And Oba◠and Abimael and Sheba 29 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab all these were the sons of Joktan 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the East 31 These are the sons of Shem after their families after their tongues in their lands after their nations 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah after their generations in their nations and by these were the nations divided in the earth alter the doud CHAP. XI 1 One language in the world 3 The building of Babel 5 The confusion of tongues 10 The generations of Shem. 27 The generations of Terah the father of Abram 31 Terah goeth from Vr to Haran ANd the whole earth was of one †Heb. lip language and of one †Heb. words speech 2 And it came to pass as they journeyed from the East that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there 3 And †Heb. a man said to his neighbour they said one to another Go to let us make brick and †Heb. burn them to a burning burn them throughly And they had brick for stone and slime had they for morter 4 And they said Go to let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven and let us make us a name lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded 6 And the LORD said Behold the people is one and they have all one language and this they begin to do and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do 7 Go to let us go down and there confound their language that they may not understand one anothers speech 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth and they left off to build the city 9 Therefore is the name of it called ‖ That is confusion Babel * Wisd 10.5 because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth 10 ¶ * 1 Chr. 1.17 These are the generations of Shem Shem was an hundred years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the sloud 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years and begat sons and daughters 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years and begat Salah 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters 14 And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber. 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters 16 * 1 Chr. 1.19 And Eber lived four and thirty years and begat * Called Luke 3.35 Phalec Peleg 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years and begat sons and daughters 18 And Peleg lived thirty years and begat Reu. 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years and begat sons and daughters 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years and begat * Luke 3.35 Saruch Serug 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters 22 And Serug lived thirty years and begat Nahor 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years and begat sons and daughters 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years and begat * Luke 3.34 Thara Terah 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years and begat sons and daughters 26 And Terah lived seventy years and * Josh 24.2 1 Chr. 1.26 begat Abram Nahor and Haran 27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terah Terah begat Abram Nahor and Haran and Haran begat Lot 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Caldees 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives the name of Abrams wife was Sarai and the name of Nahors wife Milcah the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah 30 But Sarai was barren she had no childe 31 And Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran his sons son and Sarai his daughter in law his son Abrams wife and they went forth with them from * Neh. 9.7 Judeth 5.7 Act. ◠4 Ur of the Caldees to go into the land of Canaan and they came unto Haran and dwelt there 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years and Terah died in Haran CHAP. XII 1 God calleth Abram and blesseth him with a promise of Christ 4 He departeth with Lot from Haran 6 He journeyeth through Canaan 7 which is promised him in a vision 10 He is driven by a famine into Egypt 11 Fear maketh him feign his wife to be his sister 14 Pharaoh having taken her from him by plagues is compelled to restore her NOW the * Act. 7.3 LORD had said unto Abram Get thee out of thy countrey and from thy kindred and from thy fathers house unto a land that I will shew thee 2 And I will make of thee a great nation and I will bless thee and make thy name great and thou shalt be a blessing 3 And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee * Chap. 18.18 22.18 Acts 3.25 Gal. 3.8 and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed 4 So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken unto him and Lot went with him and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brothers son and all the substance that they had gathered and the souls that they had gotten in Haran and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan and into the land of Canaan they came 6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem unto the plain of Moreh And the Canaanite was then in the land 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram and said * Chap. 13.15 Unto thy seed will I give this land and there builded he an * Ch. 13.4 altar uuto the LORD who appeared unto him 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent having Beth el on the west and Hai on the east and there he builded an altar unto the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD 9 And Abram journeyed †Heb. in going and journeying going on still toward the south 10 ¶ And there was a famine in the land and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there for the famine was grievous in the land 11 And it came to pass when he was come near to enter into Egypt that he said unto Sarai his wife Behold now I know that thou art a fair
land of Egypt And †Heb. 〈◊〉 Jacobs heart fainted for he beleeved them not 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him the spirit of Jacob their father revived 28 And Israel saâ—d It is enough Joseph my son is yet alive I will go and see him before I die CHAP. XLVI 1 Jacob is comfoâ—â—ted by God at Beer-sheba 5 Thence he with his company goeth into Egypt 8 Tâ—â— number of his family that went into Egypt 28 Joseph mâ—â—tetâ— Jacob. 31 He instructeth his brethren how to answer 〈◊〉 Pharaoh ANd Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night and said Jacob Jacob And he said Here am I. 3 And he said I am God the God of thy father fear not to go down into Egypt for I will there make of thee a great nation 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt and I will also surely bring thee up again and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him 6 And they took their cattel and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt * Josh 24.4 Ps â—â—5 23 Isa 52.4 Jacob and all his seed with him 7 His sons and his sons sons with him his daughters and his sons daughters and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt 8 ¶ And * Exod. 1.1 6.14 these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt Jacob and his sons * Num. 26.5 1 Chro. 5.1 Reuben Jacobs first-born 9 And the sons of Reuben Hanoch Phallu and Hezron and Carmi. 10 ¶ And * Exo. 6.15 1 Chr. 4.24 the sons of Simeon Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanitâ—sh woman 11 ¶ And the sons of * 1 Chro. 6.1 Levi Gershon Kohath and Merari 12 ¶ And the sons of * 1 Chro. 2. â— 4.21 Chap. 38.3 Judah Er and Onan and Shelah and Pharez and Zerah But Er and Onan died in the land or Canaan And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul 13 ¶ * 1 Chro. 7.1 And the sons of Issachar Tola and Phuvah and Job and Shimron 14 ¶ And the sons of Zebulun Sered and Elon and Jahleel 15 These be the sons of Leah which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram with his daughter Dinah all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three 16 ¶ And the sons of Gad Ziphion and Haggai Shuni and Ezbon Eri and Arodi and Areli 17 ¶ * 1 Chro. 7.30 And the sons of Asher Jimnah and Ishuah and Isui and Beriah and Serah their sister And the sons of Beriah Heber and Malchiel 18 These are the sons of Zilpah whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter and these she bare unto Jacob even sixteen souls 19 The sons of Rachel Jacobs wife Joseph and Benjamin 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim * Ch. 41 50. which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah ‖ Or prince priest of On bare unto him 21 ¶ * 1 Chro. 7.6 8.1 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel Gerah and Naaman Ehi and Rosh Muppim and Huppim and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel which were born to Jacob all the souls were fourteen 23 ¶ And the sons of Dan Hushim 24 And the sons of Naphtali Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer Shillem 25 These are the sons of Bilhah which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter and she bare these unto Jacob all the souls were seven 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt which came out of his †Heb. thigh loyns besides Jacobs sons wives all the souls were threescore and six 27 And the sons of Joseph which were born him in Egypt were two souls * Deut. 10.22 all the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt were threescore and ten 28 ¶ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph to direct his face unto Goshen and they came into the land of Goshen 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father to Goshen and presented himself unto him and he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while 30 And Israel said unto Joseph Now let me die since I have seen thy face because thou art yet alive 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his fathers house I will go up and shew Pharaoh and say unto him My brethren and my fathers house which were in the land of Canaan are come unto me 32 And the men are shepherds for †Heb. they are men of cattel their trade hath been to feed cattel and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have 33 And it shall come to pass when Pharaoh shall call you and shall say What is your occupation 34 That ye shall say Thy servants trade hath been about cattel from our youth even until now both we and also our fathers that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians CHAP. XLVII 1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren 7 and his father before Pharaoh 11 He giveth them habitation and maintenance 13 He getteth all the Egyptians money 16 their cattel 18 their lands to Pharaoh 22 The priests land was not bought 23 He letteth the land to them for a fifth part 28 Jacobs age 29 He sweareth Joseph to bury him with his fathers THen Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said My father and my brethren and their flocks and their herd and all that they have are come out of the land of Canaan and behold they are in the land of Goshen 2 And he took some of his brethren even five men and presented them unto Pharaoh 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren What is your occupation And they said unto Pharaoh Thy servants are shepherds both we and also our fathers 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh For to sojourn in the land are we come for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks for the â—â—mine is sore in the land of Canaan now therefore we pray thee let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph saying Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee 6 The land of Egypt is before thee in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell in the land of Goshen let them dwell and it thou knowest any man of activity amongst them then
Joseph getteth leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him 7 The funeral 15 Joseph comforteth his brethren who craved his pardon 22 His age 23 He seeth the third generation of his sons 24 He prophesieth unto his brethren of their return 25 He taketh an oath of them for his bones 26 He dieth and is chested AND Joseph fell upon his fathers face and wept upon him and kissed him 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father and the physicians embalmed Israel 3 And fourty days were fulfilled for him for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed and the Egyptians †Heb. wept mourned for him threescore and ten days 4 And when the days of his mourning were pact Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh saying If now I have found grace in your eyes speak I pray yon in the ears of Pharaoh saying 5 * Ch. 47.29 My father made me swear saying Lo I die in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan there shalt thou bury me Now therefore let me go up I pray thee and bury my father and I will come again 6 And Pharaoh said Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear 7 ¶ And Joseph went up to bury his father and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh the elders of his house and all the elders of the land of Egypt 8 And all the house of Joseph and his brethren and his fathers house onely their little ones and their flocks and their herds they lest in the land of Goshen 9 And there went up with him both chariots and hors-men and it was a very great company 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad which is beyond Jordan and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation and he made a mourning for his father seven days 11 And when the inhabitants of the land the Canaanites saw the mourning in the floor of Atad they said This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians wherefore the name of it was called ‖ That is the mourning of the Egyptians Abel-mizraim which is beyond Jordan 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them 13 For * Act. 7.16 his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham * Ch. 23.16 bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place of Ephron the Hittite before Mamre 14 ¶ And Joseph returned into Egypt he and his brethren and all that went up with him to bury his father after he had buried his father 15 ¶ And when Josephs brethren saw that their father was dead they said Joseph will peradventure hate us and will certainly repute us all the evil which we did unto him 16 And they †Heb. charged sent messengers unto Joseph saying Thy father did command before he died saying 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph Forgive I pray thee now the trespass of thy brethren and their sin for they did unto thee evil And now we pray thee forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father And Joseph wept when they spake unto him 18 And his brethren also went and tell down before his face and they said Behold we be thy servants 19 And Joseph said unto them * Ch. 45.5 Fear not for am I in the place of God 20 But as for you ye thought evil against me but God meant it unto good to bring to pass as it is this day to save much people alive 21 Now therefore fear ye not I will nourish you and your little ones And he comforted them and spake †Heb. to their hearts kindly unto them 22 ¶ And Joseph dwelt in Egypt he and his fathers house and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years 23 And Joseph saw Ephraims children of the third generation * Numb 32.39 the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were †Heb. born brought up upon Josephs knees 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren I die and * Hebr. 11.22 God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob. 25 And * Exod. 13.19 Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel saying God will surely visit you and ye shall carry up my bones from hence 26 So Joseph died being an hundred and ten years old and they embalmed him and he was put in a coffin in Egypt ¶ The second book of Moses called EXODUS CHAP. I. 1 The children of Israel after Josephs death do multiply 8 The more they are oppressed by a new king the more they multiply 15 The godliness of the midwives in saving the men-children alive 22 Pharaoh commandeth the male children to be cast into the river NOw * Gen. 46.8 Ch. 6.14 these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt every man and his houshold came with Jacob. 2 Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah 3 Issachar Zebulun and Beniamin 4 Dan and Naphtali Gad and Ather 5 And all the souls that came out of the †Heb. thigb loyns of Jacob were * Gen. 46.27 Deut 10.22 seventy souls for Joseph was in Egypt already 6 And Joseph died and all his brethren and all that generation 7 ¶ * Act. 7.17 And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplyed and waxed exceeding mighty and the land was filled with them 8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt which knew not Joseph 9 And he said unto his people Behold the people of the children of Israel are mo and mightier then we 10 Come on let us deal wisely with them lest they multiply and it come to pass that when there falleth out any war they joyn also unto our enemies and fight against us and so get them up out of the land 11 Therefore they did set over them task-masters to afflict them with their burdens And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities Pithom and Raamses 12 †Heb. and as they afflicted them so they multiplied c. But the more they afflicted them the more they multiplyed and grew And they were grieved because of the children of Israel 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage in morter and in brick and in all manner of service in the field all their service wherein they made them serve was with rigour 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives of which the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah 16 And he said When ye do the office of a midwise to the Hebrew women and see them upon the stools if it be a son then ye shall kill him but if it be a daughter then she shall live 17 But the
it and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever CHAP. VIII 1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites 3 He smiteth Hadadezer and the Syrians 9 Toâ— sendeth Joram with presents to bless him 11 The presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God 14 He putteth garisâ—ns Edom. 16 Davids offâ—câ—rs ANd * 1 Chr. 18.1 c. after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and David took ‖ Or The bridâ—â— of Ammah Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote Moab and measured them with a line casting them down to the ground even with two lines measured he to put to death and with one full line to keep alive and so the Moabites became Davids servants and brought gifts 3 ¶ David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob king of * Ps 62.2 Zobah as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates 4 And David took ‖ Or of his from him a thousand ‖ As 1 Chr. 18.4 chariots and seven hundred horsmen and twenty thousand footmen and David houghed all the chariot hâ—rses but reserved of them for an hundred chariots 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men 6 Then David put garisons in Syria of Damascus and the Syrians became servants to David and brought gifts and the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem 8 And from Betah and from Berothai cities of Hadadezer king David took exceeding much brass 9 ¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer 10 Then Toi sent Jorant his son unto king David to †Heb. ask him of peace salute him and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him for Hadadezer †Heb. was a man of wars with had wars with Toi and Joram †Heb. in his hand were brought with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of brass 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he had dedicate of all nations which he subdued 12 Of Syria and of Moab and of the children of Ammon and of the Philistines and of Amalek and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah 13 And David gat him a name when he returned from †Heb. his smiting smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salâ— being eighteen thousand men 14 ¶ And he put garisons in Edom throughout all Edom put he garisons and all they of Edom became Davids servants and the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 15 And David reignâ—d over all Israel and David executed judgement and justice unto all his people 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was ‖ Or remembrancer or writer of chronicles recorder 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests and Seraiah was the ‖ Or â—â—â—retary scribe 18 * 1 Chr. 18.17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites and Davids sons were ‖ Or princes chief rulers CHAP. IX 1 David by Ziba sendeth for Mephibosheth 7 For Jonathans sake he entertaineth him at his table and restoreth him all that was Sauls 9 He maketh Ziba his farmer ANd David said Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul that I may shew him kindness for Jonathans sake 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba and when they had called him unto David the king said unto him Art thou Ziba And he said Thy servant is he 3 And the king said Is there not yet any of the house of Saul that I may shew the kindness of God unto him And Ziba said unto the king Jonathan hath yet a son which is * Chap. 4.4 lame on his feet 4 And the king said unto him Where is he And Ziba said unto the king Behold he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar 5 ¶ Then king David sent and fet him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo debar 6 Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul was come unto David he fell on his face and did reverence And David said Mephibosheth And he answered Behold thy servant 7 ¶ And David said unto him Fear not for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy fathers sake and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually 8 And he bowed himself and said What is thy servant that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am 9 ¶ Then the king called to Ziba Sauls servant and said unto him I have given unto thy masters son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house 10 Thou therefore and thy sons and thy servants shall till the land for him and thou shalt bring in the fruits that thy masters son may have food to eat but Mephibosheth thy masters son shall eat bread alway at my table Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants 11 Then said Ziba unto the king According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant so shall thy servant do As for Mephibosheth said the king he shall eat at my table as one of the kings sons 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micha and all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem for he did eat continually at the kings table and was lame on both his feet CHAP. X. 1 Davids messengers sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash are villanously intreated 6 The Ammonites streng thened by the Syrians are overcome by Joab and Abishai 15 Shobach making a new supply of the Syrians at Helam is slain by David ANd it came to pass after this that the * 1 Chr. 19.1 king of the children of Ammon died and Hanun his son reigned in his stead 2 Then said David I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash as his father shewed kindness unto me And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father And Davids servants came into the land of the children of Ammon 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord †Heb. In thine eyes doth David Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father that he hath sent comforters unto thee hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee to search the city and to spie it out and to overthrow it 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants and shaved off
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites that were by the house of the LORD where the women wove †Heb. houses hangings for the grove 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of â—udah and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense from Geba to Beer-sheba and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entring in of the gate of Joshua the governour of the city which were on a mans left hand at the gate of the city 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren 10 And he defiled Topheth which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun at the entring in of the house of the LORD by the chamber of Nathan-melech the ‖ Or eunuch oâ— officer chamberlain which was in the suburbs and burnt the chariots of the sun with fire 12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz which the kings of Judah had made and the altars which * Ch. 21.5 Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD did the king beat down and ‖ Or ran from thence brake them down from thence and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron 13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem which were on the right hand of ‖ That is the mount of Oâ—ives the mount of corruption which * 1 Kin. 11.7 Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon did the king defile 14 And he brake in pieces the †Heb. statâ—es images and cut down the groves and filled their places with the bones of men 15 ¶ Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin had made both that altar and the high place he brake down and burnt the high place and stampt it small to powder and burnt the grove 16 And as Josiah turned himself he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount and sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres and burnt them upon the altar and polluted it according to the * 1 Kin. 13. â— word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed who proclaimed these words 17 Then he said What title is that that I see And the men of the city told him It is the sepulchre of the man of God which came from Judah and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el 18 And he said Let him alone let no man move his bones so they let his bones †Heb. to escape alone with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria 19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger Josiah took away and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el 20 And he ‖ Or sacrificed slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars and burnt mens bones upon them and returned to Jerusalem 21 ¶ And the king commanded all the people saying * 2 Chron. 35.1 1 Esdr 1.1 Keep the pass-over unto the LORD your God * Exod. 12.3 Deut. 16.2 as it is written in the book of this covenant 22 Surely there was not holden such a pass-over from the days of the judges that judged Israel nor in all the days of the kings of Israel nor of the kings of Judah 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem 24 ¶ Moreover the workers with familiar spirits and the wizards and the ‖ Or teraphim images and the idols and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem did Josiah put away that he might perform the words of * Levit. 20.27 Deut. 18.11 the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD 25 And like unto him was there no king before him that turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might according to all the law of Moses neither after him arose there any like him 26 ¶ Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah because of all the †Heb. angers provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal 27 And the LORD said I will remove Judah also out of my sight as I have removed Israel and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen and the house of which I said * 1 Kin. 8.29 9.3 Chap. 21.7 My name shall be there 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 29 ¶ * 2 Chron. 35.20 In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates and king Josiah went against him and he slew him at Megiddo when he had seen him 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own sepulchre and * 2 Chron. 36.1 the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in his fathers stead 31 ¶ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign and he reigned three moneths in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD according to all that his fathers had done 33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in hands at Riblah in the land of Hamath ‖ Or because be reigned that he might not reign in Jerusalem and †Heb. set a mulct upon the land put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold 34 And Pharaoh nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father and turned his name to * Mat. 1.11 called Jakim Jehoiakim and took Jehoahaz away and he came to Egypt and died there 35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land of every one according to his
