Title: The World English Bible (WEB), Complete
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Language: English
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THE WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE (WEB)



THE OLD TESTAMENT



Genesis

1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1:2 Now the
earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep.
God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

1:3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 1:4 God saw the
light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the
darkness. 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called
Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.

1:6 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and
let it divide the waters from the waters." 1:7 God made the expanse, and
divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which
were above the expanse; and it was so. 1:8 God called the expanse sky.
There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

1:9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one
place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so. 1:10 God called the
dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas.
God saw that it was good. 1:11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass,
herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind,
with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so. 1:12 The earth
brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees
bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that
it was good. 1:13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

1:14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the
day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for
days and years; 1:15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to
give light on the earth;" and it was so. 1:16 God made the two great
lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule
the night. He also made the stars. 1:17 God set them in the expanse of
sky to give light to the earth, 1:18 and to rule over the day and over
the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it
was good. 1:19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

1:20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky." 1:21 God
created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird
after its kind. God saw that it was good. 1:22 God blessed them, saying,
"Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let
birds multiply on the earth." 1:23 There was evening and there was
morning, a fifth day.

1:24 God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their
kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their
kind;" and it was so. 1:25 God made the animals of the earth after their
kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on
the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

1:26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of
the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 1:27 God created man in his
own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created
them. 1:28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply,
fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the
earth." 1:29 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding
seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which
bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. 1:30 To every animal of
the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps
on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for
food;" and it was so.

1:31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

2:1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.
2:2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 2:3 God
blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from
all his work which he had created and made.

2:4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the
earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth
and the heavens. 2:5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no
herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to
rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground, 2:6 but a
mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the
ground. 2:7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living
soul. 2:8 Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he
put the man whom he had formed. 2:9 Out of the ground Yahweh God made
every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the
tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. 2:10 A river went out of Eden to water the
garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads. 2:11 The
name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the
whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12 and the gold of that
land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone. 2:13 The name
of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the
whole land of Cush. 2:14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this
is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the
Euphrates. 2:15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of
Eden to dress it and to keep it. 2:16 Yahweh God commanded the man,
saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 2:17 but of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in
the day that you eat of it you will surely die."

2:18 Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I
will make him a helper suitable for him." 2:19 Out of the ground Yahweh
God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and
brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man
called every living creature, that was its name. 2:20 The man gave names
to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of
the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.
2:21 Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept;
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 2:22
He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman,
and brought her to the man. 2:23 The man said, "This is now bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was
taken out of Man." 2:24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his
mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh. 2:25
They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which
Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You
shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"

3:2 The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the
garden we may eat, 3:3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the
middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither
shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

3:4 The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die, 3:5 for God
knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will
be like God, knowing good and evil."

3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was
a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one
wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband
with her, and he ate. 3:7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they
knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made
themselves aprons. 3:8 They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

3:9 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"

3:10 The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself."

3:11 God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from
the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

3:12 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me
of the tree, and I ate."

3:13 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?"

The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

3:14 Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed
are you above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On
your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your
life. 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your
offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will
bruise his heel."

3:16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in
childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be
for your husband, and he will rule over you."

3:17 To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice,
and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall
not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat
of it all the days of your life. 3:18 Thorns also and thistles will it
bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. 3:19 By the
sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall
return."

3:20 The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all
living. 3:21 Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife,
and clothed them.

3:22 Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us,
knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of
the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..." 3:23 Therefore Yahweh
God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from
which he was taken. 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs
at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned
every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

4:1 The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain,
and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help." 4:2 Again she gave
birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was
a tiller of the ground. 4:3 As time passed, it happened that Cain
brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground. 4:4 Abel
also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh
respected Abel and his offering, 4:5 but he didn't respect Cain and his
offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell. 4:6
Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your
face fallen? 4:7 If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't
do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to
rule over it." 4:8 Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the
field." It happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up
against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

4:9 Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?"

He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

4:10 Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood
cries to me from the ground. 4:11 Now you are cursed because of the
ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from
your hand. 4:12 From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield
its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the
earth."

4:13 Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
4:14 Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the
ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a
wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill
me."

4:15 Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will
be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any
finding him should strike him.

4:16 Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and lived in the land of Nod,
east of Eden. 4:17 Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to
Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name
of his son, Enoch. 4:18 To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father
of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became
the father of Lamech. 4:19 Lamech took two wives: the name of the one
was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 4:20 Adah gave birth to
Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have
livestock. 4:21 His brother's name was Jubal, who was the father of all
who handle the harp and pipe. 4:22 Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain,
the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain's
sister was Naamah. 4:23 Lamech said to his wives,

"Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my
speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising
me. 4:24 If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven
times." 4:25 Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and
named him Seth, "for God has appointed me another child instead of Abel,
for Cain killed him." 4:26 There was also born a son to Seth, and he
named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.

5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, he made him in God's likeness. 5:2 He created them male and
female, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when
they were created. 5:3 Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became
the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him
Seth. 5:4 The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight
hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters. 5:5 All
the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.

5:6 Seth lived one hundred five years, and became the father of Enosh.
5:7 Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven
years, and became the father of sons and daughters. 5:8 All the days of
Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.

5:9 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan. 5:10 Enosh
lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years,
and became the father of sons and daughters. 5:11 All the days of Enosh
were nine hundred five years, then he died.

5:12 Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel. 5:13
Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty
years, and became the father of sons and daughters 5:14 and all the days
of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.

5:15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.
5:16 Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred
thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters. 5:17 All the
days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.

5:18 Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and became the father of
Enoch. 5:19 Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight
hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters. 5:20 All the
days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.

5:21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
5:22 Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah
three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters. 5:23
All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. 5:24 Enoch
walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

5:25 Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the
father of Lamech. 5:26 Methuselah lived after he became the father of
Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and
daughters. 5:27 All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine
years, then he died.

5:28 Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of
a son, 5:29 and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in
our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which
Yahweh has cursed." 5:30 Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah
five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and
daughters. 5:31 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven
years, then he died.

5:32 Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

6:1 It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the
ground, and daughters were born to them, 6:2 that God's sons saw that
men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of
all that they chose. 6:3 Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with
man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred
twenty years." 6:4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and
also after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters. They bore
children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of
renown.

6:5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually. 6:6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and
it grieved him in his heart. 6:7 Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I
have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals,
creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made
them." 6:8 But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.

6:9 This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous
man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God. 6:10
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 6:11 The
earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
6:12 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had
corrupted their way on the earth.

6:13 God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the
earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them
with the earth. 6:14 Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in
the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch. 6:15 This is
how you shall make it. The length of the ship will be three hundred
cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 6:16 You
shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit
upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make
it with lower, second, and third levels. 6:17 I, even I, do bring the
flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of
life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die. 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship,
you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. 6:19 Of every
living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the
ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 6:20
Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of
every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort
shall come to you, to keep them alive. 6:21 Take with you of all food
that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for
you, and for them." 6:22 Thus Noah did. According to all that God
commanded him, so he did.

7:1 Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship,
for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation. 7:2 You
shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his
female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his
female. 7:3 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and
female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth. 7:4 In seven
days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty
nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the
surface of the ground."

7:5 Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

7:6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the
earth. 7:7 Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his
sons' wives, because of the waters of the flood. 7:8 Clean animals,
animals that are not clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the
ground 7:9 went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God
commanded Noah. 7:10 It happened after the seven days, that the waters
of the flood came on the earth. 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's
life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the
same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the
sky's windows were opened. 7:12 The rain was on the earth forty days and
forty nights.

7:13 In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah,
and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into
the ship; 7:14 they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock
after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after
its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. 7:15
They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath
of life in them. 7:16 Those who went in, went in male and female of all
flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in. 7:17 The flood was
forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship,
and it was lifted up above the earth. 7:18 The waters prevailed, and
increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of
the waters. 7:19 The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the
high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered. 7:20 The
waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
7:21 All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock,
animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all
that was on the dry land, died. 7:23 Every living thing was destroyed
that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock,
creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the
earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship. 7:24
The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.

8:1 God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that
were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth.
The waters subsided. 8:2 The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were
also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained. 8:3 The waters
receded from the earth continually. After the end of one hundred fifty
days the waters decreased. 8:4 The ship rested in the seventh month, on
the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat's mountains. 8:5 The waters
receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the
first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

8:6 It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of
the ship which he had made, 8:7 and he sent forth a raven. It went back
and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth. 8:8 He sent
forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface
of the ground, 8:9 but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she
returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the
whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him
into the ship. 8:10 He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent
forth the dove out of the ship. 8:11 The dove came back to him at
evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So
Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth. 8:12 He stayed yet
another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't return to
him any more.

8:13 It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the
first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah
removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of
the ground was dried. 8:14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh
day of the month, the earth was dry.

8:15 God spoke to Noah, saying, 8:16 "Go out of the ship, you, and your
wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you. 8:17 Bring forth
with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including
birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,
that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and
multiply on the earth."

8:18 Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with
him. 8:19 Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever
moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

8:20 Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and
of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 8:21
Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not
again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination
of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike
everything living, as I have done. 8:22 While the earth remains, seed
time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and
night shall not cease."

9:1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth. 9:2 The fear of you and the dread of
you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky.
Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are
delivered into your hand. 9:3 Every moving thing that lives will be food
for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you. 9:4 But
flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat. 9:5 I will surely
require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will
require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother,
I will require the life of man. 9:6 Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood
will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image. 9:7 Be fruitful
and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it."

9:8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, 9:9 "As for me,
behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after
you, 9:10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds,
the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go
out of the ship, even every animal of the earth. 9:11 I will establish
my covenant with you: all flesh will not be cut off any more by the
waters of the flood, neither will there ever again be a flood to destroy
the earth." 9:12 God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I
make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for
perpetual generations: 9:13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will
be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth. 9:14 It will
happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be
seen in the cloud, 9:15 and I will remember my covenant, which is
between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the
waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 9:16 The
rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the
everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh
that is on the earth." 9:17 God said to Noah, "This is the token of the
covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on
the earth."

9:18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ship were Shem, Ham, and
Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan. 9:19 These three were the sons of
Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated.

9:20 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard. 9:21 He drank of
the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent. 9:22 Ham, the
father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two
brothers outside. 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on
both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of
their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their
father's nakedness. 9:24 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his
youngest son had done to him. 9:25 He said,

"Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers." 9:26
He said,

"Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant. 9:27 May
God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be
his servant." 9:28 Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
9:29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.

10:1 Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and
of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech,
and Tiras. 10:3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 10:4
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 10:5 Of these
were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after
his language, after their families, in their nations.

10:6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 10:7 The sons of
Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah:
Sheba and Dedan. 10:8 Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a
mighty one in the earth. 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh.
Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
10:10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh,
in the land of Shinar. 10:11 Out of that land he went forth into
Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 10:12 and Resen between
Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city). 10:13 Mizraim became the
father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 10:14 Pathrusim, Casluhim
(which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

10:15 Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, 10:16 the
Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, 10:17 the Hivite, the Arkite, the
Sinite, 10:18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward
the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. 10:19 The border of
the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you
go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha. 10:20 These are
the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their
lands, in their nations.

10:21 To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother
of Japheth, to him also were children born. 10:22 The sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 10:23 The sons of Aram: Uz,
Hul, Gether, and Mash. 10:24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah.
Shelah became the father of Eber. 10:25 To Eber were born two sons. The
name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His
brother's name was Joktan. 10:26 Joktan became the father of Almodad,
Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 10:27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 10:28 Obal,
Abimael, Sheba, 10:29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons
of Joktan. 10:30 Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar,
the mountain of the east. 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their
families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their
generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the
earth after the flood.

11:1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 11:2 It
happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of
Shinar, and they lived there. 11:3 They said one to another, "Come,
let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone,
and they used tar for mortar. 11:4 They said, "Come, let's build
ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's
make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the
whole earth."

11:5 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children
of men built. 11:6 Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they
have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing
will be withheld from them, which they intend to do. 11:7 Come, let's go
down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one
another's speech." 11:8 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on
the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. 11:9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the
language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on
the surface of all the earth.

11:10 This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one
hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after
the flood. 11:11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the
father of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of
Shelah. 11:13 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became
the father of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber: 11:15
and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of
Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
11:17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of
Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu. 11:19
Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu,
and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug. 11:21
Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug,
and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor. 11:23
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and
became the father of sons and daughters.

11:24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
11:25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father
of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor,
and Haran.

11:27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became
the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
11:28 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur
of the Chaldees. 11:29 Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's
wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of
Haran who was also the father of Iscah. 11:30 Sarai was barren. She had
no child. 11:31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his
son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They
went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They
came to Haran and lived there. 11:32 The days of Terah were two hundred
five years. Terah died in Haran.

12:1 Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your
relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show
you. 12:2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make
your name great. You will be a blessing. 12:3 I will bless those who
bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the
families of the earth be blessed."

12:4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him.
Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran. 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance
that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten in Haran, and
they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan
they came. 12:6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem,
to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.

12:7 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your
seed."

He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him. 12:8 He left
from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,
having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar
to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh. 12:9 Abram traveled, going
on still toward the South.

12:10 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live
as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land. 12:11 It
happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai
his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
12:12 It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will
say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you
alive. 12:13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with
me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

12:14 It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw
that the woman was very beautiful. 12:15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her,
and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's
house. 12:16 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep,
cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys,
and camels. 12:17 Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great
plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 12:18 Pharaoh called Abram and
said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me
that she was your wife? 12:19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so
that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her,
and go your way."

12:20 Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they brought him on the
way with his wife and all that he had.

13:1 Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot
with him, into the South. 13:2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in
silver, and in gold. 13:3 He went on his journeys from the South even to
Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between
Bethel and Ai, 13:4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there
at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh. 13:5 Lot also,
who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 13:6 The land was
not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their
substance was great, so that they could not live together. 13:7 There
was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen
of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the
land at that time. 13:8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no
strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen;
for we are relatives. 13:9 Isn't the whole land before you? Please
separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to
the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."

13:10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that
it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go
to Zoar. 13:11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot
traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
13:12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of
the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13:13 Now the men of
Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.

13:14 Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift
up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and
southward and eastward and westward, 13:15 for all the land which you
see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever. 13:16 I will
make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can
number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered. 13:17
Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I
will give it to you."

13:18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre,
which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

14:1 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, 14:2
that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of
Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the
king of Bela (the same is Zoar). 14:3 All these joined together in the
valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). 14:4 Twelve years they
served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled. 14:5 In
the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him,
and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and
the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 14:6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir,
to Elparan, which is by the wilderness. 14:7 They returned, and came to
En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the
Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar. 14:8 The
king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the
king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and
they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim; 14:9
against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
14:10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained
fled to the hills. 14:11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah,
and all their food, and went their way. 14:12 They took Lot, Abram's
brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

14:13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived
by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of
Aner; and these were allies of Abram. 14:14 When Abram heard that his
relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his
house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. 14:15 He
divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck
them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
14:16 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative,
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

14:17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley
of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). 14:18 Melchizedek king of Salem
brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. 14:19 He
blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of
heaven and earth: 14:20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered
your enemies into your hand."

Abram gave him a tenth of all.

14:21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the
goods to yourself."

14:22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to
Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 14:23 that I will
not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest
you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.' 14:24 I will accept nothing
from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of
the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their
portion."

15:1 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision,
saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly
great reward."

15:2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go
childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
15:3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one
born in my house is my heir."

15:4 Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not
be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be
your heir." 15:5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward
the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to
Abram, "So shall your seed be." 15:6 He believed in Yahweh; and he
reckoned it to him for righteousness. 15:7 He said to him, "I am Yahweh
who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to
inherit it."

15:8 He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

15:9 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat
three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young
pigeon." 15:10 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the
middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the
birds. 15:11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram
drove them away.

15:12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now
terror and great darkness fell on him. 15:13 He said to Abram, "Know for
sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not
theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
15:14 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward
they will come out with great wealth, 15:15 but you will go to your
fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age. 15:16 In the
fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the
Amorite is not yet full." 15:17 It came to pass that, when the sun went
down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch
passed between these pieces. 15:18 In that day Yahweh made a covenant
with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river
of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: 15:19 the Kenites, the
Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 15:20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the
Rephaim, 15:21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites."

16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid,
an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 16:2 Sarai said to Abram, "See now,
Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It
may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice
of Sarai. 16:3 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her
handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and
gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 16:4 He went in to Hagar,
and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was
despised in her eyes. 16:5 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your
fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."

16:6 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to
her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and
she fled from her face.

16:7 The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 16:8 He said, "Hagar,
Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?"

She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."

16:9 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and
submit yourself under her hands." 16:10 The angel of Yahweh said to her,
"I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for
multitude." 16:11 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with
child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because
Yahweh has heard your affliction. 16:12 He will be like a wild donkey
among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand
against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."

16:13 She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who
sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?" 16:14
Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.

16:15 Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom
Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar
bore Ishmael to Abram.

17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and
said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless. 17:2
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you
exceedingly."

17:3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying, 17:4 "As for
me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a
multitude of nations. 17:5 Neither will your name any more be called
Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of
a multitude of nations. 17:6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I
will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you. 17:7 I will
establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you
throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to
you and to your seed after you. 17:8 I will give to you, and to your
seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of
Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

17:9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you
and your seed after you throughout their generations. 17:10 This is my
covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after
you. Every male among you shall be circumcised. 17:11 You shall be
circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the
covenant between me and you. 17:12 He who is eight days old will be
circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is
born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of
your seed. 17:13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with
your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for
an everlasting covenant. 17:14 The uncircumcised male who is not
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off
from his people. He has broken my covenant."

17:15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call
her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah. 17:16 I will bless her, and
moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she
will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
"Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah,
who is ninety years old, give birth?" 17:18 Abraham said to God, "Oh
that Ishmael might live before you!"

17:19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You
shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant for his seed after him. 17:20 As for Ishmael, I
have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful,
and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve
princes, and I will make him a great nation. 17:21 But my covenant I
establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next
year."

17:22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. 17:23
Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all
who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's
house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as
God had said to him. 17:24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he
was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 17:25 Ishmael, his son,
was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin. 17:26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were
circumcised. 17:27 All the men of his house, those born in the house,
and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

18:1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent
door in the heat of the day. 18:2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and
saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet
them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, 18:3 and said,
"My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away
from your servant. 18:4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your
feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 18:5 I will get a morsel of
bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now
that you have come to your servant."

They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

18:6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly make
ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes." 18:7
Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it
to the servant. He hurried to dress it. 18:8 He took butter, milk, and
the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them
under the tree, and they ate.

18:9 They said to him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?

He said, "See, in the tent."

18:10 He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes
round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son."

Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. 18:11 Now Abraham
and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. It had ceased to be with Sarah
after the manner of women. 18:12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying,
"After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

18:13 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I
really bear a child, yet I am old?' 18:14 Is anything too hard for
Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes
round, and Sarah will have a son."

18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid.

He said, "No, but you did laugh."

18:16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went
with them to see them on their way. 18:17 Yahweh said, "Will I hide from
Abraham what I do, 18:18 seeing that Abraham has surely become a great
and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in
him? 18:19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his
children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of
Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may
bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him." 18:20 Yahweh said,
"Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin
is very grievous, 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether their deeds
are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

18:22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham
stood yet before Yahweh. 18:23 Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you
consume the righteous with the wicked? 18:24 What if there are fifty
righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for
the fifty righteous who are in it? 18:25 Be it far from you to do things
like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous
should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge
of all the earth do right?"

18:26 Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,
then I will spare all the place for their sake." 18:27 Abraham answered,
"See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but
dust and ashes. 18:28 What if there will lack five of the fifty
righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?"

He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

18:29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty
found there?"

He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

18:30 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What
if there are thirty found there?"

He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

18:31 He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord.
What if there are twenty found there?"

He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

18:32 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just
once more. What if ten are found there?"

He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

18:33 Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with
Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

19:1 The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his
face to the earth, 19:2 and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn
aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you
will rise up early, and go on your way."

They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."

19:3 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into
his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they
ate. 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of
Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from
every quarter. 19:5 They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the
men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may
have sex with them."

19:6 Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him. 19:7
He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly. 19:8 See now, I
have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you
may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these
men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

19:9 They said, "Stand back!" They said, "This one fellow came in to
live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal
worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man Lot, and
drew near to break the door. 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and
brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door. 19:11 They struck
the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and
great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

19:12 The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law,
your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them
out of the place: 19:13 for we will destroy this place, because the
outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent
us to destroy it."

19:14 Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to
marry his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for
Yahweh will destroy the city."

But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking. 19:15 When the morning
came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Get up! Take your wife, and
your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of
the city." 19:16 But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his
wife's hand, and his two daughters' hands, Yahweh being merciful to him;
and they took him out, and set him outside of the city. 19:17 It came to
pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life!
Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to
the mountains, lest you be consumed!"

19:18 Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord. 19:19 See now, your
servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your
loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't
escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die. 19:20 See now,
this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape
there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."

19:21 He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning
this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have
spoken. 19:22 Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get
there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

19:23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 19:24 Then
Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out
of the sky. 19:25 He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground. 19:26 But
his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

19:27 Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had
stood before Yahweh. 19:28 He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and
toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of
the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

19:29 It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God
remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow,
when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

19:30 Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two
daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a
cave with his two daughters. 19:31 The firstborn said to the younger,
"Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us
after the manner of all the earth. 19:32 Come, let's make our father
drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's
seed." 19:33 They made their father drink wine that night: and the
firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn't know when she lay
down, nor when she arose. 19:34 It came to pass on the next day, that
the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my
father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie
with him, that we may preserve our father's seed." 19:35 They made their
father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He
didn't know when she lay down, nor when she got up. 19:36 Thus both of
Lot's daughters were with child by their father. 19:37 The firstborn
bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this
day. 19:38 The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He
is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

20:1 Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived
between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar. 20:2 Abraham
said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar
sent, and took Sarah. 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the
night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the
woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."

20:4 Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill
even a righteous nation? 20:5 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?'
She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my
heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."

20:6 God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of
your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning
against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her. 20:7 Now
therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray
for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that
you will die, you, and all who are yours."

20:8 Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants,
and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared. 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to
us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my
kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be
done!" 20:10 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have
done this thing?"

20:11 Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not
in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.' 20:12 Besides, she
is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of
my mother; and she became my wife. 20:13 It happened, when God caused me
to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your
kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me,
"He is my brother."'"

20:14 Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female
servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to
him. 20:15 Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where
it pleases you." 20:16 To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your
brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of
the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."

20:17 Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his
female servants, and they bore children. 20:18 For Yahweh had closed up
tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah,
Abraham's wife.

21:1 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he
had spoken. 21:2 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age,
at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 21:3 Abraham called his
son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 21:4 Abraham
circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had
commanded him. 21:5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son,
Isaac, was born to him. 21:6 Sarah said, "God has made me laugh.
Everyone who hears will laugh with me." 21:7 She said, "Who would have
said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a
son in his old age."

21:8 The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the
day that Isaac was weaned. 21:9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,
whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. 21:10 Therefore she said to
Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this
handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."

21:11 The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his
son. 21:12 God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight
because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says
to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
21:13 I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he
is your seed." 21:14 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took
bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her
shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and
wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 21:15 The water in the bottle
was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 21:16 She
went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away.
For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over
against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 21:17 God heard the
voice of the boy.

The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What
ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy
where he is. 21:18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand.
For I will make him a great nation."

21:19 God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled
the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink. 21:20 God was with the
boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up,
an archer. 21:21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a
wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

21:22 It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of
his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
21:23 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according
to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the
land in which you have lived as a foreigner."

21:24 Abraham said, "I will swear." 21:25 Abraham complained to
Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech's servants had
violently taken away. 21:26 Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done
this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until
today."

21:27 Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those
two made a covenant. 21:28 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by
themselves. 21:29 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe
lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"

21:30 He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that
it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well." 21:31 Therefore
he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there. 21:32 So
they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the
captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
21:33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on
the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God. 21:34 Abraham lived as a
foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.

22:1 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said
to him, "Abraham!"

He said, "Here I am."

22:2 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even
Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt
offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

22:3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took
two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for
the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had
told him. 22:4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the
place far off. 22:5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the
donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to
you." 22:6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on
Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both
went together. 22:7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My
father?"

He said, "Here I am, my son."

He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a
burnt offering?"

22:8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt
offering, my son." So they both went together. 22:9 They came to the
place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid
the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on
the wood. 22:10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
kill his son.

22:11 The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said,
"Abraham, Abraham!"

He said, "Here I am."

22:12 He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to
him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your
son, your only son, from me."

22:13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him
was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the
ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 22:14
Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said
to this day, "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."

22:15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the
sky, 22:16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you
have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
22:17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed
greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the
seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies. 22:18 In your
seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have
obeyed my voice."

22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

22:20 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,
"Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
22:21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22:22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." 22:23 Bethuel became
the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's
brother. 22:24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah,
Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

23:1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of
Sarah's life. 23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in
the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her. 23:3 Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the
children of Heth, saying, 23:4 "I am a stranger and a foreigner living
with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may
bury my dead out of my sight."

23:5 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, 23:6 "Hear
us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the
best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your
dead."

23:7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even
to the children of Heth. 23:8 He talked with them, saying, "If it be
your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and
entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 23:9 that he may give me the
cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For
the full price let him give it to me among you for a possession of a
burying-place."

23:10 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth.
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of
Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11
"No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave
that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to
you. Bury your dead."

23:12 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. 23:13 He
spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But
if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it
from me, and I will bury my dead there."

23:14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 23:15 "My lord, listen to
me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between
me and you? Therefore bury your dead."

23:16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver
which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred
shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.

23:17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were
in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded 23:18 to
Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before
all who went in at the gate of his city. 23:19 After this, Abraham
buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre
(that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 23:20 The field, and the cave
that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying
place by the children of Heth.

24:1 Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed
Abraham in all things. 24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of
his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under
my thigh. 24:3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and
the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live. 24:4 But you shall go to
my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

24:5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to follow
me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?"

24:6 Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there
again. 24:7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's
house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to
me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel
before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. 24:8 If the
woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my
oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."

24:9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and
swore to him concerning this matter. 24:10 The servant took ten camels,
of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of
his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of
Nahor. 24:11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well
of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw
water. 24:12 He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give
me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 24:13
Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men
of the city are coming out to draw water. 24:14 Let it happen, that the
young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may
drink,' and she will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a
drink,'--let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac.
By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

24:15 It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah
came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder. 24:16 The young
lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known
her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up. 24:17
The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little
water from your pitcher."

24:18 She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her pitcher
on her hand, and gave him drink. 24:19 When she had done giving him
drink, she said, "I will also draw for your camels, until they have done
drinking." 24:20 She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough,
and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

24:21 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know
whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not. 24:22 It
happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden
ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten
shekels weight of gold, 24:23 and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please
tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"

24:24 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,
whom she bore to Nahor." 24:25 She said moreover to him, "We have both
straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."

24:26 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh. 24:27 He said,
"Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken
his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh
has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."

24:28 The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.
24:29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to
the man, to the spring. 24:30 It happened, when he saw the ring, and the
bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah
his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to
the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. 24:31 He
said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I
have prepared the house, and room for the camels."

24:32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave
straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the
feet of the men who were with him. 24:33 Food was set before him to eat,
but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message."

He said, "Speak on."

24:34 He said, "I am Abraham's servant. 24:35 Yahweh has blessed my
master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds,
silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and
donkeys. 24:36 Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she
was old. He has given all that he has to him. 24:37 My master made me
swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of
the Canaanites, in whose land I live, 24:38 but you shall go to my
father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.' 24:39
I said to my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?' 24:40 He
said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you,
and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives,
and of my father's house. 24:41 Then will you be clear from my oath,
when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall
be clear from my oath.' 24:42 I came this day to the spring, and said,
'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way
which I go-- 24:43 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it
happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say,
"Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink," 24:44
and she will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,"--
let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master's son.'
24:45 Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth
with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew.
I said to her, 'Please let me drink.' 24:46 She hurried and let down her
pitcher from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will also give your
camels a drink.' So I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 24:47 I
asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter
of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her
nose, and the bracelets on her hands. 24:48 I bowed my head, and
worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who
had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for
his son. 24:49 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master,
tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the
left."

24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh.
We can't speak to you bad or good. 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before you.
Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has
spoken."

24:52 It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he
bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh. 24:53 The servant brought
forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them
to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
24:54 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed
all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my
master."

24:55 Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay with us
a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."

24:56 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered my
way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

24:57 They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her." 24:58 They
called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?"

She said, "I will go."

24:59 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham's
servant, and his men. 24:60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our
sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let
your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."

24:61 Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and
followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 24:62
Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of
the South. 24:63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening.
He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
24:64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted
from the camel. 24:65 She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is
walking in the field to meet us?"

The servant said, "It is my master."

She took her veil, and covered herself. 24:66 The servant told Isaac all
the things that he had done. 24:67 Isaac brought her into his mother
Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her.
Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

25:1 Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. 25:2 She bore
him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 25:3 Jokshan
became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim,
Letushim, and Leummim. 25:4 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch,
Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 25:5 Abraham
gave all that he had to Isaac, 25:6 but to the sons of Abraham's
concubines, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son,
while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country. 25:7 These are the
days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred seventy-
five years. 25:8 Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age,
an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people. 25:9
Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the
field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre,
25:10 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. Abraham
was buried there with Sarah, his wife. 25:11 It happened after the death
of Abraham that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai
Roi.

25:12 Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's
son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham. 25:13
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to
the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then
Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 25:14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 25:15 Hadad, Tema,
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and
these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments:
twelve princes, according to their nations. 25:17 These are the years of
the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up the
spirit and died, and was gathered to his people. 25:18 They lived from
Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived
opposite all his relatives.

25:19 This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son.
Abraham became the father of Isaac. 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when
he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the
sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. 25:21 Isaac entreated Yahweh
for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and
Rebekah his wife conceived. 25:22 The children struggled together within
her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of
Yahweh. 25:23 Yahweh said to her,

Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your
body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder
will serve the younger. 25:24 When her days to be delivered were
fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25:25 The first came
out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau. 25:26 After
that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was
named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

25:27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field.
Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. 25:28 Now Isaac loved Esau,
because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob. 25:29 Jacob boiled
stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. 25:30 Esau said
to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished."
Therefore his name was called Edom.

25:31 Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright."

25:32 Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright
to me?"

25:33 Jacob said, "Swear to me first."

He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob. 25:34 Jacob gave Esau
bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way.
So Esau despised his birthright.

26:1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines,
to Gerar. 26:2 Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into
Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about. 26:3 Sojourn in this
land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to
your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath
which I swore to Abraham your father. 26:4 I will multiply your seed as
the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In
your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, 26:5 because
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my
statutes, and my laws."

26:6 Isaac lived in Gerar. 26:7 The men of the place asked him about his
wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife,"
lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah,
because she is beautiful to look at." 26:8 It happened, when he had been
there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at
a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
26:9 Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife.
Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'"

Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

26:10 Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the
people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought
guilt on us!"

26:11 Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, "He who touches this
man or his wife will surely be put to death."

26:12 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred
times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him. 26:13 The man grew great, and
grew more and more until he became very great. 26:14 He had possessions
of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines
envied him. 26:15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug
in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and
filled with earth. 26:16 Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you
are much mightier than we."

26:17 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and
lived there.

26:18 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days
of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the
death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his
father had called them. 26:19 Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and
found there a well of springing water. 26:20 The herdsmen of Gerar
argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the
name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. 26:21 They dug
another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name
Sitnah. 26:22 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't
argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now Yahweh has
made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

26:23 He went up from there to Beersheba. 26:24 Yahweh appeared to him
the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be
afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed
for my servant Abraham's sake."

26:25 He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and
pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.

26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend,
and Phicol the captain of his army. 26:27 Isaac said to them, "Why have
you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"

26:28 They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let
there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us
make a covenant with you, 26:29 that you will do us no harm, as we have
not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have
sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."

26:30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 26:31 They rose up
some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them
away, and they departed from him in peace. 26:32 It happened the same
day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which
they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water." 26:33 He called it
Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the
Hittite. 26:35 They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.

27:1 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so
that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him,
"My son?"

He said to him, "Here I am."

27:2 He said, "See now, I am old. I don't know the day of my death. 27:3
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and
go out to the field, and take me venison. 27:4 Make me savory food, such
as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may
bless you before I die."

27:5 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the
field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 27:6 Rebekah spoke to Jacob
her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your
brother, saying, 27:7 'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I
may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.' 27:8 Now
therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
27:9 Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the
goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
27:10 You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may
bless you before his death."

27:11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 27:12 What if my father touches me? I
will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and
not a blessing."

27:13 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only
obey my voice, and go get them for me."

27:14 He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother
made savory food, such as his father loved. 27:15 Rebekah took the good
clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and
put them on Jacob, her younger son. 27:16 She put the skins of the kids
of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck. 27:17 She gave
the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of
her son Jacob.

27:18 He came to his father, and said, "My father?"

He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

27:19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done
what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that
your soul may bless me."

27:20 Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so
quickly, my son?"

He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."

27:21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my
son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."

27:22 Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The
voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau." 27:23 He
didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother,
Esau's hands. So he blessed him. 27:24 He said, "Are you really my son
Esau?"

He said, "I am."

27:25 He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison,
that my soul may bless you."

He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he
drank. 27:26 His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me,
my son." 27:27 He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his
clothing, and blessed him, and said,

"Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has
blessed. 27:28 God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of grain and new wine. 27:29 Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your
mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you.
Blessed be everyone who blesses you." 27:30 It happened, as soon as
Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out
from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in
from his hunting. 27:31 He also made savory food, and brought it to his
father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his
son's venison, that your soul may bless me."

27:32 Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?"

He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."

27:33 Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has
taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you
came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."

27:34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an
exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even
me also, my father."

27:35 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your
blessing."

27:36 He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me
these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away
my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

27:37 Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all
his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine
have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"

27:38 Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father?
Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

27:39 Isaac his father answered him,

"Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the
dew of the sky from above. 27:40 By your sword will you live, and you
will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that
you shall shake his yoke from off your neck." 27:41 Esau hated Jacob
because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in
his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will
kill my brother Jacob."

27:42 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent
and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your
brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you. 27:43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother,
in Haran. 27:44 Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury
turns away; 27:45 until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he
forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from
there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"

27:46 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such
as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"

28:1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall not
take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 28:2 Arise, go to Paddan Aram,
to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. Take a wife from there
from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 28:3 May God
Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you
may be a company of peoples, 28:4 and give you the blessing of Abraham,
to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where
you travel, which God gave to Abraham."

28:5 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of
Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

28:6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to
Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him
he gave him a command, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the
daughters of Canaan," 28:7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his
mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram. 28:8 Esau saw that the daughters of
Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father. 28:9 Esau went to Ishmael, and
took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael,
Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 28:11 He
came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had
set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head,
and lay down in that place to sleep. 28:12 He dreamed. Behold, a
stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the
angels of God ascending and descending on it. 28:13 Behold, Yahweh stood
above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and
the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and
to your seed. 28:14 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you
will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and
to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth
be blessed. 28:15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you
go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you,
until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."

28:16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in
this place, and I didn't know it." 28:17 He was afraid, and said, "How
dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is
the gate of heaven."

28:18 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had
put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its
top. 28:19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the
city was Luz at the first. 28:20 Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will
be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me
bread to eat, and clothing to put on, 28:21 so that I come again to my
father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God, 28:22 then this
stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all
that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."

29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the
children of the east. 29:2 He looked, and behold, a well in the field,
and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that
well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.
29:3 There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the
well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the
well's mouth in its place. 29:4 Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where
are you from?"

They said, "We are from Haran."

29:5 He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?"

They said, "We know him."

29:6 He said to them, "Is it well with him?"

They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the
sheep."

29:7 He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to
gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."

29:8 They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together,
and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep."

29:9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's
sheep, for she kept them. 29:10 It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his
mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the
well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 29:11
Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 29:12 Jacob told
Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son.
She ran and told her father.

29:13 It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son,
that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought
him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things. 29:14 Laban said to
him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.
29:15 Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you
therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

29:16 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the
name of the younger was Rachel. 29:17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel
was beautiful in form and attractive. 29:18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said,
"I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

29:19 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I
should give her to another man. Stay with me."

29:20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few
days, for the love he had for her.

29:21 Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled,
that I may go in to her."

29:22 Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a
feast. 29:23 It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him. He went in to her. 29:24 Laban gave Zilpah his
handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid. 29:25 It happened in the
morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you
have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you
deceived me?"

29:26 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger
before the firstborn. 29:27 Fulfill the week of this one, and we will
give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet
seven other years."

29:28 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his
daughter as wife. 29:29 Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his
handmaid, to be her handmaid. 29:30 He went in also to Rachel, and he
loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other
years.

29:31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel
was barren. 29:32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him
Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For
now my husband will love me." 29:33 She conceived again, and bore a son,
and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore
given me this son also." She named him Simeon. 29:34 She conceived
again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to
me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called
Levi. 29:35 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time
will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped
bearing.

30:1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her
sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

30:2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in
God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

30:3 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear
on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her." 30:4 She gave him
Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her. 30:5 Bilhah
conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 30:6 Rachel said, "God has judged me,
and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called
she his name Dan. 30:7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and
bore Jacob a second son. 30:8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have
I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.

30:9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her
handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 30:10 Zilpah, Leah's
handmaid, bore Jacob a son. 30:11 Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named
him Gad. 30:12 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son. 30:13
Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named
him Asher.

30:14 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in
the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to
Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

30:15 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my
husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?"

Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's
mandrakes."

30:16 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to
meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you
with my son's mandrakes."

He lay with her that night. 30:17 God listened to Leah, and she
conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. 30:18 Leah said, "God has given
me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him
Issachar. 30:19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
30:20 Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband
will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him
Zebulun. 30:21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

30:22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her
womb. 30:23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my
reproach." 30:24 She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another
son to me."

30:25 It happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to
Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
30:26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and
let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you."

30:27 Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay
here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
30:28 He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."

30:29 He said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your
livestock have fared with me. 30:30 For it was little which you had
before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed
you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"

30:31 He said, "What shall I give you?"

Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing
for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it. 30:32 I will pass
through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and
spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and
speckled among the goats. This will be my hire. 30:33 So my
righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my
hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted
among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will
be counted stolen."

30:34 Laban said, "Behold, I desire it to be according to your word."

30:35 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and
spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every
one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and
gave them into the hand of his sons. 30:36 He set three days' journey
between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

30:37 Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree,
peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the
rods. 30:38 He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in
the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They
conceived when they came to drink. 30:39 The flocks conceived before the
rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
30:40 Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward
the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own
droves apart, and didn't put them into Laban's flock. 30:41 It happened,
whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive
among the rods; 30:42 but when the flock were feeble, he didn't put them
in. So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 30:43 The man
increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male
servants, and camels and donkeys.

31:1 He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away
all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he
gotten all this wealth." 31:2 Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face,
and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 31:3 Yahweh said to Jacob,
"Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will
be with you."

31:4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
31:5 and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face, that
it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with
me. 31:6 You know that I have served your father with all of my
strength. 31:7 Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten
times, but God didn't allow him to hurt me. 31:8 If he said this, 'The
speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he
said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore
streaked. 31:9 Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and
given them to me. 31:10 It happened during mating season that I lifted
up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped
on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 31:11 The angel of
God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.' 31:12 He
said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap
on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all
that Laban does to you. 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed
a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this
land, and return to the land of your birth.'"

31:14 Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or
inheritance for us in our father's house? 31:15 Aren't we accounted by
him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our
money. 31:16 For all the riches which God has taken away from our
father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said
to you, do."

31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
31:18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which
he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan
Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan. 31:19 Now Laban
had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her
father's.

31:20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that
he was running away. 31:21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up,
passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

31:22 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled. 31:23 He took
his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. He
overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. 31:24 God came to Laban, the
Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself
that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."

31:25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the
mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of
Gilead. 31:26 Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have
deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
31:27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me,
that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with
tambourine and with harp; 31:28 and didn't allow me to kiss my sons and
my daughters? Now have you done foolishly. 31:29 It is in the power of
my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night,
saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good
or bad.' 31:30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for
your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"

31:31 Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, 'Lest you
should take your daughters from me by force.' 31:32 Anyone you find your
gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours
with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen
them.

31:33 Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent
of the two female servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of
Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 31:34 Now Rachel had taken
the teraphim, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Laban
felt about all the tent, but didn't find them. 31:35 She said to her
father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for
the manner of women is on me." He searched, but didn't find the
teraphim.

31:36 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban,
"What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after
me? 31:37 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you
found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and
your relatives, that they may judge between us two. 31:38 These twenty
years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not
cast their young, and I haven't eaten the rams of your flocks. 31:39
That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you. I bore its loss.
Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
31:40 This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the
frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes. 31:41 These twenty years
I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two
daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages
ten times. 31:42 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and
the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me
away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and
rebuked you last night."

31:43 Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the
children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see
is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their
children whom they have borne? 31:44 Now come, let us make a covenant,
you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."

31:45 Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 31:46 Jacob said
to his relatives, "Gather stones." They took stones, and made a heap.
They ate there by the heap. 31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but
Jacob called it Galeed. 31:48 Laban said, "This heap is witness between
me and you this day." Therefore it was named Galeed 31:49 and Mizpah,
for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one
from another. 31:50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives
besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between
me and you." 31:51 Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the
pillar, which I have set between me and you. 31:52 May this heap be a
witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this
heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar
to me, for harm. 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God
of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his
father, Isaac. 31:54 Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and
called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night
in the mountain. 31:55 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed
his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and
returned to his place.

32:1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 32:2 When he
saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army." He called the name of that
place Mahanaim.

32:3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the
land of Seir, the field of Edom. 32:4 He commanded them, saying, "This
is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob,
says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now. 32:5
I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I
have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'" 32:6
The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau.
Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."
32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the
people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels,
into two companies; 32:8 and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company,
and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape." 32:9 Jacob
said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who
said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will
do you good,' 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving
kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant;
for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become
two companies. 32:11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from
the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the
mothers with the children. 32:12 You said, 'I will surely do you good,
and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered
because there are so many.'"

32:13 He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with
him, a present for Esau, his brother: 32:14 two hundred female goats and
twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 32:15 thirty milk
camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and
ten foals. 32:16 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every
herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put
a space between herd and herd." 32:17 He commanded the foremost, saying,
"When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you?
Where are you going? Whose are these before you?' 32:18 Then you shall
say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord,
Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'" 32:19 He commanded also the
second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is
how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him. 32:20 You shall say,
'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he
said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and
afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."

32:21 So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that
night in the camp.

32:22 He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
32:23 He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that
which he had. 32:24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there
until the breaking of the day. 32:25 When he saw that he didn't prevail
against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of
Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled. 32:26 The man said, "Let me
go, for the day breaks."

Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."

32:27 He said to him, "What is your name?"

He said, "Jacob." 32:28 He said, "Your name will no longer be called
Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have
prevailed."

32:29 Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name."

He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.

32:30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have
seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." 32:31 The sun rose on
him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh. 32:32
Therefore the children of Israel don't eat the sinew of the hip, which
is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the
hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.

33:1 Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming,
and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah,
Rachel, and the two handmaids. 33:2 He put the handmaids and their
children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at
the rear. 33:3 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed
himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

33:4 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him,
and they wept. 33:5 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the
children; and said, "Who are these with you?"

He said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant." 33:6
Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed
themselves. 33:7 Leah also and her children came near, and bowed
themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed
themselves.

33:8 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?"

Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."

33:9 Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be
yours."

33:10 Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight,
then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as
one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me. 33:11 Please
take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously
with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.

33:12 Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go
before you."

33:13 Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender,
and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they
overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. 33:14 Please let my
lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according
to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the
pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir."

33:15 Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are
with me."

He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."

33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. 33:17 Jacob traveled
to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock.
Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

33:18 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land
of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
33:19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at
the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred
pieces of money. 33:20 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe
Israel.

34:1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to
see the daughters of the land. 34:2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite,
the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled
her. 34:3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved
the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady. 34:4 Shechem spoke
to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."

34:5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his
sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until
they came. 34:6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk
with him. 34:7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard
it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done
folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; a which thing ought not
to be done. 34:8 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son,
Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. 34:9
Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our
daughters for yourselves. 34:10 You shall dwell with us, and the land
will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."

34:11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor
in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give. 34:12 Ask me a
great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but
give me the young lady as a wife."

34:13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with
deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, 34:14 and
said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is
uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us. 34:15 Only on this
condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every
male of you be circumcised; 34:16 then will we give our daughters to
you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you,
and we will become one people. 34:17 But if you will not listen to us,
to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone."

