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
the priest shall value him according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him 9 And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy 10 He shall not alter it nor change it a good for a bad or a bad for a good and if he shall at all change beast for beast then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy 11 And if it be any unclean beast of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD then he shall present the beast before the priest 12 And the priest shall value it whether it be good or bad †Heb. according to thy estimation O priest c. as thou valuest it who art the priest so shall it be 13 But if he will at all redeem it then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation 14 ¶ And when a man shall sanctifie his house to be holy unto the LORD then the priest shall estimate it whether it be good or bad as the priest shall estimate it so shall it stand 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it and it shall be his 16 And if a man shall sanctifie unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof ‖ Or the land of an homer c. an homer of barley-seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver 17 If he sanctifie his field from the year of jubile according to thy estimation it shall stand 18 But if he sanctifie his field after the jubile then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain even unto the year of the jubile and it shall be abated from thy estimation 19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it and it shall be assured to him 20 And if he will not redeem the field or if he have sold the field to another man it shall not be redeemed any more 21 But the field when it goeth out in the jubile shall be holy unto the LORD as a field devoted the possession thereof shall be the priests 22 And if a man sanctifie unto the LORD a field which he hath bought which is not of the fields of his possession 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation even unto the year of the jubile and he shall give thine estimation in that day as a holy thing unto the LORD 24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary * Exod. 30.13 Numb 3.47 Ezek. 45.12 twenty gerahs shall be the shekel 26 ¶ Onely the †Heb. first-born c. firstling of the beasts which should be the LORDS firstling no man shall sanctifie it whether it be ox or sheep it is the LORDS 27 And if it be of an unclean beast then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation and shall add a fifth part of it thereto or if it be not redeemed then it shall be sold according to thy estimation 28 * Josh 6.19 Notwithstanding no devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath both of man and beast and of the field of his possession shall be sold or redeemed every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD 29 None devoted which shall be devoted of men shall be redeemed but shall surely be put to death 30 And all the tithe of the land whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree is the LORDS it is holy unto the LORD 31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd or of the flock even of whatsoever passeth under the rod the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad neither shall he change it and if he change it at all then both it and the change thereof shall be holy it shall not be redeemed 34 These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai ¶ The fourth book of Moses called NUMBERS CHAP. I. 1 God commandeth Moses to number the people 5 The princes of the tribes 17 The number of every tribe 47 The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord. ANd the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tabernacle of the congregation on the first day of the second moneth in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt saying 2 * Exod. 30.12 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel after their families by the house of their fathers with the number of their names every male by their poll 3 From twenty years old and upward all that are able to go forth to war in Israel thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe every one head of the house of his fathers 5 ¶ And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you Of the tribe of Reuben Elizur the son of Shedeur 6 Of Simeon Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai 7 Of Judah Nahshon the son of Amminadab 8 Of Issachar Nethaneel the son of Zuar 9 Of Zebulun Eliab the son of Helon 10 Of the children of Joseph of Ephraim Elishama the son of Ammihud of Manasseh Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur 11 Of Benjamin Abidan the son of Gideoni 12 Of Dan Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai 13 Of Asher Pagiel the son of Ocran 14 Of Gad Eliasaph the son of Deuel 15 Of Naphtali Ahira the son of Enan 16 These were the renowned of the congregation princes of the tribes of their fathers heads of thousands in Israel 17 ¶ And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second moneth and they declared their pedegrees after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names from twenty years old and upward by their poll 19 As the LORD commanded Moses so he numbred them in the wilderness of Sinai 20 And the children of Reuben Israels eldest son by their generations after their families by the house of their fathers according to the number of the names by their poll every male from twenty years old and upward all that were able to go forth to war 21 Those that were
the LORD hath not sent me 30 But if the LORD †Heb. create a creature make a new thing and the earth open her mouth and swallow them up with all that appertain unto them and they go down quick into the pit then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD 31 ¶ * Ch. 27.3 Deut. 11.6 Ps 106.17 And it came to pass as he had made an end of speaking all these words that the ground clave asunder that was under them 32 And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up their houses and all the men that appertained unto Korah and all their goods 33 They and all that appertained to them went down alive into the pit and the earth closed upon them and they perished from among the congregation 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them for they said Lest the earth swallow us up also 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense 36 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest that he take up the censers out of the burning and scatter thou the fire yonder for they are hallowed 38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar for they offered them before the LORD therefore they are hallowed and they shall be a signe unto the children of Israel 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers wherewith they that were burnt had offered and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron come near to offer incense before the LORD that he be not as Korah and as his company as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses 41 ¶ But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron saying Ye have killed the people of the LORD 42 And it came to pass when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation and behold the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation 44 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 45 Get you up from among this congregation that I may consume them as in a moment and they fell upon their faces 46 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron Take a censer and put fire therein from off the altar and put on incense and go quickly unto the congregation and make an atonement for them for there is wrath gone out from the LORD the plague is begun 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the congregation and behold the plague was begun among the people and he put on incense and made an atonement for the people 48 And he stood between the dead and the living and the plague was stayed 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred beside them that died about the matter of Korah 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and the plague was stayed CHAP. XVII 1 Aarons rod among all the rods of the tribes onely flourisheth 10 It is left for a monument against the rebels ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods write thou every mans name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aarons name upon the rod of Levi for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony * Exod. 25.22 where I will meet with you 5 And it shall come to pass that the mans rod whom I shall choose shall blossom and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel whereby they murmure against you 6 ¶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel and every one of their princes gave him †Heb. a rod for one prince a rod for one prince a rod apiece for each prince one according to their fathers houses even twelve rods and the rod of Aaron was among their rods 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness 8 And it came to pass that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness and behold the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded and brought forth buds and bloomed blossoms and yeelded almonds 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel and they looked and took every man his rod. 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Bring * Hebr. 9.4 Aarons rod again before the testimony to be kept for a token against the †Heb. children of rebellion rebels and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me that they die not 11 And Moses did so as the LORD commanded him so did he 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses saying Behold we die we perish we all perish 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die shall we be consumed with dying CHAP. XVIII 1 The charge of the priests and Levites 9 The priests portion 21 The Levites portion 25 The beave-offering to the priests out of the Levites portion ANd the LORD said unto Aaron Thou and thy sons and thy fathers house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi the tribe of thy father bring thou with thee that they may be joyned unto thee and minister unto thee but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness 3 And they shall keep thy charge and the charge of all the tabernacle onely they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar that neither they nor you also die 4 And they shall be joyned unto thee and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation for all the service of the tabernacle and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary and the charge of the altar that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel 6 And I behold I have * Chap. 3.45 taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel to you they are given as a gift for the LORD to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation
therefore and I will send thee unto Pharaoh that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt 11 ¶ And Moses sad unto God Who am I that I should go unto Pharaoh and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt 12 And he said Certainly I will be with thee and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt ye shall serve God upon this mountain 13 And Moses said unto God Behold when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you and they shall say to me What is his name What shall I say unto them 14 And God said unto Moses I AM THAT I AM And he said Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel I AM hath sent uâ— unto you 15 And God said moreover unto Moses Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel The LORD God of your fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob hath sent me unto you this is my name for ever and this is my memorial unto all generations 16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say unto them The LORD God of your fathers the God of Abraham of Isaac and of Jacob appeared unto me saying I have surely visited you and seen that which is done to you in Egypt 17 And I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzâ—tes and the Hivites and the Jebusites unto a land slowing with milk and honey 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice and thou shalt come thou and the elders of Israel unto the king of Egypt and you shall say unto him The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us and now let us go we beseech thee three days journey into the wilderness that we may sacritice to the LORD our God 19 ¶ And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go ‖ Or but 〈◊〉 strong hand no not by a mighty hand 20 And I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midâ—â— thereof after that he will let you go 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians and it shall come to pass that when ye go ye shall not go empty 22 * Ch. 11.2 12.35 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour and of her that sojourneth in her house jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment and ye shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters and ye shall spoil ‖ Or Egypt the Egyptians CHAP. IV. 1 Moses rod is turned into a serpent 6 His band is leprous 10 He is lotb to be sent 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him 18 Moses departeth from Jethro 21 Gods message to Pharaob 24 Zipporah circumciseth her son 27 Aaron is sent to next Moses 31 The people beleeveth them ANd Moses answered and said But behold they will not beleeve me nor hearken unto my voice for they will say The LORD hath not appeared unto thee 2 And the LORD said unto him What is that in thine hand And he said A rod. 3 And he said Cast it on the ground and he cast it on the ground and it became a serpent and Moses fled from before it 4 And the LORD said unto Moses Put forth thy hand and take it by the tail And he put forth his hand and caught it and it became a rod in his hand 5 That they may beleeve that the LORD God of their fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob hath appeared unto thee 6 ¶ And the LORD said furthermore unto him Put now thine hand into thy bosome and he put his hand into his bosome and when he took it out behold his hand was leprous as snow 7 And he said Put thine hand into thy bosome again and he put his hand into his bosome again and plucked it out of his bosome and behold it was turned again as his other flesh 8 And it shall come to pass if they will not beleeve thee neither hearken to the voice of the first signe that they will beleeve the voice of the latter signe 9 And it shall come to pass if they will not beleeve also these two signs neither hearken unto thy voice that thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry-land and the water which thou takest out of the river †Heb. shall be and shall be shall become bloud upon the dry-land 10 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD O my Lord I am not †Heb. a man of words eloquent neither †Heb. since yestâ—rday nor since the third day her tofore nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue 11 And the LORD said unto him Who hath made mans mouth or who maketh the dumb or deas or the seeing or the blinde have not I the LORD 12 Now therefore go and I will be * Mat. 10 1â— Mat. 1.11 Luk. 12.11 with thy mouth and teach thee what thou shalt say 13 And he said O my Lord send I pray thee by the hand of him whâ—m thou ‖ Or shouldest wilt send 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother I know that he can speak well And also behold he cometh forth to meet thee and when he sâ—â—th 15 And thou shalt speak unto him and put words in his mouth and I will be with thy mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what ye shall do 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people and he shall be even he shall be to thee in stead of a mouth and * Ch. 7.1 thou shalt be to him in stead of God 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand wherewith thou shalt do signs 18 ¶ And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law and said unto him Let me go I pray thee and return unto my brethren which art in Egypt and see whâ—ther they be yet alive And Jethro said to Moses Go in peace 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian Go return into Egypt for all the men are dead which fought thy life 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and set them upon an aâ—s and he returned to the land of Egypt And Moses took the rod of God in his hand 21 And the LORD said unto Moses When thou goâ—st to return into Egypt see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in thine hand but I will harden his heart that he shall not let the people go
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
them 21 And they gathered it every morning every man according to his eating and when the sun waxed hot it melted 22 ¶ And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread two omers for one man and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses 23 And he said unto them This is that which the LORD hath said To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD bake that which ye will bake to day and seethe that ye will seethe and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning 24 And they laid it up tâ—ll the morning as Moses bade and it did not stink neither was there any worm therein 25 And Moses said Eat that to day for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD to day ye shall not finde it in the field 26 Six days ye shall gather it but on the seventh day which is the sabbath in it there shall be none 27 ¶ And it came to pass that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather and they found none 28 And the LORD said unto Moses How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws 29 See for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days abide ye every man in his place let no man go out of his place on the seventh day 30 So the people rested on the seventh day 31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna and it was like coriander-seed white and the taste of it was like wasers made with honey 32 ¶ And Moses said This is the thing which the LORD commandeth Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt 33 And Moses said unto Aaron Take a pot and put an omer full of manna therein and lay it up before the LORD to be kept for your generations 34 As the LORD commanded Moses so Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept 35 And the children of Israel did eat manna fourty years * Jos 5.12 Neh. 9.15 until they came to a land inhabited they did eat manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah CHAP. XVII 1 The people murmure for water at Rephidim 5 God sendeth them for water to the rock in Horeb. 8 Awalek is overcome by the holding up of Moses hands 15 Moses buildeth the altar JEHOVAH-nissi ANd all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin after their journeys according to the commandment of the LORD and pitched in Rephidim and there was no water for the people to drink 2 * Numb 20.4 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses and said Give us water that we may drink And Moses said unto them Why chide you with me wherefore do ye tempt the LORD 3 And the people thirsted there for water and the people murmured against Moses and said Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children our cattel with thirst 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD saying What shall I do unto this people they be almost ready to stone me 5 And the LORD said unto Moses Go on before the people and take with thee of the elders of Israel and thy rod wherewith * Chap. 7.20 thou smotest the river take in thine hand and go 6 * Numb 20.9 Psa 78.15 105.41 Wis 11.4 1 Cor. 10.4 Behold I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb and thou shalt smite the rock and there shall come water out of it that the people may drink And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel 7 And he called the name of the place ‖ That is tentation Massah and ‖ That is â—biding or strife Meribah because of the chiding of the children of Israel and because they tempted the LORD saying Is the LORD among us or not 8 ¶ * Deut. 25.17 Wis 11.3 Then came Amalek and sought with Israel in Rephidim 9 And Moses said unto * Called Jesus Acts 7.45 Joshua Choose us out men and go out fight with Amalek to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him and fought with Amalek and Moses Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill 11 And it came to pass when Moses held up his hand that Israel prevailed and when he let down his hand Amalek prevailed 12 But Moses hands were heavy and they took a stone and put it under him and he sat thereon and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands the one on the one side and the other on the other side and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword 14 And the LORD said unto Moses Write this for a memorial in a book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua for * Numb 24 20. 1 Sam. 15.3 I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven 15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it ‖ That is the LORD my banner JEHOVAH-niâ—li 16 For he said ‖ Or Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD therefore c. Because †Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation CHAP. XVIII 1 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons 7 Moses entertaineth him 13 Jethro's counsel is accepted 27 Jethro departeth WHen * Chap. 2.16 Jethro the priest of Midian Moses father in law heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt 2 Then Jethro Moses father in law took Zipporah Moses wife after he had sent her back 3 And her two sons of which the * Chap. 2.22 name of the one was ‖ That is a stranger there Gerihom for he said I have been an alien in a strange land 4 And the name of the other was ‖ That is my God is an help Eliezer for the God of my father said be was mine help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh 5 And Jethro Moses father in law came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he encamped at the mount of God 6 And he said unto Moses I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee and thy wife and her two sons with her 7 ¶ And Moses went out to meet his father in
that to smell thereto shall even be cut off from his people CHAP. XXXI 1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet for the work of the tabernacle 12 The observation of the sabbath is again commanded 18 Moses receiveth the two tables ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 See I have called by name Bezaleel the * 1 Chr. â— 20. son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah 3 And I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom and in understanding and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship 4 To devise cunning works to work in gold in silver and in brass 5 And in cutting of stones to set them and in carving of timber to work in all manner of workmanship 6 And I behold I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom that they may make all that I have commanded thee 7 The tabernacle of the congregation and the ark of the testimony and the mercy-seat that is thereupon and all the †Heb. vessels furniture of the tabernacle 8 And the table and his furniture and the pure candlestick with all his furniture and the altar of incense 9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture and the laver and his foot 10 And the clothes of service and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to minister in the priests office 11 And the anointing oyl and sweet incense for the holy place according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do 12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel saying Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep for it is a signe between me and you throughout your generations that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctifie you 14 * Chap. 20.8 Deut. 5. â—2 Ezek. 20.12 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore for it is holy unto you Every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death for whosoever doeth any work therein that soul shall be cut off from amongst his people 15 Six days may work be done but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest †Heb. holiness holy to the LORD whosoever doth any work in the sabbath-day he shall surely be put to death 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath to observe the sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant 17 It is a signe between me and the children of Israel for ever for * Gen. 1.31 2. â— in six days the LORD made heaven and earth and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed 18 ¶ And he gave unto Moses when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sâ—nai * Deut. 9.10 two tables of testimony tables of stone written with the finger of God CHAP. XXXII 1 The people in the absence of Moses cause Aaron to make a calf 7 God is angred thereby 11 At the entreaty of Moses he is appeased 15 Moses cometh down with the tables 19 He breaketh them 20 He destroyeth the calf 22 Aarons excuse for himself 25 Moses causeth the idolaters to be slain 30 He prayeth for the people ANd when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him * Act. â— 20 Up make us gods which shall go before us for as for this Moses the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt we wot not what is become of him 2 And Aaron said unto them Break off the golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives of your sons and of your daughters and bring them unto me 3 And all the people brake off the golden ear-rings which were in their ears and brought them unto Aaron 4 * 1 King 12 2â— Psal 1.6.19 And he received them at their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool after he had made it a molten calf and they said These be thy gods O Israel which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 5 And when Aaron saw it he built an altar before it and Aaron made proclamation and said To morrow is a feast to the LORD 6 And they rose up early on the morrow and offered burnt-offerings and brought peace-offerings and the * 1 Cor. 10.7 people â—at down to eat and to drink and rose up to play 7 ¶ And the LORD â—aid unto Moses * Deut. â— 1â— Go get thee down for thy people which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them they have made them a molten calf and have worshipped it and have sacrificed thereunto and said These be thy gods O Israel which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 9 And the LORD said unto Moses * Chap. 32.3 Deut. 9.13 I have seen this people and behold it is a stiff-necked people 10 Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and that I may consume them and I will make of thee a great nation 11 * Psal 106.23 And Moses besought †Heb. the face of the LORD the LORD his God and said LORD why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand 12 * Numb 14.13 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say For mischief did he bring them out to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of this evil against thy people 13 Remember Abraham Isaac and Israel thy servants to whom thou swarest by thine own self and saidâ—t unto them * Gen. 12.7 and 15.7 48.16 I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed and they shall inherit it for ever 14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people 15 ¶ And Moses turned and went down from the mount and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand the tables were written on both their sides on the one side and on the other were they written 16 And the * Chap. 31.18 tables were the work of God and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the tables 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted he said unto Moses There is a noise of war in the camp 18 And he said It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery neither is it the voice of them that cry for †Heb. â—â—akness being overcome but the noise of them that sing do I hear 19 ¶
the other side thereof 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch a knop and a flower and three bowls made like almonds in another branch a knop and a flower so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds his knops and his flowers 21 And a knop under two branches of the same and a knop under two branches of the same and a knop under two branches of the same according to the six branches going out of it 22 Their knops and their branches were of the same all of it was one beaten work of pure gold 23 And he made his seven lamps and his snuffers and his snuff-dishes of pure gold 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it and all the vessels thereof 25 ¶ * Ch. 30.1 And he made the incense altar of shittim-wood the length of it was a cubit and the breadâ—h of it a cubit it was four-square and two cubits was the height of it the horns thereof were of the same 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold both the top of it and the sides thereof round about and the horns of it also he made unto it a crown of gold round about 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof by the two corners of it upon the two sides thereof to be places for the staves to bear it withal 28 And he made the staves of shittim-wood and overlaid them with gold 29 ¶ And he made * Ch. 30.35 the holy anointing oyl and the pure incense of sweet spices according to the work of the apothecary CHAP. XXXVIII 1 The altar of burnt-offering 8 The laver of brass 9 The court 21 The sum of that the people offered ANd * Ch. 27.1 he made the altar of burnt-offering of shittim-wood five cubits was the length thereof and five cubits the breadth thereof it was four-square and three cubits the height thereof 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it the horns thereof were of the same and he overlaid it with brass 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar the pots and the shovels and the baâ—ons and the flesh-hooks and the sire-pans all the vessels thereof made he of brass 4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of net-work under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass to be places for the staves 6 And he made the staves of shittim-wood overlaid them with brass 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal he made the altar hollow with boards 8 ¶ And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it of brass of the ‖ Or brassâ— glasses looking-glasses of the women †Heb. assembling by troupt assembling which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 9 ¶ And he made the court on the south-side south-ward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen an hundred cubits 10 Their pillars were twenty and their brasen sockets twenty the books of the pillars and their fillets were of silver 11 And for the north-side the hangings were an hundred cubits their pillars were twenty and their sockets of brass twenty the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver 12 And for the west-side were hangings of fifty cubits their pillars ten and their sockets ten the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver 13 And for the east-side east-ward fifty cubits 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits their pillars three and their sockets three 15 And for the other side of the court-gate on this hand and that hand were hangings of fifteen cubits their pillars three and their sockets three 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver and all the pillars of the court woe filleted with silver 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needle-work of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen and twenty cubits was the length and the height in the breadth was five cubits answerable to the hangings of the court 19 And their pillars were four and their sockets of brass sour their hooks of silver and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver 20 And all the * Ch. 2â— 19 pins of the tabernacle and of the court round about were of brass 21 ¶ This is the sum of the tabernacle even of the tabernacle of testimony as it was counted according to the commandment of Moses for the service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar son to Aaron the priest 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah made all that the LORD commanded Moses 23 And with him was Aholiab son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan an engraver and a cunning workman and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet and fine linen 24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place even the gold of the offering was twenty and nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary 25 And the silver of them that were numbred of the congregation was an hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary 26 A bekah for †Hâ—b a poâ—l every man that is half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary for every one that went to be numbred from twenty years old and upward for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the vail an hundred sockets of the hundred talents a talent for a socket 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their chapiters and filleted them 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels 30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and the brasen altar and the brasen grate for it and all the vessels of the altar 31 And the sockets of the court round about and the sockets of the court-gate and all the pins of the tabernacle and all the pins of the court round about CHAP. XXXIX 1 The clothes of the service and holy garments 2 The ephod 8 The breast-plate 22 The robe of the ephod 27 The coats mitre and girdle of fine linen 30 The plate of the holy crown 32 All is viewed and
approved by Moses ANd of the blue and purple and scarlet they made clothes of service to do service in the holy place and * Ch. 35 5â—â— 35.19 made the holy garments for Aaron as the LORD commanded Moses 2 And he made the ephod of gold blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates and cut it into wiers to work it in the blue and in the purple and in the scarlet and in the fine linen with cunning work 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it to couple it together by the two edges was it coupled together 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod that was upon it was of the same according to the work thereof of gold blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen as the LORD commanded Moses 6 ¶ * Ch. 28.9 And they wrought onyx-stones enclosed in ouche of gold graven as signet are graven with the names of the children of Israel 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod that they should be stones for a * Ch. 28.12 memorial to the children of Israel as the LORD commanded Moses 8 ¶ And he made the breast-plate of cunning work like the work of the ephod of gold blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen 9 It was four-square they made the breast-plate double a span was the length thereof and a span the breadth thereof being doubled 10 And they set in it four rows of stones the first row was a ‖ Or rubâ— sardius a topaz and a carbuncle this was the first row 11 And the second row an emraud a sapphire and a diamond 12 And the third row a ligure an agate and an amethyst 13 And the fourth row a beryl an onyx and a jasper they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet every one with his name according to the twelve tribes 15 And they made upon the breast-plate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold 16 And they made two ouches of gold and two gold rings and put the two rings in the two ends of the breast-plate 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breast-plate 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastned in the two ouches and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it 19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breast-plate upon the border of it which was on the side of the ephod inward 20 And they made two other golden rings and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath toward the forepart of it over against the other coupling thereof above the curious girdle of the ephod 21 And they did binde the breast-plate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod and that the breast-plate might not be loosed from the ephod as the LORD commanded Moses 22 ¶ And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work all of blue 23 And there was a hole in the midst of the robe as the hole of an habergeon with a band round about the hole that it should not rent 24 And they made up on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet and twined linen 25 And they made * Ch. 23.33 bells of pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe round about between the pomegranates 26 A bell and a pomegranate a bell and a pomegranate round about the hem of the robe to minister in as the LORD commanded Moses 27 ¶ And they made coats of â—â—ne linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons 28 And a mitre of fine linen and goodly bonnets of fine linen and * Ch. 28.42 linen breeches of fine twined linen 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet of needle-work as the LORD commanded Moses 30 ¶ And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and wrote upon it a writing like to the engravings of a signet * Ch. 28.36 HOLINESS TO THE LORD 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue to fasten it on high upon the mitre as the LORD commanded Moses 32 ¶ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses so did they 33 ¶ And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses the tent and all his furniture his taches his boards his bars and his pillars and his sockets 34 And the covering of rams skins died red and the covering of badgers skins and the vail of the covering 35 The ark of the testimony the staves thereof and the mercy-seat 36 The table and all the vessels thereof and the shew-bread 37 The Pure candlestick with the lamps thereof even with the lamps to be set in order and all the vessels thereof and the oyl for light 38 And the golden altar and the anointing oyl and †Heb. the incense of sweet spiâ—â—â— the sweet incense and the hanging for the tabernacle-door 39 The brasen altar and his grate of brass his staves and all his vessels the laver and his foot 40 The hangings of the court his pillars and his sockets and the hanging for the court-gate his cords and his pins and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of the congregation 41 The clothes of service to do service in the holy place and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons garments to minister in the priests office 42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses so the children of Israel made all the work 43 And Moses did look upon all the work and behold they had done it as the LORD had commanded even so had they done it And Moses blessed them CHAP. XL. 1 The tabernacle is commanded to be reared 9 and anointed 13 Aaron and his sons to be sanctified 16 Moses performeth all things accordingly 34 A cloud covereth the tabernacle ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 On the first day of the first moneth shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony and cover the ark with the vail 4 And * Ch. 26.35 thou shalt bring the table and set in order †Heb. the order thereof the things that are to be set in order upon it and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and light the lamp thereof 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony and put the
upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue cover it with a covering of badgers skins and shall put to the staves thereof 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministery wherewith they minister in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of badgers skins and shall put them on a bar 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth thereon 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof wherewith they minister about it even the censers the flesh-hooks and the shovels and the ‖ Or. bowlâ— basons all the vessels of the altar and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers skins and put to the staves of it 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary as the camp is to set forward after that the sons of Koâ—ath shall come to bear it but they shall not touch any holy thing lest they die These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation 16 ¶ And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oyl for the light and the * Exod. 3â— 34 sweet incense and the daily meat-offering and the * Exod. 30.23 anointing oyl and the oversight of all the tabernacle and of all that therein is in the sanctuary and in the vessels thereof 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites 19 But thus do unto them that they may live and not die when they approach unto the most holy things Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered lest they die 21 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon throughout the houses of their fathers by their families 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them all that enter in †Heb. to war the warfare to perform the service to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites to serve and for ‖ Or carriage burdens 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of the congregation his covering and the covering of the badgers skins that is above upon it and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 26 And the hangings of the court and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about and their cords and all the instruments of their service and all that is made for them so shall they serve 27 At the †Heb. mouth appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites in all their burdens and in all their service and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest 29 ¶ As for the sons of Merari thou shalt number them after their families by the house of their fathers 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them every one that entreth in to the †Heb. warfare service to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation 31 And this is the charge of their burden according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation * Exod. 26.15 the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and sookets thereof 32 And the pillars of the court round about and their sockets and their pins and their cords with all their instruments and with all their services and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest 34 ¶ And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbred the sons of the Kohathites after their families and after the house of their fathers 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old every one that entreth in to the service for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation 36 And those that were numbred of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty 37 These were they that were numbred of the families of the Kohathites all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses 38 And those that were numbred of the sons of Gershon throughout their families and by the house of their fathers 39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old every one that entreth in to the service for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation 40 Even those that were numbred of them throughout their families by the houses of their fathers were two thousand and fix hundred and thirty 41 These are they that were numbred of the families of the sons of Gershon of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD 42 ¶ And those that were numbred of the families of the sons of Merari throughout their families by the house of their fathers 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old every one that entreth in to the service for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation 44 Even those that were numbred of them after their families were three thousand and two hundred 45 These be those that were numbred of the families of the sons of Merari whom Moses and Aaron numbred according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses 46 All those that were numbred of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbred after their families and after the house of their fathers 47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old every one that came to do the service of the ministery and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation 48 Even those that were numbred of them were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore 49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbred by the hand of Moses every one according to his service and according to his burden thus were they numbred of him as the LORD
he is holy unto the LORD 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him and he hath defiled the head of his consecration then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing on the seventh day shall he shave it 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest to the door or the tabernacle of the congregation 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering and the other for a burnt-offering and make an atonement for him for that he sinned by the dead and shall hallow his head that same day 12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass-offering but the days that were before shall †Heb. fall be lost because his separation was defiled 13 ¶ And this is the law of the Nazarite When the days of his separation are fulfilled he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering and one ew-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offering and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings 15 And a basket of unleavened bread cakes of fine flour mingled with oyl and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oyl and their meat-offering and their drink-offerings 16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD and shall offer his sin-offering and his burnt-offering 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD with the basket of unleavened bread the priest shall offer also his meat-offering and his drink offering 18 * Act 21.24 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and shall take the hair of the head of his separation and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened water and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite after the hair of his separation is shaven 20 And the priest shall wave them * Exod. 29.27 for a wave-offering before the LORD this is holy for the priest with the wave-breast and heave-shoulder and after that the Nazarite may drink wine 21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation besides that that his hand shall get according to the vow which he vowed so he must do after the law of his separation 22 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons saying On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel saying unto them 24 The LORD bless thee and keep thee 25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel and I will bless them CHAP. VII 1 The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle 10 Their several offerings at the dedication of the altar 89 God speaketh to Moses from the mercy-seat ANd it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully * Exed 40.18 set up the tabernacle and had anointed it and sanctified it and all the instruments thereof both the altar and all the vessels thereof and had anointed them and sanctified them 2 That the princes of Israel heads of the house of their fathers who were the princes of the tribes †Heb. who stood and were over them that were numbred offered 3 And they brought their offering before the LORD six covered wagons and twelve oxen a wagon for two of the princes and for each one an ox and they brought them before the tabernacle 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 5 Take it of them that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt give them unto the Levites to every man according to his service 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them unto the Levites 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon according to their service 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari according unto their service under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders 10 ¶ And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed even the princes offered their offering before the altar 11 And the LORD said unto Moses They shall offer their offering each prince on his da◠for the dedicating of the altar 12 ¶ And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah 13 And his offering was one silver charger the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a * Levit. 2.1 meat-offering 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense 15 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 16 One kid of the goats for a * Levit. 4.23 sin-offering 17 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab 18 ¶ On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar prince of Issachar did offer 19 He offered for his offering one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver bowl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels full of incense 21 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 22 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 23 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen five rams five he-goats five lambs of the first year This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar 24 ¶ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon prince of the children of Zebulun did offer 25 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels one silver howl of seventy shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense 27 One young bullock one ram one lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering 28 One kid of the goats for a