after this * 2 Sam. 8.1 c. it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote Moab and the Moabites became Davids servants and brought gifts 3 ¶ And David smote ‖ Or Hadarezer in Sam. Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand hors-men and twenty thousand footmen David also houghed all the chariot horses but reserved of them an hundred chariots 5 And when the Syrians of †Heb. Darmeseb Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men 6 Then David put garisons in Syria-Damascus and the Syrians became Davids servants and brought gifts Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezers and brought them to Jerusalem 8 Likewise from ‖ Called in the book of Sam. Beta and Berothai Tibhath and from Chun cities of Hadarezer brought David very much brass wherewith * 1 Kin. 7.13 2 Chr. 4.15 Solomon made the brasen sea and the pillars and the vessels of brass 9 ¶ Now when ‖ Or Toi 2 Sam. 8.9 Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah 10 He sent ‖ Or Joram 2 Sam. 8.10 Hadoram his son to king David ‖ Or to salute to enquire of his welfare and †Heb. to bless to congratulate him because he had sought against Hadarezer and smitten him for Hadarezer †Heb. was the man of wars had warred with Tou and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass 11 ¶ Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations from Edom and from Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand 13 ¶ And he put garisons in Edom and all the Edomites became Davids servants Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 14 ¶ So David reigned over all Israel and executed judgement and justice among all his people 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud ‖ Or. remembrancer recorder 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and ‖ Called Abimelech in Sam. Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests and ‖ Called Seraiah in Sam. and Shisha 1 Kin 4.3 Shavsha was scribe 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the sons of David were chief †Heb. at the bank of the king about the king CHAP. XIX 1 Davids messengers sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash are villainously entreated 6 The Ammonites strengthned by the Syriam are overcome by Joab and Abishai 16 Shopback making a new supply of the Syrians is slain by David NOw * 2 Sam. 10. 1 c. it came to pass after this that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died and his son reigned in his stead 2 And David said I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash because his father shewed kindness to me And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father so the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun †Heb In thine eyes doth David c. Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father that he hath sent comforters unto thee are not his servants come unto thee for to search and to overthrow and to spie out the land 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks and sent them away 5 Then there went certain and told David how the men were served and he sent to meet them for the men were greatly ashamed and the king said Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown and then return 6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves †Heb. to stink odious to David Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and hors-men out of Mesopotamia and out of Syria-maachah and out of Zobah 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots and the king of Maachah and his people who came and pitched before Medeba And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and came to battel 8 And when David heard of it he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men 9 And the children of Ammon came out and put the battel in aray before the gate of the city and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field 10 Now when Joab saw that †Heb. the face of the battel was the battel was set against him before and behinde he chose out of all the ‖ Or young men choise of Israel and put them in aray against the Syrians 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of †Heb. Abshai Abishai his brother and they set themselves in aray against the children of Ammon 12 And he said If the Syrians be too strong for me then thou shalt help me but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee then I will help thee 13 Be of good courage and let us he have our selves valiantly for our people and for the cities of our God and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battel and they fled before him 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled they likewise fled before Abishai his brother and entred into the city Then Joab came to Jerusalem 16 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they sent messengers and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the ‖ That is Euphrates river and ‖ Or Shobach 2 Sam. 10.16 Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them 17 And it was told David and he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan and came upon them and set the battel in aray against them so when David had put the battel in aray against the Syrians they sought with him 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots and fourty thousand footmen and killed Shophach the captain of the host 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they
deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressour and do no wrong do no violence to the stranger the fatherless nor the widow neither shed innocent bloud in this place 4 For if ye do this thing indeed * Ch. 17.25 then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting ‖ Heb. for David upon his throne upon the throne of David riding in chariots and on horses he and his servants and his people 5 But if ye will not hear these words I swear by my self saith the LORD that this house shall become a desolation 6 For thus saith the LORD unto the kings house of Judah Thou art Gilead unto me and the head of Lebanon yet surely I will make thee a wilderness and cities which are not inhabited 7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee every one with his weapons and they shall cut down thy choice cedars and cast them into the fire 8 And many nations shall pass by this city and they shall say every man to his neighbour * Deu 29.24 1 Kin. 9.8 Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city 9 Then they shall answer Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and worshipped other gods and served them 10 ¶ Weep ye not for the dead neither bemoan him but weep sore for him that goeth away for he shall return no more nor see his native countrey 11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum The son of Josiah king of Judah which reigned in stead of Josiah his father which went forth out of this place He shall not return thither any more 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive and shall see this land no more 13 ¶ Wo unto * Le. 19.13 Deu. 24.14 15. Hab. 2.9 him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness and his chambers by wrong that useth his neighbours service without wages and giveth him not for his work 14 That saith I will build me a wide house and †Heb. throughâ—ired large chambers and cutteth him out ‖ Or my wâ—â—â—â— windows and it is cieled with cedar and painted with vermilion 15 Shalt thou reign because thou closest thy self in cedar did not thy father eat and drink and do judgement and justice and then it was well with him 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy then it was well with him was not this to know me saith the LORD 17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness and for to shed innocent bloud and for oppression and for ‖ Or incursion violence to do it 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah they shall not lament for him saying Ah my brother or ah sister they shall not lament for him saying Ah Lord or ah his glory 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem 20 ¶ Go up to Lebanon and cry and lift up thy voice in Bashan and cry from the passages for all thy lovers are destroyed 21 I spake unto thee in thy †Heb. prosperities prosperity but thou saidst I will not hear this hath been thy manner from thy youth that thou obeyedst not my voice 22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastours and thy lovers shall go into captivity surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness 23 O †Heb. inhabitress inhabitant of Lebanon that makest thy nest in the cedars how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee the pain as of a woman in travail 24 As I live saith the LORD though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand yet would I pluck thee thence 25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Caldeans 26 And I will cast thee out and thy mother that bare thee into another countrey where ye were not born and there shall ye die 27 But to the land whereunto they †Heb. lift up their mindâ— desire to return thither shall they not return 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure wherefore are they cast out he and his seed and are cast into a land which they know not 29 O earth earth earth hear the word of the LORD 30 Thus saith the LORD Write ye this man childless a man that shall not prosper in his days for no man of his seed shall prosper sitting upon the throne of David and rusing any more in Judah CHAP. XXIII 1 He prophesieth a restauration of the scattered flock 5 Christ shall rule and save them 9 Against false prophets 33 and mockers of the true prophets * Ezek. 34.2 WO be unto the pastours that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture saith the LORD 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastours that feed my people Ye have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not visited them behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings saith the LORD 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countreys whither I have driven them and will bring them again to their folds and they shall be fruitful and increase 4 And I will set up * Ch. 3.15 Ezek 34.11 c. shepherds over them which shall feed them and they shall fear no more nor be dismayed neither shall they be lacking saith the LORD 5 ¶ Behold * Isa 4.2 40.11 Ch. 33.14 15. Dan. 9.24 Joh. 1.45 the days come saith the LORD that I will raise unto David a righteous branch and a king shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth 6 * Deu. 33.38 In his days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called †Heb. Jehoâ—aâ—â—sidâ—enu THE LORD OUR RIGH TEOUSNESS 7 Therefore behold * Ch. 16.14 15. the days come saith the LORD that they shall no more say The LORD liveth which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt 8 But The LORD liveth which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north countrey and from all countreys whither I had driven them and they shall dwell in their own land 9 ¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets all my bones shake I am like a drunken man and like a man whom wine hath overcome because of the LORD and because of the words of his holiness 10 For the land is full of adulterers for because of ‖ Or cursing swearing the land mourneth the pleasant places of the wilderness
LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time 16 And said * Ps 105.9 Ecclus 44 21. Luke 1.72 Heb. 6.13 By my self have I sworn saith the LORD for because thou hast done this thing hast not withheld thy son thine onely son 17 That in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea †Heb. lip shore and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies 18 * Chap. 12.3 18.18 Ecclus 44.22 Act. 3.25 Galat. 3.8 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voice 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba 20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham saying Behold Milcah she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor 21 Huz his first-born and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram 22 And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and â—idlaph and Bethuel 23 And Bethuel begat * Called Rom. 9.10 Rebecca Rebekah these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor Abrahams brother 24 And his concubine whose name was Reumah she bare also Tebah and Gaham and Thahath and Maachah CHAP. XXIII 1 The age and death of Sarah 3 The purchase of Machpelah 19 where Sarah was buried ANd Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old these were the years of the life of Sarah 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah to weep for her 3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spake unto the sons of Heth saying 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you give me a possession of a burying place with you that I may bury my dead out of my sight 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham saying unto him 6 Hear us my lord thou art †Heb. a prince of God a mighty prince amongst us in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre but that thou mayest bury thy dead 7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them saying If it be your minde that I should bury my dead out of my sight hear me and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he hath which is in the end of his field for †Heb. full money as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying-place amongst you 10 And Ephron dwelt amongst the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the †Heb. ears audience of the children of Heth eveâ— of all that went in at the gates of his city saying 11 Nay my lord hear me the field give I thee and the cave that is therein I give it thee in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee bury thy dead 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land saying But if thou wilt give it I pray thee hear me I will give thee money for the field take it of me and I will bury my dead there 14 And Ephron answered Abraham saying unto him 15 My lord hearken unto me the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver what is that betwixt me thee bury therefore thy dead 16 And Abraham hearkned unto Ephron and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver currant money with 〈◊〉 merchant 17 ¶ And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah which was before Maâ—ure the field and the cave which was therein and all the trees that were in the field that were in all the borders round about were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth before all that went in at the gate of his city 19 And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan 20 And the field and the cave that is therein were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the sons of Heth. CHAP. XXIV 1 Abraham sweareth his servant 10 The servants journey 12 His prayer 14 His signe 15 Rebekah meetech him 18 fulfilleth his signe 22 receiveth jenwels 23 sheweth her kindred 25 and inviteth him home 26 The servant blesseth God 29 Laban entertaineth him 34 The servant sheweth his message 50 Laban and Bethuel approve it 58 Rebekah consenteth to go 62 Isaac meeteth her ANd Abraham was old and †Heb. â—one into days well stricken in age and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house that ruled over all that he had * Chap. 47.29 Put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD the God of heaven and the God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell 4 But thou shalt go unto my countrey and to my kindred and take a wife unto my son Isaac 5 And the servant said unto him Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest 6 And Abraham said unto him Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again 7 ¶ The LORD God of heaven which took me from my fathers house and from the land of my kindred and which spake unto me and that sware unto me saying * Chap. 12.7 13.15 15.18 25.4 Unto thy seed will I give this land he shall send his angel before thee and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee then thou shalt be clear from this my oath onely bring not my son thither again 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and sware to him concerning that matter 10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed ‖ Or and. for all the good of his master were in his hand and he arose and went to Mesopotamia unto the city of Nahor 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening even the time †Heb. that women which draw water go forth that women go out to draw water
hand-maid Gad and Asher These are the sons of Jacob which were born to him in Padan-aram 27 ¶ And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre unto the city of Arbah which is Hebron where Abraham and Isaac sojourned 28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died and * Ch. 25.8 was gathered unto his people being old and full of days and his sons Esau Jacob buried him CHAP. XXXVI 2 Esau's three wives 6 His removing to mount Seir. 9 His sons 15 The dukes which descended of his sons 20 The sons and dukes â—f Seir. 24 Anah findeth mules 31 The kings of Edom. 40 The dukes that descended of Esau NOw these are the generations of Esau who is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite 3 And Bashemath Ishmaels daughter sister of Nebajoth 4 And * 1 Chron. 1.35 Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz and Bashemath bare Reuel 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush and Jaalam and Korah these are the sons of Esau which were born unto him in the land of Canaan 6 And Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the †Heb. â—ouls persons of his house and his cattel and all his beasts and all his substance which he had got in the land of Canaan and went into the countrey from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more then that they might dwell together and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattel 8 Thus dwelt Esau in * Josh 24.4 mount Seir Esau is Edom. 9 ¶ And these are the generations of Esau the father of †Heb. Edom. the Edomites in mount Seir. 10 These are the names of Esaus sons * 1 Chr. 1.35 c. Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman Omar Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esaus son and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek these were the sons of Adah Esaus wife 13 And these are the sons of Reuel Nahath and Zerah Shammah and Mizzah these were the sons of Bashemath Esaus wife 14 ¶ And these were the sons of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon Esaus wife and she bare to Esau Jeush and Jaalam and Korah 15 ¶ These were dukes of the sons of Esau the sons of Eliphaz the first-born son of Esau duke Teman duke Omar duke Zepho duke Kenaz 16 Duke Korah duke Gatam and duke Amalek These are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom these were the sons of Adah 17 ¶ And these are the sons of Reuel Esaus son duke Nahath duke Zerah duke Shammah duke Mizzah These are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom these are the sons of Bashemath Esaus wife 18 ¶ And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esaus wife duke Jeush duke Jaalam duke Korah these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Esaus wife 19 These are the sons of Esau who is Edom these are their dukes 20 ¶ * 1 Chr. â—â— 38 These are the sons of Seir the Horite who inhabited the land Lotan and Shoâ—al and Zibeon and Anah 21 And Dishon and Ezer and Dishan these are the dukes of the Horites the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman and Lotans sister was Timna 23 And the children of Shobal were these Alvan and Manahath and Ebal Shepho and Onam 24 And these are the children of Zibeon both Ajah and Anah this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father 25 And the children of Anah were these Dishon and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah 26 And these are the children of Dishon Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran 27 The children of Ezer are these Bishan and Zaavan and Achan 28 The children of Dishan are these Uz and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites duke Lotan duke Shobal duke Zibeon duke Anah 30 Duke Dishon duke Ezer duke Dishan these are the dukes that came of Hori among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 ¶ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned any king over the children of Israel 32 And Bela the son of Beorreigned in Edom and the name of his city was Dinhabah 33 And Bela died and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead 34 And Jobab died and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead 35 And Husham died and Hadad the son of Bedad who smote Midian in the field of Moab reigned in his stead and the name of his city was Avith 36 And Hadad died and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead 37 And Samlah died and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead 38 And Saul died and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died and Hadar reigned in his stead and the name of his city was Pau and his wives name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab 40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau according to their families after their places by their names duke Timnah duke Alvah duke Jetheth 41 Duke Aholibamah duke Elah duke Pinon 42 Duke Kenaz duke Teman duke Mibzar 43 Duke Magdiâ—l duke Iram these be the dukes of Edom according to their habitations in the land of their possession he is Esau the father of †Heb. Edom. the Edomites CHAP. XXXVII 2 Joseph is hated of his brethren 5 His two dreams 13 Jacob sendeth him to visit his brethren 18 His brethren conspire his death 21 Reuben saveth him 26 They sell him to the Ishmeelites 31 His father deceived by the bloudy coat mourneth for him 36 He is sold to Potiphar in Egypt ANd Jacob dwelt in the land †Heb. of his fathers sojournings wherein his father was a stranger in the land of Canaan 2 These are the generations of Jacob Joseph being seventeen years old was feeding the flock with his brethren and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah his fathers wives and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more then all his children because he was the son of his old age and he made him a coat of many ‖ Or. pâ—â—ces colours 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more then all his brethren they hated him could not speak peaceably unto him 5 ¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream and he told it his brethren and they hated
make them rulers over my cattel 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and set him before Pharaoh and Jacob blessed Pharaoh 8 And Pharaoh said unâ—o Jacob †Heb. How manâ— are the 〈◊〉 of the â—â—ars of thy life How old art thou 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh †Heb. 1â— 9 13. The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years few and evil have the dayâ— of the years of my liâ—e been and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from before Pharaoh 11 ¶ And Joseph placed his father and his brethren and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt in the best of the land in the land of Rameses as Pharaoh had commanded 12 And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren and all his fathers houshold with bread ‖ Or as a little childe is nourished †Heb. according to the little ones according to their families 13 ¶ And there was no bread in all the land for the famine was very sore so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan sainted by reason of the famine 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the corn which they bought and Joseph brought the money into Pharaohs house 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan all the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said Give us bread for why should we die in thy presence for the money faileth 16 And Joseph said Give your cattel and I will give you for your cattel if money fail 17 And they brought their cattel unto Joseph and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses and for the flocks and for the cattel of the herds and for the asses and he †Heb. led them sed them with bread for all their cattel for that year 18 When that year was ended they came unto him the second year and said unto him We will hot hide it from my lord how that our money is spent my lord also hath our herds of cattel there is not ought left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes both we and our land buy us and our land for bread and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh and give us seed that we may live and not die that the land be not desolate 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh for the Egyptians sold every man his field because the famine prevailed over them so the land became Pharaohs 21 And as for the people he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof 22 Onely the land of the ‖ Or princes priests bought he not for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them wherefore they sold not their lands 23 Then Joseph said unto the people Behold I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh so here is seed for you and ye shall sow the land 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase that you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh and four parts shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for them of your housholds and for food for your little ones 25 And they said Thou hast saved our lives let us finde grace in the sight of my lord and we will be Pharaohs servants 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day that Pharaoh should have the fifth part except the land of the ‖ Or princes priests onely which became not Pharaohs 27 ¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt in the countrey of Goshen and they had possessions therein and grew and multiplyed exceedingly 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years so †Heb. the days of the years of his life the whole age of Jacob was an hundred fourty and seven years 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die and he called his son Joseph and said unto him If now I have found grace in thy sight * Ch. 24.2 put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh and deal kindly and truly with me bury me not I pray thee in Egypt 30 But I will he with my fathers and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying-place And he said I will do as thou hast said 31 And he said Swear unto me And he sware unto him And * Hebr. 31.21 Israel bowed himself upon the beds head CHAP. XLVIII 1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father 2 Jacob strengtheneth himself to bless them 3 He repeateth the promise 5 He taketh Ephraim and Manasseh as his own 7 He telleth Joseph of his mothers grave 9 He blesseth Echraim and Manasseb 17 He preferreth the younger before the older 21 He prophesieth their return to Canaan ANd it came to pass after these things that one told Joseph Behold thy father is sick and he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim 2 And one told Jacob and said Behold thy son Joseph cometh unto thee and Israel strengthned himself and sat upon the bed 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph God almighty appeared unto me at * Ch. 28.13 〈◊〉 35.6 Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me 4 And said unto me Behold I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee and I will make of thee a multitude of people and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession 5 ¶ and now thy * Ch. 41.50 Jos 13.7 two sons Ephraim and Manasseh which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt are mine as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine 6 And thy issue which thou begettest after them shall be thine and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance 7 And as for me when I came from Padan * Ch. 35.19 Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way when yet thâ—ee was but a little way to come unto Ephrath and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath the same is Beth lehem 8 And Israel beheld Josephs sons and said Who are these 9 And Joseph said unto his father They are my sons whom God hath given me in this place And he said Bring them I pray thee unto me and I will bless them 10 Now the eyes of Israel were †Heb. heavy dim for age so that he could not see And he brought them near unto him and he kissed them and embraced them 11 And Israel said unto Joseph I had not thought to see thy face and
so God hath shewed me also thy seed 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees and he bowed himself with his face to the earth 13 And Joseph took them both Ephraim in his right hand towards Israels left hand and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israels right hand and brought them near unto him 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraims head who was the younger and his left hand upon Manassehs head guiding his hands wittingly for Manasseh was the first-born 15 ¶ And * Heb. 11.21 he blessed Joseph and said God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk the God which fed me all my life long unto this day 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil bless the lads and let my name be named on them and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac and let them †Heb. as fishes do increase grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth 17 And when Joseph saw that his father said his right hand upon the head of Ephraim it displeased him and he held up his fathers hand to remove it from Ephraâ—ms head unto Manassehs head 18 And Joseph said unto his father Not so my father for this is the first born put thy right hand upon his head 19 And his father refused and said I know it my son I know it he also small become a people and he also shall be great but truly his younger brother shall be greater then he and his seed shall become a †Heb. fulness multitude of nations 20 And he Idessed them that day saying In thee shall Israel bless saying God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh and he set Ephraim before Manasseh 21 And Israel said unto Joseph Behold I die but God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bowe CHAP. XLIX 1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them 3 Their blessing in particular 29 He chargeth them about his burial 33 He dieth ANd Jacob called unto his sons and said Gather your selves together that I may tell you that which shall befal you in the last days 2 Gather your selves together and hear ye sons of Jacob and hearken unto Israel your father 3 ¶ Reuben thou art my first-born my might and the beginning of my strength the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power 4 Unstable as water †Heb. do not thou excel thou shalt not excel because thou * Ch. 35.22 1 Chr. 5.1 wentest up to thy fathers bed then defiledst thou it ‖ Or my coueh is gone He went up to my couch 5 ¶ Simeon and Levi are brethren ‖ Or their swords are weapons of violence instruments of cruelt are in their habitations 6 O my soul come not thou into their secret unto their assembly mine honour be not thou united for in their anger they slew a man and in their self-will they ‖ Or houghed oxen digged down a wall 7 Cursed be their anger for it was fierce and their wrath for it was cruel I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel 8 ¶ Judah thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies thy fathers children shall bow down before thee 9 Judah is a lions whelp from the prey my son thou art gone up he stooped down he couched as a lion and as an old lion who shall rouse him up 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah nor a law-giver from between his feet until Shiloh come and unto him shall the gathering of the people be 11 Binding his fole unto the vine and his asses cost unto the choice vine he washed his garments in wine and his clothes in the bloud of granes 12 His eyes shall be red with wine and his teeth white with milk 13 ¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea and he shall be for an haven of shipe and his border shall be unto Zidon 14 ¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens 15 And he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant and bowed his shoulder to bear and became a servant unto tribute 16 ¶ Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way †Heb. an arrow-snake an adder in the path that biteth the horsheels so that his rider shall fall backward 18 I have waited for thy salvation O LORD 19 ¶ Gad a troup shall overcome him but he shall overcome at the last 20 ¶ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat and he shall yeeld royal dainties 21 ¶ Naphthali is a hinde let loose he giveth goodly words 22 ¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough even a fruitful bough by a well whose †Heb. daughter branches run over the wall 23 The archers have sorely grieved him shot at him hated him 24 But his bowe abode in strength and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob from thence is the shepherd the stone of Israel 25 Even by the God of thy father who shall help thee and by the Almighty who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above blessings of the deep that lieth under blessings of the breasts and of the womb 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills they shall be on the head of Joseph and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren 27 ¶ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf in the morning he shall devour the prey and at night he shall divide the sâ—oil 28 ¶ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them every one according to his blessing he blessed them 29 And he charged them and said unto them I am to be gathered unto my people * Ch. 47 3â— burâ— me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan * Ch. 23.16 which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife and there I buried Leah 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons he gathered up his feet into the bed and yeelded up the ghost and was gathered unto his people CHAP. L. 1 The mourning for Jacob. 4