34:18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. 34:19 The
young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in
Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
34:20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and
talked with the men of their city, saying, 34:21 "These men are peaceful
with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For
behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters
to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 34:22 Only on this
condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one
people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
34:23 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals
be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with
us."

34:24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to
Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the
gate of his city. 34:25 It happened on the third day, when they were
sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each
took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the
males. 34:26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of
the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away. 34:27
Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had
defiled their sister. 34:28 They took their flocks, their herds, their
donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field, 34:29
and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their
wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house. 34:30 Jacob
said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the
inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am
few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and
strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."

34:31 They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"

35:1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make
there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face
of Esau your brother."

35:2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him,
"Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change
your garments. 35:3 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there
an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with
me in the way which I went."

35:4 They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands,
and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak
which was by Shechem. 35:5 They traveled, and a terror of God was on the
cities that were around them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.
35:6 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of
Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. 35:7 He built an altar
there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed
to him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 35:8 Deborah,
Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak;
and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

35:9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and
blessed him. 35:10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall
not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him
Israel. 35:11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and
multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings
will come out of your body. 35:12 The land which I gave to Abraham and
Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the
land."

35:13 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him. 35:14
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of
stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it. 35:15
Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."

35:16 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come
to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor. 35:17 When she was
in hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you
will have another son."

35:18 It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she
named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin. 35:19 Rachel died,
and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem). 35:20
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel's
grave to this day. 35:21 Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the
tower of Eder. 35:22 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that
Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel
heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 35:23 The sons of Leah: Reuben
(Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 35:24
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 35:25 The sons of Bilhah
(Rachel's handmaid): Dan and Naphtali. 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's
handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to
him in Paddan Aram. 35:27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to
Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as
foreigners.

35:28 The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years. 35:29 Isaac gave
up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of
days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.

36:1 Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
36:2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter
of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter
of Zibeon, the Hivite; 36:3 and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of
Nebaioth. 36:4 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel. 36:5
Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who
were born to him in the land of Canaan. 36:6 Esau took his wives, his
sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his
livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had
gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his
brother Jacob. 36:7 For their substance was too great for them to dwell
together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of
their livestock. 36:8 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is
Edom.

36:9 This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the
Edomites in the hill country of Seir: 36:10 these are the names of
Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the
son of Basemath, the wife of Esau. 36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman,
Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 36:12 Timna was concubine to Eliphaz,
Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah,
Esau's wife. 36:13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah,
and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 36:14 These
were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of
Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

36:15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the
firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
36:16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who
came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 36:17
These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah,
chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in
the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 36:18
These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam,
chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of
Anah, Esau's wife. 36:19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and
these are their chiefs.

36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the
land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 36:21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These
are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land
of Edom. 36:22 The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan's sister
was Timna. 36:23 These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath,
Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 36:24 These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and
Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he
fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father. 36:25 These are the children of
Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. 36:26 These are the
children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 36:27 These are
the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 36:28 These are the
children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 36:29 These are the chiefs who came of
the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 36:30
chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan: these are the chiefs who
came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

36:31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any
king reigned over the children of Israel. 36:32 Bela, the son of Beor,
reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah. 36:33 Bela died, and
Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place. 36:34 Jobab
died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
36:35 Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the
field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
36:36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 36:37
Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his place.
36:38 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor reigned in his
place. 36:39 Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the
daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

36:40 These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to
their families, after their places, and by their names: chief Timna,
chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, 36:41 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief
Pinon, 36:42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 36:43 chief
Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to
their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the
father of the Edomites.

37:1 Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of
Canaan. 37:2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph,
being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He
was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph
brought an evil report of them to their father. 37:3 Now Israel loved
Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old
age, and he made him a coat of many colors. 37:4 His brothers saw that
their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him,
and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

37:5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they
hated him all the more. 37:6 He said to them, "Please hear this dream
which I have dreamed: 37:7 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the
field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold,
your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

37:8 His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will
you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his
dreams and for his words. 37:9 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it
to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream:
and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
37:10 He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked
him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I
and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to
you to the earth?" 37:11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept
this saying in mind.

37:12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 37:13
Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in
Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I
am."

37:14 He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your
brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent
him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 37:15 A certain
man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked
him, "What are you looking for?"

37:16 He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where
they are feeding the flock."

37:17 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us
go to Dothan.'"

Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan. 37:18 They saw
him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against
him to kill him. 37:19 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer
comes. 37:20 Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into
one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We
will see what will become of his dreams."

37:21 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said,
"Let's not take his life." 37:22 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood.
Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on
him"--that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his
father. 37:23 It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they
stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
37:24 and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty.
There was no water in it.

37:25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and
looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with
their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down
to Egypt. 37:26 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we
kill our brother and conceal his blood? 37:27 Come, and let's sell him
to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our
brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him. 37:28 Midianites who
were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the
pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver.
They brought Joseph into Egypt.

37:29 Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit;
and he tore his clothes. 37:30 He returned to his brothers, and said,
"The child is no more; and I, where will I go?" 37:31 They took Joseph's
coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. 37:32
They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father,
and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's
coat or not."

37:33 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal
has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces." 37:34 Jacob
tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his
son many days. 37:35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to
comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go
down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him. 37:36 The
Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the
captain of the guard.

38:1 It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers,
and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 38:2 Judah saw
there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took
her, and went in to her. 38:3 She conceived, and bore a son; and he
named him Er. 38:4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named
him Onan. 38:5 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he
was at Chezib, when she bore him. 38:6 Judah took a wife for Er, his
firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 38:7 Er, Judah's firstborn, was
wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him. 38:8 Judah said to
Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's
brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother." 38:9 Onan knew that
the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his
brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give
seed to his brother. 38:10 The thing which he did was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, and he killed him also. 38:11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his
daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah,
my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his
brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

38:12 After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah
was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his
friend Hirah, the Adullamite. 38:13 It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold,
your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep." 38:14 She
took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with
her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by
the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't
given to him as a wife. 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she
was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 38:16 He turned to her
by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he
didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law.

She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

38:17 He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock."

She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"

38:18 He said, "What pledge will I give you?"

She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your
hand."

He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him. 38:19
She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the
garments of her widowhood. 38:20 Judah sent the kid of the goats by the
hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the
woman's hand, but he didn't find her. 38:21 Then he asked the men of her
place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?"

They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

38:22 He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the
men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'" 38:23 Judah
said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and
you haven't found her."

38:24 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah,
saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and
moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution."

Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt." 38:25 When she was
brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose
these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are
these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

38:26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I,
because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son."

He knew her again no more. 38:27 It happened in the time of her travail,
that behold, twins were in her womb. 38:28 When she travailed, one put
out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand,
saying, "This came out first." 38:29 It happened, as he drew back his
hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you
made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez. 38:30
Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand,
and his name was called Zerah.

39:1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the
hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there. 39:2 Yahweh was
with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his
master the Egyptian. 39:3 His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and
that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand. 39:4 Joseph found
favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over
his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 39:5 It happened
from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that
he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and
the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the
field. 39:6 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern
himself with anything, except for the food which he ate.

Joseph was well-built and handsome. 39:7 It happened after these things,
that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with
me."

39:8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master
doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he
has into my hand. 39:9 He isn't greater in this house than I, neither
has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How
then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"

39:10 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her, to lie
by her, or to be with her. 39:11 About this time, he went into the house
to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.
39:12 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!"

He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside. 39:13 When she saw
that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside, 39:14 she
called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he
has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with
me, and I cried with a loud voice. 39:15 It happened, when he heard that
I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran
outside." 39:16 She laid up his garment by her, until his master came
home. 39:17 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The
Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
39:18 and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left
his garment by me, and ran outside."

39:19 It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which
she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that
his wrath was kindled. 39:20 Joseph's master took him, and put him into
the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was
there in custody. 39:21 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness
to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
39:22 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the
prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was
responsible for it. 39:23 The keeper of the prison didn't look after
anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that
which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.

40:1 It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of
Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 40:2 Pharaoh
was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief
baker. 40:3 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the
guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 40:4 The
captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them.
They stayed in prison many days. 40:5 They both dreamed a dream, each
man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of
his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were
bound in the prison. 40:6 Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw
them, and saw that they were sad. 40:7 He asked Pharaoh's officers who
were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look
so sad today?"

40:8 They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who
can interpret it."

Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell
it to me."

40:9 The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In
my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me, 40:10 and in the vine were
three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and
its clusters brought forth ripe grapes. 40:11 Pharaoh's cup was in my
hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I
gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand."

40:12 Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three
branches are three days. 40:13 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift
up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's
cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer. 40:14
But remember me when it will be well with you, and show kindness,
please, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of
this house. 40:15 For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the
Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into
the dungeon."

40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said
to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white
bread were on my head. 40:17 In the uppermost basket there was all kinds
of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on
my head."

40:18 Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets
are three days. 40:19 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your
head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat
your flesh from off you." 40:20 It happened the third day, which was
Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he
lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief
baker among his servants. 40:21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his
position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand; 40:22 but he
hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 40:23 Yet the
chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.

41:1 It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and
behold, he stood by the river. 41:2 Behold, there came up out of the
river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. 41:3
Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and
thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river. 41:4 The
ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh
awoke. 41:5 He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads
of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good. 41:6 Behold, seven
heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after
them. 41:7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and
full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 41:8 It happened
in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for
all of Egypt's magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but
there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

41:9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my
faults today. 41:10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in
custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief
baker. 41:11 We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each
man according to the interpretation of his dream. 41:12 There was with
us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and
we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according
to his dream he interpreted. 41:13 It happened, as he interpreted to us,
so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."

41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily
out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in
to Pharaoh. 41:15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and
there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that
when you hear a dream you can interpret it."

41:16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give
Pharaoh an answer of peace."

41:17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the
brink of the river: 41:18 and behold, there came up out of the river
seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass, 41:19 and
behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and
thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness. 41:20
The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle, 41:21 and
when they had eaten them up, it couldn't be known that they had eaten
them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 41:22 I
saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk,
full and good: 41:23 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin,
and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 41:24 The thin
heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to
the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."

41:25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is
about to do he has declared to Pharaoh. 41:26 The seven good cattle are
seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The
dream is one. 41:27 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after
them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted
with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine. 41:28 That is
the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown
to Pharaoh. 41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty
throughout all the land of Egypt. 41:30 There will arise after them
seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land
of Egypt. The famine will consume the land, 41:31 and the plenty will
not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it
will be very grievous. 41:32 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because
the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

41:33 "Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and
set him over the land of Egypt. 41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him
appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land
of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years. 41:35 Let them gather
all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the
hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 41:36 The
food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine,
which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the
famine."

41:37 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all
his servants. 41:38 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a
one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?" 41:39 Pharaoh said to
Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so
discreet and wise as you. 41:40 You shall be over my house, and
according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I
will be greater than you." 41:41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have
set you over all the land of Egypt." 41:42 Pharaoh took off his signet
ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in
robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck, 41:43 and he
made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before
him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt. 41:44
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift
up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt." 41:45 Pharaoh called
Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of
Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of
Egypt.

41:46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of
Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout
all the land of Egypt. 41:47 In the seven plenteous years the earth
brought forth abundantly. 41:48 He gathered up all the food of the seven
years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the
cities: the food of the field, which was around every city, he laid up
in the same. 41:49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very
much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number. 41:50 To
Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath,
the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. 41:51 Joseph called
the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me
forget all my toil, and all my father's house." 41:52 The name of the
second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of
my affliction."

41:53 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to
an end. 41:54 The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph
had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt
there was bread. 41:55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the
people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the
Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do." 41:56 The famine was
over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses,
and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
41:57 All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because
the famine was severe in all the earth.

42:1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his
sons, "Why do you look at one another?" 42:2 He said, "Behold, I have
heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from
there, so that we may live, and not die." 42:3 Joseph's ten brothers
went down to buy grain from Egypt. 42:4 But Jacob didn't send Benjamin,
Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm
happen to him." 42:5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who
came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 42:6 Joseph was the
governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the
land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with
their faces to the earth. 42:7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he
recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly
with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?"

They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

42:8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him. 42:9
Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to
them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

42:10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy
food. 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants
are not spies."

42:12 He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of
the land."

42:13 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of
one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with
our father, and one is no more."

42:14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are
spies.' 42:15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you
shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
42:16 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be
bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or
else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies." 42:17 He put them all
together into custody for three days.

42:18 Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear
God. 42:19 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound
in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
42:20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified,
and you won't die."

They did so. 42:21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty
concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he
begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon
us." 42:22 Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying,
'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also,
behold, his blood is required." 42:23 They didn't know that Joseph
understood them; for there was an interpreter between them. 42:24 He
turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and
spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before
their eyes. 42:25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with
grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them
food for the way. So it was done to them.

42:26 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from
there. 42:27 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in
the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his
sack. 42:28 He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it
is in my sack!" Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one
to another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?" 42:29 They
came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that
had happened to them, saying, 42:30 "The man, the lord of the land,
spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 42:31 We
said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies. 42:32 We are twelve
brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this
day with our father in the land of Canaan.' 42:33 The man, the lord of
the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men:
leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of
your houses, and go your way. 42:34 Bring your youngest brother to me.
Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So
I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"

42:35 It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's
bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their
bundles of money, they were afraid. 42:36 Jacob, their father, said to
them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is
no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are
against me."

42:37 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons, if I don't
bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you
again."

42:38 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is
dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which
you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

43:1 The famine was severe in the land. 43:2 It happened, when they had
eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father
said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

43:3 Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying,
'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.' 43:4 If
you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food, 43:5
but if you'll not send him, we'll not go down, for the man said to us,
'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'"

43:6 Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that
you had another brother?"

43:7 They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and
concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you
another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we
could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

43:8 Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we'll
get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and
also our little ones. 43:9 I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will
you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you,
then let me bear the blame forever, 43:10 for if we hadn't delayed,
surely we would have returned a second time by now."

43:11 Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so, then do
this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry
down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and
myrrh, nuts, and almonds; 43:12 and take double money in your hand, and
take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks.
Perhaps it was an oversight. 43:13 Take your brother also, get up, and
return to the man. 43:14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man,
that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am
bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

43:15 The men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before
Joseph. 43:16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward
of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and
make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon."

43:17 The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to
Joseph's house. 43:18 The men were afraid, because they were brought to
Joseph's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned
in our sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek
occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our
donkeys." 43:19 They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and
they spoke to him at the door of the house, 43:20 and said, "Oh, my
lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food. 43:21 When we came
to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, every man's money
was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. We have brought
it back in our hand. 43:22 We have brought down other money in our hand
to buy food. We don't know who put our money in our sacks."

43:23 He said, "Peace be to you. Don't be afraid. Your God, and the God
of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your
money." He brought Simeon out to them. 43:24 The man brought the men
into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He
gave their donkeys fodder. 43:25 They made ready the present for
Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread
there.

43:26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in
their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the
earth. 43:27 He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father
well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"

43:28 They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive."
They bowed the head, and did homage. 43:29 He lifted up his eyes, and
saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your
youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to
you, my son." 43:30 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his
brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and
wept there. 43:31 He washed his face, and came out. He controlled
himself, and said, "Serve the meal."

43:32 They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the
Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't
eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
43:33 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,
and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with
another. 43:34 He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's
portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were
merry with him.

44:1 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's
sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in
his sack's mouth. 44:2 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth
of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word
that Joseph had spoken. 44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men
were sent away, they and their donkeys. 44:4 When they had gone out of
the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up,
follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you
rewarded evil for good? 44:5 Isn't this that from which my lord drinks,
and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.'" 44:6
He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

44:7 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far
be it from your servants that they should do such a thing! 44:8 Behold,
the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you
out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out
of your lord's house? 44:9 With whoever of your servants it be found,
let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondservants."

44:10 He said, "Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom
it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless."

44:11 Then they hurried, and every man took his sack down to the ground,
and every man opened his sack. 44:12 He searched, beginning with the
eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's
sack. 44:13 Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his
donkey, and returned to the city.

44:14 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still
there. They fell on the ground before him. 44:15 Joseph said to them,
"What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as
I can indeed divine?"

44:16 Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how
will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your
servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in
whose hand the cup is found."

44:17 He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose
hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up
in peace to your father."

44:18 Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let
your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger
burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh. 44:19 My lord
asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?' 44:20 We
said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old
age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his
mother; and his father loves him.' 44:21 You said to your servants,
'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.' 44:22 We said to
my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his
father, his father would die.' 44:23 You said to your servants, 'Unless
your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no
more.' 44:24 It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we
told him the words of my lord. 44:25 Our father said, 'Go again, buy us
a little food.' 44:26 We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest
brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's
face, unless our youngest brother is with us.' 44:27 Your servant, my
father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons: 44:28 and
the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and
I haven't seen him since. 44:29 If you take this one also from me, and
harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to
Sheol.' 44:30 Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and
the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the boy's
life; 44:31 it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that
he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your
servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol. 44:32 For your servant became
collateral for the boy to my father, saying, 'If I don't bring him to
you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.' 44:33 Now
therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a
bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers. 44:34
For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me?--lest I see
the evil that will come on my father."

45:1 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood
before him, and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!" No one
else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
45:2 He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
45:3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still
live?"

His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his
presence. 45:4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please."

They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into
Egypt. 45:5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you
sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 45:6 For
these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five
years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 45:7 God sent
me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save
you alive by a great deliverance. 45:8 So now it wasn't you who sent me
here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his
house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 45:9 Hurry, and go up to my
father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made
me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait. 45:10 You shall dwell
in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children,
your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you
have. 45:11 There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of
famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that
you have."' 45:12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. 45:13 You shall tell
my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You
shall hurry and bring my father down here." 45:14 He fell on his brother
Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 45:15 He
kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers
talked with him.

45:16 The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's
brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 45:17
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your
animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan. 45:18 Take your father
and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the
land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.' 45:19 Now you are
commanded: do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little
ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 45:20 Also,
don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of
the land of Egypt is yours."

45:21 The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to
the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 45:22
He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave
three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. 45:23 To
his father, he sent after this manner: ten donkeys loaded with the good
things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and
provision for his father by the way. 45:24 So he sent his brothers away,
and they departed. He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the
way."

45:25 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to
Jacob their father. 45:26 They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive,
and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he
didn't believe them. 45:27 They told him all the words of Joseph, which
he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to
carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived. 45:28 Israel
said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him
before I die."

46:1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and
offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. 46:2 God spoke to
Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!"

He said, "Here I am."

46:3 He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go
down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. 46:4 I
will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again.
Joseph will close your eyes."

46:5 Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob,
their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which
Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 46:6 They took their livestock, and their
goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt-
-Jacob, and all his seed with him, 46:7 his sons, and his sons' sons
with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his
seed with him into Egypt.

46:8 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt,
Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 46:9 The sons of Reuben:
Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 46:10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel,
Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 46:12 The sons of
Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the
land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 46:13 The sons
of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. 46:14 The sons of Zebulun:
Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 46:15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she
bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of
his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. 46:16 The sons of Gad:
Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 46:17 The sons of
Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of
Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom
Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even
sixteen souls. 46:19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and
Benjamin. 46:20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and
Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to
him. 46:21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman,
Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 46:22 These are the sons of Rachel,
who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 46:23 The son of
Dan: Hushim. 46:24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and
Shillem. 46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel,
his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
46:26 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct
descendants, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
46:27 The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls.
All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.

46:28 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to
Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 46:29 Joseph made ready
his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He
presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a
good while. 46:30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have
seen your face, that you are still alive."

46:31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go
up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my
father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 46:32
These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and
they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they
have.' 46:33 It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say,
'What is your occupation?' 46:34 that you shall say, 'Your servants have
been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and
our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every
shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."

47:1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my
brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have
come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of
Goshen." 47:2 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented
them to Pharaoh. 47:3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your
occupation?"

They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our
fathers." 47:4 They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners
in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the
famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your
servants dwell in the land of Goshen."

47:5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers
have come to you. 47:6 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father
and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the
land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in
charge of my livestock."

47:7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh,
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 47:8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the
days of the years of your life?"

47:9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are
one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years
of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the
life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage." 47:10 Jacob blessed
Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

47:11 Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a
possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of
Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 47:12 Joseph nourished his father,
his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according
to their families.

47:13 There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very
severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by
reason of the famine. 47:14 Joseph gathered up all the money that was
found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain
which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
47:15 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land
of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, "Give us bread,
for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails."

47:16 Joseph said, "Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for
your livestock, if your money is gone."

47:17 They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread
in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and
for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their
livestock for that year. 47:18 When that year was ended, they came to
him the second year, and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord how
our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord's. There
is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
47:19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us
and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh.
Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won't be
desolate."

47:20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the
Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was severe on
them, and the land became Pharaoh's. 47:21 As for the people, he moved
them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other
end of it. 47:22 Only he didn't buy the land of the priests, for the
priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh
gave them. That is why they didn't sell their land. 47:23 Then Joseph
said to the people, "Behold, I have bought you and your land today for
Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 47:24
It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh,
and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food,
for them of your households, and for food for your little ones."

47:25 They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the
sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."

47:26 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day,
that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone
didn't become Pharaoh's.

47:27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they
got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied
exceedingly. 47:28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So
the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven
years. 47:29 The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his
son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight,
please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me.
Please don't bury me in Egypt, 47:30 but when I sleep with my fathers,
you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place."

He said, "I will do as you have said."

47:31 He said, "Swear to me," and he swore to him. Israel bowed himself
on the bed's head.

48:1 It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph,
"Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh
and Ephraim. 48:2 Someone told Jacob, and said, "Behold, your son Joseph
comes to you," and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed. 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of
Canaan, and blessed me, 48:4 and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you
fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples,
and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting
possession.' 48:5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of
Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh,
even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine. 48:6 Your issue, who you become
the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the
name of their brothers in their inheritance. 48:7 As for me, when I came
from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when
there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there
in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem)."

48:8 Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"

48:9 Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me
here."

He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them." 48:10 Now the
eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought
them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 48:11 Israel
said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and behold, God
has let me see your seed also." 48:12 Joseph brought them out from
between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
48:13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's
left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and
brought them near to him. 48:14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and
laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on
Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the
firstborn. 48:15 He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my
fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life
long to this day, 48:16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil,
bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my
fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst
of the earth."

48:17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of
Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it
from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. 48:18 Joseph said to his father,
"Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on
his head."

48:19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also
will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger
brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of
nations." 48:20 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel
bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim
before Manasseh. 48:21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but
God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
48:22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers,
which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my
bow."

49:1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together,
that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

49:2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel,
your father. 49:3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the
beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
49:4 Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to
your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch. 49:5 "Simeon
and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. 49:6 My
soul, don't come into their council. My glory, don't be united to their
assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they
hamstrung cattle. 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and
their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter
them in Israel. 49:8 "Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand
will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down
before you. 49:9 Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have
gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will
rouse him up? 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the
ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs.
To him will the obedience of the peoples be. 49:11 Binding his foal to
the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his
garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. 49:12 His eyes will
be red with wine, his teeth white with milk. 49:13 "Zebulun will dwell
at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border
will be on Sidon. 49:14 "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between
the saddlebags. 49:15 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the
land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and
becomes a servant doing forced labor. 49:16 "Dan will judge his people,
as one of the tribes of Israel. 49:17 Dan will be a serpent in the way,
an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider
falls backward. 49:18 I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh. 49:19 "A
troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel. 49:20 "Asher's
food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties. 49:21 "Naphtali is a
doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns. 49:22 "Joseph is a fruitful
vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall. 49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
49:24 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made
strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the
shepherd, the stone of Israel), 49:25 even by the God of your father,
who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings
of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the
breasts, and of the womb. 49:26 The blessings of your father have
prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of
the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of
the head of him who is separated from his brothers. 49:27 "Benjamin is a
ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he
will divide the spoil." 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel,
and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed
everyone according to his blessing. 49:29 He instructed them, and said
to them, "I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in
the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 49:30 in the cave
that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of
Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a
burial place. 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There
they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah: 49:32
the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the
children of Heth." 49:33 When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he
gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was
gathered to his people.

50:1 Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him. 50:2
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and
the physicians embalmed Israel. 50:3 Forty days were fulfilled for him,
for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for
him for seventy days.

50:4 When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the
house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes,
please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 50:5 'My father made me
swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug
for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up
and bury my father, and I will come again.'"

50:6 Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you
swear."

50:7 Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the
servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land
of Egypt, 50:8 all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's
house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left
in the land of Goshen. 50:9 There went up with him both chariots and
horsemen. It was a very great company. 50:10 They came to the threshing
floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with
a very great and sore lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
50:11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning
in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the
Egyptians." Therefore, its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond
the Jordan. 50:12 His sons did to him just as he commanded them, 50:13
for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the
cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for
a possession of a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
50:14 Joseph returned into Egypt--he, and his brothers, and all that
went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

50:15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,
"It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all
of the evil which we did to him." 50:16 They sent a message to Joseph,
saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying, 50:17 'You shall
tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and
their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the
disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept
when they spoke to him. 50:18 His brothers also went and fell down
before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants." 50:19
Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good,
to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. 50:21
Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones."
He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

50:22 Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house. Joseph lived
one hundred ten years. 50:23 Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third
generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born
on Joseph's knees. 50:24 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but
God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land
which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." 50:25 Joseph took an
oath of the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and
you shall carry up my bones from here." 50:26 So Joseph died, being one
hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin
in Egypt.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:1 After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav"
(the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet) as a grammatical
marker.

[2] back to 5:2 "Adam" and "Man" are spelled with the exact same
consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly translated either way.

[3] back to 12:7 or, offspring

[4] back to 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means "well of the one who lives and
sees me."

[5] back to 17:19 Isaac means "he laughs."

[6] back to 19:22 Zoar means "little."

[7] back to 21:3 Isaac means "He laughs."

[8] back to 21:31 Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of
seven."

[9] back to 22:14 or, Yahweh-Jireh, or, Yahweh-Seeing

[10] back to 24:7 or, offspring

[11] back to 26:33 Shibah means "oath" or "seven."

[12] back to 26:33 Beersheba means "well of the oath" or "well of the
seven"

[13] back to 30:24 Joseph means "may he add."

[14] back to 31:19 teraphim were household idols that may have been
associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

[15] back to 31:47 "Jegar Sahadutha" means "Witness Heap" in Aramaic.

[16] back to 31:47 "Galeed" means "Witness Heap" in Hebrew.

[17] back to 32:30 Peniel means "face of God."

[18] back to 33:17 succoth means shelters or booths.

[19] back to 33:20 El Elohe Israel means "God, the God of Israel" or
"The God of Israel is mighty."

[20] back to 34:17 Hebrew has, literally, "daughter"

[21] back to 35:18 "Benoni" means "son of my trouble."

[22] back to 35:18 "Benjamin" means "son of my right hand."

[23] back to 37:35 Sheol is the place of the dead.

[24] back to 38:29 Perez means "breaking out."

[25] back to 38:30 Zerah means "scarlet" or "brightness."

[26] back to 41:51 "Manasseh" sounds like the Hebrew for "forget."

[27] back to 41:52 "Ephraim" sounds like the Hebrew for "twice
fruitful."



Exodus

1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt
(every man and his household came with Jacob): 1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
and Judah, 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 1:4 Dan and Naphtali,
Gad and Asher. 1:5 All the souls who came out of Jacob's body were
seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already. 1:6 Joseph died, as did
all his brothers, and all that generation. 1:7 The children of Israel
were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew
exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

1:8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph. 1:9
He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are
more and mightier than we. 1:10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest
they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also
join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of
the land." 1:11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them
with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and
Raamses. 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied
and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children
of Israel. 1:13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel
serve, 1:14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in
mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all
their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

1:15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of
the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, 1:16 and he said,
"When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see
them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if
it is a daughter, then she shall live." 1:17 But the midwives feared
God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the
baby boys alive. 1:18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and
said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys
alive?"

1:19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women aren't like
the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the
midwife comes to them."

1:20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and
grew very mighty. 1:21 It happened, because the midwives feared God,
that he gave them families. 1:22 Pharaoh commanded all his people,
saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every
daughter you shall save alive."

2:1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his
wife. 2:2 The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was
a fine child, she hid him three months. 2:3 When she could no longer
hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and
with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the
river's bank. 2:4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to
him. 2:5 Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens
walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and
sent her handmaid to get it. 2:6 She opened it, and saw the child, and
behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is
one of the Hebrews' children."

2:7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go and call a
nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for
you?"

2:8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go."

The maiden went and called the child's mother. 2:9 Pharaoh's daughter
said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will
give you your wages."

The woman took the child, and nursed it. 2:10 The child grew, and she
brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him
Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."

2:11 It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went
out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian
striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. 2:12 He looked this way and that
way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and
hid him in the sand.

2:13 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were
fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you
strike your fellow?"

2:14 He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to
kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?"

Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known." 2:15 Now when
Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from
the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by
a well.

2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew
water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 2:17 The
shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them,
and watered their flock. 2:18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he
said, "How is it that you have returned so early today?"

2:19 They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."

2:20 He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you have
left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."

2:21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah,
his daughter. 2:22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he
said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."

2:23 It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of
Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage,
and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
2:24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 2:25 God saw the children of
Israel, and God was concerned about them.

3:1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the
priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness,
and came to God's mountain, to Horeb. 3:2 The angel of Yahweh appeared
to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and
behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3:3
Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the
bush is not burnt."

3:4 When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out
of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!"

He said, "Here I am."

3:5 He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for
the place you are standing on is holy ground." 3:6 Moreover he said, "I
am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob."

Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

3:7 Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are
in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I
know their sorrows. 3:8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand
of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and
large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the
Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite. 3:9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to
me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress
them. 3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you
may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

3:11 Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that
I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

3:12 He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to
you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of
Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."

3:13 Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel,
and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they
ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"

3:14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell
the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'" 3:15 God said
moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh,
the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is
my memorial to all generations. 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel
together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have
surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt; 3:17
and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to
the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' 3:18
They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders
of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the
God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days'
journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
3:19 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no,
not by a mighty hand. 3:20 I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt
with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will
let you go. 3:21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the
Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-
handed. 3:22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who
visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and
you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall
despoil the Egyptians.

4:1 Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen
to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"

4:2 Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?"

He said, "A rod."

4:3 He said, "Throw it on the ground."

He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away
from it.

4:4 Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the
tail."

He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his
hand.

4:5 "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to
you." 4:6 Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your
cloak."

He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his
hand was leprous, as white as snow.

4:7 He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again."

He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his
cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

4:8 "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the
voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter
sign. 4:9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs,
neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the
river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the
river will become blood on the dry land."

4:10 Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before
now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech,
and of a slow tongue."

4:11 Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute,
or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh? 4:12 Now therefore go,
and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."

4:13 He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

4:14 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What
about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well.
Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be
glad in his heart. 4:15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his
mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you
what you shall do. 4:16 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it
will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as
God. 4:17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do
the signs."

4:18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to
him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and
see whether they are still alive."

Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

4:19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the
men who sought your life are dead."

4:20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he
returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand. 4:21
Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do
before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will
harden his heart and he will not let the people go. 4:22 You shall tell
Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn, 4:23 and I
have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have
refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"

4:24 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met him and
wanted to kill him. 4:25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the
foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you
are a bridegroom of blood to me."

4:26 So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of
blood," because of the circumcision.

4:27 Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."

He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him. 4:28 Moses told
Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had sent him, and all the
signs with which he had instructed him. 4:29 Moses and Aaron went and
gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 4:30 Aaron
spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs
in the sight of the people. 4:31 The people believed, and when they
heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had
seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is what
Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a
feast to me in the wilderness.'"

5:2 Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to
let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel
go."

5:3 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go
three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our
God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."

5:4 The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take
the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!" 5:5 Pharaoh said,
"Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest
from their burdens." 5:6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters
of the people, and their officers, saying, 5:7 "You shall no longer give
the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw
for themselves. 5:8 The number of the bricks, which they made before,
you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they
are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our
God.' 5:9 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor
therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."

5:10 The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and
they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says: "I will not
give you straw. 5:11 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for
nothing of your work shall be diminished." 5:12 So the people were
scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for
straw. 5:13 The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota
daily, as when there was straw!" 5:14 The officers of the children of
Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and
demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and
today, in making brick as before?"

5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to
Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants? 5:16 No
straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make brick!' and
behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people."

5:17 But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let
us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.' 5:18 Go therefore now, and work, for no
straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of
bricks!"

5:19 The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in
trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your
daily quota of bricks!"

5:20 They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth
from Pharaoh: 5:21 and they said to them, "May Yahweh look at you, and
judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand
to kill us."

5:22 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Lord, why have you brought
trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me? 5:23 For since
I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this
people; neither have you delivered your people at all."

6:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh,
for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall
drive them out of his land."

6:2 God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh; 6:3 and I
appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my
name Yahweh I was not known to them. 6:4 I have also established my
covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their
travels, in which they lived as aliens. 6:5 Moreover I have heard the
groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage,
and I have remembered my covenant. 6:6 Therefore tell the children of
Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of
the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will
redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: 6:7 and I
will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you
shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians. 6:8 I will bring you into the land which I
swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to
you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'"

6:9 Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to
Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

6:10 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:11 "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king
of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land."

6:12 Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel
haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of
uncircumcised lips?" 6:13 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave
them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt,
to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

6:14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben
the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are
the families of Reuben. 6:15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and
Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman;
these are the families of Simeon. 6:16 These are the names of the sons
of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari;
and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
6:17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
6:18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and
the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
6:19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the
Levites according to their generations. 6:20 Amram took Jochebed his
father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses:
and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven
years. 6:21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 6:22 The
sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 6:23 Aaron took
Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife;
and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 6:24 The sons of
Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the
Korahites. 6:25 Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel
as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the
fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families. 6:26 These
are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children
of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies." 6:27 These
are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children
of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.

6:28 It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of
Egypt, 6:29 that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to
Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."

6:30 Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and
how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"

7:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh;
and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 7:2 You shall speak all
that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that
he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 7:3 I will harden
Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of
Egypt. 7:4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on
Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel, out
of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 7:5 The Egyptians shall know
that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out
the children of Israel from among them."

7:6 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did. 7:7
Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they
spoke to Pharaoh.

7:8 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 7:9 "When Pharaoh speaks
to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take
your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"

7:10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had
commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his
servants, and it became a serpent. 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called for the
wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did in
like manner with their enchantments. 7:12 For they cast down every man
his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their
rods. 7:13 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them;
as Yahweh had spoken.

7:14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to
let the people go. 7:15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes
out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him;
and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
7:16 You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to
you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the
wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened. 7:17 Thus says
Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike
with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river,
and they shall be turned to blood. 7:18 The fish that are in the river
shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall
loathe to drink water from the river."'" 7:19 Yahweh said to Moses,
"Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters
of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools,
and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there
shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood
and in vessels of stone.'"

7:20 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the
rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of
Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were
in the river were turned to blood. 7:21 The fish that were in the river
died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water
from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. 7:22
The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments; and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh
had spoken. 7:23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he
lay even this to heart. 7:24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for
water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river. 7:25
Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.

8:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what
Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. 8:2 If you
refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with
frogs: 8:3 and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and
come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and
into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your
ovens, and into your kneading troughs: 8:4 and the frogs shall come up
both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.'" 8:5 Yahweh
said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over
the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to
come up on the land of Egypt.'" 8:6 Aaron stretched out his hand over
the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of
Egypt. 8:7 The magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and
brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh,
that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let
the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."

8:9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting the time
that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people,
that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the
river only."

8:10 He said, "Tomorrow."

He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is
none like Yahweh our God. 8:11 The frogs shall depart from you, and from
your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall
remain in the river only."

8:12 Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh
concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh. 8:13 Yahweh did
according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses,
out of the courts, and out of the fields. 8:14 They gathered them
together in heaps, and the land stank. 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that
there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn't listen to them,
as Yahweh had spoken.

8:16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and
strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the
land of Egypt.'" 8:17 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with
his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man,
and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the
land of Egypt. 8:18 The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring
forth lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.
8:19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God:"
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as
Yahweh had spoken.

8:20 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This
is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 8:21
Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of
flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your
houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of
flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 8:22 I will set apart in
that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of
flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the
midst of the earth. 8:23 I will put a division between my people and
your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be."'" 8:24 Yahweh did so; and
there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into
his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was
corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

8:25 Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to
your God in the land!"

8:26 Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice
the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't
they stone us? 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness,
and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."

8:28 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh
your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray
for me."

8:29 Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh
that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any
more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh." 8:30 Moses
went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh. 8:31 Yahweh did according
to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh,
from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one. 8:32
Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let the people
go.

9:1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is
what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they
may serve me. 9:2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
9:3 behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are in the
field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and
on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence. 9:4 Yahweh will make a
distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt;
and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the children of
Israel."'" 9:5 Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh
shall do this thing in the land." 9:6 Yahweh did that thing on the next
day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the
children of Israel, not one died. 9:7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there
was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the
heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.

9:8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of
the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of
Pharaoh. 9:9 It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and
shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal,
throughout all the land of Egypt."

9:10 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses
sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with
boils on man and on animal. 9:11 The magicians couldn't stand before
Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on
all the Egyptians. 9:12 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he
didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.

9:13 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the
Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 9:14 For this
time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your
officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none
like me in all the earth. 9:15 For now I would have put forth my hand,
and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been
cut off from the earth; 9:16 but indeed for this cause I have made you
stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout
all the earth; 9:17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that
you won't let them go. 9:18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will
cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt
since the day it was founded even until now. 9:19 Now therefore command
that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought
into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't
brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"

9:20 Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh
made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses. 9:21
Whoever didn't regard the word of Yahweh left his servants and his
livestock in the field.

9:22 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that
there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and
on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."

9:23 Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent
thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained
hail on the land of Egypt. 9:24 So there was very severe hail, and
lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of
Egypt since it became a nation. 9:25 The hail struck throughout all the
land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the
hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were,
there was no hail.

9:27 Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I
have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are
wicked. 9:28 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty
thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."

9:29 Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will
spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither
shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is
Yahweh's. 9:30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't
yet fear Yahweh God."

9:31 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear,
and the flax was in bloom. 9:32 But the wheat and the spelt were not
struck, for they had not grown up. 9:33 Moses went out of the city from
Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and
hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. 9:34 When Pharaoh
saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned
yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 9:35 The heart of
Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just
as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.

10:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his
heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in
the midst of them, 10:2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your
son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my
signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh."

10:3 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what
Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to
humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
10:4 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will
bring locusts into your country, 10:5 and they shall cover the surface
of the earth, so that one won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat
the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the
hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
10:6 Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants,
and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your
fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to
this day.'" He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

10:7 Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare
to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don't you
yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"

10:8 Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them,
"Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those who will go?"

10:9 Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old; with our
sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we
go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."

10:10 He said to them, "Yahweh be with you if I will let you go with
your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces. 10:11 Not so!
Go now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for that is what you desire!"
They were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

10:12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of
Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and
eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left." 10:13
Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought
an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it
was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 10:14 The locusts went
up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt.
They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they,
neither after them shall be such. 10:15 For they covered the surface of
the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb
of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left.
There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through
all the land of Egypt. 10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in
haste, and he said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against
you. 10:17 Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh
your God, that he may also take away from me this death."

10:18 He went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh. 10:19 Yahweh
turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and
drove them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the
borders of Egypt. 10:20 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he
didn't let the children of Israel go.

10:21 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that
there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be
felt." 10:22 Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there
was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 10:23 They
didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three
days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

10:24 Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh. Only let
your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go
with you."

10:25 Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt
offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God. 10:26 Our livestock
also shall go with us. There shall not a hoof be left behind, for of it
we must take to serve Yahweh our God; and we don't know with what we
must serve Yahweh, until we come there."

10:27 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he wouldn't let them go.
10:28 Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my face
no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"

10:29 Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will see your face again no
more."

11:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh,
and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he
will surely thrust you out altogether. 11:2 Speak now in the ears of the
people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of
her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold." 11:3 Yahweh gave
the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses
was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants,
and in the sight of the people.

11:4 Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I will go
out into the midst of Egypt, 11:5 and all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne,
even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and
all the firstborn of livestock. 11:6 There shall be a great cry
throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall
be any more. 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel a dog won't
even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know
that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. 11:8
All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves
to me, saying, "Get out, with all the people who follow you;" and after
that I will go out.'" He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

11:9 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh won't listen to you, that my wonders
may be multiplied in the land of Egypt." 11:10 Moses and Aaron did all
these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and
he didn't let the children of Israel go out of his land.

12:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 12:2
"This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the
first month of the year to you. 12:3 Speak to all the congregation of
Israel, saying, 'On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them
every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a
household; 12:4 and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he
and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the
number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make
your count for the lamb. 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male
a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: 12:6
and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and
the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at
evening. 12:7 They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two
doorposts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.
12:8 They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and
unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs. 12:9 Don't eat it
raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head,
its legs and its inner parts. 12:10 You shall let nothing of it remain
until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you
shall burn with fire. 12:11 This is how you shall eat it: with your
waist girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and
you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh's Passover. 12:12 For I will go
through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the
gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh. 12:13 The blood
shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see
the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to
destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. 12:14 This day shall be to
you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout
your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

12:15 "'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day
you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened
bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut
off from Israel. 12:16 In the first day there shall be to you a holy
convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of
work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that
only may be done by you. 12:17 You shall observe the feast of unleavened
bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land
of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your
generations by an ordinance forever. 12:18 In the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread,
until the twenty first day of the month at evening. 12:19 Seven days
shall there be no yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats that
which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of
Israel, whether he be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land. 12:20
You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your habitations you shall eat
unleavened bread.'"

12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them,
"Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the
Passover. 12:22 You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the
blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts
with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the
door of his house until the morning. 12:23 For Yahweh will pass through
to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and
on the two doorposts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow
the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. 12:24 You shall
observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.
12:25 It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will
give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this
service. 12:26 It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you
mean by this service?' 12:27 that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of
Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel
in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'"

The people bowed their heads and worshiped. 12:28 The children of Israel
went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

12:29 It happened at midnight, that Yahweh struck all the firstborn in
the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne
to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon; and all the
firstborn of livestock. 12:30 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. 12:31 He called
for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my
people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as
you have said! 12:32 Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have
said, and be gone; and bless me also!"

12:33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the
land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men." 12:34 The people
took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being
bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. 12:35 The children of
Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the
Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing. 12:36
Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they
let them have what they asked. They despoiled the Egyptians.

12:37 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six
hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children. 12:38 A mixed
multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much
livestock. 12:39 They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they
brought forth out of Egypt; for it wasn't leavened, because they were
thrust out of Egypt, and couldn't wait, neither had they prepared for
themselves any food. 12:40 Now the time that the children of Israel
lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. 12:41 It happened at the
end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that
all the armies of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt. 12:42 It is a
night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land
of Egypt. This is that night of Yahweh, to be much observed of all the
children of Israel throughout their generations.

12:43 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the
Passover. There shall no foreigner eat of it, 12:44 but every man's
servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then
shall he eat of it. 12:45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat
of it. 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth
anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a
bone of it. 12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 12:48
When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the
Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him
come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land:
but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 12:49 One law shall be to
him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner
among you." 12:50 All the children of Israel did so. As Yahweh commanded
Moses and Aaron, so they did. 12:51 It happened the same day, that
Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their
armies.

13:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 13:2 "Sanctify to me all of the
firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of
man and of animal. It is mine."

13:3 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out
from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh
brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 13:4
This day you go forth in the month Abib. 13:5 It shall be, when Yahweh
shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your
fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall
keep this service in this month. 13:6 Seven days you shall eat
unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no
leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be yeast seen
with you, in all your borders. 13:8 You shall tell your son in that day,
saying, 'It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth
out of Egypt.' 13:9 It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for
a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your
mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt. 13:10
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

13:11 "It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the
Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it
you, 13:12 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb,
and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The males
shall be Yahweh's. 13:13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem
with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its
neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.
13:14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What
is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh brought
us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage; 13:15 and it happened,
when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the
firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the
womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.' 13:16 It
shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for
by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt."

13:17 It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't
lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was
near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when
they see war, and they return to Egypt;" 13:18 but God led the people
around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of
Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. 13:19 Moses took the
bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear,
saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away
from here with you." 13:20 They took their journey from Succoth, and
encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 13:21 Yahweh went
before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and
by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by
day and by night: 13:22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of
fire by night, didn't depart from before the people.

14:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 14:2 "Speak to the children of
Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol
and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the
sea. 14:3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are
entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.' 14:4 I will
harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get
honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall
know that I am Yahweh." They did so.

14:5 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the
heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and
they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from
serving us?" 14:6 He made ready his chariot, and took his army with him;
14:7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of
Egypt, and captains over all of them. 14:8 Yahweh hardened the heart of
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; for
the children of Israel went out with a high hand. 14:9 The Egyptians
pursued after them: all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his
horsemen, and his army; and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside
Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

14:10 When Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their
eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were
very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh. 14:11 They said
to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away
to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us
forth out of Egypt? 14:12 Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in
Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it
were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in
the wilderness."

