep and the earth and all that therein is shall be moved when he shall visit 19 The mountains also and foundations of the earth shall be shaken with trembling when the Lord looketh upon them 20 No heart can think upon these things worthily and who is able to conceive his ways 21 It is a tempest which no man can see for the most part of his works are hid 22 Who can declare the works of his justice or who can endure them for his covenant is afar off and the trial of all things is in the end 23 He that wanteth understanding will think upon vain things and a foolish man erring imagineth follies 24 Myson hearken unto me and learn knowledge and mark my words with thy heart 25 I will shew forth doctrine in weight and declare his knowledge exactly 26 The works of the Lord are done in judgement from the beginning and from the time he made them he disposed the parts thereof 27 He garnished his works for ever and in his hand are the â Or beginnings chief of them unto all generations they neither labour nor are weary not cease from their works 28 None of them hindreth another and they shall never disobey his word 29 After this the Lord looked upon the earth and filled it with his blessings 30 With all manner of living things hath he covered the face thereof and they shall return into it again CHAP. XVII 1 How God created and furnished man 14 Avoid all sin 19 For God seeth all things 25 Turn to him while thoulivest THe Lord * Gen. 1.27 5.2 Wild. 2.23 7.1 6. created man of the earth and turned him into it again 2 He gave them few days and a short time and power also over the things therein 3 He endued them with strength by themselves and * Gen. 1.26 â Cor. 11.7 Col. 3.10 made them according to his image 4 And put the fear â Or of him of man upon all flesh and gave him dominion over beasts and fowls 5 They received the use of the five operations
circumcised keep the law but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh 14 But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ â Or whereby by whom the world is crucified unto me I unto the world 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but a new creature 16 And as many as walk according to this rule peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God 17 From henceforth let no man trouble me for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ Unto the Galatians written from Rome ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the EPHESIANS CHAP. I. 1 After the salutation 2 and thanksgiving for the Ephesians 4 he treateth of our election 6 and a doption by grace 11 which is the true and ârâper jountam of mans salvation 13 And because the height of this mystery cannot easily he attaââet unto 16 he prayeth that they may come 18 to the full knowledge and 20 possession thereof in Christ PAul an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God to the saints which are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus 2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ 3 * 1 Cor. 1.3 1 Pet. 1.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly â Or things places in Christ 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy without blame before him in lover 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved 7 In whom we have redemption through his bloud the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purpesed in himself 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in â Gr. the evenâ heaven and which are on earth even in him 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory who first â Or hoped trusted in Christ 13 In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that ye beleeved ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of his glory 15 Wherefore I also after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love unto all the saints 16 Cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of glory may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation â Or for the acknowledgement in the knowledge of him 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightned that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us ward who beleeve according to the working â Gr. of the might of his power of his mighty power 20 Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places 21 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not onely in this world but also in that which is to come 22 And * Ps 8.6 hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the church 23 Which is his body the fulness of him that filleth all in all CHAP. II. 1 By comparing what we were by 3 nature with what we are 5 by grace 10 he declareth that we are made for good works and 13 being brought near by Christ should not live as 1â Gentiles and 12 foreiners in time past but as 19 citizens with the saints and the family of God ANd * Col. 2.13 you hath be quickned who were dead in trespasses and sins 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world according to the prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh fulfilling â Gr. the wills the desires of the flesh and of the minde and were by nature the children of wrath even as others 4 But God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us 5 Even when we were dead in sins hath quickened us together with Christ by grace ye are saved 6 And hath raised as up together and made as sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God 9 Not of works lest any man should boast 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before â Or prepared ordained that we should walk in them 11 Wherefore remember that ye being in time passed Gentiles in the flesh who are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision in the flesh made by hands 12 That at that time ye were without Christ being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise having no hope and without God in the world 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the bloud of Christ 14 For he is our peace who hath made both one and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity even the law of commandments contained in ordinances for to make in himself of twain one new man so making peace 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity â Or in himself thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off and to to them that were nigh 18 For * Rom. 5.2 through him we both have an access by one