lambs of the first year twelve with their meat-offering and the kids of the goats for sin-offering twelve 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace-offerings were twenty and four bullocks the rams sixty the he-goats sixty the lambs of the first year sixty This was the dedication of the altar after that it was anointed 89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with ‖ That is God him then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony from between the two cherubims and he spake unto him CHAP. VIII 1 How the lamps are to be lighted 5 The consecration of the Levites 23 The age and time of their service ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him When thou * Exod. 25.37 and 40.25 lightest the lamps the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick 3 And Aaron did so he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick as the LORD commanded Moses 4 * Ex. 25.31 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold unto the shaft thereof unto the flowers thereof was * Exod. 25.18 beaten work according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses so he made the candlestick 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them to cleanse them Sprinkle water of purifying upon them and †Heb. let them cause a rasour to pass over c. let them shave all their flesh and let them wash their clothes and so make themselves clean 8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat-offering even fine flour mingled with oyl and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together 10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites 11 And â—aron shall †Heb. wave offer the Levites before the LORD for an †Heb. wave-offering offering of the children of Israel that †Heb. they may be to execute c. they may execute the service of the LORD 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks and thou shalt offer the one for a sin-offering and the other for a burnt-offering unto the LORD to make an atonement for the Levites 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons and offer them for an offering unto the LORD 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel and the Levites shall be * Chap. 3.45 mine 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt cleanse them and offer them for an offering 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel in stead of such as open every womb even in stead of the first-born of all the children of Israel have I taken them unto me 17 * Exod. 13.2 Chap. 3.13 Luk. 2.23 For all the first-born of the children of Israel are mine both man and beast on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for my self 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel 19 And I have given the Levites as †Heb. given a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation and to make an atonement for the children of Israel that there be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary 20 And Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites so did the children of Israel uâ—to them 21 And the Levites were purified and they washed their clothes and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and before his sons as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites so did they unto them 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in †Heb. to war the warfare of c. to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall †Heb. return from the warfare of the service cease waiting upon the service thereof and shall serve no more 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation to keep the charge and shall do no service Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge CHAP. IX 1 The pass-over is commanded again 6 A second pass-over allowed for them that were unclean or absent 15 The cloud guiâ—eth the removings and encampings of the Israelites ANd the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the first moneth of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt saying 2 Let the children of Israel also keep * Exod. 12.1 c. Levit. 23.5 Chap. 28.16 Deut. 16.2 the pass-over at his appointed season 3 In the fourteenth day of this moneth †Heb. between the two evenings at even ye shall keep it in his appointed season according to all the rites of it and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it 4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel that they should keep the pass-over 5 And they kept the pass-over on the fourteenth day of the first moneth at even in the wilderness of Sinai according to all that the LORD commanded Moses so did the children of Israel 6 ¶ And there were certain men who were defiled by the dead body of a man that they could not keep the pass-over on that day and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day 7 And those men said unto him We are defiled by the dead body of a man wherefore are we kept back that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel 8 And Moses said unto them Stand still and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you 9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 10 Speak unto the children of Israel saying If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body or be
the camp in a clean place and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation it is a purification for sin 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the even and it shall be unto the children of Israel and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them for a statute for ever 11 ¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any †Heb. soul of man man shall be unclean seven days 12 He shall purifie himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day he shall be clean but if he purifie not himself the third day then the seventh day he shall not be clean 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead and purifieth not himself defileth the tabernacle of the LORD and that soul shall be cut off from Israel because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him he shall be unclean his uncleanness is yet upon him 14 This is the law when a man dieth in a tent all that come into the tent and all that is in the tent shall be unclean seven days 15 And every open vessel which hath no covering bound upon it is unclean 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields or a dead body or a bone of a man or a grave shall be unclean seven days 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the †Heb. dust ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin and †Heb. living waters shall be given running water shall be put thereto in a vessel 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it upon the tent and upon all the vessels and upon the persons that were there and upon him that touched a bone or one slain or one dead or a grave 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day and on the seventh day he shall purifie himself and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and shall be clean at even 20 But the man that shall be unclean and shall not purifie himself that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him he is unclean 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even CHAP. XX. 1 The children of Israel come to Zin where Miriam dieth 2 They murmure for want of water 7 Moses smiting the rock bringeth forth water at Meribah 14 Moses at Kadesh desireth passage through Edom which is denied him 22 At mount Hor Aaron resigneth his place to Eleazar and dieth THen came the children of Israel even the whole congregation into the desert of Zin in the first moneth and the people abode in Kadesh and Miriam died there and was buried there 2 And there was no water for the congregation and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron 3 And the people * Ex. 17.2 chode with Moses and spake saying Would God that we had died * Ch. 11.33 when our brethren died before the LORD 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness that we and our cattel should die there 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt to bring us in unto this evil place it is no place of seed or of figs or vines or of pomegranates neither is there any water to drink 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and they fell upon their faces and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them 7 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 8 Take the rod and gather thou the assembly together thou and Aaron thy brother and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes and it shall give forth his water and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD as he commmanded him 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock and he said unto them Hear now ye rebels must we fetch you water out of this rock 11 And Moses lift up his hand and with his rod he smote the rock twice and the water came out abundantly and the congregation drank and their beasts also 12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron Because ye beleeved me not to sanctifie me in the eyes of the children of Israel therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them 13 * Pâ— 1â—6 32 c. This is the water of ‖ That is strite Meribah because the children of Israel strove with the LORD and he was sanctified in them 14 ¶ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king or Edom Thus saith thy brother Israel thou knowest all the travel that hath †Heb. found us befallen us 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time and the Egyptians vexed us and our fathers 16 And when we cried unto the LORD he heard our voice and sent an Angel and hath brought us forth out of Egypt and behold we are in kadesh a city in the uttermost of thy border 17 Let us pass I pray thee through thy countrey we will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards neither will we drink of the water of the wells we will go by the kings high-way we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left until we have passed thy borders 18 And Edom said unto him Thou shalt not pass by me lest I come out against thee with the sword 19 And the children of Israel said unto him We will go by the high-way and if I and my cattel drink of thy water then I will pay for it I will onely without doing any thing else go through on my feet 20 And he said Thou shalt not go through And Edom came out against him with much people and with a strong hand 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border wherefore Israel turned away from him 22 ¶ And the children of Israel even the whole congregation journeyed from * Chap. 33.37 kadesh and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor by the coast of the land of Edom saying 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people for he shall not enter into the
saying 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt * Chap. 14.28 29. from twenty years old and upward shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham unto Isaac and unto Jacob because they have not †Heb. fulfilled after me wholly followed me 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite and Joshua the son of Nun for they have wholly followed the LORD 13 And the LORDS anger was kindled against Israel and the made them wander in the wilderness fourty years until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was consumed 14 And behold ye are risen up in your fathers stead an increase of sinful men to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel 15 For if ye turn away from after him he will yet again leave them in the wilderness and ye shall destroy all this people 16 ¶ And they came near unto him and said We will build sheep-folds here for our cattel and cities for our little ones 17 But we our selves will go ready armed before the children of Israel until we have brought them unto their place and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land 18 We will not return unto our houses until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan or forward because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan east-ward 20 ¶ And * Josh 1.13 Moses said unto them If ye will do this thing if ye will go armed before the LORD to war 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD until he hath driven out his enemies from before him 22 And the land be subdued before the LORD then afterward ye shall return and be guiltless before the LORD and before Israel and this land shall be your possession before the LORD 23 But if ye will not do so behold ye have sinned against the LORD and be sure your sin will finde you out 24 Build ye cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses saving Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth 26 Our little ones our wives our flocks and all our cattel shall be there in the cities of Gilead 27 * Josh 4.12 But thy servants will pass over every man armed for war before the LORD to battel as my lord saith 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel 29 And Moses said unto them If the children of God and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan every man armed to battel before the LORD and the land shall be subdued before you then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered saying As the LORD hath said unto thy servants so will we do 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours 33 And * Deut. 2.12 Jof 12.8 22.4 Moses gave unto them even to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben and unto halt the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan the land with the citâ—es thereof in the coasts even the cities of the countrey round about 34 ¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer 35 And Atroth Shophan and Jâ—zer and Jogbehah 36 And Beth nimrah and Beth-haran fenced cities and solds for sheep 37 And the children of Reuben built Hâ—shbon and Elealeh and Kiâ—jathaim 38 And Nebo and Baal-meon their names being changed and Shibmah and †Heb. they called by names the names of the cities gave other names unto the cities which they builded 39 And the children of * Gen. 50.23 Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh and he dwelt therein 41 And * Deut. 3.14 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof and called them Havothâ—â—air 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath and the villages thereof and called it Nobah after his own name CHAP. XXXIII 1 Two and fourty journeys of the Israelites 50 The Canaanites aye to be destroyed THese are the journeys of the children of Israel which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD and these are their journeys according to their goings out 3 And they * Exod. 12.37 departed from Rameses in the first moneth on the fifteenth day of the first moneth on the morrow after the pass-over the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians 4 For the Egyptians buried all their first-born which the LORD had smitten among them upon their gods also the LORD executed judgements 5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses and pitched in Succoth 6 And they departed from * Exod. 13.20 Succoth and pitched in Etham which is in the edge of the wilderness 7 And they removed from Etham and turned again unto Pi hahiroth which is before Baal-zephon and they pitched before Migdol 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth and * Exod. 15.22 passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness and went three days journey in the wilderness of Etham and pitched in Marah 9 And they removed from Marah and * Exod. 15.27 came unto Elim and in Elim were twelve fountains of water and threescore and ten palm-trees and they pitched there 10 And they removed from Elim and encamped by the Red sea 11 And they removed from the Red sea and encamped in the * Exod. 16. â— wilderness of Sin 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin and encamped in Dophkah 13 And they departed from Dophkah and encamped in Alush 14 And they removed from Alush and encamped at * Exod. 17. â— Rephidim where was no water for the people to drink 15 And they departed from Rephidim and pitched in the * Ex. 19.1 wilderness of Sinai 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai and pitched * Ch. 11.24 〈◊〉 That is the graves of lusi at ‖ Kibroth-hattaavah 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah and * Câ— 11.35 encamped
Jahath ‖ Or Zizah vers 1â— Zina and Jeush and Beriah These four were the sons of Shimei 11 And Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second but Jeush and Beriah †Heb did not multiply 〈◊〉 had not many sons therefore they were in one reckoning according to their fathers house 12 ¶ The sons of Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron and Uzziel four 13 The sons of * Ex. 6.20 Amram Aaron and Moses and * Ex. 28.1 Hebr. 5.4 Aaron was separated that he should sanctifie the most holy things he and his sons for ever to burn incense before the LORD to minister unto him and to bless in his name for ever 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 15 * Ex. 2.22 18.3 4. The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer 16 Of the sons of Gershom Shebuel was the chief 17 And the sons of Eliezer were * Ch. 26.25 Rehabiah ‖ Or the first the chief And Eliezer had none other sons but the sons of Rehabiah †Heb. were highly multiplied were very many 18 Of the sons of Izhar Shelomith the chief 19 Of the sons of Hebron Jeriah the first Amariah the second Jehaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth 20 Of the sons of Uzziel Micah the first and Jesiah the second 21 ¶ The sons of Merari Mahli and Mushi the sons of Mahli Eleazar and Kish 22 And Eleazar died and had no sons but daughters and their ‖ Or kinsmen brethren the sons of Kish took them 23 The sons of Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth three 24 ¶ These were the sons of * Numb 10.17 21. Levi after the house of their fathers even the chief or the fathers as they were counted by number of names by their polls that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD from the age of * Numb 1.3 twenty years and upward 25 For David said The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people ‖ Or and be dwelleth in Jerusalem c. that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever 26 And also unto the Levites they shall no more carry the tabernacle nor any vessels of it for the service thereof 27 For by the last words of David the Levites were †Heb. numbers numbred from twenty years old and above 28 Because †Heb. thirstation â—as at the hand of the sons of Aaron their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God 29 Both for the shew-bread and for * Lev. 6.20 Chap. 9.29 c. the fine flour for meat-offering and for the unleavened cakes and for that which is baked in the ‖ Or â—â—ot plate pan and for that which is fryed and for all manner of measure and cise 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD and likewise at even 31 And to offer all burnt-sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths in the new moons and on the set feasts by number according to the order commanded unto them continually before the LORD 32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the service of the house of the LORD CHAP. XXIV 1 The divisions of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders 20 The Kohathites 27 and the Merarites divided by lot NOw these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron * Lev. 10.1 6. The sons of Aaron Nadaband Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 2 But * Numb 3.4 26.61 Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priests office 3 And David distributed them both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar according to their offices in their service 4 And there were mo chief men found of the sons of Eleazar then of the sons of Ithamar and thus were they divided Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers 5 Thus were they divided by lot one sort with another for the governours of the sanctuary and governours of the house of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar 6 And Shemiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe one of the Levites wrote them before the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites one †Heb. bouse of the father principal houshold being taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib the second to Jedaiah 8 The third to Harim the fourth to Seorim 9 The fifth to Malchijah the sixth to Mijamin 10 The seventh to Hakkoz the eighth to * Luk. 1.5 Abijah 11 The ninth to Jeshuah the tenth to Shecaniah 12 The eleventh to Eliashib the twelfth to Jakim 13 The thirteenth to Huppah the fourteenth to Jeshebeab 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah the sixteenth to Immer 15 The seventeenth to Hezir the eighteenth to Aphses 16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah the twentieth to Jehezekel 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin the two and twentieth to Gamul 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah the four and twentieth to Maaziah 19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD according to their manner under Aaron their father as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him 20 ¶ And the rest of the sons of Levi were these Of the sons of Amram Shubael of the sons of Shubael Jehdeiah 21 Concerning Rehabiah of the sons of Rehabiah the first was Isshiah 22 Of the Izharites Shelomoth of the sons of Shelomoth Jahath 23 And the sons of * Ch. 22.19 26 3â— Hebron Jeriah the first Amariah the second Jahaziel the third Jekameam the fourth 24 Of the sons of Uzziel Michah of the sons of Michah Shamir 25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah of the sons of Isshiah Zechariah 26 The sons of Merari were Mahli Mushi the sons of Jaaziah Beno 27 ¶ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah Beno and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri 28 Or Mahli came Eleazar who had no sons 29 Concerning Kish the son of Kish was Jerahmeel 30 The sons also of Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers 31 There likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech and the chief of the fathers of the priests and
your glory 4 Without me they shall bow down under the priseners and they shall fall under the slain * Ch. 5.25 and 9.12 For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still 5 ¶ ‖ Or Wo to the Assyrian O †Heb. Asâ—ur Assyrian the rod of mine anger ‖ Or thâ—uth and the staff in their hand is mine indignation 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil and to take the prey and †Heb. to lar them a treading to tread them down like the mire of the streets 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so neither doth his heart think so but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few 8 * 2 Kin. 18.24 33. and 19 10 c. For he saith Are not my princes altogether kings 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish is not Hamath as Arphad is not Samaria as Damascus 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria 11 Shall I not as I have done unto Samaria and her idols so do to Jerusalem and her idols 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the Lord hath performed his whole work * 2 Kin. 19.31 upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem I will †Heb. visit upon punish the fruit †Heb. of the treatness of the heart of the stout heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his high looks 13 For he saith By the strength of my hand I have done it and by my wisdom for I am prudent and I have removed the bounds of the people and have robbed their treasures and I have put down the inhabitans ‖ Or like many people like a valiant man 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth and there was none that moved the wing or opened the mouth or peeped 15 Shall the ax boast it self against him that heweth therewith or shall the saw magnifie it self against him that shaketh it ‖ Or as if 〈◊〉 rod should shake them that lift it up as if the rod should shake it self against them that lift it up or as if the staff should lift up ‖ Or that which is not wood it self as if it were no wood 16 Therefore shall the Lord the LORD of hosts send among his fat ones leanness and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire and his holy One for a flame and it shall burn devour his thorns and his briers in one day 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field †Heb. from the soul and even to the flesh both soul and body and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be †Heb. number few that a childe may write them 20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again stay upon him that smote them but shall stay upon the LORD the holy One of Israel in truth 21 The remnant shall return even the remnant of Jacob unto the might God 22 * Ro. 9.27 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea yet a remnant †Heb. in or amongst of them shall return * Ch. 28.22 the consumption decreed shall overflow ‖ Or in with righteousness 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption even determined in the midst of all the land 24 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts O my people that dwellest in Zion be not afraid of the Assyrian he shall smite thee with a rod ‖ Or but be shall lift up his staff for thee and shall lift up his staff against thee after the manner of * Exod. 14. Egypt 25 For yet a very little while and the indignation shall cease and mine anger in their destruction 26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of * Judg. 7 2â— Chap. 9.4 Midian at the rock of Oreb and as his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt 27 And it shall come to pass in that day that his burden †Heb. shall remove shall be taken away from off thy shoulder and his yoke from off thy neck and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing 28 He is come to Aiath he is passed to Migron at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages 29 They are gone over the passage they have taken up their lodging at Geba Ramah is afraid Gibeah of Saul is fled 30 †Heb. Cryst â—ill with thy voice Lift up thy voice O daughter of Gallim cause it to be heard unto Laish O poor Anathoth 31 Madmenah is removed the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion the hill of Jerusalem 33 Behold the Lord the LORD of hosts shall top the bough with terrour and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down and the haughty shall be humbled 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron and Lebanon shall fall ‖ Or mightily by a mighty one CHAP. XI 1 The peaceable kingdom of the branch out of the root of Jesse 10 The victorious restauration of Israel and vocation of the Gentiles ANd there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of * Act. 13. â—3 Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD 3 And shall make him of †Heb. sent or smell quick understanding in the fear of the LORD and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes neither reprove after the hearing of his ears 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor and ‖ Or argue reprove with equity for the meek of the earth and he shall * Job 4.9 2 Thes 2.8 smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loyns and faithfulness the girdle of his reins 6 * Ch. 65 2â— The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb and the leopard shall lie down with the kid and the calf and the young lion and the
the Lord is judge and with him is * Deut. 10.17 2 Chr. 19.7 Job 34.19 Wisd 6â— Acts 10 34. Rom. 2.11 Gal. 2.5 Ephes 6.9 Coloss 3.25 1 Pet. 1.17 no respect of persons 13 He will not accept any person against a poor man but will hear the prayer of the oppressed 14 He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless nor the widow when she poureth out her complaint 15 Do not the tears run down the widows cheeks and is not her cry against him that causeth them to fall 16 He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour and his prayer shall reach unto the clouds 17 The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds and till it come nigh he will not be comforted and will not depart till the most High shall behold to judge righteously and execute judgement 18 For the Lord will not be slack neither will the Mighty be patient towards them till he have smitten in sunder the loyns of the unmerciful and repayed vengeance to the heathen till he have taken away the multitude of the ‖ Or crued oppressours proud and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous 19 Till he have rendred to every man according to his deeds and to the works of men according to their devices till he have judged the cause of his people and made them to rejoyce in his mercy 20 Mercy is †Gr. fâ—r seasonable in the time of affliction as clouds of rain in the time of drought CHAP. XXXVI 1 A prayer for the church against the enemies thereof 18 A good heart and a froward 21 Of a good wife HAve mercy upon us O Lord God of all and behold us 2 And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee 3 * Jer. 10.25 Lift up thy hand ‖ Or upon against the strange nations and let them see thy power 4 As thou wast sanctified in us before them so be thou magnified among them before us 5 And let them know thee as we have known thee that there is no God but onely thou O God 6 Shew new signs and make other strange wonders glorify thy hand and thy right arm that they may set forth thy wondrous works 7 Raise up indignation and pour out wrath take away the adversary and destroy the enemy 8 Make the time short remember the †Gr. oath covenant and let them declare thy wonderful works 9 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire and let them perish that oppress the people 10 Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen that say There is none other but we 11 Gather all the tribes of Jacob together and inherit thou them as from the beginning 12 O Lord have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name and upon Israel * Exod. 4.22 whom thou hast named thy first-born 13 O be merciful unto Jerusalem thy holy city the place of thy rest 14 Fill Sion ‖ Or. that it may magnify thine oracles with thine unspeakable oracles and thy people with thy glory 15 Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning and raise up ‖ Or. prophesies prophets that have been in thy name 16 Reward them that wait for thee and let thy prophets be found faithful 17 O Lord hear the prayer of thy ‖ Or supplients servants according to the * Num. 6.23 blessing of Aaron over thy people that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord the eternal God 18 The belly devoureth all meats yet is one meat better then another 19 * Job 34.3 As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison so doth an heart of understanding false speeches 20 A froward heart causeth heaviness but a man of experience will recompense him 21 A woman will receive every man yet is one daughter better then another 22 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance and a man loveth nothing better 23 If there be kindness meekness and comfort in her tongue then is not her husband like ‖ Or common other men 24 He that getteth a wife beginneth ‖ Or to thrive a possession a help like unto himself and a pillar of rest 25 Where no hedge is there the possession is spoiled and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning 26 Who will trust a thief well-appointed that skippeth from city to city so who will beleeve a man that hath no house and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him CHAP. XXXVII 1 How to know friends and counsellours 12 The discretion and wisdom of a godly man blesseth him 27 Learn to refrain thine appetite EVery friend saith I am his friend also but there is a friend which is onely a friend in name 2 Is it not a grief unto death when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy 3 O wicked imagination whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit 4 There is a companion which rejoyceth in the prosperity of a friend but in the time of trouble will be against him 5 There is a companion which helpeth his friend for the belly and taketh up the buckler ‖ Or in presence of the enemy against the enemy 6 Forget not thy friend in thy minde and be not unmindful of him in thy riches 7 Every councellour extolleth counsel but there is some that councelleth for himself 8 Beware of a counsellour and know before ‖ Or what use there is of him what need he hath for he will counsel for himself lest he cast the lot upon thee 9 And say unto thee Thy way is good and afterward he stand on the other side to see what shall be fall thee 10 Consult not with one that suspecteth thee and hide thy counsel from such as envy thee 11 Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous neither with a coward in matters of war nor with a merchant concerning exchange nor with a buyer of selling nor with an envious man of thankfulness nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness nor with the slothful for any work nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work nor with an idle servant of much business hearken not unto these in any mattter of counsel 12 But be continually with a godly man whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord whose minde is according to thy minde and will sorrow with thee if thou shalt miscarry 13 And let the counsel of thine own heart stand for there is no man more faithful unto thee then it 14 For a mans minde is sometime wont to tell him more then seven watchmen that sit above in an high tower 15 And above all this pray to the most High that he will direct thy way in truth 16 Let reason go before every enterprise and counsel before every action 17 The countenance is a signe of changing of the heart 18
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh Thus saith the LORD Israel is my son even my first-born 23 And I say unto thee Let my son go that he may serve me and it thou refuse to let him go behold I will slay thy son even thy first born 24 ¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn that the LORD met him and sought to kill him 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp ‖ Or knife stone and cut off the sore-skin of her son and †Heb. made it touth cast it at his feet and said Sarely a bloudy husband art thou to me 26 So he let him go then she said A bloudy husband thou art because of the circumcision 27 ¶ And the LORD said to Aaron Go into the wilderness to meet Moses And he went and met him in the mount of God and kisâ—â—â— him 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him and all the signs which he had commanded him 29 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people 31 And the people beseeved and when they heard that the LORD had vinted the children of Israel and that he had looked upon their affliction then they bowed their heads and worshipped CHAP. V. 1 Pharaoh ebideth Moses and Aaron for their message 5 He increaseth the Israelites task 15 He checketh their complaints 19 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron 22 Moses complaineth to God ANd afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Let my people go that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness 2 And Pharaoh said Who is the LORD that I should obey his voice to let Israel go I know not the LORD neither will I let Israel go 3 And they said * Ch. 3. â—8 The God of the Hebrews hath met with us let us go we pray thee three days journey into the desert and sacrifice unto the LORD our God lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them Wherefore do ye Moses and Aaron let the people from their works get you unto your burdens 5 And Pharaoh said Behold the people of the land now are many and you make them rest from their burdens 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people and their officers saying 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick as heretofore let them go and gather straw for themselves 8 And the tale of the bricks which they did make heretofore you shall lay upon them you shall not diminish ought thereof for they be idle therefore they cry saying Let us go and sacrifice to our God 9 †Heb. let the work â—e heavy upon the men Let there more work be laid upon the men that they may labour therein and let them not regard vain words 10 ¶ And the task-masters of the people went out and their officers and they spake to the people saying Thus saith Pharaoh I will not give you straw 11 Go ye get you straw where you can find it yet not ought of your work shall be diminished 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw 13 And the task-masters hasted them saying Fulfil your works your †Heb. a matter of a day in biâ— day daily tasks as when there was straw 14 And the officers of the children of Israel which Pharaohs task-masters had set over them were beaten and demanded Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day as heretofore 15 ¶ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh saying Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants 16 There is no straw given unto thy servant and they say to us Make brick and behold thy servants are beaten but the fault is in thine own people 17 But he said Ye are idle ye are idle therefore ye say Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD 18 Go therefore now and work for there shall no straw be given you yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case after it was said Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task 20 ¶ And they met Moses and Aaron who stood in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh 21 And they said unto them The LORD look upon you and judge because you have made our savour †Heb. to stink to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants to put a sword in their hands to slay us 22 And Moses returned unto the LORD and said Lord wherefore â—aâ—t thou so evil intreated this people why is it that thou hast sent me 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name he hath done evil to this people †Heb. delivering thou so it delivered neither hast thou delivered thy people at all CHAP. VI. 1 God reneweth his promise by his name JEHOVAH 14 The geneadogy of Reuben 15 of Simeon 16 of Levi of whom came Moses and Aaron THen the LORD said unto Moses Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh for with a strong hand shall he let them go and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land 2 And God spake unto Moses and said unto him I am the LORD 3 And I appeared unto Abraham unto Isaac and unto Jacob by the name of God Almighty but by my name JEHOVAH was I not knowâ— to them 4 And I have also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage and I have remembred my covenant 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel I am the LORD and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians and I will rid you out or their bondage and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm and with great judgements 7 And I will take you to me for a people and I will be to you a God and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians 8 And I will bring you in unto the land concerning the which I did †Heb. list up my hand swear to give it to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob and I will give it you for an heritage I am the LORD 9 ¶ And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel but they hearkned not unto Moses for †Heb. shâ—rtness or
house take it according to the number of the souls every man according to his eating shal make your count for the lamb 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish a male †Heb. son of a year of the first year ye shall take it out from the sheep or from the goats 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same moneth and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it †Heb. between the two evenings in the evening 7 And they shall take of the bloud and strike it on the two side-posts and on the upper door-post of the houses wherein they shall eat it 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night rost with fire and unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it 9 Eat not of it raw nor sodden at all with water but rost with fire his head with his legs and with the purtenance thereof 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire 11 ¶ And thus shall ye eat it with your loyns girded your shoes on your feet and your staff in your hand and ye shall eat it in haste it is the LORDS pass-over 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt both man and beast and against all the ‖ Or princes gods of Egypt I will execute judgement I am the LORD 13 And the bloud shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are and when I see the bloud I will pass over you and the plague shall not he upon you †Heb. for a destruction to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial and you shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day that soul shall be cut off from Israel 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you no manner of work shall be done in them save that which every †Heb. soul man must eat that onely may be done of you 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread for in this self-same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever 18 ¶ * Levit. 23.5 Numb 28.16 In the first moneth on the fourteenth day of the moneth at even ye shall eat unleavened bread until the one and twentieth day of the moneth at even 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven sound in your houses for whosoever eateth that which is leavened even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel whether he be a stranger or born in the land 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread 21 ¶ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said unto them Draw out and take you a ‖ Or kid lamb according to your families and kill the pass-over 22 * Heb. 11.28 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the bloud that is in the bason and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the bloud that is in the bason and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians and when he seeth the bloud upon the lintel and on the two side-posts the LORD will pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to sin to you 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever 25 And it shall come to pass when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you according as he hath promised that ye shall keep this service 26 * Josh 4.6 And it shall come to pass when your children shall say unto you What mean you by this service 27 That ye shall say It is the sacrifice of the LORDS pass-over who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses And the people boâ—ed the head and worshipped 28 And the children of Israel went away and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron so did they 29 ¶ * Chap. 11.4 And it come to pass that at midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt * Wisd 18.11 from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the †Heb. house of the pit dungeon and all the first-born of cattel 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night he and all his servants and all the Egyptians and there was a great cry in Egypt for there was not a house where there was not one dead 31 ¶ And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said Rise up and get you forth from amongst my people both you and the children of Israel and go serve the LORD as ye have said 32 Also take your flocks and your herds as ye have said and be gone and bless me also 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste for they said We be all dead men 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened their ‖ Or dough kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses and they borrowed of the Egyptians * Chap. 3.22 and 11.2 jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment 36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians so that they lent unto them such things as they required and they spoiled the Egyptians 37 ¶ And * Numb 33.3 the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth about six hundred thousand on foot that were men besides children 38 And †Heb. a great mixture a mixed multitude went up also with them and flocks and herds even very much cattel 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt for it was not leavened because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry neither had they prepared for themselves any victual 40 ¶ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt was * Gen. 17.13 Act. 7.6 Gal. 3.17 four hundred and thirty years 41 And it
came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years even the self-same day it came to pass that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt 42 It is †Heb. a night of observations a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations 43 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron This is the ordinance of the pass-over there shall no stranger eat thereof 44 But every mans servant that is bought for money when thou hast circumcised him then shall he eat thereof 45 A foreiner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof 46 In one house shall it be eaten thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house * Num. 9.12 John 19.36 neither shall ye break a bone thereof 47 All the congregation of Israel shall †Heb. do it keep it 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee and will keep the pass-over to the LORD let all his males be circumcised and then let him come near and keep it and he shall be as one that is born in the land for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof 49 One law shall be to him that is home-born and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you 50 Thus did all the children of Israel as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron so did they 51 â—nd it came to pass the self-same day that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies CHAP. XIII 1 The first-born are sanctified to God 3 The memorial of the pass-over is commanded 11 The firstlings of beasts are set apart 17 The Israelites go out of Egypt and carry Josephs bones with them 20 They come to Etham 21 God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud and a pillar of fire ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 * Chap. 22 29. and 34.19 Lev. 27.26 Num. 3.13 and 8.16 Luk. 2.23 Sanctifie unto me all the first-born whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel both of man of beast it is mine 3 ¶ And Moses said unto the people Remember this day in which ye came out from Egypt out of the house of †Heb. servants bondage for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place there shall no leavened bread be eaten 4 This day came ye out in the moneth Abib 5 ¶ And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee a land flowing with milk and honey that thou shalt keep this service in this moneth 6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters 8 ¶ And thou shalt shew thy son in the day saying This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt 9 And it shall be for a signe unto thee upon thine hand and for a memorial between thine eyes that the LORDS law may be in thy mouth for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year 11 ¶ And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers and shall give it thee 12 * Chap. 22.29 and 34.19 Ezek. 44.30 That thou shalt †Heb. cause to pass over set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast the males shall be the LORDS 12 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a ‖ Or kid lamb and if thou wilt not redeem it then thou shalt break his neck and all the first-born of man amongst thy children shalt thou redeem 14 ¶ And it shall be when thy son asketh thee †Heb. to morrow in time to come saying What is this that thou shalt say unto him By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt from the house of bondage 15 And it came to pass when Pharaoh would hardly let us go that the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt both the first-born of man and the first-born of beasts therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix being males but all the first-born of my children I redeem 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand and for frontlets between thine eyes for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt 17 ¶ And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines although that was near for God said Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war and they return to Egypt 18 But God led the people about through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea and the children of Israel went up ‖ Or by five in a rank harnessed out of the land of Egypt 19 And Moses took the hones of Joseph with him for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel saying * Gen. 50.25 Josh 24.32 God will surely visit you and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you 20 ¶ And * Numb 32.6 they took their journey from Saccoth and encamped in Etham in the edge of the wilderness 21 And * Numb 1â— 14 Deut. 1. â—2 Neh. â— 19 Psal â—8 14 1 Cor. 10 1. the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way and by nigth in a pillar of sire to give them light to go by day and night 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day nor the pillar of sire by night from before the people .. CHAP. XIV 1 God instructeth the Israelites in their journey 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them 10 The Israelites murmure 13 Moses comforteth them 15 God instructeth Moses 19 The cloud removeth behinde the camp 21 The Israelites pass through the Red sea 23 which drowneth the Egyptians ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel that they turn and encamp before * Numb â— 7 Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea over against Baal-zephon before it shall ye encamp by the sea 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel They are intangred in the land the wilderness hath shut them in 4 And I will harden Pharaohs heart that he shall follow after them and I
