in water and be unclean until the even 17 And every garment and every skin whereon is the seed of copulation shall be washed with water and be unclean until the even 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation they shall both bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the even 19 ¶ And if a woman have an issue and her issue in her flesh be bloud she shall be †Heb. in her separation put apart seven days and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the even 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the even 23 And if it be on her bed or on any thing whereon she sitteth when he toucheth it he shall be unclean until the even 24 And if any man lie with her at all and her flowers be upon him he shall be unclean seven days and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean 25 And if a woman have an issue of her bloud many days out of the time of her separation or if it run beyond the time of her separation all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation she shall be unclean 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean as the uncleanness of her separation 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water be unclean until the even 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue then she shall number to her self seven days and after that she shall be clean 29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles or two young pigeons and bring them unto the priest to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering and the other for a burnt-offering and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness that they die not in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is among them 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue and of him whose seed goeth from him and is defiled therewith 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers and of him that hath an issue of the man and of the woman and of him that lieth with her which is unclean CHAP. XVI 1 How the high priest must enter into the hâ—ly place 11 The sin-offering for himself 15 The sin-offering for the people 20 The scape-goat 29 The yearly feast of the expâ—ations ANd the LORD spake unto Moses after * Chap. 10.2 the death of the two sons of Aaron when they offered before the LORD and died 2 And the LORD said unto Moses Speak unto Aaron thy brother that he * Ex. 30.10 Hebr. 9.7 come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark that he die not for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place with a young bullock for a sin-offering and a ram for a burnt-offering 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh and shall be girded with the linen girdle and with the linen mitre shall he be attired these are holy garments therefore shall he wash his flesh in water and so put them on 5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt-offering 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself and * Hebr. 9.7 make an atonement for himself and for his house 7 And he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the †Heb. Azazâ—l scape-goat 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORDS lot †Heb. went up fell and offer him for a sin-offering 10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scape-goat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make an atonement with him and to let him go for a scape-goat into the wilderness 11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself and shall make an atonement for himself and for his house and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself 12 And he shall take a censer-full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small and bring it within the vail 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony that he die not 14 And * Hebr. â— 13 10.4 he shall take of the bloud of the bullock and * Cha. 4. â— sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat east-ward and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the bloud with his finger seven times 15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring his bloud within the vail and do with that bloud as he did with the bloud of the bullock and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat and before the mercy seat 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel and because of their transgressions in all their sins and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that †Heb. dwelleth remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness 17 * Luk. 1 1â— And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place until he come out and have made an atonement for himself and for his houshold and for all the congregation of Israel 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD and make an atonement for it and shall take of the bloud of the bullock of the bloud of the goat put it upon the horns of the altar round about 19 And he shall sprinkle of the bloud upon it with his finger seven times and cleanse it and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel
turned himself and went out from Pharaoh 7 And Pharaohs servants said unto him How long shall this man be a snare unto us Let the men go that they may serve the LORD their God Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh and he said unto them Go serve the LORD your God but †Heb. who and who c. who are they that shall go 9 And Moses said We will go with our young and with our old with our sons and with our daughters with our flocks and with our herds will we go for we must hold a feast unto the LORD 10 And he said unto them Let the LORD be so with you as I will let you go and your little ones look to it for evil is before you 11 Not so go now ye that are men and serve the LORD for that you did desire And they were driven out from Pharaohs presence 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts that they may come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land even all that the hail hath left 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt and the LORD brought an east-wind upon the land all that day and all that night and when it was morning the east-wind brought the locusts 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the coasts of Egypt very grievous were they before them there were no such locusts as they neither after them shall be such 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth so that the land was darkned and they did eat every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left and there remained not any green thing in the trees or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt 16 ¶ Then Pharaoh †Heb. hastned to call called for Moses and Aaron in haste and he he said I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you 17 Now therefore forgive I pray thee my sin onely this once and intreat the LORD your God that he may take away from me this death onely 18 And he went out from Pharaoh and intreated the LORD 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west-wind which took away the locusts and †Heb. fastned cast them into the Red sea there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt 20 But the LORD hardned Pharaohs heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go 21 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Stretch out thine hand toward heaven that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt †Heb. that one may feel darkness even darkness which may be felt 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days 23 They saw not one another neither rose any from his place for three days * Wisd 18.1 but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings 24 ¶ And Pharaoh called unto Moses and said Go ye serve the LORD onely let your flocks and your herds be stayed let your little ones also go with you 25 And Moses said Thou must give †Heb. into our hands us also sacrifices and burnt-offerings that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God 26 Our cattel also shall go with us there shall not an hoof be left behinde for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God and we know not with what we must serve the LORD until we come thither 27 ¶ But the LORD hardned Pharaohs heart and he would not let them go 28 And Pharaoh said unto him Get thee from me take heed to thy self see my face no more for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die 29 And Moses said Thou hast spoken well I will see thy face again no more CHAP. XI 1 Gods message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their neighbours 4 Moses threatneth Pharaoh with the death of the first-born ANd the LORD said unto Moses Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaph and upon Egypt afterwards he will let you go hence when he shall let you go he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether 2 Speak now in the ears of the people and let every man borrow of his neighbour and every woman of her neighbour * Chap. â— 22 and 12 35. jewels of silver and jewels of gold 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians Moreover the man * Eccluâ— 45.1 Moses was very great in the land of Egypt in the sight of Pharaohs servants and in the sight of the people 4 And Moses said Thus saith the LORD * Chap. 12.29 About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt 5 And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne even unto the first-born of the maid servant that is behinde the mill and all the first-born of beasts 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt such as there was none like it nor shall be like it any more 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue against man or beast that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel 8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me and bow down themselves unto me saying Get thee out and all the people †Heb. that is at thy feet that follow thee and after that I will go out and he went out from Pharaoh in †Heb. heat of anger a great anger 9 And the LORD said unto Moses Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh and the LORD hardned Pharaohs heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land CHAP. XII 1 The beginning of the year is changed 3 The pass-over is instituted 11 The rice of the pass-over 15Vnleavened bread 29 The first-born are slain 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land 37 They come to Succoth 43 The ordinance of the pass-over ANd the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying 2 This moneth shall be unto you the beginning of moneths it shall be the first moneth of the year to you 3 ¶ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel saying In the tenth day of this moneth they shall take to them every man a ‖ Or kid lamb according to the house of their fathers a lamb for an house 4 And if the hoâ—â—hold be too little for the lamb let him his neighbour next unto his