straitness anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage 10 And the LORD spake unto Moles saying 11 Go in speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt that he let the children of Israel go out of his land 12 And Moses spake before the LORD saying Behold the children of Israel have not hearkned unto me how then shall Pharaoh hear me who am of uncircumcised lips 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt 14 ¶ These be the heads of their fathers houses * Gen. 46.9 1 Chr. 5.3 The sons of Reuben the first born of Israel Hanoch and Pallu Hezron and Carmi these be the families of Reuben 15 * 1 Chr. 4.24 And the sons of Simeon Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman these are the families of Simeon 16 ¶ And these are the names of * Num. 3. â—â— 1 Chr. 6.1 the sons of Levi according to their generations Gershon and Kohath and Merari And the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years 17 The sons of Gershon Libni and Shimi according to their families 18 And * Num. 26.57 1 Chr. 6.2 the sons of Kohath Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel And the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years 19 And the sons of Merari Mahali and Mushi these are the families of Levi according to their generations 20 And * Ch. 2.2 Num. 26.59 Amram took him Jochebed his fathers sister to wife and she bare him Aaron and Moses And the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years 21 ¶ And the sons of Izhar Korah and Nepheg and Zichri 22 And the sons of Uzziel Mishael and Eizaphan and Zithri 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba daughter of Amminadab sister of Naashon to wife she bare him Nadab Abihu Eleazar and I thamar 24 And the sons of Korah Aâ—lir and Elkanah and Abiasaph these are the families of the Korhites 25 And Eleazar Aarons son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife and * Num. 25.11 she bare him Phineas these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families 26 These are that Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies 27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt these are that Moses and Aaron 28 ¶ And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moes in the land of Egypt 29 That the LORD spake unto Moses saying I am the LORD speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee 30 And Moses said before the LORD Behold I am of uncircumcised lips and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me CHAP. VII 1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh 7 His aâ—e 8 His rod is turned into a serpent 11 The sorcerers do the like 13 Pharaohs heart is hardned 14 Gods massage to Pharaoh 19 the river is turned into bloud ANd the LORD said unto Moses See I have made thee a god to Pharaoh and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh that he send the children of Israel out of his land 3 And I will harden Pharaohs heart and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you that I may lay my hand upon Egypt and bring forth mine armies and my people the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by great judgements 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I stretch forth mine hand upâ—â— Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them so did they 7 And Moses was fourscore years old and Aaron fourscore and three years old when they spake unto Pharaoh 8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you saying Shew a miracle for you then thou shalt say unto Aaron Take thy rod and caâ—t it before Pharaoh and it shall become a serpent 10 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh and they did so as the LORD had commanded and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants and it became a serpent 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wifemen and the sorcerers now the magicians of Egypt they also did in like manner with their inchantments 12 For they cast down every man his rod and they became serpents but Aarons rod twallowed up their rods 13 And he hardned Pharaohs heart that he hearkned not unto them as the LORD had said 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Pharaohs heart is hardned he refuseth to let the people go 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning 〈◊〉 he goeth out unto the water and thou shalt stand by the rivers brink against he come and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take into thine hand 16 And thou shalt say unto him The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee saying Let my people go that they may serve me in the wilderness and behold hitherto thou wouldest not hear 17 Thus saith the LORD In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD behold I will smite with the â—od that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river and they shall be turned to bloud 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die and the river shall stink and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river 19 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses Say unto Aaron Take thy rod and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt upon their streams upon their rivers and upon their ponds and upon all their †Heb gathering of their waters pools of water that they may become bloud and that there may be bloud throughout all the land of Egypt both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone 20 And Moses and Aaron did so as the LORD commanded and he * Ch. 17.5 lift up the rod and smote the waters that were in the river in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants and all the * Ps 78.44 waters that were in the river were turned into bloud 21 And the fish that was in the river died and the river stunk and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river and there was bloud throughout all the land of Egypt 22 * Wisd 17.7 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their inchantments and Pharaohs heart was hardned
neither did he hearken unto them as the LORD had said 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house neither did he set his heart to this also 24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink for they could not drink of the water of the river 25 And seven dayes were fulfilled after that the LORD had smitten the river CHAP. VIII 1 Frogs are sent 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses 12 and Moses by prayer removeth them away 16 The dust is turned into lice which the magicians could not do 20 The swarms of flies 25 Pharaoh inclineth to let the people go 32 but yet is hardened ANd the LORD spake unto Moses Go unto Pharaoh and say unto him Thus saith the LORD Let my people go that they may serve me 2 And if thou refuse to let them go behold I will smite all thy borders with frogs 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly which shall go up and come into thine house and into thy bed-chamber and upon thy bed and into the house of thy servants and upon thy people and into thine ovens and into thy ‖ Or dough kneading-troughâ— 4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee and upon thy people and upon all thy servants 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses Say unto Aaron Stretch forth thine haâ—d with thy rod over the streams over the rivers and over the ponds and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt 6 And Aaâ—on stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt 7 * Wiâ—â— 17.7 And the Magicians did so with their inchantments and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt 8 ¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said Intreat the LORD that he may take away the frogs from me and from my people and I will let the people go that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh ‖ Or have this bonour over me c. Glory over me ‖ Or arainst when when shall I intreat for thee and for thy servants and for thy people †Heb. to cut off to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses that they may remain in the river onely 10 And he said ‖ Or against to morrow To morrow And he said Be it according to thy word that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee and from thy houses and from thy servants and from thy people they shall remain in the river onely 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh 13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses and the frogs died out of the houses out of the villages and out of the fields 14 And they gathered them together upon heaps and the land stank 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite he hardned his heart and hearkned not unto them as the LORD had said 16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Say unto Aaron Stretch out thy rod and smite the dust of the land that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt 17 And they did so for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and smote the dust of the earth and it became lice in man and in beaâ—t all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt 18 And the magicians did so with their inchantmentâ— to bring forth lice but they could not so there were lice upon man and upon beast 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh This is the finger of God and Pharaohâ— heart was hardned and he hearkned not unto them as the LORD had said 20 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh â—o he cometh forth to the water and say unto him Thus saith the LORD Let my people go that they may serve me 21 Else if thou wilt not let my people go behold I will send ‖ Or a mixture of noysome câ—asts c. swarms of flies upon thee and upon thy servants and upon thy people and into thy houses and the houses of the Egyptians shall be â—ull of swarms of flies and also the ground whereon they are 22 And I will sever in that day the laâ—d of Goshen in which my people dwell that no swarms of flies shall be there to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midâ—t of the earth 23 And I will put †Heb. a redemption a division between my people and thy people ‖ Or by to morrow to morrow shall this signe be 24 And the LORD did soâ—and * Wisd 16. â— there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants houses and into all the land of Egypt the land was ‖ Or destroyed corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies 25 ¶ And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said Go ye sacriâ—ice to your God in the land 26 And Moses said It is not meet so to do for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God Lo shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes and will they not stone us 27 We will go three dayes journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as * Ch. 3. â—8 he shall command us 28 And Pharaoh said I will let you go that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness onely you shall not go very far away intreat for me 29 And Moses said Behold I go out from thee and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh from hiâ— servants and from his people to morrow but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh and intreated the LORD 31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh from his servants and from his people there remained not one 32 And Pharaoh hardned his heart at this time also neither would he let the people go CHAP. IX 1 The murrain of beasts 8 The plague of boyls and blains 12 The message about the hail 22 The plague of hail 27 Pharaoh sueth to Moses 35 but yet is hardned THen the LORD said unto Moses Go in unto Pharaoh and tell him Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews Let my people go that they may serve me 2 For if thou refuse to let them go and wilt hold them still 3 Behold the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattel which is in the field upon the horses upon the asses upon the camels upon the oxen and upon the sheep there shall be
a very grievous murrain 4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattel of Israel and the cattel of Egypt and there shall nothing die of all that is the childrens of Israel 5 And the LORD appointed a set time saying To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land 6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow and all the cattel of Egypt died but of the cattel of the children of Israel died not one 7 And Pharaoh sent and behold there was not one of the cattel of the Israelites dead And the heart of Pharaoh was hardned and he did not let the people go 8 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace and let Moses sprinkle it towards the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt and shall he a boyl breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast throughout all the land of Egypt 10 And they took ashes of the furnace and stood before Pharaoh and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven and it became a boyl breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boyl for the boyl was upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians 12 And the LORD hardned the heart of Pharaoh and he hearkned not unto them * Chap. 4.21 as the LORD had spoken unto Moses 13 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and lay unto him Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews Let my people go that they may serve me 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart and upon thy servants and upon thy people that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth 15 For now I will stretch out my hand that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence and thou shalt be cut off from the earth 16 And in very deed for * Rom. 9. â—7 this cause have I †Heb. made thee stand raised thee up for to shew in thee my power and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth 17 As yet exalted thou thyself against my people that thou wilt not let them go 18 Behold to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now 19 Send therefore now and gather thy cattel and all that thou hast in the field for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field and shall not be brought home the hail shall come down upon them and they shall die 20 He that feared the word of the LORD amongst the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattel flee into the houses 21 And he that †Heb. set not his â—eart unto regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattel in the field 22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt upon man and upon beast upon every herb of the field throughout the land of Egypt 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven and the LORD sent thunder and hail and the fire ran along upon the ground and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt 24 So there was hail and fire mingled with the hail very grievous such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field both man and beast and the hail smote every herb of the field and brake every tree of the field 26 Onely in the land of Goshen where the children of Israel were was there no hail 27 ¶ And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron and said unto them I have sinned this time the LORD is righteous and I and my people are wicked 28 Intreat the LORD for it is enough that there be no more †Heb. voices of God mighty thundrings and hail and I will let you go and ye shall stay no longer 29 And Moses said unto him Assoon as I am gone out of the city I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD and the thunder shall cease neither shall there be any more hail that thou mayest know how that the * Psal 24.1 earth is the LORDS 30 But as for thee and thy servants I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten for the barley was in the ear and the â—â—ax was bolled 32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten for they were †Heb. bidden or dark not grown up 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD and the thunders and hail ceased and the rain was not poured upon the earth 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased he sinned yet more and hardned his heart he and his servants 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardned neither would he let the children of Israel go as the LORD had spoken †Heb. by the hand of Moses by Moses CHAP. X. 1 God threatneth to send locusts 7 Pharaoh moved by his servants inclineth to let the Israelites go 12 The plague of the locusts 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses 21 The plague of darkness 24 Pharaoh sueth unto Moses 27 but yet is hardned ANd the LORD said unto Moses Go in unto Pharaoh * Chap 4.21 for I have hardned his heart and the heart of his servants that I might shew these my signs before him 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son and of thy sons son what things I have wrought in Egypt and my signs which I have done amongst them that ye may know how that I am the LORD 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh and said unto him Thus saith the LORD God oâ— the Hebrews How long wilt thou refuse to humble thy self before me Let my people go that they may serve me 4 Else if thou refuse to let my people go behold to morrow will I bring the * Wisd 16.9 locusts into thy coast 5 And they shall cover the †Heb. eye face of the earth that one cannot be able to see the earth and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped which remaineth unto you from the hail and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field 6 And they shall fill thy houses and the houses of all thy servants the houses of all the Egyptians which neither thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers have seen since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day And he
turned himself and went out from Pharaoh 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
searful in praises doing wonders 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand the earth swallowed them 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation 14 * Deut. 2.25 Josh 2.9 The people shall hear and be afraid sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed the mighty men of Moab trembling shall take hold upon them all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away 16 * Deut. 2.15 Josh 2.9 Fear and dread shall fall upon them by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone till thy people pass over O LORD till the people pass over which thou hast purchased 17 Thou shalt bring them in c plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance in the place O LORD which thou hast made for thee to dwell in in the Sanctuary O LORD which thy hands have established 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his hors-men into the sea and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them but the children of Israel went on dry-land in the midst of the sea 20 ¶ And Miriam the prophetess the sister of Aaron took a timbrel in her hand and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances 21 And Miriam answered them Sing ye to the LORD for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea and they went out into the wilderness of Shur and they went three days in the wilderness and sound no water 23 ¶ And when they came to Marah they could not drink of the waters of Marah for they were bitter therefore the name of it was called †That is bitterness Marah 24 And the people murmured against Moses saying What shall we drink 25 And he cried unto the Lord and the LORD shewed him a * Ecclus 38.5 tree which when he had cast into the waters the waters were made sweet there he made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he proved them 26 And said If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God and wilt do that which is right in his sight and wilt give car to his commandments and keep all his statutes I will put none of these diseases upon thee which I have brought upon the Egyptians for I am the the LORD that healeth thee 27 ¶ * Numb 33.9 And they came to Elim where were twelve wells of water and threescore and ten palm-trees and they encamped there by the waters CHAP. XVI 1 The Israelites come to Sin 2 They murmure for want of bread 4 God promiseth them bread from heaven 11 Quails are sent 14 and manna 16 The ordering of manna 25 It was not to be found on the sabbath 32 An owner of it is preserved ANd they took their journey from Elim and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin which is between Elim and Sinai on the fifteenth day of the second moneth after their departing out of the land of Egypt 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness 3 And the children of Israel said unto them Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt when we sat by the flesh-pots and when we did eat bread to the full for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger 4 ¶ Then said the LORD unto Moses Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you and the people shall go out and gather †Heb. the portion of a say in his day a certain rate every day that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no. 5 And it shall come to pass that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in it shall be twice as much as they gather daily 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel At even then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt 7 And in the morning then ye shall see the glory of the LORD for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD And what are we that ye murmure against 〈◊〉 8 And Moses said This shall be when the LORD shall give you in the evening â—iâ—sh to eat and in the morning bread to the fâ—ll for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmure against him And what are 〈◊〉 morning are nor against us but against the LORD 9 ¶ And Moses spake unto Aaron Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel Come near before the LORD for he hath heard your murmurings 10 And it came to pass as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel that they looked toward the wilderness and behold the glory of the LORD * Chap. 13.21 appeared in the cloud 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel speak unto them saying At even ye shall eat flesh and in the morning ye shall be silled with bread and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God 13 And it came to pass that at even * Numb 11.31 the quails came up and covered the camp and in the morning the dew lay round about the host 14 And when * Numb 11.7 Psa 78.24 Wis 16.20 the dew that lay was gone up behold upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing as small as the hear frost on the ground 15 And when the children of Israel saw it they said one to another ‖ Or What is this or It is a portion It is manna for they wist not what it was And Moses said unto them * Joh. 6.31 2 Cor. 10.3 This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat 16 ¶ This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded Gather of it every man according to his eating an omer †Heb. by the poll or bead for every man according to the number of your †Heb. soult persons take ye every man for them which are in his tents 17 And the children of Israel did so and gathered some more some less 18 And when they did mete it with an omer * 2 Cor. 8.25 he that gathered much had nothing over and he that gathered little had no lack they gathered every man according to his eating 19 And Moses said Let no man leave of it till the morning 20 Notwithstanding they hearkned not unto Moses but some of them left of it until the morning and it bred worms and stank And Moses was wroth with
the wilderness of Paran to Kadesh and brought back word unto them and unto all the congregation and shewed them the fruit of the land 27 And they told him and said We came unto the land whither thou sentest us and surely it floweth with * Exod. 33.3 milk and honey and this is the fruit of it 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land and the cities are walled and very great and moreover we saw the children of Anak there 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and by the coast of Jordan 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said Let us go up at once and possess it for we are well able to overcome it 31 But the men that went up with him said We be not able to go up against the people for they are stronger then we 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel saying The land through which we have gone to search it is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof and all the people that we saw in it are †Heb. men of statures men of great stature 33 And there we saw the giants the sons of Anak which come of the giants and we were in our own sight as grashoppers and so we were in their sight CHAP. XIV 1 The people murmure at the news 6 Joshua and Caleb labour to still them 11 God threatneth them 13 Moses pershâ—adeth God and obtaineth pardon 26 The murmurers are deprived of entring into the land 36 The men who raised the evil report die by a plague 40 The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten ANd all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried and the people wept that night 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron and the whole congregation said unto them Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt or would God we had died in this wilderness 3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land to fall by the sword that our wives and our children should be a prey were it not better for us to return into Egypt 4 And they said one to another Let us make a captain and let us return into Egypt 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel 6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh which were of them that searched the land rent their clothes 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel saying The land which we passed through to search it is an exceeding good land 8 If the LORD delight in us then he will bring us into this land and give it us a land which floweth with milk and honey 9 Onely rebel not ye against the LORD neither fear ye the people of the land for they are bread for us their †Heb. scadow defence is departed from them and the LORD is with us fear them not 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones and the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel 11 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses How long will this people provoke me and how long will it be ere they beleeve me for all the signs which I have shewed among them 12 I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them and will make of thee a great nation and mightier then they 13 ¶ And * Exod. 32.12 Moses said unto the LORD Then the Egyptians shall hear it for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people that thou LORD art seen face to face and that * Exod. â—â— 21 thy cloud standeth over them and that thou goest before them by day-time in apillar of a cloud and in a pillar of fire by night 15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man then the nations which have heard the same of thee will speak saying 16 Because the LORD was not * Deut. 9.28 able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness 17 And now I beseech thee let the power of my Lord be great according as thou hast spoken saying 18 The LORD is * Ex. 34.6 Ps 103.8 long-suffering and of great mercy forgiving iniquity and transgression and by no means clearing the guilty * Ex. 20.5 and 34.7 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation 19 Pardon I beseech thee the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy and as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even ‖ Or hitherto until now 20 And the LORD said I have pardoned according to thy word 21 But as truly as I live all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory and my miracles which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and have tempted me now these ten times and have not hearkned to my voice 23 †Heb. if they see the land Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers neither shall any of them that provoked me see it 24 But my servant * Josh 14.6 Caleb because he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the land whereinto he went and his seed shall possess it 25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley To morrow turn you and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea 26 ¶ And the LORD stake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation which murmure against me I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel which they murmure against me 28 Say unto them * Ch. 26.65 and 32.11 Deu. 1.35 As truly as I live saith the LORD as ye have spoken in mine ears so will I do to you 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness and all that were numbred of you according to your whole number from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land concerning which I †Heb. lifted up my hand sware to make you dwell therein save Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones which ye said should be a prey them will I bring in and they shall know the land which ye have despised 32 But as for you your