will be honoured upon Pharaoh and upon all his host that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD And they did so 5 ¶ And it was told the king of Egypt that the people tied and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people and they said Why have we done this that we have let Israel go from serving us 6 And he made ready his chariot and took his people with him 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and captains over every one of them 8 And the LORd hardned the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued after the children of Israel and the children of Israel went out with an high hand 9 But the * Josh 24.6 â— Mac. 4.9 Egyptians pursued after them all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his hors-men and his army and overtook them enâ—â—â—ping by the sea beside Pi-hahiroth before Baal zephon 10 ¶ And when Pharaoh drew nigh the children of Israel lift up their eyes and behold the Egyptians marched after them they were sore afraid and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD 11 And they said unto Moses Because there were no graves in Egypt had thou taken us away to die in the wilderness Wherefore haâ—t thou dealt thus with us to carry us forth out of Egypt 12 * Chap. 6.9 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt saying Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptian For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians then that we should die in the wilderness 13 ¶ And Moses said unto the people Fear ye not stand still and see the salvation of the LORD which he will shew to you to day ‖ Or fâ—r whereas you have seen the Egyptians to day c. for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day ye shall see them again no more for ever 14 The LORD shall sight for you and ye shall hold your peace 15 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Wherefore criest thou unto me Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward 16 But lift thou up thy rod and stretch out thine hand over the sea and divide it and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the mids of the sea 17 And I behold I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians and they shall follow them and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh and upon all his hoâ—t upon his chariots and upon his hors-men 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh upon his chariots and upon his hors-men 19 ¶ And the angel of God which went before the camp of Israel removed and went behinde them and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face and stood behinde them 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel and it was a cloud and darkness to them but it gave light by night to 〈◊〉 so that the one came not near the other all the night 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east-wind all that night and made the sea dry-land and the waters were * Josh 4.23 Psal 114.3 divided 22 And * Psal 78.13 1 Cor. 10.1 Heb. 11.29 the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry-ground and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left 23 ¶ And the Egyptians pursued and went in after them to the midst of the sea even all Pharaohs horses his chariots and his hors-men 24 And it came to pass that in the morning-watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud and troubled the host of the Egyptians 25 And took off their chariot-wheels ‖ Or and made them to â—o heavily that they drave them heavily so that the Egyptians said Let us thee from the face of Israel for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians 26 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Stretch out thine hand over the sea that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians upon their chariots and upon their hors-men 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared and the Egyptians â—led against it and the LORD †Heb. shook off overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea 28 And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the hors-men and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them there remained not so much as * Psal 106.11 one of them 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry-land in the midst of the sea and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the â—ea-â—hore 31 And Israel saw that great †Heb. â— and. work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians and the people feared the LORD and beleeved the LORD and his servant Moses CHAP. XV. 1 Moses song 22 The people want water 23 The waters at Marah are bitter 25 A tree sweetneth them 27 At Elim are twelve wells and seventy palm-trees THen sang * Wisd 10.20 Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD and spake saying I will sing unto the LORD for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea 2 The LORD is my strength and song and he is become my salvation he is my God and I will prepare him an habitation my fathers God and I will exalt him 3 The LORD is a man of war the LORD is his name 4 Pharaohs chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea 5 The depths have covered them they sank into the bottom as a stone 6 Thy right hand O LORD is become glorious in power thy right hand O LORD hath dashed in pieces the enemy 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee thou sentest forth thy wrath which consumed them as stubble 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together the flouds stoed upright as an heap and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea 9 The enemy said I will pursue I will overtake I will divide the spoil my lust shall be satisfied upon them I will draw my sword my hand shall ‖ Or repossess destroy them 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind the sea covered them they sank as lead in the mighty waters 11 Who is like unto thee O LORD amongst the ‖ Or mighty ones gods who is like thee glorious in holiness
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
4.11 mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace and the whole mount quaked greatly 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and waxed louder and louder Moses spake and God answered him by a voice 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai on the top of the mount and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount and Moses went up 21 And the LORD said unto Moses Go down †Heb. contest charge the people lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze many of them perish 22 And let the priests also which come near to the LORD sanctifie themselves lest the LORD break forth upon them 23 And Moses said unto the LORD The people cannot come up to mount Sinai for thou charged it us saying Set bounds about the mount and sanctifie it 24 And the LORD said unto him Away get thee down and thou shalt come up thou and Aaron with thee but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD lest he break forth unto them 25 So Moses went down unto the people and spake unto them CHAP. XX. 1 The ten commandments 18 The people are afraid 20 Moses comforteth them 22 Idâ—latry is forbidden 24 Of what sort the altar should be ANd God spake all these words saying 2 * Deu. 516. Psa 81.10 I am the LORD thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of †Heb. servants bondage 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me 4 * Levit. 26.1 Psal 97.7 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth 5 Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them not serve them for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments 7 * Levit. 19.12 Deut. 5.11 Mat. 5.33 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain 8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy 9 * Chap. 23.12 Ezek. 20.12 Luk. 13.14 Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou not thy son nor thy daughter thy man-servant not thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates 11 For * Gen. 2.2 in six days the LORD made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it 12 ¶ * Deut. 5.16 Mat. 15.4 Eph. 6.2 Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 13 * Mat. 5.21 Thou shalt not kill 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour 17 * Rom. 7.7 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is thy neighbours 18 ¶ And * Heb. 12.18 all the people saw the thundrings and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking and when the people saw it they removed and stood afar off 19 And they said unto Moses * Deu. 5.24 18.16 Speak thou with us and we will hear but let not God speak with us lest we die 20 And Moses said unto the people Fear not for God is come to prove you and that his fear may be before your faces that ye sin not 21 And the people stood afar off and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was 22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold 24 ¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings thy sheep and thine oxen In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee 25 And * Deu. 27.5 Josh 8.31 if thou wilt make me an altar of stone thou shalt not †Heb. built them with bewing build it of hewen stone for if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast polluted it 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon CHAP. XXI 1 Laws for men-servants 5 For the servant whose ear is bored 7 For women-serâ—ants 12 For man-slaughter 16 For stealers of men 17 For cursers of parents 18 For smiters 22 For a hurt by chance 28 For an ox that goreth 33 For him that is an occasion of harm NOw these are the judgements which thou shalt set before them 2 * Levit. 25.39 Deut. 15.12 Jer. 34.14 If thou buy an Hebrew servant six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing 3 If he came in †Heb. with his body by himself he shall go out by himself if he were married then his wife shall go out with him 4 If his master have given him a wife and she have born him sons or daughters the wife and her children shall be her masters and he shall go out by himself 5 And if the servant †Heb. saying shall say shall plainly say I love my master my wife and my children I will not go out free 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges he shall also bring him to the door or unto the door-post and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul and he shall serve him for ever 7 ¶ And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant she shall not go out as the men-servants do 8 If she †Heb. be evil in the eyes of c. please not her master who hath betrothed her to himself then shall he let her be redeemed To sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters 10 If he take him another wife her food her raiment and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish 11 And if he do not these three unto her then shall she go out free without money 12 ¶ *
unto thee 28 And * Jos 24.12 I will send hornets before thee which shall drive out the Hivite the Canaanite and the Hittite from before thee 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year lest the land become desolate and the beast of the field multiply against thee 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee until thou be increased and inherit the land 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the river for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand and thou shalt drive them out before thee 32 * Ch. 34.15 Deut. 7.2 Thou shalt make no covenant with them nor with their gods 33 They shall not dwell in thy land lest they make thee sin against me for if thou serve their gods * Deut. 7.16 Jos 23.13 Judg. 2.3 it will surely be a mare unto thee CHAP. XXIV 1 Moses is called up into the mountain 3 The people promise obedience 4 Moses buildeth an altar and twelve pillars 6 He sprinkleth the bloud of the Covenant 9 The glory of God appeareth 14 Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people 15 Moses goeth into the mountain where he continueth fourty days and fourty nights ANd he said unto Moses Come up unto the LORD thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel and worship ye afar off 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD but they shall not come nigh neither shall the people go up with him 3 ¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgements and all the people answered with one voice and said * Ch. 19.8 Vers 7. Deu. 5.27 All the words which the LORD hath said will we do 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD and rose up early in the morning and builded an altar under the hill and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel it offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD 6 And Moses took half of the bloud and put it in basons and half of the bloud he sprinkled on the altar 7 And he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of the people and they said * Vers 3. All that the LORD hath said will we do and be obedient 8 And Moses took the bloud and sprinkled it on the people and said Behold * 1 Pet. 1.2 Hebr. 9.20 the bloud of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words 9 ¶ Then went up Moses and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel 10 And they saw the God of Israel and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand also they saw God and did eat and drink 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Come up to me into the mount and be there and I will give thee tables of stone and a law commandments which I have written that thou mayest teach them 13 And Moses rose up and his minister Joshua and Moses went up into the mount of God 14 And he said unto the elders Tarry ye here for us until we come again unto you and behold Aaron and Hur are with you if any man have any matters to do let him come unto them 15 And Moses went up into the mount a cloud covered the mount 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai and the cloud covered it six days and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud and gat him up into the mount and * Ch. 34 2â— Deut. 9.9 Moses was in the mount fourty days and fourty nights CHAP. XXV 1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the tabernacle 10 The form of the ark 17 The mercy-seat with the cherubims 23 The table with the furniture thereof 31 The candlestick with the instruments thereof ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel that they †Heb. take for ox bring me an ‖ Or heave-offering offering * Ch. 35. â— of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them gold and silver and brass 4 And blue and purple and scarlet and ‖ Or silk fine linen goats hair 5 And rams skins died red and badgers skins and shittim-wood 6 Oyl for the light spices for anointing oyl and for sweet incense 7 Onyx-stones and stones to be set in the * Ch. 28.4 ephod and in the * Ch. 28.15 breast-plate 8 And let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell amongst them 9 According to all that I shew thee after the pattern of the tabernacle the pattern of all the instrument thereof even so shall ye make it 10 ¶ * Ch. 37.1 And they shall make an ark of shittim-wood two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof and a cubit and a half the height thereof 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold within and without shalt thou overlay it shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof and two rings shall be in the one side of it and two rings in the other side of it 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim-wood and overlay them with gold 14 And thou shalt put the staâ—es into the rings by the sides of the ark that the ark may be born with them 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark they shall not be taken from it 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee 17 And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof a cubit and a half the breadth thereof 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold of beaten work shalt thou make them in the two ends of the mercy seat 19 And make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end even ‖ Or of the matter of the mercy-seat of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high covering the mercy-seat
shall be †Heb. twinâ—ed coupled together beneath and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring thus shall it be for them both they shall be for the two corners 25 And they shall be eight boards and their sockets of silver sixteen sockets two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board 26 ¶ And thou shalt make bars of shittim-wood five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the two sides west-ward 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold for places for the bars thou shalt overlay the bars with gold 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle * Ch. 25.9 40. Act. 7.44 Heb. 8.5 according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount 31 ¶ And thou shalt make a vail of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen of cunning work with cherubims shall it be made 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold their hooks shall be of gold upon the four sockets of silver 33 ¶ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy 34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place 35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south and thou shalt put the table on the north-side 36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent of blue and purple scarlet fine twined linen wrought with needle-work 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood and overlay them with gold and their hooks shall be of gold and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them CHAP. XXVII 1 The altar of burnt-offering with the vessels thereof 9 The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars 18 The measure of the court 20 The oyl for the lamp ANd thou shalt make an altar of shittim-wood five cubits long and five cubits broad the altar shall be four-square and the height thereof shall be three cubits 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof his horns shall be of the same and thou shalt overlay it with brass 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes and his shovels and his basons and his flesh-hooks and his fire pans all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof 5 And thou shalt put in under the compass of the altar beneath that the net may be even to the midst of the altar 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar staves of shittim-wood and overlay them with brass 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar to bear it 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it as †Heb. be shewed it was shewed thee in the mount so shall they make it 9 ¶ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle for the south-side south-ward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver 11 And likewise for the north-side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver 12 ¶ And for the breadth of the court on the west-side shall be hangings of fifty cubits their pillars ten and their sockets ten 13 And the breadth of the court on the east-side east-ward shall be fifty cubits 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits their pillars three and their sockets three 15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits their pillars three and their sockets three 16 ¶ And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen wrought with needle-work and their pillars shall be four and their sockets four 17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of brass 18 ¶ The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits and the breadth †Heb. fifty by fifty fifty every where and the height five cubits of fine twined linen and their sockets of brass 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof and all the pins thereof and all the pins of the court shall be of brass 20 ¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel that they bring thee pure oyl-olive beaten for the light to cause the lamp †Heb. to ascend up to burn always 21 In the tabernacle of the congregatâ—on without the vail which is before the testimony Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD It shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel CHAP. XXVIII 1 Aaron and his sons are set apart for the priests office 2 Holy garments are appointed 6 The ephod 15 The breast-plate with twelve precious stones 30 The Vrim and Thummim 31. The robe of the ephod with pomegranates and bells 36 The plate of the mitre 39 The embroidered coat 40 The garments for Aarons sons ANd take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother his sons with him from among the children of Israel that he may minister unto me in the priests office even Aaron Nadab Abihu Eleazar Ithamar Aarons sons 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom that they may make Aarons garments to consecrate him that he may minister unto me in the Priests office 4 And these are the garments which they shall make a breast-plate and an ephod and a robe and a broidered coat a mitre and a girdle and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother and his sons that he may minister unto me in the priests office 5 And they shall take gold blue purple scarlet and fine linen 6 ¶ And they
shall make the ephod of gold of blue and of purple of scarlet and fine twined linen with cunning work 7 It shall have the two shoulder-pieces thereof joyned at the two edges thereof and so it shall be joyned together 8 And the ‖ Or embroidered curious girdle of the ephod which is upon it shall be of the same according to the work thereof even of gold of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen 9 And thou shalt take two onyx-stones and grave on them the names of the children of Israel 10 Six of their names on one stone and the other six names of the rest on the other stone according to their birth 11 * Wis 18.34 With the work of an engraver in stone like the engravings of a signet shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel thou shalt make them to be set in ouch as of gold 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial 13 ¶ And thou shalt make ouches of gold 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends of wreathen work shalt thou make them and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches 15 ¶ And thou shalt make the breast-plate of judgement with cunning work after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it of gold of blue and of purple and of scarlet and of fine twined linen shalt thou make it 16 Four-square it shall be being doubled a span shall be the length thereof and a span shall be the breadth thereof 17 And thou shalt †Heb. fill in it fillings of stone set in it settings of stones even four â—oâ—â— of stones the first row shall be a ‖ Or. ruby sardius a topaz and a carbuâ—â—â— this shall be the first row 18 And the second row shall be an emeraud a sapphire and a diamond 19 And the third row a figure and agate and an amethyst 20 And the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper they shall be set in gold in their †Heb. fillings enclosings 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes 22 ¶ And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold 23 And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate two rings of gold and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breast-plate 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breast-plate 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches and put them on the shoulder-pieces or the ephod before it 26 ¶ And thou shalt make two rings of gold and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breast-plate in the border thereof which is in the side of the ephod inward 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath towards the fore-part thereof over against the other coupling thereof above the curious girdle of the ephod 28 And they shall binde the breast-plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod and that the breast-plate be not loosed from the ephod 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breast-plate of judgement upon his heart when he goeth in unto the holy place for a memorial before the LORD continually 30 ¶ And thou shalt put in the breast-plate of judgement the Urim and the Thummim and they shall be upon Aarons heart when he goeth in before the LORD and Aaron shall bear the judgement of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually 31 ¶ And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it in the midst thereof it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it as it were the hole of an habergâ—on that it be not rent 33 ¶ And beneath upon the ‖ Or skirts hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue and of purple and of scarlet round about the hem thereof and bells of gold between them round about 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate a golden bell and a pomegranate upon the hem of the robe round about 35 * Ecclus 45.9 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD and when he cometh out that he die not 36 ¶ And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and grave upon it like the engravings of a signet HOLINESS TO THE LORD 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace that it may be upon the mitre upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be 38 And it shall be upon Aarons forehead that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts and it shall be always upon his forehead that they may be accepted before LORD 39 ¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen and thou shalt make the girdle of needle-work 40 ¶ And for Aarons sons thou shalt make coats and thou shalt make for them girdles and bonnets shalt thou make for them for glory and for beauty 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother and his sons with him and shalt anoint them and †Heb. fill their band consecrate them and sanctifie them that they may minister unto me in the priests office 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover †Heb. flâ—sh of their nakedness their nakedness from the loyns even unto the things they shall †Heb. be reach 43 And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place that they bear not iniquity and die It shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him CHAP. XXIX 1 The sacrifies and ceremonies of consecrating the priests 38 The continual burnt-offering 45 Gods promise to dwell among the children of Israel ANd this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them to minister unto me in the priests office * Lev. 9.2 Take one young bullock and two rams without blemish 2 And unleavened bread and cakes unleavened tempered with oyl and waters unleavened anointed with oyl of wheaten flour shalt thou
make them 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket and bring them in the basket with the bullock and the two rams 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and shalt wash them with water 5 And thou shalt take the garments and put upon Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breast-plate and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head and put the holy crown upon the mitre 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing * Ch. 30.25 oyl and pour it upon his head and anoint him 8 And thou shalt bring his sons and put coats upon them 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles Aaron and his sons and †Heb. binde put the bonnets on them and the priests office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute and thou shalt †Heb. fill the band of * Ch. 28 4â— consecrate Aaron and his sons 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation and * Lev. â— â—â— Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 12 And thou shalt take of the bloud of the bullock and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger and pour all the bloud beside the bottom of the altar 13 And * Lev. 3. â— thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards and ‖ It seemeth by anatomy and the Hebrew doctours to be the midriff the caul that is above the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them and burn them upon the altar 14 But the flesh of the bullock and his skin and his dung shalt thou burn with fire without the camp it is a sin-offering 15 ¶ Thou shalt also take one ram and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram 16 And thou shalt slay the ram and thou shalt take his bloud and sprinkle it round about upon the altar 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces and wash the inwards of him and his legs and put them unto his pieces and ‖ Or upon unto his head 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar it is a burnt offering unto the LORD it is a sweet savour an offering made by fire unto the LORD 19 ¶ And thou shalt take the other ram and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram and take of his bloud and put it upon the up of the right ear of Aaron and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons and upon the thumb of their right hand and upon the great toe of their right foot and sprinkle the bloud upon the altar round about 21 And thou shalt take of the bloud that is upon the altar and of the anointing oyl and sprinkle it upon Aaron and upon his garments and upon his sons and upon the garments of his sons with him and he shall be hallowed and his garments and his sons and his sons garments with him 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump and the fat that covereth the inwards and the caul above the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them and the right shoulder for it is a ram of consecration 23 And one loaf of bread and one cake of oyled bread and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons shalt †Heb. shake to and fro wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD 25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands and burn them upon the altar for a burnt-offering for a sweet savour before the LORD it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aarons consecrations and wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD and it shall be thy part 27 And thou shalt sanctifie the breast of the wave-offering and the shoulder of the heave-offering which is waved and which is heaved up of the ram of the consecration even of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons 28 And it shall be Aarons and his sons by a statute for ever from the children of Israel for it is an heave-offering and it shall be an heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace-offerings even their heave-offering unto the LORD 29 ¶ And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons after him to be anointed therein and to be consecrated in them 30 And †Heb. he of his sons that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place 31 ¶ And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration and seethe his flesh in the holy place 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the * Lev. â— 31 Mat. 12.4 bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made to consecrate and to sanctifie them but a stranger shall not eat thereof because they are holy 34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations or of the bread remain unto the morning then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire it shall not be eaten because it is holy 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron and to his sons according to all things which I have commanded thee seven days shalt thou consecrate them 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for atonement and thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast made an atonement for it and thou shalt anoint it to sanctifie it 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar and sanctifie it and it shall be an altar most holy whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy 38 ¶ Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar * Num. 2â— 3 two lambs of the first year day by day continually 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even 40 And with the one lamb a tenth-deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oyl and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink-offering 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even and shalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning and according to the drink-offering thereof for a sweet savour an offering made by fire unto the
LORD 42 This shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD where I will meet you to speak there unto thee 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel and ‖ Or Israel the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory 44 And I will sanctifie the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar I will sanctifie also both Aaron and his sons to minister to me in the priests office 45 ¶ * Levit. 26.12 2 Cor. 6.16 And I will dwell amongst the children of Israel and will be their God 46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I may dwell amongst them I am the LORD their God CHAP. XXX 1 The altar of incense 11 The ransom of souls 17 The brasen laver 22 The holy anointing oyl 34 The composition of the perfume ANd thou shalt make an altar to burn Incense upon of shittim-wood shalt thou make it 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof and a cubit the breadth thereof four-square shall it be and two cubits shall be the height thereof the horns thereof shall be of the same 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold the †Heb. roof top thereof and the †Heb. walls sides thereof round about and the horns thereof and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it by the two †Heb. ribs corners thereof upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withall 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood and overlay them with gold 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony where I will meet with thee 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon †Heb. incense of spices sweet incense every morning when he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense upon it 8 And when Aaron ‖ Or setteth up †Heb. causeth to ascend lighteth the lamps †Heb. between the two evens at even he shall burn incense upon it a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon nor burnt-sacrifice nor meat offering neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin-offering of atonements once in the year shall he maâ—â— atonement upon it throughout your generations it is most holy unto the LORD 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 12 * Num. 1.1.2 5. When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after †Heb. them that are to be numbred their number then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD when thou numbrest them that there be no plague amongst them when thou numbrest them 13 This they shall give every one that passeth among them that are numbred half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary * Lev. 27.25 Numb 3.47 Ezek. 45.12 A shekel is twenty gerahs an hall-shekel shall be the offering of the LORD 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbred from twenty years old and above shall give an offering unto the LORD 15 The rich shall not †Heb. multiply give more and the poor shall not †Heb. diminish give less then hall a shekel when they give an offering unto the LORD to make an atonement for your souls 16 And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD to make an atonement for your souls 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass and his foot also of brass to wash withal and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar and thou shalt put water therein 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands their feet thereat 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation they shall wash with water that they die not or when they come near to the altar to minister to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet that they die not and it shall be a statute for eâ—er to them even to him and to his seed throughout their generations 22 ¶ Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses saying 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices of pure myrrh five hundred shekels and of sweet cinnamon half so much even two hundred and fifty shekels and of sweet calamus two hundred fifty shekels 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary and of oyl-olive an * Chap. â— 29.40 hin 25 And thou shalt make it an oyl of holy ointment an ointment compound after the art of the ‖ Or perfumer apothecary it shall be an holy anointing oyl 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith and the ark of the testimony 27 And the table and all his vessels and the candlestick and his vessels and the altar of incense 28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his vessels and the laver and his foot 29 And thou shalt sanctifie them that they may be most holy whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them that they may minister unto me in the priests office 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel saying This shall be an holy anointing oyl unto me throughout your generations 32 Upon mans flesh shall it not be poured neither shall ye make any other like it after the composition of it it is holy and it shall be holy unto you 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger shall even be cut off from his people 34 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Take unto thee sweet spices stacte and onycha and galbanum these sweet spices with pure frankincense of each shall there be a like weight 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume a confection after the art of the apothecary †Heb. sâ—ited tempered together pure and holy 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation where I will meet with thee it shall be unto you most holy 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make you shall not make to your selves according to the composition thereof it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD 38 Whosoever shall make like unto
And it came to pass assoon as he came nigh unto the camp that he saw the calf and the dancing and Moses anger waxed hot and he cast the tables out of his hands and brake them beneath the mount 20 * Deut. 9.21 And he took the calf which they had made and burnt it in the fire and ground it to powder and strawed it upon the water and made the children of Israel drink of it 21 And Moses said unto Aaron What did this people unto thee that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them 22 And Aaron said Let not the anger of my lord wax hot thou knowest the people that they are set on mischief 23 For they said unto me Make us gods which shall go before us for as for this Moses the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt we wot not what is become of him 24 And I said unto them Whosoever hath any gold let them break it off So they gave it me then I cast it into the fire and there came out this calf 25 ¶ And when Moses saw that the people were naked for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame amongst †Heb. those that rose up against them their enemies 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said Who is on the LORDS side let him come unto me And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him 27 And he said unto them Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Put every man his sword by his side and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp and slay every man his brother and every man his companion and every man his neighbour 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men 29 ‖ Or And Moses said Consecrate your selves to day to the LORD because every man hath been against his son and against his brother c. For Moses had said †Heb. Fill your hands Consecrate your selves to day to the LORD even every man upon his son and upon his brother that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day 30 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow that Moses said unto the people Ye have sinned a great sin and now I will go up unto the LORD peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD and said Oh this people have sinned a great sin and have made them gods of gold 32 Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin and if not blot me I pray thee out of thy book which thou hast written 33 And the LORD said unto Moses Whosoever hath sinned against me him will I blot out of my book 34 Therefore now go lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee Behold mine Angel shall go before thee Nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them 35 And the LORD plagued the people because they made the calf which Aaron made CHAP. XXXIII 1 The Lord refuseth to go as he had promised with the people 4 The people mourn thereat 7 The tabernacle is removed out of the camp 9 The Lord talketh familiarly with Moses 12 Moses desireth to see the glory of God ANd the LORD said unto Moses Depart and go up hence thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt unto the land which I sware unto Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob saying * Gen. 12.7 Unto thy seed will I give it 2 * Deut. 7.22 Josh 24.11 And I will send an Angel before thee and I will drive out the Canaanite the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite the Hivite and the Jebusite 3 Unto a land flowing with milk honey for I will not go up in the midst of thee for thou art a * Chap. 32.9 Deut. 9.13 stiff-necked people lest I consume thee in the way 4 ¶ And when the people heard these evil tidings they mourned and no man did put on him his ornaments 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses Say unto the children of Israel Ye are a stiff-necked people I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment and consume thee therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee that I may know what to do unto thee 6 And the children of Israel stript themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. 7 And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it without the camp afar off from the camp and called it the tabernacle of the congregation And it came to pass that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation which was without the camp 8 And it came to pass when Moses went out unto the tabernacle that all the people rose up and stood every man at his tent-door and looked after Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle 9 And it came to pass as Moses entred into the tabernacle the cloudy pillar descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle and the LORD talked with Moses 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle-door all the people rose up worshipped every man in his tent-door 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face as a man speaketh unto his friend And he tuâ—ned again into the camp but his servant Joshua the son of Nun a young man departed not out of the tabernacle 12 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD See thou sayest unto me Bring up this people and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me Yet thou hast said I know thee by name and thou hast also found grace in my sight 13 Now therefore I pray thee if I have found grace in thy sight shew me now thy way that I may know thee that I may finde grace in thy sight and consider that this nation is thy people 14 And he said My presence shall go with thee I will give thee rest 15 And he said unto him If thy presence go not with me carry us not up hence 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight Is it not in that thou goest with us So shall we be separated I and thy people from all the people that are upon the face of the earth 17 And the LORD said unto Moses I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken for thou hast found grace in my sight I know thee by name 18 And he said I beseech thee shew me thy glory 19 And he said I will make all my goodness pass before thee and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee * Rom. 9.15 and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy 20 And he said Thou canst not see my face
hanging of the door to the tabernacle 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar and shalt put water therein 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about and hang up the hanging at the court-gate 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oyl and anoint the tabernacle and all that is therein and shalt hallow it and all the vessels thereof and it shall be holy 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt-offering and all his vessels and sanctifie the altar and it shall be an altar †Heb. holiness of holinesses most holy 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot and sanctifie it 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and wash them with water 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments and anoint him sanctifie him that he may minister unto me in the priests office 14 And thou shalt bring his sons and clothe them with coats 15 And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father that they may minister unto me in the priests office for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priest-hood throughout their generations 16 Thus did Moses according to all that the LORD commanded him so did he 17 ¶ And it came to pass in the first moneth in the second year on the first day of the moneth that the * Num. 7. â—â— tabernacle was reared up 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle and fastned his sockets and set up the boards thereof and put in the bars thereof and reared up his pillars 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above upon it as the LORD commanded Moses 20 ¶ And he took and put the testimony into the ark and set the staves on the ark and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and * Ch. 35. â—â— set up the vail of the covering and covered the ark of the testimony as the LORD commanded Moses 22 ¶ And he put the table in the tent of the congregation upon the side of the tabernacle north-ward without the vail 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD as the LORD had commanded Moses 24 ¶ And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation over against the table on the side of the tabernacle south-ward 25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD as the LORD commanded Moses 26 ¶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon as the LORD commanded Moses 28 ¶ And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle 29 And he put the altar of burnt-offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meat-offering as the * Ch. 30. â—â— LORD commanded Moses 30 ¶ And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar and put water there to wash withal 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation when they came near unto the altar they washed as the LORD commanded Moses 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar and set up the hanging of the court-gate so Moses finished the work 34 ¶ * Numb 9.15 1 King 8.10 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation because the cloud abode thereon and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle the children of Israel †Heb. journeyed went onward in all their journeys 37 But if the cloud were not taken up then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys The third book of Moses called LEVITICUS CHAP. I. 1 The burnt-offerings 3 of the herd 10 of the fâ—ocks 14 of the fowls ANd the LORD called unto Moses and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD ye shall bring your offering of the cattel even of the herd and of the flock 3 If his offering be a brunt-sacrifice of the herd let him offer a male without blemish he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD 4 * Eâ—od 19.10 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD and the priests Aarons sons shall bring the bloâ—d and sprinkle the bloud round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering and cut it into his pieces 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar and lay the wood in order upon the fire 8 And the priests Aarons sons shall lay the parts the head the fat in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water and the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt-sacrifice an offering made by fire of a sweet favour unto the LORD 10 ¶ And if his offering be of the flocks namely of the sheep or of the goats for a burnt-sacrifice he shall bring it a male without blemish 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar north-ward before the LORD and the priests Aarons sons shall sprinkle his bloud round â—â—out upon the altar 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces with his head and his fat and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water and the priests shall bring it all and burn it upon the altar it is a burnt-sacrifice an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 14 ¶ And if the burnt-sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves or of young pigeons 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar and ‖ Or pinch of the