Levit. 24.17 He that smiteth a man so that he die shall be surely put to death 13 And if a man lie not in wait but God deliver him into his hand then * Deu. 19.3 I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour to slay him with guile thou shalt take him from mine altar that he may die 15 ¶ And he that smiteth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death 16 ¶ And he that stealeth a man and selleth him or if he be found in his hand he shall surely be put to death 17 ¶ And * Lev. 20.9 Prov. 20.20 Mat. 15.4 Mar. 7.10 he that ‖ Or revileth curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death 18 ¶ And it men strive together and one smite ‖ Or his neighbour another with a stone or with his fist and he die not but keepeth his bed 19 If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff then shall he that smote him be quit onely he shall pay for †Heb. his ceasing the loss of his time and shall cause him to be throughly healed 20 ¶ And if a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod and he die under his hand he shall be surely †Heb. avenged punished 21 Notwithstanding if he continue a day or two he shall not be punished for he is his money 22 ¶ If men strive and hurt a woman with childe so that her fruit depart from her and yet no mischief follow he shall be surely punished according as the womans husband will lay upon him and he shall pay as the judges determine 23 And if any mischief follow then thou shalt give life for life 24 * Levit. 24.20 Deut. 19.21 Mat. 5.38 Eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot 25 Burning for burning wound for wound stripe for stripe 26 ¶ And if a man smite the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid that it perish he shall let him go free for his eyes sake 27 And if he smite out his man-servants tooth or his maid-servants tooth he shall let him go free for his tooths sake 28 ¶ If an ox gore a man or a woman that they die then * Gen. 9.5 the ox shall be surely stoned and his flesh shall not be eaten but the owner of the ox shall be quit 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past and it hath been testified to his owner and he hath not kept him in but that he hath killed a man or a woman the ox shall be stoned and his owner also shall be put to death 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him 31 Whether he have gored a son or have gored a daughter according to this judgement shall it be done unto him 32 If the ox shall push a man-servant or maid-servant he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver the ox shall be stoned 33 ¶ And if a man shall open a pit or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it and an ox or an ass fall therein 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good and give money unto the owner of them and the dead beast shall be his 35 ¶ And if one mans ox hurt anothers that he die then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money of it and the dead ox also they shall divide 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past and his owner hath not kept him in he shall surely pay ox for ox and the dead shall be his own CHAP. XXII 1 Of theft 5 Of damage 7 Of trespasses 14 Of borrowing 16 Of fornication 18 Of witchcraft 19 Of bestiality 20 Of idolatry 21 Of strangers widows and fatherless 25 Of usury 26 Of pledges 28 Of reverence to magistrates 29 Of the first-fruits IF a man shall steal an ox or a ‖ Or goat sheep and kill it or sell it he shall restore five oxen for an ox and * 2 Sam 12.6 four sheep for a sheep 2 ¶ If a thief he found breaking up and be smitten that he die there shall no bloud be shed for him 3 If the sun be risen upon him there shall be bloud shed for him for he should make full restitution if he have nothing then he shall be sold for his theft 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive whether it be ox or ass or sheep he shall restore double 5 ¶ If a man shall cause a field or vine-yard to be eaten and shall put in his beast and shall feed in another mans field of the best of his own field of that best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution 6 ¶ If fire break out and catch in thorns so that the stacks of corn or the standing-corn or the field be consumed therewith he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitâ—tion 7 ¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep and it be stoln out of the mans house if the thief be found let him pay double 8 If the thief be not found then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbours goods 9 For all manner of trespass whether it be for ox for ass for sheep for raiment or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his the cause of both parties shall come before the judges and whom the judges shall condemn he shall pay double unto his neighbour 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep it die or be hurt or driven away no man seeing it 11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbours goods and the owner of it shall accept thereof and he shall not make it good 12 And * Gen. 31.39 if it be stoln from him he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof 13 If it be torn in pieces then let him bring it for witness and he shall not make good that which was torn 14 ¶ And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour and it he hurt or die the owner thereof being not with it he shall surely make it good 15 But if the owner thereof be with it he shall not make it good if it be an hired thing â—t came for his hire 16 ¶ And * Deut. 22.28 if a man intice a maid that is not betrothed and lie with her he shall surely endow her â—o be his wife 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him he shall †Heb. weigh pay money 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 Simâ—on 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 â—ine 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 Koâ—athites 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 †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 †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
of the Shimites these are the families of the Gershonites 22 Those that were numbred of them according to the number of all the males from a moneth old and upward even those that were numbred of them were seven thousand and five hundred 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behinde the tabernacle west-ward 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle and the tent the covering thereof and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 26 And the hangings of the court and the curtain for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about and the cords of it for all the service thereof 27 ¶ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izeharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of the Uzzielites these are the families of the Kohathites 28 In the number of all the males from a moneth old and uâ—ward were eight thousand six hundred keeping the charge of the sanctâ—ary 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle south-ward 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel 31 And their charge shall be the ark and the table and the candlestick and the altars and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister and the hanging and all the service thereof 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary 33 ¶ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites these are the families of Merari 34 And those that were numbred of them according to the number of all the males from a moneth old and upward were six thousand and two hundred 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle north-ward 36 And †Heb. the office of the charge under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and the sockets thereof and all the vessels thereof and all that serveth thereto 37 And the pillars of the court round about and their sockets and their pins and their cords 38 ¶ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east even before the tabernacle of the congregation east-ward shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death 39 All that were numbred of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbred at the commandment of the LORD throughout their families all the males from a moneth old and upward were twenty and two thousand 40 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Number all the first-born of the males of the children of Israel from a moneth old and upward and take the number of their names 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me I am the LORD in stead of all the first-born among the children of Israel and the cattel of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattel of the children of Israel 42 And Moses numbred as the LORD commanded him all the first-born among the children of Israel 43 And all the first-born males by the number of names from a moneth old and upward of those that were numbred of them were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 45 Take the Levites in stead of all the first-born among the children of Israel and the cattel of the Levites in stead of their cattel and the Levites shall be mine I am the LORD 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel which are more then the Levites 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels a piece by the poll after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them * Exod. 30.13 Lev. 27.25 Ch. 18.16 Ezek. 45.12 the shekel is twenty gerahs 48 And thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons 49 And Moses took the redemption-money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites 50 Of the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary 51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons according to the word of the LORD as the LORD commanded Moses CHAP. IV. 1 The age and time of the Levites service 4 The carriage of the Kohathites when the priests have taken down the tabernacle 16 The charge of Eleazar 17 The office of the priests 21 The carriage of the Gershonites 29 The carriage of the Merarites 34 The number of the Kohathites 38 of the Gershonites 42 and of the Merarites ANd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi after their families by the house of their fathers 3 From thirty years old upward even until fifty years old all that enter into the host to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation about the most holy things 5 ¶ And when the camp setteth forward Aaron shall come and his sons and they shall take down the covering vail and cover the ark of testimony with it 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers skins and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue and shall put in the staves thereof 7 And upon the * Ex. 25.30 table of shew-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue and put thereon the dishes and the spoons and the bowls and covers to ‖ Or pour out withal cover withal and the continual bread shall be thereon 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of badgers skins and shall put in the staves thereof 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the * Exod. 25.31 candlestick of the light * Exod. 25.37 38. and his lamps and his tongs and his snuff-dishes and all the oyl-vessels thereof wherewith they mâ—nister unto it 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers skins and shall put it upon a bar 11 And
him that †Heb. doeth sinneth through ignorance both for him that is born amongst the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourneth among them 30 ¶ But the soul that doeth ought †Heb. with an high hand presumptuously whether he be born in the land or a stranger the same reproacheth the LORD and that soul shall be cut off from among his people 31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD and hath broken his commandment that soul shall utterly be cut off his iniquity shall be upon him 32 ¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath-day 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the congregation 34 And they put him * Lev. 24.12 in ward because it was not declared what should be done to him 35 And the LORD said unto Moses The man shall be surely put to death all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp and stoned him with stones and he died as the LORD commanded Moses 37 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 38 Speak unto the children of Israel and bid * Deut. 22.12 Mat. 23.5 them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe that ye may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes after which ye use to go a whoring 40 That ye may remember and do all my commandments and be holy unto your God 41 I am the LORD your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God I am the LORD your God CHAP. XVI 1 The rebellion of Korah Dathan and Abiram 23 Moses separateth the people from the rebels tents 31 The earth swalloweth up Korah and a fire consumeth others 36 The censers are reserved to holy use 41 Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague for murmuring against Moses and Aaron 46 Aaron by incense stayeth the plague NOw * Ch. 27.3 Ecclus 45.18 Jude 11. Korah the son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab and On the son of Peleth sons of Reuben took men 2 And they rose up before Moses with certain of the children of Israel two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly * Ch. 26.9 famous in the congregation men of renown 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them †Heb. It is much for you Ye take too much upon you seeing all the congregation are holy everyone of them and the LORD is among them wherefore then lift you up your selves above the congregation of the LORD 4 And when Moses heard it he fell upon his face 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company saying Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his and who is holy and will cause him to come near unto him even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him 6 This do take you censers Korah and all his company 7 And put fire therein and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose he shall be holy ye take too much upon you ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah Hear I pray you ye sons of Levi 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them 10 And he hath brought thee near to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee and seek ye the priesthood also 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD and what is Aaron that ye murmure against him 12 ¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab which said We will not come up 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness except thou make thy self altogether a prince over us 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards wilt thou †Heb. here out put out the eyes of these men we will not come up 15 And Moses was very wroth and said unto the LORD * Gen. 4 4. Respect not thou their offering I have not taken one ass from them neither have I hurt one of them 16 And Moses said unto Korah Be thou and all thy company before the LORD thou and they and Aaron to morrow 17 And take every man his censer and put incense in them and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer two hundred and fifty censers thou also and Aaron each of you his censer 18 And they took every man his censer and put fire in them and said incense thereon and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation 20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 21 Separate your selves from among this congregation that I may consume them in a moment 22 And they fell upon their faces and said O God the God of the spirits of all flesh shall one man sin and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 24 Speak unto the congregation saying Get you up from about the taberlacle of Korah Dathan and Abiram 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel followed him 26 And he spake unto the congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs lest ye be consumed in all their sins 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah Dathan and Abiram on every side and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents and their wives and their sons and their little children 28 And Moses said Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works for I have not done them of mine own minde 29 If these men die †Heb. as every man dieth the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then
dominion over the mighty 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek after thee Benjamin among thy people out of Machir came down governours and out of Zebulun they that †Heb. draw with the pen c. handle the pen of the writer 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah even Issachar and also Barak he was sent on †Heb. his feet foot into the valley ‖ Or. in the divisions See for the divisions of Reuben there were great †Heb. impressions thoughts of heart 16 Why abodest thou among the sheep-folds to hear the bleatings of the flocks ‖ Or in for the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan and why did Dan remain in ships Asher continued on the sea ‖ Or port shore and abode in his ‖ Or creeks breaches 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that †Heb. exposed to reâ—râ—aâ—â— jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field 19 The kings came and fought then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo they took no gain of money 20 They fought from heaven the stars in their †Heb. paths courses fought against Sisera 21 The river of Kishon swept them away that ancient river the river Kishon O my soul thou hast troden down strength 22 Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means of the ‖ Or traâ—â—plines or plungings pransings the pransings of their mighty ones 23 Curse ye Meroz said the angel of the LORD curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof because they came not to the help of the LORD to the help of the LORD againd the mighty 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be blessed shall she be above women in the tent 25 He asked water and she gave him milk she brought forth butter in a lordly dish 26 She put her hand to the nail and her right hand to the workmens hammer and †Heb. she hammered with the hammer she smote Sisera she smote off his head when she had pierced and stricken through his temples 27 †Heb. between At her feet he bowed he fell be lay down at her feet he bowed he fell where he bowed there he fell down †Heb. destroyed dead 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cryed through the lattess Why is his chariot so long in coming why tarry the wheels of his chariots 29 Her wife ladies answered her yea she returned †Heb. her words answer to her self 30 Have they not sped have they not divided the prey †Heb. to thâ— head of a man to every man a damsel or two to Sâ—sera a prey of divers colours a prey of divers colours of needle-work of divers colours of needle-work on both sides meet for the necks of them that take the spoil 31 So let all thine enemies perish O LORD but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might And the land had rest fourty years CHAP. VI. 1 The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian 8 A prophet rebuketh them 11 An angel sendeth Gideon for their deliverance 17 Gideons present is consumed with fire 24 Gideon destroyeth Baals altar and offereth a sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah-shalom 28 Joash defendeth his son and calleth him Jerubbaal 33 Gideons army 36 Gideons signs ANd the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years 2 And the hand of Midian †Heb. â—o is strong prevailed against Israel and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains and caves and strong holds 3 And so it was when Israel had sown that the Midianites came up and the Amalekites and the children of the cast even they came up against them 4 And they encamped against them and destroyed the increase of the earth till thou come unto Gaza and left no sustenance for Israel neither ‖ Or Sâ—â—â— sheep nor ox nor ass 5 For they came up with their cattel and their tents and they came as grashoppers for multitude for both they and their camels were without number and they entred into the land to destroy it 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites and the children of Israel cryed unto the LORD 7 ¶ And it came to pass when the children of Israel cryed unto the LORD because of the Midianites 8 That the LORD sent †Heb. a man a prophet a prophet unto the children of Israel which said unto them Thus saith the LORD God of Israel I brought you up from Egypt and brought you forth out of the house of bondage 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all that oppressed you and drave them out from before you and gave you their land 10 And I said unto you I am the LORD your God * 2 King 1â— 35 38. Jer. 10.2 fear not the gods of 〈◊〉 Amorites in whose land ye dwell but ye have not obeyed my voice 11 ¶ And there came an angel of the LORD and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite and his son * Hebr. 11.32 called Gedeon Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-press †Heb. to cause it to sâ—ee to hide it from the Midianites 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him and said unto him The LORD is with thee thou mighty man of valour 13 And Gideon said unto him Oh my lord if the LORD be with us why then is all this befaln us and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of saying Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt but now the LORD hath forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites 14 And the LORD looked upon him and said Go in this thy might and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites have not I sent thee 15 And he said unto him Oh my lord wherewith shall I save Israel behold †Heb. my thousand is the meanest my family is poor in Manasseh and I am the least in my fathers house 16 And the LORD said unto him Surely I will be with thee and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man 17 And he said unto him If now I have found grace in thy sight then shew me a signe that thou talkest with me 18 Dâ—pâ—rt not hence I pray thee until I come unto thee and bring forth my †present ‖ Or meat-â—ffâ—â—ing and set it before thee And he said I will tarry until thou come again 19 And Gideon went in and made ready †Heb. a kid of the goats a kid and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour the flesh
gained when God taketh away his soul 9 * Pro. 1 28. Ezek. 8.18 Joh 9.31 Jam. 4.3 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty will he always call upon God 11 I will teach you ‖ Or being in the hand c. by the hand of God that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal 12 Bâ—hold all ye your selves have seen it why then are ye thus altogether vain 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of oppressours which they shall receive of the Almighty 14 It his children be multiplyed it is for the sword and his off-spring shall not be satisfied with bread 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death and * Psal 78.64 his widows shall not weep 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust and prepare raiment as the clay 17 He may prepare is but the just shall put it on and the innocent shall divide the silver 18 He buildeth his house as a moth and as a booth that the keeper maketh 19 The rich man shall lie down but he shall not be gathered he openeth his eyes and he is not 20 * Chap. 18.11 Terrours take hold on him as waters a tempest stealeth him awaâ— in the night 21 The east-wind carrieth him away and he departeth and as a storm hurleth him out of his place 22 For God shall cast upon him and not spare †Heb. in fleeing he would flee he would fain flee out of his hand 23 Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him out of his place CHAP. XXVIII 1 There is a knowledge of natural things 12 But wisdom is an excellent gift of God SUrely there is ‖ Or a mine a vein for the silver and a place for gold where they finde it 2 Iron is taken out of the ‖ Or â—â—â—st earth and brass is molten out of the stone 3 He setteth an end to darkness and searcheth out all perfection the stones of darkness and the shadow of death 4 The floud breaketh out from the inhabitant even the waters forgotten of the foot they are dried up they are gone away from men 5 As for the earth out of it cometh bread and under it is turned up as it were fire 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires it hath ‖ Or â—eld-oâ—e dust of gold 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth and which the vultures eye hath not seen 8 The lions whelps have not troden it nor the fierce lion passed by it 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the ‖ Or sâ—inâ— rock he overturneth the mountains by the roots 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks and his eye seeth every precious thing 11 He bindeth the flouds †Heb. from weeping from overflowing and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light 12 But where shall wisdom be found and where is the place of understanding 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof neither is it found in the land of the living 14 * Rom. 11.33 34. The depth saith It is not in me and the sea saith It is not with me 15 †Heb. fine gold shall not be given for it It * Pro. 3.13 14. 8.11 19. 16.16 cannot be gotten for gold neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir with the precious onyx or the sapphire 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it and the exchange of it shall not be for ‖ Or vessel of fine gold iewels of fine gold 18 No mention shall be made of Or Ramoth coral or of pearls for the price of wisdom is above rubies 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it neither shall it be valued with pure gold 20 * Ver. 12. Whence then cometh wisdom and where is the place of understanding 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept close from the fowls of the ‖ Or heaven air 22 Destruction and death say We have heard the same thereof with our ears 23 God understandeth the way thereof and he knoweth the place thereof 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven 25 To make the weight for the winds and he weigheth the waters by measure 26 When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder 27 Then did he see it and ‖ Or number it declare it he prepared it yea and searched it out 28 And unto man he said Behold * Ps 111 1â— Prov. 1.7 9.10 the fear of the Lord that is wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding CHAP. XXIX 1 Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and honour MOreover Job †Heb. aâ—â—ed tâ— take up continuâ—d his parable and said 2 Oh that I were as in moneths past as in the days when God preserved me 3 When his ‖ Or lamp candle shined upon my head and when by his light I walked through darkness 4 As I was in the days of my youth when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle 5 When the Almighty was yet with me when my children were about me 6 When I washed my steps with butter and the rock poured †Heb. with me me out rivers of oyl 7 When I went out to the gate through the city when I prepared my seat in the street 8 The young men saw me and hid themselves and the aged arose and stood up 9 The princes refrained talking and laid their hand on their mouth 10 †Heb. the voice of the nobles was hid The nobles held their peace and their tongue cleaved to the root of their mouth 11 When the ear heard me then it blessed me and when the eye saw me it gave witness to me 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless and him that had none to help him 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me and I caused the widows heart to sing for joy 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me my judgement was as a robe and a diadem 15 I was eyes to the blinde and feet was I to the lame 16 I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out 17 And I brake †Heb. the jaw-teeth of the â—â—inâ—ers the jaws of the wicked and †Heb. cast pluckt the spoil out of his teeth 18 Then I said I shall die in my nest and I shall multiply my days as the sand 19 My root was †Heb. opened spread out bâ— the waters and the dew lay all night upon my branch 20 My glory was †Heb. new fresh in me and my bowe was †Heb. changed renewed in my hand 21 Unto me men gave ear and waited and