14:13 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see
the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the
Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.
14:14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still."

14:15 Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children
of Israel, that they go forward. 14:16 Lift up your rod, and stretch out
your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall
go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 14:17 I, behold, I will
harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and
I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his
chariots, and over his horsemen. 14:18 The Egyptians shall know that I
am Yahweh, when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his
chariots, and over his horsemen." 14:19 The angel of God, who went
before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of
cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them. 14:20 It came
between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the
cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one didn't
come near the other all the night.

14:21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the
sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry
land, and the waters were divided. 14:22 The children of Israel went
into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall
to them on their right hand, and on their left. 14:23 The Egyptians
pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea: all of
Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 14:24 It happened in
the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through
the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army. 14:25
He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that
the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh
fights for them against the Egyptians!"

14:26 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that
the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on
their horsemen." 14:27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and
the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the
Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst
of the sea. 14:28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the
horsemen, even all Pharaoh's army that went in after them into the sea.
There remained not so much as one of them. 14:29 But the children of
Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a
wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. 14:30 Thus Yahweh
saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw
the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 14:31 Israel saw the great work
which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and
they believed in Yahweh, and in his servant Moses.

15:1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and
said,

"I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and
his rider he has thrown into the sea. 15:2 Yah is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my
father's God, and I will exalt him. 15:3 Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh
is his name. 15:4 He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the
sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. 15:5 The deeps cover
them. They went down into the depths like a stone. 15:6 Your right hand,
Yahweh, is glorious in power. Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy
in pieces. 15:7 In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those
who rise up against you. You send forth your wrath. It consumes them as
stubble. 15:8 With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up.
The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the
heart of the sea. 15:9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue. I will overtake.
I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will
draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.' 15:10 You blew with your
wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
15:11 Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious
in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 15:12 You stretched out
your right hand. The earth swallowed them. 15:13 "You, in your loving
kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided
them in your strength to your holy habitation. 15:14 The peoples have
heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of
Philistia. 15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes
hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted
away. 15:16 Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm
they are as still as a stone--until your people pass over, Yahweh, until
the people pass over who you have purchased. 15:17 You shall bring them
in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place,
Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in; the sanctuary,
Lord, which your hands have established. 15:18 Yahweh shall reign
forever and ever." 15:19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his
chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the
waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land
in the midst of the sea. 15:20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of
Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after
her with tambourines and with dances. 15:21 Miriam answered them,

"Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his
rider he has thrown into the sea." 15:22 Moses led Israel onward from
the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they
went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 15:23 When they
came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they
were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah. 15:24 The people
murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" 15:25 Then he
cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the
waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an
ordinance for them, and there he tested them; 15:26 and he said, "If you
will diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and will do that
which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments,
and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which
I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you."

15:27 They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and
seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

16:1 They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the
children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim
and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their
departing out of the land of Egypt. 16:2 The whole congregation of the
children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the
wilderness; 16:3 and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that
we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by
the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us
out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

16:4 Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky
for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every
day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
16:5 It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare
that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather
daily."

16:6 Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening,
then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of
Egypt; 16:7 and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Yahweh;
because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we, that you
murmur against us?" 16:8 Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to
eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because
Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are
we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh." 16:9 Moses
said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel,
'Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.'" 16:10 It
happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of
Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of
Yahweh appeared in the cloud. 16:11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 16:12
"I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them,
saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be
filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"

16:13 It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp;
and in the morning the dew lay around the camp. 16:14 When the dew that
lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round
thing, small as the frost on the ground. 16:15 When the children of
Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is it?" For they didn't
know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has
given you to eat." 16:16 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded:
"Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head,
according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man
for those who are in his tent." 16:17 The children of Israel did so, and
gathered some more, some less. 16:18 When they measured it with an omer,
he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no
lack. They gathered every man according to his eating. 16:19 Moses said
to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning." 16:20
Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left of it
until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was
angry with them. 16:21 They gathered it morning by morning, everyone
according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted. 16:22 It
happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two
omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told
Moses. 16:23 He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken,
'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which
you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that
remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'" 16:24
They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it didn't become
foul, neither was there any worm in it. 16:25 Moses said, "Eat that
today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in
the field. 16:26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is
the Sabbath. In it there shall be none." 16:27 It happened on the
seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found
none. 16:28 Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my
commandments and my laws? 16:29 Behold, because Yahweh has given you the
Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days.
Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the
seventh day." 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

16:31 The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like
coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey. 16:32
Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, 'Let an omer-
full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the
bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth
from the land of Egypt.'" 16:33 Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and
put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept
throughout your generations." 16:34 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron
laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 16:35 The children of
Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land.
They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

17:1 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the
wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Yahweh's commandment,
and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to
drink. 17:2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give
us water to drink."

Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test
Yahweh?"

17:3 The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured
against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to
kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

17:4 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these people?
They are almost ready to stone me."

17:5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take the
elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you
struck the Nile, and go. 17:6 Behold, I will stand before you there on
the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of
it, that the people may drink." Moses did so in the sight of the elders
of Israel. 17:7 He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah,
because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested
Yahweh, saying, "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"

17:8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 17:9 Moses
said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek.
Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 17:11 It happened,
when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down
his hand, Amalek prevailed. 17:12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they
took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held
up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.
His hands were steady until sunset. 17:13 Joshua defeated Amalek and his
people with the edge of the sword. 17:14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write
this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua:
that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
17:15 Moses built an altar, and called its name Yahweh our Banner. 17:16
He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from
generation to generation.'"

18:1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of
all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that
Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt. 18:2 Jethro, Moses' father-in-
law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away, 18:3
and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I
have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land". 18:4 The name of the other
was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me
from Pharaoh's sword." 18:5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his
sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at
the Mountain of God. 18:6 He said to Moses, I, your father-in-law
Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her. 18:7
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They
asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent. 18:8
Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to
the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them
on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them. 18:9 Jethro rejoiced for all
the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered
them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 18:10 Jethro said, "Blessed be
Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out
of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand
of the Egyptians. 18:11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods
because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them." 18:12
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for
God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with
Moses' father-in-law before God.

18:13 It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people,
and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening. 18:14
When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said,
"What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone,
and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"

18:15 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to
inquire of God. 18:16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I
judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes
of God, and his laws." 18:17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The
thing that you do is not good. 18:18 You will surely wear away, both
you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for
you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone. 18:19 Listen now to
my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent
the people before God, and bring the causes to God. 18:20 You shall
teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in
which they must walk, and the work that they must do. 18:21 Moreover you
shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of
truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of
thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
18:22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every
great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall
judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share
the load with you. 18:23 If you will do this thing, and God commands you
so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will
go to their place in peace."

18:24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all
that he had said. 18:25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made
them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds,
rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 18:26 They judged the people at
all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter
they judged themselves. 18:27 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he
went his way into his own land.

19:1 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of
Sinai. 19:2 When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the
wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel
encamped before the mountain. 19:3 Moses went up to God, and Yahweh
called to him out of the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall tell
the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 19:4 'You have seen
what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and
brought you to myself. 19:5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my
voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from
among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; 19:6 and you shall be to
me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which
you shall speak to the children of Israel."

19:7 Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before
them all these words which Yahweh commanded him. 19:8 All the people
answered together, and said, "All that Yahweh has spoken we will do."

Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh. 19:9 Yahweh said to
Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear
when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moses told the
words of the people to Yahweh. 19:10 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the
people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their
garments, 19:11 and be ready against the third day; for on the third day
Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
19:12 You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, 'Be careful
that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever
touches the mountain shall be surely put to death. 19:13 No hand shall
touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is
animal or man, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they
shall come up to the mountain."

19:14 Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified
the people; and they washed their clothes. 19:15 He said to the people,
"Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman."

19:16 It happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the
sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the
camp trembled. 19:17 Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God;
and they stood at the lower part of the mountain. 19:18 Mount Sinai, all
it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke
ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked
greatly. 19:19 When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder,
Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. 19:20 Yahweh came down on
Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top
of the mountain, and Moses went up.

19:21 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break
through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish. 19:22 Let the
priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh
break forth on them."

19:23 Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai,
for you warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify
it.'"

19:24 Yahweh said to him, "Go down and you shall bring Aaron up with
you, but don't let the priests and the people break through to come up
to Yahweh, lest he break forth on them."

19:25 So Moses went down to the people, and told them.

20:1 God spoke all these words, saying, 20:2 "I am Yahweh your God, who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 20:3
You shall have no other gods before me.

20:4 "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of
anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth: 20:5 you shall not bow yourself
down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and
on the fourth generation of those who hate me, 20:6 and showing loving
kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

20:7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh
will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 20:9 You shall labor
six days, and do all your work, 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath
to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son,
nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; 20:11 for in six
days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and
rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and
made it holy.

20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in
the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

20:13 "You shall not murder.

20:14 "You shall not commit adultery.

20:15 "You shall not steal.

20:16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet
your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor
his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."

20:18 All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the
sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it,
they trembled, and stayed at a distance. 20:19 They said to Moses,
"Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak
with us, lest we die."

20:20 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to
test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."
20:21 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick
darkness where God was.

20:22 Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of
Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from
heaven. 20:23 You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of
silver, or gods of gold for yourselves. 20:24 You shall make an altar of
earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your
peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I
record my name I will come to you and I will bless you. 20:25 If you
make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if
you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it. 20:26 Neither shall
you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed
to it.'

21:1 "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.

21:2 "If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the
seventh he shall go out free without paying anything. 21:3 If he comes
in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his
wife shall go out with him. 21:4 If his master gives him a wife and she
bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her
master's, and he shall go out by himself. 21:5 But if the servant shall
plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go
out free;' 21:6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring
him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear
through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

21:7 "If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not
go out as the male servants do. 21:8 If she doesn't please her master,
who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He
shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, seeing he has dealt
deceitfully with her. 21:9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal
with her after the manner of daughters. 21:10 If he takes another wife
to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her
marital rights. 21:11 If he doesn't do these three things for her, she
may go free without paying any money.

21:12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to
death, 21:13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to
happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. 21:14 If a
man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you
shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

21:15 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put
to death.

21:16 "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in
his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

21:17 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to
death.

21:18 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with
his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed; 21:19 if he rises
again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be
cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide
for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.

21:20 "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies
under his hand, he shall surely be punished. 21:21 Notwithstanding, if
he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his
property.

21:22 "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth
prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much
as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow. 21:23 But if any
harm follows, then you must take life for life, 21:24 eye for eye, tooth
for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 21:25 burning for burning,
wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

21:26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and
destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 21:27 If he
strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he
shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

21:28 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely
be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull
shall not be held responsible. 21:29 But if the bull had a habit of
goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has
not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be
stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death. 21:30 If a ransom is
laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever
is laid on him. 21:31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a
daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. 21:32 If
the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of
silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

21:33 "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover
it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it, 21:34 the owner of the pit
shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead
animal shall be his.

21:35 "If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies, then they
shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also
divide the dead animal. 21:36 Or if it is known that the bull was in the
habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall
surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.

22:1 "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he
shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 22:2 If the
thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall
be no guilt of bloodshed for him. 22:3 If the sun has risen on him,
there shall be guilt of bloodshed for him; he shall make restitution. If
he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 22:4 If the stolen
property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep,
he shall pay double.

22:5 "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his
animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make
restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own
vineyard.

22:6 "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of
grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled
the fire shall surely make restitution.

22:7 "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it
is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay
double. 22:8 If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house
shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his
neighbor's goods. 22:9 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for
ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing,
about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall
come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

22:10 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or
any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man
seeing it; 22:11 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether
he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall
accept it, and he shall not make restitution. 22:12 But if it is stolen
from him, he shall make restitution to its owner. 22:13 If it is torn in
pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which
was torn.

22:14 "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured,
or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
22:15 If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a
leased thing, it came for its lease.

22:16 "If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and
lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. 22:17
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money
according to the dowry of virgins.

22:18 "You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

22:19 "Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

22:20 "He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be
utterly destroyed.

22:21 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for
you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

22:22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
22:23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I
will surely hear their cry; 22:24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will
kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your
children fatherless.

22:25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you
shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him
interest. 22:26 If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you
shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, 22:27 for that is his
only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in?
It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am
gracious.

22:28 "You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

22:29 "You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the
outflow of your presses.

"You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me. 22:30 You shall do
likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be
with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

22:31 "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any
flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the
dogs.

23:1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the
wicked to be a malicious witness. 23:2 You shall not follow a crowd to
do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to
pervert justice; 23:3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

23:4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall
surely bring it back to him again. 23:5 If you see the donkey of him who
hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall
surely help him with it.

23:6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

23:7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and
righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

23:8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight
and perverts the words of the righteous.

23:9 "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an
alien, seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

23:10 "For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its
increase, 23:11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie
fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the
animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your
vineyard and with your olive grove.

23:12 "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall
rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your
handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

23:13 "Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don't
invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your
mouth.

23:14 "You shall observe a feast to me three times a year. 23:15 You
shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat
unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month
Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before
me empty. 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your
labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end
of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field. 23:17
Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord
Yahweh.

23:18 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened
bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the
morning. 23:19 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall
bring into the house of Yahweh your God.

"You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

23:20 "Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and
to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 23:21 Pay attention
to him, and listen to his voice. Don't provoke him, for he will not
pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him. 23:22 But if you indeed
listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to
your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. 23:23 For my angel
shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the
Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut
them off. 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them,
nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and
demolish their pillars. 23:25 You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he
will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from
your midst. 23:26 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will
fulfill the number of your days. 23:27 I will send my terror before you,
and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all
your enemies turn their backs to you. 23:28 I will send the hornet
before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the
Hittite, from before you. 23:29 I will not drive them out from before
you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the
field multiply against you. 23:30 Little by little I will drive them out
from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land. 23:31 I
will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the
Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver
the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out
before you. 23:32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their
gods. 23:33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin
against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to
you."

24:1 He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and
Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
24:2 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come
near, neither shall the people go up with him."

24:3 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the
ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All
the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."

24:4 Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the
morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for
the twelve tribes of Israel. 24:5 He sent young men of the children of
Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of
cattle to Yahweh. 24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in
basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 24:7 He took
the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and
they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."

24:8 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said,
"Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you
concerning all these words."

24:9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of
Israel went up. 24:10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was
like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness. 24:11
He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw
God, and ate and drank.

24:12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay
here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the
commands that I have written, that you may teach them."

24:13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto
God's Mountain. 24:14 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we
come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is
involved in a dispute can go to them."

24:15 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
24:16 The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered
it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the
cloud. 24:17 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring
fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
24:18 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the
mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

25:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 25:2 "Speak to the children of
Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart
makes him willing you shall take my offering. 25:3 This is the offering
which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass, 25:4 blue, purple,
scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, 25:5 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow
hides, acacia wood, 25:6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil
and for the sweet incense, 25:7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for
the ephod and for the breastplate. 25:8 Let them make me a sanctuary,
that I may dwell among them. 25:9 According to all that I show you, the
pattern of the tent, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so
you shall make it.

25:10 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two
and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a
half its height. 25:11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall
overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around
it. 25:12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its
four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on
the other side of it. 25:13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and
overlay them with gold. 25:14 You shall put the poles into the rings on
the sides of the ark to carry the ark. 25:15 The poles shall be in the
rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it. 25:16 You shall put
the testimony which I shall give you into the ark. 25:17 You shall make
a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length,
and a cubit and a half its breadth. 25:18 You shall make two cherubim of
hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
25:19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end.
You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy
seat. 25:20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering
the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another.
The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. 25:21 You
shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put
the testimony that I will give you. 25:22 There I will meet with you,
and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two
cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you
for the children of Israel.

25:23 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its
length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.
25:24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding
around it. 25:25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You
shall make a golden molding on its rim around it. 25:26 You shall make
four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that
are on its four feet. 25:27 the rings shall be close to the rim, for
places for the poles to carry the table. 25:28 You shall make the poles
of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be
carried with them. 25:29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its
ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of
pure gold. 25:30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before
me always.

25:31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall
the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and
its flowers, shall be of one piece with it. 25:32 There shall be six
branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of
its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;
25:33 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a
flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a
bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;
25:34 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds
and its flowers; 25:35 and a bud under two branches of one piece with
it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under
two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the
lampstand. 25:36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece
with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold. 25:37 You shall make
its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the
space in front of it. 25:38 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be
of pure gold. 25:39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all
these accessories. 25:40 See that you make them after their pattern,
which has been shown to you on the mountain.

26:1 "Moreover you shall make the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the
skillful workman you shall make them. 26:2 The length of each curtain
shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four
cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure. 26:3 Five curtains
shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains
shall be coupled one to another. 26:4 You shall make loops of blue on
the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise
you shall make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second
coupling. 26:5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you
shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second
coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another. 26:6 You shall
make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with
the clasps: and the tent shall be a unit.

26:7 "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the
tent. You shall make them eleven curtains. 26:8 The length of each
curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four
cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure. 26:9 You shall
couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and
shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. 26:10
You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is
outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain
which is outmost in the second coupling. 26:11 You shall make fifty
clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent
together, that it may be one. 26:12 The overhanging part that remains of
the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over
the back of the tent. 26:13 The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on
the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of
the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tent on this side and on that
side, to cover it. 26:14 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams'
skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

26:15 "You shall make the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing
up. 26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half
cubits the breadth of each board. 26:17 There shall be two tenons in
each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the
boards of the tent. 26:18 You shall make the boards for the tent, twenty
boards for the south side southward. 26:19 You shall make forty sockets
of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its
two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
26:20 For the second side of the tent, on the north side, twenty boards,
26:21 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board. 26:22 For the far part of the tent
westward you shall make six boards. 26:23 You shall make two boards for
the corners of the tent in the far part. 26:24 They shall be double
beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire to its top to one ring:
thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 26:25
There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another
board.

26:26 "You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the
one side of the tent, 26:27 and five bars for the boards of the other
side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tent,
for the far part westward. 26:28 The middle bar in the midst of the
boards shall pass through from end to end. 26:29 You shall overlay the
boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars:
and you shall overlay the bars with gold. 26:30 You shall set up the
tent according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.

26:31 "You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it
be made. 26:32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with
gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver. 26:33 You
shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the
testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy
place from the most holy for you. 26:34 You shall put the mercy seat on
the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 26:35 You shall set the
table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table on the
side of the tent toward the south: and you shall put the table on the
north side.

26:36 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
26:37 You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay
them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five
sockets of brass for them.

27:1 "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and
five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall
be three cubits. 27:2 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its
horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with
brass. 27:3 You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels,
its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you
shall make of brass. 27:4 You shall make a grating for it of network of
brass: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four
corners. 27:5 You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath,
that the net may reach halfway up the altar. 27:6 You shall make poles
for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. 27:7
Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two
sides of the altar, when carrying it. 27:8 You shall make it with hollow
planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.

27:9 "You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward
there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred
cubits long for one side: 27:10 and its pillars shall be twenty, and
their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their
fillets shall be of silver. 27:11 Likewise for the north side in length
there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty,
and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their
fillets, of silver. 27:12 For the breadth of the court on the west side
shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets
ten. 27:13 The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be
fifty cubits. 27:14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be
fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 27:15 For
the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three,
and their sockets three. 27:16 For the gate of the court shall be a
screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their
sockets four. 27:17 All the pillars of the court around shall be
filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
27:18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the
breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined
linen, and their sockets of brass. 27:19 All the instruments of the tent
in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court,
shall be of brass.

27:20 "You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you
pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn
continually. 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is
before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from
evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever
throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

28:1 "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from
among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's
office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
28:2 You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and
for beauty. 28:3 You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I
have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments
to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office. 28:4
These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an
ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and
they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that
he may minister to me in the priest's office. 28:5 They shall take the
gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

28:6 "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet,
and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman. 28:7 It shall
have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be
joined together. 28:8 The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is
on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 28:9 You shall take two
onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
28:10 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that
remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth. 28:11 With the
work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall
engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of
Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold. 28:12
You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be
stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear
their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial. 28:13 You
shall make settings of gold, 28:14 and two chains of pure gold; you
shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the
braided chains on the settings.

28:15 "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the
skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make
it. 28:16 It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its
length of it, and a span its breadth. 28:17 You shall set in it settings
of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be
the first row; 28:18 and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an
emerald; 28:19 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
28:20 and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall
be enclosed in gold in their settings. 28:21 The stones shall be
according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to
their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his
name, they shall be for the twelve tribes. 28:22 You shall make on the
breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold. 28:23 You
shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two
rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 28:24 You shall put the two
braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
28:25 The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the
two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its
forepart. 28:26 You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them
on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the
side of the ephod inward. 28:27 You shall make two rings of gold, and
shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in
its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of
the ephod. 28:28 They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the
rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully
woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from
the ephod. 28:29 Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in
the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy
place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually. 28:30 You shall put in
the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be
on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron shall bear
the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh
continually.

28:31 "You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 28:32 It shall
have a hole for the head in its midst: it shall have a binding of woven
work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not
be torn. 28:33 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of
purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and
around them: 28:34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a
pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. 28:35 It shall be on Aaron to
minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place
before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.

28:36 "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the
engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.' 28:37 You shall put it on a
lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it
shall be. 28:38 It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear
the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make
holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead,
that they may be accepted before Yahweh. 28:39 You shall weave the coat
in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine
linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.

28:40 "You shall make coats for Aaron's sons, and you shall make sashes
for them and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for
beauty. 28:41 You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons
with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them,
that they may minister to me in the priest's office. 28:42 You shall
make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the
waist even to the thighs they shall reach: 28:43 They shall be on Aaron,
and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they
come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't
bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his
descendants after him.

29:1 "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to
minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams
without blemish, 29:2 unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil,
and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: you shall make them of fine
wheat flour. 29:3 You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in
the basket, with the bull and the two rams. 29:4 You shall bring Aaron
and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them
with water. 29:5 You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat,
the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and dress him
with the skillfully woven band of the ephod; 29:6 and you shall set the
turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban. 29:7 Then you
shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
29:8 You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them. 29:9 You shall
dress them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them:
and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall
consecrate Aaron and his sons.

29:10 "You shall bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron
and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. 29:11 You
shall kill the bull before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
29:12 You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns
of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at
the base of the altar. 29:13 You shall take all the fat that covers the
innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on
them, and burn them on the altar. 29:14 But the flesh of the bull, and
its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp: it
is a sin offering.

29:15 "You shall also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay
their hands on the head of the ram. 29:16 You shall kill the ram, and
you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar. 29:17 You
shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs,
and put them with its pieces, and with its head. 29:18 You shall burn
the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a
pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

29:19 "You shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay
their hands on the head of the ram. 29:20 Then you shall kill the ram,
and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of
Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of
their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle
the blood around on the altar. 29:21 You shall take of the blood that is
on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on
his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him:
and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons'
garments with him. 29:22 Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the
fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the
two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a
ram of consecration), 29:23 and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled
bread, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is
before Yahweh. 29:24 You shall put all of this in Aaron's hands, and in
his sons' hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
29:25 You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar
on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an
offering made by fire to Yahweh.

29:26 "You shall take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and
wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be your portion.
29:27 You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh
of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram
of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is
for his sons: 29:28 and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their
portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering:
and it shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the
sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to Yahweh.

29:29 "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be
anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them. 29:30 Seven days shall
the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the
Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.

29:31 "You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a
holy place. 29:32 Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and
the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
29:33 They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to
consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it,
because they are holy. 29:34 If anything of the flesh of the
consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall
burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

29:35 "You shall do so to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that
I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days. 29:36 Every
day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement: and you
shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall
anoint it, to sanctify it. 29:37 Seven days you shall make atonement for
the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever
touches the altar shall be holy.

29:38 "Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a
year old day by day continually. 29:39 The one lamb you shall offer in
the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening: 29:40 and
with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the
fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine
for a drink offering. 29:41 The other lamb you shall offer at evening,
and shall do to it according to the meal offering of the morning, and
according to its drink offering, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made
by fire to Yahweh. 29:42 It shall be a continual burnt offering
throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before
Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you. 29:43 There I
will meet with the children of Israel; and the place shall be sanctified
by my glory. 29:44 I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar:
Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me in the
priest's office. 29:45 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and
will be their God. 29:46 They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who
brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among
them: I am Yahweh their God.

30:1 "You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of
acacia wood. 30:2 Its length shall be a cubit, and its breadth a cubit.
It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall
be of one piece with it. 30:3 You shall overlay it with pure gold, its
top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold
molding around it. 30:4 You shall make two golden rings for it under its
molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they
shall be for places for poles with which to bear it. 30:5 You shall make
the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 30:6 You shall put
it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy
seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. 30:7 Aaron
shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends
the lamps, he shall burn it. 30:8 When Aaron lights the lamps at
evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout
your generations. 30:9 You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor
burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering
on it. 30:10 Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year;
with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he
shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy
to Yahweh."

30:11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 30:12 "When you take a census of
the children of Israel, according to those who are numbered among them,
then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh, when you
number them; that there be no plague among them when you number them.
30:13 They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are
numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel
is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh. 30:14
Everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, from twenty years
old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh. 30:15 The rich shall
not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel,
when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.
30:16 You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel,
and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may
be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make
atonement for your souls."

30:17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 30:18 "You shall also make a basin
of brass, and its base of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it
between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in
it. 30:19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in
it. 30:20 When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with
water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to
minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 30:21 So they
shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall
be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants
throughout their generations."

30:22 Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 30:23 "Also take fine
spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon
half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two
hundred and fifty; 30:24 and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil. 30:25 You shall make it a holy
anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it
shall be a holy anointing oil. 30:26 You shall use it to anoint the Tent
of Meeting, the ark of the testimony, 30:27 the table and all its
articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, 30:28
the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with
its base. 30:29 You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy.
Whatever touches them shall be holy. 30:30 You shall anoint Aaron and
his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the
priest's office. 30:31 You shall speak to the children of Israel,
saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your
generations. 30:32 It shall not be poured on man's flesh, neither shall
you make any like it, according to its composition: it is holy. It shall
be holy to you. 30:33 Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any
of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'"

30:34 Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin,
and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each
shall there be an equal weight; 30:35 and you shall make incense of it,
a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and
holy: 30:36 and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it
before the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you.
It shall be to you most holy. 30:37 The incense which you shall make,
according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall
be to you holy for Yahweh. 30:38 Whoever shall make any like that, to
smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people."

31:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 31:2 "Behold, I have called by name
Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 31:3 and
I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 31:4
to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
31:5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to
work in all manner of workmanship. 31:6 I, behold, I have appointed with
him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart
of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all
that I have commanded you: 31:7 the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the
testimony, the mercy seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,
31:8 the table and its vessels, the pure lampstand with all its vessels,
the altar of incense, 31:9 the altar of burnt offering with all its
vessels, the basin and its base, 31:10 the finely worked garments--the
holy garments for Aaron the priest--the garments of his sons to minister
in the priest's office, 31:11 the anointing oil, and the incense of
sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded
you they shall do."

31:12 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 31:13 "Speak also to the children
of Israel, saying, 'Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is
a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know
that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you. 31:14 You shall keep the Sabbath
therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely
be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be
cut off from among his people. 31:15 Six days shall work be done, but on
the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever
does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 31:16
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the
Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 31:17 It
is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days
Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was
refreshed.'"

31:18 He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount
Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with
God's finger.

32:1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the
mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to
him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this
Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know
what has become of him."

32:2 Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in the
ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them
to me."

32:3 All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears,
and brought them to Aaron. 32:4 He received what they handed him, and
fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they
said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land
of Egypt."

32:5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a
proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."

32:6 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings,
and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to
drink, and rose up to play.

32:7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you
brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves! 32:8
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them.
They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have
sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought
you up out of the land of Egypt.'"

32:9 Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they
are a stiff-necked people. 32:10 Now therefore leave me alone, that my
wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will
make of you a great nation."

32:11 Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your
wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of
the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 32:12 Why
should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to
kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the
earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against
your people. 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants,
to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply
your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken
of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

32:14 Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his
people.

32:15 Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two
tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both
their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. 32:16
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of
God, engraved on the tables.

32:17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said
to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."

32:18 He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory,
neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the
noise of those who sing that I hear." 32:19 It happened, as soon as he
came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses'
anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke
them beneath the mountain. 32:20 He took the calf which they had made,
and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the
water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

32:21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you
have brought a great sin on them?"

32:22 Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the
people, that they are set on evil. 32:23 For they said to me, 'Make us
gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of
him.' 32:24 I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it
off:' so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came
this calf."

32:25 When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had
let them loose for a derision among their enemies), 32:26 then Moses
stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh's side,
come to me!"

All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. 32:27 He said
to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man put his sword
on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the
camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and
every man his neighbor.'" 32:28 The sons of Levi did according to the
word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three
thousand men. 32:29 Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh,
yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may
bestow on you a blessing this day."

32:30 It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You
have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall
make atonement for your sin."

32:31 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a
great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold. 32:32 Yet now, if you
will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out of your book
which you have written."

32:33 Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I
blot out of my book. 32:34 Now go, lead the people to the place of which
I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless
in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin." 32:35
Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

33:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the people
that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which
I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to
your seed.' 33:2 I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out
the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite: 33:3 to a land flowing with milk and honey:
for I will not go up in the midst of you, for you are a stiff-necked
people, lest I consume you in the way."

33:4 When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put
on his jewelry.

33:5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a
stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one moment,
I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that
I may know what to do to you.'"

33:6 The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from
Mount Horeb onward.

33:7 Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp,
far away from the camp, and he called it "The Tent of Meeting." It
happened that everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the Tent of
Meeting, which was outside the camp. 33:8 It happened that when Moses
went out to the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, everyone
at their tent door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.
33:9 It happened, when Moses entered into the Tent, that the pillar of
cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and spoke with Moses.
33:10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the
Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped, everyone at their tent
door. 33:11 Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his
friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son
of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent.

33:12 Moses said to Yahweh, "Behold, you tell me, 'Bring up this
people:' and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you
have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my
sight.' 33:13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please
show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in
your sight: and consider that this nation is your people."

33:14 He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."

33:15 He said to him, "If your presence doesn't go with me, don't carry
us up from here. 33:16 For how would people know that I have found favor
in your sight, I and your people? Isn't it in that you go with us, so
that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on
the surface of the earth?"

33:17 Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have
spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."

33:18 He said, "Please show me your glory."

33:19 He said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will
proclaim the name of Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I
will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy." 33:20
He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."
33:21 Yahweh also said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall
stand on the rock. 33:22 It will happen, while my glory passes by, that
I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand
until I have passed by; 33:23 then I will take away my hand, and you
will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."

34:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Chisel two stone tablets like the first: and
I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets,
which you broke. 34:2 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the
morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of
the mountain. 34:3 No one shall come up with you; neither let anyone be
seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed
before that mountain."

34:4 He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose up
early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had
commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets. 34:5 Yahweh
descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the
name of Yahweh. 34:6 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed,
"Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and
abundant in loving kindness and truth, 34:7 keeping loving kindness for
thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by
no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth
generation."

34:8 Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
34:9 He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let
the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people;
pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."

34:10 He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will
do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any
nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of
Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you. 34:11 Observe
that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive out before you the
Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite. 34:12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the
inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in
the midst of you: 34:13 but you shall break down their altars, and dash
in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim; 34:14 for
you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a
jealous God. 34:15 Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the
land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to
their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice; 34:16 and you
take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the
prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute
after their gods. 34:17 You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.

34:18 "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you
shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in
the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. 34:19 All
that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the
firstborn of cow and sheep. 34:20 The firstborn of a donkey you shall
redeem with a lamb: and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break
its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. No one shall
appear before me empty.

34:21 "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest:
in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. 34:22 You shall observe
the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast
of harvest at the year's end. 34:23 Three times in the year all your
males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel. 34:24 For
I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither
shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear before Yahweh,
your God, three times in the year.

34:25 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened
bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left
to the morning. 34:26 You shall bring the first of the first fruits of
your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young
goat in its mother's milk."

34:27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words: for in accordance
with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

34:28 He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither
ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the
covenant, the ten commandments.

34:29 It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two
tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the
mountain, that Moses didn't know that the skin of his face shone by
reason of his speaking with him. 34:30 When Aaron and all the children
of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were
afraid to come near him. 34:31 Moses called to them, and Aaron and all
the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
34:32 Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them
all of the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
34:33 When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
34:34 But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, he took
the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the
children of Israel that which he was commanded. 34:35 The children of
Israel saw Moses' face, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses
put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

35:1 Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and
said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you
should do them. 35:2 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh
day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to
Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death. 35:3 You
shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.'"

35:4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying, 35:5 'Take
from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let
him bring it, Yahweh's offering: gold, silver, brass, 35:6 blue, purple,
scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, 35:7 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow
hides, acacia wood, 35:8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil
and for the sweet incense, 35:9 onyx stones, and stones to be set for
the ephod and for the breastplate.

35:10 "'Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that
Yahweh has commanded: 35:11 the tent, its outer covering, its roof, its
clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; 35:12 the
ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen; 35:13 the
table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show bread; 35:14 the
lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil
for the light; 35:15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the
anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door
of the tent; 35:16 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of
brass, it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base; 35:17 the
hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for
the gate of the court; 35:18 the pins of the tent, the pins of the
court, and their cords; 35:19 the finely worked garments, for
ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest,
and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.'"

35:20 All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the
presence of Moses. 35:21 They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up,
and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh's
offering, for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its
service, and for the holy garments. 35:22 They came, both men and women,
as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet
rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an
offering of gold to Yahweh. 35:23 Everyone, with whom was found blue,
purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea
cow hides, brought them. 35:24 Everyone who did offer an offering of
silver and brass brought Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was
found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. 35:25 All the
women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that
which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine
linen. 35:26 All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun
the goats' hair. 35:27 The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the
stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate; 35:28 and the
spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the
sweet incense. 35:29 The children of Israel brought a freewill offering
to Yahweh; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring
for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.

35:30 Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, Yahweh has called
by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
35:31 He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in
understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; 35:32 and
to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass, 35:33 in
cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all
kinds of skillful workmanship. 35:34 He has put in his heart that he may
teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
35:35 He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of
workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of
the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make
skillful works.

36:1 "Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in
whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the
work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has
commanded."

36:2 Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in
whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him
up to come to the work to do it: 36:3 and they received from Moses all
the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of
the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They brought yet to
him freewill offerings every morning. 36:4 All the wise men, who
performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which
they did. 36:5 They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more
than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make."

36:6 Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman make anything
else for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained
from bringing. 36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the
work to make it, and too much.

36:8 All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tent
with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with
cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them. 36:9 The
length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each
curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure. 36:10 He coupled
five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled one
to another. 36:11 He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain
from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the
curtain that was outmost in the second coupling. 36:12 He made fifty
loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the
curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to
another. 36:13 He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains
one to another with the clasps: so the tent was a unit.

36:14 He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent. He
made them eleven curtains. 36:15 The length of each curtain was thirty
cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains
had one measure. 36:16 He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six
curtains by themselves. 36:17 He made fifty loops on the edge of the
curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the
edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling. 36:18 He
made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be
a unit. 36:19 He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
and a covering of sea cow hides above.

36:20 He made the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up. 36:21
Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth
of each board. 36:22 Each board had two tenons, joined one to another.
He made all the boards of the tent this way. 36:23 He made the boards
for the tent: twenty boards for the south side southward. 36:24 He made
forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one
board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its
two tenons. 36:25 For the second side of the tent, on the north side, he
made twenty boards, 36:26 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets
under one board, and two sockets under another board. 36:27 For the far
part of the tent westward he made six boards. 36:28 He made two boards
for the corners of the tent in the far part. 36:29 They were double
beneath, and in like manner they were all the way to its top to one
ring. He did thus to both of them in the two corners. 36:30 There were
eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every
board two sockets.

36:31 He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side
of the tent, 36:32 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the
tent, and five bars for the boards of the tent for the hinder part
westward. 36:33 He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of
the boards from the one end to the other. 36:34 He overlaid the boards
with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and
overlaid the bars with gold.

36:35 He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen:
with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman. 36:36 He made
four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks
were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them. 36:37 He made a
screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine
twined linen, the work of an embroiderer; 36:38 and the five pillars of
it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with
gold, and their five sockets were of brass.

37:1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half
cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its
height. 37:2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made
a molding of gold for it around it. 37:3 He cast four rings of gold for
it, in its four feet; even two rings on its one side, and two rings on
its other side. 37:4 He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them
with gold. 37:5 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark,
to bear the ark. 37:6 He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was
two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 37:7 He made
two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of
the mercy seat; 37:8 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the
other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its
two ends. 37:9 The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the
mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The
faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

37:10 He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and
its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half. 37:11 He
overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it. 37:12 He
made a border of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden molding on
its border around it. 37:13 He cast four rings of gold for it, and put
the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet. 37:14 The
rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the
table. 37:15 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with
gold, to carry the table. 37:16 He made the vessels which were on the
table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to
pour out, of pure gold.

37:17 He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of
beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers
were of one piece with it. 37:18 There were six branches going out of
its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and
three branches of the lampstand out of its other side: 37:19 three cups
made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three
cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower:
so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. 37:20 In the
lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its
flowers; 37:21 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a
bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two
branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
37:22 Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole
thing was one beaten work of pure gold. 37:23 He made its seven lamps,
and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold. 37:24 He made it
of a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.

37:25 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its
length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. Its height was two cubits.
Its horns were of one piece with it. 37:26 He overlaid it with pure
gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold
molding around it. 37:27 He made two golden rings for it under its
molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles
with which to carry it. 37:28 He made the poles of acacia wood, and
overlaid them with gold. 37:29 He made the holy anointing oil and the
pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

38:1 He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square.
Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height
was three cubits. 38:2 He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns
were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass. 38:3 He made
all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the
forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of brass. 38:4 He made
for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it
beneath, reaching halfway up. 38:5 He cast four rings for the four ends
of brass grating, to be places for the poles. 38:6 He made the poles of
acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass. 38:7 He put the poles into
the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it
hollow with planks.

38:8 He made the basin of brass, and its base of brass, out of the
mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent
of Meeting.

38:9 He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the
court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits; 38:10 their pillars
were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets were of silver. 38:11 For the north side one
hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of
brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 38:12 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. 38:13 For the east side eastward fifty cubits. 38:14 The
hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and
their sockets three; 38:15 and so for the other side: on this hand and
that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits;
their pillars three, and their sockets three. 38:16 All the hangings
around the court were of fine twined linen. 38:17 The sockets for the
pillars were of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were
of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the
pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 38:18 The screen for the
gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple,
scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the
height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the
court. 38:19 Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass;
their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their
fillets, of silver. 38:20 All the pins of the tent, and around the
court, were of brass.

38:21 This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent of
the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of
Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son
of Aaron the priest. 38:22 Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 38:23 With him
was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and
a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet,
and in fine linen.

38:24 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the
sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and
seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 38:25
The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one
hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary: 38:26 a beka a head, that is, half a
shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over
to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six
hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men. 38:27 The one hundred
talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the
sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a
talent for a socket. 38:28 Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-
five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and
made fillets for them. 38:29 The brass of the offering was seventy
talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels. 38:30 With this he made
the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the
bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar, 38:31 the sockets
around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of
the tent, and all the pins around the court.

39:1 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments,
for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.

39:2 He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined
linen. 39:3 They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires,
to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine
linen, the work of the skillful workman. 39:4 They made shoulder straps
for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together. 39:5
The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on,
was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet,
and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

39:6 They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved
with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children
of Israel. 39:7 He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be
stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded
Moses.

39:8 He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the
work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined
linen. 39:9 It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length
was a span, and its breadth a span, being double. 39:10 They set in it
four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;
39:11 and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; 39:12
and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 39:13 and the
fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in
gold settings. 39:14 The stones were according to the names of the
children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the
engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve
tribes. 39:15 They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided
work of pure gold. 39:16 They made two settings of gold, and two gold
rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 39:17
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of
the breastplate. 39:18 The other two ends of the two braided chains they
put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the
ephod, in its front. 39:19 They made two rings of gold, and put them on
the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward the side
of the ephod inward. 39:20 They made two rings of gold, and put them on
the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by
its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 39:21 They
bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace
of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and
that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh
commanded Moses.

39:22 He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 39:23
The opening of the robe in its midst was like the opening of a coat of
mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.
39:24 They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple,
scarlet, and twined linen. 39:25 They made bells of pure gold, and put
the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe,
between the pomegranates; 39:26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a
pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh
commanded Moses.

39:27 They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for
his sons, 39:28 and the turban of fine linen, and the linen headbands of
fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, 39:29 and the
sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work
of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

39:30 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on
it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: "HOLY TO YAHWEH." 39:31
They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as
Yahweh commanded Moses.

39:32 Thus all the work of the tent of the Tent of Meeting was finished.
The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses;
so they did. 39:33 They brought the tent to Moses, the tent, with all
its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its
sockets, 39:34 the covering of rams' skins dyed red, the covering of sea
cow hides, the veil of the screen, 39:35 the ark of the testimony with
its poles, the mercy seat, 39:36 the table, all its vessels, the show
bread, 39:37 the pure lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in
order, all its vessels, the oil for the light, 39:38 the golden altar,
the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the
Tent, 39:39 the bronze altar, its grating of brass, its poles, all of
its vessels, the basin and its base, 39:40 the hangings of the court,
its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its
cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the
Tent of Meeting, 39:41 the finely worked garments for ministering in the
holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of
his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 39:42 According to all
that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
39:43 Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had
commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

40:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 40:2 "On the first day of the first
month you shall raise up the tent of the Tent of Meeting. 40:3 You shall
put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall screen the ark with
the veil. 40:4 You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things
that are on it. You shall bring in the lampstand, and light its lamps.
40:5 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the
testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent. 40:6 You shall
set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tent of the Tent
of Meeting. 40:7 You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and
the altar, and shall put water therein. 40:8 You shall set up the court
around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. 40:9 You
shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent, and all that is in
it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture: and it will be holy.
40:10 You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its
vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy. 40:11
You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it. 40:12 You
shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and
shall wash them with water. 40:13 You shall put on Aaron the holy
garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may
minister to me in the priest's office. 40:14 You shall bring his sons,
and put coats on them. 40:15 You shall anoint them, as you anointed
their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. Their
anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout
their generations." 40:16 Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh
commanded him, so he did.

40:17 It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first
day of the month, that the tent was raised up. 40:18 Moses raised up the
tent, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars,
and raised up its pillars. 40:19 He spread the covering over the tent,
and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
40:20 He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on
the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark. 40:21 He brought the
ark into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the
ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 40:22 He put the table
in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the tent northward, outside of
the veil. 40:23 He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh
commanded Moses. 40:24 He put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting,
opposite the table, on the side of the tent southward. 40:25 He lit the
lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 40:26 He put the golden
altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil; 40:27 and he burnt incense
of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 40:28 He put up the
screen of the door to the tent. 40:29 He set the altar of burnt offering
at the door of the tent of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the
burnt offering and the meal offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 40:30
He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put
water therein, with which to wash. 40:31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons
washed their hands and their feet there. 40:32 When they went into the
Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as
Yahweh commanded Moses. 40:33 He raised up the court around the tent and
the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses
finished the work.

40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of
Yahweh filled the tent. 40:35 Moses wasn't able to enter into the Tent
of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled
the tent. 40:36 When the cloud was taken up from over the tent, the
children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys; 40:37 but
if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel until the day that
it was taken up. 40:38 For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day,
and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house
of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Notes:

[1] back to 2:10 "Moses" sounds like the Hebrew for "draw out".

[2] back to 2:22 "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."

[3] back to 10:19 or, Sea of Reeds

[4] back to 13:18 or, Sea of Reeds

[5] back to 15:4 or, Sea of Reeds

[6] back to 15:22 or, Sea of Reeds

[7] back to 15:23 Marah means bitter.

[8] back to 16:31 "Manna" means "What is it?"

[9] back to 17:7 Massah means testing.

[10] back to 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.

[11] back to 17:15 Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi

[12] back to 18:3 "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."

[13] back to 18:4 Eliezer means "God is my helper."

[14] back to 20:1 After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph
Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word,
but as a grammatical marker.

[15] back to 23:31 or, Sea of Reeds

[16] back to 24:10 or, lapis lazuli

[17] back to 28:16 A span is the length from the tip of the thumb to the
tip of the little finger when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches
or 22.8 cm.)