bead with the nail wring off his head and burn it on the altar and the bloud thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with ‖ Or the filth thereof his feathers and cast it beside the altar on the east-part by the place of the ashes 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof but shall not divide it asunder and the priest shall burn it upon the altar upon the wood that is upon the fire it is a burnt-sacrifice an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD CHAP. II. 1 The meat-offering of flour with oyl and incense 4 either baken in the oven 5 or on a plate 7 or in a frying-pan 12 or of the first-fruits in the ear 13 The salt of the meat-offering ANd when any will offer a meat-offering unto the LORD his offering shall be of fine flour and he shall pour oyl upon it and put frankincense thereon 2 And he shall bring it to Aarons sons the priests and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof and of the oyl thereof with all the frankincense thereof and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar to be an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 3 And * Ecclus 7.31 the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aarons and his sons it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire 4 ¶ And if thou bring an oblation of a meat-offering baken in the oven it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oyl or unleavened waters anointed with oyl 5 ¶ And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baken ‖ Or on a flat plate or slite in a pan it shall be of fine flour unleavened mingled with oyl 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces pour oyl thereon it is a meat-offering 7 ¶ And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baken in the frying-pan it shall be made of fine flour with oyl 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD and when it is presented unto the priest he shall bring it unto the altar 9 And the priest shall take from the meat-offering * Pet. 2. a memorial thereof and shall burn it upon the altar it is an * Exod. 29.18 offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 10 And that which is lest of the meat-offering shall be Aarons and his sons it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire 11 No meat-offering which ye shall bring unto the LORD shall be made with leaven for ye shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering of the LORD made by fire 12 ¶ As for the oblation of the first-fruits ye shall offer them unto the LORD but they shall not †Heb. astend be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour 13 And every oblation of thy meat-offering * Mar. 9. â—â— shalt thou season with salt neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat-offering with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt 14 And if thou offer a meat-offering of thy first-fruits unto the LORD thou shalt offer for the meat-offering of thy first-fruits green ears of corn dried by the fire even corn beaten out of full ears 15 And thou shalt put oyl upon it and lay frankincense thereon it is a meat-offering 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it part of the beaten corn thereof and part of the oyl thereof with all the frankincense thereof it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD CHAP. III. 1 The peace-offering of the herd 6 of the flock 7 either a lamb 12 or a goat ANd if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace-offering if he offer it of the herd whether it be a male or female he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and Aarons sons the priests shall sprinkle the bloud upon the altar round about 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD * Exod. 29.21 the ‖ Or suâ—t fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards 4 And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them which is by the flanks and the ‖ Or midriff over the liver and over the kidneys caul above the liver with the kidneys it shall he take away 5 And Aarons sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-sacrifice which is upon the wood that is on the fire it is an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 6 ¶ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offering unto the LORD be of the flock male or female he shall offer it without blemish 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering then shall he offer it before the LORD 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation and Aarons sons shall sprinkle the bloud thereof round about upon the altar 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD the fat thereof and the whole rump it shall be take off hard by the back-bone and the fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards 10 And the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them which is by the flanks and the caul above the liver with the kidneys it shall be take away 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD 12 ¶ And if his offering be a goat then he shall offer it before the LORD 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the bloud thereof upon the altar round about 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering even an offering made by fire unto the LORD the fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards 15 And the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them which is by the flanks and the caul above the liver with the kidneys it shall he take away 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour * Ch. 7.25 All the fat is the LORDS 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings that ye eat neither fat nor * Gen. 9.4 Chap. 7.25 17.14 bloud CHAP. IV. 1 The sin-offering of ignorance 3 for the priest 13 for the
the fat of the peace-offerings 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar it shall never go out 14 ¶ * Ch. 2.1 〈◊〉 15.4 And this is the law of the meat-offering the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD before the altar 15 And he shall take of it his handful of the flour of the meat-offering and of the oyl thereof and all the frankincense which is upon the meat-offering and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour even the * Chap. â— 9 memorial of it unto the LORD 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it 17 It â—â—all not be baken with leaven I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire it is most holy as is the sin-offering and as the trespass-offering 18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire * â—xod 1â— 37 Every one that toucheth them shall be holy 19 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed the tenth part of an * Exod. 16.36 ephah of fine flour for 2 meat-offering perpetual half of it in the morning and half thereof at night 21 In a pan it shall be made with oyl and when it is baken thou shalt bring it in and the baken pieces of the meat-offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD 22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it It is a statute for ever unto the LORD it shall be whollâ— burnt 23 For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt it shall not be eaten 24 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 25 Speak unto Aaton and to 〈…〉 saying This is the law of the sin-offering In the place where the burnt-offâ—ring is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before the LORD it is moâ—t holy 26 The priest that offâ—râ—th â—t for sin shall eat it in the holy place shall it be eaten in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy and when there is sprinkled of the bloud thereof upon any garment thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden * Chap. 11.33 shall be broken and if it be sodden in a brasen pot it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water 29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof it is most holy 30 * Hebr. 13.11 And no sin-offering whereof any of the bloud is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place shall be eaten it shall be burnt in the fire CHAP. VII 1 The law of the trespass-offering 11 and of the peace-offerings 12 whether it be for a thanksgiving 16 or a vow or a free-will-offering 22 The fat 26 and the bloud are forbidden 28 The priests portion in the peace-offâ—rings LIkewise this is the law of the trespass-offering it is most holy 2 In the place where they kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the trespass-offering and the bloud thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof the rump and the fat that covereth the inwards 4 And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them which is by the flanks and the caul that is above the liver with the kidneys it shall he take away 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD it is a trespass-offering 6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof it shall be eaten in the holy place it is most holy 7 As the sin-offering is so is the trespass-offering there is one law for them the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it 8 And the priest that offereth any mans burnt-offering even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath offered 9 And all the meat-offering that is baken in the oven and all that is dressed in the frying-pan and ‖ Or on the flat plate or slice in the pan shall be the priests that offereth it 10 And every meat-offering mingled with oyl and dry shall all the sons of Aaron have one as much as another 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings which he shall offer unto the LORD 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oyl and unleavened wafers anointed with oyl and cakes mingled with oyl of fine flour fryed 13 Besides the cakes he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace-offerings 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave-offering unto the LORD and it shall be the priests that sprinkleth the bloud of the peace-offerings 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered he shall not leave any of it until the morning 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow or a voluntary offering it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten 17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten at all on the third day it shall not be accepted neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it it shall be an abomination and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten it shall be burnt with fire and as for the flesh all that be clean shall eat thereof 20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings that pertain unto the LORD * Chap 15.3 having his uncleanness upon him even that soul shall be cut off from his people 21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing as the uncleanness of man or any unclean beast or any abominable unclean thing and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings which pertain unto the LORD even that soul shall be cut off from his people 22 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 23 Speak unto the children of Israel saying * Chap. 3.17 Ye shall eat no manner fat of ox or of sheep or of goat 24 And the fat of the
†Heb carcase beast that dieth of it self and the fat of that which is torn with beasts may be used in any other use but ye shall in no wise eat of it 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people 26 * Gen. 9.4 Chap. 3.17 17.14 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of bloud whether it be of fowl or of beast in any of your dwellings 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of bloud even that soul shall be cut off from his people 28 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 29 Speak unto the children of Israel saying He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire the fat with the breast it shall he bring that * Exod 29.24 the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before the LORD 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar but the breast shall be Aarons and his sons 32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave-offering of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings 33 He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the bloud of the peace-offerings and the fat shall have the right shoulder for his part 34 For the wave-breast and the heave-shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace-offerings and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel 35 ¶ This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron and of the anointing of his sons out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priests office 36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel in the day that he anointed them by a statute for ever throughout their generations 37 This is the law of the burnt-offering of the meat-offering and of the sin-offering and of the trespass-offering and of the consecrations and of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings 38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai CHAP. VIII 1 Moses consecrateth Aaron and his sons 14 Their sin-offering 18 Their burnt-offering 22 The ram of consecrations 31 The place and time of their consecration ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him and * Ex. 28.2 4 the garments and * Ex. 30.24 the anointing oyl and a bullock for the sin-offering and two rams and a basket of unleavened bread 3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 5 And Moses said unto the congregation * Exod. 29.4 This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done 6 And Moses brought Aaron his sons washed them with water 7 And he put upon him the coat and girded him with the girdle and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod upon him and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod and bound it unto him therewith 8 And he put the breast-plate upon him also he * Exod. 28.30 put in the breast-plate the Urim and Thummim 9 And he put the mitre upon his head also upon the mitre even upon his forefront did he put the golden plate the holy crown as the LORD * Exod. 28.39 c. commanded Moses 10 And Moses took the anointing oyl and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein and sanctified them 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times and anointed the altar all his vessels both the laver his foot to sanctifie them 12 And he * Ps 133.2 Ecclus 45.15 poured of the anointing oyl upon Aarons head and anointed him to sanctifie him 13 And Moses brought Aarons sons and put coats upon them and girded them with girdles and †Heb. bound put bonnets upon them as the LORD commanded Moses 14 * Exod. 29.1 And he brought the bullock for the sin-offering and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin-offering 15 And he slew it and Moses took the bloud and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger and purified the altar and poured the bloud at the bottom of the altar and sanctified it to make reconciliation upon it 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards and the caul above the liver and the two kidneys and their fat and Moses burned it upon the altar 17 But the bullock and his hide his flesh and his dung he burnt with fire without the camp as the LORD * Ex. 29.14 commanded Moses 18 ¶ And he brought the ram for the burnt-offering and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram 19 And he killed it and Moses sprinkled the bloud upon the altar round about 20 And he cut the ram into pieces and Moses burnt the head and the pieces and the fat 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar it was a burnt-sacrifice for a sweet savour and an offering made by fire unto the LORD as the LORD commanded Moses 22 ¶ And * Ex. 29.31 he brought the other ram the ram of consecration and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram 23 And he slew it and Moses took of the bloud of it and put it upon the tip of Aarons right ear and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot 24 And he brought Aarons sons and Moses put of the bloud upon the tip of their right ear and upon the thumbs of their right hands upon the great toes of their right feet and Moses sprinkled the bloud upon the altar round about 25 And he took the fat and the rump and all the fat that was upon the inwards and the caul above the liver and the two kidneys and their fat and the right shoulder 26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened cake and a cake of oyled bread and one wafer and put them on the fat and upon the right shoulder 27 And he put all * Ex. 27.24 c. upon Aarons hands and upon his sons hands and waved them for a wave-offering before the LORD 28 And Moses took them
from off their hands and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering they were consecrations for a sweet savour it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD 29 And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD for of the ram of consecration it was Moses * Exe. 29.26 part as the LORD commanded Moses 30 And Moses took of the anointing oyl and of the bloud which was upon the altar and sprinkled it upon Aaron and upon his garments and upon his sons and upon his sons garments with him and sanctified Aaron and his garments and his sons and his sons garments with him 31 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons Boyl the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and there * Ex. 29 31. eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations as I commanded saying Aaron and his sons shall eat it 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days until the days of your consecration be at an end for * Ex. 29 31. seven days shall he consecrate you 34 As he hath done this day so the LORD hath commanded to do to make an atonement for you 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and nigâ—t seven days and keep the charge of the LORD that ye die not for so I am commanded 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses CHAP. IX 1 The first offerings of Aaron for himself and the people 8 The sin-offering 12 and the burnt-offering for himself 15 The offerings for the people 23 Moses and Aaron bless the people 24 Fire cometh from the Lord upon the altar ANd it came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel 2 And he said unto Aaron * Ex. 29.1 Take thee a young call for a sin-offering and a ram for a burnt-offering without blemish and offer them before the LORD 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak saying Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin-offering and a calf and a lamb both of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings to sacrifice before the LORD and a meat-offering mingled with oyl for to day the LORD will appear unto you 5 ¶ And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD 6 And Moses said This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you 7 And Moses said unto Aaron Go unto the altar and offer thy sin-offering and thy burnt-offering and make an atonement for thy self and for the people and offer the offering of the people and make an atonement for them as the LORD commanded 8 ¶ Aaron therefore went unto the altar and slew the calf of the sin-offering which was for himself 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the bloud unto him and he dipt his finger in the bloud and put it upon the horns of the altar and poured out the bloud at the bottom of the altar 10 But the fat and the kidneys and the caul above the liver of the sin-offering he burnt upon the altar as the LORD commanded Moses 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp 12 And he slew the burnt-offering and Aarons sons presented unto him the bloud which he sprinkled round about upon the altar 13 And they presented the burnt-offering unto him with the pieces thereof and the head and he burnt them upon the altar 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs and burnt them upon the burnt-offering on the altar 15 ¶ And he brought the peoples offering and took the goat which was the sin offering for the people and slew it and offered it for sin as the first 16 And he brought the burnt-offering and offered it according to the ‖ Or ordinance manner 17 And he brought the meat-offering and †Heb. filled his hand out of it took an handful thereof and burnt it upon the altar * Ex. 39.38 beside the burnt-sacrifice of the morning 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings which was for the people and Aarons sons presented unto him the bloud which he sprinkled upon the altar round about 19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram the rump and that which covereth the inwards and the kidneys and the caul above the liver 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts he burnt the fat upon the altar 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the LORD as Moses commanded 22 And Aaron lift up his hand towards the people and blessed them and came down from offering of the sin-offering and the burnt-offering and peace-offerings 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation and came out and blessed the people and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people 24 And * Gen. 4.4 1 Kin. 18.38 2 Chro. 7.1 2 Mac. 2.10 11. there came a fire out from before the LORD and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat which when all the people saw they shouted and tell on their faces CHAP. X. 1 Nadab and Abihu for offering of strange fire are burnt by fire 6 Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mourn for them 8 The priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the tabernacle 12 The law of eating the hâ—ly things 16 Aarons excuse for transgressing thereof ANd * Num. â— 4 26.6 1 Chr. 24.2 Nadab and Abihu the sons of Aaron took either of them his censer and put fire therein and put incense thereon and offered strange fire before the LORD which he commanded them not 2 And there went out fire from the LORD and devoured them and they died before the LORD 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron This is it that the LORD spake saying I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me and before all tâ—e people I will be glorified And Aaron held his peace 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron and said unto them Come near carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp 5 So they went near and carried them in their coats out of the camp as Moses had said 6 And Moses said unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar his sons Uncover not your heads neither rend your clothes lest you die and lest wrath come upon all the people but let your brethren the
whole house of Israel bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation lest you die for the anointing oyl of the LORD is upon you And they did according to the word of Moses 8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron saying 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink thou nor thy sons with thee when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation lest ye die It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations 10 And that ye may put difference between hoâ—y and unholy and between unclean and clean 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses 12 ¶ And Moses spake unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamâ—r his sons that were left Take the meat-offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire and eat it without leaven beside the altar for it is most holy 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place because it is thy due and thy sonâ— due of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire for so I am commandâ—d 14 And * Exod. â—9 24 the wave-breast and heave-shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place thou and thy sons and thy daughters with thee for they be thy due and thy sons due which are given out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the children of Israel 15 The heave-shoulder and the wave-breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat to wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD and it shall be thine and thy sons with thee by a statute for ever as the LORD hath commanded 16 ¶ And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering and behold it was burnt and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron which were left alive saying 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the holy place seeing it is most holy and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation to make atonement for them before the LORD 18 Behold the bloud of it was not brought in within the holy place ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place * Chap. 6.26 as I commanded 19 And Aaron said unto Moses Behold this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before the LORD and such things have befallen me and if I had eaten the sin-offering to day should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD 20 And when Moses heard that he was content CHAP. XI 1 What beasts may 4 and what may not be eaten 9 What fishes 13 What fowls 29 The creeping things which are unclean ANd the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron saying unto them 2 Speak unto the children of Israel saying * Deu. 14.4 Act. 10 1â— These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof and is cloven-footed and cheweth the cud among the beasts that shall ye eat 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud or of them that divide the hoof as the camel because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof he is unclean to you 5 And the coney because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof he is unclean unto you 6 And the hare because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof he is unclean unto you 7 And * 2 Maâ— 6.18 the swine though he divide the hoof and be cloven-footed yet he cheweth not the cud he is unclean to you 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat and their carcase shall ye not touch they are unclean to you 9 ¶ These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters whatsoever hath fins scales in the waters in the seas in the rivers them shall ye eat 10 And all that have not fins nor scales in the seas and in the rivers of all that move in the waters and of any living thing which is in the waters they shall be an abomination unto you 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you ye shall not eat of their flesh but you shall have their carcases in abomination 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters that shall be an abomination unto you 13 ¶ And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls they shall not be eaten they are an abomination the eagle and the ossifrage and the ospray 14 And the vulture and the kite after his kinde 15 Every raven after his kinde 16 And the owl and the night-hauk and the cuckow and the hauk after his kinde 17 And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl 18 And the swan and the pelican and the gier-eagle 19 And the stork and the heron after her kinde and the lapwing and the bat 20 All fowls that creep going upon all four shall be an abomination unto you 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four which have legs above their feet to leap withal upon the earth 22 Even these of them ye may eat the locust after his kinde and the bald locust after his kinde and the beetle after his kinde and the grashopper after his kinde 23 But all other flying creeping things which have four feet shall be an abomination unto you 24 And for these ye shall be unclean whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even 25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the even 26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof and is not cloven-footed nor cheweth the cud are unclean unto you every one that toucheth them shall be unclean 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws among all manner of beasts that go on all four those are unclean unto you whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even 28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the even they are unclean unto you 29 ¶ These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth the weasel and the mouse and the tortoise after his kinde 30 And the ferret and the chameleon and the lyzard and the snail and the mole 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep whosoever doth touch them when they be dead shall be unclean until the even 32 And upon whatsoever any of them when they are dead doth fall it shall be unclean whether it be any vessel of wood or raiment or skin or sack whatsoever vessel it be wherein any work is done it must be put into water and it shall be unclean until the even so it shall be cleansed 33 And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth whatsoever is in it shall
in water and be unclean until the even 17 And every garment and every skin whereon is the seed of copulation shall be washed with water and be unclean until the even 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation they shall both bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the even 19 ¶ And if a woman have an issue and her issue in her flesh be bloud she shall be †Heb. in her separation put apart seven days and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the even 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the even 23 And if it be on her bed or on any thing whereon she sitteth when he toucheth it he shall be unclean until the even 24 And if any man lie with her at all and her flowers be upon him he shall be unclean seven days and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean 25 And if a woman have an issue of her bloud many days out of the time of her separation or if it run beyond the time of her separation all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation she shall be unclean 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean as the uncleanness of her separation 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water be unclean until the even 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue then she shall number to her self seven days and after that she shall be clean 29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles or two young pigeons and bring them unto the priest to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering and the other for a burnt-offering and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness that they die not in their uncleanness when they defile my tabernacle that is among them 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue and of him whose seed goeth from him and is defiled therewith 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers and of him that hath an issue of the man and of the woman and of him that lieth with her which is unclean CHAP. XVI 1 How the high priest must enter into the hâ—ly place 11 The sin-offering for himself 15 The sin-offering for the people 20 The scape-goat 29 The yearly feast of the expâ—ations ANd the LORD spake unto Moses after * Chap. 10.2 the death of the two sons of Aaron when they offered before the LORD and died 2 And the LORD said unto Moses Speak unto Aaron thy brother that he * Ex. 30.10 Hebr. 9.7 come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark that he die not for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place with a young bullock for a sin-offering and a ram for a burnt-offering 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh and shall be girded with the linen girdle and with the linen mitre shall he be attired these are holy garments therefore shall he wash his flesh in water and so put them on 5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt-offering 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself and * Hebr. 9.7 make an atonement for himself and for his house 7 And he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the †Heb. Azazâ—l scape-goat 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORDS lot †Heb. went up fell and offer him for a sin-offering 10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scape-goat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make an atonement with him and to let him go for a scape-goat into the wilderness 11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself and shall make an atonement for himself and for his house and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself 12 And he shall take a censer-full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small and bring it within the vail 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony that he die not 14 And * Hebr. â— 13 10.4 he shall take of the bloud of the bullock and * Cha. 4. â— sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat east-ward and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the bloud with his finger seven times 15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring his bloud within the vail and do with that bloud as he did with the bloud of the bullock and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat and before the mercy seat 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel and because of their transgressions in all their sins and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that †Heb. dwelleth remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness 17 * Luk. 1 1â— And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place until he come out and have made an atonement for himself and for his houshold and for all the congregation of Israel 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD and make an atonement for it and shall take of the bloud of the bullock of the bloud of the goat put it upon the horns of the altar round about 19 And he shall sprinkle of the bloud upon it with his finger seven times and cleanse it and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel
20 ¶ And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place the tabernacle of the congregation the altar he shall bring the live goat 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel and all their transgressions in all their sins putting them upon the head of the goat and shall send him away by the hand of †Heb. a man of opportunity a fit man into the wilderness 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land †Heb. of separation not inhabited and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness 23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation and shall put off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place and shall leave them there 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his garments and come forth and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people and make an atonement for himself and for the people 25 And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar 26 And he that let go the goat for the scape-goat shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water and afterward come into the camp 27 * Cha. â— 20 Heb. 13 1â— And the bullock for the sin-offering and the goat for the sin-offering whose bloud was brought in to make atonement in the holy place shall one carry forth without the camp and they shall burn in the fire their skins and their flesh and their dung 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water and afterward he shall come into the camp 29 ¶ And this shall be a statute for ever unto you that in the seventh moneth on the tenth day of the moneth ye shall afflict your souls and do no work at all whether it be one of your own countrey of a stranger that sojourneth among you 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement foâ— you to cleanse you that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever 32 And the priest whom he shall anoint and whom he shall †Heb. till his hand consecrate to minister in the priests office in his fathers stead shall make the atonement and shall put on the linen clothes even the holy garments 33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary and â—e shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation and for the altar and he shall make an atonement for the priests and for all the people of the congregation 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins * Exod. 30.10 Hebr. â— 7 once a year And he did as the LORD commanded Moses CHAP. XVII 1 The bloud of all slain beasts must be offered to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle 7 They must not offer to devils 10 All eating of bloud is forbidden 15 and all that dâ—th alone or is torn ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons and unto all the children of Israel and say unto them This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded saying 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel that killeth an ox or lamb or goat in the camp or that killeth it out of the camp 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD bloud shall be imputed unto that man he hath shed bloud and that man shall be cut off from among his people 5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field even that they may brâ—ng them unto the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation unto the priest and ofter them for peace-offerings unto the LORD 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the bloud upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and burn the sat for a * Exod. 20.18 Chap. 4.31 sweet savour unto the LORD 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils after whom they have gone a whoring This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generaâ—ions 8 ¶ And thou shalt say unto them whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel or of the strangers which sojourn among you that offereth a burnt-offering or sacrifice 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation to offer it unto the LORD even that man shall be cut off from among his people 10 ¶ And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn among you that eateth any manner of bloud I will even set my face against that soul that eateth bloud and will cut him off from among his people 11 For the life of the flesh is in the bloud and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls for it is the bloud that maketh an atonement for the soul 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel No soul of you shall eat bloud neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat bloud 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn among you †Heb. that hunteth any hunting which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten he shall even pour out the bloud thereof and cover it with dust 14 * Gen. 9.4 For it is the life of all flesh the bloud of it is for the life thereof therefore I said unto the children of Israel Ye shall eat the bloud of no manner of flesh for the life of all flesh is the bloud thereof whosoever eateth it shall be cut off 15 And every soul that eateth †Heb. a carcase that which died of it self or that which was torn with beasts whether it be one of your own countrey or a stranger he shall both wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the even then shall he be clean 16 But if he wash them not nor bathe his flesh then he shall bear his iniquity CHAP. XVIII 1Vnlawful marriages 19Vnlawful lusts ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them I am the LORD your God 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt shall ye not do and after the doings of the land of Canaan whither I bring you shall ye not do neither shall ye walk in their ordinances 4 Ye shall do my judgements and
nor of thy fathers sister for he uncovereth his near kin they shall bear their iniquity 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncles wife he hath uncovered his uncles nakedness they shall bear their sin they shall die childless 21 And if a man shall take his brothers wife â—t is †Heb. a separation an unclean thing he hath uncovered his brothers nakedness they shall be childless 22 ¶ Ye shall therefore keep all my * Chap. 18.26 statutes and all my judgements and do them that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein * Chap. 18.25 spue you not out 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation which I cast out before you for they committed all these things and * Deut. 9.5 therefore I abhorred them 24 But I have said unto you Ye shall inherit their land I will give it unto you to possess it a land that floweth with milk and honey I am the LORD your God which have separated you from other people 25 * Chap. 11.2 Deut. 14.4 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean between unclean fowls and clean and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast or by fowl or by any manner of living thing that ‖ Or moveth creepeth on the ground which I have separated from you as unclean 26 And ye shall be holy unto me * Vers 7. Chap. 19.2 1 Pet. â— 16 for I the LORD am holy and have severed you from other people that ye should be mine 27 ¶ * Deut. 18.11 1 Sam. 28.7 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard shall surely be put to death they shall stone them with stones their bloud sâ—all be upon them CHAP. XXI 1 Of the priests mourning 6 Of their hâ—liness 8 Of their estimation 7 13 Of their marriages 16 The priests that have blemishes must not miniâ—ter in the sanctuary ANd the LORD said unto Moses Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron and say unto them There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people 2 But for his kin that is near unto him that is for his mother and for his father and for his son and for his daughter and for his brother 3 And for his sister a virgin that is nigh unto him which hath had no husband for her may he be defiled 4 But ‖ Or being an husband among his people be shall not defile himself for his wife c. he shall not defile himself being a chief man among his people to profane himself 5 * Chap. 19.27 They shall not make baldness upon their head neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard nor make any cuttings in their flesh 6 They shall be holy unto their God and not profane the name of their God for the offerings of the LORD made by fire and the bread of their God they do offer therefore they shall be holy 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore or profane neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband for he is holy unto his God 8 Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore for he offereth the bread of thy God he shall be holy unto thee for I the LORD which sanctifie you am holy 9 ¶ And the daughter of any priest if she profane her self by playing the whore she profaneth her father she shall be burnt with fire 10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren upon whose head the anointing oyl was poured and that is consecrated to put on the garments shall not uncover his head nor rend his clothes 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body nor defile himself for his father or for his mother 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God for the crown of the anointing oyl of his God is upon him I am the LORD 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginâ—ty 14 A widow or a divorced woman or profane or an harlot these shall he not take but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife 15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people for I the LORD do sanctifie him 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 17 Speak unto Aaron saying Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish let him not approach to offer the ‖ Or food bread of his God 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish he shall not approach a blinde man or a lame or he that hath a flat nose or any thing * Chap. 22.23 superfluous 19 Or a man that is broken-footed or broken-handed 20 Or crook-backt or ‖ Or too slender a dwarf or that hath a blemish in his eye or be scurvy or scabbed or hath his stones broken 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire he hath a blemish he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God 22 He shall eat the bread of his God both of the most holy and of the holy 23 Onely he shall not go in unto the vail nor come nigh unto the altar because he hath a blemish that he profane not my sanctuarieâ— for I the LORD do sanctifie them 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron and to his sons and unto all the children of Israel CHAP. XXII 1 The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things 6 How they shall be cleansed 10 Who of the priests house may eat of the holy things 17 The sacrifices must be without blemish 26 The age of the sacrifice 29 The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me I am the LORD 3 Say unto them Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations that goeth unto the holy things which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD having his uncleanness upon him that soul shall be cut off from my presence I am the LORD 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or hath * Chap. 15.2 a †Heb. running of the reins running issue he shall not eat of the holy things until he be clean And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead or a man whose seed goeth from him 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing whereby he may be made unclean or a man of whom he may take uncleanness whatsoever uncleanness he hath 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even and shall not eat of the holy things unless he wash his flesh with water
7 And when the sun is down he shall be clean and shall afterward eat of the holy things because it is his food 8 * Exod. 22.21 Ezek. 44.31 That which dieth of it self or is torn with beasts he shall not eat to defile himself therewith I am the LORD 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance lest they bear sin for it and die therefore if they profane it I the LORD do sanctifie them 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing a sojourner of the priest or an hired servant shall not eat of the holy thing 11 But if the priest buy any foul †Heb. with the purchase of his money with his money he shall eat of it and he that is born in his house they shall eat of his meat 12 If the priests daughter also be married unto †Heb. a man a stranger a stranger she may not eat of an offering of the holy things 13 But if the priests daughter be a widow or divorced and have no childe and is returned unto her fathers house * Chap. 10.14 as in her youth she shall eat of her fathers meat but there shall no stranger eat thereof 14 ¶ And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing 15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto the LORD 16 Or ‖ Or lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass when they eat their holy things for I the LORD do sanctifie them 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 18 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons and unto all the children of Israel and say unto them Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel that will offer his oblation for all his vows and for all his free-will-offerings which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish of the beeves of the sheep or of the goats 20 * Deut. 15.21 17.1 But whatsoever hath a blemish that shall ye not offer for it shall not be acceptable for you 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow or a free-will-offering in beeves or ‖ Or goats sheep it shall be perfect to be accepted there shall be no blemish therein 22 Blinde or broken or maimed or having a wen or scurvy or scabbed ye shall not offer these unto the LORD nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD 23 Either a bullock or a ‖ Or kid lamb that hath any thing * Chap 21.18 superfluous or lacking in his parts that mayest thou offer for a free-will-offering but for a vow it shall not be accepted 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised or crushed or broken or cut neither shall you make any offering thereof in your land 25 Neither from a strangers hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these because their corruption is in them and blemishes be in them they shall not be accepted for you 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 27 When a bullock or a sheep or a goat is brought forth then it shall be seven days under the dam and from the eighth day thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD 28 And whether it be cow or ‖ Or she-goat ew ye shall not kill it * Deut. 22.6 and her young both in one day 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD offer it at your own will 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up ye shall leave * Chap. 7.15 none of it until the morrow I am the LORD 31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments and do them I am the LORD 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name but * Chap. 10.3 I will be hallowed among the children of Israel I am the LORD which hallow you 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God I am the LORD CHAP. XXIII 1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The sabbath 4 The pass-over 9 The sheaf of first-fruits 15 The feast of pentecost 22 Gleanings to be left for the poor 23 The feast of trumpets 26 The day of atonement 33 The feast of tabernacles ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them Concerning the feasts of the LORD which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations even these are my feasts 3 * Ex. 20.9 Deut. 5.13 Luk. 13.14 Six days shall work be done but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest an holy convocation ye shall do no work therein it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings 4 ¶ These are the feasts of the LORD even holy convocations which ye shall proclaim in their seasons 5 * Exod. 12.18 Numb 28.16 In the fourteenth day of the first moneth at even is the LORDS pass over 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same moneth is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD seven days ye must eat unleavened brâ—ad 7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation ye shall do no servile work therein 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days in the seventh day is an holy convocation ye shall do no servile work therein 9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 10 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them When ye be come into the land which I give unto you and shall reap the harvest thereof then ye shall bring a ‖ Or handful †Heb. amer sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD to be accepted for you on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering unto the LORD 13 And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth-deals of fine flour mingled with oyl an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine the fourth part of an hin 14 And ye shall eat neither bread nor parched corn nor green ears until the self-same day that ye have brought an offering unto your God It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings 15 ¶ And * Deut. 16.9 ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering seven sabbaths shall be compleat 16 Even unto the
morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days and ye shall offer a new-meat-offering unto the LORD 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth-deals they shall be of fine flour they shall be baken with leaven they are the first-fruits unto the LORD 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year and one young bullock and two rams they shall be for a burnt-offering unto the LORD with their meat-offering their drink-offerings even an offering made by fire of sweet savour unto the LORD 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD with the two lambs they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest 21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-same day that it may be an holy convocation unto you ye shall do no servile work therein It shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations 22 ¶ And * Chap. 19.9 when ye reap the harvest of your land thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest * Deut. 24.19 neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger I am the LORD your God 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 24 Speak unto the children of Israel saying In the * Num. 29.1 seventh moneth in the first day of the moneth shall ye have a sabbath a memorial of blowing of trumpets an holy convocation 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 27 * Chap. 16.30 Numb 29.7 Also on the tenth day of this seventh moneth there shall be a day of atonement it shall be an holy convocation unto you and ye shall afflict your souls and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day for it is a day of atonement to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day he shall be cut off from among his people 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day the same soul will I destroy from among his people 31 Ye shall do no manner of work It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest and ye shall afflict your souls in the ninth day of the moneth at even from even unto even shall ye †Heb. rest celebrate your sabbath 33 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 34 Speak unto the children of Israel saying * Numb 29.12 The fifteenth day of this seventh moneth shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD 35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation ye shall do no servile work therein 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD * Joh. 7.37 on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD it is a †Heb. day of restraint solemn assembly and ye shall do no servile work therein 37 These are the feasts of the LORD which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD a burnt-offering and a meat-offering a sacrifice and drink-offerings ever thing upon his day 38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD and beside your gifts and beside all your vows and beside all your free-will-offerings which ye give unto the LORD 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh moneth when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days on the first day shall be a sabbath and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the †Heb. fruit boughs of goodly trees branches of palm-trees and the boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook and ye shall rejoyce before the LORD your God seven days 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year It shall be a statute for ever in your generations ye shall celebrate it in the seventh moneth 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt I am the LORD your God 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD CHAP. XXIV 1 The oyl for the lamps 5 The shew-bread 10 Shelomiths son blasphemeth 13 The law of blasphemy 17 Of murder 18 Of damage 23 The Hasphemer is stoned ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oyl-olive beaten for the light †Heb to cause to ascend to cause the lamps to burn continually 3 Without the vail of the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually It shall be a statute for ever in your generations 4 He shall order the lamps upon * Exod. 31.8 the pure candlestick before the LORD continually 5 ¶ And thou shalt take fine flour and bake twelve * Exod. 25.30 cakes thereof two tenth-deals shall be in one cake 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows six on a row upon the pure table before the LORD 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row that it may be on the bread for a memorial even an offering made by fire unto the LORD 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant 9 And * Exod. 29.33 Chap. 8.31 Mat. 12.4 it shall be Aarons and his sons and they shall eat it in the holy place for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute 10 ¶ And the son of an Israelitish woman whose father was an Egyptian went out among the children of Israel and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp 11 And the Israelitish womans son blasphemed the Name of the LORD and cursed and they brought him unto Moses and his mothers name was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan 12 And they * Numb 15.34 put him in ward †Heb. to expound unto them according to
shall first set forth 10 ¶ On the south-side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur 11 And his host and those that were numbred thereof were fourty and six thousand and five hundred 12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simâ—on and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai 13 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fifty and â—ine thousand and three hundred 14 Then the tribe of Gad and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel 15 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fourty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty 16 All that were numbred in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty throughout their armies and they shall set forth in the second rank 17 ¶ Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp as they encamp so shall they set forward every man in his place by their standards 18 ¶ On the west-side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud 19 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fourty thousand and five hundred 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur 21 And his host and those that were numbred of them were thirty and two thousand and two hundred 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni 23 And his host and those that were numbred of them were thirty and five thousand and four hundred 24 All that were numbred of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred throughout their armies and they shall go forward in the third rank 25 ¶ The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north-side by their armies and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai 26 And his host and those that were numbred of them were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred 27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran 28 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fourty and one thousand and five hundred 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan 30 And his host and those that were numbred of them were fifty and three thousand and four hundred 31 All they that were numbred in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred they shall go hindmost with their standards 32 ¶ These are those which were numbred of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers all those that were numbred of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty 33 But the Levites were not numbred among the children of Israel as the LORD commanded Moses 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses so they pitched by their standards and so they set forward every one after their families according to the house of their fathers CHAP. III. 1 The sons of Aaron 5 The Levites are given to the priests for the service of the tabernacleâ— 11 in stead of the first-born 14 The Levites are numbred by their families 21 The families number and charge of the Gershonites 27 of the Koâ—athites 33 of the Merarites 38 The place and charge of Moses and Aaron 40 The first-born are freed by the Levites 44 The overplus are redeemed THese also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron Nadab the * Exod. 6.23 first-born and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron the priests which were anointed †Heb. whose hand be filled whom he consecrated to minister in the priests office 4 * Lev. 10.1 Ch. 26.61 1 Chr. 24.2 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai and they had no children and Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the priests office in the sight of Aaron their father 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron the priest that they may minister unto him 7 And they shall keep his charge and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation to do the service of the tabernacle 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation and the charge of the children of Israel to do the service of the tabernacle 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons and they shall wait on their priests office and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unte Moses saying 12 And I behold I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in stead of all the first-born that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel therefore the Levites shall be mine 13 Because all the first-born are mine * Exod. 13.2 Lev. 27.26 Chap. 8.16 Luk. 2.23 for on the day that I smote all the first born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel both man and beast mine they shall be I am the LORD 14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai saying 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers by their families every male from a moneth old and upward shalt thou number them 16 And Moses numbred them according to the †Heb. mouth word of the LORD as he was commanded 17 * Gen. 46.11 Exod. 6.16 Ch. 26.57 1 Chro. 6.1 And these were the sons of Levi by their names Gershon and Kohath and Merari 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families Libni and Shimei 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families Amram and Izehar Hebron and Uzziel 20 And the sons of Merari by their families Mahli and Mushi these are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family
of the Shimites these are the families of the Gershonites 22 Those that were numbred of them according to the number of all the males from a moneth old and upward even those that were numbred of them were seven thousand and five hundred 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behinde the tabernacle west-ward 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle and the tent the covering thereof and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 26 And the hangings of the court and the curtain for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about and the cords of it for all the service thereof 27 ¶ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izeharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of the Uzzielites these are the families of the Kohathites 28 In the number of all the males from a moneth old and uâ—ward were eight thousand six hundred keeping the charge of the sanctâ—ary 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle south-ward 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel 31 And their charge shall be the ark and the table and the candlestick and the altars and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister and the hanging and all the service thereof 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary 33 ¶ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites these are the families of Merari 34 And those that were numbred of them according to the number of all the males from a moneth old and upward were six thousand and two hundred 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle north-ward 36 And †Heb. the office of the charge under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and the sockets thereof and all the vessels thereof and all that serveth thereto 37 And the pillars of the court round about and their sockets and their pins and their cords 38 ¶ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east even before the tabernacle of the congregation east-ward shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death 39 All that were numbred of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbred at the commandment of the LORD throughout their families all the males from a moneth old and upward were twenty and two thousand 40 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Number all the first-born of the males of the children of Israel from a moneth old and upward and take the number of their names 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me I am the LORD in stead of all the first-born among the children of Israel and the cattel of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattel of the children of Israel 42 And Moses numbred as the LORD commanded him all the first-born among the children of Israel 43 And all the first-born males by the number of names from a moneth old and upward of those that were numbred of them were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 45 Take the Levites in stead of all the first-born among the children of Israel and the cattel of the Levites in stead of their cattel and the Levites shall be mine I am the LORD 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel which are more then the Levites 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels a piece by the poll after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them * Exod. 30.13 Lev. 27.25 Ch. 18.16 Ezek. 45.12 the shekel is twenty gerahs 48 And thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons 49 And Moses took the redemption-money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites 50 Of the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary 51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons according to the word of the LORD as the LORD commanded Moses CHAP. IV. 1 The age and time of the Levites service 4 The carriage of the Kohathites when the priests have taken down the tabernacle 16 The charge of Eleazar 17 The office of the priests 21 The carriage of the Gershonites 29 The carriage of the Merarites 34 The number of the Kohathites 38 of the Gershonites 42 and of the Merarites ANd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi after their families by the house of their fathers 3 From thirty years old upward even until fifty years old all that enter into the host to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation about the most holy things 5 ¶ And when the camp setteth forward Aaron shall come and his sons and they shall take down the covering vail and cover the ark of testimony with it 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers skins and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue and shall put in the staves thereof 7 And upon the * Ex. 25.30 table of shew-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue and put thereon the dishes and the spoons and the bowls and covers to ‖ Or pour out withal cover withal and the continual bread shall be thereon 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of badgers skins and shall put in the staves thereof 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the * Exod. 25.31 candlestick of the light * Exod. 25.37 38. and his lamps and his tongs and his snuff-dishes and all the oyl-vessels thereof wherewith they mâ—nister unto it 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers skins and shall put it upon a bar 11 And
Moses forbid them 29 And Moses said unto him Enviest thou for my sake would God that all the LORDS people were prophets and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them 30 And Moses gat him into the camp he and the elders of Israel 31 ¶ And there went forth a * Ex. 16.13 Ps 78.26 wind from the LORD brought quails from the sea and let them fall by the camp †Heb. as it were the way of a day as it were a days journey on this side and as it were a days journey on the other side round about the camp and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth 32 And the people stood up all that day and all that night and all the next day and they gathered the quails he that gathered least gathered ten homers and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp 33 And while the * Ps 78.30 31. flesh was yet between their teeth ere it was chewed the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague 34 And he called the name of that place ‖ That is The graves of lust Kibroth-hattaavah because there they buried the people that lusted 35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth and †Heb. they were in c. abode at Hazeroth CHAP. XII 1 God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron 10 Miriams leprosie is healed at the prayer of Moses 14 God commandeth her to be shut out of the host ANd Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the ‖ Or Cushite Ethiopian woman whom he had married for he had †Heb. taken married an Ethiopian woman 2 And they said Hath the LORD indeed spoken onely by Moses hath he not spoken also by us And the LORD heard it 3 Now the man Moses was * Ecclus. 95.4 very meek above all the men which were upon the face of the earth 4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto Miriam Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation And they three came out 5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle and called Aaron and Miriam and they both came forth 6 And he said Hear now my words If there be a prophet among you I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision and will speak unto him in a dream 7 My servant Moses is not so * Heb. 3.2 who is faithful in all mine house 8 With him will I speak * Ex 33 11 mouth to mouth even apparently and not in dark speeches and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them and he departed 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle and behold Miriam became leprous white as snow and Aaron looked upon Miriam and behold she was leprous 11 And Aaron said unto Moses Alas my lord I beseech thee lay not the sin upon us wherein we have done foolishly and wherein we have sinned 12 Let her nor be as one dead of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mothers womb 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD saying Heal her now O God I beseech thee 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses If her father had but spit in her face should she not be ashamed seven days let her be * Levit. 13 4◠shut out from the camp seven days and after that let her be received in again 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again 16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth and pitched in the wilderness of Paran CHAP. XIII 1 The names of the men who were sent to search the land 17 Their instructions 21 Their acts 26 Their relation ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Send thou men that they may search the land of Canaan which I give unto the children of Israel of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man every one a ruler among them 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran all those men were heads of the children of Israel 4 And these were their names Of the tribe of Reuben Shammua the son of Zaccur 5 Of the tribe of Simeon Shaphat the son of Hori 6 Of the tribe of Judah Caleb the son of Jephunneh 7 Of the tribe of Issachar Igal the son of Joseph 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim Oshea the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin Palti the son of Raphu 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun Gaddiel the son of Sodi 11 Of the tribe of Joseph namely of the tribe of Manasseh Gaddi the son of Susi 12 Of the tribe of Dan Ammiel the son of Gemalli 13 Of the tribe of Asher Sethur the son of Michael 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali Nahbi the son of Vophsi 15 Of the tribe of Gad Geuel the son of Machi 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua 17 ¶ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said unto them Get you up this way south-ward and go up into the mountain 18 And see the land what it is and the people that dwelleth therein whether they be strong or weak few or many 19 And what the land is that they dwell in whether it be good or bad and what cities they be that they dwell in whether in tents or in strong holds 20 And what the land is whether it be fat or lean whether there be wood therein or not And be ye of good courage and bring of the fruit of the land now the time was the time of the first-ripe-grapes 21 ¶ So they went up and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob as men come to Hamath 22 And they ascended by the south and came unto Hebron where Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai the children of Anak were now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt 23 * Deu. 1.24 And they came unto the ‖ Or valley brook of Eshcol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes and they bare it between two upon a staff and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs. 24 The place was called the ‖ Or valley brook ‖ That is a cluster of grapes Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence 25 And they returned from searching of the land after fourty days 26 ¶ And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the congregation of the children of Israel unto
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
him that †Heb. doeth sinneth through ignorance both for him that is born amongst the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourneth among them 30 ¶ But the soul that doeth ought †Heb. with an high hand presumptuously whether he be born in the land or a stranger the same reproacheth the LORD and that soul shall be cut off from among his people 31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD and hath broken his commandment that soul shall utterly be cut off his iniquity shall be upon him 32 ¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath-day 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the congregation 34 And they put him * Lev. 24.12 in ward because it was not declared what should be done to him 35 And the LORD said unto Moses The man shall be surely put to death all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp and stoned him with stones and he died as the LORD commanded Moses 37 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 38 Speak unto the children of Israel and bid * Deut. 22.12 Mat. 23.5 them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe that ye may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes after which ye use to go a whoring 40 That ye may remember and do all my commandments and be holy unto your God 41 I am the LORD your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God I am the LORD your God CHAP. XVI 1 The rebellion of Korah Dathan and Abiram 23 Moses separateth the people from the rebels tents 31 The earth swalloweth up Korah and a fire consumeth others 36 The censers are reserved to holy use 41 Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague for murmuring against Moses and Aaron 46 Aaron by incense stayeth the plague NOw * Ch. 27.3 Ecclus 45.18 Jude 11. Korah the son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab and On the son of Peleth sons of Reuben took men 2 And they rose up before Moses with certain of the children of Israel two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly * Ch. 26.9 famous in the congregation men of renown 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them †Heb. It is much for you Ye take too much upon you seeing all the congregation are holy everyone of them and the LORD is among them wherefore then lift you up your selves above the congregation of the LORD 4 And when Moses heard it he fell upon his face 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company saying Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his and who is holy and will cause him to come near unto him even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him 6 This do take you censers Korah and all his company 7 And put fire therein and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose he shall be holy ye take too much upon you ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah Hear I pray you ye sons of Levi 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them 10 And he hath brought thee near to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee and seek ye the priesthood also 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD and what is Aaron that ye murmure against him 12 ¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab which said We will not come up 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness except thou make thy self altogether a prince over us 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards wilt thou †Heb. here out put out the eyes of these men we will not come up 15 And Moses was very wroth and said unto the LORD * Gen. 4 4. Respect not thou their offering I have not taken one ass from them neither have I hurt one of them 16 And Moses said unto Korah Be thou and all thy company before the LORD thou and they and Aaron to morrow 17 And take every man his censer and put incense in them and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer two hundred and fifty censers thou also and Aaron each of you his censer 18 And they took every man his censer and put fire in them and said incense thereon and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation 20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 21 Separate your selves from among this congregation that I may consume them in a moment 22 And they fell upon their faces and said O God the God of the spirits of all flesh shall one man sin and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 24 Speak unto the congregation saying Get you up from about the taberlacle of Korah Dathan and Abiram 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel followed him 26 And he spake unto the congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs lest ye be consumed in all their sins 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah Dathan and Abiram on every side and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents and their wives and their sons and their little children 28 And Moses said Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works for I have not done them of mine own minde 29 If these men die †Heb. as every man dieth the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then
7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priests office for every thing of the altar and within the vail and ye shall serve I have given your priests office unto you as a service of gift and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death 8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron Behold I also have given thee the charge of mine heave-offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing to thy sons by an ordinance for ever 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things reserved from the fire every oblation of theirs every meat-offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs and every trespass offering of theirs which they shall render unto me shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons 10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it every male shall eat it it shall be holy unto thee 11 And this is thine the heave offering of their gift with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel I have given them unto * Levi◠1◠14 thee and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee by a statute for ever every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it 12 All the †Heb. sat best of the oyl and all the best of the wine and of the wheat the first-fruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD them have I given thee 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land which they shall bring unto the LORD shall be thine every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it 14 * Levit. 27.28 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine 15 Everything that openeth * Ex. 13.2 22.29 Lev. 26.27 Chap. 3.12 the matrix in all flesh which they bring unto the LORD whether it be of men or beasts shall be thine nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a moneth old shalt thou redeem according to thine estimation for the money of five shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary * Ex. 30.12 Lev. 27.25 Ch. 3.47 Ez. 45.12 which is twenty gerahs 17 But the firstling of a cow or the firstling of a sheep or the firstling of a goat thou shalt not redeem they are holy thou shalt sprinkle their bloud upon the altar and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a sweet savour unto the LORD 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine as the * Ex. 29.26 wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine 19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD have I given thee and thy sons and thy daughters with thee by a statute for ever it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee 20 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land neither shalt thou have any part among them * Deut. 10.9 and 18.2 Jos 13.14 33. Ez 44.28 I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel 21 And behold I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance for their service which they serve even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation * Heb. to die lest they bear sin †and die 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation and they shall bear their iniquity It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel which they offer as an heave-offering unto the LORD I have given to the Levites to inherit therefore I have said unto them Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance 25 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 26 Thus speak unto the Levites and say unto them When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance then ye shall offer up an heave-offering of it for the LORD even a tenth part of the tithe 27 And this your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor and as the fulness of the wine-press 28 Thus you also shall offer an heave-offering unto the LORD of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel and ye shall give thereof the LORDs heave-offering to Aaron the priest 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the LORD of all the †Heb. sat best thereof even the hallowed part thereof out of it 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them When ye have heaved the best thereof from it then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor and as the encrease of the wine press 31 And ye shall eat it in every place ye and your housholds for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it when ye have heaved from it the best of it neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel lest ye die CHAP. XIX 1 The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifr 11 The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean ANd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded saying Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring thee a red heifer without spot wherein is no blemish and upon which never came yoke 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest that he may bring her * Heb. 13.11 forth without the camp and one shall slay her before his face 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her bloud with his finger and * Heb. 9.13 sprinkle of her bloud directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times 5 And one shall burn the heifet in his sight * Ex. 29.14 Levit. 4.11 12. her skin and her flesh and her bloud with her dung shall he burn 6 And the priest shall take cedar-wood and hyssop and scarlet and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes and he shall bathe his flesh in water and afterward he shall come into the camp and the priest shall be unclean until the even 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his flesh in water and shall be unclean until the even 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and lay them up without
land which I have given unto the children of Israel because ye rebelled against my †Heb. mouth word at the water of Meribah 25 * Ch. 33.38 Deu. 32.50 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up unto mount Hor 26 And strip Aaron of his garments and put them upon Eleazar his son and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people and shall die there 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them upon Eleazar his son and * Deu. 10.6 32 50. Aaron died there in the top of the mount and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead they mourned for Aaron thirty days even all the house of Israel CHAP. XXI 1 Israel with some loss destroy the Canaanites at Hormah 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents 7 They repenting are healed by a brasen serpent 10 Sundry journeys of the Israelites 21 Sihon is overcome 33 and Og. ANd when * Cha. 33.40 king Arad the Canaanite which dwelt in the south heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies then he sought against Israel and took some of them prisoners 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD said If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand then I will utterly destroy their cities 3 And the LORD hearkned to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites and they utterly destroyed them and their cities and he called the name of the place ‖ That is utter destruction Hormah 4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea to compass the land of Edom and the soul of the people was much ‖ Or grieved †Heb. shortned discouraged because of the way 5 And the people spake against God and against Moses Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness for there is no bread neither is there any water * Ch. 11.6 our soul lotheth this light bread 6 And * Wis 16.1 5. 1 Cor. 10.9 the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people and much people of Israel died 7 ¶ Therefore the people came to Moses and said We have sinned for we have spoken against the LORD and against thee pray unto the LORD that he take away the serpents from us and Moses prayed for the people 8 And the LORD said unto Moses Make thee a fiery serpent and set it upon a pole and it shall come to pass that every one that is bitten when he looketh upon it shall live 9 And * 2 Kin. 18.4 Joh. 3.14 Moses made a serpent of brass and put it upon a pole and it came to pass that if a serpent had bitten any man when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived 10 ¶ And the children of Israel set forward and * Ch. 33.43 pitched in Oboth 11 And they journeyed from Oboth and pitched at ‖ Or bâ—aps of Abarim Ije-abarim in the wilderness which is before Moab toward the sun-rising 12 ¶ From thence they removed and pitched in the valley of Zared 13 From thence they removed and pitched on the other side of Arnon which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab between Moab and the Amorites 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD ‖ Or Vabeh in Suphab What he did in the Red sea and in the brooks of Arnon 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar and †Heb. leaneth lieth upon the border of Moab 16 And from thence they went to Beer that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses Gather the people together and I will give them water 17 ¶ Then Israel sang this song †Heb. Ascend Spring up O well ‖ Or answer sing ye unto it 18 The princes digged the well the nobles of the people digged it by the directions of the law giver with their staves And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel and from Nahaliel to Bamoth 20 And from Bamoth in the valley that is in the †Heb. field countrey of Moab to the top of ‖ Or the hill Pisgah which looketh toward ‖ Or the wilderness Jeshimon 21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites saying 22 * Deu. 2 27. Judg. 11.19 Let me pass through thy land we will not turn into the fields or into the vineyards we will not drink of the waters of the well but we will go along by the kings high-way until we be past thy borders 23 * Deu. 29.7 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border but Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel 24 And * Jos 12.2 Ps 135.10 11. Am. 2.9 Israel smote him with the edge of the sword and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok even unto the children of Ammon for the border of the children of Ammon was strong 25 And Israel took all these cities and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon and in all the †Heb. daughters villages thereof 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand even unto Arnon 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say Come into Heshbon let the city of Sihon be built and prepared 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon a flame from the city of Sihon it hath consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon 29 Wo to thee Moab thou art undone O people of * 1 Kin. 11.7 33. Chemosh he hath given his sons that escaped and his daughters into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites 30 We have shot at them Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah which reacheth unto Medeba 31 ¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer and they took the villages thereof and drove out the Amorites that were there 33 ¶ * Deu. 3.1 29.7 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan and Og the king of Bashan went out against them he and all his people to the battel at Edrei 34 And the LORD said unto Moses Fear him not for I have delivered him into thy hand and all his people and his land and * Ps 135.10.11 thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the
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.
10.2 Chap. 3.4 1 Chr. 24 2. Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD 62 And those that were numbred of them were twenty and three thousand all males from a moneth old and upward for they were not numbred among the children of Israel because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel 63 ¶ These are they that were numbred by Moses and Eleazar the priest who numbred the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbred when they numbred the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai 65 For the LORD had said of them They * Ch. 14.28 1 Co. 10.5 ◠shall surely die in the wilderness And there was not left a man of them save Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. CHAP. XXVII 1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance 6 The law of inheritances 12 Moses being told of his death sueth for a successour 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him THen came the daughters of * Ch. 26.33 Josh 17.3 Zelophehad the son of Hepher the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph and these are the names of his daughters Mahlah Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah 2 And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the princes and all the congregation by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation saying 3 Our father * Ch. 14.35 26.64 65. died in the wilderness and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah but died in his own sin and had no sons 4 Why should the name of our father be †Heb. diminished done away from among his family because he hath no son Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD 6 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their fathers brethren and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel saying If a man die and have no son then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter 9 And if he have no daughter then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren 10 And if he have no brethren then ye shall give his inheritance unto his fathers brethren 11 And if his father have no brethren then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family and he shall possess it and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgement as the LORD commanded Moses 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses * Deut. 32.49 Get thee up into this mount Abarim and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel 13 And when thou hast seen it thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people as * Ch. 20.24 Aaron thy brother was gathered 14 For ye * Ch. 20.24 rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin in the strife of the congregation to sanctifie me at the water before their eyes that is the * Ex. 17.7 water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin 15 ¶ And Moses spake unto the LORD saying 16 Let the LORD the God of the spirits of all flesh set a man over the congregation 17 Which may go out before them and which may go in before them and which may lead them out and which may bring them in that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd 18 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Take thee Joshua the son of Nun a man in whom is the spirit and lay thine hand upon him 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation and give him a charge in their sight 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest who shall ask counsel for him * Exod. 28.30 after the judgement of Urim before the LORD at his word shall they go out and at his word they shall come in both he and all the children of Israel with him even all the congregation 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest before all the congregation 23 And he laid his hands upon him and gave him a charge as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses CHAP. XXVIII 1 Offerings are be observed 3 The continual burnt-offering 9 The offering on the sabbath 11 on the new-moons 16 at the pass-over 26 in the day of first-fruits ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Command the children of Israel and say unto them My offering and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire for †Heb. a savour of my rest a sweet savour unto me shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season 3 And thou shalt say unto them * Exod. 29.38 This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD two lambs of the first year without pot †Heb. in a day day by day for a continual burnt-offering 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning and the other lamb shalt thou offer †Heb. between the two evenines at even 5 And a tenth part of an Ephah of flour for a * Lev. 2.1 meat-offering mingled with the fourth part of an * Ex. 29.40 hin of beaten oyl 6 It is a continual burnt-offering which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD 7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even as the meat-offering of the morning and as the drink-offering thereof thou shalt offer it a sacrifice made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 9 ¶ And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot and two tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering mingled with oyl and the drink offering thereof 10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath beside the continual burnt-offering and his drink offering 11 ¶ And in the beginnings of your moneths ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the LORD two young bullocks and one ram seven lambs of the first year without spot 12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering mingled with oyl for one
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
house went out unto them and said unto them Nay my brethren nay I pray you do not so wickedly seeing that this man is come into mine house do not this folly 24 Behold here is my daughter a maiden and his concubine them I will bring out now and humble ye them and do with them what seemeth good unto you but unto this man do not †Heb. the matter of this folly so vile a thing 25 But the men would not hearken to him so the man took his concubine and brought her forth unto them and they knew her and abused her all the night until the morning and when the day began to spring they let her go 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day and fell down at the door of the mans house where her lord was till it was light 27 And her lord rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way and behold the woman his concubine was falâ— down at the door of the house and her hands were upon the threshold 28 And he said unto her Up and let us be going but none answered Then the man took her up vpon an ass and the man rose up and gat him unto his place 29 ¶ And when he was come into his house he took a knife and laid hold on his concubine and divided her together with her bones into twelve pieces and sent her into all the coasts of Israel 30 And it was so that all that saw it said there was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day consider of it take advice and speak your minds CHAP. XX. 1 The Levite in a general assembly declareth his wrong 8 The decree of the assembly 12 The Benjamites being cited make head against the Israelites 18 The Israelites in two battels lose fourty thousand 26 They destroy by a stratagem all the Benjamites except six hundred THen all the children of Israel went out and the congregation was gathered together as one man from Dan even to Beer-sheba with the land of Gilead unto the LORD in Mizpeh 2 And the chief of all the people even of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword 3 Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh Then said the children of Israel Tell us how was this wickedness 4 And †Heb. the man the Levite the Levite the husband of the woman that was slain answered and said I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin I and my concubine to lodge 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me and beset the house round about upon me by night and thought to have slain me and my concubine have they †Heb. humbled forced that she is dead 6 And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the countrey of the inheritance of Israel for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel 7 Behold ye are all children of Israel give here your advice and counsel 8 ¶ And all the people arose as one man saying We will not any of us go to his tent neither will we any of us turn into his house 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah we will go up by lot against it 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel and an hundred of a thousand and a thousand out of ten thousand to fetch victual for the people that they may do when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city †Heb. fellows knit together as one man 12 ¶ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying What wickedness is this that is done among you 13 Now therefore deliver us the men the children of Belial which are in Gibeah that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah to go out to battel against the children of Israel 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbred at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword beside the inhabitants of Gibeah which were numbred seven hundred chosen men 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men * Chap. 3.15 left-handed every one could sling stones at an hair breadth and not miss 17 And the men of Israel beside Benjamin were numbred four hundred thousand men that drew sword all these were men of war 18 ¶ And the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God and asked counsel of God and said Which of us shall go up first to the battâ—l against the children of Benjamin And the LORD said Judah shall go up first 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah 20 And the men of Israel went out to battel against Benjamin and the men of Israel put themselves in aray to fight against them at Gibeah 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men 22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves and set their battel again in aray in the place where they put themselves in aray the first day 23 And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even and asked counsel of the LORD saying Shall I go up again to battel against the children of Benjamin my brother And the LORD said Go up against him 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men all these drew the sword 26 ¶ Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up and came unto the house of God and wept and sat there before the LORD and fasted that day until even and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the LORD 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days 28 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron stood before it in those days saying Shall I yet again go out to battel against the children of Benjamin my brother or shall I cease And the LORD said Go up for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand 29 And Israel set liers in
before you and I am old and gray-headed and behold my sons are wâ—th you and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day 3 Behold * Ecclus 46.19 here I am witness against me before the LORD and before his anointed whose ox have I taken or whose ass have I taken or whom have I defrauded whom have I oppressed or of whose hand have I received any †Heb. ransom bribe ‖ Or that I should bide mine eyes at him to blinde mine eyes therewith and I will restore it you 4 And they said Thou hast not defrauded us nor oppressed us neither hast thou taken ought of any mans hand 5 And he said unto them The LORD is witness against you and his anointed is witness this day that ye have not found ought it my hand And they answered He is witness 6 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people It is the LORD that ‖ Or made advanced Moses and Aaron and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt 7 Now therefore stand still that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the †Heb. righteousnesses or benefits righteous acts of the LORD which he did †Heb. with to you and to your fathers 8 * Gen. 46.5 6. When Jacob was come into Egypt and your fathers cried unto the LORD then the LORD * Ex. 4.16 sent Moses and Aaron which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place 9 And when they forgat the LORD their God * Judg. 4.2 he sold them into the hand of Sisera captain of the host of Hazor and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab and they fought against them 10 And they cried unto the LORD and said We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies we will serve thee 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and * Judges â—â— 1 Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side and ye dwelled safe 12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you ye said unto me Nay but a king shall reign over us when the LORD your God was your King 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen and whom ye have desired and behold the LORD hath set a king over you 14 If ye will fear the LORD and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the †Heb. mouth commandment of the LORD then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you †Heb. be after continue following the LORD your God 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD but rebel against the commandment of the LORD then shall the hand of the LORD be against you as it was against your fathers 16 ¶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes 17 Is it not wheat-harvest to day I will call unto the LORD and he shall send thunder and rain that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of the LORD in asking you a king 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel 19 And all the people said unto Samuel Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God that we die not for we have added unto all our sins this evil to ask us a king 20 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people Fear not ye have done all this wickedness yet turn not aside from following the LORD but serve the LORD with all your heart 21 And turn ye not aside for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver for they are vain 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great names sake because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people 23 Moreover as for me God forbid that I should sin against the LORD †Heb. from ceasing in ceasing to pray for you but I will teach you the good and the right way 24 Onely fear the LORD and serve him in truth with all your heart for consider ‖ Or what a treat thing c. how great things he hath done for you 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly ye shall be consumed both ye and your king CHAP. XIII 1 Sauls selected band 3 He calleth the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines whose garison Jonathan had smitten 5 The Philistines great host 6 The distress of the Israelites 8 Saul weary of staying for Samuel sacrificeth 11 Samuel reproveth him 17 The three spoiling hands of the Philistines 19 The policy of the Philistines to suffer no smith in Israel SAul †Heb. the son of one year in his reigning reigned one year and when he had reigned two years over Israel 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent 3 And Jonathan smote the garison of the Philistines that was in ‖ Or 〈◊〉 hiâ—â— Geba and the Philistines heard of it and Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land saying Let the Hebrews hear 4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garison of the Philistines and that Israel also †Heb. did stink was had in abomination with the Philistines and the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal 5 ¶ And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsmen and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude and they came up and pitched in Michmash east-ward from Beth-aven 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait for the people were distressed then the people did hide themselves in caves and in thickets and in rocks and in high places and in pits 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead as for Saul he was yet in Gilgal and all the people †Heb. trembled after him followed him trembling 8 ¶ * Ch. 10.8 And he carried seven days according to the set time that Samuel had appointed but Samuel came not to Gilgal and the people were scattered from him 9 And Saul said Bring hither a burnt-offering to me and peace-offerings And he offered the burnt-offering 10 And it came to pass that assoon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering behold Samuel came and Saul went out to meet him that he might †Heb. bless him salute him 11 ¶ And Samuel said What hast