thou with him spread out the skie which is strong and as a molten looking-glass 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness 20 Shall it be told him that I speak if a man speak surely he shall be swallowed up 21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds but the wind passeth and cleanseth them 22 †Heb gold Fair weather cometh out of the north with God is terrible majesty 23 Touching the Almighty we cannot finde him out he is excellent in power and in judgement and in plenty of justice he will not afflict 24 Men do therefore fear him he respecteth not any that are wise of heart CHAP. XXXVIII 1 God challengeth Job to answer 4 God by his mighty works convinceth Job of ignorance 31 and of imbecillity THen the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said 2 Who is this that darkneth counsel by words without knowledge 3 Gird up now thy loyns like a man for I will demand of thee and †Heb. make me know answer thou me 4 * Ps 104.5 Prov. 30.4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth declare †Heb. if thou knoweâ—t understanding if thou hast understanding 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it 6 Whereupon are the †Heb. sockets foundations thereof †Heb. made to sink fastned or who laid the corner-stone thereof 7 When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy 8 * Ps 104.9 Or who shut up the sea with doors when it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it 10 And ‖ Or established my deâ—ree upon it brake up for it my decreed place and set bars and doors 11 And said Hitherto shalt thou come but no further and here shall †Heb. the pride of thy waves thy proud waves be stayed 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days and caused the day-spring to know his place 13 That it might take hold of the †Heb. wings ends of the earth that the wicked might be shaken out of it 14 It is turned as clay to the seal and they stand as a garment 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden and the high arm shall be broken 16 Hast thou entred into the springs of the sea or hast thou walked in the search of the depth 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth declare if thou knowest it all 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth and as for darkness where is the place thereof 20 That thou shouldest take it ‖ Or at to the bound thereof and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof 21 Knowest thou it because thou wast then born or because the number of thy days is great 22 Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble against the day of battel and war 24 By what way is the light parted which scattereth the east-wind upon the earth 25 Who hath divided a water-course for the overflowing of waters or a way for the lightning of thunder 26 To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is on the wilderness wherein there is no man 27 To satisfie the desolate and waste ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth 28 Hath the rain a father or who hath begotten the drops of the dew 29 Out of whose womb came the ice and the hoary frost of heaven who hath gendred it 30 The waters are hid as with a stone and the face of the deep †Heb. is taken is frozen 31 Canst thou binde the sweet influences of ‖ Or the seven stars †Heb. Cimab Pleiades or loose the bands of †Heb. Cesil Oâ—ion 32 Canst thou bring forth ‖ Or the twelve signs Mazzaroth in his season or canst thou †Heb. guide them guide Arcturus with his sons 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds that abundance of waters may cover thee 35 Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto thee †Heb. Behold us Here we are 36 * Ch. 32.8 Eccles 2.26 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts or who hath given understanding to the heart 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom or †Heb. who can cause to lie down who can stay the bottles of heaven 38 ‖ Or when the dust is turned into mire When the dust †Heb. is poured groweth into hardness and the clods cleave fast together 39 * Ps 104.21 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill †Heb. the life the appetite of the young lions 40 When they couch in their dens and abide in the covert to lie in wait 41 * Ps 147.9 Mat. 6.26 Who provideth for the raven his food when his young ones cry unto God they wander for lack of meat CHAP. XXXIX 1 Of the wilde goats and hindes 5 Of the wilde ass 9 the unicorn 13 the peacock stork and ostrich 19 the horse 26 the hawk 27 the eagle KNowest thou the time when the wilde goats of the rock bring forth or canst thou mark when * Psal 29.9 the hindes do calve 2 Canst thou number the moneths that they fulfil or knowest thou the time when they bring forth 3 They bow themselves they bring forth their young ones they cast out their sorrows 4 Their young ones are in good liking they grow up with corn they go forth and return not unto them 5 Who hath sent out the wilde ass free or who hath loosed the bands of the wilde ass 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness and the †Heb. saâ—â—-places barren land his dwellings 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city neither regardeth he the crying †Hâ—â— of â—â—e exâ—câ—our of the driver 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture and he searcheth after every green thing 9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee or abide by thy crib 10 Canst thou binde the unicorn with his band in the furrow or will he harrow the valleys after thee 11 Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great or wilt thou leave thy labour to him 12 Wilt thou beleeve him that he will bring home thy seed and gather it into thy barn 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks or ‖ Or the feather of the sâ—â—ck and ostrich
name at the first and see * 1 Sam. 4.10 11. Psal 76.60 Chap. 26.6 what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel 13 And now because ye have done all these works saith the LORD and I spake unto you rising up early and speaking but ye heard not and I * Prov. 1.24 Isa 65.12 66 4. called you but ye answered not 14 Therefore will I do unto this house which is called by my name wherein ye trust and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers as I have done to * 1 Sam. 4.10 11. Psal 78.60 and 132.6 Ch. 26.6 Shiloh 15 And I will cast you out of my sight as I have cast out all your brethren even the whole seed of Ephraim 16 Therefore * Exod. 32.10 Chap. 11.14 14.11 pray not thou for this people neither lift up cry nor prayer for them neither make intercession to me for I will not hear thee 17 ¶ Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judan and in the streets of Jerusalem 18 * Chap. 44.10 The children gather wood and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead their dough to make cakes to the ‖ Or frame or workmanship of heaven queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods that they may provoke me to anger 19 Do they provoke me to anger saith the LORD do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place upon man and upon beast and upon the trees of the field and upon the fruit of the ground and it shall burn and shall not be quenched 21 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel * Isa 111. Chap. 6.20 Amos 5.21 Put your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices and eat flesh 22 For I spake not unto your fathers nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt †Heb. concerning the matter of concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices 23 But this thing commanded I them saying * Deut. 6.3 Obey my voice and * Exod. 19.5 Lev. 26.12 I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you that it may be well unto you 24 But they hearkned not nor inclined their ear but walked in the counsels and in the ‖ Or stubbornness imagination of their evil heart and †Heb. were went backward and not forward 25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even * 2 Chr. 36.15 sent unto you all my servants the prophets daily rising up early and sending them 26 Yet they hearkned not unto me nor inclined their ear but * Chap. 16.12 hardned theâ—r neck they did worse then their fathers 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them but they will not hearken to thee thou shalt also call unto them but they will not answer thee 28 But thou shalt say unto them This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God nor receiveth ‖ Or instruction correction truth is perished and is cut off from their mouth 29 ¶ Cut off thine hair O Jerusalem and cast it away and take up a lamentation on high places for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight saith the LORD they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name to pollute it 31 And they have built the * 2 Kin. 23.10 Ch. 19.5 high places of Tophet which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire which I commanded them not neither †Heb. came it upon my bâ—art came it into my heart 32 ¶ Therefore behold the days * Ch. 19.6 come saith the LORD that it shall no more be called Tophet nor the valley of the son of Hinnom but the valley of slaughter for they shall bury in Tophet till there be no place 33 And the * Ps 79.2 Ch. 16.4 and 24.20 carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth and none shall fray them away 34 Then will I cause to * Isa 24 7. Ch. 16.9 25.10 33.11 Ezek. 26. â—3 â—oâ— 2.11 cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride for the land shall be desolate CHAP. VIII 1 The calamity of the Jews both dead and alive 4 He upbraideth their foolish and shameless impenitency 13 He sheweth their grievous judgement 18 and bewaileth their desperate estate AT that time saith the LORD they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of his princes and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of their graves 2 And they shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven whom they have loved and whom they have served and after whom they have walked and whom they have sought and whom they have worshipped they shall not be gathered nor be buried they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth 3 And death shall be chosen rather then life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family which remain in all the places whither I have driven them saith the LORD of hosts 4 ¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them Thus saith the LORD Shall they fall and not arise shall he turn away and not return 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding they hold fast deceit they refuse to return 6 I hearkned and heard but they spake not aright no man repented him of his wickedness saying What have I done every one turned to his course as the horse rusheth into the battel 7 Yea * Isa â— 3 the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming but my people know not the judgement of the LORD 8 How do ye say We are wise and the law of the LORD is with us Lo certainly ‖ Or the false pen of the scribes worketh for falshood in vain made he it the pen of the scribes is in vain 9 * Ch. 6.15 ‖ Or have they been ashamed c. The wise men are ashamed they are dismayed and taken lo they have rejected the word of the LORD and †Heb. the wisdom of what thing what wisdom is in them 10 Therefore will I give their