[18] back to 28:18 or, lapis lazuli

[19] back to 39:11 or, lapis lazuli



Leviticus

1:1 Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting,
saying, 1:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When
anyone of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your
offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.

1:3 "'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer
a male without blemish. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of
Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. 1:4 He shall lay his
hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him
to make atonement for him. 1:5 He shall kill the bull before Yahweh.
Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the
blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
1:6 He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces. 1:7 The
sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in
order on the fire; 1:8 and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the
pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire
which is on the altar; 1:9 but its innards and its legs he shall wash
with water. The priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt
offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

1:10 "'If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep, or from the
goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish. 1:11
He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh. Aaron's
sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 1:12 He
shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest
shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the
altar, 1:13 but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The
priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt
offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

1:14 "'If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he
shall offer his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. 1:15 The
priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it
on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the
altar; 1:16 and he shall take away its crop with its filth, and cast it
beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes. 1:17 He
shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest
shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a
burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

2:1 "'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh, his
offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put
frankincense on it. 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests;
and he shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with
all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn its memorial on the
altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 2:3 That
which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is
a most holy thing of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.

2:4 "'When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven,
it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened
wafers anointed with oil. 2:5 If your offering is a meal offering of the
griddle, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil. 2:6 You
shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it. It is a meal offering. 2:7
If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine
flour with oil. 2:8 You shall bring the meal offering that is made of
these things to Yahweh: and it shall be presented to the priest, and he
shall bring it to the altar. 2:9 The priest shall take from the meal
offering its memorial, and shall burn it on the altar, an offering made
by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 2:10 That which is left of the
meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a thing most holy of
the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.

2:11 "'No meal offering, which you shall offer to Yahweh, shall be made
with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey, as an offering
made by fire to Yahweh. 2:12 As an offering of firstfruits you shall
offer them to Yahweh: but they shall not ascend for a pleasant aroma on
the altar. 2:13 Every offering of your meal offering you shall season
with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God
to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall
offer salt.

2:14 "'If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh, you shall
offer for the meal offering of your first fruits grain in the ear
parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear. 2:15 You shall put
oil on it, and lay frankincense on it: it is a meal offering. 2:16 The
priest shall burn as its memorial, part of its bruised grain, and part
of its oil, along with all its frankincense: it is an offering made by
fire to Yahweh.

3:1 "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it
from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish
before Yahweh. 3:2 He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering,
and kill it at the door of the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons, the
priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar. 3:3 He shall offer
of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh;
the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
3:4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the
loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
3:5 Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which
is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a
pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

3:6 "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is
from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 3:7
If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before
Yahweh; 3:8 and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and
kill it before the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its
blood around on the altar. 3:9 He shall offer from the sacrifice of
peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire
tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that
covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards, 3:10 and the
two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the
cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away. 3:11 The
priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food of the offering made
by fire to Yahweh.

3:12 "'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:
3:13 and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the Tent
of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the
altar. 3:14 He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by
fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is
on the innards, 3:15 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them,
which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he
shall take away. 3:16 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the
food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is
Yahweh's.

3:17 "'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in
all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"

4:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 4:2 "Speak to the children of Israel,
saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which
Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them: 4:3 if
the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let
him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull without blemish
to Yahweh for a sin offering. 4:4 He shall bring the bull to the door of
the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head
of the bull, and kill the bull before Yahweh. 4:5 The anointed priest
shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of
Meeting. 4:6 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle
some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the
sanctuary. 4:7 The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of
the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of
Meeting; and he shall pour out all of rest of the blood of the bull at
the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the
Tent of Meeting. 4:8 He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin
offering off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat
that is on the innards, 4:9 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on
them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the
kidneys, he shall take away, 4:10 as it is taken off of the bull of the
sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of
burnt offering. 4:11 The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and
with its legs, its innards, and its dung, 4:12 even the whole bull shall
he carry forth outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are
poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. Where the ashes are poured
out it shall be burned.

4:13 "'If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden
from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things
which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty; 4:14 when the
sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a
young bull for a sin offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.
4:15 The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of
the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be killed before Yahweh. 4:16
The anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bull to the Tent of
Meeting: 4:17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and
sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil. 4:18 He shall
put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh,
that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest of the blood he shall pour
out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of
the Tent of Meeting. 4:19 All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it
on the altar. 4:20 Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the
bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall
make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 4:21 He shall carry
forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first
bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.

4:22 "'When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all the things
which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty; 4:23
if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him, he shall bring
as his offering a goat, a male without blemish. 4:24 He shall lay his
hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill
the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a sin offering. 4:25 The priest
shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and
put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall pour out
the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 4:26
All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of
peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning
his sin, and he will be forgiven.

4:27 "'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of
the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty;
4:28 if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him, then he
shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his
sin which he has sinned. 4:29 He shall lay his hand on the head of the
sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
4:30 The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it
on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood
he shall pour out at the base of the altar. 4:31 All its fat he shall
take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace
offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant
aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he
will be forgiven.

4:32 "'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall
bring a female without blemish. 4:33 He shall lay his hand on the head
of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where
they kill the burnt offering. 4:34 The priest shall take some of the
blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of
the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour
out at the base of the altar. 4:35 All its fat he shall take away, like
the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings;
and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh
made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his
sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.

5:1 "'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being
a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then
he shall bear his iniquity.

5:2 "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass
of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the
carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him, and he is
unclean, then he shall be guilty.

5:3 "'Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness
is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of
it, then he shall be guilty.

5:4 "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do
good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it
is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one
of these. 5:5 It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall
confess that in which he has sinned: 5:6 and he shall bring his trespass
offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the
flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make
atonement for him concerning his sin.

5:7 "'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass
offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
offering. 5:8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer
the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its
neck, but shall not sever it completely. 5:9 He shall sprinkle some of
the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of
the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin
offering. 5:10 He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according
to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning
his sin which he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.

5:11 "'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has sinned, the
tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no
oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin
offering. 5:12 He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall
take his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the
altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It is a sin offering.
5:13 The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he
has sinned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven; and the rest
shall be the priest's, as the meal offering.'"

5:14 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 5:15 "If anyone commits a trespass,
and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring
his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock,
according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. 5:16 He shall make restitution
for that which he has done wrong in the holy thing, and shall add a
fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make
atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and he will be
forgiven.

5:17 "If anyone sins, and does any of the things which Yahweh has
commanded not to be done; though he didn't know it, yet he is guilty,
and shall bear his iniquity. 5:18 He shall bring a ram without blemish
from of the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass
offering, to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him
concerning the thing in which he sinned and didn't know it, and he will
be forgiven. 5:19 It is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty
before Yahweh."

6:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:2 "If anyone sins, and commits a
trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter
of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
6:3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and
swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning
therein; 6:4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall
restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten
by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost
thing which he found, 6:5 or any thing about which he has sworn falsely;
he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it.
To him to whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his being
found guilty. 6:6 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram
without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation, for a
trespass offering, to the priest. 6:7 The priest shall make atonement
for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he
does to become guilty."

6:8 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:9 "Command Aaron and his sons,
saying, 'This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall
be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning; and the fire
of the altar shall be kept burning on it. 6:10 The priest shall put on
his linen garment, and he shall put on his linen breeches upon his body;
and he shall remove the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt
offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 6:11 He
shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry the
ashes outside the camp to a clean place. 6:12 The fire on the altar
shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; and the priest shall
burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt offering in
order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. 6:13
Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go
out.

6:14 "'This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall
offer it before Yahweh, before the altar. 6:15 He shall take from there
his handful of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of its oil, and
all the frankincense which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on
the altar for a pleasant aroma, as its memorial, to Yahweh. 6:16 That
which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten
without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the
Tent of Meeting 6:17 It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it
as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the
sin offering, and as the trespass offering. 6:18 Every male among the
children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout
your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever
touches them shall be holy.'"

6:19 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:20 "This is the offering of Aaron
and of his sons, which they shall offer to Yahweh in the day when he is
anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering
perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening.
6:21 It shall be made with oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you
shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in baked pieces for
a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 6:22 The anointed priest that will be in his
place from among his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall
be wholly burnt to Yahweh. 6:23 Every meal offering of a priest shall be
wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."

6:24 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:25 "Speak to Aaron and to his
sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where
the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before
Yahweh. It is most holy. 6:26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat
it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of
Meeting. 6:27 Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there
is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which
it was sprinkled in a holy place. 6:28 But the earthen vessel in which
it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it
shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. 6:29 Every male among the priests
shall eat of it: it is most holy. 6:30 No sin offering, of which any of
the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the
Holy Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.

7:1 "'This is the law of the trespass offering. It is most holy. 7:2 In
the place where they kill the burnt offering, he shall kill the trespass
offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle around on the altar. 7:3 He
shall offer all of its fat: the fat tail, and the fat that covers the
innards, 7:4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he
take away; 7:5 and the priest shall burn them on the altar for an
offering made by fire to Yahweh: it is a trespass offering. 7:6 Every
male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place.
It is most holy.

7:7 "'As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering; there is one
law for them. The priest who makes atonement with them shall have it.
7:8 The priest who offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest
shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has
offered. 7:9 Every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all that
is dressed in the pan, and on the griddle, shall be the priest's who
offers it. 7:10 Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to
all the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.

7:11 "'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one
shall offer to Yahweh. 7:12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he
shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed
with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with
oil. 7:13 With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering with
the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving. 7:14 Of it he
shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to Yahweh. It
shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.
7:15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving
shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it
until the morning.

7:16 "'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a freewill
offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice; and
on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten: 7:17 but what remains
of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with
fire. 7:18 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings
is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, neither shall it be
imputed to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul
who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.

7:19 "'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It
shall be burned with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who is clean may
eat it; 7:20 but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of
peace offerings, that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him,
that soul shall be cut off from his people. 7:21 When anyone touches any
unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any
unclean abomination, and eats some of the flesh of the sacrifice of
peace offerings, which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from
his people.'"

7:22 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 7:23 "Speak to the children of
Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat. 7:24
The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn
of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way
eat of it. 7:25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal, of which men
offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it
shall be cut off from his people. 7:26 You shall not eat any blood,
whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings. 7:27
Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his
people.'"

7:28 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 7:29 "Speak to the children of
Israel, saying, 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to
Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his
peace offerings. 7:30 With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of
Yahweh made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the
breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh. 7:31 The priest
shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his
sons'. 7:32 The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave
offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 7:33 He among
the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the
fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion. 7:34 For the waved breast
and the heaved thigh I have taken from the children of Israel out of the
sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the
priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the children of
Israel.'"

7:35 This is the anointing portion of Aaron, and the anointing portion
of his sons, out of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, in the day
when he presented them to minister to Yahweh in the priest's office;
7:36 which Yahweh commanded to be given them of the children of Israel,
in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion forever throughout
their generations. 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the
meal offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering,
and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings; 7:38
which Yahweh commanded Moses in Mount Sinai, in the day that he
commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to Yahweh, in
the wilderness of Sinai.

8:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 8:2 "Take Aaron and his sons with
him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin
offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; 8:3 and
assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting."

8:4 Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was
assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 8:5 Moses said to the
congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done."
8:6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 8:7 He
put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe,
put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod
on him, and fastened it to him with it. 8:8 He placed the breastplate on
him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. 8:9 He set
the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden
plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 8:10 Moses took the
anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and
sanctified them. 8:11 He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and
anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to
sanctify them. 8:12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head,
and anointed him, to sanctify him. 8:13 Moses brought Aaron's sons, and
clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on
them; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

8:14 He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. 8:15 He
killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of
the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the
blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for
it. 8:16 He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of
the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on
the altar. 8:17 But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung,
he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 8:18 He
presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid
their hands on the head of the ram. 8:19 He killed it; and Moses
sprinkled the blood around on the altar. 8:20 He cut the ram into its
pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 8:21 He
washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole
ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma. It was
an offering made by fire to Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 8:22 He
presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands on the head of the ram. 8:23 He killed it; and Moses
took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and
on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
8:24 He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip
of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the
great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on
the altar. 8:25 He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that
was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and
their fat, and the right thigh; 8:26 and out of the basket of unleavened
bread, that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake
of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the
right thigh. 8:27 He put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons'
hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh. 8:28 Moses took
them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt
offering. They were a consecration for a pleasant aroma. It was an
offering made by fire to Yahweh. 8:29 Moses took the breast, and waved
it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses' portion of the ram
of consecration, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 8:30 Moses took some of the
anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and
sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his
sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his
sons, and his sons' garments with him.

8:31 Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of
the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the
basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons
shall eat it.' 8:32 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall
burn with fire. 8:33 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of
Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled:
for he shall consecrate you seven days. 8:34 What has been done this
day, so Yahweh has commanded to do, to make atonement for you. 8:35 You
shall stay at the door of the Tent of Meeting day and night seven days,
and keep Yahweh's command, that you don't die: for so I am commanded."
8:36 Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by
Moses.

9:1 It happened on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons,
and the elders of Israel; 9:2 and he said to Aaron, "Take a calf from
the herd for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without
blemish, and offer them before Yahweh. 9:3 You shall speak to the
children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a
calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
9:4 and a bull and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before
Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to
you.'"

9:5 They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting: and
all the congregation drew near and stood before Yahweh. 9:6 Moses said,
"This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you should do: and the
glory of Yahweh shall appear to you." 9:7 Moses said to Aaron, "Draw
near to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering,
and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the
offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as Yahweh
commanded."

9:8 So Aaron drew near to the altar, and killed the calf of the sin
offering, which was for himself. 9:9 The sons of Aaron presented the
blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the
horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:
9:10 but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from the liver of the
sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 9:11
The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp. 9:12 He
killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the blood to him,
and he sprinkled it around on the altar. 9:13 They delivered the burnt
offering to him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burned them upon
the altar. 9:14 He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on
the burnt offering on the altar. 9:15 He presented the people's
offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the
people, and killed it, and offered it for sin, like the first. 9:16 He
presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance.
9:17 He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and
burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
9:18 He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace
offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him
the blood, which he sprinkled around on the altar, 9:19 and the fat of
the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the
innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver: 9:20 and they put
the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar: 9:21 and
the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before
Yahweh, as Moses commanded. 9:22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the
people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin
offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.

9:23 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and
blessed the people: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people.
9:24 There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt
offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it,
they shouted, and fell on their faces.

10:1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put
fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before
Yahweh, which he had not commanded them. 10:2 And fire came forth from
before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying,

'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the
people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace. 10:4 Moses called
Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to
them, "Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of
the camp." 10:5 So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out
of the camp, as Moses had said.

10:6 Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons,
"Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear your clothes;
that you don't die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation:
but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning
which Yahweh has kindled. 10:7 You shall not go out from the door of the
Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on
you." They did according to the word of Moses.

10:8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, 10:9 "Drink no wine nor strong
drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of
Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout
your generations: 10:10 and that you are to make a distinction between
the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; 10:11
and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which
Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."

10:12 Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who
were left, "Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of
Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it
is most holy; 10:13 and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is
your portion, and your sons' portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by
fire: for so I am commanded. 10:14 The waved breast and the heaved thigh
you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters
with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion,
out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
10:15 The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with the
offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before
Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your sons' with you, as a portion
forever; as Yahweh has commanded."

10:16 Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and,
behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar,
the sons of Aaron who were left, saying, 10:17 "Why haven't you eaten
the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy,
and he has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to
make atonement for them before Yahweh? 10:18 Behold, its blood was not
brought into the inner part of the sanctuary: you certainly should have
eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded."

10:19 Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this day they have offered their
sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such things as
these have happened to me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today,
would it have been pleasing in the sight of Yahweh?"

10:20 When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.

11:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, 11:2 "Speak to
the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you
may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. 11:3 Whatever parts
the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals,
that you may eat.

11:4 "'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud,
or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but
doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you. 11:5 The coney,
because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean
to you. 11:6 The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the
hoof, she is unclean to you. 11:7 The pig, because he has a split hoof,
and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
11:8 Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not
touch; they are unclean to you.

11:9 "'These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has
fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you
may eat. 11:10 All that don't have fins and scales in the seas, and in
the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living
creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you, 11:11
and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall
detest their carcasses. 11:12 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the
waters, that is an abomination to you.

11:13 "'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten,
they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black
vulture, 11:14 and the red kite, any kind of black kite, 11:15 any kind
of raven, 11:16 the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind
of hawk, 11:17 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 11:18 the
white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, 11:19 the stork, any kind of
heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

11:20 "'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to
you. 11:21 Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go
on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the
earth. 11:22 Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of
katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper. 11:23 But all
winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.

11:24 "'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches the carcass of
them shall be unclean until the evening. 11:25 Whoever carries any part
of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the
evening.

11:26 "'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor
chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be
unclean. 11:27 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on
all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall
be unclean until the evening. 11:28 He who carries their carcass shall
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to
you.

11:29 "'These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping
things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great
lizard, 11:30 the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the
skink, and the chameleon. 11:31 These are they which are unclean to you
among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be
unclean until the evening. 11:32 On whatever any of them falls when they
are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or
clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work
is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the
evening; then it will be clean. 11:33 Every earthen vessel, into which
any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall
break it. 11:34 All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes,
shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel
shall be unclean. 11:35 Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls
shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in
pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. 11:36
Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered shall be
clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. 11:37 If
part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it
is clean. 11:38 But if water is put on the seed, and part of their
carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

11:39 "'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its
carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 11:40 He who eats of its
carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He
also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the evening.

11:41 "'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination.
It shall not be eaten. 11:42 Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever
goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things
that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an
abomination. 11:43 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any
creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean
with them, that you should be defiled thereby. 11:44 For I am Yahweh
your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy:
neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that
moves on the earth. 11:45 For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the
land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am
holy.

11:46 "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every
living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that
creeps on the earth, 11:47 to make a distinction between the unclean and
the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living
thing that may not be eaten.'"

12:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12:2 "Speak to the children of
Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she
shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she
shall be unclean. 12:3 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall
be circumcised. 12:4 She shall continue in the blood of purification
thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the
sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed. 12:5 But if
she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her
period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six
days.

12:6 "'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or
for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of
Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a
turtledove, for a sin offering: 12:7 and he shall offer it before
Yahweh, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the
fountain of her blood.

"'This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female. 12:8 If
she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two
young pigeons; the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin
offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be
clean.'"

13:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 13:2 "When a man shall
have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it
becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be
brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons, the priests: 13:3
and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if
the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the
plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and
the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean. 13:4 If the
bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn't
deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn't turned white, then the priest
shall isolate the infected person for seven days. 13:5 The priest shall
examine him on the seventh day, and, behold, if in his eyes the plague
is arrested, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest
shall isolate him for seven more days. 13:6 The priest shall examine him
again on the seventh day; and behold, if the plague has faded, and the
plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him
clean. It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 13:7 But
if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself to the
priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.
13:8 The priest shall examine him; and behold, if the scab has spread on
the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.

13:9 "When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought
to the priest; 13:10 and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there
is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and
there is raw flesh in the rising, 13:11 it is a chronic leprosy in the
skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall
not isolate him, for he is unclean.

13:12 "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy
covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his
feet, as far as it appears to the priest; 13:13 then the priest shall
examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he
shall pronounce him clean of the plague. It has all turned white: he is
clean. 13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
13:15 The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean:
the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy. 13:16 Or if the raw flesh turns
again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest; 13:17
and the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the plague has turned
white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague. He is
clean.

13:18 "When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed, 13:19
and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot,
reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest; 13:20 and the
priest shall examine it; and behold, if its appearance is lower than the
skin, and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him
unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil.
13:21 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white
hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the
priest shall isolate him seven days. 13:22 If it spreads in the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague. 13:23 But
if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread, it is the scar
from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

13:24 "Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw
flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white, 13:25
then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair in the bright
spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin; it is
leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall
pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. 13:26 But if the
priest examines it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright
spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest
shall isolate him seven days. 13:27 The priest shall examine him on the
seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. 13:28 If the bright
spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread in the skin, but is faded, it
is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean;
for it is the scar from the burn.

13:29 "When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,
13:30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its
appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and
thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is
leprosy of the head or of the beard. 13:31 If the priest examines the
plague of itching, and behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the
skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate
him the person infected with itching seven days. 13:32 On the seventh
day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the itch hasn't
spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the
itch isn't deeper than the skin, 13:33 then he shall be shaved, but he
shall not shave the itch; and the priest shall shut him up who has the
itch seven more days. 13:34 On the seventh day, the priest shall examine
the itch; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its
appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce
him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 13:35 But if the
itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing, 13:36 then the priest
shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the
priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean. 13:37 But if
in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair has grown in it; the
itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall pronounce him clean.

13:38 "When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body,
even white bright spots; 13:39 then the priest shall examine them; and
behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white,
it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.

13:40 "If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is
clean. 13:41 If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head,
he is forehead bald. He is clean. 13:42 But if there is in the bald
head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy
breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 13:43 Then the
priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague is
reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the
appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh, 13:44 he is a leprous
man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean. His
plague is on his head.

13:45 "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the
hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and
shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!' 13:46 All the days in which the plague is
in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside
of the camp shall be his dwelling.

13:47 "The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is
a woolen garment, or a linen garment; 13:48 whether it is in warp, or
woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of
skin; 13:49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in
the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin;
it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest. 13:50 The
priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague seven days.
13:51 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has
spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the
skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive
mildew. It is unclean. 13:52 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp
or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the
plague is: for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the
fire.

13:53 "If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread
in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of
skin; 13:54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in
which the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days. 13:55 Then
the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed; and behold, if
the plague hasn't changed its color, and the plague hasn't spread, it is
unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It is a mildewed spot, whether
the bareness is inside or outside. 13:56 If the priest looks, and
behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it
out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of
the woof: 13:57 and if it appears again in the garment, either in the
warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You shall
burn with fire that in which the plague is. 13:58 The garment, either
the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall
wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the
second time, and it will be clean."

13:59 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or
linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to
pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

14:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

14:2 "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He
shall be brought to the priest, 14:3 and the priest shall go forth out
of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of
leprosy is healed in the leper, 14:4 then the priest shall command them
to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar
wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 14:5 The priest shall command them to
kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. 14:6 As
for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the
blood of the bird that was killed over the running water. 14:7 He shall
sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and
shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the
open field.

14:8 "He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all
his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that
he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven
days. 14:9 It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his
hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he
shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body
in water, then he shall be clean.

14:10 "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish,
and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an
ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log
of oil. 14:11 The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be
cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of
Meeting.

14:12 "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a
trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave
offering before Yahweh. 14:13 He shall kill the male lamb in the place
where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of
the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the
trespass offering. It is most holy. 14:14 The priest shall take some of
the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the
tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of
his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 14:15 The priest
shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own
left hand. 14:16 The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that
is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger
seven times before Yahweh. 14:17 The priest shall put some of the rest
of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is
to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe
of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering. 14:18 The
rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of
him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him
before Yahweh.

14:19 "The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for
him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he
shall kill the burnt offering; 14:20 and the priest shall offer the
burnt offering and the meal offering on the altar. The priest shall make
atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

14:21 "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one
male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for
him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal
offering, and a log of oil; 14:22 and two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin
offering, and the other a burnt offering.

14:23 "On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the
priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh. 14:24 The
priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil,
and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. 14:25
He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take
some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the
right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right
hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 14:26 The priest shall pour
some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand; 14:27 and the priest
shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left
hand seven times before Yahweh. 14:28 Then the priest shall put some of
the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to
be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of
his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.
14:29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on
the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before
Yahweh. 14:30 He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young
pigeons, such as he is able to afford, 14:31 even such as he is able to
afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering,
with the meal offering. The priest shall make atonement for him who is
to be cleansed before Yahweh."

14:32 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is
not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

14:33 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 14:34 "When you have
come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and
I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession,
14:35 then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying,
'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.' 14:36 The
priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes
in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made
unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
14:37 He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the
walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it
appears to be deeper than the wall; 14:38 then the priest shall go out
of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
14:39 The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the
plague has spread in the walls of the house, 14:40 then the priest shall
command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast
them into an unclean place outside of the city: 14:41 and he shall cause
the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out
the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean
place. 14:42 They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of
those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the
house.

14:43 "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he
has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after
it was plastered; 14:44 then the priest shall come in and look; and
behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive
mildew in the house. It is unclean. 14:45 He shall break down the house,
its stones, and its timber, and all the house's mortar. He shall carry
them out of the city into an unclean place.

14:46 "Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall be
unclean until the evening. 14:47 He who lies down in the house shall
wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

14:48 "If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the
plague hasn't spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then
the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is
healed. 14:49 To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar
wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 14:50 He shall kill one of the birds in
an earthen vessel over running water. 14:51 He shall take the cedar
wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them
in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle
the house seven times. 14:52 He shall cleanse the house with the blood
of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the
cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; 14:53 but he shall
let the living bird go out of the city into the open field. So shall he
make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean."

14:54 This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch, 14:55
and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house, 14:56 and
for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; 14:57 to teach when
it is unclean, and when it is clean.

This is the law of leprosy.

15:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 15:2 "Speak to the
children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from
his body, because of his discharge he is unclean. 15:3 This shall be his
uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge,
or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.

15:4 "'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean;
and everything he sits on shall be unclean. 15:5 Whoever touches his bed
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the evening. 15:6 He who sits on anything whereon the man who has the
discharge sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the evening.

15:7 "'He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening.

15:8 "'If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the evening.

15:9 "'Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on shall be
unclean. 15:10 Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be
unclean until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

15:11 "'Whoever he who has the discharge touches, without having rinsed
his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
water, and be unclean until the evening.

15:12 "'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches,
shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

15:13 "'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then
he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his
clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be
clean.

15:14 "'On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, and come before Yahweh to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and
give them to the priest: 15:15 and the priest shall offer them, the one
for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. The priest shall
make atonement for him before Yahweh for his discharge.

15:16 "'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his
flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening. 15:17 Every garment,
and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be washed with water, and be
unclean until the evening. 15:18 If a man lies with a woman and there is
an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be
unclean until the evening.

15:19 "'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is
blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whoever touches her
shall be unclean until the evening.

15:20 "'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean.
Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean. 15:21 Whoever touches
her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the evening. 15:22 Whoever touches anything that she sits
on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the evening. 15:23 If it is on the bed, or on anything whereon she
sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.

15:24 "'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him, he
shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lies shall be
unclean.

15:25 "'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the
time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her
period; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in
the days of her period: she is unclean. 15:26 Every bed whereon she lies
all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her period:
and everything whereon she sits shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of
her period. 15:27 Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the evening.

15:28 "'But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count to
herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 15:29 On the
eighth day she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and
bring them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting. 15:30 The
priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Yahweh for
the uncleanness of her discharge.

15:31 "'Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their
uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness, when they defile
my tabernacle that is in their midst.'"

15:32 This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has an
emission of semen, so that he is unclean thereby; 15:33 and of her who
has her period, and of a man or woman who has a discharge, and of him
who lies with her who is unclean.

16:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron,
when they drew near before Yahweh, and died; 16:2 and Yahweh said to
Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most
Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark;
lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.

16:3 "Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young bull
for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 16:4 He shall put on
the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his body,
and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be dressed with the linen
turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water,
and put them on. 16:5 He shall take from the congregation of the
children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a
burnt offering.

16:6 "Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. 16:7 He shall
take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of the Tent
of Meeting. 16:8 Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for
Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 16:9 Aaron shall present
the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a sin
offering. 16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat,
shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to
send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.

16:11 "Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and
shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for himself. 16:12 He
shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before
Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it
within the veil: 16:13 and he shall put the incense on the fire before
Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is
on the testimony, so that he will not die. 16:14 He shall take some of
the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat
on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the
blood with his finger seven times.

16:15 "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the
people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he
did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and
before the mercy seat: 16:16 and he shall make atonement for the Holy
Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because
of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so he shall do for the
Tent of Meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their
uncleanness. 16:17 There shall be no one in the Tent of Meeting when he
enters to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, and has
made atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the
assembly of Israel.

16:18 "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make
atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood, and some of
the goat's blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar. 16:19 He
shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and
cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of
Israel.

16:20 "When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent
of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat. 16:21 Aaron
shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over
him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their
transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head
of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of
a man who is in readiness. 16:22 The goat shall carry all their
iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go
in the wilderness.

16:23 "Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take off the
linen garments, which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and
shall leave them there. 16:24 Then he shall bathe himself in water in a
holy place, and put on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt
offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for
himself and for the people. 16:25 The fat of the sin offering he shall
burn on the altar.

16:26 "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
16:27 The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering,
whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be
carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn their skins, their
flesh, and their dung with fire. 16:28 He who burns them shall wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into
the camp.

16:29 "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on
the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do
no manner of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a
foreigner among you: 16:30 for on this day shall atonement be made for
you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before
Yahweh. 16:31 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall
afflict your souls; it is a statute forever. 16:32 The priest, who is
anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place,
shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the
holy garments. 16:33 Then he shall make atonement for the Holy
Sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for
the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the
people of the assembly.

16:34 "This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement
for the children of Israel once in the year because of all their sins."

It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.

17:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 17:2 "Speak to Aaron, and to his
sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'This is the
thing which Yahweh has commanded, 17:3 Whatever man there is of the
house of Israel, who kills a bull, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who
kills it outside the camp, 17:4 and hasn't brought it to the door of the
Tent of Meeting, to offer it as an offering to Yahweh before the
tabernacle of Yahweh: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed
blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people. 17:5 This is
to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which
they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to Yahweh, to
the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for
sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh. 17:6 The priest shall sprinkle
the blood on the altar of Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and
burn the fat for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 17:7 They shall no more
sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the
prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their
generations.'

17:8 "You shall say to them, 'Any man there is of the house of Israel,
or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who offers a
burnt offering or sacrifice, 17:9 and doesn't bring it to the door of
the Tent of Meeting, to sacrifice it to Yahweh; that man shall be cut
off from his people.

17:10 "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as
foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face
against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his
people. 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have
given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is
the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life. 17:12 Therefore I
have said to the children of Israel, "No person among you shall eat
blood, neither shall any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat
blood."

17:13 "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any
animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover
it with dust. 17:14 For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with
its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat
the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood.
Whoever eats it shall be cut off."

17:15 "'Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is
torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening: then he shall be clean. 17:16 But if he doesn't wash them, or
bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'"

18:1 Yahweh said to Moses, 18:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and
say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God. 18:3 You shall not do as they do in
the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in
the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in
their statutes. 18:4 You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my
statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God. 18:5 You shall
therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he
shall live in them: I am Yahweh.

18:6 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to
uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.

18:7 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the
nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her
nakedness.

18:8 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is
your father's nakedness.

18:9 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter
of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or
born abroad.

18:10 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or
of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your
own nakedness.

18:11 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's
daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.

18:12 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she
is your father's near kinswoman.

18:13 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for
she is your mother's near kinswoman.

18:14 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother,
you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.

18:15 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she
is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

18:16 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it
is your brother's nakedness.

18:17 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter.
You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to
uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

18:18 "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to
uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.

18:19 "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long
as she is impure by her uncleanness.

18:20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile
yourself with her.

18:21 "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech;
neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.

18:22 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is
detestable.

18:23 "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it;
neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it:
it is a perversion.

18:24 "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these
the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. 18:25 The
land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land
vomited out her inhabitants. 18:26 You therefore shall keep my statutes
and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither
the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
18:27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that
were before you, and the land became defiled); 18:28 that the land not
vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation
that was before you.

18:29 "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls
that do them shall be cut off from among their people. 18:30 Therefore
you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these
abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not
defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"

19:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 19:2 "Speak to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I
Yahweh your God am holy.

19:3 "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You
shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

19:4 "'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am
Yahweh your God.

19:5 "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you
shall offer it so that you may be accepted. 19:6 It shall be eaten the
same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains
until the third day, it shall be burned with fire. 19:7 If it is eaten
at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;
19:8 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has
profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from
his people.

19:9 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap
the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of
your harvest. 19:10 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you
gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the
poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

19:11 "'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to
one another.

19:12 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of
your God. I am Yahweh.

19:13 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a
hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

19:14 "'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before
the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

19:15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial
to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your
neighbor in righteousness.

19:16 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people;
neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

19:17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely
rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

19:18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the
children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I
am Yahweh.

19:19 "'You shall keep my statutes.

"'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals.

"'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed;

"'neither shall there come upon on you a garment made of two kinds of
material.

19:20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged
to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom;
they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was
not free. 19:21 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, to the
door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering. 19:22
The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed: and the sin
which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

19:23 "'When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees
for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years
shall they be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten. 19:24 But in the
fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh.
19:25 In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its
increase to you. I am Yahweh your God.

19:26 "'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither
shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

19:27 "'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither
shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

19:28 "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor
tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

19:29 "'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the
land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

19:30 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am
Yahweh.

19:31 "'Don't turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don't
seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.

19:32 "'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an
old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

19:33 "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you
shall not do him wrong. 19:34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with
you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him
as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am
Yahweh your God.

19:35 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of
length, of weight, or of quantity. 19:36 You shall have just balances,
just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who
brought you out of the land of Egypt. 19:37 You shall observe all my
statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.'"

20:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 20:2 "Moreover, you shall tell the
children of Israel, 'Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to
Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall
stone him with stones. 20:3 I also will set my face against that person,
and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his
seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
20:4 If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person,
when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death; 20:5
then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and
will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the
prostitute with Molech, from among their people.

20:6 "'The person that turns to those who are mediums, and to the
wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face
against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

20:7 "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your
God. 20:8 You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who
sanctifies you.

20:9 "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be
put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be
upon him.

20:10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he
who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the
adulteress shall surely be put to death. 20:11 The man who lies with his
father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall
surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

20:12 "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall
surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood
shall be upon them.

20:13 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood
shall be upon them.

20:14 "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they
shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no
wickedness among you.

20:15 "'If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death;
and you shall kill the animal.

20:16 "'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you
shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death;
their blood shall be upon them.

20:17 "'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his
mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness;
it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the
children of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he
shall bear his iniquity.

20:18 "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and
uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has
uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off
from among their people.

20:19 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor
of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they
shall bear their iniquity. 20:20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he
has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they
shall die childless.

20:21 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has
uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

20:22 "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances,
and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not
vomit you out. 20:23 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation,
which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and
therefore I abhorred them. 20:24 But I have said to you, "You shall
inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land
flowing with milk and honey." I am Yahweh your God, who has separated
you from the peoples.

20:25 "'You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal
and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and you
shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by
anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as
unclean for you. 20:26 You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy,
and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

20:27 "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely
be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be
upon them.'"

21:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and
say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his
people; 21:2 except for his relatives that are near to him: for his
mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
21:3 and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no
husband; for her he may defile himself. 21:4 He shall not defile
himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

21:5 "'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off
the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 21:6
They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God;
for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their
God; therefore they shall be holy.

21:7 "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane;
neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is
holy to his God. 21:8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers
the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who
sanctify you, am holy.

21:9 "'The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing
the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.

21:10 "'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head
the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the
garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his
clothes; 21:11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile
himself for his father, or for his mother; 21:12 neither shall he go out
of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of
the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.

21:13 "'He shall take a wife in her virginity. 21:14 A widow, or one
divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he
shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
21:15 He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh
who sanctifies him.'"

21:16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 21:17 "Say to Aaron, 'None of your
seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to
offer the bread of his God. 21:18 For whatever man he is that has a
blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a
flat nose, or any deformity, 21:19 or a man who has an injured foot, or
an injured hand, 21:20 or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a
defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged
testicles; 21:21 no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, who has a
blemish, shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
Since has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his
God. 21:22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and
of the holy. 21:23 He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to
the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my
sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"

21:24 So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children
of Israel.

22:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 22:2 "Tell Aaron and his sons to
separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am
Yahweh.

22:3 "Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed throughout your generations
approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel make holy to
Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from
before me. I am Yahweh.

22:4 "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue; he shall
not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything
that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him; 22:5 or
whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a
man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has; 22:6
the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and
shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.
22:7 When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat
of the holy things, because it is his bread. 22:8 That which dies of
itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it.
I am Yahweh.

22:9 "'They shall therefore follow my requirements, lest they bear sin
for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies
them.

22:10 "'No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with
the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 22:11
But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of
it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.
22:12 If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not
eat of the heave offering of the holy things. 22:13 But if a priest's
daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to
her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's bread:
but no stranger shall eat any of it.

22:14 "'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the
fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the
priest. 22:15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the
children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh, 22:16 and so cause them
to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things:
for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"

22:17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 22:18 "Speak to Aaron, and to his
sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, 'Whoever is of
the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his
offering, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill
offerings, which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt offering; 22:19 that
you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish, of the
bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats. 22:20 But whatever has a blemish,
that you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. 22:21
Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a
vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall
be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. 22:22
Blind, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having a running
sore, you shall not offer these to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire
of them on the altar to Yahweh. 22:23 Either a bull or a lamb that has
any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill
offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 22:24 That which has
its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut, you shall not offer to
Yahweh; neither shall you do thus in your land. 22:25 Neither shall you
offer the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner of any of
these; because their corruption is in them. There is a blemish in them.
They shall not be accepted for you.'"

22:26 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 22:27 "When a bull, or a sheep, or
a goat, is born, then it shall remain seven days with its mother; and
from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the
offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 22:28 Whether it is a
cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

22:29 "When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you
shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. 22:30 It shall be eaten
on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am
Yahweh.

22:31 "Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am
Yahweh. 22:32 You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made
holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy, 22:33
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Yahweh."

23:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23:2 "Speak to the children of
Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall
proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.

23:3 "'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath
of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work. It
is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

23:4 "'These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which
you shall proclaim in their appointed season. 23:5 In the first month,
on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh's Passover.
23:6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened
bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 23:7 In the
first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular
work. 23:8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven
days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular
work.'"

23:9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23:10 "Speak to the children of
Israel, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land which I give to
you, and shall reap its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of
the first fruits of your harvest to the priest: 23:11 and he shall wave
the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you. On the next day after
the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 23:12 On the day when you wave the
sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a
burnt offering to Yahweh. 23:13 The meal offering with it shall be two
tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made
by fire to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma; and the drink offering with it
shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 23:14 You shall eat neither
bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day, until
you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

23:15 "'You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the
day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths
shall be completed: 23:16 even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath
you shall number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to
Yahweh. 23:17 You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of
bread for a wave offering made of two tenth parts of an ephah of fine
flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh. 23:18
You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old,
one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh,
with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering
made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh. 23:19 You shall offer one male
goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice
of peace offerings. 23:20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of
the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs.
They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest. 23:21 You shall make
proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you;
you shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your
dwellings throughout your generations.

23:22 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly
reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the
gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for
the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.'"

23:23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23:24 "Speak to the children of
Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month,
shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy
convocation. 23:25 You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an
offering made by fire to Yahweh.'"

23:26 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23:27 "However on the tenth day of
this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy
convocation to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall
offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 23:28 You shall do no manner
of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make
atonement for you before Yahweh your God. 23:29 For whoever it is who
shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his
people. 23:30 Whoever it is who does any manner of work in that same
day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 23:31 You shall
do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings. 23:32 It shall be a Sabbath of solemn
rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the
month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."

23:33 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23:34 "Speak to the children of
Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the
feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh. 23:35 On the first day shall be
a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work. 23:36 Seven days you
shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall
be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by
fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.

23:37 "'These are the appointed feasts of Yahweh, which you shall
proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to
Yahweh, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink
offerings, each on its own day; 23:38 besides the Sabbaths of Yahweh,
and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your
freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.

23:39 "'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have
gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh
seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth
day shall be a solemn rest. 23:40 You shall take on the first day the
fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick
trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh
your God seven days. 23:41 You shall keep it a feast to Yahweh seven
days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations;
you shall keep it in the seventh month. 23:42 You shall dwell in booths
seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in booths,
23:43 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
Yahweh your God.'"

23:44 Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of
Yahweh.

24:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24:2 "Command the children of
Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to
cause a lamp to burn continually. 24:3 Outside of the veil of the
Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from
evening to morning before Yahweh continually: it shall be a statute
forever throughout your generations. 24:4 He shall keep in order the
lamps on the pure gold lampstand before Yahweh continually.

24:5 "You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth
parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. 24:6 You shall set them in two
rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh. 24:7 You shall
put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be to the bread for a
memorial, even an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 24:8 Every Sabbath
day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually. It is on the
behalf of the children of Israel an everlasting covenant. 24:9 It shall
be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it
is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a
perpetual statute."

24:10 The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went
out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite woman and
a man of Israel strove together in the camp. 24:11 The son of the
Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to
Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the
tribe of Dan. 24:12 They put him in custody, until the will of Yahweh
should be declared to them.

24:13 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24:14 "Bring out of the camp him
who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and
let all the congregation stone him. 24:15 You shall speak to the
children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
24:16 He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to
death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the foreigner as
well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to
death.

24:17 "'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
24:18 He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for
life. 24:19 If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it
be done to him: 24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for
tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him. 24:21 He
who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be
put to death. 24:22 You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as
well as the native-born: for I am Yahweh your God.'"

24:23 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him
who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children
of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.

25:1 Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai, 25:2 "Speak to the children of
Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land which I give you,
then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh. 25:3 Six years you shall
sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather
in its fruits; 25:4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of
solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your
field or prune your vineyard. 25:5 What grows of itself in your harvest
you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not
gather. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. 25:6 The Sabbath
of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant,
for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives
as a foreigner with you. 25:7 For your livestock also, and for the
animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.

25:8 "'You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven
years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years,
even forty-nine years. 25:9 Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the
tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound
the trumpet throughout all your land. 25:10 You shall make the fiftieth
year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its
inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return
to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family. 25:11
That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow,
neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed
vines. 25:12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat
of its increase out of the field.

25:13 "'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his
property.

25:14 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your
neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. 25:15 According to the number
of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According
to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you. 25:16
According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and
according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price;
for he is selling the number of the crops to you. 25:17 You shall not
wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh your
God.

25:18 "'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and
do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety. 25:19 The land shall
yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in
safety. 25:20 If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold,
we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;" 25:21 then I will command
my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for
the three years. 25:22 You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the
fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in,
you shall eat the old store.

25:23 "'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine;
for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me. 25:24 In all the
land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

25:25 "'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions,
then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which
his brother has sold. 25:26 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he
becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it; 25:27 then
let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the
man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property. 25:28 But
if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall
remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee:
and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his
property.

25:29 "'If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may
redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he
shall have the right of redemption. 25:30 If it isn't redeemed within
the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city
shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his
generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee. 25:31 But the
houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned
with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be
released in the Jubilee.

25:32 "'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities
of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time. 25:33 The
Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his
possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of
the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of
Israel. 25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be
sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

25:35 "'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him
among you; then you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a sojourner he
shall live with you. 25:36 Take no interest from him or profit, but fear
your God; that your brother may live among you. 25:37 You shall not lend
him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit. 25:38 I
am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to
give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

25:39 "'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to
you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave. 25:40 As a hired
servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you; he shall serve with
you until the Year of Jubilee: 25:41 then he shall go out from you, he
and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to
the possession of his fathers. 25:42 For they are my servants, whom I
brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as
slaves. 25:43 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear
your God.

25:44 "'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of
the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female
slaves. 25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn
among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you,
which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.
25:46 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to
hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever: but
over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over
another, with harshness.

25:47 "'If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your
brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or
foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger's family;
25:48 after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may
redeem him; 25:49 or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or
any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if
he has grown rich, he may redeem himself. 25:50 He shall reckon with him
who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of
Jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of
years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.
25:51 If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back
the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
25:52 If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he
shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give
back the price of his redemption. 25:53 As a servant hired year by year
shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your
sight. 25:54 If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be
released in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him. 25:55
For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom
I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

26:1 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise
up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured
stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.

26:2 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary.
I am Yahweh.

26:3 "'If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do
them; 26:4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land
shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their
fruit. 26:5 Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage
shall reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread to the
full, and dwell in your land safely.

26:6 "'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one
will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of the land,
neither shall the sword go through your land. 26:7 You shall chase your
enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 26:8 Five of you
shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand;
and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

26:9 "'I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply
you, and will establish my covenant with you. 26:10 You shall eat old
store long kept, and you shall move out the old because of the new.
26:11 I will set my tent among you: and my soul won't abhor you. 26:12 I
will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
26:13 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars
of your yoke, and made you go upright.