in his transgression have we prepared and sanctified and behold they are before the altar of the LORD 20 ¶ Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the rulers of the city and went up to the house of the LORD 21 And they brought seven bullocks and seven rams and seven lambs and seven he-goats for a * Levit. â— 14 sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah and he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD 22 So they killed the bullocks and the priests received the bloud and * Levit. 8.14 1â— Heb. 9.21 sprinkled it on the altar likewise when they had killed the rams they sprinkied the bloud upon the altar they killed also the lambs and they sprinkled the bloud upon the altar 23 And they brought †Heb. near forth the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation and they laid their * Levit. 4.15 hands upon them 24 And the priests killed them and they made reconciliation with their bloud upon the altar to make an atonement for all Israel for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel 25 * 1 Chron 16.4 and 25.6 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals with psalteries and with harps according to the commandment of David and of Gad the kings seer and Nathan the prophet for so was the commandment †Heb. by the hand of the LORD of the LORD †Heb. by the hand of by his prophets 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David and the priests with the trumpets 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar and †Heb. in the time when the burnt-offering began the song of the LORD beâ—an also with the trumpets and with the †Heb. hands of instruments instruments ordained by David king of Israel 28 And all the congregation worshipped and the †Heb. song singers sang and the trumpeters sounded and all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished 29 And when they had made an end of offering the king and all that were †Heb. sound present with him bowed themselves and worshipped 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer and they sang praises with gladness and they bowed their heads and worshipped 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said Now ye have ‖ Or filled your hand consecrated your selves unto the LORD come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings and as many as were of a free heart burnt-offerings 22 And the number of the burnt offerings which the congregation brought was threescore and ten bulloâ—ks an hundred rams and two hundred lambs all these were for a burnt-offering to the LORD 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep 34 But the priests were too sew so that they could not stay all the burnt-offerings wherefore their brethren the Levites †Heb. strengthned them did help them till the work was ended and until the other priests had sanctified themselves for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctifie themselves then the priests 35 And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order 36 And Hezekiah rejoyced and all the people that God had prepared the people for the thing was done suddenly CHAP. XXX 1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemn pass-over on the second moneth for Judah and Israel 13 The assembly having destroyed the altars of idolatry keep the feast fourteen days 27 The priests and Levites bless the people ANd Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Eparaim and Manasseh that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to keep the pass-over unto the LORD God of Israel 2 For the king had taken counsel and his princes and all the congregation in Jerusalem to keep the pass-over in the second * Num. 9.10 11. moneth 3 For they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem 4 And the thing †Heb. was right in the eyes of the king pleased the king and all the congregation 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel from Beer sheba even to Dan that they should come to keep the pass-over unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written 6 So the posts went with the letters †Heb. from the â—â—nd from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah and according to the commandment of the king saying Ye children of Israel turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham Isaac and Israel and he will return to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria 7 And be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers who therefore gave them up to desolation as ye see 8 Now †Heb. â—arden not your necks be ye not stiff-necked as your fathers were but †Heb. give the hâ—nd yeeld your selves unto the LORD and enter into his sanctuary which he hath sanctified for ever and serve the LORD your God that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you 9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD your brethren and your children shall finde compassion before them that lead them captive so that they shall come again into this land for the LORD your God is * Exod. 34.6 gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return unto him 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the countrey of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them 11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of the LORD 13 ¶ And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second moneth a very great congregation 14 And they arose and took away the * Chap. 28 24. altars that were in Jerusalem and all the altars for incense took they away and cast them into the brook Kidron 15 Then they killed the pass-over on the fourteenth day of the second moneth and the priests and the Levites were
where the treasures were †Cald. made to descend laid up in Babylon 2 And there was found at ‖ Or Echatana or in a coffer Achmetha in the palace that is in the province of the Medes a roll and therein was a record thus written 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem Let the house be builded the place where they offered sacrifices and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid the height thereof threescore cubits and the breadth thereof threescore cubits 4 With three rows of great stones and a row of new timber and let the expences be given out of the kings house 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought unto Babylon be restored and †Cald. go brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem every one to his place and place them in the house of God 6 Now therefore Tatnai governour beyond the river Shethar-boznai and †Cald. their societies your companions the Apharsachites which are beyond the river be ye far from thence 7 Let the work of this house of God alone let the governour of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place 8 Moreover †Cald. by me a decree is made I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God that of the kings goods even of the tribute beyond the river forthwith expences be given unto these men that they be not †Cald. made to cease hindred 9 And that which they have need of both young bullocks and rams and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven wheat salt wine and oyl according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem let it be given them day by day without fail 10 That they may offer sacrifices †Cald. â—f rest of sweet savours unto the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and of his sons 11 Also I have made a decree that whosoever shall alter this word let timber be pulled down from his house and being set up †Cald. let him be destroyed let him be hanged thereon and let his house be made a dunghil for this 12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem I Darius have made a decree let it be done with speed 13 ¶ Then Tatnai governour on this side the river Shethar-boznai and their companions according to that which Darius the king had sent so they did speedily 14 And the elders of the Jews builded and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo and they builded and finished it according to the commandment of the God of Israel and according to the †Cald. â—â—â—ree commandment of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the moneth Adar which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king 16 ¶ And the children of Israel the priests and the Levites and the rest of †Cald. the sons of the transportation the children of the captivity kept the dedication of this house of God with joy 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks two hundred rams four hundred lambs and for a sin-offering for all Israel twelve he-goats according to the number of the tribes of Israel 18 And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God which is at Jerusalem †Cald. according to the writâ—nâ— * Râ—m 3.6 â— 9 as it is written in the book of Moles 19 And the children of the captivity kept the pass-over upon the fourteenth day of the first moneth 20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together all of them were pure and killed the pass-over for all the children of the captivity and for their brethren the priests and for themselves 21 And the children of Israel which were come again out of captivity and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land to seek the LORD God of Israel did eat 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy for the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God the God of Israel CHAP. VII 1 Ezra goeth up to Jerusalem 11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra 27 Ezra blesseth God for his savour NOw after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia Ezra the son of Seraiah the son of Azariah the son of Hilkiah 2 The son of Shallum the son of Zadok the son of Ahitub 3 The son of Amariah the son of Azariah the son of Meraioth 4 The son of Zerahiah the son of Uzzi the son of Bukki 5 The son of Abishua the son of Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the chief priest 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses which the LORD God of Israel had given and the king granted him all his request according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him 7 And there went up some of the children of Israel and of the priests and the Levites and the singers and the porters and the Nethinims unto Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth moneth which was in the seventh year of the king 9 For upon the first day of the first moneth †Heb. was the foundation of the going up began he to go up from Babylon and on the first day of the fifth moneth came he to Jerusalem according to the good hand of his God upon him 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgements 11 ¶ Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest the scribe even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD and of his statutes to Israel 12 Artaxerxes king of kings ‖ Or To Ezra the priest a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven peace c. Unto Ezra the priest a scribe of the law of the God of heaven perfect peace and at such a time 13 I make a decree that all they of the people of Israel and of his priests and Levites in my realm which are minded of their own
4 for his greatness 8 for his kingdom 11 for his general judgement O * 1 Chron. 16.23 Sing unto the LORD a new song sing unto the LORD all the earth 2 Sing unto the LORD bless his name shew forth his salvation from day to day 3 Declare his glory among the heathen his wonders among all people 4 For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised he is to be feared above all gods 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols but the LORD made the heavens 6 Honour and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary 7 Give unto the LORD O ye kindreds of the people give unto the LORD glory and strength 8 Give unto the LORD the glory †Heb. of his name due unto his name bring an offering and come into his courts 9 O worship the LORD ‖ Or in the glorious sanctuary in the beauty of holiness fear before him all the earth 10 Say among the heathen that * Psal 93.1 and 97.1 the LORD reigneth the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved he shall judge the people righteously 11 Let the heavens rejoyce and let the earth be glad let the sea roar and the fulness thereof 12 Let the field be joyful and all that is therein then shall all the trees of the wood rejoyce 13 Before the LORD for he cometh for he cometh to judge the earth he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth PSAL. XCVII 1 The majesty of Gods kingdom 7 The church rejoyceth at Gods judgements upon idolateri 10 An exhortation to godliness and gladness THe LORD reigneth let the earth rejoyce let the †Heb. many or great isles multitude of isles be glad thereof 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him * Psal 89.14 righteousness and judgement are the ‖ Or establishment habitation of his throne 3 A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about 4 His lightnings enlightned the world the earth saw trembled 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth 6 The heavens declare his righteousness and all the people see his glory 7 * Ex. 20.4 Levit. 26.1 Deut. 5.8 Confounded be all they that serve graven images that boast themselves of idols * Heb. 1.6 worship him all ye gods 8 Zion heard and was glad and the daughters of Judah rejoyced because of thy judgements O LORD 9 For thou LORD art high above all the earth thou art exalted far above all gods 10 Ye that love the LORD * Ps 34.14 Amos 5.15 Rom. 12.9 hate evil he preserveth the souls of his saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked 11 Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart 12 Rejoyce in the LORD ye righteous and give thanks ‖ Or to the memorial at the remembrance of his holiness PSAL. XCVIII 1 The psalmist exhorteth the Jews 4 the Gentiles 7 and all the creatures to praise God ¶ A psalm O Sing unto the LORD a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory 2 * Isa 52.10 The LORD hath made known his salvation his righteousness hath he ‖ Or revealed openly shewed in the sight of the heathen 3 He hath remembred his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD all the earth make a loud noise and rejoyce and ring praise 5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp with the harp and the voice of a psalm 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD the King 7 Let the sea roar and the fulness thereof the world and they that dwell therein 8 Let the flouds clap their hands let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD * Ps 96.13 for he cometh to judge the earth with righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity PSAL. XCIX 1 The prophet setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion 5 exhorteth all by the example of forefathers to worship God at his holy hill THe LORD reigneth let the people tremble he sitteth between the cherubims let the earth †Heb. stagger be moved 2 The LORD is great in Zion and he is high above all people 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name for it is holy 4 The kings strength also loveth judgement thou dost establish equity thou executest judgement and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God and worship at his footstool for ‖ Or it is holy he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests and Samuel among them that call upon his name they called upon the LORD he answered them 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar they kept his testimomes and the ordinance that he gave them 8 Thou answeredst them O LORD our God thou wast a God that forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions 9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy hill for the LORD our God is holy PSAL. C. 1 An exhortation to praise God cheerfully 3 for his greatness 4 and for his power ¶ A psalm of ‖ Or thankâ—giving praise MAke a joyful noise unto the LORD †Heb. all the earth all ye lands 2 Serve the LORD with gladness come before his presence with singing 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God it is he that hath made us ‖ Or and his we are and not we our selves we are his people the sheep of his pasture 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and bless his name 5 Fort the LORD is good his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations PSAL. CI. David maketh a vow and profession of godliness ¶ A psalm of David I Will sing of mercy and judgement unto thee O LORD will I sing 2 I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way O when wilt thou come unto me I will walk within my house with a perfect heart 3 I will set no †Heb. thing of Belial wicked thing before mine eyes I hate the work of them that turn aside it shall not cleave to me 4 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I cut off him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land that they may dwell with me he that walketh ‖ Or perfect in the way in a perfect way he shall serve me 7 He that worketh
and there was not one feeble person among their tribes 38 * Ex. 12.33 Egypt was glad when they departed for the fear of them fell upon them 39 * Ex. 13.21 He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the night 40 * Ex. 16.12 c. The people asked and he brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven 41 * Ex. â—â— 6 Nu. 20.11 1 Cor. 10.4 He opened the rock and the waters gushed out they ran in the dry places like a river 42 For he remembred his holy promise and Abraham his servant 43 And he brought forth his people with joy and â—is câ—osen with †Heb. singing gladness 44 * Deut. 6.10 11. Jos 3.17 And gave them the lands of the heathen and they inherited the labour of the people 45 That they might observe his statutes and keep his laws Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CVI. 1 The psalmist exhorteth to praise God 4 He prayeth for pardon of sin as God did with the fathers 7 The story of the peoples rebellion and Gods mercy 47 He concludeth with prayer and praise †Heb. Hallelujab PRaise ye the LORD O * Ps 107.1 118.1 136. â— give thanks unto the LORD for be is good for his mercy endureth for ever 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD who can shew forth all his praise 3 Blessed are they that keep judgement and he that doeth righteousness at all times 4 Remember me O LORD with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people O visit me with thy salvation 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen that I may rejoyce in the gladness of thy nation that I may glory with thine inheritance 6 We have sinned with our fathers we have committed iniquity we have done wickedly 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt they remembred not the multitude of thy mercies * Exod. 14.11 12. but provoked him at the sea even at the Red sea 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his names sake that he might make his mighty power to be known 9 He rebuked the Red sea also and it was dried up so he led them through the depths as through the wilderness 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy 11 * Exod. 14.27 15.5 And the waters covered their enemies there was not one of them left 12 * Exod. 14.31 15.1 Then beleeved they his words they sang his praise 13 * Exod. 15.24 17.2 †Heb. they made haste they forgat They soon forgat his works they waited not for his counsel 14 * Numb 11.4 1 Cor. 10.6 But †Heb. lusted a lust lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted God in the desert 15 * Numb 11.31 And he gave them their request but sent leanness into their soul 16 * Num. 16.1 c. They envied Moses also in the camp and Aaron the saint of the LORD 17 * Num. 16.31 Deut. 11.6 The earth opened and swallowed up Datham and covered the company of Abiram 18 * Num. 16.35 46. And a fire was kindled in their company the flame burnt up the wicked 19 * Exod. 32.4 They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molten image 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass 21 They forgat God their saviour which had done great things in Egypt 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham and terrible things by the Red sea 23 * Exod. 32.10 Therefore he said that he would destroy them had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach to turn away his wrath lest he should destroy them 24 Yea they despised †Heb. a land of dâ—sirâ— the pleasant land they beleeved not his word 25 * Numb 14.2 But murmured in their tents and hearkned not unto the voice of the LORD 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them to overthrow them in the wilderness 27 †Heb. to make them fall To overthrow their seed also among the nations and to scatter them in the lands 28 * Numb 25.3 They joyned themselves also unto Baal-peor and ate the sacrifices of the dead 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions and the plague brake in upon them 30 * Numb 25.7 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgement and so the plague wâ—â— stayed 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore 32 * Numb 20.13 They angred him also at the waters of strife so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes 33 Because they provoked his spirit so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips 34 They did not destroy the nations * Deut. 7.2 concerning whom the LORD commanded them 35 * Judg. 1.21 But were mingled among the heathen and learned their works 36 And they served their idols which were a snare unto them 37 Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils 38 And shed innocent bloud even the bloud of their sons and of their daughters whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan and the land was polluted with bloud 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them ruled over them 42 Their enemies also oppressed them and they were brought into subjection under their hand 43 * Judg. 2.16 Many times did he deliver them but they provoked him with their counsel and were ‖ Or impoverished or weakned brought low for their iniquity 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction when he heard their cry 45 * Deut. 30.3 And he remembred for them his covenant and repented according to the multitude of his mercies 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives 47 Save us O LORD our God and gather us from among the heathen to give thanks unto thy holy name and to triumph in thy praise 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting and let all the people say Amen Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CVII 1 The psalmist exhorteth the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence 4 over travellers 10 over captives 17 over sick men 23 over sea-men 33 and in divers varieties of life O * Psal 106.1 118.1 136.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy 3 And gathered them out of the lands from the east and from the west from the north and †Heb. from the
to favour his fatherless children 13 Let his posterity be cut off and in the generation following let their name be blotted out 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembred with the LORD and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out 15 Let them be before the LORD continually that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth 16 Because that he remembred not to shew mercy but persecuted the poor and needy man that he might even slay the broken in heart 17 As he loved curing so let it come unto him as he delighted not in blessing so let it be far from him 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment so let it come †Heb. within him into his bowels like water and like oyl into his bones 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD and of them that speak evil against my soul 21 But do thou for me O GOD the Lord for thy names sake because thy mercy is good deliver thou me 22 For I am poor and needy and my heart is wounded within me 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth I am tossed up and down as the locust 24 My knees are weak through fasting and my flesh faileth of fatness 25 I became also a reproach unto them when they looked upon me they shaked their heads 26 Help me O LORD my God O save me according to thy mercy 27 That they may know that this is thy hand that thou LORD hast done it 28 Let them curse but bless thou when they arise let them be ashamed but let thy servant rejoyce 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth yea I will praise him among the multitude 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor to save him †Heb. from the judâ—es of his soul from those that condemn his soul PSAL. CX 1 The kingdom 4 the priesthood 5 the conquest 7 and the passion of Christ ¶ A psalm of David THe * Mat. 22.44 Mark 12.26 Luke 20.42 Acts 2.24 1 Cor. 15.25 Heb. 1.13 LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion rule thou in the mids of thine enemies 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power in the beauties of holiness ‖ Or more then the womb of the morning thou shalt have c. from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth 4 The LORD hath sworn and will not repent * Heb. 5.6 and 7.17 Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath 6 He shall judge among the heathen he shall fill the places with the dead bodies he shall wound the heads over ‖ Or great many countreys 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up the head PSAL. CXI 1 The psalmist by his example inciteth others to praise God for his glorious 5 and gracious works 10 The fear of God breedeth true wisdom †Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD I will praise the LORD with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation 2 The works of the LORD are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein 3 His work is honourable and glorious and his righteousness endureth for ever 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembred the LORD is gracious and full of compassion 5 He hath given †Heb. prey meat unto them that fear him he will ever be mindful of his covenant 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works that he may give them the heritage of the heathen 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgement all his commandments are sure 8 They †Heb. are stabâ—iâ—ied stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and uprightness 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever holy and reverend is his name 10 * Job 28.28 Prov. 1.7 and 9.10 Ecclus 1.16 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom ‖ Or. good success a good understanding have all they †Heb that do them that do his commandments his praise endureth for ever PSAL. CXII 1 Godliness hath the promises of this life 4 and of the life to come 10 The prosperity of the godly shall be an ese-sore to the wicked †Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD that delighteth greatly in his commandments 2 His feed shall be mighty upon earth the generation of the upright shall be blessed 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house and his righteousness endureth forever 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness he is gracious and full of compassion and righteous 5 A good man sheweth favour and lendeth he will guide his affairs with †Heb. judgement discretion 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance 7 He shall not be a fraid of evil tidings his heart is fixed trusting in the LORD 8 His heart is established he shall not be afraid until he see his desire upon his enemies 9 * 2 Cor. 9.9 He hath dispersed he hath given to the poor his righteousness endureth for ever his horn shall be exalted with honour 10 The wicked shall see it and be grieved he shall gnash with his teeth and melt away the desire of the wicked shall perish PSAL. CXIII 1 An exhortation to praise God for his excellency 6 for his mercy †Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise O ye servants of the LORD praise the name of the LORD 2 * Dan. 2.20 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore 3 * Mal. 1.11 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORDS name is to be praised 4 The LORD is high above all nations and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God who †Heb. exalteth himself to dwell dwelleth on high 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth 7 * 1 Sam. 2.8 Psal 107.41 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the dunghil 8 That he may set him with princes even with the princes of his people 9 He maketh the barren woman †Heb. to dwell in an house to keep house and to be
a joyful mother of children Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXIV 1 An exhortation by the example of the dumb creatures to fear God in his church WHen * Ex. 16.3 Israel went out of Egypt the house of Jacob from a people of strange language 2 Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 * Ex. 14.21 The sea saw it and fled * Josh 3.13 Jordan was driven back 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs 5 What ailed thee O thou sea that thou fleddest thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills like lambs 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob. 8 * Ex. 17.6 Num. 20.11 Which turned the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of waters PSAL. CXV 1 Because God is truly gloricus 4 and idols are vanity 9 he exhorteth to confidence in God 12 God is to be blessed for his blessings NOt unto us O LORD not unto us but unto thy name give glory for thy mercy and for thy truths sake 2 Wherefore should the heathen say * Psal 41.10 79.10 Where is now their God 3 * Psal 135.6 But our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased 4 * Psal 135.15 Their idols are silver and gold the work of mens hands 5 They have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not 6 They have ears but they hear not noses have they but they sinell not 7 They have hands but they handle not feet have they but they walk not neither speak they through their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 9 O Israel trust thou in the LORD he is their help and their shield 10 O house of Aaron trust in the LORD he is their help and their shield 11 Ye that fear the LORD trust in the LORD he is their help and their shield 12 The LORD hath been mindful of us he will bless us he will bless the house of Israel he will bless the house of Aaron 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD both small †Heb. with and great 14 The LORD shall increase you more more you your children 15 You are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth 16 The heaven even the heavens are the LORDs but the earth hath he given to the children of men 17 The dead praise not the LORD neither any that go down into silence 18 * Dan. 2 20. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore Praise the LORD PSAL. CXVI 1 The psalmist professeth his love and ducy to God for his deliverance 12 He studieth to be thankful I Love the LORD because he hath heard my voice and my supplications 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him †Heb. in my days as long as I live 3 * Psal 18.5 6. The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of hell †Heb. found me gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD O LORD I beseech thee deliver my soul 5 Gracious is the LORD and righteous yea our God is merciful 6 The LORD preserveth the simple I was brought low and he helped me 7 Return unto thy rest O my soul for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living 10 * 2 Cor. 4.13 I beleeved therefore have I spoken I was greatly afflicted 11 I said in my haste * Rom. 3.4 All men are liars 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits towards me 13 I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the LORD 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints 16 O LORD truly I am thy servant I am thy servant and the son of thy hand-maid thou hast loosed my bonds 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the name of the LORD 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people 19 In the courts of the LORDs house in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXVII An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth O * Rom. 15.11 Praise the LORD all ye nations praise him all ye people 2 For his merciful kindness is great towards us and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXVIII 1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy 5 The psalmist by his experience sheweth how good it is to trust in God 19Vnder the type of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his kingdom is expressed O * 1 Chr. 16.8 Ps 106.1 107.1 136.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good because his mercy endureth for ever 2 Let Israel now say that his mercy endureth for ever 3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy endureth for ever 4 Let them now that fear the LORD say that his mercy endureth for ever 5 I called upon the LORD †Heb. out of distress in distress the LORD answered me and set me in a large place 6 * Ps 56.4 11. Heb. 13.6 The LORD is †Heb. for me on my side I will not fear what can man do unto me 7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me 8 It is better to trust in the LORD then to put confidence in man 9 * Ps 146.2 It is better to trust in the LORD then to put confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me about but in the name of the LORD will I †Heb. out them off destroy them 11 They compassed me about yea they compassed me about but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them 12 They compassed me about like bees they are quenched as the fire of thorns for in the name of the LORD I will †Heb. out down destroy them 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but the LORD helped me 14 * Ex. 15.2 Isa 12.2 The LORD is my strength and song and is become my salvation 15 The voice of rejoycing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly 17 I shall not die but live and declare the works of the LORD 18 The
a prey to their teeth 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers the snare is broken and we are escaped 8 * Psal 121.2 Our help is in the name of the LORD who made heaven earth PSAL. CXXV 1 The safety of such as trust in God 4 A prayer for the godly and against the wicked ¶ A song of degrees THey that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion which cannot be removed but abideth for ever 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever 3 For the rod of †Heb. wickedness the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity 4 Do good O LORD unto those that be good and to them that are upright in their hearts 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity but peace shall be upon Israel PSAL. CXXVI 1 The church celebrating her incredible return out of captivity 4 prayeth for and prophesieth the good success thereof ¶ A song of degrees WHen the LORD †Heb. returned the returning of Zion turned again the captivity of Zion we were like them that dream 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing then said they among the heathen The LORD †Heb. hath magnified to do with them hath done great things for them 3 The LORD hath done great things for us whereof we are glad 4 Turn again our captivity O LORD as the streams in the south 5 They that sowe in tears shall reap in ‖ Or sinâ—ing joy 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth bearing ‖ Or seed-basket precious seed shall doubtless come again with rejoycing bringing his sheaves with him PSAL. CXXVII 1 The vertue of Gods blessing 3 Good children are his gift ¶ A song of degrees ‖ Or of Solomon for Solomon EXcept the LORD build the house they labour in vain †Heb. that are builderâ— of it in it that build it except the LORD keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain 2 It is vain for you to rise up early to sit up late to eat the bread of sorrows for so he giveth his beloved sleep 3 Lo children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man so are children of the youth 5 Happy is the man that †Heb. hath filled his quiver with them hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed but they ‖ Or shall subdue as Ps 18.47 or destroy shall speak with the enemies in the gate PSAL. CXXVIII The sundry blessings which follow them that fear God ¶ A song of degrees BLessed is every one that feareth the LORD that walketh in his ways 2 For thou shalt â—at the labour of thine hands happy shalt thou be and it shall be well with thee 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house thy children like olive-plants round about thy table 4 Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD 5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life 6 Yea thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace upon Israel PSAL. CXXIX 1 An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their great affâ—ictions 5 The haters of the church are cursed ¶ A song of degrees ‖ Or Much. MAny a time have they afflicted me from my youth may Israel now say 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth yet they have not prevailed against me 3 The plowers plowed upon my back they made long their furrows 4 The LORD is righteous he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion 6 Let them be as the grass upon the hous-tops which withereth afore it groweth up 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand noâ— he that bindeth sheeves his bosom 8 Neither do they which go by say The blessing of the LORD be upon you we bless you in the name of the LORD PSAL. CXXX 1 The psalmist professeth his â—â—pe in prayâ—r 5 and his patience in hope 7 He exhorteth Israel to hope in God ¶ A song of degrees OUt of the depths have I cried unto thee O LORD 2 Lord hear my voice let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications 3 If thou LORD shouldest mark iniquities O Lord who shall stand 4 But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared 5 I wait for the LORD my soul doth wait and in his word do I hope 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more then they that watch for the morning ‖ Or which watch unto the morning I say more then they that watch for the morning 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD for with the LORD there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities PSAL. CXXXI 1 David professing his humility 3 exhorteth Israel to hope in God ¶ A song of degrees of David LORD my heart is not haughty nor mine eyes lofty neither do I †Heb. walk exercise my self in great matters or in things too †Heb. wonderful my self as a childe that is weaned of his mother my soul is even as a weaned childe 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD †Heb. from now from henceforth and for ever PSAL. CXXXII 1 David in his prayer commendeth unto God the religious care be had for the ark 8 His prayer at the removing of the ark 11 with a repetition of Gods promises ¶ A song of degrees LORD remember David and all his afflictions 2 How he sware unto the LORD and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob. 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house nor go up into my bed 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes or slumber to mine eye-lids 5 Until I finde out a place for the LORD †Heb. habitations an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo we heard of it at Ephratah we found it in the fields of the wood 7 We will go into his tabernacles we will worship at his footstool 8 * Nu. 10 3â— 2 Chr. 6.41 Arise O LORD into thy rest thou and the ark of thy strength 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness and let thy saints shout for joy 10 For thy servant Davids sake turn not away the face of thine anointed 11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David he will not turn from it * 2 Sa. 7.12 1 Kin. 8.25 2 Chr. 6.16 Lu. 1.69 Act. 2.30 Of the fruit of †Heb. thy belly thy body will I
set upon thy throne 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his habitation 14 This is my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have desired it 15 I will ‖ Or surely abundantly bless her provision I will satifie her poor with bread 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation and her saints shall shout aloud for joy 17 * Lu. 1 69 There will I make the horn of David to bud I have ordained a ‖ Or candle lamp for mine anointed 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame but upon himself shall-his crown flourish PSAL. CXXXIII The benefit of the communion of saints ¶ A song of degrees of David BEhold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell †Heb. even together together in unity 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard even Aarons beard that went down to the skirts of his garments 3 As the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion for there the LORD commanded the blessing even life for evermore PSAL. CXXXIV An exhortation to bless God ¶ A song of degrees BEhold bless ye the LORD all ye servants of the LORD which b◠night stand in the house of the LORD 2 Lift up your hands ‖ Or in holiness in the sanctuary and bless the LORD 3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion PSAL. CXXXV An exhortation to praise God for his mercy 5 for his power 8 for his judgements 15 The vanity of idols 19 An exhortation to bless God PRaise ye the LORD praise ye the name of the LORD praise him O ye servant of the LORD 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD in the courts of the house of our God 3 Praise ye the LORD for the LORD is good sing praises unto his name for it is pleasant 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his peculiar treasure 5 For I know that the LORD is great that our Lord is above all gods 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased that did he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places 7 * Jer. 10.13 He causeth the vapour to ascend from the ends of the earth he maketh lightnings for the rain the bringeth the wind out of his treasuries 8 * Ex. 12.29 Who smote the first-born of Egypt †Heb. from man unto beast both of man and beast 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee O Egypt upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants 10 * Num. 21.24 25 26 34 35. Who smote great nations and slew mighty kings 11 Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan and all the kingdoms of Canaan 12 * Jol. 12.7 And gave their land for an heritage an heritage unto Israel his people 13 Thy name O LORD endureth for ever and thy memorial O LORD †Heb. to generation and generation throughout all generations 14 For the LORD will judge his people and he will repent himself concerning his servants 15 * Ps 115.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold the work of mens hands 16 They have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not 17 They have ears but they hear not neither is there any breath in their mouths 18 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 19 Bless the LORD O house of Israel bless the LORD O house of Aaron 20 Bless the LORD O house of Levi ye that scar the LORD bless the LORD 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion which dwelleth at Jerusalem Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXXXVI An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies O * Ps 106.1 107.1 118.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods for his mercy endureth for ever 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever 5 * Gen. 1.1 To him that by wisdom made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever 6 * Gen. 1.9 Jer. 10.12 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters for his mercy endureth for ever 7 * Gen. 1.14 To him that made great lights for his mercy endureth for ever 8 The sun †Heb. for the rulings by day to rule by day for his mercy endureth for ever 9 The moon stars to rule by night for his mercy endureth for ever 10 * Ex. 12.29 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born for his mercy endureth for ever 11 * Ex. 13.17 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever 12 With a strong hand and with a stretched out arm for his mercy endureth for ever 13 * Ex. 14.21 22. To him which divided the Red sea into parts for his mercy endureth for ever 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it for his mercy endureth for ever 15 * Ex. 14.28 But †Heb. shaked off overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea for his mercy endureth for ever 16 * Ex. 15.22 To him which led his people through the wilderness for his mercy endureth for ever 17 To him which smote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever 18 * Deu. 29.7 Ps 135.10 12. And slew famous kings for his mercy endureth for ever 19 * Nu. 21.23 Sihon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever 20 * Nu. 21.33 And Og the king of Bashan for his mercy endureth for ever 21 * Jos 12.7 And gave their land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever 22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant for his mercy endureth for ever 23 Who remembred us in our low estate for his mercy endureth for ever 24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever 25 Who giveth food to all flesh for his mercy endureth for ever 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven for his mercy endureth for ever PSAL. CXXXVII The constancy of the Jews in captivity 7 The prophet curseth Edom and Babel BY the rivers of Babylon there we sat down yea we wept when we remembred Zion 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us †Heb. the words of a song a song and they that †Heb. laid us on heaps wasted us required of us mirth saying Sing us one of the songs of Zion