have peace 13 * Levit. 26.16 Deut. 28.38 Micah 6.15 Hag. 1.6 They have sown wheat but shall reap thorns they have put themselves to pain but shall not profit and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD 14 ¶ Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit Behold I will * Deut. 30.2 Chap. 32.37 pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them 15 And it shall come to pass after that I have plucked them out I will return and have compassion on them and will bring them again every man to his heritage and every man to his land 16 And it shall come to pass if they will diligently learn the ways of my people to swear by my name The LORD liveth as they taught my people to swear by my Baal then shall they be built in the midst of my people 17 But if they will not * Isa 60 12. obey I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation saith the LORD CHAP. XIII 1 In the â—â—pe of a lineâ— girdle kidden at Euphrates God prefigureth the destruction of his people 12Vnder the parable of the bottles filled with wine he foretelleth their drunkenness in misery 15 He exhorteth to prevent their future judgements 22 He sheweth their abominations are the cause thereof THus saith the LORD unto me Go and get thee a linen girdle and put it upon thy loyns and put it not in water 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD and put it on my loyns 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time saying 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got which is upon thy loyns and arise go to Euphrates and hide it there in a hole of the rock 5 So I went and hid it by Euphrates as the LORD commanded me 6 And it came to pass after many days that the LORD said unto me Arise go to Euphrates and take the girdle from thence which I commanded thee to hide there 7 Then I went to Euphrates and digged and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it and behold the girdle was marred it was profitable for nothing 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me saying 9 Thus saith the LORD After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem 10 This evil people which refuse to hear my words which walk in the ‖ Or stubb â—nness imagination of their heart and walk after other gods to serve them and to worship them shall even be as this girdle which is good for nothing 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loyns of a man so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah saith the LORD that they might be unto me for a people for a name and for a praise for a glory but they would not hear 12 ¶ Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Every bottle shall be filled with wine and they shall say unto thee Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine 13 Then shalt thou say unto them Thus saith the LORD Behold I will fill all the inhabitants of this land even the kings that sit upon Davids throne and the priests and the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness 14 And I will dash them †Heb. a man against his brother one against another even the fathers and the sons together saith the LORD I will not pity nor spare not have mercy †Heb. from destroying them but destroy them 15 ¶ Hear ye and give ear be not proud for the LORD hath spoken 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before he cause * If. 8.22 darkness and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains and while ye look for light he turn it into the shadow of death and make it gross darkness 17 But if ye will not hear it my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride and * La. 1.2 16 and 2.18 mine eye shall weep sore and run down with tears because the LORDs flock is carried away captive 18 Say unto the king and to the queen Humble your selves sit down for your ‖ Or head-tires principalities shall come down even the crown of your glory 19 The cities of the south shall be shut up and none shall open them Judah shall be carried away captive all of it it shall be wholly carried away captive 20 Lift up your eyes and behold them that come from the north where is the flock that was given thee thy beautiful flock 21 What wilt thou say when he shall †Heb. visit upon punish thee for thou hast taught them to be captains and as chief over thee shall not sorrows take thee as a woman in travail 22 ¶ And it thou say in thine heart * Ch 5.19 and 16.10 Wherefore come these things upon me for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered and thy heels ‖ Or shall be violently taken away made bare 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots then may ye also do good that are †Heb. caught accustomed to do evil 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness 25 This is thy lot the portion of thy measures from me saith the LORD because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in falshood 26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face that thy shame may appear 27 I have seen thine adulteries and thy neighings the lewdness of thy whoredom and thine abominations on the hills in the fields wo unto thee O Jerusalem wilt thou not be made clean †Heb. after when â—et when shall it once be CHAP. XIV 1 The grievous famine 7 causeth Jeremiah to pray 10 The Lord will not be intreated for the people 13 Lying prophets are no excuse for them 17 Jeremiah is moved to complain for them THe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning †Heb. the words of the dearths or restraints the dearth 2 Judah mourneth and the gates thereof languish they are black unto the ground and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters they came to the pits and found no water they returned with their vessels empty they were ashamed and confounded and covered their heads 4 Because the ground is chapt for there was no rain in the earth the plowmen were ashamed they covered their heads 5 Yea the hind also calved in the field and forsook it because there was no grass 6 And the wilde asses did stand in the high places they snuffed up the wind
hands souls destitute of help 7 That the land which thou esteemedst above all other might receive a worthy ‖ Or new inbabitants colony of Gods children 8 Nevertheless even those thou sparedst as men and didst send * Ex. 23.28 Deut. 7.20 wasps fore-runners of thine host to destroy them by little and little 9 Not that thou wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battel or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts or with one rough word 10 But executing thy judgements upon them by little and little thou gavest them place of repentance not being ignorant that they were a naughty generation and that their malice was bred in them and that their cogitation would never be changed 11 For it was a * Gen. 9.25 cursed seed from the beginning neither didst thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein they sinned 12 For who shall say * Rom. 9.20 What hast thou done or who shall withstand thy judgement or who shall accuse thee for the nations that perish whom thou hast made or who shall come to stand ‖ Or in thy presence against thee ‖ Or 〈◊〉 revenger to be revenged for the unrighteous men 13 For neither is there any God but thou that * 1 Pet 5.7 careth for all to whom thou mightest shew that thy judgement is not unright 14 Neither shall king or tyrant be able to set his face against thee for any whom thou hast punished 15 For so much then as thou art righteous thy self thou orderest all things righteously * Job 10.2 thinking it not agreeable with thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished 16 For thy power is the beginning of righteousness and because thou art the Lord of all it maketh thee to be gracious unto all 17 For when men will not beleeve that thou art of a ‖ Or â—â—â—feâ—t full power thou shewest thy strength and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest 18 But thou mastering thy power judgest with equity and orderest us with great favour for thou mayest use power when thou wilt 19 But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins 20 For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children and the condemned to death with such deliberation giving them time and place whereby they might be delivered from their malice 21 With how great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons unto whose fathers thou hast sworn made covenants of good promises 22 Therefore whereas thou dost chasten us thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more to the intent that when we judge we should carefully think of thy goodness and when we our selves are judged we should look for mercy 23 Wherefore whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously thou hast tormented them with their own ‖ Or abominable idols abominations 24 * Ch. 11.15 Rom. 1.23 For they went astray very far in the ways of errour and held them for gods which even amongst the beasts of their enemies were despised being deceived as children of no understanding 25 Therefore unto them as to children without the use of reason thou didst send a judgement to muck them 26 But they that would not be reformed by that correction wherein he dallied with them shall feel a judgement worthy of God 27 For look for what things they grudged when they were punished that is for them whom they thought to be gods now being punished in them when they saw it they acknowledged him to be the true God whom before they denied to know and therefore came extreme damnation upon them CHAP. XIII 1 They were not excused that worshipped any of Gods works 10 But most wretched are they that worship the works of mens â—ands SUrely vain are all men by nature who are ignorant of God and * Rom. 1.19 could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the work-master 2 * Deu. 4.19 17.3 But deemed either fire or wind or the swift air or the circle of the stars or the violent water or the lights of heaven to be the gods which govern the world 3 With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods let them know how much better the Lord of them is for the first authour of beauty hath created them 4 But if they were astonished at their power and vertue let them understand by them how much mightier he is that made them 5 For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen 6 But yet for this they are the less to be blamed for they peradventure err seeking God and desirous to finde him 7 For being * Rom. 1.21 conversant in his works they ‖ Or seek search him diligently and beleeve their sight because the things are beautiful that are seen 8 Howbeit neither are they to be pardoned 9 For if they were able to know so much that they could aim at the world how did they not sooner finde out the Lord thereof 10 But miserable are they and in dead things is their hope who called them gods which are the works of mens hands gold and silver to shew art in and resemblances of beasts or a stone good for nothing the work of an ancient hand 11 * If. 44.13 Now a ‖ Or timber-wright carpenter that felleth â—â—mber after he hath sawen down a tree meet for the purpose and take â—â—â—ff all the bark skilfully round about and hath wrought it handsomely and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of mans life 12 And after spending the ‖ Or chipâ— refuse of his work to dress his meat hath filled himself 13 And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use being a crooked piece of wood and full of knots hath carved it diligently when he had nothing else to do and formed it by the skill of his understanding and fashioned it to the image of a man 14 Or made it like some vile beast laying it over with vermilion and with paint colouring it red and covering every spot therein 15 And when he had made a convenient room for it set it in a wall and made it fast with iron 16 For he provided for it that it might not fall knowing that it was unable to help it self for it is an image and hath need of help 17 Then maketh he prayer for his goods for his wife and children and is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life 18 For health he calleth upon that which is weak for life prayeth to that which is dead for aid humbly beseecheth †Gr. that hath no experience at all that which hath least means