the earth and such as are in the sea and all that are in them heard I saying Blessing and honour and glory and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever 14 And the four beasts said Amen And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever CHAP. VI. 1 The opening of the seals in order and what followed thereupon containing a prophesie to the end of the world ANd I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals and I heard as it were the noise of thunder one of the four beasts saying Come see 2 And I saw and behold a white horse and he that sat on him had a howe and a crown was given unto him and he went forth conquering and to conquer 3 And when he had opened the second seal I heard the second beast say Come and see 4 And there went out another horse that was red and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth and that they should kill one another and there was given unto him a great sword 5 And when he had opened the third seal I heard the third beast say Come and see And I beheld and so a black horse and he that sat on him had a pair of ballances in his hand 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say â The word choenix signifieth a measure containing one wine-quart and the twelfth part of a quart A measure of wheat for a peny and three measures of barley for a peny and see thou hurt not the oyl and the wine 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth beast say Come and see 8 And I looked and behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was Death and hell followed with him and power was given â Or to him unto them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword and with hunger and with death and with the beasts of the earth 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held 10 And they cried with a loud voice saying How long O Lord holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge our bloud on them that dwell on the earth 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them and it was said unto them that they should rest yet for a little season until their fellow-servants also and their brethren that should be killed as they were should be fulfilled 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal and lo there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became as bloud 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth even as a fig tree casteth her â Or. ââun figs. untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind 14 * Isa 34.4 And the heaven departed as a scrowl when it is rolled together and every mountain and island were moved out of their places 15 And the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bond man and every free-man * Isa 2.19 hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains 16 * Hos 10.8 Luke 23.30 And said to the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb 17 For the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand CHAP. VII 3 An angel sealeth the servants of God in their foreheads 4 The number of them that were sealed of the tribes of Israel a certain number 9 of all other nations an innumerable multitude which stand before the throne clad in white robes and palms in their hands 14 Their robes were washed in the bloud of the Lamb. ANd after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth holding the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth nor on the sea nor on any tree 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east having the seal of the living God and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea 3 Saying Hurt not the earth neither the seâ nor the trees till we have * Ezââ 9.4 sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and fourty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand 6 Of the tribe of A set were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed twelve thousand 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand 9 After this I beheld and lo a great multitude which no man could number of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with white robes and palms in their hands 10 And cried with a loud voice saying Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts and fell before the throne on their faces and worshipped God 12 Saying A men Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever Amen 13 And one of the elders answered saying unto me What are these which are arayed in white robes and whence came they 14 And I said unto him Sir Thou knowest And he said to me These are they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the bloud of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple and he that sitteth on the throne shall * Chap. 21.3 dwell among them 16 * Isa 49.10 They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more neither shall the sun light on them nor any heat 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters * Isa 2â 8 Chap. 21.4 and God shall wipe away all tears from
son of Enan 28 â Heb. these Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies when they set forward 29 ¶ And Moses said unto Hobab the son of Raguel the Midianite Moses father in law We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said I will give it you come thou with us and we will do thee good for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel 30 And he said unto him I will not go but I will depart to mine own land and to my kindred 31 And he said Leave us not I pray thee forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness and thou mayest be to us in stead of eyes 32 And it shall be if thou go with us yea it shall be that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us the same will we do unto thee 33 ¶ And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days journey and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days journey to search out a resting-place for them 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day when they went out of the camp 35 And it came to pass when the ark set forward that Moses said * Psal 68.1 2. Rise up LORD and let thine enemies be scattered and let them that hate thee flee before thee 36 And when it rested he said Return O LORD unto the â Heb. ten thousand thousands many thousands of Israel CHAP. XI 1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses prayer 4 The people lust for flesh and lothe manna 10 Moses complaineth of his charge 16 God divideth his burden unto sevent-elders 31 Quarls are given in wrath at Kibroth hattaavah ANd when the people â Or were as it were complainers complained â Heb. it was evil in the ears of c. it displeased the LORD and the LORD heard it and his anger was kindled and the fire of the LORD burnt * Ps 78.21 among them and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp 2 And the people cried unto Moses and when Moses prayed unto the LORD the fire â Heb. sunk was quenched 3 And he called the name of the place â That is a burning Taberah because the fire of the LORD burnt among them 4 ¶ And the * As Ex. 