rosteth not that which he took in hunting but the substance of a diligent man is precious 28 In the way of righteousness is life and in the path-way thereof there is no death CHAP. XIII A Wise son heareth his fathers instruction but a scorner heareth not rebuke 2 * Chap. 12.14 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth but the soul of the transgressours shall eat violence 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat 5 A righteous man hateth lying but a wicked man is loathsom and cometh to shame 6 * Chap. 11.3 5 6. Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way but wickedness overthroweth †Heb. sin the sinner 7 There is that maketh himself rich yet hath nothing there is that maketh himself poor yet hath great riches 8 The ransom of a mans life are his riches but the poor heareth not rebuke 9 The light of the righteous rejoyceth * Job 1â— 6 21.17 but the ‖ Or candle lamp of the wicked shall be put out 10 Onely by pride cometh contention but with the well-advised is wisdom 11 * Ch. 10 2. and 20.21 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished but he that gathereth †Heb. with the hand by labour shall increase 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick but when the desire cometh it is a tree of life 13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed but he that feareth the commandment ‖ Or shall be in peace shall be rewarded 14 * Ch. 14.27 The law of the wise is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death 15 Good understanding giveth favour but the way of transgressours is hard 16 * Ch. 12.23 and 15.2 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge but a fool †Heb. spreadeth layeth open his folly 17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief but a faithful ambassadour is health 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured 19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools †Heb. shall be broken shall be destroyed 21 Evil pursueth sinners but to the righteous good shall be repayed 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his childrens children and the * Job 27.17 wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just 23 * Ch. 12.11 Much food is in the tillage of the poor but there is that is destroyed for want of judgement 24 * Chap. 23.13 He that spareth his rod hateth his son but he that loveth him chastneth him betâ—mes 25 * Ps 34.10 37.3 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul but the belly of the wicked shall want CHAP. XIV EVery wise woman buildeth her house but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD * Job 12.4 but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride but the lips of the wise shall preserve them 4 Where no oxen are the crib is clean but much increase is by the strength of the ox 5 * Ex 20 16. 23.1 Ch. 6.19 12.17 A faithful witness will not lie but a false witness shall utter lies 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom and findeth it not but * Ch. 8.9 knowledge is easie unto him that understandeth 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way but the folly of fools is deceit 9 * Chap. 10.23 Fools make a mock at sin but among the righteous there is favour 10 The heart knoweth †Heb. the bitterness of his soul his own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown but the rabernacle of the upright shall flourish 12 * Chap. 16.25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man but the end thereof are the ways of death 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful and the end of that mirth is heaviness 14 The backslider in heart shall be * Chap. 1.31 filled with his own ways and a good man shall be satisfied from himself 15 The simple beleeveth every word but the prudent man looketh well to his going 16 A wise man feareth and departeth from evil but the fool rageth and is confident 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly and a man of wicked devices is hated 18 The simple inherit folly but the prudent are crowned with knowledge 19 The evil bow before the good and the wicked at the gates of the righteous 20 * Ch. 19.7 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour but †Heb many are the lovers of the rich the rich hath many friends 21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth * Psal 112.9 but he that hath mercy on the poor happy is he 22 Do they not err that devise evil but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good 23 In all labour there is profit but the talk of the lips tendeth onely to penury 24 The crown of the wise is their riches but the foolishness of fools is folly 25 * Verse 5. A true witness delivereth souls but a deceitful witness speaketh lies 26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence and his children shall have a place of refuge 27 * Chap. 13.14 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death 28 In the multitude of people is the kings honour but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding but he that is †Heb. short of spirit hasty of spirit exalteth folly 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh but envy the rostenness of the bones 31 * Chap. 17.5 Matt. 25.40 45. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his maker but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness but the righteous hath hope in his death 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding but that which is in the midst of fools is made known 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach †Heb. to nations to any people 35 The kings favour is toward a wise servant but his wrath is against him that causeth shame CHAP. XV. A * Ch. 25.15 Soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger 2 The tongue of the wise useth
loveth pureness of heart ‖ Or and hath grace in his lips for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge and he overthroweth ‖ Or the matters the words of the transgressour 13 * Chap. 26.13 The slothful man saith There is a lion without I shall be slain in the streets 14 * Chap. 2. â—6 and 5.3 and 7.5 and 23.27 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a childe but * Chap. 13.24 and 19.18 and 23.13 and 29.15 17. the rod of correction shall drive it far from him 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches and he that giveth to the rich shall surely come to want 17 Bow down thine ear and hear the words of the wise and apply thine heart unto my knowledge 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them †Heb. in thy belly within thee they shall withal be fitted in thy lips 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD I have made known to thee this day ‖ Or trust thou also even to thee 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth that thou mightest answer the words of truth ‖ Or to those that send thee to them that send unto thee 22 Rob not the poor because he is poor * Zech. 7 10. neither oppress the afflicted in the gate 23 * Job 31.21 Ch. 23.11 For the LORD will plead their cause and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them 24 Make no friendship with an angry man and with a furious man thou shalt not go 25 Lest thou learn his ways and get a snare to thy soul 26 * Ch. 6.1 11.15 Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts 27 If thou hast nothing to pay why should he take away thy bed from under thee 28 * Deut. 19.14 27.17 Ch. 23.10 Remove not the ancient ‖ Or bound land-mark which thy fathers have set 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business he shall stand before kings he shall not stand before †Heb. obscure men mean mâ—n CHAP. XXIII WHen thou sittest to eat with a ruler consider diligently what is before thee 2 And put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite 3 Be not desirous of his dainties for they are deceitful meat 4 * 1 Tim. 6.9 10. Labour not to be rich cease from thine own wisdom 5 †Heb. wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly upon Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not for riches certainly make themselves wings they flie away as an eagle towards heaven 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye neither desire thou his dainty meats 7 For as he thinketh in his heart so is he Eat and drink saith he to thee but his heart is not with thee 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up and lose thy sweet words 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool for he will despise the wisdom of thy words 10 * Deut. 19.14 27.17 Chap. 22.28 Remove not the old ‖ Or bound land-mark and enter not into the fields of the fatherless 11 * Job 31.21 Chap. 22.23 For their redeemer is mighty he shall plead their cause with thee 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction and thine ears to the words of knowledge 13 * Chap. 13.24 19.18 and 22.15 Withhold not correction from the childe for if thou beatest him with the rod he shall not die 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod and shalt deliver his soul from hell 15 My son if thine heart be wise my heart shall rejoyce ‖ Or even I will rejoyce even mine 16 Yea my reins shall rejoyce when thy lips speak right things 17 * Psal 37.1 73.3 Chap. 3.31 24.1 Let not thine heart envy sinners but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long 18 * Ch. 24.14 For surely there is an ‖ Or reward end and thine expectation shall not be cut off 19 Hear thou my son and be wise and guide thine heart in the way 20 * Rom. 13.13 Eph. 5.18 Be not amongst wine-bibbers amongst riotous eaters †Heb. of their flesh of flesh 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags 22 * Chap. 1.8 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee and despise not thy mother when she is old 23 Buy the truth and sell it not also wisdom and instruction and understanding 24 * Ch. 10.1 15.20 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoyce and he that begetteth a wise childe shall have joy of him 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad and she that bare thee shall rejoyce 26 My son give me thine heart and let thine eyes observe my ways 27 * Ch. 22.14 For an whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit 28 * Ch. 7.11 She also lieth in wait ‖ Or as a robber as for a prey and increaseth the transgressours among men 29 * Isa 5.11 Who hath wo who hath sorrow who hath contentions who hath babbling who hath wounds without cause who hath redness of eyes 30 They that tarry long at the wine they that go to seek mixt wine 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red when it giveth his colour in the cup when it moveth it self aright 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like ‖ Or a cockatrice an adder 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women and thine heart shall utter perverse things 34 Yea thou shalt be as he that lieth down †Heb. in the heart of the sea in the midst of the sea or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast 35 They have stricken me shalt thou say and I was not sick they have beaten me and †Heb. I knew it not I felt it not when shall I awake I will seek it yet again CHAP. XXIV BE not thou * Ps 37.1 c. and 73.3 Ch. 23.17 Verse 19. envious against evil men neither desire to be with them 2 * Psal 10 7. For their heart studieth destruction their lips talk of mischief 3 Through wisdom is an house builded and by understanding it is established 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches 5 A wise man †Heb. is in strength is strong yea a man of knowledge †Heb. strengthneth might increaseth strength 6 * Chap. 20.18 11.14 and 15.22 For by wise
thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks and †Heb. set thy heart look well to thy herds 24 For †Heb. strength riches are not for ever and doth the crown endure †Heb. to generation and generaâ—ion to every generation 25 The hay appeareth and the tender grass sheweth it self and herbs of the mountains are gathered 26 The lambs are for thy clothing and the goats are the price of the field 27 And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food for the food of thy houshold and for †Heb. life maintenance for thy maidens CHAP. XXVIII General observations of impiety and religious integrity THe * Le. 26.36 wicked flee when no man pursueth but the righteous are bold as a lion 2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof but ‖ Or by men of understanding wisdom shall they likewise be prolonged by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged 3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain †Heb. without food which leaveth no food 4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked but such as keep the law contend with them 5 Evil men understand not judgement but they that seek the LORD understand all things 6 * Ch. 19.1 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness then he that is perverse in his ways though he be rich 7 * Ch. 29.3 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son but he that ‖ Or feedeth gluttons is a companion of riotous men shameth his father 8 * Ch. 13.22 Eccles 2.16 He that by usury and †Heb. by increase unjust gain in creaseth his substance he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be abomination 10 * Ch. 26.27 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way he shall fall himself into his own pit but the upright shall have good things in possession 11 The rich man is wise †Heb. in his eyes in his own conceit but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out 12 * Ver. 28. Ch. 11.10 Eccles 10.6 When righteous men do rejoyce there is great glory but when the wicked rise a man is ‖ Or sought for hidden 13 * Ps 22 5. 1 Joh. 1.9 10. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway * Ro. 11.20 but he that hardneth his heart shall fall into mischief 15 As a roaring lion and a ranging bear so is a wicked ruler over the poor people 16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressour but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days 17 * Gen. 9.6 Ex. 21.14 A man that doeth violence to the bloud of any person shall flee to the pit let no man stay him 18 * Ch. 10.25 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once 19 * Ch. 13.11 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings * Ch. 13.11 23.4 â— Tim. 6.9 but he that maketh hast to be rich shall not be ‖ Or unpunnished innocent 21 * Ch. 18.5 Ec 24 2â— To have respect of persons is not good for for a piece of bread that man will transgress 22 ‖ Or he that hath an evil eye hasteth to be rich ver 20. He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him 23 * Ch. 27.6 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall finde more favour then he that flattereth with the tongue 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother and saith It is no transgression the same is the companion of †Heb. a man deâ—tâ—oying a destroyer 25 * Ch. 13.10 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool but whoso walketh wisely he shall be delivered 27 * Deu. 19.8 Ch 22.9 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse 28 * Ver. 12. Ch. 19.2 When the wicked rise man hide themselves but when they perish the righteous increase CHAP. XXIX 1 Observations of publick government 15 and of private 22 Of anger pride theeverâ— câ—wardise and corruption †Heb. A man of reproofs HE that being often reproved hardneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy 2 * Ch. 11.10 23.28 Eccles 10.5 When the righteous are ‖ Or increased in authority the people rejoyce but when the wicked beareth rule the people mourn 3 * Ch. 10.1 15.20 27.11 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoyceth his father * Ch. 5.9 â—8 7 Lu. 15.13 but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance 4 The king by judgement stablisheth the land but †Heb. a man of oblations he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare but the righteous doth sing and rejoyce 7 * Job 2â— 16 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor but the wicked regardeth not to know it 8 Scornful men ‖ Or set a city on fire bring a city into a snare but wise men turn away wrath 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man whether he rage or laugh there is no rest 10 †Heb. men of bloud The bloud-thirsty hate the upright but the just seek his soul 11 A fool uttereth all his minde but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards 12 If a ruler hearken to lies all his servants are wicked 13 * Ch. 1â— 2 The poor and ‖ Or the usurer the deceitful man meet together the LORD lightneth both their eyes 14 * Ch 20 28. The king that faithfully judgeth the poor his throne shall be established for ever 15 * Ver. 27. The rod and reproof give wisdom but * Chap. 10.1 and 17 2â— 25. a childe left to himself bringeth his mother to shame 16 When the wicked are multiplied transgression increaseth * Ps 37.36 58.10 91.8 â— but the righteous shall see their fall 17 * Ch. 13.24 22.15 23.13 14. Correct thy son and he shall give thee rest yea he shall give delight unto thy soul 18 Where there is no vision the people ‖ Or it made naked perish but he that keepeth the saw happy is he 19 A servant will not be corrected by
but not of my spirit that they may add sin to sin 2 That walk to go down into Egypt and have not asked at my mouth to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh and to trust in the shadow of Egypt 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion 4 For his princes were at Zoan and his ambassadours came to Hanes 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them nor be an help nor profit but a shame and also a reproach 6 The burden of the beasts of the south into the land of trouble and anguish from whence come the young and old lion the viper and fiery slying serpent they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses and their treasures upon the bunches of camels to a people that shall not profit them 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose therefore have I cried ‖ Or to her concerning this Their strength is to sit still 8 ¶ Now go write it before them in a table and note it in a book that it may be for †Heb. the latter â—ay the time to come for ever and ever 9 That this is a rebellious people lying children children that will not hear the law of the LORD 10 Which say to the seers See not and to the prophets Prophesie not unto us right things speak unto us smooth things prophesie deceits 11 Get you out of the way turn aside out of the path cause the holy One of Israel to cease from before us 12 Wherefore thus saith the holy One of Israel Because ye despise this word and trust in ‖ Or fraud oppression and perversness and stay thereon 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall swelling out in a high wall whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant 14 And he shall break it as the breaking of †Heb. the bottle of potters the potters vessel that is broken in pieces he shall not spare so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth or to take water withal out of the pit 15 For thus saith the Lord GOD the holy One of Israel In returning and rest shall ye be saved in quietness and in considence shall be your strength and ye would not 16 But ye said No for we will flee upon horses therefore shall ye flee and we will ride upon the swift therefore shall they that pursue you be swift 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one at the rebuke of five shall ye flee till ye be left as ‖ Or a tree bereft of branches or boughs or a mast a beacon upon the top of a mountain and as an ensigne on an hill 18 ¶ And therefore will the LORD wait that he may be gracious unto you and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy upon you for the LORD is a God of judgement * Psal 2.12 and 24.8 Prov. 16.20 Jer. 17.7 blessed are all they that wait for him 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem thou shalt weep no more he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry when he shall hear it he will answer thee 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of ‖ Or oppression affliction yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more but thine eyes shall see thy teachers 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying This is the way walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the left 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of †Heb. the graven images of thy silver thy graven images of silver and the ornament of thy molten images of gold thou shalt †Heb. seatter cast them away as a menstruous cloth thou shalt say unto it Get thee hence 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed that thou shalt sowe the ground withal and bread of the increase of the earth and it shall be fat and plenteous in that day shall thy cattel feed in large pastures 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that eare the ground shall eat ‖ Or savoury †Heb. leavened clean provender which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan 25 And there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every †Heb. lifted up high hill rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun and the light of the sun shall be seven-fold as the light of seven days in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people and healeth the stroke of their wound 27 ¶ Behold the name of the LORD cometh from far burning with his anger ‖ Or and the grievousness of fame and the burden thereof is †Heb. heaviness heavy his lips are full of indignation and his tongue as a devouring fire 28 And his breath as an overflowing stream shall reach to the midst of the neck to sift the nations with the live of vanity and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people causing them to err 29 Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept and gladness of heart as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD to the †Heb. rock mighty One of Israel 30 And the LORD shall cause †Heb. the glory his voice his glorious voice to be heard and shall shew the lighting down of his arm with the indignation of his anger and with the flame of a devouring fire with scattering and tempest and hailstones 31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down which smote with the rod. 32 And †Heb. every passing of the rod founded in every place where the grounded staff shall pass which the LORD shall †Heb. cause to rest upon him lay upon him it shall be with tabrets and harps and in battels of shaking will he fight ‖ Or against them with it 33 For Tophet is ordained †Heb. from yesterday of old yea for the king it is prepared he hath made it deep and large the pile thereof is fire and much wood the breath of the LORD like a stream of brimstone doth kindle it CHAP. XXXI 1 The prophet sheweth the cursed folly in trusting to Egypt and forsaking of God 6 He exhorteth to conversion 8 He sheweth the fall of Assyria WO to them that go down to Egypt for help and stay on horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in hors-men because they are very strong but they look not unto the holy One of
Judah unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth moneth 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me saying 5 Before I * Isa 49.1 5. formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb I * Gal. 1.15 16. sanctified thee and I †Heb. save ordained thee a prophet unto the nations 6 Then said I Ah * Exod. 4.10 Lord GOD behold I cannot speak for I am a childe 7 ¶ But the LORD said unto me Say not I am a childe for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak 8 * Ezek. 3.9 Be not afraid of their faces for * Ex. 3.12 Deut. 31.6 8. Josh 1.5 Hebt 13.6 I am with thee to deliver thee saith the LORD 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand and * Isa 6.7 touched my mouth and the LORD said unto me Behold I have * Ch. 5.14 put my words in thy mouth 10 See I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms to * Ch. 18.7 2 Cor. 10.4 â— root out and to pull down and to destroy and to throw down to build and to plant 11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying Jeremiah what seest thou and I said I see a rod of an almond-tree 12 Then said the LORD unto me Thou hast well seen for I will hasten my word to perform it 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time saying What seest thou and I said I see a seething pot and the face thereof was †Heb. from the face of the norte towards the north 14 The the LORD said unto me Out of the * Chap. 4.6 north an evil †Heb. shall be opened shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land 15 For so I will * Chap. 5.15 6.22 10.22 call all the families of the kingdoms of the north saith the LORD and they shall come and they shall set every one his throne at the entring of the gates of Jerusalem and against all the walls thereof round about and against all the cities of Judah 16 And I will utter my judgements against them touching all their wickedness who have forsaken me and have burnt incense unto other gods and worshipped the works of their own hands 17 ¶ Thou therefore gird up thy joyns and arise and speak unto them all that I command thee be not dismayed at their faces left I ‖ Or break to pieces confound thee before them 18 For behold I have made thee this day * Isa 50.7 Chap. 6.27 and 15.20 a defenced city and an iron pillar and brasen walls against the whole land against the kings of Judah against the princes thereof against the priests thereof and against the people of the land 19 And they shall fight against thee but they shall not prevail against thee for I am with thee saith the LORD to deliver thee CHAP. II. 1 God having shewed his former kindness expostulateth with the Jews their causless revolt 9 beyond any example 14 They are the causes of their own calamities 20 The sins of Judah 31 Her confidence is rejected MOreover the word of the LORD came to me saying 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying Thus saith the LORD I remember ‖ Or. for thy sake thee the kindness of thy * Ezek. 16.8 youth the love of thine espousals when thou wentest after me in the wilderness in a land that was not sown 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD and the first-fruits of his increase * Chap. 12.14 all that devour him shall offend evil shall come upon them saith the LORD 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel 5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain 6 Neither said they Where is the LORD that * Isa 63.9 11 13. Hos 13.4 brought us up out of the land of Egypt that led us through the wilderness through a land of deserts and of pits through a land of drought and of the shadow of death through a land that no man passed through and where no man dwelt 7 And I brought you into a plentiful countrey to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof but when ye entred ye * Psal 78.58 and 106.38 defiled my land and made mine heritage an abomination 8 The priests said not Where is the LORD and they that handle the * Rom. 2.20 law knew me not the pastours also transgressed against me and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit 9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you saith the LORD and with your childrens children will I plead 10 For pass ‖ Or over to over the isles of Chittim and see and send unto Kedar and consider diligently and see if there be such a thing 11 Hath a nation changed their gods which are * Chap. 16.20 yet no gods but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit 12 Beastonished O ye heavens at this and be horribly afraid be ye very desolate saith the LORD 13 For my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the * Ps 36.9 Chap. 17.13 18.14 fountain of living waters and hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns that can hold no water 14 ¶ Is Israel a servant is he a home-born slave why is he †Heb. become a spoil spoiled 15 The young lions roared upon him and †Heb. gave out their voice yelled and they made his land waste his cities are burnt without inhabitant 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes ‖ Or feed on thy crown Deut. 33.12 Isa 8.8 have broken the crown of thy head 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thy self in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God when he led thee by the way 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt to drink the waters of Sihor or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the river 19 Thine own * Isa 3. â— Hos 5.5 wickedness shall correct thee and thy backslidings shall reprove thee know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God and that my fear is not in thee saith the Lord GOD of hosts 20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burst thy bands and thou saidst I will not ‖ Or sâ—â—ve transgress when * 11.57.5 7. Chap. 3.6 upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest playing the harlot
spoil the Philistines the remnant of †Heb. â—â—e isle the countrey of Caphtor 5 Baldness iâ—â—â—â—e upon Gaza Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley how long wilt thou cut thy self 6 O thou sword of the LORD how long will it be ere thou be quiet †Heb. gather thy self put up thy self into thy scabbard rest and be still 7 †Heb. How canst thou How can it be quiet seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the sea-shore there hath he appointed it CHAP. XLVIII 1 The judgement of Moab 7 for their pride 11 for their security 14 for their carnal confidence 26 and for their contempt of God and his people 47 The restauration of Moab AGainst Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Wo unto Nebo for it is spoiled Kiriathaim is confounded and taken ‖ Or the high place Misgab is confounded and dismayed 2 There shall be no more praise of Moab in Heshbon they have devised evil against it come and let us cut it off from being a nation also thou shalt ‖ Or be brought to silence be cut down O Madmen the sword shall †Heb. go after thee pursue thee 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim spoiling and great destruction 4 Moab is destroyed her little ones have caused a cry to be heard 5 For in the going up of Luhith †Heb. weeping with weeping * Isa 15.5 continual weeping shall go up for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction 6 Flee save your lives and be like ‖ Or a naked tree the * Chap. 17.6 heath in the wilderness 7 ¶ For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures thou shalt also be taken and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his * Chap. 49.3 priests and his princes together 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city and no city shall escape the valley also shall perish and the plain shall be destroyed as the LORD hath spoken 9 Give wings unto Moab that it may flee and get away for the cities thereof shall be desolate without any to dwell therein 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD ‖ Or negligently deceitfully and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from bloud 11 ¶ Moab hath been at ease from his youth and he hath settled on his lees and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel neither hath he gone into captivity therefore his taste †Heb. stood remained in him and his sent is not changed 12 Therefore behold the days come saith the LORD that I will send unto him wanderers that shall cause him to wander and shall empty his vessels and break their bottles 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh as the house of Israel was ashamed of * 1 Kin. 12 29. Beth-el their confidence 14 ¶ How say ye We are mighty and strong men for the war 15 Moab is spoiled and gone up out of her cities and †Heb. the choice of his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter saith the King whose name is the LORD of hosts 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come and his affliction hasteth fast 17 All ye that are about him bemoan him and all ye that know his name say How is the strong staff broken and the beautiful rod 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon come down from thy glory and sit in thirst for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee and he shall destroy thy strong holds 19 O †Heb. inhabitress inhabitant of Aroer stand by the way and espy ask him that fleeth and her that escapeth and say What is done 20 Moab is confounded for it is broken down * Isa 16.7 howl and cry tell ye it in Amon that Moab is spoiled 21 And judgement is come upon the plain countrey upon Holon and upon Jahazah and upon Mephaath 22 And upon Dibon and upon Nebo and upon Beth-diblathaim 23 And upon Kiriathaim and upon Beth-gamul and upon Beth-meon 24 And upon Kerioth and upon Bozrah and upon all the cities of the land of Moab far or near 25 The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken saith the LORD 26 ¶ Make ye him drunken for he magnified himself against the LORD Moab also shall wallow in his vomit and he also shall be in derision 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee was he found among theeves for since thou spakest of him thou ‖ Or moveast thy self skippedst for joy 28 O ye that dwell in Moab leave the cities and dwell in the rock and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth 29 We have heard the * Isa 16.6 c. pride of Moab he is exceeding proud his loftiness and his arrogancy and his pride and the haughtiness of his heart 30 I know his wrath saith the LORD but it shall not be so ‖ Or those on whom he stayeth Heb. his bars do not right his lies shall not so effect it 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab and I will cry out for all Moab mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres 32 O vine of Sibmah I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer thy plants are gone over the sea they reach even to the sea of Jazer the spoiler is faln upon thy summer-fruits and upon thy vintage 33 And * Isa 16.10 joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field and from the land of Moab and I have caused wine to fail from the wine-presses none shall tread with shouting their shouting shall be no shouting 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh and even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice * Isa 15.5 6. from Zoar even unto Horonaim as an heifer of three years old for the waters also of Nimrim shall be †Heb. desolations desolate 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab saith the LORD him that offereth in the high places and him that burneth incense to his gods 36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres because the riches that he hath gotten is perished 37 For * Isa 15.2 3. every head shall be bald and every beard †Heb. diminished clipt upon all the hands shall be cuttings and upon the loyns sackcloth 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the hous-â—ops of Moab and in the streets thereof for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure saith the LORD 39 They shall howl saying How is it broken down how hath Moab turned the †Heb. neck back with shame so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him 40 For thus saith the LORD Behold he shall
O thou that dwellest in the land the time is come the day of trouble is near and not the ‖ Or eâ—bo sounding again of the mountains 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee and accomplish mine anger upon thee and I will judge thee according to thy ways and will recompense thee for all thine abominations 9 And mine eye shall not spare neither will I have pity I will recompense †Heb. upon thee thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth 10 Behold the day behold it is come the morning is gone forth the rod hath blossomed pride hath budded 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness none of them shall remain nor of their ‖ Or tumule multitude nor any of ‖ Or their tumultuous persons theirs neither shall there be waiting for them 12 The time is come the day draweth near let not the buyer rejoyce nor the seller mourn for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof 13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold †Heb. though their life were yet among the living although they were yet alive for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof which shall not return neither shall any strengthen himself ‖ Or aâ—â—se life is in his iniquity in †Heb. his iniquity the iniquity of his life 14 They have blown the trumpet even to make all ready but none goeth to the battel for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof 15 The sword is without and the pestilence and the famine within he that is in the field shall die with the sword and he that is in the city famine and pestilence shall devour him 16 ¶ But they that escape of them shall escape and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys all of them mourning every one for his iniquity 17 All * Is 13.7 Jer. 6.24 hands shall be feeble all knees shall †Heb. go into water be weak as water 18 They shall also * Is 15.2 3. Jer. 48.37 gird themselves with sackcloth and horrour shall cover them and shame shall be upon all faces and baldness upon all their heads 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets and their gold shall be †Heb. for a separation or uncleanness removed their * Pr. 11.4 Zeph. 1.18 Ecclus 5.8 silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD they shall not satisfie their souls neither fill their bowels ‖ Or because their iniquity is their stumbling-block because it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity 20 ¶ As for the beauty of his ornament he set it in majesty but they made the images of their abominations and of their detectable things therein therefore have I ‖ Or made it unto them an unclean thing set it far from them 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil and they shall pollute it 22 My face will I turn also from them and they shall pollute my secret place for the ‖ Or burâ—lers robbers shall enter into it and defile it 23 ¶ Make a chain for the land is full of bloudy crimes and the city is full of violence 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen and they shall possess their houses I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease and ‖ Or they shall inbâ—rit their holy places their holy place shall be defiled 25 †Heb. cutting off Destruction cometh and they shall seek peace and there shall be none 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief and rumour shall be upon rumour then shall they seek a vision of the prophet but the law shall perish from the priest and counsel from the ancients 27 The king shall mourn and the printe shall be clothed with desolation and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled I will do unto them after their way and †Heb. with their judgements according to their deserts will I judge them and they shall knew that I am the LORD CHAP. VIII 1 Ezekiel in a vision of God at Jerusalem 5 is shewed the imaze of jealousie 7 the chambers of imagery 13 the mourners for Tammuz 16 the worshippers towards the sun 18 Gods wrath for their idolatry ANd it came to pass in the sixth year in the sixth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth as I sat in mine house and the elders of Judah sat before me that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me 2 Then I behold and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire from the appearance of his loyns even downward fire and from his loyns even upward as the appearance of brightness as the colour of amber 3 And he * Dan. 5.5 put forth the form of an hand and took me by a lock of mine head and the spirit hit me up between the earth and the heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north where was the seat of the image of jealousie which provoketh to jealousie 4 And behold the glory of the God of Israel was there according to the vision that I * Ch. 1.25 saw in the plain 5 ¶ Then said he unto me Son of man lift up thine eyes now the way towards the north so I lift up mine eyes the way toward the north and behold north-ward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousie in the entry 6 He said furthermore unto me Son of man seest thou what they do even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here that I should go far off from my sanctuary but turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations 7 ¶ And he brought me to the door of the court and when I looked behold a hole in the wall 8 Then said he unto me Son of man dig now in the wall and when I had digged in the wall behold a door 9 And he said unto me Go in and behold the wicked abominations that they do here 10 So I went in and saw and behold every form of creeping things and abominable beasts and all the idols of the house of Israel pourtrayed upon the wall round about 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan with every man his censer in his hand and a thick cloud of incense went up 12 Then said he unto me Son of man hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark every man in the chambers of his imagery for they say * Ch. 9.9
Egypt I am the LORD your God 8 But they rebelled against me and would not hearken unto me they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt then I said I will pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt 9 But I wrought for my names sake that it should not be polluted before the heathen among whom they were in whose sight I made my self known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt 10 ¶ Wherefore I * Exod. 13.18 caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness 11 And I gave them my statutes and †Heb. made them to know shewed them my judgements * Lev. 18.5 Rom. 10.5 Gal. 3.12 which if a man do he shall even live in them 12 Moreover also I gave them my * Ex. 20.8 and 31.13 c. and 35.2 Deut. 5.12 sabbaths to be a signe between me and them that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctifie them 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness they walked not in my statutes and they despised my judgemnts which if a man do he shall even live in them and my sabbaths they greatly * Ex. 16.27 polluted then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the * Num. 14.29 26.65 wilderness to consume them 14 But I wrought for my names sake that it should not be polluted before the heathen in whose sight I brought them out 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey which is the glory of all lands 16 Because they despised my judgements and walked not in my statutes but polluted my sabbaths for their heart went after their idols 17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness 18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers neither observe their judgements nor defile your selves with their idols 19 I am the LORD your God walk in my statutes and keep my judgements and do them 20 And hallow my sabbaths and they shall be a signe between me and you that ye may know that I am the LORD your God 21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me they walked not in my statutes neither kept my judgements to do them which if a man do he shall even live in them they polluted my sabbaths then I said I would pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness 22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand and wrought for my names sake that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen in whole sight I brought them forth 23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the heathen and disperse them through the countreys 24 Because they had not executed my judgements but had despised my statutes and had polluted my sabbaths and their eyes were after their fathers idols 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good and judgements whereby they should not live 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts in that they caused to pass * Ch. 16.21 through the fire all that openeth the womb that I might make them desolate to the end that they might know that I am the LORD 27 ¶ Therefore son of man speak unto the house of Israel and say unto them Thus faith the Lord GOD Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me in that they have †Heb. 〈…〉 â—â—spast committed a trespass against me 28 For when I had brought them into the land for the which I listed up mine hand to give it to them then they saw every high hill and all the thick trees and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering there also they made their sweet savour and poured out there their drink-offerings 29 Then ‖ Or 〈◊〉 tali them what the 〈◊〉 place way or Bamah I said unto them What is the high place whereunto ye go and the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day 30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel Thus saith the Lord GOD Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers and commit ye whoredom after their abominations 31 For when ye offer your gifts when ye make your sons to pass through the fire ye pollute your selves with all your idols even unto this day and shall I be enquired of by you O house of Israel As I live saith the Lord GOD I will not be enquired of by you 32 And that which cometh into your minde shall not be at all that ye say We will be as the heathen as the samilies of the countreys to serve wood and stone 33 ¶ As I live saith the Lord GOD surely with a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm and with jury poured out will I rule over you 34 And I will bring you out from the people and will gather you out of the countreys wherein ye are scattered with a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm and with fury poured out 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people and there will I plead with you face to face 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt so will I plead with you faith the Lord GOD. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod and I will bring you into ‖ Or â—deliverâ—â—â— the bond of the covenant 38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels and them that transgress against me I will bring them forth out of the countrey where they sojourn and they shall not enter into the land of Israel and ye shall know that I am the LORD 39 As for you O house of Israel thus saith the Lord GOD. Go ye serve ye every one his idols and hereafter also if ye will not hearken unto me but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols 40 For in mine holy mountain in the mountain of the height of Israel saith the Lord GOD there shall all the house of Israel all of them in the land serve me there will I accept them and there will I require your offerings and the ‖ Or chief first-fruits of your oblations with all your holy things 41 I will accept you with your †Heb. savour of rest sweet savour when I bring you out from the people and gather you out of the countreys wherein ye have been scattered and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen 42 And ye shall know that I am
the LORD when I shall bring you into the land of Israel into the countrey for the which I listed up mine hand to give it to your fathers 43 And there shall ye remember your ways and all your doings wherein ye have been defiled and ye shall so the your selves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed 44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my names sake not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings O ye house of Israel saith the Lord GOD. 45 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying 46 Son of man set thy face toward the fouth and drop thy word toward the south and prophesie against the forest of the south-field 47 And say to the forest of the south Hear the word of the LORD Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will kindle a fire in thee and it shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree the flaming flame shall not be quenched and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt therein 48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it it shall not be quenched 49 Then said I Ah Lord GOD they say of me Doth he not speak parables CHAP. XXI 1 Ezekiel prophesieth against Jerusalem with a signe of sighing 8 The sharp and bright sword 18 against Jerusalem 25 against the kingdom 28 and against the Ammonites ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man fet thy face toward Jerusalem and drop thy word toward the holy places and prophesie against the land of Israel 3 And say to the land of Israel Thus saith the LORD Behold I am against thee and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath it shall not return any more 6 Sigh therefore thou son of man with the breaking of thy loyns and with bitterness righ before their eyes 7 And it shall be when they say unto thee Wherefore fighest thou that thou shalt answer For the tidings because it cometh and every heart shall melt and all hands shall be feeble and every spirit shall faint and all knees †Heb. shall go into water shall be weak as water behold it cometh and shall be brought to pass faith the Lord GOD. 8 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying 9 Son of man prophesie and say Thus saith the LORD Say A sword a sword is sharpned and also furbished 10 It is sharpned to make a sore daughter it is furbished that it may glitter should we then maâ—e mirth ‖ Or it is therof of my son it â—eâ—â— iseth every tree it contemmeth the rod of my son as every tree 11 And he hath given it tobe furbished that it may be handled the sword is sharpned and it is furbiâ—hed to give it into the hand of the slayer 12 Cry and howl son of man for it shall be upon my people it shall be upon all the princes of Israel ‖ Or they are thâ—â—â—â— down to the sword with my people terrours by reason of the sword shall be upon my people * Jet 31.19 sinte therefore upon thy thigh 13 ‖ Or When the trial hath been what then I shall they not also belong to the despising rodâ— Because it is a trial and what If the sword contemn even the rod it shall be no more faith the Lord GOD. 14 Thou therefore son of man prophefie and smite thine †Heb. band to band hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time the sword of the stain it is the sword of the great men that are flam which entreth into their privy chambers 15 I have set the ‖ Or glittering or jear point of the sword against all their gates that their heart may faint and their ruine be multiplied ah it is made bright it is ‖ Or sharpned wrapt up for the ddaughter 16 Go thee one way or other either on the right hand †Heb. set thy self take the lest band or on the left whithersoever thy face is set 17 I will also smite mine hands together and I will cause my fury to rest I the LORD have said it 18 ¶ The word of the LORD came unto me again saying 19 Also thou son of man appoint thee two ways that the sword of the king of Babylon may come both twain shall come forth out of one land and choose thou a place choose it at the head of the way to the city 20 Appoint a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites and to Juâ—ah in Jerusalem the defenced 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the †Heb. mother of the way parting of the way at the head of the two ways to use divination he made his ‖ Or knines arrows bright he consulted with †Heb. teraphim images he looked in the liver 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem to appoint ‖ Or battering rams †Heb. rams captains to open the mouth in the slaughter to lift up the voice with shouting to appoint battering rams against the gates to cast a mount and to build a fort 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their fight ‖ Or for the oaths made unto them to them that have sword oaths but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembred in that your transgressions are discovered so that in all your doings your sins do appear because I say that ye are come to remembrance ye shall be taken with the hand 25 ¶ And thou profane wicked prince of Israel whose day is come when iniquity shall have an end 26 Thus saith the Lord GOD Remove the diadem and take off the crown this shall not be the same exalt him that is low and abase him that is high 27 †Heb. Perverted pervirted pervirted will I make it I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is and I will give it him 28 ¶ And thou son of man prophesie and say Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach even say thou The sword the sword is drawn for the slaughter it is furbished to consume because of the glittering 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee whiles they divine a lie unto thee to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain of the wicked whose