26:14 "'But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these
commandments; 26:15 and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your
soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments,
but break my covenant; 26:16 I also will do this to you: I will appoint
terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the
eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in
vain, for your enemies will eat it. 26:17 I will set my face against
you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will
rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.

26:18 "'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I
will chastise you seven times more for your sins. 26:19 I will break the
pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil
like brass; 26:20 and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land
won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their
fruit.

26:21 "'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then I will
bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins. 26:22 I
will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your
children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your
roads will become desolate.

26:23 "'If by these things you won't be reformed to me, but will walk
contrary to me; 26:24 then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will
strike you, even I, seven times for your sins. 26:25 I will bring a
sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you
will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the
pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the
enemy. 26:26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your
bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight:
and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.

26:27 "'If you in spite of this won't listen to me, but walk contrary to
me; 26:28 then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will
chastise you seven times for your sins. 26:29 You will eat the flesh of
your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters. 26:30 I will
destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast
your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor
you. 26:31 I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries
to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of
your offerings. 26:32 I will bring the land into desolation; and your
enemies that dwell therein will be astonished at it. 26:33 I will
scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you:
and your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
26:34 Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate
and you are in your enemies' land. Even then the land will rest and
enjoy its sabbaths. 26:35 As long as it lies desolate it shall have
rest, even the rest which it didn't have in your sabbaths, when you
lived on it.

26:36 "'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into
their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven
leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the
sword; and they will fall when no one pursues. 26:37 They will stumble
over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and
you will have no power to stand before your enemies. 26:38 You will
perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will eat you up.
26:39 Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your
enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they
pine away with them.

26:40 "'If they confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their
fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also
that, because they walked contrary to me, 26:41 I also walked contrary
to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their
uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of
their iniquity; 26:42 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and
also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I
will remember the land. 26:43 The land also will be left by them, and
will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they
will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they
rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes. 26:44 Yet
for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not
reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to
break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God; 26:45 but I will
for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought
forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might
be their God. I am Yahweh.'"

26:46 These are the statutes, ordinances and laws, which Yahweh made
between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.

27:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 27:2 "Speak to the children of
Israel, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be
for Yahweh by your valuation. 27:3 Your valuation shall be of a male
from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your valuation shall
be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 27:4 If
it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. 27:5 If the
person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your
valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten
shekels. 27:6 If the person is from a month old even to five years old,
then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for
a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver. 27:7 If the
person is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your
valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 27:8
But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the
priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him
who vowed shall the priest value him.

27:9 "'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all
that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy. 27:10 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 animal for animal, then both it and that for
which it is changed shall be holy. 27:11 If it is any unclean animal, of
which they do not offer as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the
animal before the priest; 27:12 and the priest shall value it, whether
it is good or bad. As you the priest values it, so shall it be. 27:13
But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it
to its valuation.

27:14 "'When a man dedicates his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the
priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall
evaluate it, so shall it stand. 27:15 If he who dedicates it will redeem
his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your
valuation to it, and it shall be his.

27:16 "'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his
possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it:
the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of
silver. 27:17 If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee,
according to your valuation it shall stand. 27:18 But if he dedicates
his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the
money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an
abatement shall be made from your valuation. 27:19 If he who dedicated
the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the
money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his. 27:20 If he will
not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it
shall not be redeemed any more; 27:21 but the field, when it goes out in
the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be
owned by the priests.

27:22 "'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is
not of the field of his possession, 27:23 then the priest shall reckon
to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and he
shall give your valuation on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh. 27:24
In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was
bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs. 27:25
All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
twenty gerahs to the shekel.

27:26 "'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to
Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.
27:27 If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to
your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it: or if it isn't
redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

27:28 "'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to
Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of
his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most
holy to Yahweh.

27:29 "'No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be
ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

27:30 "'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of
the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh. 27:31 If a
man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
27:32 All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under
the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh. 27:33 He shall not search
whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes
it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
It shall not be redeemed.'"

27:34 These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses for the
children of Israel on Mount Sinai.

Notes:

[1] back to 19:16 literally, "blood"

[2] back to 19:23 literally, "uncircumcised"



Numbers

1:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of
Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after
they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 1:2 "Take a census of
all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male,
one by one; 1:3 from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go
out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their
divisions. 1:4 With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone
head of his fathers' house. 1:5 These are the names of the men who shall
stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. 1:6 Of Simeon:
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 1:7 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of
Amminadab. 1:8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. 1:9 Of Zebulun:
Eliab the son of Helon. 1:10 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim:
Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
1:11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. 1:12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai. 1:13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran. 1:14 Of
Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 1:15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of
Enan."

1:16 These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of
the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of
Israel. 1:17 Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.
1:18 They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of
the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, one by one. 1:19 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he
numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

1:20 The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by
their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who
were able to go out to war; 1:21 those who were numbered of them, of the
tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

1:22 Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of it, according to the
number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and
upward, all who were able to go out to war; 1:23 those who were numbered
of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

1:24 Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war; 1:25 those who
were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six
hundred fifty.

1:26 Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war; 1:27 those who
were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were sixty-four thousand
six hundred.

1:28 Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war; 1:29
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-
four thousand four hundred.

1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war; 1:31
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-
seven thousand four hundred. 1:32 Of the children of Joseph, of the
children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their
fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all who were able to go out to war; 1:33 those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five
hundred.

1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war; 1:35
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-
two thousand two hundred.

1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war; 1:37
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-
five thousand four hundred.

1:38 Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 1:39 those
who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand
seven hundred.

1:40 Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 1:41 those
who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one
thousand five hundred.

1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 1:43
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-
three thousand four hundred.

1:44 These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered,
and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his
fathers' house. 1:45 So all those who were numbered of the children of
Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all
who were able to go out to war in Israel; 1:46 even all those who were
numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty. 1:47 But
the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among
them. 1:48 For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 1:49 "Only the tribe of
Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among
the children of Israel; 1:50 but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle
of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that
belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings;
and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it. 1:51 When
the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the
tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger
who comes near shall be put to death. 1:52 The children of Israel shall
pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own
standard, according to their divisions. 1:53 But the Levites shall
encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no
wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites
shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."

1:54 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses, so they did.

2:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2:2 "The children of
Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the banners of
their fathers' houses: at a distance from the Tent of Meeting shall they
encamp around it."

2:3 Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the
standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and the
prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
2:4 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four
thousand six hundred.

2:5 Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the
prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.
2:6 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four
thousand four hundred.

2:7 The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun
shall be Eliab the son of Helon. 2:8 His division, and those who were
numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

2:9 All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-
six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set
out first.

2:10 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben
according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall
be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 2:11 His division, and those who were
numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

2:12 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The
prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai. 2:13 His division, and those who were numbered of them,
were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

2:14 "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be
Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 2:15 His division, and those who were
numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

2:16 "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred
fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They
shall set out second.

2:17 "Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the
Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set
out, every man in his place, by their standards.

2:18 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Ephraim
shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 2:19 His division, and those who
were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.

2:20 "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the
children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 2:21 His
division, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand
two hundred.

2:22 "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin
shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. 2:23 His army, and those who were
numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

2:24 "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred
eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set
out third.

2:25 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan
according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Dan
shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 2:26 His division, and those
who were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

2:27 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the
prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran. 2:28
His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one
thousand and five hundred.

2:29 "The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali
shall be Ahira the son of Enan. 2:30 His division, and those who were
numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

2:31 "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-
seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards."

2:32 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by
their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according to
their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty. 2:33
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as
Yahweh commanded Moses.

2:34 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set
out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.

3:1 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the
day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai. 3:2 These are the names
of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar.

3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 3:4
Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire
before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children.
Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of
Aaron their father.

3:5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 3:6 "Bring the tribe of Levi near,
and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 3:7
They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole
congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the
tabernacle. 3:8 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of
Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the
service of the tabernacle. 3:9 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and
to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children
of Israel. 3:10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall
keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to
death."

3:11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 3:12 "Behold, I have taken the
Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn
who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be
mine: 3:13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the
firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am
Yahweh."

3:14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 3:15
"Count the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families.
You shall count every male from a month old and upward."

3:16 Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as he was
commanded.

3:17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath,
and Merari.

3:18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni
and Shimei.

3:19 The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and
Uzziel.

3:20 The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi.

These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers'
houses.

3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the
Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

3:22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the
males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them
were seven thousand five hundred.

3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle
westward.

3:24 The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be
Eliasaph the son of Lael. 3:25 The duty of the sons of Gershon in the
Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and
the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting, 3:26 and the hangings of
the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the
tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.

3:27 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the
Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the
Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 3:28 According to
the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were
eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side
of the tabernacle. 3:30 The prince of the fathers' house of the families
of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 3:31 Their duty
shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of
the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its
service. 3:32 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the
princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the
requirements of the sanctuary.

3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mushites. These are the families of Merari. 3:34 Those who were numbered
of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and
upward, were six thousand two hundred.

3:35 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was
Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the
tabernacle. 3:36 The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the
tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its
instruments, all its service, 3:37 the pillars of the court around it,
their sockets, their pins, and their cords. 3:38 Those who encamp before
the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the
sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the
requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel.
The stranger who comes near shall be put to death. 3:39 All who were
numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the
commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old
and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

3:40 Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the
children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of
their names. 3:41 You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh)
instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the
livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the
livestock of the children of Israel."

3:42 Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among
the children of Israel. 3:43 All the firstborn males according to the
number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered
of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.

3:44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 3:45 "Take the Levites instead of
all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the
Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am
Yahweh. 3:46 For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the
firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the
Levites, 3:47 you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the
shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty
gerahs): 3:48 and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of
them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."

3:49 Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number
of those who were redeemed by the Levites; 3:50 from the firstborn of
the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred
sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 3:51 and Moses
gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the
word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

4:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 4:2 "Take a census of
the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, 4:3 from thirty years old and upward even until
fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the
Tent of Meeting. 4:4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the
Tent of Meeting, the most holy things. 4:5 When the camp moves forward,
Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of
the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it, 4:6 and shall
put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all
of blue, and shall put in its poles. 4:7 On the table of show bread they
shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the
bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread
shall be on it. 4:8 They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover
the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles. 4:9
They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light, and
its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil
vessels, with which they minister to it. 4:10 They shall put it and all
its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the
frame. 4:11 On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and
cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles. 4:12
They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in
the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a
covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame. 4:13 They shall
take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.
4:14 They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister
about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels, and the basins;
all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of
sealskin, and put in its poles.

4:15 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and
all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after
that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not
touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the
sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.

4:16 "The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil
for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the
anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that
is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."

4:17 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 4:18 "Don't cut off the
tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; 4:19 but
thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to
the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them
everyone to his service and to his burden; 4:20 but they shall not go in
to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."

4:21 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 4:22 "Take a census of the sons of
Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families; 4:23 you
shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old;
all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of
Meeting. 4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in
serving and in bearing burdens: 4:25 they shall carry the curtains of
the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering
of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent
of Meeting, 4:26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the
door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the
altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and
whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve. 4:27 At the
commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons
of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and
you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities. 4:28
This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in
the Tent of Meeting: and their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar
the son of Aaron the priest.

4:29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their
families, by their fathers' houses; 4:30 you shall count them from
thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who enters
on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting. 4:31 This is the
duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of
Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
4:32 and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all
their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty
of their burden. 4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of
Merari, according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."

4:34 Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the
sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
4:35 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone
who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting. 4:36
Those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand
seven hundred fifty. 4:37 These are those who were numbered of the
families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom
Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by
Moses.

4:38 Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and
by their fathers' houses, 4:39 from thirty years old and upward even to
fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the
Tent of Meeting, 4:40 even those who were numbered of them, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred
thirty. 4:41 These are those who were numbered of the families of the
sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and
Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh. 4:42 Those who
were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, 4:43 from thirty years old and upward even to
fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the
Tent of Meeting, 4:44 even those who were numbered of them by their
families, were three thousand two hundred. 4:45 These are those who were
numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. 4:46 All those
who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes
of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
4:47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone
who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing
burdens in the Tent of Meeting, 4:48 even those who were numbered of
them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty. 4:49 According to the
commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by Moses, everyone according to
his service, and according to his burden. Thus were they numbered by
him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

5:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 5:2 "Command the children of Israel
that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an
issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead. 5:3 Both you shall put male
and female outside of the camp; that they not defile their camp, in the
midst of which I dwell."

5:4 The children of Israel did so, and put them out outside of the camp;
as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.

5:5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 5:6 "Speak to the children of Israel:
When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to trespass
against Yahweh, and that soul is guilty; 5:7 then he shall confess his
sin which he has done, and he shall make restitution for his guilt in
full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect
of whom he has been guilty. 5:8 But if the man has no kinsman to whom
restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which
is made to Yahweh shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the
atonement, by which atonement shall be made for him. 5:9 Every heave
offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they
present to the priest, shall be his. 5:10 Every man's holy things shall
be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his."

5:11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 5:12 "Speak to the children of
Israel, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful
to him, 5:13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the
eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is
no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act; 5:14 and the
spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she
is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous
of his wife, and she isn't defiled: 5:15 then the man shall bring his
wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: the tenth part
of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put
frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal
offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory. 5:16 The priest shall
bring her near, and set her before Yahweh; 5:17 and the priest shall
take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the
floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the
water. 5:18 The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the
hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial
in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall
have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse. 5:19 The
priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, 'If no man
has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness, being
under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a
curse. 5:20 But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and
if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your
husband:' 5:21 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the
oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, 'Yahweh make you a
curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows your thigh to
fall away, and your body to swell; 5:22 and this water that brings a
curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh
fall away.' The woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'

5:23 "The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot
them out into the water of bitterness. 5:24 He shall make the woman
drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that
causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter. 5:25 The priest
shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and
shall wave the meal offering before Yahweh, and bring it to the altar.
5:26 The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering, as its
memorial, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman
drink the water. 5:27 When he has made her drink the water, then it
shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against
her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her
and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall
away: and the woman will be a curse among her people. 5:28 If the woman
isn't defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive
seed.

5:29 "This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband,
goes astray, and is defiled; 5:30 or when the spirit of jealousy comes
on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman
before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law. 5:31
The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her
iniquity."

6:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:2 "Speak to the children of Israel,
and tell them: When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the
vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh, 6:3 he shall separate
himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine,
or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of
grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 6:4 All the days of his
separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the
seeds even to the skins.

6:5 "All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come on
his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to
Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head
grow long.

6:6 "All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall not go
near a dead body. 6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father,
or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die;
because his separation to God is on his head. 6:8 All the days of his
separation he is holy to Yahweh.

6:9 "If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head
of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his
cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it. 6:10 On the eighth day
he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to
the door of the Tent of Meeting. 6:11 The priest shall offer one for a
sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for
him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head
holy that same day. 6:12 He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his
separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass
offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was
defiled.

6:13 "This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation
are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
6:14 and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb a year old
without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old
without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for
peace offerings, 6:15 and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine
flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their
meal offering, and their drink offerings. 6:16 The priest shall present
them before Yahweh, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt
offering. 6:17 He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings
to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer
also its meal offering, and its drink offering. 6:18 The Nazirite shall
shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and
shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the
fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. 6:19 The priest
shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out
of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands
of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the head of his separation; 6:20
and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. This
is holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the
thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.

6:21 "This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, and of his offering to
Yahweh for his separation, besides that which he is able to get.
According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law of his
separation."

6:22 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:23 "Speak to Aaron and to his
sons, saying, 'This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.' You
shall tell them,

6:24 'Yahweh bless you, and keep you. 6:25 Yahweh make his face to shine
on you, and be gracious to you. 6:26 Yahweh lift up his face toward you,
and give you peace.' 6:27 "So they shall put my name on the children of
Israel; and I will bless them."

7:1 It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up the
tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its
furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and
sanctified them; 7:2 that the princes of Israel, the heads of their
fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These
are they who were over those who were numbered: 7:3 and they brought
their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a
wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they
presented them before the tabernacle. 7:4 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
7:5 "Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service
of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every
man according to his service."

7:6 Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
7:7 He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according
to their service: 7:8 and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons
of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar
the son of Aaron the priest. 7:9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none,
because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it
on their shoulders.

7:10 The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar in the
day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their offerings before
the altar.

7:11 Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering, each prince
on his day, for the dedication of the altar."

7:12 He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah, 7:13 and his offering was: one silver
platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:14 one golden
ladle of ten shekels, full of incense; 7:15 one young bull, one ram, one
male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 7:16 one male goat for a sin
offering; 7:17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of
cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This
was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

7:18 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
gave his offering. 7:19 He offered for his offering: one silver platter,
the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:20 one golden ladle of
ten shekels, full of incense; 7:21 one young bull, one ram, one male
lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 7:22 one male goat for a sin
offering; 7:23 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of
cattle, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was
the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

7:24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of
Zebulun 7:25 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which
was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed
with oil for a meal offering; 7:26 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full
of incense; 7:27 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for
a burnt offering; 7:28 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:29 and for
the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of
Eliab the son of Helon.

7:30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children
of Reuben 7:31 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of
which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:32 one golden ladle of ten
shekels, full of incense; 7:33 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a
year old, for a burnt offering; 7:34 one male goat for a sin offering;
7:35 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five
rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the
children of Simeon 7:37 gave his offering: one silver platter, the
weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:38 one golden ladle of
ten shekels, full of incense; 7:39 one young bull, one ram, one male
lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 7:40 one male goat for a sin
offering; 7:41 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of
cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old: this
was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

7:42 On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children
of Gad 7:43 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which
was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed
with oil for a meal offering; 7:44 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full
of incense; 7:45 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for
a burnt offering; 7:46 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:47 and for
the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of
Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

7:48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the
children of Ephraim 7:49 gave his offering: one silver platter, the
weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:50 one golden ladle of
ten shekels, full of incense; 7:51 one young bull, one ram, one male
lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 7:52 one male goat for a sin
offering; 7:53 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of
cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This
was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

7:54 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the
children of Manasseh 7:55 gave his offering: one silver platter, the
weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:56 one golden ladle of
ten shekels, full of incense; 7:57 one young bull, one ram, one male
lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; 7:58 one male goat for a sin
offering; 7:59 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of
cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This
was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

7:60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children
of Benjamin 7:61 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of
which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:62 one golden ladle of ten
shekels, full of incense; 7:63 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a
year old, for a burnt offering; 7:64 one male goat for a sin offering;
7:65 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five
rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the
children of Dan 7:67 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight
of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:68 one golden ladle of ten
shekels, full of incense; 7:69 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a
year old, for a burnt offering; 7:70 one male goat for a sin offering;
7:71 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five
rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

7:72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the
children of Asher 7:73 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight
of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering; 7:74 one golden ladle of ten
shekels, full of incense; 7:75 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a
year old, for a burnt offering; 7:76 one male goat for a sin offering;
7:77 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five
rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.

7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of
Naphtali 7:79 gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which
was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed
with oil for a meal offering; 7:80 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full
of incense; 7:81 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for
a burnt offering; 7:82 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:83 and for
the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of
Ahira the son of Enan.

7:84 This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was
anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve
silver bowls, twelve golden ladles; 7:85 each silver platter weighing
one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the
vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; 7:86 the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten
shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the
ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels; 7:87 all the cattle for the
burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old
twelve, and their meal offering; and the male goats for a sin offering
twelve; 7:88 and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings
twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs
a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was
anointed.

7:89 When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he
heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on
the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to
him.

8:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 8:2 "Speak to Aaron, and tell him,
'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of
the lampstand.'"

8:3 Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the
lampstand, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 8:4 This was the workmanship of
the lampstand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was
beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so
he made the lampstand.

8:5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 8:6 "Take the Levites from among the
children of Israel, and cleanse them. 8:7 You shall do this to them, to
cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave
their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and
cleanse themselves. 8:8 Then let them take a young bull, and its meal
offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall
take for a sin offering. 8:9 You shall present the Levites before the
Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the
children of Israel. 8:10 You shall present the Levites before Yahweh.
The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites, 8:11 and
Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the
behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the
service of Yahweh. 8:12 The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads
of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.
8:13 You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and
offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh. 8:14 Thus you shall separate
the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be
mine.

8:15 "After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent
of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave
offering. 8:16 For they are wholly given to me from among the children
of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all
the children of Israel, I have taken them to me. 8:17 For all the
firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On
the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I
sanctified them for myself. 8:18 I have taken the Levites instead of all
the firstborn among the children of Israel. 8:19 I have given the
Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of
Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of
Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be
no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come
near to the sanctuary."

8:20 Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded
Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
8:21 The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their
clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and
Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 8:22 After that, the
Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron,
and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so they did to them.

8:23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 8:24 "This is that which belongs to
the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to
wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting; 8:25 and from
the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall
serve no more, 8:26 but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent
of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall do no service. You shall do
thus to the Levites concerning their duties."

9:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month
of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
9:2 "Moreover let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its
appointed season. 9:3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening,
you shall keep it in its appointed season--according to all its
statutes, and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."

9:4 Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the
Passover. 9:5 They kept the Passover in the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai.
According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel
did. 9:6 There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead
body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and
they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day. 9:7 Those men said
to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we
kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed
season among the children of Israel?"

9:8 Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command
concerning you."

9:9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 9:10 "Say to the children of Israel,
'If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead
body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to
Yahweh. 9:11 In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they
shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
9:12 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of
it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.
9:13 But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to
keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Because
he didn't offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season, that man
shall bear his sin. 9:14 If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to
keep the Passover to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover,
and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one
statute, both for the foreigner, and for him who is born in the land.'"

9:15 On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the
tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over
the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. 9:16 So
it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by
night. 9:17 Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then
after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the
cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped. 9:18 At the
commandment of Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled, and at the
commandment of Yahweh they encamped. As long as the cloud remained on
the tabernacle they remained encamped. 9:19 When the cloud stayed on the
tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept Yahweh's command,
and didn't travel. 9:20 Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the
tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained
encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled. 9:21
Sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud
was taken up in the morning, they traveled: or by day and by night, when
the cloud was taken up, they traveled. 9:22 Whether it was two days, or
a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on
it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn't travel; but
when it was taken up, they traveled. 9:23 At the commandment of Yahweh
they encamped, and at the commandment of Yahweh they traveled. They kept
Yahweh's command, at the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

10:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 10:2 Make two trumpets of silver.
You shall make them of beaten work: and you shall use them for the
calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps. 10:3
When they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves
to you at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 10:4 If they blow but one,
then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather
themselves to you. 10:5 When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on
the east side shall take their journey. 10:6 When you blow an alarm the
second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their
journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 10:7 But when the
assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not
sound an alarm. 10:8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the
trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your
generations. 10:9 When you go to war in your land against the adversary
who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and
you shall be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you shall be saved
from your enemies. 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your
set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the
trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your
peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your
God: I am Yahweh your God. 10:11 It happened in the second year, in the
second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was
taken up from over the tent of the testimony. 10:12 The children of
Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of
Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. 10:13 They first
took their journey according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
10:14 In the first place the standard of the camp of the children of
Judah set forward according to their armies: and over his army was
Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 10:15 Over the army of the tribe of the
children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. 10:16 Over the army
of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
10:17 The tent was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of
Merari, who bore the tent, set forward. 10:18 The standard of the camp
of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his army was
Elizur the son of Shedeur. 10:19 Over the army of the tribe of the
children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 10:20 Over the
army of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
10:21 The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others
did set up the tent against their coming. 10:22 The standard of the camp
of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and
over his army was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 10:23 Over the army of
the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
10:24 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan
the son of Gideoni. 10:25 The standard of the camp of the children of
Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to
their armies: and over his army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
10:26 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the
son of Ochran. 10:27 Over the army of the tribe of the children of
Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 10:28 Thus were the travels of the
children of Israel according to their armies; and they set forward.
10:29 Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses'
father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, I
will give it to you: come you with us, and we will do you good; for
Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel. 10:30 He said to him, I will
not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives. 10:31 He
said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in
the wilderness, and you shall be to us instead of eyes. 10:32 It shall
be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever good Yahweh shall
do to us, the same will we do to you. 10:33 They set forward from the
Mount of Yahweh three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of
Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place
for them. 10:34 The cloud of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set
forward from the camp. 10:35 It happened, when the ark set forward, that
Moses said, Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered; and let
those who hate you flee before you. 10:36 When it rested, he said,
Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.

11:1 The people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Yahweh:
and when Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Yahweh
burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. 11:2
The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire
abated. 11:3 The name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire
of Yahweh burnt among them. 11:4 The mixed multitude that was among them
lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and
said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 11:5 We remember the fish, which
we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the
leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: 11:6 but now our soul is dried
away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look on. 11:7 The manna
was like coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of
bdellium. 11:8 The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in
mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of
it: and its taste was as the taste of fresh oil. 11:9 When the dew fell
on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. 11:10 Moses heard the
people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his
tent: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly; and Moses was
displeased. 11:11 Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your
servant? and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the
burden of all this people on me? 11:12 Have I conceived all this people?
Have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, Carry them in your
bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore
to their fathers? 11:13 Where should I get meat to give to all this
people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us meat, that we may eat.
11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too
heavy for me. 11:15 If you deal thus with me, please kill me out of
hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and let me not see my
wretchedness. 11:16 Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of
the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and
officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may
stand there with you. 11:17 I will come down and talk with you there:
and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them;
and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear
it yourself alone. 11:18 Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves
against tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears
of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with
us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you shall eat.
11:19 You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither
ten days, nor twenty days, 11:20 but a whole month, until it come out at
your nostrils, and it be loathsome to you; because that you have
rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why
came we forth out of Egypt? 11:21 Moses said, The people, among whom I
am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give
them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 11:22 Shall flocks and
herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the
sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 11:23 Yahweh said to
Moses, Has Yahweh's hand grown short? now you will see whether my word
shall happen to you or not. 11:24 Moses went out, and told the people
the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the
people, and set them around the Tent. 11:25 Yahweh came down in the
cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put
it on the seventy elders: and it happened that when the Spirit rested on
them, they prophesied, but they did so no more. 11:26 But there remained
two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the
other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who
were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in
the camp. 11:27 There ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad
and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 11:28 Joshua the son of Nun, the
minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, My lord Moses,
forbid them. 11:29 Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? I
wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his
Spirit on them! 11:30 Moses got him into the camp, he and the elders of
Israel. 11:31 There went forth a wind from Yahweh, and brought quails
from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on
this side, and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and
about two cubits above the surface of the earth. 11:32 The people rose
up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered
the quails: he who gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread
them all abroad for themselves around the camp. 11:33 While the flesh
was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh
was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very
great plague. 11:34 The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah,
because there they buried the people who lusted. 11:35 From
Kibrothhattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they abode at
Hazeroth.

12:1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman
whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. 12:2 They said,
Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us?
Yahweh heard it. 12:3 Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the
men who were on the surface of the earth. 12:4 Yahweh spoke suddenly to
Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the Tent of
Meeting. They three came out. 12:5 Yahweh came down in a pillar of
cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam;
and they both came forth. 12:6 He said, Hear now my words: if there be a
prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I
will speak with him in a dream. 12:7 My servant Moses is not so; he is
faithful in all my house: 12:8 with him will I speak mouth to mouth,
even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall
he see: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant,
against Moses? 12:9 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against them; and he
departed. 12:10 The cloud removed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam
was leprous, as white as snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold,
she was leprous. 12:11 Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don't
lay sin on us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have
sinned. 12:12 Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is
half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb. 12:13 Moses cried
to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, God, I beg you. 12:14 Yahweh said to Moses,
If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven
days? let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that
she shall be brought in again. 12:15 Miriam was shut up outside of the
camp seven days: and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought
in again. 12:16 Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and
encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

13:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 13:2 Send you men, that they may spy
out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every
tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, everyone a prince among
them. 13:3 Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the
commandment of Yahweh: all of them men who were heads of the children of
Israel. 13:4 These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the
son of Zaccur. 13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 13:7 Of the
tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim,
Hoshea the son of Nun. 13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of
Raphu. 13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 13:11 Of
the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of
Susi. 13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 13:13 Of the
tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. 13:14 Of the tribe of
Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the
son of Machi. 13:16 These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy
out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua. 13:17 Moses
sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this
way by the South, and go up into the hill country: 13:18 and see the
land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are
strong or weak, whether they are few or many; 13:19 and what the land is
that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are
that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds; 13:20 and what
the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein,
or not. Be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the
time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. 13:21 So they went up, and
spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance
of Hamath. 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and
Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now
Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 13:23 They came to
the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster
of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; they brought also of
the pomegranates, and of the figs. 13:24 That place was called the
valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel
cut down from there. 13:25 They returned from spying out the land at the
end of forty days. 13:26 They went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and
to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of
Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the
congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 13:27 They told
him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us; and surely it
flows with milk and honey; and this is its fruit. 13:28 However the
people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified,
and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. 13:29
Amalek dwells in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the
Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite
dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan. 13:30 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. 13:31 But the men who
went up with him said, We aren't able to go up against the people; for
they are stronger than we. 13:32 They brought up an evil report of the
land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The
land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up
its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great
stature. 13:33 There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of
the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we
were in their sight.

14:1 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the
people wept that night. 14:2 All the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would
that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this
wilderness! 14:3 Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the
sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it be
better for us to return into Egypt? 14:4 They said one to another, Let
us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. 14:5 Then Moses and
Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of
the children of Israel. 14:6 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
14:7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding
good land. 14:8 If Yahweh delight in us, then he will bring us into this
land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey. 14:9
Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land;
for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and
Yahweh is with us: don't fear them. 14:10 But all the congregation bade
stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the Tent of
Meeting to all the children of Israel. 14:11 Yahweh said to Moses, How
long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in
me, for all the signs which I have worked among them? 14:12 I will
strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of
you a nation greater and mightier than they. 14:13 Moses said to Yahweh,
Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your
might from among them; 14:14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of
this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this
people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over
them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a
pillar of fire by night. 14:15 Now if you shall kill this people as one
man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak,
saying, 14:16 Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the
land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the
wilderness. 14:17 Now please let the power of the Lord be great,
according as you have spoken, saying, 14:18 Yahweh is slow to anger, and
abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and
that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.
14:19 Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to the
greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you have forgiven
this people, from Egypt even until now. 14:20 Yahweh said, I have
pardoned according to your word: 14:21 but in very deed, as I live, and
as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh; 14:22 because
all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in
Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and
have not listened to my voice; 14:23 surely they shall not see the land
which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised
me see it: 14:24 but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit
with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into
which he went; and his seed shall possess it. 14:25 Now the Amalekite
and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn you, and get you
into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. 14:26 Yahweh spoke to
Moses and to Aaron, saying, 14:27 How long shall I bear with this evil
congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the
children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 14:28 Tell them, As I
live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to
you: 14:29 your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who
were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years
old and upward, who have murmured against me, 14:30 surely you shall not
come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell
therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
14:31 But your little ones, that you said should be a prey, them will I
bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected. 14:32
But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. 14:33
Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and
shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies be consumed in the
wilderness. 14:34 After the number of the days in which you spied out
the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your
iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation. 14:35 I,
Yahweh, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this evil
congregation, who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness
they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 14:36 The men, whom
Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the
congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report
against the land, 14:37 even those men who did bring up an evil report
of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh. 14:38 But Joshua the son
of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who
went to spy out the land. 14:39 Moses told these words to all the
children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. 14:40 They rose up
early in the morning, and got them up to the top of the mountain,
saying, Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh
has promised: for we have sinned. 14:41 Moses said, Why now do you
disobey the commandment of Yahweh, seeing it shall not prosper? 14:42
Don't go up, for Yahweh isn't among you; that you not be struck down
before your enemies. 14:43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are
before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned back
from following Yahweh, therefore Yahweh will not be with you. 14:44 But
they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses, didn't depart out of the camp.
14:45 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who lived in that
mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.

15:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 15:2 Speak to the children of
Israel, and tell them, When you are come into the land of your
habitations, which I give to you, 15:3 and will make an offering by fire
to Yahweh, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as
a freewill offering, or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant aroma to
Yahweh, of the herd, or of the flock; 15:4 then he who offers his
offering shall offer to Yahweh a meal offering of a tenth part of an
ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil: 15:5 and
wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of a hin, you shall prepare
with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. 15:6 Or
for a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenth parts of an
ephah of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil: 15:7 and
for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine,
of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 15:8 When you prepare a bull for a burnt
offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace
offerings to Yahweh; 15:9 then shall he offer with the bull a meal
offering of three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half
a hin of oil: 15:10 and you shall offer for the drink offering half a
hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to
Yahweh. 15:11 Thus shall it be done for each bull, or for each ram, or
for each of the male lambs, or of the young goats. 15:12 According to
the number that you shall prepare, so you shall do to everyone according
to their number. 15:13 All who are native-born shall do these things
after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a pleasant
aroma to Yahweh. 15:14 If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or
whoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an
offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; as you do, so he
shall do. 15:15 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you,
and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you, a statute
forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the foreigner
be before Yahweh. 15:16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and
for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you. 15:17 Yahweh spoke
to Moses, saying, 15:18 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them,
When you come into the land where I bring you, 15:19 then it shall be
that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a wave
offering to Yahweh. 15:20 Of the first of your dough you shall offer up
a cake for a wave offering: as the wave offering of the threshing floor,
so you shall heave it. 15:21 Of the first of your dough you shall give
to Yahweh a wave offering throughout your generations. 15:22 When you
shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has
spoken to Moses, 15:23 even all that Yahweh has commanded you by Moses,
from the day that Yahweh gave commandment, and onward throughout your
generations; 15:24 then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without
the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer
one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh,
with the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it, according to
the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering. 15:25 The priest
shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel,
and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought
their offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin
offering before Yahweh, for their error: 15:26 and all the congregation
of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who lives
as a foreigner among them; for in respect of all the people it was done
unwittingly. 15:27 If one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a
female goat a year old for a sin offering. 15:28 The priest shall make
atonement for the soul who errs, when he sins unwittingly, before
Yahweh, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven. 15:29 You
shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is
native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives
as a foreigner among them. 15:30 But the soul who does anything with a
high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes
Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15:31
Because he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken his
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be
on him. 15:32 While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they
found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 15:33 Those who found
him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the
congregation. 15:34 They put him in custody, because it had not been
declared what should be done to him. 15:35 Yahweh said to Moses, The man
shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with
stones outside of the camp. 15:36 All the congregation brought him
outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Yahweh
commanded Moses. 15:37 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 15:38 Speak to the
children of Israel, and tell them that they should make them fringes in
the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that
they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue: 15:39 and it shall
be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all the
commandments of Yahweh, and do them; and that you not follow after your
own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute;
15:40 that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to
your God. 15:41 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, to be your God: I am Yahweh your God.

16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,
with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth,
sons of Reuben, took men: 16:2 and they rose up before Moses, with
certain of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the
congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown; 16:3 and they
assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said
to them, You take too much on you, seeing all the congregation are holy,
everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up
above the assembly of Yahweh? 16:4 When Moses heard it, he fell on his
face: 16:5 and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the
morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause
him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose he will cause to
come near to him. 16:6 This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his
company; 16:7 and put fire in them, and put incense on them before
Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does choose,
he shall be holy: you take too much on you, you sons of Levi. 16:8 Moses
said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi: 16:9 seems it but a small
thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the
congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service
of the tent of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation to minister
to them; 16:10 and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers
the sons of Levi with you? and seek you the priesthood also? 16:11
Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yahweh:
and Aaron, what is he who you murmur against him? 16:12 Moses sent to
call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We won't come
up: 16:13 is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land
flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must
needs make yourself also a prince over us? 16:14 Moreover you haven't
brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us
inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these
men? we won't come up. 16:15 Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh,
"Don't respect their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them,
neither have I hurt one of them." 16:16 Moses said to Korah, You and all
your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow: 16:17
and take every man his censer, and put incense on them, and bring you
before Yahweh every man his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also,
and Aaron, each his censer. 16:18 They took every man his censer, and
put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the
Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron. 16:19 Korah assembled all the
congregation against them to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the
glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation. 16:20 Yahweh spoke to
Moses and to Aaron, saying, 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this
congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 16:22 They fell on
their faces, and said, God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall
one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation? 16:23
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 16:24 Speak to the congregation, saying,
Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 16:25 Moses
rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed
him. 16:26 He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you,
from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest
you be consumed in all their sins. 16:27 So they got them up from the
tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram
came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and
their sons, and their little ones. 16:28 Moses said, Hereby you shall
know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for I have not done
them of my own mind. 16:29 If these men die the common death of all men,
or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh
hasn't sent me. 16:30 But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground
open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them,
and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these
men have despised Yahweh. 16:31 It happened, as he made an end of
speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under
them; 16:32 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and
their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah, and all
their goods. 16:33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down
alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from
among the assembly. 16:34 All Israel that were around them fled at the
cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 16:35 Fire
came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who
offered the incense. 16:36 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 16:37 Speak to
Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of
the burning, and scatter you the fire yonder; for they are holy, 16:38
even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them
be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them
before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the
children of Israel. 16:39 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers,
which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a
covering of the altar, 16:40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel,
to the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near
to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his
company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses. 16:41 But on the next day all
the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of Yahweh. 16:42 It
happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against
Aaron, that they looked toward the Tent of Meeting: and behold, the
cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared. 16:43 Moses and
Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting. 16:44 Yahweh spoke to
Moses, saying, 16:45 Get away from among this congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment. They fell on their faces. 16:46 Moses said to
Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and
lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make
atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Yahweh; the plague
is begun. 16:47 Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the
assembly; and behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put
on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 16:48 He stood
between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 16:49 Now
those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred,
besides those who died about the matter of Korah. 16:50 Aaron returned
to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the plague was stayed.

17:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak to the children of
Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their
princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every
man's name on his rod. 17:3 You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of
Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
17:4 You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony,
where I meet with you. 17:5 It shall happen, that the rod of the man
whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the
murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
17:6 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave
him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even
twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 17:7 Moses laid
up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony. 17:8 It happened
on the next day, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and
behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth
buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. 17:9 Moses brought
out all the rods from before Yahweh to all the children of Israel: and
they looked, and took every man his rod. 17:10 Yahweh said to Moses, Put
back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token
against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their
murmurings against me, that they not die. 17:11 Moses did so. As Yahweh
commanded him, so he did. 17:12 The children of Israel spoke to Moses,
saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 17:13
Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tent of Yahweh, dies:
shall we perish all of us?

18:1 Yahweh said to Aaron, You and your sons and your fathers' house
with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons
with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 18:2 Your brothers
also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you near with
you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and
your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony. 18:3 They
shall keep your commands, and the duty of all the Tent: only they shall
not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that
they not die, neither they, nor you. 18:4 They shall be joined to you,
and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service
of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you. 18:5 You shall
perform the duty of the sanctuary, and the duty of the altar; that there
be wrath no more on the children of Israel. 18:6 I, behold, I have taken
your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they
are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.
18:7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for
everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall
serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger
who comes near shall be put to death. 18:8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, I,
behold, I have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the
holy things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by
reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever. 18:9
This shall be your of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every
sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which
they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
18:10 You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall
eat of it. It shall be holy to you. 18:11 This is yours, too: the wave
offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of
Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters
with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house
shall eat of it. 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the
vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to
Yahweh, to you have I given them. 18:13 The first-ripe fruits of all
that is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, shall be yours;
everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it. 18:14 Everything
devoted in Israel shall be yours. 18:15 Everything that opens the womb,
of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be
yours: nevertheless you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and
you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. 18:16 You shall
redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according
to your estimation, for five shekels of money, after the shekel of the
sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). 18:17 But you shall not redeem
the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of
a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and
shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma
to Yahweh. 18:18 Their flesh shall be yours, as the wave offering breast
and as the right thigh, it shall be yours. 18:19 All the wave offerings
of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I
given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion
forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to
your seed with you. 18:20 Yahweh said to Aaron, You shall have no
inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among
them: I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of
Israel. 18:21 To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the
tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which
they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting. 18:22 Henceforth
the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest
they bear sin, and die. 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of
the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a
statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of
Israel they shall have no inheritance. 18:24 For the tithe of the
children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I
have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said to
them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 18:25
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 18:26 Moreover you shall speak to the
Levites, and tell them, When you take of the children of Israel the
tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you
shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.
18:27 Your wave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the
grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the winepress.
18:28 Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all your
tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall
give Yahweh's wave offering to Aaron the priest. 18:29 Out of all your
gifts you shall offer every wave offering of Yahweh, of all its best,
even the holy part of it out of it. 18:30 Therefore you shall tell them,
When you heave its best from it, then it shall be reckoned to the
Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of
the winepress. 18:31 You shall eat it in every place, you and your
households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent
of Meeting. 18:32 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have
heaved from it its best: and you shall not profane the holy things of
the children of Israel, that you not die.

19:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 19:2 This is the
statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded, saying, Speak to the
children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in
which is no blemish, and on which never came yoke. 19:3 You shall give
her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth outside of the
camp, and one shall kill her before his face: 19:4 and Eleazar the
priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood
toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times. 19:5 One shall burn
the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with
her dung, shall he burn: 19:6 and the priest shall take cedar wood, and
hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the
heifer. 19:7 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. 19:8 He who burns her shall wash
his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean
until the even. 19:9 A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the
heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it
shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water
for impurity: it is a sin offering. 19:10 He who gathers the ashes of
the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it
shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a
foreigner among them, for a statute forever. 19:11 He who touches the
dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days: 19:12 the same shall
purify himself therewith on the third day, and on the seventh day he
shall be clean: but if he doesn't purify himself the third day, then the
seventh day he shall not be clean. 19:13 Whoever touches a dead person,
the body of a man who has died, and doesn't purify himself, defiles the
tent of Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the
water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his
uncleanness is yet on him. 19:14 This is the law when a man dies in a
tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent,
shall be unclean seven days. 19:15 Every open vessel, which has no
covering bound on it, is unclean. 19:16 Whoever in the open field
touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a
man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 19:17 For the unclean they
shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running
water shall be put thereto in a vessel: 19:18 and a clean person shall
take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and
on all the vessels, and on the persons who were there, and on him who
touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave: 19:19 and the
clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the
seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at
even. 19:20 But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify
himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly,
because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh: the water for impurity
has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. 19:21 It shall be a
perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water for impurity
shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall
be unclean until even. 19:22 Whatever the unclean person touches shall
be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until even.

20:1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the
wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh;
and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 20:2 There was no water for
the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses
and against Aaron. 20:3 The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying,
Would that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh! 20:4 Why
have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we
should die there, we and our animals? 20:5 Why have you made us to come
up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? it is no place of
seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any
water to drink. 20:6 Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the
assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces:
and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them. 20:7 Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 20:8 Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron
your brother, and speak you to the rock before their eyes, that it give
forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them water out of the
rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink. 20:9
Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him. 20:10 Moses
and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to
them, Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this
rock? 20:11 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod
twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and
their livestock. 20:12 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because you
didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of
Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which
I have given them. 20:13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the
children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
20:14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says
your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has happened to us:
20:15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long
time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers: 20:16 and
when we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and
brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in
the uttermost of your border. 20:17 Please let us pass through your
land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will
we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway;
we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have
passed your border. 20:18 Edom said to him, You shall not pass through
me, lest I come out with the sword against you. 20:19 The children of
Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of
your water, I and my livestock, then will I give its price: let me only,
without doing anything else, pass through on my feet. 20:20 He said, You
shall not pass through. Edom came out against him with much people, and
with a strong hand. 20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage
through his border: why Israel turned away from him. 20:22 They traveled
from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
came to Mount Hor. 20:23 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor,
by the border of the land of Edom, saying, 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered
to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given
to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the
waters of Meribah. 20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them
up to Mount Hor; 20:26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on
Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall
die there. 20:27 Moses did as Yahweh commanded: and they went up into
Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 20:28 Moses stripped
Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died
there on the top of the mountain: and Moses and Eleazar came down from
the mountain. 20:29 When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead,
they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

21:1 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell
that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel,
and took some of them captive. 21:2 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and
said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will
utterly destroy their cities. 21:3 Yahweh listened to the voice of
Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them
and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah. 21:4 They
traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land
of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the
way. 21:5 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no
bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
21:6 Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died. 21:7 The people came to Moses,
and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and
against you; pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.
Moses prayed for the people. 21:8 Yahweh said to Moses, Make you a fiery
serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone
who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live. 21:9 Moses made a serpent of
brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.
21:10 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth. 21:11 They
traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which
is before Moab, toward the sunrise. 21:12 From there they traveled, and
encamped in the valley of Zered. 21:13 From there they traveled, and
encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness,
that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the
border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 21:14 Therefore it is
said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, "Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of
the Arnon, 21:15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the
dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab."