12.38 mixt multitude that was among them â Heb. lusted a lust fell a lusting and the children of Israel also â Heb. returned and wept wept again and said * 1 Cor. 10.6 Who shall give us flesh to eat 5 We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlick 6 But now our soul is dried away there is nothing at all besides this manna before our eyes 7 And * Ex. 16.14 31. the manna was coriander-feed and the â Heb. eye of it as the eye of colour thereof as the colour of bdellium 8 And the people went about and gathered it and ground it in mills or beat it in a mortar and baked it in pans and made cakes of it and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oyl 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night the manna fell upon it 10 ¶ The Moses heard the people weep throughout their families every man in the door of his tent and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly Moses also was displeased 11 And Moses said unto the LORD Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me 12 Have I conceived all this people have I begotten them that thou shouldest say unto me Carry them in thy bosom as a nursing-father beareth the sucking childe unto the land which thou swearest unto their fathers 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people for they weep unto me saying Give us flesh that we may eat 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone because it is too heavy for me 15 And if thou deal thus with me kill me I pray thee out of hand if I have found favour in thy sight and let me not see my wretchedness 16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people and officers over them and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation that they may stand there with thee 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee and will put it upon them and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee that thou bear it not thy self alone 18 And say thou unto the people Sanctifie your selves against to morrow and ye shall eat flesh for you have wept in the ears of the LORD saying Who shall give us flesh to east for it was well with us in Egypt therefore the LORD will give you flesh and ye shall eat 19 Ye shall not eat one day nor two days nor five days neither ten days nor twenty days 20 But even a â Heb. moneth of days whole moneth until it come out at your nostrils and it be lothsom unto you because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you and have wept before him saying Why came we forth out of Egypt 21 And Moses said The people amongst whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen and thou hast said I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole moneth 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them to suffice them or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them 23 And the LORD said unto Moses * Isa 50.2 and 59.1 Is the LORDS hand waxed short thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not 24 ¶ And Moses went out told the people the words of the LORD and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and set them round about the tabernacle 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud and spake unto him and took of the spirit that was upon him and gave it unto the seventy elders and it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them they prophesied and did not cease 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp the name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad and the spirit rested upon them and they were of them that were written but went not out unto the tabernacle and they prophesied in the camp 27 And there ran a young man and told Moses and said Eldad and Medad do prophesie in the camp 28 And Joshua the son of Nun the servant of Moses one of his young men answered and said My lord
to favour his fatherless children 13 Let his posterity be cut off and in the generation following let their name be blotted out 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembred with the LORD and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out 15 Let them be before the LORD continually that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth 16 Because that he remembred not to shew mercy but persecuted the poor and needy man that he might even slay the broken in heart 17 As he loved curing so let it come unto him as he delighted not in blessing so let it be far from him 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment so let it come â Heb. within him into his bowels like water and like oyl into his bones 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD and of them that speak evil against my soul 21 But do thou for me O GOD the Lord for thy names sake because thy mercy is good deliver thou me 22 For I am poor and needy and my heart is wounded within me 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth I am tossed up and down as the locust 24 My knees are weak through fasting and my flesh faileth of fatness 25 I became also a reproach unto them when they looked upon me they shaked their heads 26 Help me O LORD my God O save me according to thy mercy 27 That they may know that this is thy hand that thou LORD hast done it 28 Let them curse but bless thou when they arise let them be ashamed but let thy servant rejoyce 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth yea I will praise him among the multitude 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor to save him â Heb. from the judâes of his soul from those that condemn his soul PSAL. CX 1 The kingdom 4 the priesthood 5 the conquest 7 and the passion of Christ ¶ A psalm of David THe * Mat. 22.44 Mark 12.26 Luke 20.42 Acts 2.24 1 Cor. 15.25 Heb. 1.13 LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion rule thou in the mids of thine enemies 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power in the beauties of holiness â Or more then the womb of the morning thou shalt have c. from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth 4 The LORD hath sworn and will not repent * Heb. 5.6 and 7.17 Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath 6 He shall judge among the heathen he shall fill the places with the dead bodies he shall wound the heads over â Or great many countreys 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up the head PSAL. CXI 1 The psalmist by his example inciteth others to praise God for his glorious 5 and gracious works 10 The fear of God breedeth true wisdom â Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD I will praise the LORD with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation 2 The works of the LORD are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein 3 His work is honourable and glorious and his righteousness endureth for ever 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembred the LORD is gracious and full of compassion 5 He hath given â Heb. prey meat unto them that fear him he will ever be mindful of his covenant 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works that he may give them the heritage of the heathen 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgement all his commandments are sure 8 They â Heb. are stabâiâied stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and uprightness 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever holy and reverend is his name 10 * Job 28.28 Prov. 1.7 and 9.10 Ecclus 1.16 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom â Or. good success a good understanding have all they â Heb that do them that do his commandments his praise endureth for ever PSAL. CXII 1 Godliness hath the promises of this life 4 and of the life to come 10 The prosperity of the godly shall be an ese-sore to the wicked â Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD that delighteth greatly in his commandments 2 His feed shall be mighty upon earth the generation of the upright shall be blessed 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house and his righteousness endureth forever 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness he is gracious and full of compassion and righteous 5 A good man sheweth favour and lendeth he will guide his affairs with â Heb. judgement discretion 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance 7 He shall not be a fraid of evil tidings his heart is fixed trusting in the LORD 8 His heart is established he shall not be afraid until he see his desire upon his enemies 9 * 2 Cor. 9.9 He hath dispersed he hath given to the poor his righteousness endureth for ever his horn shall be exalted with honour 10 The wicked shall see it and be grieved he shall gnash with his teeth and melt away the desire of the wicked shall perish PSAL. CXIII 1 An exhortation to praise God for his excellency 6 for his mercy â Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise O ye servants of the LORD praise the name of the LORD 2 * Dan. 2.20 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore 3 * Mal. 1.11 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORDS name is to be praised 4 The LORD is high above all nations and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God who â Heb. exalteth himself to dwell dwelleth on high 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth 7 * 1 Sam. 2.8 Psal 107.41 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the dunghil 8 That he may set him with princes even with the princes of his people 9 He maketh the barren woman â Heb. to dwell in an house to keep house and to be
a joyful mother of children Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXIV 1 An exhortation by the example of the dumb creatures to fear God in his church WHen * Ex. 16.3 Israel went out of Egypt the house of Jacob from a people of strange language 2 Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 * Ex. 14.21 The sea saw it and fled * Josh 3.13 Jordan was driven back 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs 5 What ailed thee O thou sea that thou fleddest thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills like lambs 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob. 8 * Ex. 17.6 Num. 20.11 Which turned the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of waters PSAL. CXV 1 Because God is truly gloricus 4 and idols are vanity 9 he exhorteth to confidence in God 12 God is to be blessed for his blessings NOt unto us O LORD not unto us but unto thy name give glory for thy mercy and for thy truths sake 2 Wherefore should the heathen say * Psal 41.10 79.10 Where is now their God 3 * Psal 135.6 But our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased 4 * Psal 135.15 Their idols are silver and gold the work of mens hands 5 They have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not 6 They have ears but they hear not noses have they but they sinell not 7 They have hands but they handle not feet have they but they walk not neither speak they through their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 9 O Israel trust thou in the LORD he is their help and their shield 10 O house of Aaron trust in the LORD he is their help and their shield 11 Ye that fear the LORD trust in the LORD he is their help and their shield 12 The LORD hath been mindful of us he will bless us he will bless the house of Israel he will bless the house of Aaron 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD both small â Heb. with and great 14 The LORD shall increase you more more you your children 15 You are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth 16 The heaven even the heavens are the LORDs but the earth hath he given to the children of men 17 The dead praise not the LORD neither any that go down into silence 18 * Dan. 2 20. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore Praise the LORD PSAL. CXVI 1 The psalmist professeth his love and ducy to God for his deliverance 12 He studieth to be thankful I Love the LORD because he hath heard my voice and my supplications 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him â Heb. in my days as long as I live 3 * Psal 18.5 6. The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of hell â Heb. found me gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD O LORD I beseech thee deliver my soul 5 Gracious is the LORD and righteous yea our God is merciful 6 The LORD preserveth the simple I was brought low and he helped me 7 Return unto thy rest O my soul for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living 10 * 2 Cor. 4.13 I beleeved therefore have I spoken I was greatly afflicted 11 I said in my haste * Rom. 3.4 All men are liars 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits towards me 13 I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the LORD 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints 16 O LORD truly I am thy servant I am thy servant and the son of thy hand-maid thou hast loosed my bonds 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the name of the LORD 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people 19 In the courts of the LORDs house in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXVII An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth O * Rom. 15.11 Praise the LORD all ye nations praise him all ye people 2 For his merciful kindness is great towards us and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXVIII 1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy 5 The psalmist by his experience sheweth how good it is to trust in God 19Vnder the type of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his kingdom is expressed O * 1 Chr. 16.8 Ps 106.1 107.1 136.