that abhor judgement and pervert all equity 10 They build up Zion with * Ezek. 12 2â— Zeph. 3.3 †Heb. blouds bloud and Jerusalem with iniquity 11 The heads thereof judge for reward and the priests thereof teach for hire and the prophets thereof divine for money yet will they lean upon the LORD †Heb. saying and say Is not the LORD among us none evil can come upon us 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be * Jer. 26.18 plowed as a field and Jerusalem shall become heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest CHAP. IV. 1 The glory 3 peace 8 kingdom 11 and victory of the church BUt * Isa 2 2 c. in the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains and it shall be exalted above the hills and people shall flow unto it 2 And many nations shall come and say Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD and to the house of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his paths for the law shall go forth of Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 3 ¶ And he shall judge among many people and rebuke strong nations afar off and they shall beat their swords into * Is 2.4 Joel 3.10 plow-shares and their spears into ‖ Or sithes pruning-hooks nation shall not lift up a sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree and none shall make them afraid for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it 5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever 6 In that day saith the LORD will I assemble her that halteth and I will gather her that is driven out and her that I have afflicted 7 And I will make her that * Zeph. 3.19 halted a remnant and her that was cast far off a strong nation and the LORD * Dan. 7.14 Luk. 1.33 shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth even for ever 8 ¶ And thou O towre of the flock the strong hold of the daughter of Zion unto thee shall it come even the first dominion the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud is there no king in thee is thy counsellour perished for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail 10 Be in pain and labour to bring forth O daughter of Zion like a woman in travail for now shalt thou go forth out of the city and thou shalt dwell in the field and thou shalt go even to Babylon there shalt thou be delivered there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies 11 ¶ Now also many nations are gathered against thee that say Let her be defiled and let our eye look upon Zion 12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD neither understand they his counsel for the shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor 13 Arise and thresh O daughter of Zion for I will make thine horn iron and I will make thy hoofs brass and thou shalt beat in pieces many people and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth CHAP. V. 1 The birth of Christ 4 His kingdom 8 His conquest NOw gather thy self in troups O daughter of troups he hath laid siege against us they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek 2 But thou * Mat. 2.6 Joh. 7.42 Beth-lechem Ephratah though thou be little among the thousands of Judah yet out of thee shall be come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel whose goings forth have been from of old from †Heb. the days of eternity everlasting 3 Therefore will he give them up until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel 4 ¶ And he shall stand and ‖ Or â—ule feed in the strength of the LORD in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God and they shall abide for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth 5 And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land and when he shall tread in our palace then shall we raise against him seven shepherds and eight †Heb. princes of men principal men 6 And they shall †Heb. â—at up waste the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod ‖ Or with her own naked sworâ—â— in the entrances thereof thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian when he cometh into our land and when he treadeth within our borders 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD as the showers upon the grass that tarrieth not for man nor waiteth for the sons of men 8 ¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest as a young lion among the flocks of ‖ Or gâ—atâ— sheep who if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces and none can deliver 9 Thine hand shall be lift up upon thine adversaries and all thine enemies shall be cut off 10 And it shall come to pass in that day saith the LORD that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee and I will destroy thy chariots 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land and throw down all thy strong holds 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand and thou shalt have no more soothsayers 13 Thy graven images also will I cut off and thy ‖ Or statues standing images out of the midst of thee and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee so will I destroy thy ‖ Or enemies cities 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen such as they have not heard CHAP. VI. 1 Gods controversy for unkindness 6 for ignorance 10 for injudâ—â—e 16 and for idolatry HEar ye now what the LORD saith Arise contend thou ‖ Or with before the * Isa 1.2 mountains and let the hills hear thy voice 2 Hear ye O mountains the LORDs controversy and ye strong foundations of the earth for the LORD hath a controversy with his people and he will plead with Israel 3 O my people what have I done unto thee and wherein have I wearied thee tâ—stify against me 4 For I brought thee up ouâ— of the lanâ—
of * Ex. 12.51 14.30 Egypt and redeemed thee out of the house of servants and I sent before thee Moses Aaron and Miriam 5 O my people remember now that * Num. 22.5 23.7 Balak king of Moab consulted and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from * Num. 25. Jos 5. Shittim unto Gilgal that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD 6 ¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD and bow my self before the high God shall I come before him with burnt-offerings with calves †Heb. sons of a â—ear of a year old 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oyl shall I give my first-born for my transgression the fruit of my †Heb. heâ—y body for the sin of my soul 8 He hath * Deut. 10.12 shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the LORD require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to †Heb. humble thy self to walk walk humbly with thy God 9 The LORDS voice crieth unto the city and ‖ Or thy naâ—â— shall see that which is the man of wisdom shall see thy name hear ye the rod and who hath appointed it 10 ¶ ‖ Or Is there yet unto every man â—n hâ—â—se of the wicked 〈◊〉 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked and the †Heb. measure of â—eaâ—ness scant measure that is abominable 11 ‖ Or shall I be pure â—â—th c. Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances and with the bag of deceiful weights 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee in making thee desolate because of thy sins 14 Thou shalt eat but not be satisfied and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee and thou shalt take hold but shalt not deliver and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword 15 Thou shalt * Deut. 28.38 Hag. 1.6 sowe but thou shalt not reap thou shalt tread the olives but thou shalt not anoint thee with oyl and sweet wine but shalt not drink wine 16 ¶ For ‖ Or He deth muâ—h â—â—ep the 〈◊〉 the statutes of * 1 Kin. 16.25 26. Omri are kept and all the works of the house of * 1 Kin. 16.30 c. Ahab and ye walk in their counsels that I should make thee a ‖ Or aâ—â—â—â—â—â—ment desolation and the inhabitants thereof an hissing therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people CHAP. VII 1 The church complaining of her small number 3 and the general câ—rruption 5 putteth her confidence not in man but in Gâ—â— 8 She triumpheth over her enemies 14 God comforteth her by promiseâ— 16 by confusion of the enemies 1â— and by his mercies WO is me for I am as †Heb the gatherings of summer when they have gathered the summer-fruits as the grape-gleanings of the vintage there is no cluster to eat my soul desired the first-ripe fruit 2 The * Ps 12.1 Isa 5â— 1 ‖ Or godly or merciful good man is perished out of the earth and there is none upright among men they all lie in wait for bloud they hunt every man his brother with a net 3 ¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly the prince asketh and the judge asketh for a reward and the great man he uttereth †Heb. the mischief of his soul hâ—s mischievous desire so thâ—y wrap it up 4 The beâ—t of them is as a brier the most upright is sharper then a thorn-hedge the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh now shall be their perplexity 5 ¶ Trust ye not in a friend put ye not confidence in a guide keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom 6 For * Mat. 10. â—1 15 36. Luk. 12.53 the son dishonoureth the father the daughter riseth up against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law a mans enemies are the men of his own house 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation my God will hear me 8 ¶ Rejoyce not against me O mine enemy when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the LORD shall be a light unto me 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him until he plead my cause and execute judgement for me he will bring me forth to the light and I shall behold his righteousness 10 ‖ Or and thou wilt see her that is mine enemy and â—â—ver her with shame Then she that is mine enemy shall see it and shame shall cover her which said unto me * Pâ— 79 1â— 115.2 Joel 2.17 Where is the LORD thy God mine eyes shall behold her now †Heb. she shall be for a treading down shall she be troden down as the mire of the streets 11 In the day that thy * Amos 9.11 c. walls are to be built in that day shall the dâ—cree be far removed 12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria ‖ Or even to and from the fortified cities and from the fortress even to the river and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain 13 ‖ Or after that it hath been Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein for the fruit of their doings 14 ¶ ‖ Or Rule Feed thy people with thy rod the flock of thine heritage which dwell solitarily in the wood in the midst of Carmel let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old 15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things 16 ¶ The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might they shall lay their hand upon their mouth their ears shall be deaf 17 They shall lick the * Ps 72.9 dust like a serpent they shall move out of their holes like ‖ Or creeping things worms of the earth they shall be afraid of the LORD our God and shall fear because of thee 18 Who is a God like unto thee that * Exod 34.6 7. pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage he retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy 19 He will turn again he will have compassion upon us he will subdue our iniquities and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old ¶ NAHUM CHAP. I. The maâ—â—sty of God in gâ—â—dness to his people and severity against his
* Zattu Zamoth * Elioenai Eliadas * Eliashib Elisimus * Mattaniah Othonias Jarimoth and * Zabad Sabatus and * Aziza Sardeus 29 Of the sons of Bebai Johannes and Ananias and * Zabbai Jolabad and * Athlai Amatheis 30 Of the sons of * Bani Mani * Meshullam Olamus * Malluch Mamuchus * Adaiah Jedeus Jasubus * Sheal. Jasael and Hieremoth 31 †Of the names in verse 31 32 34 35 see Ezra 10.30 31 34 c. And of the sons of Addi Naathus and Moosias Lacunus and Naidus and Mathanias and Sesthel Balnuus and Manasseas 32 And of the sons of Annas Elionas and Aseas and Melchias and Sabbeus and Simon Chosameus 33 And of the sons of Asom * Mattenai Altaneus and * Mattithiah Matthias and * Zabad Bannaia Eliphalat and Manasses and Semei 34 And of the sons of Maani Jeremias Momdis Omaerus Juel Mabdai and Pelias and Anos Carabasion and Enasibus and Mamnitanaimus Eliasis Bannus Eliali Samis Selemias Nathanias and of the sons of Ozora Sesis Esril Azaelus Samatus Zambis Josiphus 35 And of the sons of Ethma Mazitias Zabadaias Edes Juel Banaias 36 All these had taken strange wives and they put them away with their children 37 And the priests and Levites and they that were of Israel dwelt in Jerusalem and in the countrey in the first day of the seventh moneth so the children of Israel were in their ‖ Or villagâ—â— habitations 38 * Neh. 8.1 And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east 39 And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader that he would bring the law of Moses that was given of the Lord God of Israel 40 So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman and to all the priests to hear the law in the first day of the seventh moneth 41 And he read in the broad court before the holy porch from morning unto mid-day before both men and women and all the multitude gave heed unto the law 42 And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood which was made for that purpose 43 And there stood up by him Matathias Sammus Ananias Azarias Urias ‖ Or Hilkiah Ezecias ‖ Or Maasiah Balasamus upon the right hand 44 And upon his left hand stood ‖ Or Pedaiah Phaldaius Misael Melchias ‖ Or Hashum Lothasubus and ‖ See Neh. 8.4 Nabarias 45 The took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude for he sat †Heb. above them all honourably in the first place in the sight of them all 46 And when he opened the law they stood all straight up So Esdras blessed the Lord God most high the God of hosts Almighty 47 And all the people answered Amen and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground and worshipped the Lord. 48 Also Jesus Anus Sarabias Adinus Jacubus Sabbateas ‖ Or Hodijah Auteas Maianeas and Calitas Azarias and Joazabdus and Ananias Biatas the Levites taught the law of the Lord making them withal to understand it 49 ‖ Then Nehemiah and Ezra the priest and scribe and the Levites that instructed the people said unto all the people Nehem. 8.9 Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest and reader and to the Levites that taught the multitude even to all saying 50 This day is holy unto the Lord for they all wept when they heard the law 51 Go then and eat the fat and drink the sweet and send part to ‖ Or the poor them that have nothing 52 For this day is holy unto the Lord and be not sorrowful for the Lord will bring you to honour 53 So the Levites published all things to the people saying This day is holy to the Lord be not sorrowful 54 Then went they their way every one to eat and drink and make merry and to give part to them that had nothing and to make great cheer 55 Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed and for the which they had been assembled II. ESDRAS CHAP. I. 1 Esdras is commanded to reprove the people 24 God threatneth to cast them off 35 to give their houses to a people of more grace then they THe second book of the prophet * Ezra 7.1 Esdras the son of Saraias the son of Azarias the son of Helchias the son of ‖ Or Shallum Sadamias the son of Sadoc the son of Achitob 2 The son of Achias the son of Phinees the son of Heli the son of Amarias the son of Aziei the son of Marimoth the son of Arna the son of Ozias the son of Borith the son of Abisei the son of Phinees the son of Eleazar 3 The son of Aaron of the tribe of Levi which was captive in the land of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians 4 And the word of the Lord came unto me saying 5 Go thy way and * Isa â— â— shew my people their sinful deeds and their children their wickedness which they have done against me that they may tell their childrens children 6 Because the sins of their fathers are increased in them for they have forgotten me and have offered unto strange gods 7 Am not I even he that brought them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage but they have provoked me unto wrath and despised my counsels 8 Pull thou off then the hair of thy head and cast all evil upon them for they have not been obedient unto my law but it is a rebellious people 9 How long shall I forbear them unto whom I have done so much good 10 Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes * Ex. 14.28 Pharaoh with his servants and all his power have I smitten down 11 * Num. 21.24 Josh 8 and 10 and 12. And all the nations have I destroyed before them and in the east I have scattered the people of two provinces even of Tyrus and Sidon and have slain all their enemies 12 Speak thou therefore unto them saying Thus saith the Lord 13 * Ex. 14.29 I led you through the sea and in the beginning gave you a large and safe ‖ Or sheet passage * Ex. 3.10 â—â—d 4.14 I gave you Moses for a leader Aaron for a priest 14 * Ex. 13.21 I gave you light in a pillar of fire and great wonders have I done among you yet have you forgotten me saith the Lord. 15 Thus saith the Almighty Lord The * Ex. 16.13 Ps 105.40 quails were as a token for you I gave you tents for your safeguard nevertheless you murmured there 16 And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies but ever to this day do ye yet murmure 17 Where are
and their glory shall not be blotted out 14 Their bodies are buried in peace but their name liveth for evermore 15 * Chap. 39.10 The people will tell of their wisdom and the congregation will shew forth their praise 16 * Gen. 5.24 Heb. 11.5 Enoch pleased the Lord and was translated being an example of repentance to all generations 17 * Gen 6.9 7.1 Heb. 11.7 Noah was found perfect and righteous in the time of wrath he was taken in exchange for the world therefore was he left as a remnant unto the earth when the floud came 18 An * Gen. 9.11 everlasting covenant was made with him that all flesh should perish no more by the flood 19 Abraham was a * Gen. 12.2 3. 15.5 17.4 great father of many people in glory was there none like unto him 20 Who kept the law of the most High and was in covenant with him he established the covenant in * Gen. 21.4 his flesh and when he was proved he was found faithful 21 Therefore he assured him by an * Gen. 22.16 17 18. Gal. 3.8 oath that he would bless the nations in his seed and that he would multiply him as the dust of the earth and exalt his seed as the stars and cause them to inherit from sea to sea and from the river unto the utmost part of the land 22 With Isaac did he establish likewise for Abraham his fathers sake the blessing of all men and the covenant 23 And made it rest upon the head of * Gen. 27.28 28.14 Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessing and gave him an heritage and divided his portions among the twelve tribes did he part them CHAP. XLV 1 The praise of Moses 6 of Aaron 23 and of Phinees ANd he brought out of him a merciful man which found favour in the sight of all flesh even * Exod. 11.3 Moses beloved of God and men whose memorial is blessed 2 He made him like to the glorious saints and magnified him so that his enemies stood in fear of him 3 By his words he caused the wonders to cease and he made him * Exod. 7.8 9 10. chapters glorious in the sight of kings and gave him a commandment for his people and shewed him part of his glory 4 * Num. 12.3 He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness and chose him out of all men 5 He made him to hear his voice and brought him into the dark cloud and * Exod. 19.7 gave him commandments before his face even the law of life and knowledge that he might teach Jacob his covenants and Israel his judgements 6 He * Exod. 4.14 exalted Aaron an holy man like unto him even his brother of the tribe of Levi. 7 An everlasting covenant he made with him and gave him the priesthood among the people †Gr. he blessed he beautified him with comely ornaments and clothed him with a robe of glory 8 He put upon him perfect glory and strengthned him with †Gr. vessels or instruments rich garments with breeches with a long robe and the ephod 9 And he compassed him with pomegranates and with many golden bells round about that as he went there might be a * Exod. 28.35 sound and a noise made that might be heard in the temple for a memorial to the children of his people 10 With an holy garment with gold and blue silk and purple the work of the embroiderer with a breast-plate of judgement and with Urim and Thummim 11 With twisted scarlet the work of the cunning workman with precious stones graven like seals and set in gold the work of the jeweller with a writing engraved for a memorial after the number of the tribes of Israel 12 He set a crown of gold upon the mitre wherein was engraved Holiness an ornament of honour a costly work the desires of the eyes goodly and beautiful 13 Before him there were none such neither did ever any stranger put them on but onely his children and his childrens children perpetually 14 Their sacrifices shall be wholly consumed every day twice continually 15 Moses consecrated him and anointed him with holy oyl this was appointed unto him by an everlasting covenant and to his seed so long as the heavens should remain that they should minister unto him and execute the office of the priest-hood and bless the people in his name 16 He chose him out of all men living to offer sacrifices to the Lord incense and a sweet savour for a memorial to make reconciliation for his people 17 * Deut. 17.10 21.5 He gave unto him his commandments and authority in the statutes of judgements that he should teach Jacob the testimonies and inform Israel in his laws 18 * Numb 16.1 Strangers conspired together against him and maligned him in the wilderness even the men that were of Dathans and Abirons side and the congregation of Core with fury and wrath 19 This the Lord saw and it displeased him and in his wrathful indignation were they consumed he did wonders upon them to consume them with the fiery flame 20 * Numb 17.8 But he made Aaron more honourable and gave him an heritage and divided unto him the first-fruits of the increase especially he prepared bread in abundance 21 For they did eat of the sacrifices of the Lord which he gave unto him and his seed 22 * Deut 12.12 18.1 2. Howbeit in the land of the people he had no inheritance neither had he any portion among the people for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance 23 * Num. 25.11 12 13. 1 Mac. 2.54 The third in glory is Phinees the son of Eleazar because he had zeal in the fear of the Lord and stood up with good courage of heart when the people were turned back and made reconciliation for Israel 24 Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him that he should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his people and that he and his posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever 25 According to the covenant made with David son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda that the inheritance of the king should be to his posterity alone so the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed 26 God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness that their good things be not abolished and that their glory may endure for ever CHAP. XLVI 1 The praise of Joshua 9 of Caleb 13 of Samuel JEsus * Numb 27.18 Deut. 34 9 Josh 1.2 12.7 the son of Nave was valiant in the wars and was the successour of Moses in prophesies who according to his name was made great for the saving of the elect of God and taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them that he might set Israel in their inheritance 2 How great glory gat he when he
temple 3 In his days the * 1 King 7.23 cistern to receive water being in compass as the sea was covered with plates of brass 4 He took care of the temple that it should not fall and fortified the city against besieging 5 How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of †Gr. the house of the â—â—il the sanctuary 6 He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud and as the moon at the full 7 As the sun shining upon the temple of the most High and as the rainbowe giving light in the bright clouds 8 And as the flower of roses in the spring of the year as lilies by the rivers of waters and as the branches of the frankincense tree in the time of summer 9 As fire and incense in the censer and as a vessel of beaten gold set with all manner of precious stones 10 And as a fair olive-tree budding forth fruit and as a cypress tree which groweth up to the clouds 11 When he put on the robe of honour and was clothed with the perfection of glory when he went up to the holy altar he made the garment of holiness honourable 12 When he took the portions out of the priests hands he himself stood by the hearth of the altar compassed with his brethren round about as a young cedar in Libanus and as palm-trees compassed they him round about 13 So were all the sons of Aaron in their glory and the oblations of the Lord in their hands before all the congregation of Israel 14 And finishing the service at the altar that he might adorn the offering of the most high Almighty 15 He stretched out his hand to the cup and poured of the bloud of the grape he poured out at the foot of the altar a sweet-smelling savour unto the most high King of all 16 Then shouted the sons of Aaron and sounded the ‖ Or trumpets beacon forth with the 〈◊〉 silver trumpets and made a great noise to be heard for a remembrance before the most High 17 Then all the people together hasted and fell down to the earth upon their faces to worship their Lord God almighty the most High 18 The singers also sang praises with their voices with great variety of sounds was there made sweet melody 19 And the people besought the Lord the most High by prayer before him that is merciful till the solemnity of the Lord was ended and they had finished his service 20 Then he went down and lifted up his hands over the whose congregation of the children of Israel to give the blessing of the Lord with his lips and to rejoyce in his name 21 And they bowed themselves down to worship the second time that they might receive a blessing from the most High 22 Now therefore bless ye the God of all which onely doth wondrous things every where which exalteth our days from the womb and dealeth with us according to his mercy 23 He grant us joyfulness of heart and that peace may be in our days in Israel for ever 24 That he would confirm his mercy with us and deliver us at his time 25 There be two manner of nations which my heart abhorreth and the third is no nation 26 They that sit upon the mountain of Samaria and they that dwell amongst the Philistines and that foolish people that dwell in Sichem 27 Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem hath written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge who out of his heart poured forth wisdom 28 Blessed is he that shall be exercised in these things and he that sayeth them up in his heart shall become wise 20 For if he do them he shall be strong to all things for the light of the Lord leadeth him who giveth wisdom to the godly Blesses be the Lord forever Amen amen CHAP. LI. ¶ A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach I Will thank thee O Lord and King and praise thee O God my Saviour I do give praise unto thy name 2 For thou art my defender and helper and hast preserved my body from destruction and from the snare of the slandrous tongue and from the lips that forge lies and hast been mine helper against mine adversaries 3 And hast delivered me according to the multitude of thy mercies and greatness of thy name from †Gr. the gnashing of the teeth the teeth of them that were ready to devour me and out of the hands of such as sought after my life and from the manifold afflictions which I had 4 From the choking of fire on every side and from the mids of the fire which I kindled not 5 From the depth of the besly of hell from an unclean tongue and from sying words 6 By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue my soul drew near even unto death my life was near to the hell beneath 7 They compassed me on every side and there was no man to help me I looked for the succour of men but there was none 8 Then thought I upon thy mercy O Lord and upon thy acts of old how thou deliverest such as wait for thee and savest them out of the hands of the enemies 9 Then lifted I up my supplication from the earth and prayed for deliverance from death 10 I called upon the Lord the Father of my Lord that he would not leave me in the days of my trouble and in the time of the proud when there was no help 11 I will praise thy name continually and will sing praise with thanksgiving and so my prayer was heard 12 For thou savedst me from destruction and deliveredst me from the evil time therefore will I give thanks and praise thee and bless thy name O Lord. 13 When I was yet young or ever I ‖ Or went astray went abroad I desired wisdom openly in my prayer 14 I prayed for her before the temple and will seek here out even to the end 15 Even from the flower till the grape was ripe hath my heart delighted in her my foot went the right way from my youth up sought I after her 16 I howed down mine ear a little and received her and gat much learning 17 I profited therein therefore will I ascribe the glory unto him that giveth me wisdom 18 For I purposed to do after her and earnestly I followed that which is good so shall I not be confounded 19 My soul hath wrestled with her and in my doings I was exact I stretched forth my hands to the heaven above and bewailed my ignorances of her 20 ‖ Or I got understanding I directed my soul unto her and I found her in pureness I have had my heart joyned with her from the beginning therefore shall I not be forsaken 21 My ‖ Or bowâ—lâ— heart was troubled in seeking her therefore have I gotten a good possession 22 The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward and I will
and ministred unto him many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem 42 ¶ * Mat. 27 5â— And now when the even was come because it was the preparation that is the day before the sabbath 43 Joseph of Arimathea an honourable counsellour which also waited for the kingdom of God came and went in boldly unto Pilate and craved the body of Jesus 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead and calling unto him the centurion he asked him whether he had been any while dead 45 And when he knew it of the centurion he gave the body to Joseph 46 And he bought fine linen and took him down and wrapped him in the linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid CHAP. XVI 1 An angel declareth the resurrection of Christ to three women 9 Christ himself appeareth to Mary Magdalene 12 to two going into the countrey 14 then to the apostles 15 whom he sendeth forth to preach the gospel 19 and ascendeth into heaven ANd when the sabbath was past Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him 2 * Luk. 24.1 Joh. 20.1 And very early in the morning the first day of the week they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun 3 And they said among themselves Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre 4 And when they looked they saw that the stone was rolled away for it was very great 5 * Joh 20.11 And entring into the sepulchre they saw a young man sitting on the right side clothed in a long white garment they were affrighted 6 And he saith unto them Be not affrighted ye seek Jesus of Nazareth which was crucified he is risen he is not here behold the place where they laid him 7 But go your way tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee there shall ye see him * Mat 26.32 as he said unto you 8 And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulchre for they trembled and were amazed neither said they any thing to any man for they were afraid 9 ¶ Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week * Joh. 20.14 he appeared first to Mary Magdalene * Luk. 8.2 out of whom he had cast seven devils 10 And she went and told them that had been with him as they mourned and wept 11 And they when they had heard that he was alive and had been seen of her beleeved not 12 ¶ After that he appeared in another form * Luk. 24.13 unto two of them as they walked and went into the countrey 13 And they went and told it unto the residue neither beleeved they them 14 ¶ * Luk. 24.36 Joh. 20.19 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat ‖ Or together at meat and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they beleeved not them which had seen him after he was risen 15 * Mat. 28.19 And he said unto them Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature 16 He that beleeveth and is baptized shall be saved * Joh. 12.48 but he that beleeveth not shall be damned 17 And these signs shall follow them that beleeve * Act. 16.18 In my name shall they cast out devils * Act. 2.4 they shall speak with new tongues 18 * Act. 28 5. They shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them * Act. 18.8 they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover 19 ¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them he was * Luk. 24. â—1 received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God 20 And they went forth and preached every where the Lord working with them * Heb. â— 4 and confirming the word with signs following Amen ¶ The Gospel according to S. LUKE CHAP. I. 1 The preface of Luke to his whole gospel 5 The conception of John the Baptist 2â— and of Christ 39 The prophesie of Elisabeth and of Mary concerning Christ 57 The nativity and circumcision of John 67 The prophesie of Zachary both of Christ 76 and of John FOrasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely beleeved among us 2 Even as they delivered them unto us which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word 3 It seemed good to me also having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first to write unto thee in order most excellent Theophilus 4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed 5 ¶ THere was in the days of Herod the king of Judea a certain priest named Zacharias of the course of Abia and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elisabeth 6 And they were both righteous before God walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless 7 And they had no childe because that Elisabeth was barren and they both were now well stricken in years 8 And it came to pass that while he executed the priests office before God in the order of his course 9 According to the custom of the priests office his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. 10 * Ex. 30.7 Lev. 1â— 17 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense 11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense 12 And when Zacharias saw him he was troubled and fear fell upon him 13 But the angel said unto him Fear not Zacharias for thy prayer is heard and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness and many shall rejoyce at his birth 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink and he shall be filled with the holy Ghost even from his mothers womb 16 * Mal. 4.6 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient ‖ Or by to the wisdom of the just to make ready a people prepated for the Lord. 18 And Zacharias said unto the angel Whereby shall I know this for I am an old man and my wife well stricken in years 19 And the angel answering said unto him I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God and
Salem priest of the most high God who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all first being by interpretation king of righteousness and after that also king of Salem which is king of peace 3 Without father without mother †Gr. without pedegree without descent having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the Son of God abideth a priest continually 4 Now consider how great this man was unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils 5 And verily * Num. 18.21 they that are of the sons of Levi who receive the office of the priesthood have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law that is of their brethren though they come out of the loyns of Abraham 6 But he whose ‖ Or pedegree descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham and blessed him that had the promises 7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better 8 And here men that die receive tithes but there he receiveth them of whom it is witnessed that he liveth 9 And as I may so say Levi also who receiveth tithes payed tithes in Abraham 10 For he was yet in the loyns of his father when Melchisedec met him 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood for under it the people received the law what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec and not be called after the order of Aaron 12 For the priesthood being changed there is made of necessity a change also of the law 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe of which no man gave attendance at the altar 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood 15 And it is yet far more evident for that alter the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest 16 Who is made not after the law of a carnal commandment but after the power of an endless life 17 For he testifieth * Psal 110.4 Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec 18 For there is verily a disanulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof 19 For the law made nothing perfect ‖ Or but is was the bringing in but the bringing in of a better hope did by the which we draw nigh unto God 20 And in as much as not without an oath he was made priest 21 For those priests were made ‖ Or without swearing of an oath without an oath but this with an oath by him that said unto him * Psal 110.4 The Lord sware and will not repent Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament 23 And they truly were many priests because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death 24 But this man because he continueth ever hath an ‖ Or which pasfeth not from one to another unchangeable priesthood 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them ‖ Or evermore to the uttermost the come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them 26 For such an high priest became us who is holy harmless undefiled separate from sinners and made higher then the heavens 27 Who needeth not daily as * Levit. 9.7 16.6 those high priests to offer up sacrifice first for his own sins and then for the peoples for this he did once when he offered up himself 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity but the word of the oath which was since the law maketh the Son who is †Gr. perfected consecrated for evermore CHAP. VIII 1 By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is abolished 7 and the temporal covenant with the fathers by the eternal covenant of the gospel NOw of the things which we have spoken this is the sum We have such an high Priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens 2 A minister ‖ Or of â—oly things of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer 4 For if he were on earth he should not be a priest seeing that ‖ Or they are priests there are priests that offer gifts according to the law 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle * Exod. 25. â—0 Acts 7.44 For see saith he that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministery by how much also he is the Mediatour of a better ‖ Or testament covenant which was established upon better promises 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless then should no place have been sought for the second 8 For finding fault with them he saith * Jer. 31.31 32 33 34. Behold the days come saith the Lord when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt because they continued nor in my covenant and I regarded them not saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days saith the Lord I will †Gr. give put my laws into their minde and write them ‖ Or upon in their hearts and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for all shall know me from the least to the greatest 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more 13 In that he saith A new covenant he hath made the first old Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away CHAP. IX 1 The dâ—scription of the rites and bloudy sacrifices of the law 11 far inferiour to the dignity perfection of the bloud and sacrifice of Christ THen verily the first covenant had also ‖ Or ceâ—â—mâ—nits ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary 2 For there was a tabernable made * â—xod 40. the first wherein was the candlestick and the table and the shew-bread which is called ‖ Or holy the sanctuary 3 And after the second vail the
spiritual things with spiritual 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned 15 * Prov. 27.19 But he that is spiritual ‖ Or discerneth judgeth all things yet he himself is ‖ Or discerned judged of no man 16 * Isa 40.13 Wis 9.13 Rom. 11.34 For who hath known the minde of the Lord that he †Gr. shall may instruct him But we have the minde of Christ CHAP. III. 2 Milk is fit for children 3 Strife and division arguments of a fiesbly minde 7 He that planteth and he that watereth is nothing 9 The ministers are Gods fellow-workmen 11 Christ the onely foundation 16 Meu the temples of God 17 which must be kept holy 19 The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God ANd I brethren could not speak unto you as unto spiritual but as unto carnal even as unto babes in Christ 2 I have fed you with * Heb. 5.12 milk and not with meat for hitherto ye were not able to bear it neither yet now are ye able 3 For ye are yet carnal for whereas there is among you envying and strife and ‖ Or factions divisions are ye not carnal and walk †Gr. according to man as men 4 For while one saith I am of Paul and another I am of Apollos are ye not carnal 5 Who then is Paul and who is Apollos but ministers by whom ye beleeved even as the Lord gave to every man 6 I have planted Apollos watered but God gave the increase 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing neither he that watereth but God that giveth the increase 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one * Psal 62.12 Gal. 6.5 and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour 9 For we are labourers together with God ye are Gods ‖ Or tillage husbandry ye are Gods building 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me as a wise master-builder I have laid the foundation and another buildeth thereon But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon 11 For other foundation can no man lay then that is laid which is Jesus Christ 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold silver precious stones wood hay stubble 13 Every mans work shall be made manifest For the day shall declare it because it †Gr. is revealed shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort it is 14 If any mans work abide which he hath built thereupon he shall receive a reward 15 If any mans work shall be burnt he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire 16 * Chap. 6.19 2 Cor. 6.16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you 17 If any man ‖ Or destroy defile the temple of God him shall God destroy for the temple of God is holy which temple ye are 18 Let no man deceive himself If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world let him become a fool that he may be wise 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God for it is written * Job 5.13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness 20 And again * Psal 94.11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain 21 Therefore let no man glory in men for all things are yours 22 Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours 23 And ye are Christs and Christ is Gods CHAP. IV. 1 In what account the ministers ought to be had 7 We have nothing which we have not received 9 The apostles spectacles to the world angels and men 13 the filth and off-scouring of the world 15 yet our fathers in Christ 16 whom we ought to follow LEt a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or of mans †Gr. day judgement yea I judge not my own self 4 For I know nothing by my self yet am I not hereby justified but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 5 * Matth. 7.1 Rom. 2.1 Therefore judge nothing before the time until the Lord come who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God 6 And these things brethren I have in a figure transferred to my self and to Apollos for your sakes that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written that no one of you be puffed up for one against another 7 For who †Gr. distinguisheth thee maketh thee to differ from another and what hast thou that thou didst not receive now if thou didst receive it why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it 8 Now ye are full now ye are rich ye have reigned as kings without us and I would to God ye did reign that we also might reign with you 9 For I think that God hath let forth us the apostles last as it were appointed to death For we are made a †Gr. theatre spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men 10 We are fools for Christs sake but ye are wise in Christ we are weak but ye are strong ye are honourable but we are despised 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place 12 * Acts 12.34 1 Thes 2.9 2 Thes 3.8 And labour working with our own hands being reviled we bless being persecuted we suffer it 13 * Mat. 5.44 Being defamed we intreat we are made as the filth of the world and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day 14 I write not these things to shame you but as my beloved sons I warn you 15 For though you have ten thousand instructours in Christ yet have ye not many fathers for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel 16 Wherefore I beseech you be ye followers of me 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus who is my beloved son and faithful in the Lord who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ as I teach every where in every church 18 Now some are puffed up as though I would not come to you 19 * Acts 19.21 But I will come to you shortly * Jam. 4.15 if the Lord will and will know not the speech of them which are puffed up but the
power 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power 21 What will ye shall I come unto you with a rod or in love and in the spirit of meekness CHAP. V. 1 The incestuous person 6 is cause rather of shame unto them then of rejoycing 7 The old leaven is to be purged out 10 Hainous offenders are to be shunned and avoided IT is reported commonly that there is fornication among you and such fornication as is not so much as named amongst the Gentiles that one should have his fathers wife 2 And ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you 3 * Col. 2.5 For I verily as absent in body but present in spirit have ‖ Or determined judged already as though I were present concerning him that that hath so done this deed 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ 5 * 1 Tim. 1.10 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus 6 Your glorying is not good Know ye not that * Gal. 5.9 a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven that ye may be a new lump as ye are unleavened For even Christ our pass-over ‖ Or is slain is sacrificed for us 8 Therefore let us keep ‖ Or holy-day the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicatours 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicatours of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or with idolaters for then must ye needs go out of the world 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicatour or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such an one no not to eat 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without do not ye judge them that are within 13 But them that are without God judgeth Therefore put away from among your selves that wicked person CHAP. VI. 1 The Corinthians must not vex their brethren in going to law with them 6 especially under infidels 9 The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God 15 Our bodies are the members of Christ 19 and temples of the holy Ghost 16 17 they must not therefore be defiled DAre any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the saints 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world if the world shall be judged by you are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels how much more things that pertain to this life 4 If then ye have judgements of things pertaining to this life set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church 5 I speak to your shame Is it so that there is not a wise man amongst you no not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren 6 But brother goeth to law with brother and that before the unbeleevers 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you because ye go to law one with another * Mat. 6.39 Luke 6 2◠Rom. 12.19 why do ye not rather take wrong why do ye not rather suffer your selves to be defrauded 8 Nay you do wrong and defraud and that your brethren 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God Be not deceived neither fornicatours nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankinde 10 Nor theeves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God 11 And such were * Tit. 3.3 some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God 12 * Chap. 20.23 All things are lawful unto me but all things are not ‖ Or profitable expedient all things are lawful for me but I will not be brought under the power of any 13 Meats for the belly and the belly for meats but God shall destroy both it and them Now the body is not for fornication but for the Lord and the Lord for the body 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us by his own power 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot God forbid 16 What know ye not that he which is joyned to an harlot is one body for * Gen. 2.24 Matth. 19.5 Eph. 5.31 two saith he shall be one flesh 17 But he that is joyned unto the Lord is one spirit 18 Flee fornication Every sin that a man doeth is without the body but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body 19 What * Chap. 3.16 know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost which is in you which ye have of God and ye are not your own 20 For * Chap. 7.33 ye are bought with a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods CHAP. VII 2 He treateth of marriage 4 shewing it to be a remedy against fornication 10 and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved 18 20 Every man must be content with his vocation 25 Virginity wherefore to be embraced 35 And for what respects we may either marry or abstain from marrying NOw concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me It is good for a man not to touch a woman 2 Nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife and let every woman have her own husband 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence and likewise also the wife unto the husband 4 The wife hath not power of her own body but the husband and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body but the wife 5 Defraud you not one the other except it be with consent for a time that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer and come together again that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency 6 But I speak this by permission and not of commandment 7 For I would that all men were even as I my self but every man hath his proper gift of God one after this manner another after that 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry then to burn 10