21:16 From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh
said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

21:17 Then sang Israel this song:

"Spring up, well; sing to it: 21:18 the well, which the princes dug,
which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their
poles." From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; 21:19 and from
Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; 21:20 and from Bamoth
to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which
looks down on the desert. 21:21 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of
the Amorites, saying, 21:22 Let me pass through your land: we will not
turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water
of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed
your border. 21:23 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his
border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against
Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against
Israel. 21:24 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and
possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of
Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 21:25 Israel
took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the
Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns. 21:26 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 to the
Arnon. 21:27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say,

"Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; 21:28
for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It
has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
21:29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given
his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king
of the Amorites. 21:30 We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even
to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."
21:31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. 21:32 Moses sent to
spy out Jazer; and they took its towns, and drove out the Amorites who
were there. 21:33 They turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og
the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to
battle at Edrei. 21:34 Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him: for I have
delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you
shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at
Heshbon. 21:35 So they struck him, and his sons and all his people,
until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.

22:1 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab
beyond the Jordan at Jericho. 22:2 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that
Israel had done to the Amorites. 22:3 Moab was sore afraid of the
people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the
children of Israel. 22:4 Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will
this multitude lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the
grass of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that
time. 22:5 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor,
which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to
call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold,
they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me.
22:6 Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too
mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them,
and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you
bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed. 22:7 The elders of
Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in
their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of
Balak. 22:8 He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you
word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab abode
with Balaam. 22:9 God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with
you? 22:10 Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,
has sent to me, saying, 22:11 Behold, the people that is come out of
Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them;
peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them
out. 22:12 God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not
curse the people; for they are blessed. 22:13 Balaam rose up in the
morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for
Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you. 22:14 The princes of
Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come
with us. 22:15 Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable
than they. 22:16 They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak
the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
22:17 for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say
to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.
22:18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his
house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my
God, to do less or more. 22:19 Now therefore, please wait also here this
night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more. 22:20 God came
to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men have come to call you,
rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you
shall do. 22:21 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey,
and went with the princes of Moab. 22:22 God's anger was kindled because
he went; and the angel of Yahweh placed himself in the way for an
adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two
servants were with him. 22:23 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh
standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey
turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck
the donkey, to turn her into the way. 22:24 Then the angel of Yahweh
stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side,
and a wall on that side. 22:25 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and
she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the
wall: and he struck her again. 22:26 The angel of Yahweh went further,
and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to
the right hand or to the left. 22:27 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh,
and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he
struck the donkey with his staff. 22:28 Yahweh opened the mouth of the
donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have
struck me these three times? 22:29 Balaam said to the donkey, Because
you have mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had
killed you. 22:30 The donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on
which you have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever wont to
do so to you? and he said, No. 22:31 Then Yahweh opened the eyes of
Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his
sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
22:32 The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck your donkey
these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because
your way is perverse before me: 22:33 and the donkey saw me, and turned
aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me,
surely now I had even slain you, and saved her alive. 22:34 Balaam said
to the angel of Yahweh, I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood
in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will get me
back again. 22:35 The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men;
but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So
Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 22:36 When Balak heard that
Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is
on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
22:37 Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you?
why didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?
22:38 Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now any
power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that
shall I speak. 22:39 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath
Huzoth. 22:40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and
to the princes who were with him. 22:41 It happened in the morning, that
Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and
he saw from there the utmost part of the people.

23:1 Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me
here seven bulls and seven rams. 23:2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken;
and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. 23:3
Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go:
perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will
tell you. He went to a bare height. 23:4 God met Balaam: and he said to
him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and
a ram on every altar. 23:5 Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and
said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak. 23:6 He returned to
him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the
princes of Moab. 23:7 He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has
Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come,
curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel. 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God has
not cursed? How shall I defy, whom Yahweh has not defied? 23:9 For from
the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him: behold, it is
a people that dwells alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of
Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like
his! 23:11 Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to
curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether. 23:12 He
answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts
in my mouth? 23:13 Balak said to him, Please come with me to another
place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part
of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there. 23:14
He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built
seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. 23:15 He
said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet Yahweh
yonder. 23:16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said,
Return to Balak, and say this. 23:17 He came to him, and behold, he was
standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak
said to him, What has Yahweh spoken? 23:18 He took up his parable, and
said,

Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor. 23:19 God is
not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should
repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will
he not make it good? 23:20 Behold, I have received a command to bless.
He has blessed, and I can't reverse it. 23:21 He has not seen iniquity
in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is
with him. The shout of a king is among them. 23:22 God brings them out
of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. 23:23 Surely
there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with
Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
23:24 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts
himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks
the blood of the slain. 23:25 Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them
at all, nor bless them at all. 23:26 But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I
tell you, saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do? 23:27 Balak
said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure
it will please God that you may curse me them from there. 23:28 Balak
took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert. 23:29
Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here
seven bulls and seven rams. 23:30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and
offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

24:1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn't
go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his
face toward the wilderness. 24:2 Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw
Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on
him. 24:3 He took up his parable, and said,

Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says; 24:4 he
says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling down, and having his eyes open: 24:5 How goodly are your tents,
Jacob, and your tents, Israel! 24:6 As valleys they are spread forth, as
gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar
trees beside the waters. 24:7 Water shall flow from his buckets. His
seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His
kingdom shall be exalted. 24:8 God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it
were the strength of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his
adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his
arrows. 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall
rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses
you is cursed. 24:10 Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he
struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to
curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these
three times. 24:11 Therefore now flee you to your place: I thought to
promote you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you back from
honor. 24:12 Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers
who you sent to me, saying, 24:13 If Balak would give me his house full
of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either
good or bad of my own mind; what Yahweh speaks, that will I speak? 24:14
Now, behold, I go to my people: come, and I will advertise you what this
people shall do to your people in the latter days. 24:15 He took up his
parable, and said,

Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says; 24:16 he
says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High,
and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his
eyes open: 24:17 I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star
will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall
strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of
Sheth. 24:18 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall
be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. 24:19 Out of Jacob shall
one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city. 24:20 He
looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said,

Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to
destruction. 24:21 He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and
said,

Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock. 24:22
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away
captive. 24:23 He took up his parable, and said,

Alas, who shall live when God does this? 24:24 But ships shall come from
the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber.
He also shall come to destruction. 24:25 Balaam rose up, and went and
returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

25:1 Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the
prostitute with the daughters of Moab: 25:2 for they called the people
to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to
their gods. 25:3 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the anger of
Yahweh was kindled against Israel. 25:4 Yahweh said to Moses, Take all
the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun,
that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel. 25:5 Moses
said to the judges of Israel, Kill you everyone his men who have joined
themselves to Baal Peor.

25:6 Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his
brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of
all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping
at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 25:7 When Phinehas, the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst
of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; 25:8 and he went
after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them
through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the
plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 25:9 Those who died by
the plague were twenty-four thousand. 25:10 Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 25:11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was
jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn't consume the
children of Israel in my jealousy. 25:12 Therefore say, Behold, I give
to him my covenant of peace: 25:13 and it shall be to him, and to his
seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he
was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
25:14 Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain
with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a
fathers' house among the Simeonites. 25:15 The name of the Midianite
woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the
people of a fathers' house in Midian. 25:16 Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 25:17 Harass the Midianites, and strike them; 25:18 for they
harassed you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the
matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince
of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the
matter of Peor.

26:1 It happened after the plague, that Yahweh spoke to Moses and to
Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 26:2 Take the sum of all
the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and
upward, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go forth to war in
Israel. 26:3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains
of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 26:4 Take the sum of the
people, from twenty years old and upward; as Yahweh commanded Moses and
the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt. 26:5
Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the
family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; 26:6 of
Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the
Carmites. 26:7 These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who
were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
26:8 The sons of Pallu: Eliab. 26:9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and
Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of
the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the
company of Korah, when they strove against Yahweh, 26:10 and the earth
opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that
company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and
they became a sign. 26:11 Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn't die.
26:12 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; 26:13 of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites;
of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 26:14 These are the families of
the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred. 26:15 The sons of Gad
after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi,
the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 26:16
of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
26:17 of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the
Arelites. 26:18 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to
those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 26:19
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of
Canaan. 26:20 The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah,
the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of
Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 26:21 The sons of Perez were: of
Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the
Hamulites. 26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those who
were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred. 26:23 The sons
of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites;
of Puvah, the family of the Punites; 26:24 of Jashub, the family of the
Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 26:25 These are
the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them,
sixty-four thousand three hundred. 26:26 The sons of Zebulun after their
families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of
the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 26:27 These are
the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of
them, sixty thousand five hundred. 26:28 The sons of Joseph after their
families: Manasseh and Ephraim. 26:29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir,
the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of
Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 26:30 These are the sons of
Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of
the Helekites; 26:31 and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of
Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; 26:32 and of Shemida, the family
of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 26:33
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. 26:34 These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were
numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred. 26:35 These are
the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of
the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan,
the family of the Tahanites. 26:36 These are the sons of Shuthelah: of
Eran, the family of the Eranites. 26:37 These are the families of the
sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two
thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their
families. 26:38 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; 26:39 of Shephupham, the family of
the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 26:40 The sons
of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of
Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 26:41 These are the sons of Benjamin
after their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-
five thousand six hundred. 26:42 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. 26:43 All the families of the
Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-
four thousand four hundred. 26:44 The sons of Asher after their
families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of
the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites. 26:45 Of the sons of
Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family
of the Malchielites. 26:46 The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who
were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred. 26:48 The
sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the
Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 26:49 of Jezer, the
family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families;
and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four
hundred. 26:51 These are those who were numbered of the children of
Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty. 26:52 Yahweh
spoke to Moses, saying, 26:53 To these the land shall be divided for an
inheritance according to the number of names. 26:54 To the more you
shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the
less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were numbered of
him shall his inheritance be given. 26:55 Notwithstanding, the land
shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their
fathers they shall inherit. 26:56 According to the lot shall their
inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer. 26:57 These are
those who were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon,
the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites;
of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 26:58 These are the families of
Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the
family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the
Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram. 26:59 The name of Amram's
wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt:
and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 26:60 To
Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 26:61 Nadab and
Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. 26:62 Those
who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a
month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of
Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children
of Israel. 26:63 These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar
the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by
the Jordan at Jericho. 26:64 But among these there was not a man of them
who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the
children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 26:65 For Yahweh had said
of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a
man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

27:1 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the
son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families
of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters:
Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 27:2 They stood before
Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the
congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying, 27:3 Our
father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those
who gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah:
but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. 27:4 Why should the name
of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no
son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father. 27:5
Moses brought their cause before Yahweh. 27:6 Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 27:7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely
give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers;
and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
27:8 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die,
and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his
daughter. 27:9 If he have no daughter, then you shall give his
inheritance to his brothers. 27:10 If he have no brothers, then you
shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers. 27:11 If his father
have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who
is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be
to the children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Yahweh commanded
Moses. 27:12 Yahweh said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim,
and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. 27:13
When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as
Aaron your brother was gathered; 27:14 because you rebelled against my
word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to
sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of
Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) 27:15 Moses spoke to
Yahweh, saying, 27:16 Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh,
appoint a man over the congregation, 27:17 who may go out before them,
and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may
bring them in; that the congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which
have no shepherd. 27:18 Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of
Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; 27:19 and
set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and
commission him in their sight. 27:20 You shall put of your honor on him,
that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey. 27:21 He
shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the
judgment of the Urim before Yahweh: at his word shall they go out, and
at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel
with him, even all the congregation. 27:22 Moses did as Yahweh commanded
him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and
before all the congregation: 27:23 and he laid his hands on him, and
commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.

28:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 28:2 Command the children of Israel,
and tell them, My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a
pleasant aroma to me, you shall observe to offer to me in their due
season. 28:3 You shall tell them, This is the offering made by fire
which you shall offer to Yahweh: male lambs a year old without blemish,
two day by day, for a continual burnt offering. 28:4 You shall offer the
one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at evening;
28:5 with the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering,
mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. 28:6 It is a
continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a
pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 28:7 Its drink
offering shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb. You shall
pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh in the holy place.
28:8 The other lamb you shall offer at evening: as the meal offering of
the morning, and as the drink offering of it, you shall offer it, an
offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 28:9 On the
Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth
parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and
the drink offering of it: 28:10 this is the burnt offering of every
Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of
it. 28:11 In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt
offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a
year old without blemish; 28:12 and three tenth parts of an ephah of
fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two
tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for the
one ram; 28:13 and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal
offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a pleasant aroma, an
offering made by fire to Yahweh. 28:14 Their drink offerings shall be
half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram,
and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of
every month throughout the months of the year. 28:15 One male goat for a
sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt
offering, and the drink offering of it. 28:16 In the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh's Passover. 28:17 On the
fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall
unleavened bread be eaten. 28:18 In the first day shall be a holy
convocation: you shall do no servile work; 28:19 but you shall offer an
offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and
one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without
blemish; 28:20 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil: you
shall offer three tenth parts for a bull, and two tenth parts for the
ram. 28:21 You shall offer a tenth part for every lamb of the seven
lambs; 28:22 and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for
you. 28:23 You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the
morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. 28:24 After this
manner you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering
made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: it shall be offered besides
the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it. 28:25 On the
seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile
work. 28:26 Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new
meal offering to Yahweh in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy
convocation; you shall do no servile work; 28:27 but you shall offer a
burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram,
seven male lambs a year old; 28:28 and their meal offering, fine flour
mixed with oil, three tenth parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the
one ram, 28:29 a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; 28:30 one
male goat, to make atonement for you. 28:31 Besides the continual burnt
offering, and the meal offering of it, you shall offer them (they shall
be to you without blemish), and their drink offerings.

29:1 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have
a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing
of trumpets to you. 29:2 You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant
aroma to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old
without blemish; 29:3 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with
oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram, 29:4
and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; 29:5 and one male
goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; 29:6 besides the
burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering of it, and the
continual burnt offering and the meal offering of it, and their drink
offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an
offering made by fire to Yahweh. 29:7 On the tenth day of this seventh
month you shall have a holy convocation; and you shall afflict your
souls: you shall do no manner of work; 29:8 but you shall offer a burnt
offering to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven
male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish; 29:9 and
their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for
the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram, 29:10 a tenth part for every
lamb of the seven lambs: 29:11 one male goat for a sin offering; besides
the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the
meal offering of it, and their drink offerings. 29:12 On the fifteenth
day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do
no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days: 29:13
and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a
pleasant aroma to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male
lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish; 29:14 and their meal
offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every bull of
the thirteen bulls, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, 29:15
and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; 29:16 and one
male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the
meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. 29:17 On the second
day you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a
year old without blemish; 29:18 and their meal offering and their drink
offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to
their number, after the ordinance; 29:19 and one male goat for a sin
offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of
it, and their drink offerings. 29:20 On the third day eleven bulls, two
rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish; 29:21 and their
meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and
for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 29:22 and
one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering,
and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. 29:23 On the
fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without
blemish; 29:24 their meal offering and their drink offerings for the
bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after
the ordinance; 29:25 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the
continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
offering of it. 29:26 On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen
male lambs a year old without blemish; 29:27 and their meal offering and
their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs,
according to their number, after the ordinance; 29:28 and one male goat
for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal
offering of it, and the drink offering of it. 29:29 On the sixth day
eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
29:30 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the
ordinance; 29:31 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the
continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
offerings of it. 29:32 On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams,
fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish; 29:33 and their meal
offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for
the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; 29:34 and one
male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the
meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. 29:35 On the eighth
day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;
29:36 but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of
a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year
old without blemish; 29:37 their meal offering and their drink offerings
for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to
their number, after the ordinance: 29:38 and one male goat for a sin
offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of
it, and the drink offering of it. 29:39 These you shall offer to Yahweh
in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for
your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink
offerings, and for your peace offerings. 29:40 Moses told the children
of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses.

30:1 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded. 30:2 When a man
vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he
shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out
of his mouth. 30:3 Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds
herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, 30:4 and
her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her
soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall
stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of
her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall
stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
30:6 If she be married to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the
rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul, 30:7 and
her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears
it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound
her soul shall stand. 30:8 But if her husband disallow her in the day
that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and
the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and
Yahweh will forgive her. 30:9 But the vow of a widow, or of her who is
divorced, even everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand
against her. 30:10 If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her
soul by a bond with an oath, 30:11 and her husband heard it, and held
his peace at her, and didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall
stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand. 30:12
But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard
them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or
concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made
them void; and Yahweh will forgive her. 30:13 Every vow, and every
binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her
husband may make it void. 30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his
peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all
her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held
his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 30:15 But if he shall
make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear
her iniquity. 30:16 These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded
Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter,
being in her youth, in her father's house.

31:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel
of the Midianites: afterward you shall be gathered to your people. 31:3
Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you for the
war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on
Midian. 31:4 Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of
Israel, you shall send to the war. 31:5 So there were delivered, out of
the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand
armed for war. 31:6 Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the
war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with
the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
31:7 They warred against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses; and they
killed every male. 31:8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of
their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings
of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword. 31:9
The children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little
ones; and all their livestock, and all their flocks, and all their
goods, they took for a prey. 31:10 All their cities in the places in
which they lived, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. 31:11
They took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of animal.
31:12 They brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses,
and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of
Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at
Jericho. 31:13 Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them outside of the camp. 31:14 Moses
was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and
the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war. 31:15
Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive? 31:16 Behold,
these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to
commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague
was among the congregation of Yahweh. 31:17 Now therefore kill every
male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by
lying with him. 31:18 But all the girls, who have not known man by lying
with him, keep alive for yourselves. 31:19 Encamp you outside of the
camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched
any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day,
you and your captives. 31:20 As to every garment, and all that is made
of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, you
shall purify yourselves. 31:21 Eleazar the priest said to the men of war
who went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has
commanded Moses: 31:22 however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the
iron, the tin, and the lead, 31:23 everything that may abide the fire,
you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean;
nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all
that doesn't withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.
31:24 You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be
clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp. 31:25 Yahweh spoke to
Moses, saying, 31:26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of
man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the
fathers' houses of the congregation; 31:27 and divide the prey into two
parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all
the congregation. 31:28 Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who
went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and
of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks: 31:29 take it of
their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's wave
offering. 31:30 Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one
drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys,
and of the flocks, even of all the livestock, and give them to the
Levites, who perform the duty of the tent of Yahweh. 31:31 Moses and
Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses. 31:32 Now the prey,
over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred
seventy-five thousand sheep, 31:33 and seventy-two thousand head of
cattle, 31:34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys, 31:35 and thirty-two
thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying
with him. 31:36 The half, which was the portion of those who went out to
war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred
sheep: 31:37 and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-
five. 31:38 The cattle were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's
tribute was seventy-two. 31:39 The donkeys were thirty thousand five
hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was sixty-one. 31:40 The persons were
sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty-two persons. 31:41
Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh's wave offering, to Eleazar the
priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 31:42 Of the children of Israel's
half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred 31:43 (now the
congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred
sheep, 31:44 and thirty-six thousand head of cattle, 31:45 and thirty
thousand five hundred donkeys, 31:46 and sixteen thousand persons),
31:47 even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of
every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites,
who performed the duty of the tent of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
31:48 The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains
of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses; 31:49
and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of
war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us. 31:50
We have brought Yahweh's offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels
of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces,
to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh. 31:51 Moses and Eleazar
the priest took the gold of them, even all worked jewels. 31:52 All the
gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the
captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen
thousand seven hundred fifty shekels. 31:53 (For the men of war had
taken booty, every man for himself.) 31:54 Moses and Eleazar the priest
took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought
it into the Tent of Meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel
before Yahweh.

32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great
multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the
land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock; 32:2
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses,
and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation,
saying, 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and
Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 32:4 the land which Yahweh
struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and
your servants have livestock. 32:5 They said, If we have found favor in
your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession;
don't bring us over the Jordan. 32:6 Moses said to the children of Gad,
and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to the war, and
shall you sit here? 32:7 Why discourage you the heart of the children of
Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them? 32:8
Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
32:9 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land,
they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should
not go into the land which Yahweh had given them. 32:10 Yahweh's anger
was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying, 32:11 Surely none of the
men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall
see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because
they have not wholly followed me: 32:12 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly
followed Yahweh. 32:13 Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel, and he
made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all
the generation, who had done evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed.
32:14 Behold, you are risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of
sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.
32:15 For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them
in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people. 32:16 They came
near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock,
and cities for our little ones: 32:17 but we ourselves will be ready
armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to
their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities
because of the inhabitants of the land. 32:18 We will not return to our
houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his
inheritance. 32:19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side
of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on
this side of the Jordan eastward. 32:20 Moses said to them, If you will
do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the
war, 32:21 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before
Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him, 32:22 and
the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and
be guiltless towards Yahweh, and towards Israel; and this land shall be
to you for a possession before Yahweh. 32:23 But if you will not do so,
behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find
you out. 32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your
sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth. 32:25 The
children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your
servants will do as my lord commands. 32:26 Our little ones, our wives,
our flocks, and all our livestock, shall be there in the cities of
Gilead; 32:27 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed
for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says. 32:28 So Moses
commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son
of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the
children of Israel. 32:29 Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and
the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who
is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall be subdued before
you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 32:30
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 32:31 The children of Gad
and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Yahweh has said to your
servants, so will we do. 32:32 We will pass over armed before Yahweh
into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall
remain with us beyond the Jordan. 32:33 Moses gave to them, even to the
children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of
Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites,
and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities
of it with their borders, even the cities of the surrounding land. 32:34
The children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 32:35 and
Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah, 32:36 and Beth Nimrah, and Beth
Haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 32:37 The children of
Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, 32:38 and Nebo, and
Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah: and they gave other
names to the cities which they built. 32:39 The children of Machir the
son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the
Amorites who were therein. 32:40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of
Manasseh; and he lived therein. 32:41 Jair the son of Manasseh went and
took its towns, and called them Havvoth Jair. 32:42 Nobah went and took
Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went
forth out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses
and Aaron. 33:2 Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys
by the commandment of Yahweh: and these are their journeys according to
their goings out. 33:3 They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on
the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover
the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the
Egyptians, 33:4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn,
whom Yahweh had struck among them: on their gods also Yahweh executed
judgments. 33:5 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and
encamped in Succoth. 33:6 They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in
Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 33:7 They traveled from
Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon: and
they encamped before Migdol. 33:8 They traveled from before Hahiroth,
and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they
went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in
Marah. 33:9 They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were
twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped
there. 33:10 They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. 33:11
They traveled from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
33:12 They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
33:13 They traveled from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. 33:14 They
traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water
for the people to drink. 33:15 They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped
in the wilderness of Sinai. 33:16 They traveled from the wilderness of
Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah. 33:17 They traveled from
Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth. 33:18 They traveled from
Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. 33:19 They traveled from Rithmah, and
encamped in Rimmon Perez. 33:20 They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and
encamped in Libnah. 33:21 They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in
Rissah. 33:22 They traveled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.
33:23 They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher.
33:24 They traveled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. 33:25
They traveled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. 33:26 They
traveled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath. 33:27 They traveled
from Tahath, and encamped in Terah. 33:28 They traveled from Terah, and
encamped in Mithkah. 33:29 They traveled from Mithkah, and encamped in
Hashmonah. 33:30 They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
33:31 They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan. 33:32
They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad. 33:33
They traveled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. 33:34 They
traveled from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah. 33:35 They traveled
from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber. 33:36 They traveled from
Ezion Geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).
33:37 They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge
of the land of Edom. 33:38 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at
the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after
the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth
month, on the first day of the month. 33:39 Aaron was one hundred
twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor. 33:40 The Canaanite,
the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of
the coming of the children of Israel. 33:41 They traveled from Mount
Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. 33:42 They traveled from Zalmonah, and
encamped in Punon. 33:43 They traveled from Punon, and encamped in
Oboth. 33:44 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim, in
the border of Moab. 33:45 They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon
Gad. 33:46 They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon
Diblathaim. 33:47 They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in
the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 33:48 They traveled from the
mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at
Jericho. 33:49 They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to
Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab. 33:50 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the
plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 33:51 Speak to the
children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the Jordan into
the land of Canaan, 33:52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants
of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and
destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:
33:53 and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for
to you have I given the land to possess it. 33:54 You shall inherit the
land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the
more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance:
wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit
according to the tribes of your fathers. 33:55 But if you do not drive
out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let
remain of them will be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your
sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you dwell. 33:56 It
shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so will I do to you.

34:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 34:2 Command the children of Israel,
and tell them, When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land
that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan
according to its borders), 34:3 then your south quarter shall be from
the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border
shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward; 34:4 and your border
shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to
Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and
it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon; 34:5 and the
border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings
out of it shall be at the sea. 34:6 For the western border, you shall
have the great sea and the border of it: this shall be your west border.
34:7 This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark
out for you Mount Hor; 34:8 from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the
entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
34:9 and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it
shall be at Hazar Enan: this shall be your north border. 34:10 You shall
mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham; 34:11 and the
border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain;
and the border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of
Chinnereth eastward; 34:12 and the border shall go down to the Jordan,
and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your
land according to its borders around it. 34:13 Moses commanded the
children of Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall inherit by
lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the
half-tribe; 34:14 for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to
their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to
their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
have received, their inheritance: 34:15 the two tribes and the half-
tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho
eastward, toward the sunrise. 34:16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 34:17
These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for
inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 34:18 You
shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for
inheritance. 34:19 These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of
Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 34:20 Of the tribe of the children of
Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin,
Elidad the son of Chislon. 34:22 Of the tribe of the children of Dan a
prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. 34:23 Of the children of Joseph: of the
tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
34:24 Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son
of Shiphtan. 34:25 Of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince,
Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 34:26 Of the tribe of the children of
Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 34:27 Of the tribe of the
children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 34:28 Of the
tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
34:29 These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to
the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

35:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at
Jericho, saying, 35:2 Command the children of Israel that they give to
the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in;
and You shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites.
35:3 The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be
for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals.
35:4 The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites,
shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits
around it. 35:5 You shall measure outside of the city for the east side
two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for
the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand
cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs
of the cities. 35:6 The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they
shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the
manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
35:7 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-
eight cities together with their suburbs. 35:8 Concerning the cities
which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from
the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few:
everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of
his cities to the Levites. 35:9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 35:10
Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the
Jordan into the land of Canaan, 35:11 then you shall appoint you cities
to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person
unwittingly may flee there. 35:12 The cities shall be to you for refuge
from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the
congregation for judgment. 35:13 The cities which you shall give shall
be for you six cities of refuge. 35:14 You shall give three cities
beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of
Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 35:15 For the children of
Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them,
shall these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person
unwittingly may flee there. 35:16 But if he struck him with an
instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer
shall surely be put to death. 35:17 If he struck him with a stone in the
hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the
murderer shall surely be put to death. 35:18 Or if he struck him with a
weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a
murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 35:19 The avenger
of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he
shall put him to death. 35:20 If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at
him, lying in wait, so that he died, 35:21 or in enmity struck him with
his hand, so that he died; he who struck him shall surely be put to
death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to
death, when he meets him. 35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without
enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait, 35:23 or with
any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him,
so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;
35:24 then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the
avenger of blood according to these ordinances; 35:25 and the
congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger
of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge,
where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the
high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. 35:26 But if the
manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge,
where he flees, 35:27 and the avenger of blood find him outside of the
border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the
manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood, 35:28 because he should have
remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but
after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the
land of his possession. 35:29 These things shall be for a statute and
ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
35:30 Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth
of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that
he die. 35:31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a
murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
35:32 You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city of
refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of
the priest. 35:33 So you shall not pollute the land in which you are:
for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the
land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who
shed it. 35:34 You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the
midst of which I dwell: for I, Yahweh, dwell in the midst of the
children of Israel.

36:1 The heads of the fathers' houses of the family of the children of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the
sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the
princes, the heads of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel:
36:2 and they said, Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land for
inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded
by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his
daughters. 36:3 If they be married to any of the sons of the other
tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken
away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the
inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be
taken away from the lot of our inheritance. 36:4 When the jubilee of the
children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added to the
inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their
inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our
fathers. 36:5 Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the
word of Yahweh, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.
36:6 This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning the
daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think
best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be
married. 36:7 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove
from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave everyone to
the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 36:8 Every daughter, who
possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall
be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the
children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
36:9 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for
the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave everyone to his own
inheritance. 36:10 Even as Yahweh commanded Moses, so did the daughters
of Zelophehad: 36:11 for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and
Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's
brothers' sons. 36:12 They were married into the families of the sons of
Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe
of the family of their father. 36:13 These are the commandments and the
ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in
the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Notes:

[1] back to 14:25 or, Sea of Reeds

[2] back to 15:38 or, tassels (Hebrew tzitzit)

[3] back to 15:38 or, tassel

[4] back to 15:39 or, tassel

[5] back to 21:4 or, Sea of Reeds

[6] back to 33:10 or, Sea of Reeds

[7] back to 33:11 or, Sea of Reeds



Deuteronomy

1:1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the
Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between
Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 1:2 It is
eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh
Barnea. 1:3 It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on
the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel,
according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them; 1:4
after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in
Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
1:5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this
law, saying, 1:6 Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have
lived long enough in this mountain: 1:7 turn, and take your journey, and
go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all the places near
there, in the Arabah, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in
the South, and by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon,
as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. 1:8 Behold, I have set
the land before you: go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to
your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to
their seed after them. 1:9 I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not
able to bear you myself alone: 1:10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you,
and behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude. 1:11
Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as
you are, and bless you, as he has promised you! 1:12 How can I myself
alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 1:13 Take
wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I
will make them heads over you. 1:14 You answered me, and said, The thing
which you have spoken is good for us to do. 1:15 So I took the heads of
your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains
of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and
captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes. 1:16 I
commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your
brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the
foreigner who is living with him. 1:17 You shall not show partiality in
judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be
afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that
is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it. 1:18 I
commanded you at that time all the things which you should do. 1:19 We
traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible
wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the
Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
1:20 I said to you, You are come to the hill country of the Amorites,
which Yahweh our God gives to us. 1:21 Behold, Yahweh your God has set
the land before you: go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your
fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed. 1:22
You came near to me everyone of you, and said, Let us send men before
us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the
way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come. 1:23
The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for
every tribe: 1:24 and they turned and went up into the hill country, and
came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. 1:25 They took of the
fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought
us word again, and said, It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to
us. 1:26 Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled against the commandment of
Yahweh your God: 1:27 and you murmured in your tents, and said, Because
Yahweh hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to
deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 1:28 Where are
we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The
people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and
fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the
Anakim there. 1:29 Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be afraid of
them. 1:30 Yahweh your God who goes before you, he will fight for you,
according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 1:31 and
in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Yahweh your God bore
you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that you went, until you
came to this place. 1:32 Yet in this thing you didn't believe Yahweh
your God, 1:33 who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place
to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way you
should go, and in the cloud by day. 1:34 Yahweh heard the voice of your
words, and was angry, and swore, saying, 1:35 Surely there shall not one
of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I swore to
give to your fathers, 1:36 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall see
it; and to him will I give the land that he has trodden on, and to his
children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh. 1:37 Also Yahweh was
angry with me for your sakes, saying, You also shall not go in there:
1:38 Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there:
encourage you him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 1:39
Moreover your little ones, whom you said should be a prey, and your
children, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go
in there, and to them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 1:40
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by
the way to the Red Sea. 1:41 Then you answered and said to me, We have
sinned against Yahweh, we will go up and fight, according to all that
Yahweh our God commanded us. You girded on every man his weapons of war,
and were forward to go up into the hill country. 1:42 Yahweh said to me,
Tell them, Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you
be struck before your enemies. 1:43 So I spoke to you, and you didn't
listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were
presumptuous, and went up into the hill country. 1:44 The Amorites, who
lived in that hill country, came out against you, and chased you, as
bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah. 1:45 You returned
and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh didn't listen to your voice, nor gave
ear to you. 1:46 So you abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days
that you abode there.

2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way
to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many
days. 2:2 Yahweh spoke to me, saying, 2:3 You have encircled this
mountain long enough: turn you northward. 2:4 Command you the people,
saying, You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children
of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good
heed to yourselves therefore; 2:5 don't contend with them; for I will
not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot
to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
2:6 You shall purchase food of them for money, that you may eat; and you
shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink. 2:7 For
Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has
known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years
Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing. 2:8 So we
passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir,
from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned
and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 2:9 Yahweh said to me,
Don't bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not
give you of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the
children of Lot for a possession. 2:10 (The Emim lived therein before, a
people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: 2:11 these also are
accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. 2:12
The Horites also lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau
succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and lived in
their place; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh
gave to them.) 2:13 Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. We
went over the brook Zered. 2:14 The days in which we came from Kadesh
Barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight
years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the
midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them. 2:15 Moreover the hand of
Yahweh was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp,
until they were consumed. 2:16 So it happened, when all the men of war
were consumed and dead from among the people, 2:17 that Yahweh spoke to
me, saying, 2:18 You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
2:19 and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, don't
bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land
of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to
the children of Lot for a possession. 2:20 (That also is accounted a
land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived therein before; but the Ammonites call
them Zamzummim, 2:21 a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim;
but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and
lived in their place; 2:22 as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell
in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they
succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day: 2:23 and the
Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came
forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their place.) 2:24
Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon:
behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon,
and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 2:25
This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the
peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you,
and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you. 2:26 I sent
messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon
with words of peace, saying, 2:27 Let me pass through your land: I will
go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to
the left. 2:28 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and
give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on
my feet, 2:29 as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the
Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan
into the land which Yahweh our God gives us. 2:30 But Sihon king of
Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his
spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into
your hand, as at this day. 2:31 Yahweh said to me, Behold, I have begun
to deliver up Sihon and his land before you: begin to possess, that you
may inherit his land. 2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all
his people, to battle at Jahaz. 2:33 Yahweh our God delivered him up
before us; and we struck him, and his sons, and all his people. 2:34 We
took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited
city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining: 2:35
only the livestock we took for a prey to ourselves, with the spoil of
the cities which we had taken. 2:36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of
the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even
to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God
delivered up all before us: 2:37 only to the land of the children of
Ammon you didn't come near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the
cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.

3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of
Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
3:2 Yahweh said to me, Don't fear him; for I have delivered him, and all
his people, and his land, into your hand; and you shall do to him as you
did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon. 3:3 So Yahweh
our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his
people: and we struck him until none was left to him remaining. 3:4 We
took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we didn't
take from them; sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og
in Bashan. 3:5 All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates,
and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many. 3:6 We utterly
destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying
every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. 3:7 But all
the livestock, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to
ourselves. 3:8 We took the land at that time out of the hand of the two
kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the
Arnon to Mount Hermon; 3:9 (which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and
the Amorites call it Senir;) 3:10 all the cities of the plain, and all
Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of
Og in Bashan. 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant
of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in
Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was its length, and four
cubits its breadth, after the cubit of a man.) 3:12 This land we took in
possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the
Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities, gave I to
the Reubenites and to the Gadites: 3:13 and the rest of Gilead, and all
Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the
region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of
Rephaim. 3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to
the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even
Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.) 3:15 I gave
Gilead to Machir. 3:16 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from
Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and
the border of it, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the
children of Ammon; 3:17 the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border
of it, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea,
under the slopes of Pisgah eastward. 3:18 I commanded you at that time,
saying, Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it: you shall
pass over armed before your brothers the children of Israel, all the men
of valor. 3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your livestock,
(I know that you have much livestock), shall abide in your cities which
I have given you, 3:20 until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to
you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them
beyond the Jordan: then you shall return every man to his possession,
which I have given you. 3:21 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying,
Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two
kings: so shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over. 3:22
You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God, he it is who fights for
you. 3:23 I begged Yahweh at that time, saying, 3:24 Lord Yahweh, you
have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand:
for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to
your works, and according to your mighty acts? 3:25 Please let me go
over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly
mountain, and Lebanon. 3:26 But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes,
and didn't listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, Let it suffice you;
speak no more to me of this matter. 3:27 Go up to the top of Pisgah, and
lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward,
and see with your eyes: for you shall not go over this Jordan. 3:28 But
commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall
go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land
which you shall see. 3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth
Peor.

4:1 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I
teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land
which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you. 4:2 You shall not add
to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it,
that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command
you. 4:3 Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for
all the men who followed Baal Peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them
from the midst of you. 4:4 But you who did cleave to Yahweh your God are
alive everyone of you this day. 4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes
and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do
so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it. 4:6 Keep
therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in
the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say,
Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 4:7 For
what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh
our God is whenever we call on him? 4:8 What great nation is there, that
has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set
before you this day? 4:9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul
diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest
they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them
known to your children and your children's children; 4:10 the day that
you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me,
Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they
may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that
they may teach their children. 4:11 You came near and stood under the
mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky,
with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 4:12 Yahweh spoke to you out
of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no
form; only you heard a voice. 4:13 He declared to you his covenant,
which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he
wrote them on two tables of stone. 4:14 Yahweh commanded me at that time
to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land
where you go over to possess it. 4:15 Take therefore good heed to
yourselves; for you saw no manner of form on the day that Yahweh spoke
to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. 4:16 Lest you corrupt
yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any
figure, the likeness of male or female, 4:17 the likeness of any animal
that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the
sky, 4:18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the
likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; 4:19 and lest
you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon
and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and
worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all
the peoples under the whole sky. 4:20 But Yahweh has taken you, and
brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a
people of inheritance, as at this day. 4:21 Furthermore Yahweh was angry
with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan,
and that I should not go in to that good land, which Yahweh your God
gives you for an inheritance: 4:22 but I must die in this land, I must
not go over the Jordan; but you shall go over, and possess that good
land. 4:23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of
Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image
in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you. 4:24
For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. 4:25 When you
shall father children, and children's children, and you shall have been
long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make an engraved
image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the
sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke him to anger; 4:26 I call heaven
and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly
perish from off the land whereunto you go over the Jordan to possess it;
you shall not prolong your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
4:27 Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left
few in number among the nations, where Yahweh shall lead you away. 4:28
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone,
which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 4:29 But from there you
shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search
after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4:30 When you are
in oppression, and all these things are come on you, in the latter days
you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice: 4:31 for
Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy
you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since
the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the
sky to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great
thing is, or has been heard like it? 4:33 Did ever a people hear the
voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard,
and live? 4:34 Or has God tried to go and take him a nation from the
midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by
war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great
terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt
before your eyes? 4:35 To you it was shown, that you might know that
Yahweh he is God; there is none else besides him. 4:36 Out of heaven he
made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and on earth he
made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst
of the fire. 4:37 Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose
their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his
great power, out of Egypt; 4:38 to drive out nations from before you
greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land
for an inheritance, as at this day. 4:39 Know therefore this day, and
lay it to your heart, that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the
earth beneath; there is none else. 4:40 You shall keep his statutes, and
his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with
you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your
days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever. 4:41 Then
Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise; 4:42
that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares,
and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these
cities he might live: 4:43 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain
country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and
Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. 4:44 This is the law which Moses
set before the children of Israel: 4:45 these are the testimonies, and
the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of
Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt, 4:46 beyond the Jordan, in
the valley over against Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the
Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel
struck, when they came forth out of Egypt. 4:47 They took his land in
possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the
Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise; 4:48 from
Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount
Sion (the same is Hermon), 4:49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan
eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

5:1 Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the
statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that
you may learn them, and observe to do them. 5:2 Yahweh our God made a
covenant with us in Horeb. 5:3 Yahweh didn't make this covenant with our
fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
5:4 Yahweh spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst
of the fire, 5:5 (I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to show
you the word of Yahweh: for you were afraid because of the fire, and
didn't go up onto the mountain;) saying, 5:6 "I am Yahweh your God, who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 5:7
You shall have no other gods before me.

5:8 "You shall not make an engraved image for yourself, nor any likeness
of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth: 5:9 you shall not bow down
yourself to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the
third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me; 5:10 and
showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my
commandments.

5:11 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh
will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

5:12 "Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God
commanded you. 5:13 You shall labor six days, and do all your work; 5:14
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall
not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male
servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any
of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your
male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 5:15 You
shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh
your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an
outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the
Sabbath day.

5:16 "Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded
you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in
the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

5:17 "You shall not murder.

5:18 "Neither shall you commit adultery.

5:19 "Neither shall you steal.

5:20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

5:21 "Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you
desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his
female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your
neighbor's."

5:22 These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out
of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with
a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of
stone, and gave them to me. 5:23 It happened, when you heard the voice
out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with
fire, that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and
your elders; 5:24 and you said, Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his
glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of
the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and he
lives. 5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will
consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, then we
shall die. 5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice
of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and
lived? 5:27 Go you near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say: and
speak you to us all that Yahweh our God shall speak to you; and we will
hear it, and do it. 5:28 Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you
spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words
of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all
that they have spoken. 5:29 Oh that there were such a heart in them,
that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it
might be well with them, and with their children forever! 5:30 Go tell
them, Return you to your tents. 5:31 But as for you, stand you here by
me, and I will speak to you all the commandment, and the statutes, and
the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the
land which I give them to possess it. 5:32 You shall observe to do
therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside
to the right hand or to the left. 5:33 You shall walk in all the way
which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it
may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land
which you shall possess.

6:1 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which
Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the
land where you go over to possess it; 6:2 that you might fear Yahweh
your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command
you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life;
and that your days may be prolonged. 6:3 Hear therefore, Israel, and
observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may
increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to
you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. 6:4 Hear, Israel: Yahweh is
our God; Yahweh is one: 6:5 and you shall love Yahweh your God with all
your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. 6:6 These
words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; 6:7 and you
shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them
when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you
lie down, and when you rise up. 6:8 You shall bind them for a sign on
your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes. 6:9 You
shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.
6:10 It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land
which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to
give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build, 6:11 and
houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns dug
out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn't
plant, and you shall eat and be full; 6:12 then beware lest you forget
Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage. 6:13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve
him, and shall swear by his name. 6:14 You shall not go after other
gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you; 6:15 for Yahweh
your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh
your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of
the earth. 6:16 You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him
in Massah. 6:17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh
your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded
you. 6:18 You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of
Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess
the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, 6:19 to thrust out all
your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken. 6:20 When your son
asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the
statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you?
6:21 then you shall tell your son, We were Pharaoh's bondservants in
Egypt: and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand; 6:22 and
Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh,
and on all his house, before our eyes; 6:23 and he brought us out from
there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to
our fathers. 6:24 Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear
Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as
at this day. 6:25 It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do
all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.

7:1 When Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to
possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and
the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite,
and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier
than you; 7:2 and when Yahweh your God shall deliver them up before you,
and you shall strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them: you
shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them; 7:3 neither
shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to
his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son. 7:4 For he will
turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so
the anger of Yahweh would be kindled against you, and he would destroy
you quickly. 7:5 But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break
down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their
Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire. 7:6 For you are a
holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a
people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of
the earth. 7:7 Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you,
because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest
of all peoples: 7:8 but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would
keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out
with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 7:9 Know therefore that Yahweh your
God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness
with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand
generations, 7:10 and repays those who hate him to their face, to
destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay
him to his face. 7:11 You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the
statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
7:12 It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep
and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and
the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers: 7:13 and he will
love you, and bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit
of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine
and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your
flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you. 7:14 You
shall be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female
barren among you, or among your livestock. 7:15 Yahweh will take away
from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you
know, he will put on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
7:16 You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall
deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve
their gods; for that will be a snare to you. 7:17 If you shall say in
your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
7:18 you shall not be afraid of them: you shall well remember what
Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt; 7:19 the great trials
which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty
hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you
out: so shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are
afraid. 7:20 Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them,
until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
7:21 You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is in the
midst of you, a great and awesome God. 7:22 Yahweh your God will cast
out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume
them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you. 7:23 But
Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them
with a great confusion, until they be destroyed. 7:24 He will deliver
their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name to perish from
under the sky: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you
have destroyed them. 7:25 You shall burn the engraved images of their
gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on
them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an
abomination to Yahweh your God. 7:26 You shall not bring an abomination
into your house, and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly
detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

8:1 You shall observe to do all the commandment which I command you this
day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land
which Yahweh swore to your fathers. 8:2 You shall remember all the way
which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness,
that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart,
whether you would keep his commandments, or not. 8:3 He humbled you, and
allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know,
neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does
not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth
of Yahweh does man live. 8:4 Your clothing didn't grow old on you,
neither did your foot swell, these forty years. 8:5 You shall consider
in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God
chastens you. 8:6 You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to
walk in his ways, and to fear him. 8:7 For Yahweh your God brings you
into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground
water flowing into valleys and hills; 8:8 a land of wheat and barley,
and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and
honey; 8:9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you
shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of
whose hills you may dig copper. 8:10 You shall eat and be full, and you
shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
8:11 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you
this day: 8:12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built
goodly houses, and lived therein; 8:13 and when your herds and your
flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all
that you have is multiplied; 8:14 then your heart be lifted up, and you
forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage; 8:15 who led you through the great and
terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions, and
thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out
of the rock of flint; 8:16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna,
which your fathers didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he
might prove you, to do you good at your latter end: 8:17 and lest you
say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this
wealth. 8:18 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who
gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which
he swore to your fathers, as at this day. 8:19 It shall be, if you shall
forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and
worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely
perish. 8:20 As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so
you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of Yahweh
your God.