carcases they shall fall in this wilderness 33 And your children shall ‖ Or fied wander in the wilderness fourty years and bear your whoredoms until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land even * Ps 95.10 Ezek. 4.6 fourty days each day for a year shall ye bear your iniquities even fourty years and ye shall know ‖ Or altering of my purpose my breach of promise 35 I the LORD have said I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation that are gathered together against me in this wilderness they shall be consumed and there they shall die 36 And the men which Moses sent to search the land who returned and made all the congregation to murmure against him by bringing up a slander upon the land 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land * 1 Cor. 10.10 Heb. 3.17 Jude 5. died by the plague before the LORD 38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh which were of the men that went to search the land lived still 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel and the people mourned greatly 40 ¶ And they rose up early in the morning and gat them up into the top of the mountain saying Lo we * Deut. â— 41 be here and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised for we have sinned 41 And Moses said wherefore now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD but it shall not prosper 42 Go not up for the LORD is not among you that ye be not smitten before your enemies 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you and ye shall fall by the sword because ye are turned away from the LORD therefore the LORD will not be with you 44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD and Moses departed not out of the camp 45 Then the Amalekites came down and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill and smote them and * Deut. 1.44 discomfited them even unto Hormah CHAP. XV. 1 The law of the meat-offering and the drink offering 13 29 The stranger is under the same law 17 The law of the first of the dough for an heave-offering 22 The sacrifice for sins of ignorance 30 The punishment of presumption 32 He that violated the sabbath is stoned 37 The law of fringes ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 * Levit. 23.10 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them When ye be come into the land of your habitations which I give unto you 3 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD a burnt-offering or a sacrifice * Lev. 22 2â—â— in †Heb. separating performing a vow or in a free-will-offering or in your solemn feasts to make a * Ex. 29.18 sweet savour unto the LORD of the herd or of the flock 4 Then * Lev. 2.1 shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat-offering of a tenth-deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oyl 5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or sacrifice for one lamb 6 Or for a ram thou shalt prepare for a meat-offering two tenth-deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oyl 7 And for a drink-offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine for a sweet savour unto the LORD 8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering or for a sacrifice in performing a vow or peace-offerings unto the LORD 9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat-offering of three tenth-deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oyl 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink-offering half an hin of wine for an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock or for one ram or for a lamb or a kid 12 According to the number that ye shall prepare so shall ye do to every one according to their number 13 All that are born of the countrey shall do these things after this manner in offering an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you or whosoever be among you in your generations and will offer an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD as ye do so he shall do 15 * Ex. 12.49 Ch. 9.14 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you an ordinance for ever in your generations as ye are so shall the stranger be before the LORD 16 One law and one manner shall be for you and for the stranger that sojourneth with you 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 18 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them When ye come into the land whither I bring you 19 Then it shall be that when ye eat of the bread of the land ye shall offer up an heave-offering unto the LORD 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dought for an heave-offering as ye do the heave-offering of the threshing-floor so shall ye heave it 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave-offering in your generations 22 ¶ And if ye have erred and not observed all these commandments which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses 23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses from the day that the LORD commanded Moses and henceforward among your generations 24 Then it shall be if ought be committed by ignorance †Heb. from the eyes without the knowledge of the congregation that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD with his meat-offering and his drink-offering according to the ‖ Or ordinance manner and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel and it shall be forgiven them for it is ignorance and they shall bring their offering a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD and their sin-offering before the LORD for their ignorance 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel and the stranger that sojourneth among them seeing all the people were in ignorance 27 ¶ And * Levit. 4.27 if any soul sin through ignorance then he shall bring a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering 28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD to make an atonement for him and it shall be forgiven him 29 You shall have one law for
Chap. 16.2 famous in the congregation who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they strove against the LORD 10 And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men and they became a signe 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not 12 ¶ The sons of Simeon after their families of Nemuel the family of the Nemuelites of Jamin the family of the Jaminites of Jachin the family of the Jachinites 13 Of Zerah the family of the Zarhites of Shaul the family of the Shaulites 14 These are the families of the Simeonites twenty and two thousand and two hundred 15 ¶ The children of Gad after their families of Zephon the family of the Zephonites of Haggâ—â— the family of the Haggites of Shuni the family of the Shunites 16 Of Ozni the family of the Oznites of Eri the family of the Erites 17 Of Arod the family of the Arodâ—tes of Areli the family of the Arelites 18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbred of them fourty thousand and five hundred 19 ¶ * Gen. 38.2 c. and 46.12 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were of Shelah the family of the Shelanites of Pharez the family of the Pharezites of Zerah the family of the Zarhites 21 And the sons of Pharez were of Hesron the family of the Hesronites of Hamul the family of the Hamulites 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbred of them threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred 23 ¶ Of the sons of Issachar after their families of Tola the family of the Tolaites of Pua the family of the Punites 24 Of Jashub the family of the Jashubites of Shimron the family of the Shimronites 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbred of them threescore and four thousand and three hundred 26 ¶ Of the sons of Zebulun after there families of Sered the family of the Sardites of Elon the family of the Elonites of Jahleel the family of the Jahleelites 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbred of them threescore thousand and five hundred 28 ¶ The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim 29 Of the sons of Manasseh of * Josh 17.1 Machir the family of the Machirites and Machir begat Gilead of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites 30 These are the sons of Gilead of Jeezer the family of the Jeezerites of Helek the family of the Helekites 31 And of Asriel the family of the Asrielites and of Shechem the family of the Shechemites 32 And of Shemida the family of the Shemidaites and of Hepher the family of the Hepherites 33 ¶ And * Chap. 27.1 Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons but daughters and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah and Noah Hoglah Milcah and Tirzah 34 These are the families of Manasseh and those that were numbred of them fifty and two thousand and seven hundred 35 ¶ These are the sons of Ephraim after their families of Shuthelah the family of the Shuthalhites of Becher the family of the Bachrites of Tahan the family of the Tahanites 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah of Eran the family of the Eranites 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbred of them thirty and two thousand and five hundred These are the sons of Joseph after their families 38 ¶ The sons of Benjamin after their families of Bela the family of the Belaites of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelites of Ahiram the family of the Ahiramites 39 Of Shupham the family of the Shuphamites of Hupham the family of the Huphamites 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman of Ard the family of the Ardites and of Naaman the family of the Naamites 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families and they that were numbred of them were fourty and five thousand and six hundred 42 ¶ These are the sons of Dan after their families of Shuham the family of the Shuhamites These are the families of Dan after their families 43 All the families of the Shuhamites according to those that were numbred of them were threescore and four thousand and four hundred 44 ¶ Of the children of Asher after their families of Jimna the family of the Jimnites of Jesui the family of the Jesuites of Beriah the family of the Beriites 45 Of the sons of Beriah of Heber the family of the Heberites of Malchiel the family of the Malchielites 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbred of them who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred 48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families of Jahzeel the family of the Jahzeelites of Guni the family of the Gunites 49 Of Jezer the family of the Jezerites of Shillem the family of the Shillemites 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families and they that were numbred of them were fourty and five thousand and four hundred 51 These were the numbred of the children of Israel six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty 52 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names 54 * Ch. 33.54 To many thou shalt †Heb. multiply his inheritance give the more inheritance and to few thou shalt †Heb. diminish his inheritance give the less inheritance to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbred of him 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be * Ch. 33.54 Josh 11.23 and 14.2 divided by lot according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between manâ— and few 57 ¶ * Ex. 6.16 17 18 19. And these are they that were numbred of the Levites after their families of Gershon the family of the Gershonites of Kohath the family of the Kohathites of Merari the family of the Merarites 58 These are the families of the Levites the family of the Libnites the family of the Hebronites the family of the Mahlites the family of the Mushites the family of the Korathites and Kohath begat Amram 59 And the name of Amrams wife was * Ex. 2 1 2. and 6.20 Jochebed the daughter of Levi whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab and Abihu Eleazar Ithamar 61 And * Lev.
at Hazeroth 18 And they departed from Hazeroth and pitched in Rithmah 19 And they departed from Rithmah and pitched at Rimmon-parez 20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez and pitched in Libnah 21 And they removed from Libnah and pitched at Rissah 22 And they journeyed from Rissah and pitched in Kehelathah 23 And they went from Kehelathah and pitched in mount Shapher 24 And they removed from mount Shapher and encamped in Haradah 25 And they removed from Haradah and pitched in Makheloth 26 And they removed from Makheloth and encamped at Tahath 27 And they departed from Tahath and pitched at Tarah 28 And they removed from Tarah and pitched in Mithcah 29 And they went from Mithcah and pitched in Hashmonah 30 And they departed from Hashmonah and * Deut. 10.6 encamped at Moseroth 31 And they departed from Moseroth and pitched in Bene-jaakan 32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan and encamped at Horhagidgad 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad and pitched in Jotbathah 34 And they removed from Jotbathah and encamped at Ebronah 35 And they deparâ—ed from Ebronah and encamped at Ezion-gaber 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber and pitched in the * Ch. 20.1 wilderness of Zin which is Kadesh 37 And they removed from * Ch. 20.22 Kadesh and pitched in mount Hor in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 And * Ch. 20.25 Deut. 32.50 Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD and died there in the fourtieth year after the children of Israeâ— were come out of the land of Egypt in the first day of the fifth moneth 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And * Chap. 27.1 c. king Arad the Canaanite which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan heard of the coming of the children of Israel 41 And they departed from mount * Chap. 21.4 Hor and pitched in Zalmonah 42 And they departed from Zalmonah and pitched in Punon 43 And they departed from Punon and pitched in Oboth 44 And they departed from Oboth and pitched in ‖ Or heaps of Abarim Ije-abarim in the border of Moab 45 And they departed from Iim and pitched in Dibon-gad 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad and encamped in Almon-diblathaim 47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim and pitched in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho 49 And they pitched by Jordan from Beth-jesimoth even unto ‖ Or the plains of Shittim * Ch. 25.1 Abel shâ—tâ—im in the plains of Meab 50 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho saying 51 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them * Deut. â— 2 Josh 11.12 When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan 52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their pictures and destroy all their molten images and quite pluck down all their high places 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell therein for I have given you the land to possess it 54 And * Ch. 26.53 ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families and to the mo ye shall †Heb. multiply his inheritance give the more inheritance and to the sewer ye shall †Heb. diminish his inheritance give the less inheritance every mans inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you then it shall come to pass that those which ye let remain of them shall be * Josh 23 13. Judg. 2.3 pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell 56 Moreover it shall come to pass that I shall do unto you as I thought to do unto them CHAP. XXXIV 1 The borders of the land 16 The names of the men which shall divide the land ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Command the children of Israel and say unto them When ye come into the land of Canaan this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof 3 Then * Josh 15 1 your south-quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom and your south-border shall be the outmost coast of the salt-sea east-ward 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and pass on to Zin and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea and shall go on to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt and the goings out of it shall be at the sea 6 And as for the western-border you shall even have the great sea for a border this shall be your west-border 7 And this shall be your north-border from the great sea you shall point out for you mount Hor. 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad 9 ¶ And the border shall go on to Ziphron and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan this shall be your north-border 10 And ye shall point out your east-border from Hazar-enan to Shepham 11 And the coast shall go down to Shepham to Riblah on the east-side of Ain and the border shall descend and shall reach unto the †Heb shoulder side of the sea of Chinnereth east-ward 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan and the goings out of it shall be at the salt-sea This shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel saying This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes and to the half-tribe 14 * Ch. 32.33 Jos 14.2.5 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers have received their inheritance and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho east-ward toward the sun-rising 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you * Josh 19 51. Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe to divide the land by inheritance 19 And the names of the men are these Of the tribe of Judah Caleb the son
of Jephunneh 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon Shemuel the son of Ammihud 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin Elidad the son of Chislon 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan Bukki the son of Jogli 23 The prince of the children of Joseph for the tribe of the children of Manasseh Hanniel the son of Ephod 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim Kemuel the son of Shiphtan 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun Elizaphan the son of Parnach 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar Paltiel the son of Azzan 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher Ahihud the son of Shelomi 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali Pedahel the son of Annhihud 29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan CHAP. XXXV 1 Eight and fourty cities for the Levites with their suburâ—s and measure thereof 6 Six of them are to be cities of refuge 9 The laws of murder 31 No satisfaction for murder ANd the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho saying 2 * Josh 21. â— Command the children of Israel that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattel and for their goods and for all their beasts 4 And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east-side two thousand cubits and on the south-side two thousand cubits and on the west side two thousand cubits and on the north-side two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Lâ—vites thâ—re shall be * Deut. 4.41 Josh 20.2 21.3 six cities for refuge which ye shall appoint for the man-slayer that he may flee thither and †Heb. above them ye shall give to them ye shall add fourty two cities 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Lâ—vites shall be fourty and eight cities them shall ye give with their suburbs 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel from them that have many ye shall giâ—e many but from them that have few ye shall give few every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which †Heb. they inherit he inheriteth 9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 10 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them * Deu. 19.2 Josh 20.2 When the be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you that the slayer may flee thither which killeth any person †Heb. by errour at unawares 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger that the man-slayer die not until he stand before the congregation in judgement 13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan which shall be cities of refuge 15 These six cities shall be a refuge both for the children of Israel and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither 16 * Exod. 21.14 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron so that he die he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death 17 And if he smite him †Heb. with a stone of the band with throwing a stone wherewith he may die and he die he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death 18 Or if he smite him with an hand-weapon of wood wherewith he may die and he die he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death 19 The revenger of bloud himself shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him he shall slay him 20 But * Deut. 19.11 if he thrust him of hatred or hurl at him by laying of wait that he die 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand that he die he that smote him shall surely be put to death for he is a murderer the revenger of bloud shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him 22 But if he thrust him suddenly * Exod. 21. â—3 without enmity or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait 23 Or with any stone wherewith a man may die seeing him not and cast it upon him that he die and was not his enemy neither sought his harm 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of bloud according to these judgements 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of bloud and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge wither he was fled and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest which was anointed with the holy oyl 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge whether he was fled 27 And the revenger of bloud finde him without the borders of the city of his refuge and the revenger of bloud kill the slayer †Heb. no bloud shall be to him he shall not be guilty of bloud 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgement unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings 30 Whoso killeth any person the murderer shall be put to death by the * Deu. 17.6 19.15 Mat. 18.16 2 Cor. 1â— 1 Heb. 10.28 mouth of witnesses but one witness shall not testifie against any person to cause him to die 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer which is †Heb. faulty to die guilty of death but he shall be surely put to death 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge that he should come again to dwell in the land until the death of the priest 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are for bloud it defileth the land and †Heb. there can be no explation for the land the
hill under Ashdoth-pisgah east-ward 18 ¶ And I commanded you at that time saying The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it * Numb 32.20 ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel all that are †Heb. sons of power meet for the war 19 But your wives and your little ones and your cattel for I know that ye have much caâ—tel shall abide in your cities which I have given you 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren as well as unto you and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan and then shall ye * Jos 22.4 return every man unto his possession which I have given you 21 ¶ And * Numb 27.18 I commanded Joshua at that time saying Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest 22 Ye shall not fear them for the LORD your God he shall fight for you 23 And I besought the LORD at that time saying 24 O Lord GOD thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works and according to thy might 25 I pray thee let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan that goodly mountain and Lebanon 26 But the LORD * Numb 20.12 Chap. 1.37 was wroth with me for your sakes and would not hear me and the LORD said unto me Let it suffice thee speak no more unto me of this matter 27 Get thee up into the top of ‖ Or the hill Pisgah and lift up thine eyes west-ward and north-ward and south-ward and east-ward and behold it with thine eyes for thou shalt not go over this Jordan 28 But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him for he shall go over before this people and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor CHAP. IV. 1 An exhortation to obedience 41 Moses appointeth the three cities of refuge on that side Jordan NOw therefore hearken O Israel unto the statutes and unto the judgements which I teach you for to do them that ye may live and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you 2 * Ch. 12.32 Jos 1.7 Prov. 30.6 Rev. 22.18 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you neither shall you diminish ought from it that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of * Numb â—5 4 c. Baal-peor for all the men that followed Baal-peor the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day 5 Behold I have taught you statutes and judgements even as the LORD my God commanded me that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it 6 Keep therefore and do them for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these statutes and say Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people 7 For what nation is there so great who hath God so nigh unto them as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for 8 And what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day 9 Onely take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life but teach them thy sons and thy sons sons 10 Specially the day that thou stoodst before the LORD thy God in Horeb when the LORD said unto me Gather me the people together and I will make them hear my words that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth and that they may teach their children 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain and the * Ex. 19.18 mountain burnt with fire unto the †Heb. heart midst of heaven with darkness clouds and thick darkness 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire ye heard the voice of the words but saw no similitude †Heb. save a voice onely ye heard a voice 13 And he declared unto you his covenant which he commanded you to perform even ten commandments and he wrote them upon two tables of stone 14 ¶ And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgements that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto your selves for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire 16 Lest ye corrupt your selves and make you a graven image the similitude of any figure the likeness of male or female 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars even all the host of heaven shouldest be driven to worship them and serve them which the LORD thy God hath ‖ Or â—mparted divided unto all nations under the whole heaven 20 But the LORD hath taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace even out of Egypt to be unto him a people of inheritance as ye are this day 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes and sware that I should not go over Jordan and that I should not go in unto that good land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance 22 But I must die in this land I must not go over Jordan but ye shall go over and possess that good land 23 Take heed unto your selves lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God which he made with you and make you a graven image or the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forhidden thee 24 For * Ch. 9.3 Heb. 12.29 the LORD thy God is a consuming fire even a jealous God 25 ¶ When thou shalt beget children and childrens children and shalt have remained long in the land and shall corrupt your selves and make a graven image or the likeness of any thing and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God to provoke him to anger 26 I call heaven