of Eliseus 17 and of Ezekias THen stood up * 1 King 17.1 Elias the prophet as fire and his word burnt like a lamp 2 He brought a sore famine upon them and by his zeal he diminished their number 3 By the word of the Lord he ‖ Or made heaven to â—â—liup shut up the heaven * 1 King 18.38 2 King 1.10 12. and also three times brought down fire 4 O Elias how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds and who may glory like unto thee 5 * 1 Kin. 17.21 22. Who didst raise up a dead man from death and his soul from the ‖ Or grave place of the dead by the word of the most High 6 * 2 King 2.16 Who broughtest kings to destruction and honourable men from their ‖ Or seat bed 7 Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai * 1 King 19.17 and in Horeb the judgement of vengeance 8 * 1 Kin. 19.15 16. Who anointed kings to take vengeance and prophets to succeed after him 9 * 2 King 2.11 Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire and in a chariot of fiery horses 10 Who wast ‖ Or written of ordained * â—â—al 4.5 for reproofs in their times to pacifie the wrath of the Lords judgement before it brake forth into fury and to turn the heart of the father unto the son and to ‖ Or establâ—sh restore the tribes of Jacob. 11 Blessed are they that saw thee and ‖ Or were â—â—ernâ—â— with love slept in love for we shall surely live 12 * 2 Kings 2.11 15. Elias it was who was covered with a whirlwind and Eliseus was filled with his spirit whilest he lived he was not moved with the presence of any prince neither could any bring him into subjection 13 ‖ Or nothing No word could overcome him * 2 Kings 13.21 and after his death his body prophesied 14 He did wonders in his life and at his death were his works marvellous 15 For all this the people repented not neither departed they from their sins * 2 King 18.11 12. till they were spoiled and carried out of their land and were scattered through all the earth yet there remained a small people and a ruler in the house of David 16 Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God and some multiplied sins 17 Ezekias fortified his city and * 2 King 20.20 brought in water into the midst thereof he digged the hard rock with iron and made wells for waters 18 In his time * 2 King 18.13 Sennacherib came up and sent Rabsaces and lift up his hand against Sion and boasted proudly 19 Then trembled their hearts and hands and they were in pain as women in travail 20 But they called upon the Lord which is merciful and stretched out their hands towards him and immediately the holy One heard them out of heaven and delivered them by the ‖ Or hand ministery of Esay 21 * 2 King 19.35 Isa 37.36 Tob. 1.18 1 Mac. 7.41 2 Mac. 8.19 He smote the host of the Assyrians his angel destroyed them 22 For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord and was strong in the ways of David his father as Esay the prophet who was great and faithful in his vision had commanded him 23 * 2 Kin. 20.10 11. Isa 38.8 In his time the sun went backward and he lengthned the kings life 24 He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last and he comforted them that mourned in Sion 25 He shewed what should come to pass for ever and secret things or ever they came CHAP. XLIX 1 The praise of Josias 4 of David and Ezekias 6 of Jeremy 8 of Ezekiel 11 Zorobabel 12 Jesus the son of Josedee 13 Of Nâ—â—mias Enoch Seth Sem and Adam THe remembrance of * 2 King 22.1 2 Chr. 34 1. Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary it is sweet as honey in all mouths and as musick at a banquet of wine 2 He ‖ Or prâ—shered behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people and took away the abominations of iniquity 3 * 2 〈◊〉 23. â— 2 Chr. 34.3 He directed his heart unto the Lord and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God 4 All except David and Ezekias and Josias were defective for they forsook the law of the most High even the kings of Juda failed 5 Therefore he gave their ‖ Or horn power unto others and their glory unto a strange nation 6 * 2 Kings 25.9 They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary and made the streets desolate ‖ Or by the hand of Jeremy according to the prophesie of Jeremias 7 For they * Jer. 38.6 entreated him evil who nevertheless was a prophet * Jer. 1. â— sanctified in his mothers womb that he might root out and afflict and destroy and that he might build up also and plant 8 * Ezek. 1.3 15. It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision which was shewed him upon the chariot of the cherubims 9 For he * Ezek. 13.11 38.9 16 22. made mention of the enemies under the figure of the rain and ‖ Or did good directed them that went right 10 And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed and * Ch. 46.12 let their bones flourish again out of their place for they comforted Jacob and delivered them by assured hope 11 How shall we magnifie * Ezra 3. â— Hag. 2.24 Zorobabel even he was a signet on the right hand 12 So was * Ezra 3.2 Hag. 1.12 and 2.2 Zech. 3 1. Jesus the son of Josedec who in their time builded the house and set up an holy temple to the Lord which was prepared for everlasting glory 13 * Neh. 7.1 And among the elect was Neemias whose renown is great who raised up for us the walls that were faln and set up the gates and the bars and raised up our ruines again 14 But upon the earth was no man created like * Gen. 5 24. Heb. 11.5 Enoch for he was taken from the earth 15 Neither was there a man born like unto * Gen. 41.44 42.6 45.8 Joseph a governour of his brethren and a stay of the people whose bones were regarded of the Lord. 16 * Gen. 5.3 11.10 Sem and Seth were in great honour among men and so was Adam above every living thing in the creation CHAP. L. 1 Of Simon the son of Onias 22 How the people were taught to praise God and pray 27 The conclusion SImon the high priest the son of Onias who in his life repaired the house again and in his days fortified the temple 2 And by him was built from the foundation the double height the high fortress of the wall about the
fathers graves 40 Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites which is forbidden the Jews by * Deut. â—7 7 the law Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain 41 All men therefore praising the Lord the righteous Judge who had opened the things that were hid 42 Betook themselves unto prayer and besought him that the sin committed might wholly be put out of remembrance Besides that noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin forsomuch as they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain 43 And when he had made a gathering throughout the company to the sum of two thousand drachnies of silver he sent it to Jerusalem to offer a sin offering doing therein very well and honestly in that he was mindful of the resurrection 44 For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead 45 And also in that he perceived that there was great favour said up for those that died godly It was an holy and good thought Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead that they might be delivered from sin CHAP. XIII 1 Eupator invadeth Judea 15 Judas by night slayeth many 18 Eupators purpose is defeated 23 He maketh peace with Judas IN the hundred fourty and ninth year it was told Judas that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great power into Judea 2 And with him Lysias his protectour and ruler of his affairs having either of them a Grecian power of footmen an hundred ten thousand and hors-men five thousand and three hundred and elephants two and twenty and three hundred chariots armed with hooks 3 Menelaus also joyned himself with them and with great dissimulation encouraged Antiochus not for the safeguard of the countrey but because he thought to have been made governour 4 But the King of kings moved Antiochus minde against this wicked wretch and Lysias informed the king that this man was the cause of all mischief so that the king commanded to bring him unto Berea and to put him to death as the manner is in that place 5 Now there was in that place a towre of fifty cubits high full of ashes and it had a round instrument which on every side hanged down into the ashes 6 And whosoever was condemned of sacriledge or had committed any other grievous crime there did all men thrust him unto death 7 Such a death it hapned that wicked man to die not having so much as burial in the earth and that most justly 8 For insomuch as he had committed many sins about the altar whose fire and ashes were holy he received his death in ashes 9 Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty minde to do far worse to the Jews then had been done in his fathers time 10 Which things when Judas perceived he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord night and day that if ever at any other time he would now also help them being at the point to be put from their law from their countrey and from the holy temple 11 And that he would not suffer the people that ‖ Or bad bad a little respite had even now been but a little refreshed to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations 12 So when they had all done this together and besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting and lying flat upon the groud three days long Judas having exhorted them commanded they should be in a readiness 13 And Judas being apart with the elders determined before the kings host should enter into Judea and get the city to go forth and try the matter in fight by the help of the Lord. 14 So when he had committed all to the ‖ Or Lord. Creatour of the world and exhorted his souldiers to fight manfully even unto death for the laws the temple the city the countrey the common-wealth he camped by Modin 15 And having given the watch-word to them that were about him Victory is of God with the most valiant choice young men he went in into the kings tent by night slew in the camp about four thousand men and the chiefest of the elephants with all that were upon him 16 And at last they filled the camp with sear and tumult and departed with good success 17 This was done in the break of the day because the protection of the Lord did help him 18 Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews he went about to take the holds by policy 19 And marched towards Bethsura which was a strong hold of the Jews but he was put to flight failed and lost of his men 20 For Judas had conveyed unto them that were in it such things as were necessary 21 But Rhodochus who was in the Jews host disclosed the secrets to the enemies therefore he was sought out and when they had gotten him they put him in prison 22 The king treated with them in Bethsura the second time gave his hand took theirs departed sought with Judas was over come 23 Heard that Philip who was leâ—t over the affairs in Antioch ‖ Or rebelled was desperately bent confounded intreated the Jews submitted himself and sware to all equal conditions agreed with them and offered sacrifice honoured the temple and dealt kindly with the place 24 And accepted well of Maccabeus made him principal governour from Ptolemais unto the Gerrhenians 25 Came to Ptolemais the people there were grieved for the covenants for they stormed because they would make their covenants void 26 Lysias went up to the judgment-seat said as much as could be in defence of the cause perswaded pacified made them well affected returned to Antioch Thus it went touching the kings coming departing CHAP. XIV 6 Aleimus accuseth Judas 18 Nicanor maketh peace with Judas 39 He seeketh to take Bazis 46 who to escape his bands killeth himself AFter three years was Judas informed that Demetrius the son of Seleucus having entred by the haven of Tripolis with a great power and navy 2 Had taken the countrey and killed Antiochus and Lysias his protectour 3 Now one Alcimus who had been high priest and had defiled himself wilfully in the times of their mingling with the Gentiles seeing that by no means he could save himself nor have any more access to the holy altar 4 Came to king Demetrius in the hundred and one and fiftieth year presenting unto him a crown of gold and a palm and also of the boughs which were ‖ Or thought to be of the temple used solemnly in the temple so that day he held his peace 5 Howbeit having gotten opportunity to further his foolish enterprise and being called into counsel by Demetrius and asked how the Jews stood affected and what they intended he answered thereunto