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good because his mercy endureth for ever 2 Let Israel now say that his mercy endureth for ever 3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy endureth for ever 4 Let them now that fear the LORD say that his mercy endureth for ever 5 I called upon the LORD â Heb. out of distress in distress the LORD answered me and set me in a large place 6 * Ps 56.4 11. Heb. 13.6 The LORD is â Heb. for me on my side I will not fear what can man do unto me 7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me 8 It is better to trust in the LORD then to put confidence in man 9 * Ps 146.2 It is better to trust in the LORD then to put confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me about but in the name of the LORD will I â Heb. out them off destroy them 11 They compassed me about yea they compassed me about but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them 12 They compassed me about like bees they are quenched as the fire of thorns for in the name of the LORD I will â Heb. out down destroy them 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but the LORD helped me 14 * Ex. 15.2 Isa 12.2 The LORD is my strength and song and is become my salvation 15 The voice of rejoycing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly 17 I shall not die but live and declare the works of the LORD 18 The
11 for his kingdom 14 for his providence 17 for his saving mercy ¶ Davids psalm of praise I Will extol thee my God O King and I will bless thy name for ever and ever 2 Every day will I bless thee and I will praise thy name for ever and ever 3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised â Heb. and of his greatness there is no searth and his greatness is unsearchable 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous â Heb. thines or words works 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and I will â Heb. declare ãâã declare thy greatness 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness 8 * Exod. 34.6 7. Nu. 14.18 Psal 86.5 15. and 102.8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and â Heb. great in mercy of great mercy 9 The LORD is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works 10 All thy works shall praise thee O LORD and thy saints shall bless thee 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious majesty of his kingdom 13 Thy kingdom is â Heb. a kingdom of all ages an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all those that be bowed down 15 The eyes of all â Or look unto thee wait upon thee and thou-givest them their meat in due season 16 Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and â Or merciful or bâââtiful holy in all his works 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him to all that call upon him in truth 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him but all the wicked will he destroy 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever PSAL. CXLVI 1 The psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God 3 He exborteth not to trust in man 5 God for his power justice mercy and kingdom is onely worthy to be trusted â Heb. Hal e lessujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise the LORD O my soul 2 While I live will I praise the LORD I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being 3 * Psal 118.8 9. Put not your trust in princes nor in the son of man in whom there is no â Or salvation help 4 His breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the LORD his God 6 Which made heaven and earth the sea and all that therein is which keepeth truth for ever 7 Which executeth judgement for the oppressed which giveth food to the hungry the LORD looseth the prisoners 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blinde the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down the LORD loveth the righteous 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers he relieveth the fatherless and widow but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down 10 * Exod. 15.18 The LORD shall reign for ever even thy God O Zion unto all generations Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXLVII 1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his care of the church 4 his power 6 and his mercy 7 to praise him for his providence 12 to praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom 15 for his power over the meteors 19 and for his ordinances in the church PRaise ye the LORD for it is good to sing praises unto our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel 3 He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their â Heb. griefs wounds 4 He telleth the number of the stars he calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and of great power â Heb. of his understanding there is no number his understanding is infinite 6 The LORD listeth up the meek he casteth the wicked down to the ground 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving sing praise upon the harp unto our God 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds who prepareth rain for the earth who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains 9 * Job 38.41 Psal 104.27 28. He giveth to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him in those that hope in his mercy 12 Praise the LORD O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion 13 For he hath strengthned the bars of thy gates he hath blessed thy children within thee 14 â Heb. who maketh thy border peace He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the â Heb. fat of wheat finest of the wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giveth snow like wool he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels who can stand before his cold 18 He sendeth out his word and melteth them he causeth his wind to blow and the waters flow 19 He sheweth â Heb. his words his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgements unto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgements they have not known them Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXLVIII 1 The psalmist exhorteth the celestial 7 the terrestrial 11 and the rational creatures to praise God â Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise ye the LORD from the heavens praise him in the heights 2 Praise ye him all his angels praise ye him all his hosts 3 Praise ye him sun and moon praise him all ye stars of light 4 Praise him ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that be above the heavens 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD for he commanded and they were created 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever he hath made a decree which shall not pass 7 Praise the LORD from the earth ye dragons and all deeps 8 Fire and hail snow and vapour stormy wind fulfilling his word 9 Mountains and all hills fruitful trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all cattel creeping things and â Heb. birds of wing flying fowl 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the earth 12 Both young