been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you 25 Thus I sell down before the LORD fourty days and fourty nights as I fell down at the first because the LORD had said he would destroy you 26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD and said O Lord GOD destroy not thy people and thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand 27 Remember thy servants Abraham Isaac and Jacob look not unto the stubbornness of this people nor to their wickedness nor to their sin 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say * Numb 14.16 Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them and because he hated them he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm CHAP. X. 1 Gods mercy in restoring the two tables 6 in continuing the priesthood 8 in separating the tribe of Levi 10 in hearkning unto Moses his suit for the people 12 An exhortation unto obedience AT that time the LORD said unto me * Exod. 34.1 Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first and come up unto me into the mount and make thee an ark of wood 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest and thou shalt put them in the ark 3 And I made an ark of shittim-wood and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first and went up into the mount having the two tables in mine hand 4 And he wrote on the tables according to the first writing the ten †Heb words commandments which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midâ—t of the fire in the day of the assembly and the LORD gave them unto me 5 And I turned my self and came down from the mount and put the tables in the ark which I had made and there they be as the LORD commanded me 6 ¶ And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to * Num. 33.30 Mosera * Num. 20.28 there Aaron died and there he was buried and Eleazar his son ministred in the priests office in his stead 7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah and from Gudgodah to Jotbath a land of rivers of waters 8 ¶ At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD to stand before the LORD to minister unto him and to bless in his name unto this day 9 * Num. 18.20 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren the LORD is his inheritance according as the LORD thy God promised him 10 And I stayed in the mount according to the ‖ Or former days first time fourty days and fourty nights and the LORD heaâ—kned unto me at that time also and the LORD would not destroy thee 11 And the LORD said unto me Arise †Heb. go in journey take thy journey before the people that they may go in and possess the land which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them 12 ¶ And now Israel what doth the LORD thy God require of thee but to fear the LORD thy God to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD and his statutes which I command thee this day for thy good 14 Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORDs thy God * Psal 24.1 the earth also with all that therein is 15 Onely the LORD had a delighâ— in thy fathers to love them and he chose their seed after them even you above all people as it is this day 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart and be no more stiff-necked 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords a great God a mighty and a terrible which * 2 Chr. 19.7 Job 34.19 Act. 10.34 Rom. 2.11 Gal. 2.6 Eph. 6.9 Col. 3.25 1 Pet. 1.17 regardeth not persons nor taketh reward 18 He doth execute the judgement of the fatherless and widow and loveth the stranger in giving him food and raiment 19 Love ye therefore the stranger for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt 20 * Ch. 6.13 Mat. 4.10 Luk. 4.8 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God him shalt thou serve and to him shalt thou * Ch. 13.4 cleave and swear by his name 21 He is thy praise and he is thy God that hath done for thee these great and terrible things which thine eyes have seen 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt * Gen. 46.27 Exod. 1.5 with threescore and ten persons and now the LORD thy God hath made thee * Gen. 15.5 as the stars of heaven for multitude CHAP. XI 1 An exhortation to obedience 2 by their own experience of Gods great works 8 by promise of Gods great blessings 16 and by threatnings 18 A careful study is required in Gods words 26 The blessing and curse is set before them THerefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God and keep his charge and his statutes and his judgements his commandments alway 2 And know you this day for I speak not with your children which have not known and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God his greatness his mighty hand and his stretched out arm 3 And his miracles and his acts which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt and unto all his land 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt unto their horses and to their chariots how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness until ye came into this place 6 And * Num. 16.31 27.3 Ps 106.17 what he did unto Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab the son of Reuben how the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up and their housholds and their tents and all the ‖ Or living substance which followed them substance that †Heb. waâ— at their seet was in their possession in the midst of all Israel 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day that ye may be strong and go in and possess the land whither ye go to possess it 9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed a land that floweth with milk and honey 10 ¶ For the land whither
tribes there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings and there thou shalt do all that I command thee 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee the unclean and the clean may eat thereof as of the roe-buck and as of the hart 16 * Chap. 15.23 Onely ye shall not eat the bloud ye shall pour it upon the earth as water 17 ¶ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn or of thy wine or of thy oyl or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock nor any of thy vows which thou vowest nor thy free-will-offerings or heave-offering of thine hand 18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose thou and thy son and thy daughter and thy man-servant and thy maid-servant and the Levite that is within thy gates and thou shalt rejoyce before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto 19 * Ch. 14 27. Ecclus 7.31 Take heed to thy self that thou forsake not the Levite †Heb. all thy dayâ— as long as thou livest upon thy earth 20 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border * Gen. 28.14 Chap. 19.8 as he hath promised thee and thou shalt say I will eat flesh because thy soul longeth to eat flesh thou mayest eat flesh whatsoever thy soul lusteth after 21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock which the LORD hath given thee as I have commanded thee and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after 22 Even as the roe-buck and the hart is eaten so thou shalt eat them the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike 23 Onely †Heb. be strong be sure that thou eat not the bloud for the bloud is the life and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh 24 Thou shalt not eat it thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water 25 Thou shalt not eat it that it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD 26 Onely thy holy things which thou hast and thy vows thou shalt take and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings the flesh and the bloud upon the altar of the LORD thy God and the bloud of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God and thou shalt eat the flesh 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee that it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee for ever when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God 29 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee whither thou goest to possess them and thou †Heb. inheritesâ— or possesest them succeedest them and dwellest in their land 30 Take heed to thy self that thou be not snared †Heb. after tâ—oâ— by following them after that they be destroyed from before thee and that thou enquire not after their gods saying How did these nations serve their gods even so will I do likewise 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God for every †Heb. abomination of the. abomination to the LORD which he hateth have they done unto their gods for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods 32 What thing soever I command you observe to do it * Chap. 4.2 Josh 1.7 Prov. 3â— 6 Rev. 22.18 thou shalt not add thereto nor diminish from it CHAP. XIII 1 Enticers to idolatry 6 how near soever unto thee 9 are to be stoned to death 12 Idolatrous cities are not to be spared IF there arise among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and giveth thee a signe or a wonder 2 And the signe or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee saying Let us go after other gods which thou hast not known and let us serve them 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams for the LORD your God proveth you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice and you shall serve him and * Ch. 10.20 cleave unto him 5 And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death because he hath †Heb. spoken revolt against the LORD spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in so shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee 6 ¶ If thy brother the son of thy mother or thy son or thy daughter or the wife of thy bosom or thy friend which is as thine own soul entice thee secretly saying Let us go and serve other gods which thou hast not known thou nor thy fathers 7 Namely of the gods of the people which are round about you nigh unto thee or far off from thee from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him nor hearken unto him neither shall thine eye pity him neither shalt thou spare neither shalt thou conceal him 9 But * Chap. 17.7 thou shalt surely kill him thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death and afterwards the hand of all the people 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the house of †Heb. bond-men bondage 11 And * Ch. 17.13 all Israel shall hear and fear and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you 12 ¶ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there saying 13 Certain men ‖ Or naughty men the children of Belial are gone out from among you and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city saying Let us go and serve other gods which ye have not known 14 Then shalt thou enquire and make search and ask diligently and behold if it be truth and the thing certain that such abomination is wrought among you 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword destroying it utterly and all that is therein
before the LORD empty 17 Every man shall give †Heb. according to the gift of his hand as he is able according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee 18 ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes and they shall judge the people with just judgement 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgement thou shalt not respect persons * Exod. 23.8 neither take a gift for a gift doth blinde the eyes of the wise and pervert the ‖ Or matters words of the righteous 20 †Heb. justice justice That which is altogether just shalt thou follow that thou mayest live and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 21 ¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God which thou shalt make thee 22 * Lev. 26.1 Neither shalt thou set thee up any ‖ Or statue or pillar image which the LORD thy God hateth CHAP. XVII 1 The things sacrificed must be sound 2 Idolaters must be slain 8 Hard controversies are to be determined by the priests and judges 12 The contemner of that determination must die 14 The election 16 and duty of a king THou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock or ‖ Or goat sheep wherein is blemish or any evil-savouredness for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God 2 ¶ If there be found among you within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee man or woman that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God in transgressing his covenant 3 And hath gone and served other gods and worshipped them either the sun or mooâ— or any of the host of heaven which I have not commanded 4 And it be told thee and thou hast heard of it and enquired diligently and behold it be true and the thing certain that such abomination is wrought in Israel 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman which have committed that wicked thing unto thy gates even that man or that woman and shalt stone them with stones till they die 6 * Numb â—5 3â— Ch. 19.15 Mat. 18.16 Joh. 8.17 2 Cor. 13.1 Heb. 10.28 At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death and afterward the hands of all the people so thou shalt put the evil away from among you 8 ¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgement between bloud and bloud between plea and plea and between stroke and stroke being matters of controversie within thy gates then shalt thou arise and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites and unto the judge that shall be in those days and enquire and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgement 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee 11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee and according to the judgement which they shall tell thee thou shalt do thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee to the right hand nor to the left 12 And the man that will do presumptuously †Heb. not to hearken and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God or unto the judge even that man shall die and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel 13 And all the people shall hear and fear and do no more presumptuously 14 ¶ When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee and shalt possess it and shalt dwell therein and shalt say I well set a king over me like as all the nations that are about me 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee whom the LORD thy God shall choose one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee thou mayest not set a stranger over thee which is not thy brother 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself nor cause the people to return to Egypt to the end that he should multiply horses forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you Ye shall henceforth return no more that way 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself that his heart turn not away neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold 18 And it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites 19 And it shall be with him and he shall read therein all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the LORD his God to keep all the words of this law and these statutes to do them 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren and that he turn not aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom he and his children in the midst of Israel CHAP. XVIII 1 The Lord is the priests and Levites inheritance 3 The priests due 6 The Levites portion 9 The abominations of the nations are to be avoided 15 Christ the Prophet is to be heard 20 The presumptuous prophet is to die THe priests the Levites and all the tribe of Levi * Numb 18.20 Chap. 10.9 shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel they * 1 Cor. 9.13 shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire and his inheritance 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren the LORD is their inheritance as he hath said unto them 3 ¶ And this shall be the priests due from the people from them that offer a sacrifice whether it be ox or sheep and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder and the two cheeâ—s and the maw 4 The first-fruit also of thy corn of thy wine and of thy oyl and the first of the fleece of thy sheep shalt thou give him 5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister in the name of the LORD him and his sons for ever 6 ¶ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel where he sojourned and come with all the desire of his minde unto the place which the LORD shall choose 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God as all his brethren the Levites do which stand there before the LORD 8 They shall
have like portions to eat beside †Heb. his sales by the fathers that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony 9 ¶ When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter * Lev. 18.21 to pass through the fire or that useth divination or an observer of times or an enchanter or a witch 11 * Lev. 20.27 Or a charmer or a consulter with familiar spirits or a wizard or a * 1 Sam. 28.7 necromancer 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee 13 Thou shalt be ‖ Or upright or sincere perfect with the LORD thy God 14 For these nations which thou shalt ‖ Or inherit possess hearkened unto observers of times and unto diviners but as for thee the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do 15 ¶ * Joh. 1.45 Act. 3.22 7.37 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto him ye shall hearken 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of thy assembly saying * Exod. 20.19 Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God neither let me see this great fire any more that I die not 17 And the LORD said unto me They have well spoken that which they have spoken 18 * Joh. 1.45 Act. 3.22 7.37 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee and will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him 19 And it shall come to pass that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him 20 But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak or that shall speak in the name of other gods even that prophet shall die 21 And if thou say in thine heart How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD if the thing follow not nor come to pass that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously thou shalt not be afraid of him CHAP. XIX 1 The cities of refuge 4 The priviledge thereof for the man-slayer 14 The land-mark is not to be removed 15 Two witnesses at the least 16 The punishment of a false witness WHen the LORD thy God * Ch. 12.29 hath cut off the nations whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee and thou †Heb. inheritest or possessest succeedest them and dwellest in their cities and in their houses 2 * Ex. 21.13 Numb 35.10 Jos 20.2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way and divide the coasts of thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit into three parts that every slayer may flee thither 4 ¶ And this is the case of the slayer which shall flee thither that he may live Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly whom he hated not †Heb. from yesterday the third day in time past 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree and the †Heb. iron head slippeth from the †Heb. wood helve and †Heb. findeth lighteth upon his neighbour that he die he shall flee unto one of those cities and live 6 Lest the avenger of the bloud pursue the slayer while his heart is hot and over-take him because the way is long and †Heb. smite him in life slay him whereas he was not worthy of death in as much as he hated him not †Heb. from yesterday the third day in time past 7 Wherefore I command thee saying Thou shalt separate three cities for thee 8 And if the LORD thy God * Ch. 12.20 enlarge thy coast as he hath sworn unto thy fathers and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers 9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them which I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God and to walk ever in his ways * Josh 20.7 then shalt thou add three cities mo for thee beside these three 10 That innocent bloud be not shed in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance and so bloud be upon thee 11 ¶ But if any man hate his neighbour and lie in wait for him and rise up against him and smite him †Heb. in life mortally that he die and fleeth into one of these cities 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of bloud that he may die 13 Thine eye shall not pity him but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent bloud from Israel that it may go well with thee 14 ¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbours land-mark which they of old time have set in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it 15 ¶ * Numb 35.30 Chap. 17.6 Mat. 18.16 Joh. 8.17 2 Cor. 13.1 Heb. 10.28 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin in any sin that he sinneth at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be established 16 ¶ If a false witness rise up against any man to teâ—â—â—ne against him ‖ Or falling away that which is wrong 17 Then both the men between whom the controversie is shall stand before the LORD before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition and behold if the witness be a false witness hath testified falsly against his brother 19 * Prov. 19.5.9 Dan. 13.62 Then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother so shalt thou put the evil away from among you 20 And those which remain shall hear and fear and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you 21 And thine eye shall not pity but * Ex. 21.23 Lev. 24.20 Mat. 5.38 â— life shall go for life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot CHAP. XX. 1 The priests exhortation to encourage the people to battel 5 The officers proclamation who are to be dismissed from the war
for as when a man riseth against his neighbour and slayeth him even so is this matter 27 For he found her in the field and the betrothed damsel cried and there was none to save her 28 ¶ * Exod 22.16 If a man finde a damsel that is a virgin which is not betroththed and lay hoâ—d on her and lie with her and they be found 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsels faer fifty shekels of silver and she shall be his wife because he hath humbleâ— her he may not put her away all his days 30 ¶ * Levit. 18 8. A man shall not take his fathers wife nor discover his fathers skirt CHAP. XXIII 1 Who may or may not enter into the congregation 9Vncleanness to be avoided in the host 15 Of the fugitive servant 17 Of filthiness 18 Of abâ—minable sacrâ—fices 19 Of usury 21 Of vows 24 Of trespasses HE that is wâ—unded in the stones or hath his privy member cut off shall not enter into the congregatâ—on of the LORD 2 A baâ—tard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD 3 * Nâ—h 13.1 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way when ye came forth out of Egypt and * Numb 22.5 6. because they hired against tâ—ee Baâ—aam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia to curse thee 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam But the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee because the LORD thy God loved thee 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their †Heb. good prosperity all thy days for ever 7 ¶ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite for he is thy brother thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian because thou wast a stranger in his land 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation 9 ¶ When the host goeth forth against thine enemies then keep thee from every wicked thing 10 ¶ If there be among you any man that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night then shall he go abroad out of the camp he shall not come within the camp 11 But it shall be when evening †Heb. turâ—eth toward cometh on he shall wash himself with watâ—r and when the sun is down he shall come into the camp again 12 ¶ Thâ—â— shalt have a place also without the camp whither thou shalt go forth â—â—road 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon and it shall be when thou †Heb. littest down wilt ease thyself abroad thou shalt dig therewith and shalt turn back and cove that which cometh from thee 14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee and to give up thine enemies before thee therefore shall thy camp â—holy that he see no †Heb. nakedness of any thing unclean thing in thee and turn away from tâ—â—â— 15 ¶ Thou shalt â—â—t deliver unto his master the servant which is esâ—aped from his maâ—ter unto thee 16 He shalâ— dwell with thee even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it †Heb. is good for him liketh him best thou shalt â—ot oâ—press him 17 ¶ There shall be no †Or Sâ—domitâ—sâ— whore of the daughters of Israel nor a Sodomâ—te of the soâ—s of Israel 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow for even both these are aâ—omination into the LORD thy God 19 ¶ * â—x 22.25 Lev. 25.36 Psal 15.5 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother usury of money usury of victuals usury of any thing that is lent upon usury 20 Unto 〈◊〉 â—â—aâ—ger thâ—u mâ—yeâ—t lend upon usury but unto thy brother thou shalt not lenâ— upon usury that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest tâ—ine hand to in the land whither thoâ— goest to â—â—â—sess it 21 ¶ * Eccles 5.4 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God thou shalt not slack to pay it for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee and it would be sin in thee 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow it shall be no sin in thee 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform even a free-will-offering according is thou haâ—t vowed â—nto tâ—e LORD thy God which thou hast promised with thy mouth 24 ¶ When thou comâ—st into thy neighbours vineyard then thou mayeâ—t eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel 25 When thou comest into the standing-corn of thy neighbours * Mat. 12.1 Mark 2.23 Luke 6.1 then thou mayest pâ—uck the ears with thine hand but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbours standing-corn CHAP. XXIV 1 Of divorce 5 A new married man goeth not to war 6 10 Of pledges 7 Of man-stâ—â—alâ—rs 8 Of leprosie 14 The hire is to be given 16 Of justice 19 Of charity WHen a * Mat. 5.31 and 19.7 Mark 10.4 man hath taken a wife and married her and it come to pass that she finde no favour in his eyes because he hath found †Heb. matter of nakedness some uncleanness in her then let him write her a bill of †Heb. cutting off divorcement and give it in her hand and send her out of his house 2 And when she is departed out of his house she may go and be another mans wife 3 And if the latter husband hate her and write her a bill of divorcement and giveth it in her hand and sendeth her out of his house or if the latter husband die which took her to be his wife 4 Her former husband which sent her away may not take her again to be his wife after that she is defiled for that is abomination before the LORD and thou shalt not cause the land to sin which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance 5 ¶ * Chap. 20.7 When a man hath taken a new wife he shall not go out to war †Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him neither shall he be charged with any business but he shall be free at home one year and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken 6 ¶ No man shall take the nether or the upper milstone to pledge for he taketh a mans life to pledge 7 ¶ If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel and maketh merchandise of him or selleth him then that thief shall
the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother and all the people shall say Amen 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law and all the people shall say Amen 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly and all the people shall say Amen 25 * Ezek 22.12 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person and all the people shall say Amen 26 * Gal. 3.10 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them and all the people shall say Amen CHAP. XXVIII 1 The blessings for obedience 15 The curses for disobedience ANd it shall come to pass * Levit 26.3 if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city blessed shalt thou be in the field 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattel the increase of thy kine and the flocks of thy sheep 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy ‖ Or dough or kneading-troughs store 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face they shall come out against thee one way and flee before thee seven ways 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy ‖ Or barâ—s store-houses and in all that thou settest thine hand unto and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself as he hath sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD and they shall be afraid of thee 11 And * Chaâ— 30.9 c. the LORD shall make thee plentâ—â—us ‖ Or for good in goods in the fruit of thy †Heb. belly body and in the fruit of thy cattel and in the fruit of thy ground in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season and to bless all the work of thine hand and * Chap. 15.6 thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt not borrow 13 And the LORD shall make thee the head and not the tail and thou shalt be above onely and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God which I command thee this day to observe and to do them 14 And thou shalt not go aâ—ide from any of the words which I command thee this day to the right hand or to the left to go after other gods to serve them 15 ¶ But it shall come to pass * Levit. 26.14 Lam. 2.17 Mal. 2.2 Bar. 1.20 if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD the God to observe to do all his commandements and his statutes which I command thee this day that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city and cursed shalt thou be in the field 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land the increase of thy kine and the floâ—ks of thy sheep 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing vexation and rebuke in all that thou settest thine hand unto †Heb. whith thou wousdest do for to do until thou be destroyed and untâ—â—l thou perish quickly because of the wickedness of thy doings whereby thou hast forsâ—kâ—n me 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it 22 * Levit 26.16 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption and with a feaver and with an inflammation and with an extreme burning and with the ‖ Or drought sword and with blasting and with mildew and they shall pursue thee until thou perish 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass and the earth that is under thee shall be iroâ— 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust from heaven shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies thou shalt go out one way against them and flee seven waâ—s before them and shalt be †Heb. for a removing removed into all the kingdoms of the earth 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the earth and no man shall fray them away 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt and with the emerods and with the scab and with the itch whereof thou canst not be healed 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness and blindness and astonishment of heart 29 And thou shalt grope at noon-days as the blind gropeth in darkness and thou shalt net prosper in thy ways and thou shalt be onely oppressed and spoiled evermore and no man shall save thee 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife and another man shall lie with her thou shalt build an house and thou shalt not dwell therein * Chap. 20.6 thou shalt plant a vineyard and shalt not †Heb. profane or use it as common meat gather the grapes thereof 31 Thine ox shall be slain â—â—â—ore thine eyes and thou shalt not eat thereof thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face and †Heb. shall not return to thee shall not be restored to thee thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies and thou shalt have none to rescue them 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people and thine eyes sâ—all look and fail with longing for them all the day long and there shall be no might in thine hand 33 The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up and thou shalt be onely oppressed and crushed alway 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees and in the legs with a sore botch that cannot be healed from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head 36 The LORD shall