priests house And Peter followed afar off 55 * Matth. 26.69 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall and were set down together Peter sat down among them 56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire and earnestly looked upon him and said This man was also with him 57 And he denied him saying Woman I know him not 58 And after a little while another saw him and said Thou art also of them And Peter said Man I am not 59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed saying Of a truth this fellox also was with him for he is a Galilean 60 And Peter said Man I know not what thou sayest And immediately while he yet spake the cock crew 61 And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter and Peter remembred the word of the Lord how he had said unto him Before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice 62 And Peter went out and wept bitterly 63 ¶ And the men that held Jesus mocked him and smote him 64 And when they had blindfolded him they stroke him on the face and asked him saying Prophesie who is it that smote thee 65 And many other things blasphemously spake they against him 66 ¶ * Mat. 27.1 And assoon as it was day the elders of the people the chief priests and the scribes came together and led him into their council 67 Saying Art thou the Christ tell us And he said unto them If I tell you you will not beleeve 68 And it I also ask you you will not answer me nor let me go 69 Hereafter shall the Son of man tit on the right hand of the power of God 70 Then said they all Art thou then the Son of God And he said unto them * Mark 14. â—1 Ye say that I am 71 And they said What need we any further witness for we our selves have heard of his own mouth CHAP. XXIII 1 Jesus is accused before Pilate and sent to Herod 8 Herod mocketh him 12 Herod and Pilate are made friends 18 Barabbas is desired of the people and is loosed by Pilate and Jesus is given to be crucifie i. 27 He telleth the women that lament him the destruction of Jerusalem 34 prayeth for his enemies 39 Two evil-doers are crue fieâ— with him 46 His death 50 His burial ANd the whole multitude of them arose and led him unto Pilate 2 And they began to accuse him saying We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar saying that he himself is Christ a king 3 * Mat. 27. â—1 And Pilate asked him saying Art thou the king of the Jews and he answered him and said Thou sayest it 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people I finde no fault in this man 5 And they were the more fierce saying He stirreth up the people teaching throughout all Jury beginning from Galilee to this place 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee he asked whether the man were a Galilean 7 And assoon as he knew that he belonged unto Herods jurisdiction he sent him to Herod who himself was also at Jerusalem at that time 8 ¶ And when Herod saw Jesus he was exceeding glad for he was desirous to see him of a long season because he had heard many things of him and he hoped to have seen some miracle dome by him 9 Then he questioned with him in many words but he answered him nothing 10 And the chief priests scribes stood vehemently accused him 11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought and mocked him and arayed him in a gorgeous robe and sent him again to Pilate 12 ¶ And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they were at emnmity between themselves 13 ¶ * Mat. 27. â—3 And Pilate when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people 14 Said unto them Ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people and behold I have examined him before you have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him 15 No nor yet Herod for I sent you to him and lo nothing worthy of death is done unto him 16 I will therefore chastise him and release him 17 For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast 18 And they cried out all at once saying Away with this man and release unto us Barabbas 19 Who for a certain sedition made in the city and for murder was cast in prison 20 Pilate therefore willing to release jesus spake again to them 21 But they cried saying Crucifie him crucifie him 22 And he said unto them the third time Why what evil hath he done I have found no cause of death in him I will therefore chastise him and let him go 23 And they were instant with loud voices requiring that he might be crucified and the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed 24 And Pilate ‖ Or assented gave sentence that it should be as they required 25 And he released unto them him that for sedition murder was cast into prison whom they had desired but he delivered Jesus to their-will 26 * Mat. 27.32 And as they led him away they laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian coming out of the countrey and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus 27 ¶ And there followed him a great company of people and of women which also bewailed and lamented him 28 But Jesus turning unto them said Daughters of Jerusalem weep not for me but weep for your selves and for your children 29 For behold the days are coming in the which they shall say Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bare and the paps which never gave suck 30 * Isâ— 2.19 â—â—os 1â— 8 Rev. 6.16 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains Fall on us and to the hills Cover us 31 * 1 Pet. 4.17 For if they do these things in a green tree what shall be done in the dry 32 * Mat. 27.38 And there were also two other malefactours led with him to be put to death 33 And when they were come to the place which is called ‖ Or the place of a â—â—ull Calvarie there they crucified him and the malefactours one on the right hand and the other on the left 34 ¶ Then said Jesus Father forgive them for they know not what they do And they parted his raiment and cast lots 35 And the people stood beholding and the rulers also with them derided him saying He saved others let him save himself if he be Chriâ—t the chosen of God 36 And the souldiers also mocked him coming to him and offering him vineger 37 And saying If thou be the king of the Jews save thy self 38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of
stone me 33 The Jews answered him saying For a good work we stone thee not but for blasphemy and because that thou being a man makest thy self God 34 Jesus answered them * Psal 8â— 6 Is it not written in your law I said Ye are gods 35 If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came and the scripture cannot be broken 36 Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world Thou blasphemest because I said I am the Son of God 37 If I do not the works of my Father beleeve me not 38 But if I do though ye beleeve not me beleeve the works that ye may know and beleeve that the Father is in me and I in him 39 Therefore they sought again to take him but he escaped out of their hand 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized and there he abode 41 And many reforted unto him and said John did no miracle but all things that John spake of this man were true 42 And many beleeved on him there CHAP. XI 1 Christ raiseth Lazarus four days buried 4â— Many Jews beleeve 47 The bâ—â—h priests and Pharisees gather a council against Christ 49 Caiaphas prophesieth 54 Jesus hid himself 55 At the pass-over they enquire after him and lay wait for him NOw a certain man was sick named Lazarus of Bethany the town of Mary and her sister Martha 2 * Mat. 26.7 It was that Mary which anoâ—nted the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair whose brother Lazarus was sick 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him saying Lord behold he whom thou lovest is sick 4 When Jesus heard that he said This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God that the Son of God might be glorified thereby 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus 6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick he abode two days still in the same place where he was 7 Then after that saith he to his disciples Let us go into Judea again 8 His disciples say unto him Master the Jews of late sought to stone thee and goest thou thither again 9 Jesus answered Are there not twelve hours in the day If any man walk in the day he stumbleth not because he seeth the light of this world 10 But if a man walk in the night he stumbleth because there is no light in him 11 These things said he and after that he saith unto them Our friend Lazarus sleepeth but I go that I may awake him out of sleep 12 Then said his disciples Lord if he sleep he shall do well 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep 14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly Lazarus is dead 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there to the intent ye may beleeve nevertheless let us go unto him 16 Then said Thomas which is called Didymus unto his fellow-disciples Let us also go that we may die with him 17 Then when Jesus came he sound that he had lien in the grave four days already 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem ‖ That is about two miles about fifteen furlongs off 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother 20 Then Martha assoon as she heard that Jesus was coming went and met him but Mary sat still in the house 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus Lord if thou hadst been here my brother had not died 22 But I know that even now whatsoever thou wilt ask of God God will give it thee 23 Jesus saith unto her Thy brother shall rise again 24 Martha saith unto him * Luk. 14.14 Chap. 5.29 I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day 25 Jesus said unto her I am the resurrection and the * Ch. â— 35 life he that beleeveth in me tâ—ough he were dead yet shall he live 26 And whosoever liveth and beleeveth in me shall never die Beleevest thou this 27 She saith unto him Yea Lord I beleeve that thou art the Christ the Son of God which should come into the world 28 And when she had so said she went her way and called Mary her sister secretly saying The Master is come and calleth for thee 29 Assoon as she heard that she arose quickly and came unto him 30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town but was in that place where Martha met him 31 The Jews then which were with her in the house and comforted her when they saw Mary that she rose up hastily and went out followed her saving She goeth unto the grave to weep there 32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was and saw him she fell down at his feet saying unto him Lord if thou hadst been here my brother had not died 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping which came with her he groaned in the spirit and †Gr. be troubled himself was troubled 34 And said Where have ye laid him They say unto him Lord come and see 35 Jâ—sus wept 36 Then said the Jews Behold how he loved him 37 And some of them said Could not this man * Chap. 9.6 which opened the eyes of the blinde have caused that even this man should not have died 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave It was a cave and a stone lay upon it 39 Jesus said Take ye away the stone Martha the sister of him that was dead saith unto him Lord by this time he stinketh for he hath been dead four days 40 Jesus saith unto her Said I not unto thee that if thou wouldest beleeve thou shouldest see the glory of God 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was said And Jesus list up his eyes and said Father I thank thee that thou hast heard me 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always but because of the people which stand by I said it that they may beleeve that thou hast sent me 43 And when he thus had spoken he cried with a loud voice Lazarus come forth 44 And he that was dead came sorth bound hand and foot with grave-clothes and his face was bound about with a napkin Jesus saith unto them Loose him and let him go 45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did beleeved on him 46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees and told them what things Jesus had done 47 ¶ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council and said What do we for this man doeth many miracles 48 If we let him thus alone all men will beleeve on him and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation 49 And one of them named Caiaphas being the high