men and maidens old men and children 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD for his name alone is â Heb. exalted excellent his glory is above the earth and heaven 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people the praise of all his saints even of the children of Israel a people near unto him Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXLIX 1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his love to the church 5 and for that power which he hath given to the church to rule the consciences of men â Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Sing unto the LORD a new song and his praise in the congregation of saints 2 Let Israel rejoyce in him that made him let the children of Zion be joyful in their King 3 Let them praise his name â Or with the pipe in the dance let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people he will beautifie the meek with salvation 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory let them sing aloud upon their beds 6 Let the high praises of God be â Heb. in their throat in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen and punishments upon the people 8 To binde their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron 9 * Deut. 7 1 2. To execute upon them the judgement written this honour have all his saints Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CL. 1 An exhortation to praise God 3 with all kinde of instruments â Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise God in his sanctuary praise him in the firmament of his power 2 Praise him for his mighty acts praise him according to his excellent greatness 3 Praise him with the sound of the â Or cornet dance praise him with the psaltery and harp 4 Praise him with the timbrel and â Or pipe dance praise him with stringed instruments and organs 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD Praise ye the LORD ¶ The PROVERBS CHAP. I. 1 The use of the proverbs 7 An exhortation to fear God and beleeve his word 10 to avoid the enticings of sinners 20 Wisdom complaineth of her contempt 24 She threatneth her contemners THe proverbs of Solomon the son of David king of Israel 2 To know wisdom and instruction to perceive the words of understanding 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom justice and judgement and â Heb. equities equity 4 To give subtilty to the simple to the young man knowledge and â Or advisement discretion 5 A wise man will hear and will increase learning and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels 6 To understand a proverb and â Or an eloquent speech the interpretation the words of the wise and their dark sayings 7 ¶ * Job 28.28 Psal 111.10 Chap. 9.10 The fear of the LORD is â Or the principal part the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and instruction 8 My son hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother 9 For they shall be â Heb. an adding an ornantent of grace unto thy head and chains about thy neck 10 ¶ My son if sinners entice thee consent thou not 11 If they say Come with us let us lay wait for bloud let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave and whole as those that go down into the pit 13 We shall finde all precious substance we shall fill our houses with spoil 14 Cast in thy lot among us let us all have one purse 15 My son walk not thou in the way with them refrain thy foot from their path 16 * Isa 59.7 Rom. 3.15 For their feet run to evil and make haste to shed bloud 17 Surely in vain the net it spread â Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing in the sight of any bird 18 And they lay wait for their own bloud they lurk privily for their own lives 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain which taketh away the life of the owners thereof 20 ¶ â Heb. wisdoms that is excellent wisdom * Chap. 8.1 Wisdom crieth without she uttereth her voice in the streets 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse in the openings of the gates in the city she uttereth her words saying 22 How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity and the scorners delight in their scorning and fools hate knowledge 23 Turn you at my reproof behold I will pour out my spirit unto you I will make known my words unto you 24 ¶ * Isa 65.12 and 66.4 Jer 7.13 Ezek. 8.18 Because I have called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel and would none of my reproof 26 I also will laugh at your calamity I will mock when your fear cometh 27 When your fear conveth as desolation and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind when distress and anguish cometh upon you 28 * Job 27.9 Psa 1.15 Jer. 1.11 and 14.12 Mic. 3.4 Then shall they call upon me but I will not answer they shall seek me early but they shall not finde me 29 For that they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD 30 They would none of my counsel they despised all my reproof 31 Therefore shall they ear of the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own devices 32 For the â Or ease of the simple turning away of the simple shall slay them and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them 33 But whoso hearkneth unto me shall dwell safely and shall be quiet from fear of evil CHAP. II. 1 Wisdom promiseth godliness to her children 10 and safety from evil company 20 and direction in good ways My son if thou wilt receive my words and hide my commandments with thee 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart to understanding 3 Yea if thou criest after knowledge and â Heb. givest thy voice liftest up thy voice for understanding 4 * Mat. 13.44 If thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid treasures 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD and finde the knowledge of God 6 * 1 King 3.9 Jam. 1.5 For the LORD giveth wisdom out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly 8 He keepeth the paths of judgement and preserveth the way of his saints 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgement and equity yes every good path 10 ¶ When wisdom entreth into thine heart and knowledge