†Heb. ciâ—led seated and he came with the heads of the people he executed the justice of the LORD and his judgements with Israel 22 ¶ And of Dan he said Dan is a lions whelp he shall leap from Bashan 23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said O Naphtali satisfied with favour full with the blessing of the LORD possess thou the west and the south 24 ¶ And of Asher he said Let Asher be blessed with children let him be acceptable to his brethren and let him dip his foot in oyl 25 ‖ Or under thy shoes shall be iron Thy shoes shall be iron and brass and as thy days so shall thy strength be 26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun who rideth upon the heaven in thy help and in his excellency on the skie 27 The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee and shall say Destroy them 28 * Jer. 23.6 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine also his heaven shall drop down dew 29 Happy art thou O Israel who is like unto thee O people saved by the LORD the shield of thy help and who is the sword of thy excellency and thine enemies ‖ Or shall be subdued shall be found liars unto thee and thou shalt tread upon their high places CHAP. XXXIV 1 Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the land 5 He lieth there 6 His burial 7 His age 8 Thirty days mourning for him 9 Joshua succeedeth him 10 The praise of Moses ANd Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo to the top of ‖ Or the hill Pisgah that is over against Jericho and the LORD shewed him * Ch. 3.17 2 Mac. 2.1 all the land of Gilead unto Dan 2 And all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and all the land of Judah unto the utmost sea 3 And the south and the plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD said unto him * Gen. 12.7 13.15 This is the land which I sware unto Abraham unto Isaac unto Jacob saying I will give it unto thy seed I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes but thou shalt not go over thither 5 ¶ So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab according to the word of the LORD 6 ¶ And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day 7 ¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died his eye was not dim nor his †Heb. moisture natural force †Heb. sâ—ed abated 8 †And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended 9 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom for Moses had laid his hands upon him and the children of Israel hearkned unto him and did as the LORD commanded Moses 10 ¶ And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses whom the LORD knew face to face 11 In all the signs and the wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land 12 And in all that mighty hand and in all the great terrour which Mosâ—s shewed in the sight of all Israel ¶ The book of JOSHUA CHAP. I. 1 The Lord appointeth Joshua to succeed Moses 3 The borders of the promised land 5.9 God promiseth to asist Joshua 8 He giveth him instructions 10 He prepareth the people to pass over Jordan 12 Joshua putteth the two tribes and half in mind of their promise to Moses 15 They promise him fealty NOw after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun Moses * Deut. 1.38 minister saying 2 Moses my servant is dead now therefore arise go over this Jordan thou and all this people unto the land which I do give to them even to the children of Israel 3 * Deut. 11.24 Ch. 14.9 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon that have I given unto you as I said unto Moses 4 From the wilderness and this Lehanon even unto the great river the river Euphrates all the land of the Hittites and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your coast 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life as I was with Moses so I will be with thee * Heb. 13.5 I will not sail thee nor forsake thee 6 * Deut. 31.23 Be strong and of a good courage for ‖ Or thou shalt cause thâ—â— people to inherit the land c. unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them 7 Onely be thou strong and very couragious that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee * Deu. 5.32 28.14 turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that thou mayest ‖ Or do wisely prosper withersoever thou goest 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt ‖ Or do wisely have good success 9 Have not I commanded thee Be strong and of a good courage be not afraid neither be thou dismayed for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest 10 ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people saying 11 Pass through the host and command the people saying prepare you victuals for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it 12 ¶ And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua saying 13 Remember * Numb 32.20 the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you saying The LORD your God hath given you rest and hath given you this land 14 Your wives your little ones and your cattel shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan but ye shall pass before your brethren †Heb. marshalled by five armed all the mighty men of valour and help them 15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest as he hath given you and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them then ye shall return unto the land of your possession and enjoy it
which Moses the LORDs servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising 16 ¶ And they answered Joshua saying All that thou commandest us we will do and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go 17 According as we hearkned unto Moses in all things so will we hearken unto thee onely the LORD thy God be with thee as he was with Moses 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him he shall be put to death onely be strong and of a good courage CHAP. II. 1 Rahab receiveth and concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim 8 The covenant between her and them 23 Their return and relation ANd Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spie secretly saying Go view the land even Jericho and they went and * Heb. 11.31 Jam. 2.25 came into an harlots house named Rahab and †Heb. lay lodged there 2 And it was told the king of Jericho saying Behold there came men in hitherto night of the children of Israel to search out the countrey 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab saying Bring forth the men that are come to thee which are entred into thine house for they be come to search out all the countrey 4 And the woman took the two men and hid them and said thus There came men unto me but I wist not whence they were 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate when it was dark that the men went out whither the men went I wot not pursue after them quickly for ye shall overtake them 6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house and hid them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order upon the roof 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the foords and assoon as they which pursued after them were gone out they shut the gate 8 ¶ And before they were said down she came up unto them upon the roof 9 And she said unto the men I know that the LORD hath given you the land and that your terrour is faln upon us and that all the inhabitants of the land †Heb. melt faint because of you 10 For we have heard how the LORD * â—x 14.21 Ch. 4.23 dried up the water of the Red sea for you when you came out of Egypt and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan * Numâ— 21.24 Sihon and Oâ— whom ye utterly destroyed 11 And assoon as we had heard these things our hearts did melt neither †Heb. râ—se up did there remain any more courage in any man because of you for the LORD your God he is God in heaven above and in earth beneath 12 Now therefore I pray you swear unto me by the LORD since I have shewed you kindness that ye will also shew kindness unto my fathers house and give me a true token 13 And that ye will save alive my father and my mother and my brethren and my sisters and all that they have and deliver our lives from death 14 And the men answered her Our life †Heb. in stead of you to die for yours if ye utter not this our business And it shall be when the LORD hath given us the land that we will deal kindly and truly with thee 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window for her house was upon the town-wall and she dwelt upon the wall 16 And she said unto them Get you to the mountain lest the pursuers meet you and hide your selves there three days until the pursuers be returned and alterward may ye go your way 17 And the men said unto her We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear 18 Behold when we come into the land thou shalt binde this line of scarlet threed in the window which thou didst let us down by and thou shalt †Heb. gathâ—r bring thy father and thy mother and thy brethren and all thy fathers houshold home unto thee 19 And it shall be that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street his bloud shall be upon his head and we will be guiltless and whoseover shall be with thee in the house his blood shall be on our head if any hand be upon him 20 And if thou utter this our business then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear 21 And she said According unto your words so be it And she sent them away and they departed and she bound the scarlet line in the window 22 And they went and came unto the mountain and abode there three days until the pursuers were returned And the pursuers sought them throughout all the way but found them not 23 ¶ So the two men returned and descended from the mountain and passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun and told him all things that befel them 24 And they said unto Joshua Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land for even all the inhabitants of the countrey do †Heb. melt faint because of us CHAP. III. 1 Joshua cometh to Jordan 2 The officers instruct the people for the passage 7 The Lord encourageth Joshua 9 Joshua encourageth the people 14 The waters of Jordan are divided ANd Joshua rose early in the morning and they removed from Shittim and came to Jordan he and all the children of Israel and lodged there before they passed over 2 And it came to pass after three days that the officers went through the host 3 And they commanded the people saying When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God and the priests the Levites bearing it then ye shall remove from your place and go after it 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it about two thousand cubits by measure come not near unto it that ye may know the way by which ye must go for ye have not passed this way †Heb. since yesterday and the third day heretofore 5 And Joshua said unto the people * Lev. 20.7 Num. 11.18 Chap. 7.13 1 Sam. 16.5 Sanctifie your selves for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests saying Take up the ark of the covenant and pass over before the people And they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people 7 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua This day will I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel that they may know that * Chap. 1.5 as I was with Moses so I will be with thee 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bare the ark of the covenant saying When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan ye shall stand still in
stand before the congregation for judgement and * Numb 35.25 until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days then shall the slayer return and come unto his own city and unto his own house unto the city from whence he fled 7 ¶ And they †Heb. sanctified appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali and Shechem in mount Ephraim and Kirjath-arba which is Hebron in the mountain of Judah 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho east-ward they assigned * Deu. 4.43 â— Chron. 6. â—8 Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourneth among them that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither and not die by the hand of the avenger of bloud until he stood before the congregation CHAP. XXI 1 Eight and fourty cities given by lot out of the other tribes unto the Levitâ—s 43 God gave the land and rest to the Israelites according to his tromise THen came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest and unto Joshua the son of Nun and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying * Nâ—mb â— â— The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in with the suburbs thereof for our cattel 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance at hte commandment of the LORD these cities their suburbs 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had by lot out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of Simeon and out of the tribe of Benjamin thirteen cities 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh ten cities 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out of the half-tribe or Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuâ—en and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun twelve cities 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses 9 ¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are here †〈…〉 mentioned by name 10 Which the children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites who were of the children of Levi had for theirs was the first lot 11 And they gave them ‖ Or Kirjâ—th-arba the city of Arba the father of Anak which city is Hebron in the hill countrey of Judah with the suburbs thereof round about â—t 12 But * Chap. 14.14 1 Chron. â— â—6 the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession 13 ¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Libnah with her suburbs 14 And Jattir with her suburbs and Eshtemoa with her suburbs 15 And Holon with her suburbs and Debir with her suburbs 16 And Ain with her suburbs and Juttah with her suburbs and Bethshemesh wâ—th her suburbs nine cities out of those two tribes 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin Gibeon with her suburbs Geâ—â— with her suâ—urbs 18 Anatâ—oth with her suburbs and Almon with her suburbs four â—â—ties 19 All the â—ities of the châ—ldren of Aaron the priests were thirteen â—â—tâ—es with their suburbs 20 ¶ And the families of the children of Kohath the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Gezer with her suburbs 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs and Beth-horon with her suburbs four cities 23 And out of the tribe of Dan Eltekeh with her suburbs Gibbethon with her suburbs 24 Ajalon with her suburbs Gath-rimmon with her suburbs four cities 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Tanach with her suburbs and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs two cities 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained 27 ¶ And unto the children of Gershon of the families of the Levites out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Beeshterah with her suburbs two cities 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar Kishon with her suburbs Dabareh with her suburbs 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs En-gannim with her suburbs four cities 30 And out of the tribe of Asher Mishal with her suburbs Abdon with her suburbs 31 Helkath with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs four citâ—es 32 And our of the tribe of Naphtali Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Hamoth dor wâ—th her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs three cities 33 All the cities of the-Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs 34 ¶ And unto the families of the children of Merari the rest of the Levites out of the tribe of Zebulun Jokneam with her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs 35 Dimnah with her suburbs Nahalal with her suburbs four cities 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer with her suburbs and Jahazah with her suburbs 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs and Mephaath with her suburbs four cities 38 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Mahanaim with her suburbs 39 Heshbon with her suburbs Jazer with her suburbs four cities in all 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families which were remaining of the families of the Levites were by their lot twelve cities 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were fourty and eight cities with their suburbs 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them thus were all these cities 43 ¶ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers and they possessed it and dwelt therein 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about
all the land of the Amorites the inhabitants of that countrey 22 And they possessed * Deut. 2.36 all the coasts of the Amorites from Arnon even unto Jabbok and from the wilderness even unto Jordan 23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel and shouldest thou possess it 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy God giveth thee to possess So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us them will we possess 25 * Numb 22.2 Deut. 23.4 Josh 24.9 And now art thou any thing better then Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab did he ever strive against Israel or did he ever fight against them 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns and in Aroer and her towns and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon three hundred years why therefore did ye not recover them within that time 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee but thou doest me wrong to war against me the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkned not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him 29 ¶ Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD and said If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands 31 Then it shalt be that †Heb. that which cometh forth which shall come forth whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon shall surely be the LORDS ‖ Or. I will offer it c. and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering 32 ¶ So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them and the LORD delivered them into his hands 33 And he smote them from Aroer even till thou come to Minnith even twenty cities and unto ‖ Or Abel the plain of the vineyards with a very great slaughter Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel 34 ¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house and behold his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances and she was his onely childe ‖ Or he had not of his own either son or daughter †Heb. of himself beside her he had neither son nor daughter 35 And it came to pass when he saw her that he rent his clothes and said Alas my daughter thou hast brought me very low and thou art one of them that trouble me for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD and I cannot go back 36 And she said unto him My father if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies even of the children of Ammon 37 And she said unto her father Let this thing be done for me Let me alone two moneths that I may †Heb. go and go down go up and down upon the mountains and bewail my virginity I and my fellows 38 And he said Go. And he sent her away for two moneths and she went with her companions and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains 39 And it came to pass at the end of two moneths that she returned unto her father who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed and she knew no man And it was a ‖ Or ordinance custom in Israel 40 That the daughters of Israel went †Heb. from year to year yearly ‖ Or to talk with to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year CHAP. XII 1 The Ephraimites quarrelling with Jephthah and discerned by Shibboleth art slain by the Gileadites 7 Jephthah dieth 8 Ibzan who had thirty sons and thirty daughters 11 and Elon 13 and Abdon who had fourty sons and thirty nephews judged Israel ANd the men of Ephraim †Heb. were called gathered themselves together and went north-ward and said unto Jephthah Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon and didst not call us to go with thee we will burn thine house upon thee with fire 2 And Jephthah said unto them I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon and when I called you ye delivered me not out of their hands 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not I put my life in my hands and passed over against the children of Ammon and the LORD delivered them into my hand wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day to fight against me 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim because they said Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites and it was so that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said Let me go over that the men of Gilead said unto him Art thou an Ephraimite If he said Nay 6 Then said they unto him Say now Shibboleth and he said Sibboleth for he could not frame to pronounce it right Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites fourty and two thousand 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years then died Jephthah the Gileadite and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead 8 ¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel 9 And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he sent abroad and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons And he judged Israel seven years 10 Then died Ibzan and was buried at Beth-lehem 11 ¶ And after him Elon a Zebulonite judged Israel and he judged Israel ten years 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died and was buried in Ajjalon in the countrey of Zebulun 13 ¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel a Pirathonite judged Israel 14 And he had fourty sons and thirty †Heb. sons sons nephews that rode on threescore and ten aâ—s-colts and he judged Israel eight years 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekites CHAP. XIII 1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines 2 An angel appeareth to Manoahs wife 8 The angel appeareth to Manoah 15 Manoahs sacrifice whereby the angel is discovered 24 Samson is born ANd the children of Israel †Heb. added to commit c. * Ch. 2.11 3.7 4.1 6.1 10.6 did evil again in the sight of the LORD
this evil is of the LORD what should I wait for the LORD any longer CHAP. VII 1 Elisha prophesieth incredible plenty in Samaria 2 Four lepers venturing on the host of the Syrians bring tidings of their flight 12 The king finding by spies the news to be true spoileth the tents of the Syrians 17 The lord who would not beleeve the prophesie of plenty having the charge of the gate is troden to death in the preaâ— THea Elisha said Hear ye the word of the LORD Thus saith the LORD To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria 2 Then †Heb. a â—oâ—d which belonged to the king â—â—â—niâ—â— upon his hand a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man oâ— God and saâ—d Behold if the LORD would make windows in heaven might this thing be And he said Behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof 3 ¶ And there were four leprous men at the entring in of the gate and they said one to another Why sit we here until we die 4 If we say We will enter into the city then the famine is in the city and we shall die there and if we sit still here we die also Now therefore come and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians if they save us alive we shall live and if they kill us we shall but die 5 And they roâ—e up in the twilight to go unto the camp of the Syrians and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria behold there was no man there 6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots and a â—â—ise of horses even the noise of a great host and they said one to another Lo the king of Israel hath hired against us thy kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to come upon us 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight and left their tents and their horses and their asses even the camp as it was and fled for their life 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp they went into one tent and did eat and drink and carried thence silver and gold and raiment and went and hid it and came again and entred into another tent and carried thence also and went and hid it 9 Then they said one to another We do not well this day is a day of good tidings and we hold our peace if we tarry till the morning light †Heb. we shalt finâ—â— punishment some mischief will come upon us now therefore come that we may go and tell the kings houshold 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city and they told them saying We came to the camp or the Syrians and behold there was no man there neither voice of man but horses tied and asses tied and the tents as they were 11 And he called the Porters and they told it to the kings house within 12 ¶ And the king arose in the night and said unto his servants I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us they know that we be hungry therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field saying When they come out of the city we shall catch them alive and get into the city 13 And one of his servants answered and said Let some take I pray thee five of the horses that remain which are left †Heb. in it in the city behold they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it behold I say they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed and let us send and see 14 They took therefore two chariot-horses and the king sent after the host of the Syrians saying Go and see 15 And they went after them unto â—ordan and lo all the way was full of garments and vessels which the Syrians had cast away in their haste and the messengers returned and told the king 16 And the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel according to the word of the LORD 17 ¶ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate and the people trod upon him in the gate and he died as the man of God had said who spake when the king came down to him 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king saying Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria 19 And that lord answered the man of God and said Now behold if the LORD should make windows in heaven might such a thing be And he said Behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof 20 And so it fell out unto him for the people trod upon him in the gate and he died CHAP. VIII 1 The Shâ—nammite having left her countrey seven years to avoid the forewarned famine for Elisha's miracles sake hath her land restored by the king 7 Hazael heina sent with a present by Ben-hadad to Elisha at Damascus after he had heard the prophesie killeth his master and succeedeth him 16 Jeborams wicked reign in Judah 20 Edom and Libnat revolt 22 Ahaziah succedeth Jehoram 25 Ahaziahs wicked reign 28 He visiteth Jehoram wounded at Jezreel THen spake Elisha unto the woman * Chap. 4.35 whose son he had restored to life saying Arise and go thou and thine houshold and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn for the LORD hath called for a famine and it shall also come upon the land seven years 2 And the woman arose and did after the saying of the man of God and she went with her houshold and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years 3 And it came to pass at the seven years end that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God saying Tell me I pray thee all the great things that Elisha hath done 5 And it came to pass as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life that behold the woman whose son he had restored to life cried to the king for her house and for her land And Gehazi said My lord O king this is the woman and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life 6 And when the king asked the woman she told him So the king appointed unto her a certain ‖ Or â—â—nuch officer saying Restore all that was hers and all the fruits of the
to the workmen and repaired therewith the house of the LORD 15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen for they dealt faithfully 16 The trespass-money and sin-money was not brought into the house of the LORD it was the priests 17 ¶ Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem 18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers kings of Judah had dedicate and his own hallowed things and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD and in the kings house and sent it to Hazael king of Syria and he †Heb. went up went away from Jerusalem 19 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 20 And his servants arose and made 2 conspiracy and slew Joash in ‖ Or Betl-millo the house of Millo which goeth down to Silla 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehuzahad the son of Shomer his servants smote him and he died and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XIII 1 Jehoahaz his wicked reign 3 Jehoahaz oppressed by Hazael is relieved by prayer 8 Joash succeedeth him 10 His wicked reign 12 Jeroboam succeedeth him 14 Elisha dying prophesieth to Joash three victories over the Syrians 20 The Moabites invading the land Elisha's bones raise up a dead man 22 Hazael dying Joash getteth three victories over Ben-hadad IN †Heb. the twentieth year and third year the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria and reigned seventeen years 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD and †Heb. walked after followed the sins of Jerohoam the son of Nebat which made Israel to sin he departed not therefrom 3 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael all their days 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD and the LORD hearkned unto him for he saw the oppression of Israel because the king of Syria oppressed them 5 And the LORD gave Israel a saviour so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents †Heb. aâ— yesterday and third day as before time 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam who made Israel sin but †Heb. be walked walked therein and there †Heb. stood remained the grove also in Samaria 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty hors-men and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen for the king of Syria had destroyed them and had made them like the dust by threshing 8 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did and his might are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers and they buried him in Samaria and Joash his son reigned in his stead 10 ¶ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria and reigned sixteen year 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel sin but he walked therein 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his might wherewith he sought against Amaziah king of Judah are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 13 And Joash slept with his fathers Jeroboam sat upon his throne and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel 14 ¶ Now Elisha was tain sick of his sickness whereof he died and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him and wept over his face and said O my father my father the chariot of Israel and the hors-men thereof 15 And Elisha said unto him Take bowe and arrows and he took unto him bowe and arrows 16 And he said to the king of Israel †Heb. Make thine land to ride Put thine hand upon the bowe and he put his hand upon it and Elisha put his hands upon the kings hands 17 And he said Open the window east-ward and he opened it Then Elisha said Shoot and he shot And he said The arrow of the LORDs deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek till thou have consumed them 18 And he said Take the arrows and he took them And he said unto the king of Israel Smite upon the ground and he smote thrice and stayed 19 And the man of God was wroth with him and said Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice 20 ¶ And Elisha died and they buried him and the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year 21 And it came to pass as they were burying a man that behold they spied a band of men and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha and when the man †Heb. went down was let down and touched the bones of Elisha * Ecclus 48.14 he revived and stood up on his feet 22 ¶ But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them and had compassion on them and had respect unto them because of his covenant with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and would not destroy them neither cast he them from his †Heb. fâ—â—t presence as yet 24 So Hazael king of Syria died and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz †Heb. râ—turned and took took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war three times did Joash beat him and recovered the cities of Israel CHAP. XIV 1 Amaziah his good reign 5 His justice on the murderers of his father 7 His victory over Edom. 8 Amaziah provoking Jehoash is overcome and spoiled 16 Jerohoam succeedeth Jehoash 17 Amaziah slain by a conspiracy 21 Azariah succeedeth him 23 Jerohoams wicked reign 28 Zachariah succeedeth him IN the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned * 2 Chr. 25.1 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah 2 He was twenty and five years old when