the moneth Adar the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same moneth with an assembly and joy and with gladness before God according to the generations for ever among his people CHAP. XI 2 The sock and quality of Mardocheus 6 He dreameth of two dragons coming forth to fight 10 and of a little fountain which became a great water IN the fourth year of the reign of Ptolomeus and Cleopatra Dositheus who said he was a priest and Levite and Ptolomeus his son brought this epistle of Phurim which they said was the same and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolomeus that was in Jerusalem had interpreted it 2 In the second year of the reign of Anaxerxes the great in the first day of the moneth Nisan Mardocheus the son of Jairus the son of Semei the son of Cisai of the tribe of Benjamin had a dream 3 Who was a Jew and dwelt in the city of Sula a great man being a servitour in the kings court 4 He was also one of the captives which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon carried from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Judea and this was his dream 5 Behold a noise of a tumult with thunder and earthquakes and uproar in the land 6 And behold two great dragons came forth ready to fight and their cry was great 7 And at their cry all nations were prepared to hattel that they might fight against the righteous people 8 And so a day of darkness and obscurity tribulation and anguish affliction and great uproar upon the earth 9 And the whole righteous nation was troubled fearing their own evils and were ready to perish 10 Then they cried unto God and upon their cry as it were from a little fountain was made a great floud even much water 11 The light and the sun rose up and the lowly were exalted and devoured the glorious 12 Now when Mardocheus who had seen this dream and what God had determined to do was awake he bare this dream in minde and until night by all means was desirous to know it CHAP. XII 2 The conspiracy of the two eunuchs is discovered by Mardocheus 5 for which he is entertained by the king and rewarded ANd Mardocheus took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra the two eunuchs of the king and keepers of the palace 2 * Esth 2. â—1 6.2 And he heard their devices and searched out their purposes and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artaxerxes the king and so he certified the king of them 3 Then the king examined the two eunuchs and after that they had confessed it they were strangled 4 And the king made a record of these things and Mardocheus also wrote thereof 5 So the king commanded Mardocheus to serve in the court and for this he rewarded him 6 Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite who was in great honour with the king sought to molest Mardocheus and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king CHAP. XIII 1 The copy of the kings letters to destroy the Jews 8 The prayer of Mardocheus for them THe copy of the letters was this Joseph Antâ—â— lib. 11. cap. 6. The great king Artaxerxes writeth these things to the princes and governours that are under him from India unto Ethiopia in an hundred and seven and twenty provinces 2 After that I became lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world not lifted up with presumption of my authority but carrying my self alway with equity and mildness I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life and making my kingdom ‖ Or â—ildt peaceable and open for passage to the utmost coasts to renew peace which is desired of all men 3 Now when I asked my counsellours how this might be brought to pass Aman that excelled in wisdom among us and was approved for his constant good will and stedfast fidelity and had the honour of the second place in the kingdom 4 Declared unto us that in all nations throughout the world there was scattered a certain malicious people that had laws contrary to all nations and continually despised the commandments of kings so as the uniting of our kingdoms honourably intended by us cannot ‖ Or be settled go forward 5 Seeing then we understand that this people alone is continually in opposition unto all men differing in the strange manner of their laws and evil-affected to our state working all the mischief they can that our kingdom may not be firmly stablished 6 Therefore have we commanded that all they that are signified in writing unto you by Aman who is ordained over the affairs and is ‖ Or second from us next unto us shall all with their wives and children be utterly destroyed by the sword of their enemies without all mercy and pity the fourteenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar of this present year 7 That they who of old and now also are malicious may in one day with violence go into the grave and so ever hereafter cause our affairs to be well settled and without trouble 8 Then Mardocheus thought upon all the works of the Lord and made his prayer unto him 9 Saying O Lord Lord the King Almighty for the whole world is in thy power and if thou hast appointed to save Israel there is no man that can gainsay thee 10 For thou hast made heaven and earth and all the wondrous things under the heaven 11 Thou art Lord of all things and there is no man that can resist thee which art the Lord. 12 Thou knowest all things and thou knowest Lord that it was neither in contempt nor pride nor for any desire of glory that I did not how down to proud Aman. 13 For I could have been content with good will for the salvation of Israel to kiss the soles of his feet 14 But I did this that I might not prefer the glory of man above the glory of God neither will I worship any but thee O God neither will I do it in pride 15 And now O Lord God and King spare thy people for their eyes are upon us to bring us to nought yea they desire to destroy the inheritance that hath been thine from the beginning 16 Despise not the portion which thou hast delivered out of Egypt for thine own self 17 Hear my prayer and be merciful unto thine inheritance turn our sorrow into joy that we may live O Lord and praise thy name and ‖ Or â—â—ut or stop not destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee O Lord. 18 All Israel in like manner cried most †Gr. mightily earnestly unto the Lord because their death was before their eyes CHAP. XIV 1 The prayer of queen Esther for her self and her people QUeen Esther also being in fear of death reforted unto the Lord 2 And laid away her glorious apparel and put on the garments of anguish and mourning and in stead of precious ointments she
covered her head with ashes and dung and she humbled her body greatly and all the places of her joy she fided with her torn hair 3 And she prayed unto the Lord God of Israel saying O my Lord thou onely art our King help me desolate woman which have no helper but thee 4 * 1 Sam. 〈◊〉 28.21 Job 13.14 Ps 119.109 For my danger is in mine hand 5 From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou O Lord tookest Israel from among all people and our fathers from all their predecessours for a perpetual inheritance and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst promise them 6 And now we have sinned before thee therefore hast thou given us into the hands of our enemies 7 Because we worshipped their gods O Lord thou artrighteous 8 Nevertheless it satisfieth them not that we are in bitter captivity but they have stricken hands with their idols 9 That they will abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordained and destroy thine inheritance and stop the mouth of them that praise thee and quench the glory of thy house and of thine altar 10 And open the mouths of the heathen to set forth the praises of the †Gr. vain things idols and to magnifie a fleshly king for ever 11 O Lord give not thy sceptre unto them that †Gr. be not be nothing and let them not laugh at our fall but turn their device upon themselves and make him an example that hath begun this against us 12 Remember O Lord make thy self known in time of our affliction and give me boldness O King of the ‖ Or gods nations and Lord of all power 13 Give me eloquent speech in my mouth before the lion turn his heart to hate him that fighteth against us that there may be an end of him and of all that are like-minded to him 14 But deliver us with thine hand and help me that am desolate and which have no other helper but thee 15 Thou knowest all things O Lord thou knowest that I hate the glory of the unrighteous and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised and of †Gr. every stranger all the heathen 16 Thou knowest my necessity for I abhor the signe of my †Gr. pride high estate which is upon mine head in the days wherein I shew my self and that I abhor it as a menstruous rag and that I wear it not when I am †Gr. quiet or private private by my self 17 And that thine hand-maid hath not eaten at Amans table and that I have not greatly esteemed the kings feast nor drunk the wine of the drink-offerings 18 Neither had thine hand maid any joy since the day †Gr. of my change that I was brought hither to this present but in thee O Lord God of Abraham 19 O thou mighty God above all hear the voice of the forlorn and deliver us out of the hands of the mischievous and deliver me out of my fear CHAP. XV. 6 Esther cometh into the kings presence 7 He looketh angerly and she fainteth 8 The king doth take her up and comfort her ANd upon the third day when she had ended her prayer she laid away her mourning garments and â—â—t on her glorious apparel 2 And being gloriously adorned after she had called upon God who is the beholder and Saviour of all things she took two maids with her 3 And upon the one she leaned as carrying her self ‖ Or delicath daintily 4 And the other followed bearing up her train 5 And she was ‖ Or rose-coloured ruddy through the perfection of her beauty and her countenance was cheerful and ‖ Or as amiable or smiline very amiable but her heart was in anguish for fear 6 Then having passed through all the doors she stood before the king who sat upon his royal throne and was clothed with all his robes of majesty all glittering with gold and precious stones and he was very dreadful 7 Then lifting up his countenance that hone with majesty he looked very fiercely upon her and the queen fell down and was pale and fainted and bowed her self upon the head of the maid that went ‖ Or with her or by her before her 8 Then God changed the spirit of the king into mildness who †Gr. in an agony in a fear leaped from his throne and took her in his arms till she came to her self again and comforted her with loving words and said unto her 9 Esther what is the matter I am thy brother be of good cheer 10 Thou shalt not die though our commandment be ‖ Or as well thieâ— as mine general come near 11 And so he held up his golden sceptre and laid it upon her neck 12 And embraced her and said Speak unto me 13 Then she said unto him I saw thee my lord as an angel of God and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty 14 For wonderful art thou lord and thy countenance is full of grace 15 And as she was speaking ‖ Or she fell in a swoon she fell down for faintness 16 Then the king was troubled and all his servants comforted her CHAP. XVI 1 The letter of Artaxerxes 10 wherein be taxeth Aman 17 and revoketh the decree procured by Aman to destroy the Jews 22 and commandeth the day of their deliverance to be kept holy THe great king Artaxerxes unto the princes and governours of an hundred and seven and twenty provinces from India unto Ethiopia Joseph Ant. l. 11. c. 6. and unto all ‖ Or well-affected to our state our faithful subjects greeting 2 Many the more often they are honoured with the great bounty of †Gr. their benefactors their gracious princes the more proud they are waxen 3 And endeavour to hurt not our subjects onely but not being able to bear abundance do take in hand to practise also against those that do them good 4 And take not onely thankfulness away from among men but also lifted up with the glorious words of ‖ Or needy lewd persons ‖ Or that never casted prosperity that were never good they think to escape the justice of God that seeth all things and hateth evil 5 Oftentimes also fair speech ‖ Or of our friends put in trust to manage the affairs of those that are put in trust to manage their friends affairs hath caused many that are in authority to be partakers of innocent bloud and hath enwrapped them in remediless calamities 6 Beguiling with the falshood and deceit of their lewd disposition the innocency and goodness of princes 7 Now ye may see this as we have declared not so much by ancient histories as ye may if ye search what hath been wickedly done of late through the pestilent behaviour of them that are unworthily placed in authority 8 And we must take care for the time to come that our kingdom may be quiet and