9:1 Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to
dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and
fortified up to the sky, 9:2 a people great and tall, the sons of the
Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand
before the sons of Anak? 9:3 Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your
God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy
them, and he will bring them down before you: so you shall drive them
out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you. 9:4
Don't speak in your heart, after that Yahweh your God has thrust them
out from before you, saying, For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me
in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations
Yahweh does drive them out from before you. 9:5 Not for your
righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to
possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your
God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the
word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob. 9:6 Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn't give you this
good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-
necked people. 9:7 Remember, don't forget, how you provoked Yahweh your
God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you went forth out of
the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been
rebellious against Yahweh. 9:8 Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to
wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you. 9:9 When I was gone
up onto the mountain to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of
the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain
forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
9:10 Yahweh delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the
finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which
Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in
the day of the assembly. 9:11 It came to pass at the end of forty days
and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the
tables of the covenant. 9:12 Yahweh said to me, Arise, get you down
quickly from hence; for your people whom you have brought forth out of
Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of
the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. 9:13
Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and
behold, it is a stiff-necked people: 9:14 let me alone, that I may
destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will
make of you a nation mightier and greater than they. 9:15 So I turned
and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire:
and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 9:16 I looked,
and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God; you had made you a
molten calf: you had turned aside quickly out of the way which Yahweh
had commanded you. 9:17 I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out
of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. 9:18 I fell down
before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did
neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which you
sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke
him to anger. 9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure,
with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh
listened to me that time also. 9:20 Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to
destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. 9:21 I took
your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and
stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I
cast its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain. 9:22 At
Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah, you provoked Yahweh to
wrath. 9:23 When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Go up and
possess the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against the
commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn't believe him, nor listen
to his voice. 9:24 You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day
that I knew you. 9:25 So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and
forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy
you. 9:26 I prayed to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, don't destroy your
people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your
greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
9:27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't look to
the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their
sin, 9:28 lest the land whence you brought us out say, Because Yahweh
was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and
because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the
wilderness. 9:29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which
you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.

10:1 At that time Yahweh said to me, Cut two tables of stone like the
first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
10:2 I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables
which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark. 10:3 So I made an
ark of acacia wood, and cut two tables of stone like the first, and went
up onto the mountain, having the two tables in my hand. 10:4 He wrote on
the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which
Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the
day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them to me. 10:5 I turned and came
down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made;
and there they are as Yahweh commanded me. 10:6 (The children of Israel
traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and
there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's
office in his place. 10:7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from
Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. 10:8 At that time
Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of
Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his
name, to this day. 10:9 Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance
with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your
God spoke to him.) 10:10 I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time,
forty days and forty nights: and Yahweh listened to me that time also;
Yahweh would not destroy you. 10:11 Yahweh said to me, Arise, take your
journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land,
which I swore to their fathers to give to them. 10:12 Now, Israel, what
does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to
walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with
all your heart and with all your soul, 10:13 to keep the commandments of
Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
10:14 Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of
heavens, the earth, with all that is therein. 10:15 Only Yahweh had a
delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after
them, even you above all peoples, as at this day. 10:16 Circumcise
therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked. 10:17
For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great
God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't regard persons, nor takes
reward. 10:18 He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and
loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing. 10:19 Therefore
love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. 10:20
You shall fear Yahweh your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling
to him, and you shall swear by his name. 10:21 He is your praise, and he
is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which
your eyes have seen. 10:22 Your fathers went down into Egypt with
seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of
the sky for multitude.

11:1 Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his
instructions, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his
commandments, always. 11:2 Know you this day: for I don't speak with
your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement
of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched
arm, 11:3 and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of
Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land; 11:4 and what
he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how
he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after
you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day; 11:5 and what he did
to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place; 11:6 and what he
did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the
earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and
their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of
all Israel: 11:7 but your eyes have seen all the great work of Yahweh
which he did. 11:8 Therefore you shall keep all the commandment which I
command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the
land, where you go over to possess it; 11:9 and that you may prolong
your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to
them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. 11:10 For
the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt,
from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with
your foot, as a garden of herbs; 11:11 but the land, where you go over
to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinks water of the
rain of the sky, 11:12 a land which Yahweh your God cares for: the eyes
of Yahweh your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even
to the end of the year. 11:13 It shall happen, if you shall listen
diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love
Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your
soul, 11:14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the
former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and
your new wine, and your oil. 11:15 I will give grass in your fields for
your livestock, and you shall eat and be full. 11:16 Take heed to
yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve
other gods, and worship them; 11:17 and the anger of Yahweh be kindled
against you, and he shut up the sky, so that there shall be no rain, and
the land shall not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the
good land which Yahweh gives you. 11:18 Therefore you shall lay up these
my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a
sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
11:19 You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit
in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and
when you rise up. 11:20 You shall write them on the door posts of your
house, and on your gates; 11:21 that your days may be multiplied, and
the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your
fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. 11:22
For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command
you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to
cleave to him; 11:23 then will Yahweh drive out all these nations from
before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than
yourselves. 11:24 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread
shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the
river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border. 11:25
There shall no man be able to stand before you: Yahweh your God shall
lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall
tread on, as he has spoken to you. 11:26 Behold, I set before you this
day a blessing and a curse: 11:27 the blessing, if you shall listen to
the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day; 11:28
and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments of Yahweh
your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to
go after other gods, which you have not known. 11:29 It shall happen,
when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to
possess it, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the
curse on Mount Ebal. 11:30 Aren't they beyond the Jordan, behind the way
of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in
the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? 11:31 For you
are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh
your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein. 11:32
You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set
before you this day.

12:1 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe
to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you
to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth. 12:2 You shall
surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall
dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills,
and under every green tree: 12:3 and you shall break down their altars,
and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and
you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall
destroy their name out of that place. 12:4 You shall not do so to Yahweh
your God. 12:5 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out
of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you
shall seek, and there you shall come; 12:6 and there you shall bring
your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the wave
offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and
the firstborn of your herd and of your flock: 12:7 and there you shall
eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put
your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has
blessed you. 12:8 You shall not do after all the things that we do here
this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; 12:9 for you
haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your
God gives you. 12:10 But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the
land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest
from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety; 12:11
then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall
choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that
I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes,
and the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you
vow to Yahweh. 12:12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and
your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your female
servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no
portion nor inheritance with you. 12:13 Take heed to yourself that you
don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; 12:14 but
in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you
shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I
command you. 12:15 Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within
all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the
blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the
clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. 12:16 Only
you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as
water. 12:17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain,
or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of
your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill
offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand; 12:18 but you shall eat
them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall
choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and
your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you
shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.
12:19 Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as
you live in your land. 12:20 When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your
border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh,
because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, after all the
desire of your soul. 12:21 If the place which Yahweh your God shall
choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill
of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have
commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire
of your soul. 12:22 Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you
shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike. 12:23
Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life;
and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. 12:24 You shall not eat
it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water. 12:25 You shall not eat
it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when
you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh. 12:26 Only your
holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the
place which Yahweh shall choose: 12:27 and you shall offer your burnt
offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and
the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh
your God; and you shall eat the flesh. 12:28 Observe and hear all these
words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your
children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in
the eyes of Yahweh your God. 12:29 When Yahweh your God shall cut off
the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you
dispossess them, and dwell in their land; 12:30 take heed to yourself
that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed
from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, How
do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 12:31 You
shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh,
which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and
their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods. 12:32 Whatever
thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add
thereto, nor diminish from it.

13:1 If there arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of
dreams, and he give you a sign or a wonder, 13:2 and the sign or the
wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after
other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them; 13:3 you
shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of
dreams: for Yahweh your God proves you, to know whether you love Yahweh
your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 13:4 You shall walk
after Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey
his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave to him. 13:5 That
prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he
has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you
aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So
you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

13:6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your
daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own
soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which
you have not known, you, nor your fathers; 13:7 of the gods of the
peoples who are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the
one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; 13:8 you shall
not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him,
neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him: 13:9 but you
shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to
death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 13:10 You shall stone
him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from
Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage. 13:11 All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not
do any more such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.

13:12 If you shall hear tell concerning one of your cities, which Yahweh
your God gives you to dwell there, saying, 13:13 Certain base fellows
are gone out from the midst of you, and have drawn away the inhabitants
of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have
not known; 13:14 then you shall inquire, and make search, and ask
diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that
such abomination is done in the midst of you, 13:15 you shall surely
strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,
destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and its livestock, with
the edge of the sword. 13:16 You shall gather all its spoil into the
midst of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all its
spoil every whit, to Yahweh your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it
shall not be built again. 13:17 There shall cleave nothing of the
devoted thing to your hand; that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of
his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply
you, as he has sworn to your fathers; 13:18 when you shall listen to the
voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all his commandments which I command
you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.

14:1 You are the children of Yahweh your God: you shall not cut
yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 14:2
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you
to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the
face of the earth. 14:3 You shall not eat any abominable thing. 14:4
These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the
goat, 14:5 the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild
goat, and the ibex, and the antelope, and the chamois. 14:6 Every animal
that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two, and chews the cud,
among the animals, that may you eat. 14:7 Nevertheless these you shall
not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven:
the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but
don't part the hoof, they are unclean to you. 14:8 The pig, because it
has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their
flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. 14:9
These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and
scales may you eat; 14:10 and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you
shall not eat; it is unclean to you. 14:11 Of all clean birds you may
eat. 14:12 But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and
the vulture, and the osprey, 14:13 and the red kite, and the falcon, and
the kite after its kind, 14:14 and every raven after its kind, 14:15 and
the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,
14:16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl, 14:17 and
the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant, 14:18 and the stork,
and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. 14:19 All
winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.
14:20 Of all clean birds you may eat. 14:21 You shall not eat of
anything that dies of itself: you may give it to the foreigner living
among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell
it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You
shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk. 14:22 You shall surely tithe
all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field
year by year. 14:23 You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place
which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of
your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your
herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God
always. 14:24 If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able
to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your
God shall choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God shall
bless you; 14:25 then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the
money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God
shall choose: 14:26 and you shall bestow the money for whatever your
soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong
drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there
before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
14:27 The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him;
for he has no portion nor inheritance with you. 14:28 At the end of
every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase
in the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates: 14:29 and the
Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the
foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are
within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that
Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

15:1 At the end of every seven years you shall make a release. 15:2 This
is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he
has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his
brother; because Yahweh's release has been proclaimed. 15:3 Of a
foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother
your hand shall release. 15:4 However there shall be no poor with you;
(for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God
gives you for an inheritance to possess it;) 15:5 if only you diligently
listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all this
commandment which I command you this day. 15:6 For Yahweh your God will
bless you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but
you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they
shall not rule over you. 15:7 If there be with you a poor man, one of
your brothers, within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your
God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from
your poor brother; 15:8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and
shall surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wants.
15:9 Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The
seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil
against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to
Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. 15:10 You shall surely give
him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because
that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and
in all that you put your hand to. 15:11 For the poor will never cease
out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open
your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your
land. 15:12 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold to
you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him
go free from you. 15:13 When you let him go free from you, you shall not
let him go empty: 15:14 you shall furnish him liberally out of your
flock, and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress; as
Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. 15:15 You shall
remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh
your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today. 15:16
It shall be, if he tell you, I will not go out from you; because he
loves you and your house, because he is well with you; 15:17 then you
shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he
shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do
likewise. 15:18 It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free
from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you
six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do. 15:19
All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you
shall sanctify to Yahweh your God: you shall do no work with the
firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. 15:20 You
shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which
Yahweh shall choose, you and your household. 15:21 If it have any
blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatever, you shall
not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God. 15:22 You shall eat it within your
gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and
as the hart. 15:23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it
out on the ground as water.

16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your
God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of
Egypt by night. 16:2 You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your
God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose,
to cause his name to dwell there. 16:3 You shall eat no leavened bread
with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the
bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in
haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land
of Egypt all the days of your life. 16:4 There shall be no yeast seen
with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh,
which you sacrifice the first day at even, remain all night until the
morning. 16:5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your
gates, which Yahweh your God gives you; 16:6 but at the place which
Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you
shall sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at
the season that you came forth out of Egypt. 16:7 You shall roast and
eat it in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: and you shall
turn in the morning, and go to your tents. 16:8 Six days you shall eat
unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to
Yahweh your God; you shall do no work therein. 16:9 You shall count
seven weeks to you: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the
standing grain you shall begin to number seven weeks. 16:10 You shall
keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill
offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh your
God blesses you: 16:11 and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God,
you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your
female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the
foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of
you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name
to dwell there. 16:12 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in
Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes. 16:13 You shall keep
the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your
threshing floor and from your winepress: 16:14 and you shall rejoice in
your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant,
and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the
fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates. 16:15 You shall
keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh
shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your
increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether
joyful. 16:16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before
Yahweh your God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of
unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents;
and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty: 16:17 every man shall
give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which
he has given you. 16:18 You shall make judges and officers in all your
gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and
they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 16:19 You shall not
wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a
bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the
words of the righteous. 16:20 You shall follow that which is altogether
just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God
gives you. 16:21 You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree
beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make you. 16:22
Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates.

17:1 You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in
which is a blemish, or anything evil; for that is an abomination to
Yahweh your God. 17:2 If there be found in the midst of you, within any
of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does
that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his
covenant, 17:3 and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them,
or the sun, or the moon, or any of the army of the sky, which I have not
commanded; 17:4 and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then you
shall inquire diligently; and behold, if it be true, and the thing
certain, that such abomination is done in Israel, 17:5 then you shall
bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to
your gates, even the man or the woman; and you shall stone them to death
with stones. 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,
shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he
shall not be put to death. 17:7 The hand of the witnesses shall be first
on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So
you shall put away the evil from the midst of you. 17:8 If there arise a
matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between
plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of
controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the
place which Yahweh your God shall choose; 17:9 and you shall come to the
priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and
you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.
17:10 You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they
shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose; and you shall
observe to do according to all that they shall teach you: 17:11
according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and
according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you
shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the
right hand, nor to the left. 17:12 The man who does presumptuously, in
not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh
your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put
away the evil from Israel. 17:13 All the people shall hear, and fear,
and do no more presumptuously. 17:14 When you are come to the land which
Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell
therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations
that are around me; 17:15 you shall surely set him king over you, whom
Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers you shall set
king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your
brother. 17:16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause
the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses;
because Yahweh has said to you, You shall henceforth return no more that
way. 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart
not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and
gold. 17:18 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that
he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is
before the priests the Levites: 17:19 and it shall be with him, and he
shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear
Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to
do them; 17:20 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and
that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to
the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and
his children, in the midst of Israel.

18:1 The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no
portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of
Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance. 18:2 They shall have no
inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has
spoken to them. 18:3 This shall be the priests' due from the people,
from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they
shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
18:4 The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil,
and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. 18:5 For
Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to
minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever. 18:6 If a
Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as
a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place
which Yahweh shall choose; 18:7 then he shall minister in the name of
Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there
before Yahweh. 18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that
which comes of the sale of his patrimony. 18:9 When you are come into
the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to do
after the abominations of those nations. 18:10 There shall not be found
with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the
fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an
enchanter, or a sorcerer, 18:11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a
familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 18:12 For whoever does
these things is an abomination to Yahweh: and because of these
abominations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you. 18:13
You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God. 18:14 For these nations, that
you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to
diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
18:15 Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of
you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him. 18:16 This is
according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day
of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my
God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die. 18:17
Yahweh said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
18:18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like
you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them
all that I shall command him. 18:19 It shall happen, that whoever will
not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require
it of him. 18:20 But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously
in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak
in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. 18:21 If you say
in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?
18:22 when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't
follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the
prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.

19:1 When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations, whose land Yahweh
your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and
in their houses; 19:2 you shall set apart three cities for you in the
midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it. 19:3
You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land,
which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that
every manslayer may flee there. 19:4 This is the case of the manslayer,
that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and
didn't hate him in time past; 19:5 as when a man goes into the forest
with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the
axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights
on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities
and live: 19:6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his
heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him
mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate
him in time past. 19:7 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set
apart three cities for you. 19:8 If Yahweh your God enlarge your border,
as he has sworn to your fathers, and give you all the land which he
promised to give to your fathers; 19:9 if you shall keep all this
commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your
God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more
for you, besides these three: 19:10 that innocent blood not be shed in
the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an
inheritance, and so blood be on you. 19:11 But if any man hate his
neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike
him mortally so that he dies, and he flee into one of these cities;
19:12 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and
deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
19:13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent
blood from Israel, that it may go well with you. 19:14 You shall not
remove your neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in
your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your
God gives you to possess it. 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against
a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the
mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a
matter be established. 19:16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against
any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, 19:17 then both the men,
between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the
priests and the judges who shall be in those days; 19:18 and the judges
shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false
witness, and has testified falsely against his brother; 19:19 then you
shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put
away the evil from the midst of you. 19:20 Those who remain shall hear,
and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst
of you. 19:21 Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

20:1 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses,
and chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of
them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the
land of Egypt. 20:2 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that
the priest shall approach and speak to the people, 20:3 and shall tell
them, Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your
enemies: don't let your heart faint; don't be afraid, nor tremble,
neither be scared of them; 20:4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with
you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 20:5 The
officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there who has
built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to
his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 20:6
What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its
fruit? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle,
and another man use its fruit. 20:7 What man is there who has pledged to
be married a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his
house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 20:8 The
officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man
is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his
house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart. 20:9 It shall be,
when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they
shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people. 20:10 When
you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
20:11 It shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you, then
it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become
tributary to you, and shall serve you. 20:12 If it will make no peace
with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
20:13 and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall
strike every male of it with the edge of the sword: 20:14 but the women,
and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city,
even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall
eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.
20:15 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from
you, which are not of the cities of these nations. 20:16 But of the
cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an
inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes; 20:17 but you
shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite,
and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God has
commanded you; 20:18 that they not teach you to do after all their
abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin
against Yahweh your God. 20:19 When you shall besiege a city a long
time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its
trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you
shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it
should be besieged of you? 20:20 Only the trees of which you know that
they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and
you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until
it fall.

21:1 If one be found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you
to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck
him; 21:2 then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they
shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain: 21:3 and
it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the
elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn't been
worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke; 21:4 and the elders of
that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water,
which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck
there in the valley. 21:5 The priests the sons of Levi shall come near;
for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in
the name of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy
and every stroke be. 21:6 All the elders of that city, who are nearest
to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was
broken in the valley; 21:7 and they shall answer and say, Our hands have
not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 21:8 Forgive,
Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don't allow
innocent blood to remain in the midst of your people Israel. The blood
shall be forgiven them. 21:9 So you shall put away the innocent blood
from the midst of you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes
of Yahweh. 21:10 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and
Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away
captive, 21:11 and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you
have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife; 21:12 then you
shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and
pare her nails; 21:13 and she shall put the clothing of her captivity
from off her, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and
her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be
her husband, and she shall be your wife. 21:14 It shall be, if you have
no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you
shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a
slave, because you have humbled her. 21:15 If a man have two wives, the
one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both
the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was
hated; 21:16 then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to
inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved
the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn: 21:17
but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving
him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his
strength; the right of the firstborn is his. 21:18 If a man have a
stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father,
or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not
listen to them; 21:19 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on
him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his
place; 21:20 and they shall tell the elders of his city, This our son is
stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton,
and a drunkard. 21:21 All the men of his city shall stone him to death
with stones: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you; and
all Israel shall hear, and fear. 21:22 If a man have committed a sin
worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
21:23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall
surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God;
that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an
inheritance.

22:1 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and
hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your
brother. 22:2 If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know
him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with
you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him.
22:3 So you shall do with his donkey; and so you shall do with his
garment; and so you shall do with every lost thing of your brother's,
which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself. 22:4
You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the
way, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely help him to lift them
up again. 22:5 A woman shall not wear men's clothing, neither shall a
man put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is an
abomination to Yahweh your God. 22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be
before you in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or
eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not
take the hen with the young: 22:7 you shall surely let the hen go, but
the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and
that you may prolong your days. 22:8 When you build a new house, then
you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on
your house, if any man fall from there. 22:9 You shall not sow your
vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the
seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard. 22:10 You
shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. 22:11 You shall not
wear a mixed stuff, wool and linen together. 22:12 You shall make
yourselves fringes on the four borders of your cloak, with which you
cover yourself. 22:13 If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and
hates her, 22:14 and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an
evil name on her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to
her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity; 22:15 then shall the
father of the young lady, and her mother, take and bring forth the
tokens of the young lady's virginity to the elders of the city in the
gate; 22:16 and the young lady's father shall tell the elders, I gave my
daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her; 22:17 and behold, he has
accused her of shameful things, saying, I didn't find in your daughter
the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's
virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
22:18 The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him; 22:19
and they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to
the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on
a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away
all his days. 22:20 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of
virginity were not found in the young lady; 22:21 then they shall bring
out the young lady to the door of her father's house, and the men of her
city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in
Israel, to play the prostitute in her father's house: so you shall put
away the evil from the midst of you. 22:22 If a man be found lying with
a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man
who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil
from Israel. 22:23 If there be a young lady who is a virgin pledged to
be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with
her; 22:24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city,
and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she
didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his
neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
22:25 But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married in the
field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only who
lay with her shall die: 22:26 but to the lady you shall do nothing;
there is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises
against his neighbor, and kills him, even so is this matter; 22:27 for
he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and
there was none to save her. 22:28 If a man find a lady who is a virgin,
who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her,
and they be found; 22:29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the
lady's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife,
because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days. 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his
father's skirt.

23:1 He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off,
shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh. 23:2 A bastard shall not
enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall
none of his enter into the assembly of Yahweh. 23:3 An Ammonite or a
Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth
generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of
Yahweh forever: 23:4 because they didn't meet you with bread and with
water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they
hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to
curse you. 23:5 Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam;
but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because
Yahweh your God loved you. 23:6 You shall not seek their peace nor their
prosperity all your days forever. 23:7 You shall not abhor an Edomite;
for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you
lived as a foreigner in his land. 23:8 The children of the third
generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
23:9 When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall keep
you from every evil thing. 23:10 If there be among you any man, who is
not clean by reason of that which happens him by night, then shall he go
abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 23:11 but it
shall be, when evening comes on, he shall bathe himself in water; and
when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp. 23:12 You shall
have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:
23:13 and you shall have a paddle among your weapons; and it shall be,
when you sit down abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall turn back
and cover that which comes from you: 23:14 for Yahweh your God walks in
the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies
before you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an
unclean thing in you, and turn away from you. 23:15 You shall not
deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you:
23:16 he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which
he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best: you
shall not oppress him. 23:17 There shall be no prostitute of the
daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of
Israel. 23:18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages
of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both
these are an abomination to Yahweh your God. 23:19 You shall not lend on
interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest
of anything that is lent on interest: 23:20 to a foreigner you may lend
on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that
Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the
land where you go in to possess it. 23:21 When you shall vow a vow to
Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God
will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. 23:22 But if
you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you. 23:23 That which is
gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have
vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill offering, which you have promised
with your mouth. 23:24 When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then
you may eat of grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not
put any in your vessel. 23:25 When you come into your neighbor's
standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you
shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.

24:1 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she
find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in
her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand,
and send her out of his house. 24:2 When she is departed out of his
house, she may go and be another man's wife. 24:3 If the latter husband
hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and
send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to
be his wife; 24:4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take
her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is
abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin,
which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance. 24:5 When a man
takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be
assigned any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall
cheer his wife whom he has taken. 24:6 No man shall take the mill or the
upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a man's life to pledge. 24:7 If
a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel,
and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die:
so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you. 24:8 Take heed in
the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to
all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them,
so you shall observe to do. 24:9 Remember what Yahweh your God did to
Miriam, by the way as you came forth out of Egypt. 24:10 When you do
lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house
to get his pledge. 24:11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom
you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you. 24:12 If he be
a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge; 24:13 you shall surely
restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in
his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before
Yahweh your God. 24:14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor
and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are
in your land within your gates: 24:15 in his day you shall give him his
hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his
heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.
24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither
shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be
put to death for his own sin. 24:17 You shall not wrest the justice due
to the foreigner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to
pledge; 24:18 but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in
Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you
to do this thing. 24:19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and
have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it
shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that
Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 24:20 When
you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it
shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 24:21
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it
after you: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for
the widow. 24:22 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the
land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.

25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment,
and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and
condemn the wicked; 25:2 and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to
be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten
before his face, according to his wickedness, by number. 25:3 Forty
stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed,
and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should
seem vile to you. 25:4 You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out
the grain. 25:5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and
have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a
stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him
as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. 25:6 It
shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of
his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
25:7 If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his
brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My
husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel;
he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me. 25:8 Then the
elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand,
and say, I don't want to take her; 25:9 then his brother's wife shall
come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off
his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall
it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house. 25:10
His name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who has his shoe
untied. 25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of
the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who
strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;
25:12 then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity.
25:13 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a
small. 25:14 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, a great
and a small. 25:15 You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall
have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land
which Yahweh your God gives you. 25:16 For all who do such things, even
all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God. 25:17
Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth out of
Egypt; 25:18 how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you,
all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he
didn't fear God. 25:19 Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has
given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which
Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you
shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not
forget.

26:1 It shall be, when you are come in to the land which Yahweh your God
gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein, 26:2
that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which
you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you; and
you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh
your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. 26:3 You shall
come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, I profess
this day to Yahweh your God, that I am come to the land which Yahweh
swore to our fathers to give us. 26:4 The priest shall take the basket
out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of Yahweh your God.
26:5 You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, A Syrian ready to
perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there,
few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and
populous. 26:6 The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and
laid on us hard bondage: 26:7 and we cried to Yahweh, the God of our
fathers, and Yahweh heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our
toil, and our oppression; 26:8 and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt
with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror,
and with signs, and with wonders; 26:9 and he has brought us into this
place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
26:10 Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground,
which you, Yahweh, have given me. You shall set it down before Yahweh
your God, and worship before Yahweh your God. 26:11 You shall rejoice in
all the good which Yahweh your God has given to you, and to your house,
you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is in the midst of you. 26:12
When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your increase in
the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to
the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that
they may eat within your gates, and be filled. 26:13 You shall say
before Yahweh your God, I have put away the holy things out of my house,
and also have given them to the Levite, and to the foreigner, to the
fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which
you have commanded me: I have not transgressed any of your commandments,
neither have I forgotten them: 26:14 I have not eaten of it in my
mourning, neither have I put away of it, being unclean, nor given of it
for the dead: I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done
according to all that you have commanded me. 26:15 Look down from your
holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the
ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land
flowing with milk and honey. 26:16 This day Yahweh your God commands you
to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do
them with all your heart, and with all your soul. 26:17 You have
declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his
ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances,
and listen to his voice: 26:18 and Yahweh has declared you this day to
be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you
should keep all his commandments; 26:19 and to make you high above all
nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that
you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.

27:1 Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep
all the commandment which I command you this day. 27:2 It shall be on
the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh
your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and
plaster them with plaster: 27:3 and you shall write on them all the
words of this law, when you are passed over; that you may go in to the
land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and
honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you. 27:4 It
shall be, when you are passed over the Jordan, that you shall set up
these stones, which I command you this day, in Mount Ebal, and you shall
plaster them with plaster. 27:5 There you shall build an altar to Yahweh
your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron tool on them.
27:6 You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of uncut stones; and
you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh your God: 27:7 and you
shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall
rejoice before Yahweh your God. 27:8 You shall write on the stones all
the words of this law very plainly. 27:9 Moses and the priests the
Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Israel:
this day you are become the people of Yahweh your God. 27:10 You shall
therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God, and do his commandments and
his statutes, which I command you this day. 27:11 Moses commanded the
people the same day, saying, 27:12 These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to
bless the people, when you are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi,
and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. 27:13 These shall
stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun,
Dan, and Naphtali. 27:14 The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men
of Israel with a loud voice, 27:15 Cursed be the man who makes an
engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the
hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall
answer and say, Amen. 27:16 Cursed be he who sets light by his father or
his mother. All the people shall say, Amen. 27:17 Cursed be he who
removes his neighbor's landmark. All the people shall say, Amen. 27:18
Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the
people shall say, Amen. 27:19 Cursed be he who wrests the justice due to
the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
27:20 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has
uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen. 27:21
Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal. All the people shall
say, Amen. 27:22 Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of
his father, or the daughter of his mother. All the people shall say,
Amen. 27:23 Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. All the people
shall say, Amen. 27:24 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret.
All the people shall say, Amen. 27:25 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to
kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen. 27:26 Cursed be
he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them. All the people
shall say, Amen.

28:1 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of
Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command
you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the
nations of the earth: 28:2 and all these blessings shall come on you,
and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
28:3 You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the
field. 28:4 You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of
your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock,
and the young of your flock. 28:5 Your basket and your kneading trough
shall be blessed. 28:6 You shall be blessed when you come in, and you
shall be blessed when you go out. 28:7 Yahweh will cause your enemies
who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out
against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways. 28:8 Yahweh
will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put
your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God
gives you. 28:9 Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself,
as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh
your God, and walk in his ways. 28:10 All the peoples of the earth shall
see that you are called by the name of Yahweh; and they shall be afraid
of you. 28:11 Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of
your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your
ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.
28:12 Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the
rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand:
and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow. 28:13
Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above
only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the
commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to
observe and to do them, 28:14 and shall not turn aside from any of the
words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left,
to go after other gods to serve them. 28:15 But it shall come to pass,
if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do
all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that
all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you. 28:16 You shall be
cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field. 28:17 Your
basket and your kneading trough shall be cursed. 28:18 The fruit of your
body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the
young of your flock shall be cursed. 28:19 You shall be cursed when you
come in, and you shall be cursed when you go out. 28:20 Yahweh will send
on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to
do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of
the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me. 28:21 Yahweh
will make the pestilence cleave to you, until he has consumed you from
off the land, where you go in to possess it. 28:22 Yahweh will strike
you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with
fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and
they shall pursue you until you perish. 28:23 Your sky that is over your
head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
28:24 Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the
sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed. 28:25 Yahweh
will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one
way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall
be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. 28:26 Your
dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of
the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away. 28:27 Yahweh
will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with
the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed. 28:28
Yahweh will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with
astonishment of heart; 28:29 and you shall grope at noonday, as the
blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and
you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none
to save you. 28:30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie
with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you
shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit. 28:31 Your ox shall
be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey
shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be
restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you
shall have none to save you. 28:32 Your sons and your daughters shall be
given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing
for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your
hand. 28:33 The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a
nation which you don't know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and
crushed always; 28:34 so that you shall be mad for the sight of your
eyes which you shall see. 28:35 Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and
in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the
sole of your foot to the crown of your head. 28:36 Yahweh will bring
you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you
have not known, you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other
gods, wood and stone. 28:37 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb,
and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
28:38 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather
little in; for the locust shall consume it. 28:39 You shall plant
vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine, nor
gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them. 28:40 You shall have
olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint
yourself with the oil; for your olive shall cast its fruit. 28:41 You
shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they
shall go into captivity. 28:42 All your trees and the fruit of your
ground shall the locust possess. 28:43 The foreigner who is in the midst
of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come
down lower and lower. 28:44 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend
to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. 28:45 All these
curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until
you are destroyed; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your
God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
28:46 and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your
seed forever. 28:47 Because you didn't serve Yahweh your God with
joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of
all things; 28:48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom Yahweh
shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and
in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck,
until he have destroyed you. 28:49 Yahweh will bring a nation against
you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation
whose language you shall not understand; 28:50 a nation of fierce facial
expressions, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor
to the young, 28:51 and shall eat the fruit of your livestock, and the
fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave
you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your livestock, or the
young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish. 28:52 They
shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls
come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they
shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which
Yahweh your God has given you. 28:53 You shall eat the fruit of your own
body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God
has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies
shall distress you. 28:54 The man who is tender among you, and very
delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife
of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has
remaining; 28:55 so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of
his children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him, in the
siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in
all your gates. 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would
not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness
and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom,
and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 28:57 and toward her young
one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom
she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly,
in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress
you in your gates. 28:58 If you will not observe to do all the words of
this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious
and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD; 28:59 then Yahweh will make your
plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and
of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 28:60
He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were
afraid of; and they shall cleave to you. 28:61 Also every sickness, and
every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will
Yahweh bring on you, until you are destroyed. 28:62 You shall be left
few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude;
because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God. 28:63 It
shall happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to
multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish,
and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked from off the land where you
go in to possess it. 28:64 Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples,
from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and
there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your
fathers, even wood and stone. 28:65 Among these nations you shall find
no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but
Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and
pining of soul; 28:66 and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and
you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
28:67 In the morning you shall say, Would it were even! and at even you
shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your heart which you
shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see. 28:68
Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I
said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall sell
yourselves to your enemies for bondservants and for bondmaids, and no
man shall buy you.

29:1 These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to
make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the
covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 29:2 Moses called to all
Israel, and said to them, You have seen all that Yahweh did before your
eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to
all his land; 29:3 the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and
those great wonders: 29:4 but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know,
and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day. 29:5 I have led you
forty years in the wilderness: your clothes have not grown old on you,
and your shoe has not grown old on your foot. 29:6 You have not eaten
bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know
that I am Yahweh your God. 29:7 When you came to this place, Sihon the
king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to
battle, and we struck them: 29:8 and we took their land, and gave it for
an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-
tribe of the Manassites. 29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant,
and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. 29:10 You stand
this day all of you before Yahweh your God; your heads, your tribes,
your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, 29:11 your
little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your
camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water;
29:12 that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into
his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day; 29:13 that he
may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be
to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 29:14 Neither with you only do I make
this covenant and this oath, 29:15 but with him who stands here with us
this day before Yahweh our God, and also with him who is not here with
us this day 29:16 (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and
how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
29:17 and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and
stone, silver and gold, which were among them); 29:18 lest there should
be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away
this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations;
lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
29:19 and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he
bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in
the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. 29:20
Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his
jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written
in this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from
under the sky. 29:21 Yahweh will set him apart to evil out of all the
tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is
written in this book of the law. 29:22 The generation to come, your
children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come
from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and
the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick; 29:23 and that the
whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, and a burning, that it is not
sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of
Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his
anger, and in his wrath: 29:24 even all the nations shall say, Why has
Yahweh done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?
29:25 Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh,
the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, 29:26 and went and served other gods,
and worshiped them, gods that they didn't know, and that he had not
given to them: 29:27 therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against
this land, to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book;
29:28 and Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath,
and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this
day. 29:29 The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things
that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may
do all the words of this law.

30:1 It shall happen, when all these things are come on you, the
blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call
them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven
you, 30:2 and shall return to Yahweh your God, and shall obey his voice
according to all that I command you this day, you and your children,
with all your heart, and with all your soul; 30:3 that then Yahweh your
God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will
return and gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has
scattered you. 30:4 If any of your outcasts are in the uttermost parts
of the heavens, from there will Yahweh your God gather you, and from
there he will bring you back: 30:5 and Yahweh your God will bring you
into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it;
and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers. 30:6
Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed,
to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
that you may live. 30:7 Yahweh your God will put all these curses on
your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 30:8 You
shall return and obey the voice of Yahweh, and do all his commandments
which I command you this day. 30:9 Yahweh your God will make you
plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and
in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for
good: for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced
over your fathers; 30:10 if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God,
to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book
of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with
all your soul. 30:11 For this commandment which I command you this day,
it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 30:12 It is not in
heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring
it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? 30:13 Neither is it
beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us,
and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? 30:14 But
the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you
may do it. 30:15 Behold, I have set before you this day life and good,
and death and evil; 30:16 in that I command you this day to love Yahweh
your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his
statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that
Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
30:17 But if your heart turn away, and you will not hear, but shall be
drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 30:18 I denounce to
you this day, that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your
days in the land, where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I
have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse:
therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed; 30:20 to
love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cleave to him; for he is
your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land
which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
to give them.

31:1 Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. 31:2 He said to
them, I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I can no more go out
and come in: and Yahweh has said to me, You shall not go over this
Jordan. 31:3 Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will
destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them:
and Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken. 31:4
Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the
Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed. 31:5 Yahweh will deliver
them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the
commandment which I have commanded you. 31:6 Be strong and of good
courage, don't be afraid, nor be scared of them: for Yahweh your God, he
it is who does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you. 31:7
Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be
strong and of good courage: for you shall go with this people into the
land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall
cause them to inherit it. 31:8 Yahweh, he it is who does go before you;
he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don't be
afraid, neither be dismayed. 31:9 Moses wrote this law, and delivered it
to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of
Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel. 31:10 Moses commanded them,
saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of
release, in the feast of tents, 31:11 when all Israel is come to appear
before Yahweh your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall
read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 31:12 Assemble the
people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner
who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn,
and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
31:13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn
to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go
over the Jordan to possess it. 31:14 Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your
days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in
the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him. Moses and Joshua went,
and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting. 31:15 Yahweh appeared
in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the
door of the Tent. 31:16 Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep
with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute
after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and
will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I
will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be
devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they
will say in that day, Haven't these evils come on us because our God is
not among us? 31:18 I will surely hide my face in that day for all the
evil which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other
gods. 31:19 Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it
the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a
witness for me against the children of Israel. 31:20 For when I shall
have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing
with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves,
and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and
despise me, and break my covenant. 31:21 It shall happen, when many
evils and troubles are come on them, that this song shall testify before
them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of
their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day,
before I have brought them into the land which I swore. 31:22 So Moses
wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
31:23 He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, Be strong and of
good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land
which I swore to them: and I will be with you. 31:24 It happened, when
Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until
they were finished, 31:25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying, 31:26 Take this book of the law,
and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God,
that it may be there for a witness against you. 31:27 For I know your
rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you
this day, you have been rebellious against Yahweh; and how much more
after my death? 31:28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and
your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call
heaven and earth to witness against them. 31:29 For I know that after my
death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way
which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter
days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to
provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 31:30 Moses spoke
in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until
they were finished.

32:1 Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the
words of my mouth. 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech
shall condense as the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass, as the
showers on the herb. 32:3 For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh.
Ascribe greatness to our God! 32:4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for
all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and right is he. 32:5 They have dealt corruptly with him, they are
not his children, it is their blemish. They are a perverse and crooked
generation. 32:6 Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise?
Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and
established you. 32:7 Remember the days of old. Consider the years of
many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders,
and they will tell you. 32:8 When the Most High gave to the nations
their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the
bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
32:9 For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his
inheritance. 32:10 He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling
wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the
apple of his eye. 32:11 As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that
flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he
bore them on his feathers. 32:12 Yahweh alone led him. There was no
foreign god with him. 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the
earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out
of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 Butter of the herd, and
milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and
goats, with the finest of the wheat. Of the blood of the grape you drank
wine. 32:15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You
have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 32:16 They moved
him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with
abominations. 32:17 They sacrificed to demons, which were no God, to
gods that they didn't know, to new gods that came up of late, which your
fathers didn't dread. 32:18 Of the Rock who became your father, you are
unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth. 32:19 Yahweh saw
it, and abhorred them, because of the provocation of his sons and his
daughters. 32:20 He said, I will hide my face from them. I will see what
their end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in
whom is no faithfulness. 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that
which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I
will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will
provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 32:22 For a fire is kindled
in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its
increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire. 32:23 I
will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them. 32:24 They
shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter
destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, With the poison
of crawling things of the dust. 32:25 Outside the sword shall bereave,
and in the chambers, terror; on both young man and virgin, The suckling
with the gray-haired man. 32:26 I said, I would scatter them afar. I
would make the memory of them to cease from among men; 32:27 were it not
that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries
should judge wrongly, lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, Yahweh
has not done all this. 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel.
There is no understanding in them. 32:29 Oh that they were wise, that
they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 32:30
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up? 32:31
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being
judges. 32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of
Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter.
32:33 Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.
32:34 Isn't this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?
32:35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot
slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are to
come on them shall make haste. 32:36 For Yahweh will judge his people,
and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is
gone, There is none remaining, shut up or left at large. 32:37 He will
say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge; 32:38
Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink
offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection.
32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, There is no god with me. I kill,
and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. There is no one who can deliver
out of my hand. 32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I
live forever, 32:41 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on
judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense
those who hate me. 32:42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My
sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the head of the leaders of the enemy. 32:43 Rejoice, you nations,
with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will
render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his
land, for his people. 32:44 Moses came and spoke all the words of this
song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun. 32:45
Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel; 32:46 He
said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you
this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, even
all the words of this law. 32:47 For it is no vain thing for you;
because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your
days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it. 32:48
Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying, 32:49 Go up into this
mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is
over against Jericho; and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the
children of Israel for a possession; 32:50 and die on the mountain where
you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on
Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people: 32:51 because you trespassed
against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of
Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn't sanctify
me in the midst of the children of Israel. 32:52 For you shall see the
land before you; but you shall not go there into the land which I give
the children of Israel.

33:1 This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the
children of Israel before his death. 33:2 He said,

Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them. He shone forth from
Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right
hand was a fiery law for them. 33:3 Yes, he loves the people. All his
saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet; Everyone shall
receive of your words. 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for
the assembly of Jacob. 33:5 He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of
the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together. 33:6 Let
Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few. 33:7 This is the
blessing of Judah: and he said,

Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his
hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his
adversaries. 33:8 Of Levi he said,

Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at
Massah, with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 who said of
his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he
acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own children: For they
have observed your word, and keep your covenant. 33:10 They shall teach
Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense
before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar. 33:11 Yahweh, bless
his substance. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of
those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise
again. 33:12 Of Benjamin he said,

The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him. He covers him all
the day long. He dwells between his shoulders. 33:13 Of Joseph he said,

His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens,
for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath, 33:14 for the precious
things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things of the growth
of the moons, 33:15 for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for
the precious things of the everlasting hills, 33:16 for the precious
things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in
the bush. Let the blessing come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of
the head of him who was separate from his brothers. 33:17 The firstborn
of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox.
With them he shall push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the
earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of
Manasseh. 33:18 Of Zebulun he said,

Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents. 33:19
They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer
sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out the abundance of
the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand. 33:20 Of Gad he said,

He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the
arm, yes, the crown of the head. 33:21 He provided the first part for
himself, for there was the lawgiver's portion reserved. He came with the
heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His
ordinances with Israel. 33:22 Of Dan he said,

Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan. 33:23 Of Naphtali he said,

Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of the blessing of Yahweh, Possess
the west and the south. 33:24 Of Asher he said,

Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers.
Let him dip his foot in oil. 33:25 Your bars shall be iron and brass. As
your days, so your strength will be. 33:26 There is none like God,
Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, In his excellency on
the skies. 33:27 The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are
the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said,
Destroy. 33:28 Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In
a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew. 33:29 You
are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield
of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit
themselves to you. You shall tread on their high places. 34:1 Moses went
up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is
over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
34:2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the
land of Judah, to the hinder sea, 34:3 and the South, and the Plain of
the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar. 34:4 Yahweh said
to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: I have caused you to see it
with your eyes, but you shall not go over there. 34:5 So Moses the
servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to the word
of Yahweh. 34:6 He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over
against Beth Peor: but no man knows of his tomb to this day. 34:7 Moses
was one hundred twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor
his natural force abated. 34:8 The children of Israel wept for Moses in
the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning
for Moses were ended. 34:9 Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit
of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him: and the children of
Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses. 34:10 There
has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew
face to face, 34:11 in all the signs and the wonders, which Yahweh sent
him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and
to all his land, 34:12 and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great
terror, which Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:40 or, Sea of Reeds

[2] back to 2:1 or, Sea of Reeds

[3] back to 11:4 or, Sea of Reeds

[4] back to 22:12 or, tassles

[5] back to 33:16 i. e. the burning bush of Exodus 3:3-4.



Joshua

1:1 Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, that
Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying, 1:2 Moses
my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and
all this people, to the land which I give to them, even to the children
of Israel. 1:3 I have given you every place that the sole of your foot
will tread on, as I told Moses. 1:4 From the wilderness, and this
Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of
the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun,
shall be your border. 1:5 No man will be able to stand before you all
the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I
will not fail you nor forsake you. 1:6 Be strong and of good courage;
for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to
their fathers to give them. 1:7 Only be strong and very courageous, to
observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded
you. Don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may
have good success wherever you go. 1:8 This book of the law shall not
depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night,
that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for
then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good
success. 1:9 Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage.
Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you
wherever you go.