said unto them Speak ye now to Hezekiah Thus saith the great king the king of Assyria What confidence is this wherein thou trustest 20 Thou ‖ Or talkest sayest but they are but †Heb. word of the lips vain words ‖ Or but counsel and strength are for the war I have counsel and strength for the war now on whom doest thou trust that thou rebellest against me 21 Now behold thou †Heb. trustest this trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed even upon Egypt on which if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him 22 But if ye say unto me We trust in the LORD our God is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem 23 Now therefore I pray thee gâ—ve ‖ Or bostageâ— pledges to my lord the king of Assyria and I will deliver thee two thousand horses if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my masters servants and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for hors-men 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it The LORD said to me Go up against this land and destroy it 26 Then said Eliakin the son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah unto Rab-shakeh Speak I pray thee to thy servants in the Syrian language for we understand it and talk not with us in the Jews language in the ears of the people that are on the wall 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall that they may eat their own dung and drink †Heb. the water of their feet their own piss with you 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language and spake saying Hear the word of the great king the king of Assyria 29 Thus saith the king Let not Hezekiah deceive you for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD saying The LORD will surely deliver us and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah for thus saith the king of Assyria ‖ Or Seek my favour †Heb. Make with me a blessing Make an agreement with me by a present and come out to me and then eat ye every man of his own vine and every one of his fig-tree and drink ye every one the waters of his ‖ Or pit cistern 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land a land of corn and wine a land of bread vineyards a land of oyl-olive and of honey that ye may live and not die and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he ‖ Or deceiveth perswadeth you saying The LORD will deliver us 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad where are the gods of Sepharvaim Hena and Ivah have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countreys that have delivered their countrey out of mine hand that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand 36 But the people held their peace and answered him not a word for the kings commandment was saying Answer him not 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah which was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rab-shakeh CHAP. XIX 1 Hezekiâ—h mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them 6 Isaiah comforteth them 8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah 14 Hezekiah his prayer 20 Isaiah his prophesie of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib and the good of Zion 35 An angel slayeth the Assyrians 36 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons ANd * Isai 37.1 it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard it that he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD 2 And he sent Eliakim which was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to * Luke 3.4 called Esaias Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz 3 And they said unto him Thus saith Hezekiah This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and ‖ Or provocation blasphemy for the children are come to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are †Heb. found left 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah 6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them Thus shall ye say to your master Thus saith the LORD Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me 7 Behold I will send a blast upon him and he shall hear a rumour and shall return to his own land and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land 8 ¶ So Rab-shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah for he had heard that he was departed from Zachish 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia Behold he is come out to fight against thee he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah saying 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee saying Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Behold thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly and shalt thou be delivered 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim of Henah and Ivah 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD said O LORD God of Israel which dwellest between the cherubims thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the
king in raiment of needle-work the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee 15 With gladness and rejoycing shall they be brought they shall enter into the kings palace 16 In stead of thy fathers shall be thy children whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth 17 I will make thy name to be remembred in all generations therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever PSAL. XLVI 1 The confidence which the church hath in God 8 An exhortation to behold it ¶ To the chief musician ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah A song upon Alamoth GOd is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble 2 Therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into †Heb. the heart of the sâ—as the midst of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof Selah 4 There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High 5 God is in the midst of â—er she shall not be mâ—ved God shall heâ—p her †Heb. when the morning appeareth and that early 6 The heathen raged the kingdoms were moved he uttered his voice the earth melted 7 The LORD of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is †Heb. an high place for us our refuge Selah 8 Come behold the works of the LORD what desolations he hath made in the earth 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth he breaketh the howe and cutteth the spear in sunder he burneth the chariot in the fire 10 Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen I will be exalted in the earth 11 The LORD of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge Selah PSAL. XLVII 1 The nations are exhorted chearfully to entertain the kingdom of Christ ¶ To the chief musician A psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah O Clap your hands all ye people shout unto God with the voice of triumph 2 For the LORD most High is terrible he is a great King over all the earth 3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us the excellency of Jacob whom he loved Selah 5 God is gone up with a shout the LORD with the sound of a trumpet 6 Sing praises to God sing praises sing praises unto our King sing praises 7 For God is the King of all the earth sing ye praises ‖ Or every one that hath understanding with understanding 8 God reigneth over the heathen God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness 9 ‖ Or the voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham The princes of the people are gathered together even the people of the God of Abraham for the shields of the earth belong unto God he is greatly exalted PSAL. XLVIII The ornaments and priviledges of the church ¶ A long and psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah GReat is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God in the mountain of his holiness 2 Beautiful for situation the joy of the whole earth is mount Zion on the sides of the north the city of the great king 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge 4 For lo the kings were assembled they passed by together 5 They saw it and so they marvelled they were troubled and hasted away 6 Fear took hold upon them there and pain as of a woman in travail 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind 8 As we have heard so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts in the city of our God God will establish it for ever Selah 9 We have thought of thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy temple 10 According to thy name O God so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth thy right hand is full of righteousness 11 Let mount Zion rejoyce let the daughters of Judah be glad because of thy judgements 12 Walk about Zion and go round about her tell the towers thereof 13 †Heb. set your heart to her bulwarks Mark ye well her bulwarks ‖ Or raise up consider her palaces that ye may tell it to the generation following 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide even unto death PSAL. XLIX 1 An earnest perswasion to build the faith of resurrection not on worldly power but on God 16 Worldly prosperity is not to be admired ¶ To the chief musician A psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah HEar this all ye people give ear all ye inhabitants of the world 2 Both low and high rich and poor together 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding 4 * Ps â—8 2 Mat. 13.35 I will incline mine ear to a parable I will open my dark saying upon the harp 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about 6 They that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ransom for him 8 For the redemption of their soul is precious and it ceaseth for ever 9 That he should still live for ever end not see corruption 10 For he seeth that wise men die likewise the fool and the brutish person perish and leave their wealth to others 11 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue for ever and their dwelling places †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations they call their lands after their own names 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not he is like the beasts that perish 13 This their way is their folly yet their posterity †Heb. delight in their mouth approve their sayings Selah 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave death shall seed on them and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning and their ‖ Or strength beauty shall consume ‖ Or the grave being an habitation to every one of them in the grave from their dwelling 15 But God will redeem my soul †Heb. from the hand of the grave from the power of ‖ Or hell the grave for he shall receive me Selah 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich when the glory of his house is increased 17 * Job 27.19 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away his glory shall not descend after him 18 Though †Heb. in his life whiles he lived he blessed his soul and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thy self 19
make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not for a * Deu. 32.22 fire is kindled in mine anger which shall burn upon you 15 ¶ O LORD thou knowest remember me and visit me and revenge me of my persecutours take me not away in thy long-suffering know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke 16 Thy words were found and I did * Ezek. 3.3 Rev. 10.9 eat them and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoycing of mine heart for †Heb. thy name is called upon me I am called by thy name O LORD God of hosts 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers nor rejoyced I sat alone because of thy hand for thou hast filled me with indignation 18 Why is my * Ch. 30.15 pain perpetual and my wound incurable which refuseth to be healed wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar and as waters that †Heb. be not sure fail 19 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD If thou return then will I bring thee again and thou shalt stand before me and if thou take forth the precious from the vile thou shalt be as my mouth let them return unto thee but return not thou unto them 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen * Ch. 1.18 and â— 27 wall and they shall fight against thee but * Ch. 2â— 11.12 they shall not prevail against thee for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee saith the LORD 21 And I will deliver the out of the hand of the wicked and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible CHAP. XVI 1 The prophet under the types of abstaining from marriages from houses of mourning and feasting fâ—resheweth the utter ruine of the Jews 10 because they were worse then their fathers 14 Their return from captivity shall be stranger then their deliverance out of Egypt 16 God will doubly recompense their idolatry THe word of the LORD came also unto me saying 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place 3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place and concerning their mothers that bare them and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land 4 They shall die of * Ch. 15.2 grievous deaths they shall not * Ch. 25.33 be lamented neither shall they be buried but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth and they shall be consumed by the sword and by famine and their * Ps â—9 2 Ch. â— 33 24 2â— carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the earth 5 For thus saith the LORD Enter not into the house of ‖ Or. mourning-just mourning neither go to lament nor bemoan them for I have taken away my peace from this people saith the LORD even loving kindness and mercies 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land they shall not be buried neither shall men lament for them nor * Le. 10.28 Deu. 14.1 cut themselves nor make themselves bald for them 7 Neither shall men ‖ Or break bread for them as Ezek. 24.17 tear themselves for them in mourning to comfort them for the dead neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother 8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drink 9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Behold * Isa 24.7.8 Ch. 7.34 25.10 Ezek. 25.12 I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes and in your days the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride 10 ¶ And it shall come to pass when thou shalt shew this people all these words and they shall say unto thee * Ch. 5.19 and 13.22 Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us or what is our iniquity or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God 11 Then shalt thou say unto them Because your fathers have forsaken me saith the LORD and have walked after other gods and have served them and have worshipped them and have forsaken me and have not kept my law 12 And ye have done * Ch. 7.26 worse then your fathers for behold ye walk every one after the ‖ Or stubbornness imagination of his evil heart that they may not hearken unto me 13 * Deu. 4.27 and 28.64 6â— Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not neither ye nor your fathers and there shall ye serve other gods day and night where I will not shew you favour 14 ¶ Therefore behold the * Ch. 23.7 8. days come saith the LORD that it shall no more be said the LORD liveth that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt 15 But the LORD liveth that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands whither he had driven them and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers 16 ¶ Behold I will send for many fishers saith the LORD and they shall fish them and after will I send for many hunters and they shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks 17 For mine * Job 34.21 Pro. 5.21 Ch. 32.19 eyes are upon all their ways they are not hid from my face neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes 18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double because they have defiled my land they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things 19 O LORD my strength and my fortress and my refuge in the day of affliction the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth and shall say Surely our fathers have inherited lies vanity and things wherein there is no profit 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself and * Ch. 2.11 they are no gods 21 Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know I will cause them to know mine hand and my might and they shall know that my name is the LORD CHAP. XVII 1 The captivity of Judah for her sin 5 Trust in man is cursed 7 in God is blessed 9 The deceitful heart cannot deceive God 12 The salvation of God 15 The prophet complaineth of the mockers of his prophesie 19 He is sent to reâ—â—â—â— the covenant in hallowing the sabbath THe sin of Judah is written with a * Job 19.24 pen of iron and with the †Heb. nail point of a diamond it is graven upon the table of their heart and upon the horns
upon all the inhabitants of the earth saith the LORD of hosts 30 Therefore prophesie thou against them all these words and say unto them The LORD shall * Joel 3.16 Alli 1.2 roar from on high and utter his voice from his holy habitation he shall mightily roar upon his habitation he shall give a shout as they that tread the grapes against all the inhabitants of the earth 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth for the LORD hath a controversie with the nations he will plead with all flesh he will give them that are wicked to the sword saith the LORD 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth they shall not be * Ch. 16.4 lamented neither gathered nor buried they shall be dung upon the ground 34 ¶ * Ch. 4.8 6.25 Howl ye shepherds and cry and wallow your selves in the ashes ye principal of the flock for †Heb. your days for slaughter the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished and ye shall fall like †Heb. a vessil of desire a pleasant vessel 35 And †Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds and â—scapint from c. the shepherds shall have no way to flee nor the principal of the flock to escape 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds and an howling of the principal of the flock shall be heard for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD 38 He hath forsaken his covert as the lion for their land is †Heb. 〈◊〉 desolation desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressour and because of his fierce anger CHAP. XXVI 1 Jeremiah by promises and threatnings exhorteth to repentants 8 He is therefore apprehended 10 and arraigned 11 His apology 16 He is quit in judgement by the example of Miâ—ah 20 and of Vrijah 24 and by the care of Ahikans IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD saying 2 Thus saith the LORD Stand in the court of the LORDS house and speak unto all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the LORDS house all the words that I command thee to speak unto them * Act. â—0 27 diminish not a word 3 If so be they will hearken and turn every man from his evil way that I may * Ch. 18.8 repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings 4 And thou shalt say unto them Thus saith the LORD If ye will not hearken to me to walk in my law which I have set before you 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets whom I sent unto you both rising up early and sending them but ye have not hearkned 6 Then will I make this house like * 1 Sa. 4.12 Ps 78.60 Ch. 7.12 14 Shiloh and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD 8 ¶ Now it came to pass when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him saying Thou shalt surely die 9 Why halt thou prophesied in the name of the LORD saying This house shall be like Shiloh and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant and all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD 10 ¶ When the princes of Judah heard these things then they came up from the kings house unto the house of the LORD and sat down ‖ Or at the door in the entry of the new gate of the LORDS house 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people saying †Heb. The judgement of death is for this man This man is worthy to die for he hath prophesied against this city as ye have heard with your ears 12 ¶ Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people saying The LORD sent me to prophesie against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard 13 Therefore now * Ch. 7.3 amend your ways and your doings and obey the voice of the LORD your God and the LORD will * Ver. 19. repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you 14 As for me behold I am in your hand do with me †Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes as seemeth good and meet unto you 15 But know ye for certain that if ye put me to death ye shall surely bring innocent bloud upon your selves and upon this city and upon the inhabitants thereof for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears 16 ¶ Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets This man is not worthy to die for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land and spake to all the assembly of the people saying 18 * Mic. 1.1 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and spake to all the people of Judah saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Mic. 3.12 Zion shall be plowed like a field and Jerusalem shall become heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death did he not fear the LORD and besought †Heb. the face of the LORD the LORD and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them Thus might we procure great evil against our souls 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah 21 And when Jehoiakim the king with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words the king sought to put him to death but when Urijah heard it he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt namely Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him into Egypt 23 And they fet forth Urijah out of Egypt and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the â€
they went to burn incense and to serve other gods whom they knew not neither they you nor your fathers 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets rising eâ—â—ly and sending them saying Oh do not this abominable thing that I hate 5 But they hearkned not nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness to burn no incense unto other gods 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem and they are wasted and desolate as at this day 7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD the God of hosts the God of Israel Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls to cut off from you man and woman childe and suckling †Heb. out of the midst of Juâ—â—â— out of Judah to leave you none to remain 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt whither ye be gone to dwell that ye might cut your selves off and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth 9 Have ye forgotten the †Heb. wickednesses or â—â—nishments c. wickedness of your fathers and the wickedneâ—s of the kings of Judah and the wickedness of their wives and your own wickedness and the wickedness of your wives which they have committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem 10 They are not †Heb. contrite humbled even unto this day neither have they feared nor walked in my law nor in my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers 11 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Behold * Auâ—â—s 9.4 I will set my face against you for evil and to cut off all Judah 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there and they shall all be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine they shall die from the least even unto the greatest by the sword and by the famine and they shall be an execration and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach 13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt as I havâ— punished Jerusalem by the sword by the famine and by the pentilence 14 So that none of the remnant of Judah which are gone into the land or Egypt to so journ there shall escape or remain that they should return into the land of Judah to the which they †Heb. â—ift up their soul have a desire to return to dwell there for none shall return but such as shall escape 15 ¶ Then all the men which knew that their wives had burnt incense unto other gods and all the women that stood by a great multitude even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Pathies answered Jeremiah saying 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD we will not hearken unto thee 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth to burn incense unto the ‖ Or. frame of heaâ—en * Chap. 7.18 queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offerings unto her as we have done we and our fathers our kings and our princes in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem for then had we plenty of †Heb. bread victuals and were well and saw no evil 18 But since we lest off to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offerings unto her we have wanted all things and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine 19 * Chap. â— 18 And when we burnt incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink-offerings unto her did we make her cakes to worship her and pour out drink-offerings unto her without our ‖ Or husbandâ— men 20 ¶ Then Jeremiah said unto all the people to the men and to the women and to all the people which had given him that answer saying 21 The incense that ye burnt in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ye and your fathers your kings and your princes and the people of the land did not the LORD remember them and came it not into his minde 22 So that the LORD could no longer bear because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which ye have committed therefore is your land a desolation and an astonishment and a curse without an inhabitant as at this day 23 Because you have burnt incense and because ye have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD not walked in his law nor in his statutes nor in his testimomes therefore this evil is hapned unto you as at this day 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people and to all the women Hear the word of the LORD all Judah that are in the land of Egypt 25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel saying Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouthes and fulfilled with your hand saying We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offering unto her ye will surely accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt Behold I have sworn by my great name saith the LORD that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt saying The Lord GOD liveth 27 Behold I will watch over them for evil and not for good and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine until there be an end of them 28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah and all the remnant of Judah that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there shall know whore words shall stand †Heb. from 〈◊〉 or from them mine or theirs 29 ¶ And this shall be a signe unto you saith the LORD that I will punâ—â—â— you in this place that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil 30 Thus saith the LORD Behold I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of them that seek his life as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon his enemy and that sought his life CHAP. XLV 1 Baruch being dismâ—â—ed 4 Jeremiah instructeth and comforteth him THe word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah when he had written these words in a book at
from his sin and do †Heb. judgement and justice that which is lawful and right 15 If the wicked restore the pledge give again that he had robbed walk in the statutes of life without committing iniquity he shall surely live he shall not die 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him he hath done that which is lawful and right he shall surely live 17 ¶ Yet the children of thy people say The way of the Lord is not equal but as for them their way is not equal 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness and committeth iniquity he shall even die thereby 19 But it the wicked turn from his wickedness and do that which is lawful and right he shall live thereby 20 Yet ye say * Ch. 18.25 The way of the Lord is not equal O ye house of Israel I will judge you every one after his ways 21 ¶ And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity in the tenth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me saying * 2 Kin. 25. The city is smitten 22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening afore he that was escaped came and had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning and my mouth was opened and I was no more * Ch. 24.27 dumb 23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me saying 24 Son of man they that inhabit these wastes of the land of Israel speak saying Abraham was one and he inherited the land but we are many the land is given us for inheritance 25 Wherefore say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD. Ye eat with the bloud and lift up your eyes toward your idols and shed bloud and shall ye possess the land 26 Ye stand upon your sword ye work abomination and ye defile every one his neighbours wife and shall ye possess the land 27 Say thou thus unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD As I live surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts †Heb. 〈◊〉 him to be devoured and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence 28 For I will lay the land †Heb. desolation and desolation most desolate and the * Ch. 7.24 and 24.21 〈◊〉 30.6 7. pomp of her strength shall cease and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate that none shall pass through 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed 30 ¶ Also thou son of man the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses and speak one to another every one to his brother saying Come I pray you and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD 31 And they come unto thee †Heb. 〈◊〉 to the â—â—mine of the people as the people cometh and ‖ Or 〈◊〉 people 〈◊〉 beâ—â—â—e 〈◊〉 they sit before thee as my people and they hear thy words but they will not do them for with their mouth †Heb. 〈◊〉 make lâ—â—es or 〈◊〉 they shew much love but their heart goeth after their covetousness 32 And so thou art unto them as †Heb. 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument for they hear thy words but they do them not 33 And when this cometh to pass lo it will come then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them CHAP. XXXIV 1 A reproof of the shepherds 7 Gods judgement against them 11 His providence for his flock 20 The kingdom of Christ ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man prophesie against the * Jer. 23. â—â— shepherds of Israel prophesie and say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds Wo be to the shepherds of Israel that do seed themselves should not the shepherds seed the flocks 3 Ye eat the fat and ye clothe you with the wooll ye kill them that are fed but ye seed not the flock 4 The diseased have ye not strengthned neither have ye healed that which was sick neither have ye bound up that which was broken neither have ye brought again that which was driven away neither have ye sought that which was lost but with * 1 Pet. 5.3 force and with cruelty have ye ruled them 5 And they were scattered ‖ Or without a shepherd and so verse 8. because there is no shepherd and they became meat to all the beasts of the field when they were scattered 6 My sheep wandred through all the mountains and upon every high hill yea my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth and none did search or seek after them 7 ¶ Therefore ye shepherds hear the word of the LORD 8 As I live saith the Lord GOD surely because my flock became a prey and my flock became meat to every beast of the field because there was no shepherd neither did my shepherds search for my flock but the shepherds fed themselves and fed not my flock 9 Therefore O ye shepherds hear the word of the LORD 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I am against the shepherds and I will require my flock at their hand and cause them to cease from seeding the flock neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more for I will deliver my flock from their mouth that they may not be meat for them 11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I even I will both search my sheep and seek them out 12 †Heb. according to the speaking As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered so will I seek out my sheep and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dard day 13 And I will bring them out from the people and gather them from the countreys and will bring them to their own land and seed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers and in all the inhabited places of the countrey 14 I will feed them in a good pasture and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be there shall they lie in a good fold and is a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel 15 I will feed my flock and I will cause them to lie down saith the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away and will binde up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick but I will destroy the fat and the strong I will seed them with judgement 17 And as for you O
Or smell your holy-days smell in your solemn assemblies 22 Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings I will not accept them neither will I regard the ‖ Or thank-offerings peace-offerings of your fat beasts 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs for I will not hear the melody of thy viols 24 But let judgement †Heb. roll run down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream 25 * Acts 7.42 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness fourty years O house of Israel 26 But ye have born ‖ Or Siccuth your king the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images the star of your god which ye made to your selves 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus saith the LORD whose name is the God of hosts CHAP. VI. 1 The wantonness of Israel 7 shall be plagued with desolation 12 and their incorrigibleness * Luk. 6.24 WO to them that ‖ Or are secure are at ease in Zion and trust in the mountain of Samaria which are named * Ex. 19.5 ‖ Or first-fruits chief of the nations to whom the house of Israel came 2 Pass ye unto Calneh and see and from thence go ye to Hemath the great then go down to Gath of the Philistines be they better then these kingdoms or their horder greater then your border 3 Ye that * Ezek. 12.27 put far away the * Ch. 5.18 evil day and cause the ‖ Or habitation seat of violence to come near 4 That lie upon beds of ivory and ‖ Or abound with superfluities stretch themselves upon their couches and eat the lambs out of the flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall 5 That ‖ Or quaver chant to the sound of the viol and invent to themselves instruments of musick like David 6 That drink ‖ Or in bowls of wine wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the chief ointments but they are not grieved for the †Heb. breach affliction of Joseph 7 ¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed 8 * Jer. 51.14 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself saith the LORD the God of hosts I abhor the excellency of Jacob and hate his palaces therefore will I deliver up the city with †Heb. the fulness thereof all that is therein 9 And it shall come to pass if there remain ten men in one house that they shall die 10 And a mans uncle shall take him up and he that burneth him to bring out the bones out of the house and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house Is there yet any with thee and he shall say No then shall he say * Ch. 5.13 Hold thy tongue for ‖ Or they will not or Save not we may not make mention of the name of the LORD 11 For behold the LORD commandeth and he will smite the great house with ‖ Or droppings breaches and the little house with clefts 12 ¶ Shall horses run upon the rock will one plow there with oxen for ye have turned judgement into gall and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock 13 Ye which rejoyce in a thing of nought which say Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength 14 But behold I will raise up against you a nation O house of Israel saith the LORD the God of hosts and they shall afflict you from the entring in of Hemath unto the ‖ Or valley river of the wilderness CHAP. VII 1 The judgements of the grashoppers 4 and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos. 7 By the wall of a plumb-line is signified the rejection of Israel 10 Amaziah complaineth of Amos. 14 Amos sheweth his calling 16 and Amaziahs judgement THus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me and behold he formed ‖ Or green worms grashoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth and lo it was the latter growth after the kings mowings 2 And it came to pass that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land then I said O Lord GOD forgive I beseech thee ‖ Or who of or for Jacob shall stand by whom shall Jacob arise for he is small 3 The LORD repented for this It shall not be saith the LORD 4 ¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me and behold the Lord GOD called to contend by fire and it devoured the great deep and did eat up a part 5 Then said I O Lord GOD cease I beseech thee by whom shall Jacob arise for he is small 6 The LORD repented for this This also shall not be saith the Lord GOD. 7 ¶ Thus he shewed me and behold the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line with a plumb-line in his hand 8 And the LORD said unto me Amos what seest thou and I said A plumb-line Then said the Lord Behold I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel I will not again pass by them any more 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword 10 ¶ Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel saying Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel the land is not able to bear all his words 11 For thus Amos saith Jeroboam shall die by the sword and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos O thou seer go flee thee away into the land of Judah and there eat bread and prophesie there 13 But prophesie not again any more at Beth-el for it is the kings ‖ Or sanctuary chappel and it is the †Heb. house of for kingdom kings court 14 ¶ Then answered Amos and said to Amaziah I was no prophet neither was I a prophets son but I was an herdman and a gatherer of ‖ Or wilde figs. sycomore-fruit 15 And the LORD took me †Heb. from bebinde as I followed the flock and the LORD said unto me Go prophesie unto my people Israel 16 ¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD thou sayest Prophesie not against Israel and * Ezek. 21.2 drop not thy word against the house of Isaac 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword and thy land shall be divided by line and thou shalt die in a polluted land and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land CHAP. VIII 1 By a basket of summer-fruit is shewed the propinquity of Israels end 4 Oppression is reproved 11
marish likewise and wood neither is there place for us to turn aside 46 Wherefore cry ye now unto heaven that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies 47 With that they joyned battel and Jonathan stretched forth his hand to smite Bacchides but he turned back from him 48 Then Jonathan and they that were with him leapt into Jordan and swam over unto the farther bank howbeit the other passed not over Jordan unto them 49 So there were slain of Bacchides side that day about †two thousand men Joseph Antiq l 13. c. 1. a thousand men 50 Afterward returned Bacchides to Jerusalem and ‖ Or built repaired the strong cities in Judea the fort in Jericho and Emmaus and Bethoron and Bethel and Thamnatha Pharathoni and ‖ Joseph Tâ—â—â—a Taphon these did he strengthen with high walls with gates and with bars 51 And in them he set a garison that they might work malice upon Israel 52 He fortified also †Gr. the city in Bethsura the city Bethsura and Gazara and the towre and put forces in them and provision of victuals 53 Besides he took the chief mens sons in the countrey for hostages and put them into the towre at Jerusalem to be kept 54 Moreover in the hundred fifty third year in the second moneth Alcimus commanded that the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary should be pulled down he pulled down also the works of the prophets 55 And as he began to pull down even at that time was Alcimus plagued and his enterprises hindred for his mouth was stopped and he was taken with a palsie so that he could no more speak any thing nor give order concerning his house 56 So Alcimus died at that time with great torment 57 Now when Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead he returned to the king whereupon the land of Judea was in rest two years 58 Then all the ungodly men held a counsel saying Behold Jonathan and his company are at ease dwell without care now therefore we will bring Bacchides hither who shall take them all in one night 59 So they went and consulted with him 60 Then removed he and came with a great host and sent letters privily to his adherents in Judea that they should take Jonathan and those that were with him howbeit they could not because their counsel was known unto them 61 Wherefore they took of the men of the countrey that were authours of that mischief about fifty persons and slew them 62 Afterward Jonathan and Simon and they that were with him got them away to Bethbasi which is in the wilderness and they repaired the decays thereof and made it strong 63 Which thing when Bacchides knew he gathered together all his host and sent word ‖ Or to such of the countrey as here his friends to take his part to them that were of Judea 64 Then went he and said siege against Bethbasi and they fought against it a long season and made engines of war 65 But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city and went forth himself into the countrey and with a certain number went he forth 66 And he smote ‖ Or Odomarra Odonarkes and his brethren and the children of Phasiron in their tent 67 And when he began to smite them and came up with his forces Simon and his company went out of the city and burnt up the engines of war 68 And fought against Bacchides who was discomfited by them and they afflicted him sore For his counsel and travel was in vain 69 Wherefore he was very wroth at the wicked men that gave him counsel to come into the countrey insomuch as he slew many of them and purposed to return into his own countrey 70 Whereof when Jonathan had knowledge he sent ambassadours unto him to the end he should make Peace with him and deliver them the prisoners 71 Which thing he accepted and did according to his demands and sware unto him that he would never do him harm all the days of his life 72 When therefore he had restored unto him the prisoners that he had taken aforetime out of the land of Judea he returned and went his way into his own land neither †Gr. added 〈◊〉 to come any more came he any more into their borders 73 Thus the sword ceased from Israel but Jonathan dwelt at Machmas and began to †Gr. judge govern the people and he destroyed the ungodly men out of Israel CHAP. X. 1 Donetrius maketh large offers to have peace with Jonathan 25 His letters to the Jews 4. Jonathan maketh peace with Alexander 50 Who killeth Demetrius 58 and marrieth the daughter of Ptolemeus 62 Jonathan is sent for by him and much bonoured 75 and prevaileth against the forces of Demetrius the younger 84 and burneth the temple of Dagon IN the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander ‖ Joseph the son of Antiothus Epiphanes the son of Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes went up and took Ptolemais for the people had received him by means whereof he reigned there 2 Now when king Demetrius heard thereof he gathered together an exceeding great host and went forth against him to fight 3 Moreover Demetrius sent letters unto Jonathan with loving words so as he magnified him 4 For said he Let us first make peace with him before he joyn with Alexander against us 5 Else he will remember all the evils that we have done against him and against his brethren and his people 6 Wherefore he gave him authority to gather together an host and to provide weapons that he might aid him in battel he commanded also that the hostages that were in the towre should be delivered him 7 Then came Jonathan to Jerusalem and read the letters in the audience of all the people and of them that were in the towre 8 Who were sore afraid when they heard that the king had given them authority to gather together an host 9 Whereupon they of the towre delivered their hostages unto Jonathan and he delivered them unto their parents 10 This done Jonathan settled himself in Jerusalem and began to build and repair the city 11 And he commanded the workmen to build the walls and the mount Sion round about with square stones for fortification and they did so 12 Then the strangers that were in the fortresses which Bacchides had built fled away 13 Insomuch as every man left his place and went into his own countrey 14 Onely at Bethsura certain of those that had forsaken the law and the commandments remained still for it was their place of refuge 15 Now when king Alexander had heard what promises Demetrius had sent unto Jonathan when also it was told him of the hattels noble acts w e he and nis brethren had done of the pains that they had endured 16 He said Shall we finde such another man now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate 17 Upon this he wrote
Now when Nicanors host saw that he was slain they cast away their weapons and fled 45 Then ‖ Or the Jews they pursued after them a days journey from Adasa unto Gazera sounding an alarm after them with their trumpets 46 Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea round about c closed them in so that they turning back upon them that pursued them were all slain with the sword and not one of them was left 47 Afterwards they took the spoils and the prey and smote off Nicanors head and his right hand which he stretched out so proudly and brought them away and hanged them up towards Jerusalem 48 For this cause the people rejoyced greatly and they kept that day a day of great gladness 49 Moreover they ordained to keep yearly this day being the thirteenth of Adar 50 Thus the land of Juda was in rest a little while CHAP. VIII 1 Judas is informed of the power and policy of the Romans 20 and maketh a league with them 24 The articles of that league NOw Judas had heard of the fame of the Romanes that they were mighty and valiant men and such as would lovingly accept all that joyned themselves unto them and make a league of amity with all that came unto them 2 And that they were men of great valour it was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done amongst the ‖ Or Frento men Galathians and how they had conquered them and brought them under tribute 3 And what they had done in the countrey of Spain for the winning of the mines of the silver and gold which is there 4 And that by their policy and patience they had conquered ‖ Or every place all that place though it were very far from them and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth till they had discomfited them and given them a great overthrow so that the rest did give them tribute every year 5 Besides this how they had discomfited in battel Philip and Perseus king of the ‖ Or Macedonians Citiâ—s with others that lift up themselves against them and had overcome them 6 How also Antiochus the great king of Asia that came against them in battel having an hundred and twenty elephants with hors-men and chariots and a very great army was discomfited by them 7 And how they took him alive and covenanted that he and such as reigned after him should pay a great tribute and give hostages and that which was agreed upon 8 And the countrey of India and Media and Lydia and of the goodliest countreys which they took of him and gave to king Eumenes 9 Moreover how the Grecians had determined to come and destroy them 10 And that they having knowledge thereof sent against them a certain captain and fighting with them slew many of them and carried away captives their wives and their children and spoiled them and took possession of their lands and pulled down their strong holds and brought them to be their servants unto this day 11 It was told him besides how they destroyed brought under their dominion all other kingdoms and isles that at any time resisted them 12 But with their friends and such as relied upon them they kept amity and that they had conquered kingdoms both far and nigh insomuch as all that heard of their name were afraid of them 13 Also that whom they would help to a kingdom those reign and whom again they would they displace finally that they were greatly exalted 14 Yet for all this none of them wore a crown or was clothed in purple to be magnified thereby 15 Moreover how they had made for themselves a senate-house wherein three hundred and twenty men sat in counsel daily consulting alway for the people to the end they might be well ordered 16 And that they committed their government to one man every year who ruled over all their countrey and that all were obedient to that one and that there was neither envy nor emulation amongst them 17 In consideration of these things Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John the son of Accos and Jason the son of Eleazar and sent them to Rome to make a league of amity and confederacy with them 18 And to entreat them that they would take the yoke from them for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude 19 They went therefore to Rome which was a very great journey and came into the senate where they spake and said 20 Judas Maccabeus with his brethren and the people of the Jews have sent us unto you to make a confedaracy and peace with you and that we might be registred your confederates and friends 21 So that matter pleased the Romanes well 22 And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back again in tables of brass and sent to Jerusalem that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy 23 Good success be to the Romanes to the people of the Jews by sea and by land for ever the sword also and enemy be far from them 24 If there come first any war upon the Romanes or any of their confederates throughout all their dominion 25 The people of the Jews shall help them as the time shall be appointed with all their heart 26 Neither shall they give anything unto them that make war upon them or aid them with victuals weapons money or ships as it hath seemed good unto the Romanes but they shall keep their covenant without taking any thing therefore 27 In the same manner also if war come first upon the nation of the Jews the Romanes shall help them with all their heart according as the time shall be appointed them 28 Neither shall victuals be given to them that take part against them or weapons or money or ships as it hath seemed good to the Romanes but they shall keep their covenants and that without deceit 29 According to these articles did the Romanes make a covenant with the people of the Jews 30 Howbeit if hereafter the one party or the other shall think meet to add or diminish any thing they may do it at their pleasures and whatsoever they shall add or take away shall be ratified 31 And as touching the evils that Demetrius doeth to the Jews we have written unto him saying Wherefore hast thou made thy yoke heavy upon our friends and confederates the Jews 32 If therefore they complain any more against thee we will do them justice and fight with thee by sea and by land CHAP. IX 1 Alâ—imus and Bacchides come again with new forces into Judea 7 The army of Judas flee from him 17 and he is slain 30 Jonathan is in his place 40 and revengeth his brother Johns quarrel 55 Alcimus is plagued and dieth 70 Bacchides maketh peace with Jonathan FUrthermore when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his host were
slain in battel †Or be adâ—ed or proceeded to send he sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judea the second time and with them ‖ Or the â—â—â—ht wing the chief strength of his host 2 Who went forth by the way that leadeth to ‖ Or Galilea Galgala and pitched their tents before Maseloth which is in Arbela and after they had won it they slew much people 3 Also the first moneth of the hundred fifty and second year they encamped before Jerusalem 4 From whence they removed and went to ‖ Or Berrethâ— Joseph Berea with twenty thousand footmen and two thousand hors-men 5 Now Judas had pitched his tents at Eleasa and three thousand chosen men with him 6 Who seeing the multitude of the other army to be so great were sore afraid whereupon many conveyed themselves out of the host insomuch as there abode of them no more but eight hundred men 7 When Judas therefore saw that his host slipt away and that the battel pressed upon him he was sore troubled in minde and much distressed for that he had no time to gather them together 8 Nevertheless unto them that remained he said Let us arise and go up against our enemies iâ— peradventure we may be able to fight with them 9 But they dehorted him saying We shall never be able ‖ We follow here the Romane copy let us now rather save our lives and hereafter we will return with our brethren and fight against them for we are but few 10 Then Judas said God forbid that I should do this thing and flee away from them if our time be come let us die manfully for our brethren and †Gr. let us not leave any just cause behind us why our glory should be spoken against let us not slain our honour 11 With that the host of Bacchides removed out of their tents and stood over against ‖ Or the Jews them their hors men being divided into two troops and their slingers and archers going before the host and they that marched in the fore-ward were all mighty men 12 As for Bacchides he was in the right wing so the host drew near on the two parts and sounded their trumpets 13 They also of Judas side even they sounded their trumpets also so that the earth shook at the noise of the armies and the battel continued from morning till night 14 Now when Judas perceived that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right side he took with him all the hardy men 15 Who discomfited the right wing and pursued them unto the mount Azotus 16 But when they of the left wing saw that they of the right wing were discomfited they followed upon Judas and those that were with him hard at the heels from behinde 17 Whereupon there was a sore battel insomuch as many were slain on both parts 18 Judas also was killed and the remnant fled 19 Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin 20 Moreover they bewailed him and all Israel made great lamentation for him and mourned many days saying 21 How is the valiant man faln that delivered Israel 22 As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars and the noble acts which he did and his greatness they are not written for they were very many 23 ¶ Now after the death of Judas the wicked began to put forth their heads in all the coasts of Israel and there rose up all such as wrought iniquity 24 In those days also was there a very great famine by reason whereof the countrey revolted and went with ‖ Bacchides and his company them 25 Then Bacchides chose the wicked men and made them lords of the countrey 26 And they made enquiry and search for Judas friends and brought them unto Bacchides who took vengeance of them and †Gr. mocked them used them despitefully 27 So was there a great affliction in Israel the like whereof was not since the time that a prophet was not seen amongst them 28 For this cause all Judas friends came together and said unto Jonathan 29 Since thy brother Judas died we have no man like him to go forth against our enemies and Bacchides and against them of our nation that are adversaries to us 30 Now therefore we have chosen thee this day to be our prince and captain in his stead that thou mayest fight our battels 31 Upon this Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time and rose up in stead of his brother Judas 32 But when Bacchides gat knowledge thereof he sought for to slay him 33 Then Jonathan and Simon his brother and all that were with him peceiving that fled into the wilderness of Thecoe and pitched their tents by the water of the pool Asphar 34 ‖ Or Which when Bacchides understood on the sabbath-day be came near Which when Bacchides understood he came near to Jordan with all his host upon the sabbath-day 35 Now Jonathan had sent his brother ‖ Josephus Antiqu. l. 13. c. â— John a captain of the people to pray his friends the Nabathites †Gr. that he might leave with them their carriage or stuff that they might leave with them their carriage which was much 36 But the children of †Gr. Ambri Jambri came out of Medaba and took John and all that he had and went their way with it 37 After this came word to Jonathan and Simon his brother that the children of Jambri made a great marriage and were bringing the bride from ‖ Or Medaha Nadabatha with a great train as being the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan 38 Therefore they remembred John their brother and went up and hid themselves under the covert of the mountain 39 Where they lift up their eyes and looked and behold there was much ado and great carriage and the bridegroom came forth and his friends and brethren to meet them with ‖ Or timbrels drums and ‖ Or musicians instruments of musick and many weapons 40 Then Jonathan and they that were with him rose up against them from the place where they say in ambush and made a slaughter of them in such sort as many fell down dead and the remnant fled into the mountain and they took all their spoils 41 Thus was the marriage turned into mourning and the noise of their melody into lamentation 42 So when they had avenged fully the bloud of their brother they turned again to the marish of Jordan 43 Now when Bacchides heard thereof he came on the sabbath-day unto the banks of Jordan with a great power 44 Then Jonathan said to his company Let us go up now and fight for our lives for it standeth not with us to day as in time past 45 For behold the battel is before us and behinde us and the water of Jordan on this side and that side the