1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11
"Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying,
'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan,
to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess
it.'"

1:12 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the
half-tribe of Manasseh, saying, 1:13 "Remember the word which Moses the
servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, 'Yahweh your God gives you
rest, and will give you this land. 1:14 Your wives, your little ones,
and your livestock, shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond
the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the
mighty men of valor, and shall help them 1:15 until Yahweh has given
your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed
the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall return to the
land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of
Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.'"

1:16 They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we
will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 1:17 Just as we listened
to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you. Only may Yahweh your
God be with you, as he was with Moses. 1:18 Whoever rebels against your
commandment, and doesn't listen to your words in all that you command
him, he shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage."

2:1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies,
saying, "Go, view the land, and Jericho." They went and came into the
house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

2:2 The king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men of the children of Israel
came in here tonight to spy out the land."

2:3 The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who
have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come
to spy out all the land."

2:4 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the
men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from. 2:5 It happened
about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the
men went out. Where the men went, I don't know. Pursue them quickly; for
you will overtake them." 2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof,
and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the
roof. 2:7 The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and
as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate. 2:8
Before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof; 2:9 and she
said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that
the fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the
land melt away before you. 2:10 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up
the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and
what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the
Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 2:11 As soon as
we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more
spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in
heaven above, and on earth beneath. 2:12 Now therefore, please swear to
me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will
deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token; 2:13 and
that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my
sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death."

2:14 The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you don't talk about
this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land,
that we will deal kindly and truly with you."

2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house
was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall. 2:16 She said to
them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you; and hide
yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned.
Afterward, you may go your way."

2:17 The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which
you have made us to swear. 2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, you
shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let
us down by. You shall gather to yourself into the house your father,
your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household. 2:19 It
shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the
street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever
is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is
on him. 2:20 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall
be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear."

2:21 She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away,
and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.

2:22 They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days,
until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them throughout all
the way, but didn't find them. 2:23 Then the two men returned, descended
from the mountain, passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and
they told him all that had happened to them. 2:24 They said to Joshua,
"Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land. Moreover, all
the inhabitants of the land melt away before us."

3:1 Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim,
and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged
there before they passed over. 3:2 It happened after three days, that
the officers went through the midst of the camp; 3:3 and they commanded
the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your
God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from
your place, and follow it. 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you
and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Don't come near to it,
that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed
this way before."

3:5 Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh
will do wonders among you."

3:6 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the
covenant, and pass over before the people." They took up the ark of the
covenant, and went before the people.

3:7 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you in the
sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I
will be with you. 3:8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of
the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the
Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"

3:9 Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the
words of Yahweh your God." 3:10 Joshua said, "Hereby you shall know that
the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the
Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you. 3:11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over
before you into the Jordan. 3:12 Now therefore take twelve men out of
the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. 3:13 It shall come to pass,
when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh,
the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the
waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down
from above; and they shall stand in one heap."

3:14 It happened, when the people moved from their tents to pass over
the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before
the people, 3:15 and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan,
and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of
the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of
harvest), 3:16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and
rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside
Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even
the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over right
against Jericho. 3:17 The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of
Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all
Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed
completely over the Jordan.

4:1 It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over the
Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 4:2 "Take twelve men out of
the people, out of every tribe a man, 4:3 and command them, saying,
'Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the
priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you,
and lay them down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.'"

4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 4:5 Joshua said to them,
"Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the
Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; 4:6
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time
to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?' 4:7 then you shall
tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of
the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the
children of Israel forever.'"

4:8 The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve
stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and
they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and
laid them down there. 4:9 Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of
the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark
of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day. 4:10 For the
priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until
everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the
people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people
hurried and passed over. 4:11 It happened, when all the people had
completely passed over, that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the
priests, in the presence of the people.

4:12 The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe
of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses
spoke to them. 4:13 About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war
passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho. 4:14 On
that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they
feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

4:15 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 4:16 "Command the priests who bear
the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan."

4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the
Jordan!" 4:18 It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the
soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the
waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its
banks, as before. 4:19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth
day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of
Jericho.

4:20 Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the
Jordan, n Gilgal. 4:21 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When
your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these
stones mean?' 4:22 Then you shall let your children know, saying,
'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 4:23 For Yahweh your God
dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed
over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from
before us, until we had passed over; 4:24 that all the peoples of the
earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty; that you may fear
Yahweh your God forever.'"

5:1 It happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the
Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the
sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from
before the children of Israel, until we had passed over, that their
heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the
children of Israel. 5:2 At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make flint
knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time."
5:3 Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of
Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 5:4 This is the reason Joshua
circumcised: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even
all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came
out of Egypt. 5:5 For all the people who came out were circumcised; but
all the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they came
out of Egypt had not been circumcised. 5:6 For the children of Israel
walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men
of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen
to the voice of Yahweh. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them
see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us,
a land flowing with milk and honey. 5:7 Their children, whom he raised
up in their place, were circumcised by Joshua; for they were
uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way. 5:8 It
happened, when they were done circumcising all the nation, that they
stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.

5:9 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of
Egypt from off you." Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal,
to this day. 5:10 The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept
the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains
of Jericho. 5:11 They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the
produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.
5:12 The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the
produce of the land. The children of Israel didn't have manna any more;
but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

5:13 It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes
and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn
in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said to him, "Are you for us, or
for our adversaries?"

5:14 He said, "No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh's army."

Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him,
"What does my lord say to his servant?"

5:15 The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of
your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.

6:1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel.
No one went out, and no one came in. 6:2 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Behold,
I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of
valor. 6:3 All your men of war shall march around the city, going around
the city once. You shall do this six days. 6:4 Seven priests shall bear
seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you
shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the
trumpets. 6:5 It shall be that when they make a long blast with the
ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people
shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down
flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him."

6:6 Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, "Take up
the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of
rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh."

6:7 They said to the people, "Advance! March around the city, and let
the armed men pass on before Yahweh's ark."

6:8 It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven
priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh
advanced, and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
followed them. 6:9 The armed men went before the priests who blew the
trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they
went.

6:10 Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout, nor let
your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth,
until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout." 6:11 So he
caused the ark of Yahweh to go around the city, going about it once.
Then they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 6:12 Joshua rose
early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh. 6:13
The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the
ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed
men went before them. The rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh. The
trumpets sounded as they went. 6:14 The second day they marched around
the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.

6:15 It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning
of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times.
Only on this day they marched around the city seven times. 6:16 It
happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua
said to the people, "Shout, for Yahweh has given you the city! 6:17 The
city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only
Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the
house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 6:18 But as for you,
only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted
it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel
accursed, and trouble it. 6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels
of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh. They shall come into Yahweh's
treasury."

6:20 So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets. It
happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the
people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that
the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and
they took the city. 6:21 They utterly destroyed all that was in the
city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and
donkey, with the edge of the sword. 6:22 Joshua said to the two men who
had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out
from there the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her." 6:23
The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her
father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also
brought out all her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of
Israel. 6:24 They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only
they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into
the treasury of Yahweh's house. 6:25 But Rahab the prostitute, her
father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived
in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom
Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

6:26 Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed be
the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With
the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss
of his youngest son shall he set up its gates." 6:27 So Yahweh was with
Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted
thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah,
of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of
Yahweh was kindled against the children of Israel. 7:2 Joshua sent men
from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of
Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. The men
went up and spied out Ai. 7:3 They returned to Joshua, and said to him,
Don't let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men
go up and strike Ai; don't make all the people to toil there; for they
are but few. 7:4 So there went up there of the people about three
thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 7:5 The men of Ai
struck of them about thirty-six men; and they chased them from before
the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the
hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 7:6 Joshua tore his
clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh
until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on
their heads. 7:7 Joshua said, Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you at all
brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the
Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and
lived beyond the Jordan! 7:8 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that
Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 7:9 For the
Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will
compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you
do for your great name? 7:10 Yahweh said to Joshua, Get you up; why are
you thus fallen on your face? 7:11 Israel has sinned; yes, they have
even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yes, they have
even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled
also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. 7:12 Therefore
the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies; they turn their
backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not
be with you any more, except you destroy the devoted thing from among
you. 7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against
tomorrow: for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, There is a devoted
thing in the midst of you, Israel; you can not stand before your
enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you. 7:14 In
the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes: and it
shall be, that the tribe which Yahweh takes shall come near by families;
and the family which Yahweh shall take shall come near by households;
and the household which Yahweh shall take shall come near man by man.
7:15 It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be
burnt with fire, he and all that he has; because he has transgressed the
covenant of Yahweh, and because he has done folly in Israel. 7:16 So
Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17 and he brought near the
family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought
near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 7:18
and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was
taken. 7:19 Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yahweh,
the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you
have done; don't hide it from me. 7:20 Achan answered Joshua, and said,
Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and
thus have I done: 7:21 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian
mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty
shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they
are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold,
it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 7:23 They took them
from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the
children of Israel; and they laid them down before Yahweh. 7:24 Joshua,
and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver,
and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters,
and his cattle, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all
that he had: and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. 7:25
Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? Yahweh shall trouble you this
day. All Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire,
and stoned them with stones. 7:26 They raised over him a great heap of
stones, to this day; and Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger.
Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor" to
this day.

8:1 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: take
all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have
given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and
his land; 8:2 You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and
her king: only its spoil, and its livestock, you shall take for a prey
to yourselves: set you an ambush for the city behind it. 8:3 So Joshua
arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out
thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by
night. 8:4 He commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in ambush
against the city, behind the city; don't go very far from the city, but
be all ready: 8:5 and I, and all the people who are with me, will
approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as
at the first, that we will flee before them; 8:6 and they will come out
after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will
say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;
8:7 and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the
city: for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand. 8:8 It shall
be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on
fire; according to the word of Yahweh you shall do: behold, I have
commanded you. 8:9 Joshua sent them forth; and they went to set up the
ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but
Joshua lodged that night among the people. 8:10 Joshua arose up early in
the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of
Israel, before the people to Ai. 8:11 All the people, even the men of
war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city,
and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him
and Ai. 8:12 He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. 8:13 So they set
the people, even all the army who was on the north of the city, and
their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into
the midst of the valley. 8:14 It happened, when the king of Ai saw it,
that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out
against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed,
before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against
him behind the city. 8:15 Joshua and all Israel made as if they were
beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 8:16 All the
people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them:
and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 8:17
There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El, who didn't go out after
Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. 8:18
Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand
toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. Joshua stretched out the
javelin that was in his hand toward the city. 8:19 The ambush arose
quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out
his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hurried and
set the city on fire. 8:20 When the men of Ai looked behind them, they
saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they
had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled to
the wilderness turned back on the pursuers. 8:21 When Joshua and all
Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the
city ascended, then they turned again, and killed the men of Ai. 8:22
The others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the
midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they
struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. 8:23 The
king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 8:24 It happened,
when Israel had made an end of killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the
field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them, and they were all
fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all
Israel returned to Ai, and struck it with the edge of the sword. 8:25
All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand,
even all the men of Ai. 8:26 For Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with
which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all
the inhabitants of Ai. 8:27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that
city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh
which he commanded Joshua. 8:28 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap
forever, even a desolation, to this day. 8:29 The king of Ai he hanged
on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua
commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the
entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of
stones, to this day. 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God
of Israel, in Mount Ebal, 8:31 as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded
the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of
Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron:
and they offered thereon burnt offerings to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace
offerings. 8:32 He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses,
which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel. 8:33 All
Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this
side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who
bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the foreigner as the
native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in
front of Mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the
first, that they should bless the people of Israel. 8:34 Afterward he
read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to
all that is written in the book of the law. 8:35 There was not a word of
all that Moses commanded, which Joshua didn't read before all the
assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the
foreigners who were among them.

9:1 It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the
hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea
in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it; 9:2 that they
gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with
one accord. 9:3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had
done to Jericho and to Ai, 9:4 they also resorted to a ruse, and went
and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their
donkeys, and wineskins, old and torn and bound up, 9:5 and old and
patched shoes on their feet, and old garments on them; and all the bread
of their provision was dry and was become moldy. 9:6 They went to Joshua
to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We are
come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us. 9:7
The men of Israel said to the Hivites, What if you dwell among us; and
how shall we make a covenant with you? 9:8 They said to Joshua, We are
your servants. Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come
you? 9:9 They said to him, From a very far country your servants are
come because of the name of Yahweh your God: for we have heard the fame
of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 9:10 and all that he did to the
two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of
Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. 9:11 Our elders
and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take
provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell
them, We are your servants: and now make you a covenant with us. 9:12
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the
day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is
become moldy: 9:13 and these wineskins, which we filled, were new; and
behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes are become
old by reason of the very long journey. 9:14 The men took of their
provision, and didn't ask counsel at the mouth of Yahweh. 9:15 Joshua
made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live:
and the princes of the congregation swore to them. 9:16 It happened at
the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that
they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among
them. 9:17 The children of Israel traveled, and came to their cities on
the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth,
and Kiriath Jearim. 9:18 The children of Israel didn't strike them,
because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the
God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes. 9:19
But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them
by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. 9:20
This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because
of the oath which we swore to them. 9:21 The princes said to them, Let
them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the
congregation, as the princes had spoken to them. 9:22 Joshua called for
them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We
are very far from you; when you dwell among us? 9:23 Now therefore you
are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondservants, both
wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God. 9:24 They
answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants,
how that Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the
land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you;
therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have
done this thing. 9:25 Now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good
and right to you to do to us, do. 9:26 So did he to them, and delivered
them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they didn't kill
them. 9:27 That day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water
for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the
place which he should choose.

10:1 Now it happened, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how
Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to
Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the
inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
10:2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one
of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men
were mighty. 10:3 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham
king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of
Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4 Come up to me, and
help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and
with the children of Israel. 10:5 Therefore the five kings of the
Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of
Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves
together, and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against
Gibeon, and made war against it. 10:6 The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua
to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Don't slack your hand from your servants;
come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of
the Amorites that dwell in the hill country are gathered together
against us. 10:7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people
of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. 10:8 Yahweh said to
Joshua, Don't fear them: for I have delivered them into your hands;
there shall not a man of them stand before you. 10:9 Joshua therefore
came on them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night. 10:10
Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them with a great
slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth
Horon, and struck them to Azekah, and to Makkedah. 10:11 It happened, as
they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth
Horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from the sky on them to
Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than
they whom the children of Israel killed with the sword. 10:12 Then spoke
Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before
the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand
you still on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. 10:13 The sun
stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged
themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written in the book of Jashar?
The sun stayed in the midst of the sky, and didn't hurry to go down
about a whole day. 10:14 There was no day like that before it or after
it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man: for Yahweh fought for
Israel. 10:15 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to
Gilgal. 10:16 These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at
Makkedah. 10:17 It was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found,
hidden in the cave at Makkedah. 10:18 Joshua said, Roll great stones to
the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them: 10:19 but don't
stay; pursue after your enemies, and strike the hindmost of them; don't
allow them to enter into their cities: for Yahweh your God has delivered
them into your hand. 10:20 It happened, when Joshua and the children of
Israel had made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter,
until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had
entered into the fortified cities, 10:21 that all the people returned to
the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against
any of the children of Israel. 10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of
the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave. 10:23
They did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave,
the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king
of Lachish, the king of Eglon. 10:24 It happened, when they brought
forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of
Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, Come
near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. They came near, and put
their feet on the necks of them. 10:25 Joshua said to them, Don't be
afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall
Yahweh do to all your enemies against whom you fight. 10:26 Afterward
Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five
trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening. 10:27 It
happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua
commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the
cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the
mouth of the cave, to this very day. 10:28 Joshua took Makkedah on that
day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king: he utterly
destroyed them and all the souls who were therein; he left none
remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king
of Jericho. 10:29 Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him,
to Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30 and Yahweh delivered it
also, and its king, into the hand of Israel; and he struck it with the
edge of the sword, and all the souls who were therein; he left none
remaining in it; and he did to its king as he had done to the king of
Jericho. 10:31 Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to
Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:32 and
Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the
second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls
who were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 10:33
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him
and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 10:34 Joshua
passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they
encamped against it, and fought against it; 10:35 and they took it on
that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls
who were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he
had done to Lachish. 10:36 Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel
with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it: 10:37 and they took it,
and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king, and all its
cities, and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining,
according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it,
and all the souls who were therein. 10:38 Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it: 10:39 and he took it,
and its king, and all its cities; and they struck them with the edge of
the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were therein; he left
none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its
king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king. 10:40 So Joshua
struck all the land, the hill country, and the South, and the lowland,
and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he
utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel,
commanded. 10:41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and
all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon. 10:42 All these kings and
their land did Joshua take at one time, because Yahweh, the God of
Israel, fought for Israel. 10:43 Joshua returned, and all Israel with
him, to the camp to Gilgal.

11:1 It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to
Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of
Achshaph, 11:2 and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill
country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and
in the heights of Dor on the west, 11:3 to the Canaanite on the east and
on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the
land of Mizpah. 11:4 They went out, they and all their armies with them,
much people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with
horses and chariots very many. 11:5 All these kings met together; and
they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with
Israel. 11:6 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them; for
tomorrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel:
you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by
the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them. 11:8 Yahweh delivered
them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to
great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh
eastward; and they struck them, until they left them none remaining.
11:9 Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses,
and burnt their chariots with fire. 11:10 Joshua turned back at that
time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor
before was the head of all those kingdoms. 11:11 They struck all the
souls who were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying
them; there was none left who breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
11:12 All the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did
Joshua take, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly
destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded. 11:13 But as
for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them,
save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 11:14 All the spoil of these
cities, and the livestock, the children of Israel took for a prey to
themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until
they had destroyed them, neither left they any who breathed. 11:15 As
Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so
did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hill country, and all the South,
and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the
hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same; 11:17 from Mount
Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon
under Mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and struck them, and
put them to death. 11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those
kings. 11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of
Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in
battle. 11:20 For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come
against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they
might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded
Moses. 11:21 Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the
hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill
country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel: Joshua
utterly destroyed them with their cities. 11:22 There was none of the
Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in
Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. 11:23 So Joshua took the whole
land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it
for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their
tribes. The land had rest from war.

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel
struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,
from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah
eastward: 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and
ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and
the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to
the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon; 12:3 and the
Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah,
even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the
south, under the slopes of Pisgah: 12:4 and the border of Og king of
Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at
Edrei, 12:5 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all
Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half
Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 12:6 Moses the servant of
Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them: and Moses the servant of
Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and
the half-tribe of Manasseh. 12:7 These are the kings of the land whom
Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward,
from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up
to Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession
according to their divisions; 12:8 in the hill country, and in the
lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness,
and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 12:9 the king of Jericho, one;
the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 12:10 the king of
Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 12:11 the king of Jarmuth, one;
the king of Lachish, one; 12:12 the king of Eglon, one; the king of
Gezer, one; 12:13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 12:14
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; 12:15 the king of
Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16 the king of Makkedah, one;
the king of Bethel, one; 12:17 the king of Tappuah, one; the king of
Hepher, one; 12:18 the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
12:19 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; 12:20 the king of
Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 12:21 the king of
Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 12:22 the king of Kedesh, one;
the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; 12:23 the king of Dor in the height
of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; 12:24 the king of Tirzah,
one: all the kings thirty-one.

13:1 Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Yahweh said to
him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there remains yet very
much land to be possessed. 13:2 This is the land that yet remains: all
the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; 13:3 from the
Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward,
which is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines;
the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the
Ekronites; also the Avvim, 13:4 on the south; all the land of the
Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the
border of the Amorites; 13:5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all
Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the
entrance of Hamath; 13:6 all the inhabitants of the hill country from
Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive
out from before the children of Israel: only allot you it to Israel for
an inheritance, as I have commanded you. 13:7 Now therefore divide this
land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh. 13:8 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as
Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them: 13:9 from Aroer, that is on the
edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of
the valley, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon; 13:10 and all the
cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the
border of the children of Ammon; 13:11 and Gilead, and the border of the
Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to
Salecah; 13:12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth
and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for
these did Moses strike, and drove them out. 13:13 Nevertheless the
children of Israel didn't drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites:
but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day. 13:14
Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of
Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke
to him. 13:15 Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben
according to their families. 13:16 Their border was from Aroer, that is
on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the
middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba; 13:17 Heshbon, and
all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth Baal, and Beth
Baal Meon, 13:18 and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 13:19 and
Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth Shahar in the mount of the valley,
13:20 and Beth Peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth, 13:21
and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of
the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs
of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of
Sihon, who lived in the land. 13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the
soothsayer, did the children of Israel kill with the sword among the
rest of their slain. 13:23 The border of the children of Reuben was the
Jordan, and the border of it. This was the inheritance of the children
of Reuben according to their families, the cities and its villages.
13:24 Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according
to their families. 13:25 Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of
Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is
before Rabbah; 13:26 and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh, and Betonim; and
from Mahanaim to the border of Debir; 13:27 and in the valley, Beth
Haram, and Beth Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom
of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border of it, to the
uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their
families, the cities and its villages. 13:29 Moses gave inheritance to
the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the
children of Manasseh according to their families. 13:30 Their border was
from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all
the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities: 13:31 and half
Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in
Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for
the half of the children of Machir according to their families. 13:32
These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of
Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward. 13:33 But to the tribe of
Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their
inheritance, as he spoke to them.

14:1 These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the
land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and
the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of
Israel, distributed to them, 14:2 by the lot of their inheritance, as
Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-
tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among
them. 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and
Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save
cities to dwell in, with its suburbs for their livestock and for their
substance. 14:5 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel
did; and they divided the land. 14:6 Then the children of Judah drew
near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite
said to him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of
God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea. 14:7 Forty years
old was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh Barnea to
spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
14:8 Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the
people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God. 14:9 Moses swore on
that day, saying, Surely the land whereon your foot has trodden shall be
an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have
wholly followed Yahweh my God. 14:10 Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me
alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh
spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and
now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. 14:11 As yet I am as
strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength
was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come
in. 14:12 Now therefore give me this hill country, of which Yahweh spoke
in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and
cities great and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I
shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke. 14:13 Joshua blessed him; and he
gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 14:14
Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenizzite to this day; because that he wholly followed Yahweh, the
God of Israel. 14:15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba;
which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from
war.

15:1 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their
families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin
southward, at the uttermost part of the south. 15:2 Their south border
was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks
southward; 15:3 and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and
passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and
passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
15:4 and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt;
and the goings out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your
south border. 15:5 The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of
the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea
at the end of the Jordan; 15:6 and the border went up to Beth Hoglah,
and passed along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to
the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; 15:7 and the border went up to
Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal,
that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side
of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh,
and the goings out of it were at En Rogel; 15:8 and the border went up
by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward
(the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the
mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the
uttermost part of the valley of Rephaim northward; 15:9 and the border
extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of
Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border
extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim); 15:10 and the border
turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the
side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down
to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah; 15:11 and the border went
out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to
Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel;
and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 15:12 The west border
was to the great sea, and the border of it. This is the border of the
children of Judah according to their families. 15:13 To Caleb the son of
Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to
the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, which Arba was
the father of Anak (the same is Hebron). 15:14 Caleb drove out there the
three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of
Anak. 15:15 He went up there against the inhabitants of Debir: now the
name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher. 15:16 Caleb said, He who
strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my
daughter as wife. 15:17 Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb,
took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 15:18 It happened,
when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field:
and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said, What would you?
15:19 She said, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land
of the South, give me also springs of water. He gave her the upper
springs and the lower springs. 15:20 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 15:21 The
uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border
of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 15:22 and Kinah,
and Dimonah, and Adadah, 15:23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 15:24
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (the
same is Hazor), 15:26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 15:27 and Hazar
Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth Pelet, 15:28 and Hazar Shual, and
Beersheba, and Biziothiah, 15:29 Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem, 15:30 and
Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 15:31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and
Sansannah, 15:32 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the
cities are twenty-nine, with their villages. 15:33 In the lowland,
Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah, 15:34 and Zanoah, and En Gannim,
Tappuah, and Enam, 15:35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 15:36
and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen
cities with their villages. 15:37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal Gad,
15:38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath,
and Eglon, 15:40 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish, 15:41 and
Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with
their villages. 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 15:43 and Iphtah,
and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine
cities with their villages. 15:45 Ekron, with its towns and its
villages; 15:46 from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of
Ashdod, with their villages. 15:47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages;
Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great
sea, and the border of it. 15:48 In the hill country, Shamir, and
Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49 and Dannah, and Kiriath Sannah (the same is
Debir), 15:50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 15:51 and Goshen, and
Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. 15:52 Arab, and
Dumah, and Eshan, 15:53 and Janim, and Beth Tappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54
and Humtah, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities
with their villages. 15:55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah, 15:56 and
Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 15:57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten
cities with their villages. 15:58 Halhul, Beth Zur, and Gedor, 15:59 and
Maarath, and Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
15:60 Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities
with their villages. 15:61 In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, and
Secacah, 15:62 and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six
cities with their villages. 15:63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn't drive them out: but the
Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

16:1 The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at
Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness,
going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel; 16:2 and it
went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the
Archites to Ataroth; 16:3 and it went down westward to the border of the
Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to Gezer; and
the goings out of it were at the sea. 16:4 The children of Joseph,
Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. 16:5 The border of the
children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: the border of
their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper;
16:6 and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north; and
the border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed along it
on the east of Janoah; 16:7 and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and
to Naarah, and reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan. 16:8 From
Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the
goings out of it were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Ephraim according to their families; 16:9 together
with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the
midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities
with their villages. 16:10 They didn't drive out the Canaanites who
lived in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this
day, and are become servants to do forced labor.

17:1 This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the
firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father
of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and
Bashan. 17:2 So the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh
according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, and for the
children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children
of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of
Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph
according to their families. 17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the
son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but
daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 17:4 They came near before Eleazar the
priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes,
saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our
brothers: therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them
an inheritance among the brothers of their father. 17:5 There fell ten
parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is
beyond the Jordan; 17:6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an
inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of
the sons of Manasseh. 17:7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to
Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the
right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah. 17:8 The land of Tappuah
belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to
the children of Ephraim. 17:9 The border went down to the brook of
Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among
the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side
of the brook, and the goings out of it were at the sea: 17:10 southward
it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his
border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the
east. 17:11 Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth Shean and its
towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its
towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants
of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns,
even the three heights. 17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't
drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would
dwell in that land. 17:13 It happened, when the children of Israel had
grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't
utterly drive them out. 17:14 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua,
saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an
inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh has
blessed me? 17:15 Joshua said to them, If you are a great people, go up
to the forest, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the
Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too
narrow for you. 17:16 The children of Joseph said, The hill country is
not enough for us: and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the
valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth Shean and its
towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. 17:17 Joshua spoke to
the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a
great people, and have great power; you shall not have one lot only:
17:18 but the hill country shall be yours; for though it is a forest,
you shall cut it down, and the goings out of it shall be yours; for you
shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and
though they are strong.

18:1 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled
themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there: and
the land was subdued before them. 18:2 There remained among the children
of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
18:3 Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go
in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given
you? 18:4 Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them,
and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it
according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me. 18:5 They
shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on
the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the
north. 18:6 You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring
the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before
Yahweh our God. 18:7 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the
priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the
half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan
eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them. 18:8 The men
arose, and went: and Joshua commanded those who went to describe the
land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come
again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh.
18:9 The men went and passed through the land, and described it by
cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the
camp at Shiloh. 18:10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh:
and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to
their divisions. 18:11 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went
out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 18:12
Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border
went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the
hill country westward; and the goings out of it were at the wilderness
of Beth Aven. 18:13 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the
side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward; and the border went down to
Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the
lower. 18:14 The border extended there, and turned about on the west
quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon
southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath Baal (the same is
Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west
quarter. 18:15 The south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath
Jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring of
the waters of Nephtoah; 18:16 and the border went down to the uttermost
part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom,
which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the
valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down
to En Rogel; 18:17 and it extended northward, and went out at En
Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of
Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; 18:18
and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and
went down to the Arabah; 18:19 and the border passed along to the side
of Beth Hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the
north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the
south border. 18:20 The Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This
was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders around
it, according to their families. 18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of
the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and
Beth Hoglah, and Emek Keziz, 18:22 and Beth Arabah, and Zemaraim, and
Bethel, 18:23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 18:24 and Chephar
Ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 18:26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and
Mozah, 18:27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28 and Zelah, Eleph,
and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen
cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of
Benjamin according to their families.

19:1 The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance
was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. 19:2 They
had for their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 19:3 and
Hazar Shual, and Balah, and Ezem, 19:4 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and
Hormah, 19:5 and Ziklag, and Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susah, 19:6 and
Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages: 19:7
Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages: 19:8
and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer,
Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of Simeon according to their families. 19:9 Out of the part of the
children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the
portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the
children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
19:10 The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to
their families; and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid; 19:11
and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to
Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam; 19:12
and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of
Chisloth Tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;
19:13 and from there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to
Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah; 19:14 and
the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out
of it were at the valley of Iphtah El; 19:15 and Kattath, and Nahalal,
and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their
villages. 19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun
according to their families, these cities with their villages. 19:17 The
fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar
according to their families. 19:18 Their border was to Jezreel, and
Chesulloth, and Shunem, 19:19 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
19:20 and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez, 19:21 and Remeth, and
Engannim, and En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez, 19:22 and the border reached
to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh; and the goings out of their
border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 19:23
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cities with their villages. 19:24 The
fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to
their families. 19:25 Their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and
Achshaph, 19:26 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to
Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27 and it turned toward the
sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of
Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on
the left hand, 19:28 and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even
to great Sidon; 19:29 and the border turned to Ramah, and to the
fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings
out of it were at the sea by the region of Achzib; 19:30 Ummah also, and
Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. 19:31 This is
the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their
families, these cities with their villages. 19:32 The sixth lot came out
for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali
according to their families. 19:33 Their border was from Heleph, from
the oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum; and the
goings out of it were at the Jordan; 19:34 and the border turned
westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok; and it
reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and
to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise. 19:35 The fortified cities
were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 19:36 and
Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En Hazor,
19:38 Iron, and Migdal El, Horem, and Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages. 19:39 This is the inheritance of
the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the
cities with their villages. 19:40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe
of the children of Dan according to their families. 19:41 The border of
their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, 19:42 and
Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah, 19:43 and Elon, and Timnah, and
Ekron, 19:44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 19:45 and Jehud,
and Bene Berak, and Gath Rimmon, 19:46 and Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with
the border over against Joppa. 19:47 The border of the children of Dan
went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against
Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and
possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name
of Dan their father. 19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their
villages. 19:49 So they made an end of distributing the land for
inheritance by its borders; and the children of Israel gave an
inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: 19:50
according to the commandment of Yahweh they gave him the city which he
asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built
the city, and lived therein. 19:51 These are the inheritances, which
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the
fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for
inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of
Meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

20:1 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 20:2 Speak to the children of
Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you
by Moses, 20:3 that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly and
unawares may flee there: and they shall be to you for a refuge from the
avenger of blood. 20:4 He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall
stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in
the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the
city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 20:5
If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up
the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unawares,
and didn't hate him before. 20:6 He shall dwell in that city, until he
stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high
priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and
come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he
fled. 20:7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of
Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba
(the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. 20:8 Beyond the
Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the
plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe
of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 20:9 These
were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the
stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person
unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of
blood, until he stood before the congregation.

21:1 Then came near the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites to
Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of
fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel; 21:2 and they
spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Yahweh commanded
Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with its suburbs for our livestock.
21:3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their
inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with
their suburbs. 21:4 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites:
and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by
lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites,
and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 21:5 The rest of the
children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of
Manasseh, ten cities. 21:6 The children of Gershon had by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and
out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities. 21:7 The children of Merari according to their
families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad,
and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 21:8 The children of
Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as
Yahweh commanded by Moses. 21:9 They gave out of the tribe of the
children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these
cities which are here mentioned by name: 21:10 and they were for the
children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the
children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. 21:11 They gave them
Kiriath Arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in
the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it. 21:12 But the
fields of the city, and its villages, gave they to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh for his possession. 21:13 To the children of Aaron the priest
they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
and Libnah with its suburbs, 21:14 and Jattir with its suburbs, and
Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 21:15 and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir
with its suburbs, 21:16 and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its
suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two
tribes. 21:17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs,
Geba with its suburbs, 21:18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with
its suburbs; four cities. 21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron,
the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 21:20 The families
of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of
Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21:21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of
Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its
suburbs, 21:22 and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its
suburbs; four cities. 21:23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its
suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, 21:24 Aijalon with its suburbs,
Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities. 21:25 Out of the half-tribe
of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs;
two cities. 21:26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the
children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs. 21:27 To the children of
Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of
Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge
for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities. 21:28
Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with
its suburbs, 21:29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs;
four cities. 21:30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs,
Abdon with its suburbs, 21:31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with
its suburbs; four cities. 21:32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in
Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and
Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs. 21:34 To the families of the
children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of
Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 21:35
Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. 21:36
Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its
suburbs, 21:37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
four cities. 21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its
suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its
suburbs, 21:39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four
cities in all. 21:40 All these were the cities of the children of Merari
according to their families, even the rest of the families of the
Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. 21:41 All the cities of the
Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were
forty-eight cities with their suburbs. 21:42 These cities were every one
with their suburbs around them: thus it was with all these cities. 21:43
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their
fathers; and they possessed it, and lived therein. 21:44 Yahweh gave
them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers:
and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Yahweh
delivered all their enemies into their hand. 21:45 There failed not
anything of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of
Israel; all came to pass.

22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-
tribe of Manasseh, 22:2 and said to them, You have kept all that Moses
the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in
all that I commanded you: 22:3 you have not left your brothers these
many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of
Yahweh your God. 22:4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your
brothers, as he spoke to them: therefore now turn you, and get you to
your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of
Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan. 22:5 Only take diligent heed to do
the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded
you, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep
his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your
heart and with all your soul. 22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them
away; and they went to their tents. 22:7 Now to the one half-tribe of
Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half
gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward; moreover
when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, 22:8 and
spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents, and with
very much livestock, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and
with iron, and with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies
with your brothers. 22:9 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children
of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the
land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned,
according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. 22:10 When they came to
the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children
of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built
there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look on. 22:11 The
children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in
the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on
the side that pertains to the children of Israel. 22:12 When the
children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children
of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them
to war. 22:13 The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and
to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land
of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 22:14 and with him
ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of
Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses
among the thousands of Israel. 22:15 They came to the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh,
to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying, 22:16 Thus says
the whole congregation of Yahweh, What trespass is this that you have
committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from
following Yahweh, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day
against Yahweh? 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from
which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a
plague on the congregation of Yahweh, 22:18 that you must turn away this
day from following Yahweh? and it will be, seeing you rebel today
against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole
congregation of Israel. 22:19 However, if the land of your possession be
unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in
which Yahweh's tent dwells, and take possession among us: but don't
rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar
besides the altar of Yahweh our God. 22:20 Didn't Achan the son of Zerah
commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the
congregation of Israel? and that man didn't perish alone in his
iniquity. 22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the
thousands of Israel, 22:22 The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One,
God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion,
or if in trespass against Yahweh (don't save us this day), 22:23 that we
have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to
offer thereon burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices
of peace offerings thereon, let Yahweh himself require it; 22:24 and if
we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying,
In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What
have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel? 22:25 for Yahweh has made
the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and
children of Gad; you have no portion in Yahweh: so might your children
make our children cease from fearing Yahweh. 22:26 Therefore we said,
Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for
sacrifice: 22:27 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and
between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Yahweh
before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with
our peace offerings; that your children may not tell our children in
time to come, You have no portion in Yahweh. 22:28 Therefore said we, It
shall be, when they so tell us or to our generations in time to come,
that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our
fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a
witness between us and you. 22:29 Far be it from us that we should rebel
against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build
an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice,
besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tent. 22:30 When
Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads
of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh
spoke, it pleased them well. 22:31 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the
priest said to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and
to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that Yahweh is in the
midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against
Yahweh: now have you delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of
Yahweh. 22:32 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out
of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel,
and brought them word again. 22:33 The thing pleased the children of
Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of
going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children
of Reuben and the children of Gad lived. 22:34 The children of Reuben
and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: For, said they, it is a
witness between us that Yahweh is God.

23:1 It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel
from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well stricken in
years; 23:2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for
their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to
them, I am old and well stricken in years: 23:3 and you have seen all
that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for
Yahweh your God, he it is that has fought for you. 23:4 Behold, I have
allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your
tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even
to the great sea toward the going down of the sun. 23:5 Yahweh your God,
he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your
sight; and you shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to
you. 23:6 Therefore be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it
to the right hand or to the left; 23:7 that you not come among these
nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name
of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow
down yourselves to them; 23:8 but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you have
done to this day. 23:9 For Yahweh has driven out from before you great
nations and strong: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this
day. 23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Yahweh your God,
he it is who fights for you, as he spoke to you. 23:11 Take good heed
therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God. 23:12 Else if
you do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations, even
these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to
them, and they to you; 23:13 know for a certainty that Yahweh your God
will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall
be a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in
your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your
God has given you. 23:14 Behold, this day I am going the way of all the
earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not
one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke
concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.
23:15 It shall happen, that as all the good things are come on you of
which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so will Yahweh bring on you all the
evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which
Yahweh your God has given you. 23:16 When you disobey the covenant of
Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods,
and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Yahweh be
kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land
which he has given to you.

24:1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for
the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for
their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 24:2 Joshua
said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your
fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of
Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. 24:3 I
took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout
all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
24:4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to
possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 24:5 I sent
Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in
its midst: and afterward I brought you out. 24:6 I brought your fathers
out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after
your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea. 24:7 When
they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians,
and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I
did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days. 24:8 I brought
you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and
they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you possessed
their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 24:9 Then Balak the
son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he
sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you; 24:10 but I would
not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you
out of his hand. 24:11 You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho:
and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the
Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand. 24:12 I
sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even
the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
24:13 I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which
you didn't build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards and olive groves
which you didn't plant do you eat. 24:14 Now therefore fear Yahweh, and
serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your
fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.
24:15 If it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you
will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond
the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as
for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh. 24:16 The people answered,
Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
24:17 for Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great
signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went,
and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed; 24:18 and
Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who
lived in the land: therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our
God. 24:19 Joshua said to the people, You can't serve Yahweh; for he is
a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your disobedience
nor your sins. 24:20 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then
he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he has done
you good. 24:21 The people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Yahweh.
24:22 Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves
that you have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. They said, We are
witnesses. 24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which
are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
24:24 The people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to
his voice will we listen. 24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the
people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
24:26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he
took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the
sanctuary of Yahweh. 24:27 Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this
stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of
Yahweh which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against
you, lest you deny your God. 24:28 So Joshua sent the people away, every
man to his inheritance. 24:29 It happened after these things, that
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred
ten years old. 24:30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of
the mountain of Gaash. 24:31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of
Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had
known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel. 24:32 The
bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt,
buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of
the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money:
and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 24:33 Eleazar
the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his
son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

Notes:

[1] back to 2:10 or, Sea of Reeds

[2] back to 4:23 or, Sea of Reeds

[3] back to 5:9 "Gilgal" sounds like the Hebrew for "roll."

[4] back to 24:6 or, Sea of Reeds



Judges

1:1 It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked
of Yahweh, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites,
to fight against them? 1:2 Yahweh said, Judah shall go up: behold, I
have delivered the land into his hand. 1:3 Judah said to Simeon his
brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the
Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Simeon
went with him. 1:4 Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites
and the Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten
thousand men. 1:5 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought
against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 1:6 But
Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut
off his thumbs and his great toes. 1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings,
having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food
under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me." They brought
him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 1:8 The children of Judah fought
against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the
sword, and set the city on fire. 1:9 Afterward the children of Judah
went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country,
and in the South, and in the lowland. 1:10 Judah went against the
Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was
Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 1:11
From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of
Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.) 1:12 Caleb said, He who strikes
Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as
wife. 1:13 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it:
and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 1:14 It happened, when she
came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she
alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, What would you?
1:15 She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in
the land of the South, give me also springs of water. Caleb gave her the
upper springs and the lower springs. 1:16 The children of the Kenite,
Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the
children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of
Arad; and they went and lived with the people. 1:17 Judah went with
Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited
Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called
Hormah. 1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its
border, and Ekron with its border. 1:19 Yahweh was with Judah; and drove
out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the
inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 1:20 They
gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the
three sons of Anak. 1:21 The children of Benjamin did not drive out the
Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the
children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. 1:22 The house of Joseph,
they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them. 1:23 The
house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before
was Luz.) 1:24 The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and
they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and
we will deal kindly with you. 1:25 He showed them the entrance into the
city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let
the man go and all his family. 1:26 The man went into the land of the
Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name
to this day. 1:27 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth
Shean and its towns, nor of Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants
of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor
the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell
in that land. 1:28 It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they
put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.
1:29 Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the
Canaanites lived in Gezer among them. 1:30 Zebulun didn't drive out the
inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the
Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor. 1:31
Asher didn't drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of
Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of
Rehob; 1:32 but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the
inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out. 1:33 Naphtali
didn't drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of
Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the
land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath
became subject to forced labor. 1:34 The Amorites forced the children of
Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to
the valley; 1:35 but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in
Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed,
so that they became subject to forced labor. 1:36 The border of the
Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

2:1 The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, I made
you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I
swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with
you: 2:2 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this
land; you shall break down their altars. But you have not listened to my
voice: why have you done this? 2:3 Therefore I also said, I will not
drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your
sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you. 2:4 It happened, when the
angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that
the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 2:5 They called the name of
that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh. 2:6 Now when
Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man
to his inheritance to possess the land. 2:7 The people served Yahweh all
the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua,
who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
2:8 Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one
hundred ten years old. 2:9 They buried him in the border of his
inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the
north of the mountain of Gaash. 2:10 Also all that generation were
gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after
them, who didn't know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for
Israel. 2:11 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, and served the Baals; 2:12 and they forsook Yahweh, the God
of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and
followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them,
and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
2:13 They forsook Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. 2:14 The
anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into
the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the
hands of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer
stand before their enemies. 2:15 Wherever they went out, the hand of
Yahweh was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh
had sworn to them: and they were sore distressed. 2:16 Yahweh raised up
judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them. 2:17
Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute
after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside
quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the
commandments of Yahweh; but they didn't do so. 2:18 When Yahweh raised
them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of
the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved
Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them
and troubled them. 2:19 But it happened, when the judge was dead, that
they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in
following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't
cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way. 2:20 The anger of
Yahweh was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have
transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not
listened to my voice; 2:21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from
before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died; 2:22 that by
them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to
walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 2:23 So Yahweh left
those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he
them into the hand of Joshua.

3:1 Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to prove Israel by
them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
3:2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to
teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it: 3:3
namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and
the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount
Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath. 3:4 They were left, to prove
Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of
Yahweh, which he commanded their fathers by Moses. 3:5 The children of
Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and
the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 3:6 and they took
their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their
sons and served their gods. 3:7 The children of Israel did that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served
the Baals and the Asheroth. 3:8 Therefore the anger of Yahweh was
kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan
Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan
Rishathaim eight years. 3:9 When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh,
Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them,
even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 3:10 The Spirit
of Yahweh came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and
Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand:
and his hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim. 3:11 The land had rest
forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died. 3:12 The children of Israel
again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh
strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had
done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh. 3:13 He gathered to him
the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and
they possessed the city of palm trees. 3:14 The children of Israel
served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 3:15 But when the children
of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them up a savior, Ehud the son
of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent
tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. 3:16 Ehud made him a sword
which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his
clothing on his right thigh. 3:17 He offered the tribute to Eglon king
of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man. 3:18 When he had made an end of
offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute. 3:19
But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and
said, I have a secret errand to you, king. He said, Keep silence. All
who stood by him went out from him. 3:20 Ehud came to him; and he was
sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, I have a
message from God to you. He arose out of his seat. 3:21 Ehud put forth
his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it
into his body: 3:22 and the haft also went in after the blade; and the
fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body;
and it came out behind. 3:23 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and
shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them. 3:24 Now when
he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and behold, the doors
of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his
feet in the upper chamber. 3:25 They waited until they were ashamed; and
behold, he didn't open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took
the key, and opened them, and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on
the earth. 3:26 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the
quarries, and escaped to Seirah. 3:27 It happened, when he had come,
that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children
of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
3:28 He said to them, Follow after me; for Yahweh has delivered your
enemies the Moabites into your hand. They went down after him, and took
the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn't allow a man to
pass over. 3:29 They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men,
every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. The land had
rest eighty years. 3:31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who
struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an oxgoad: and he also
saved Israel.

4:1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, when Ehud was dead. 4:2 Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin
king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was
Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 4:3 The children of
Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and
twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. 4:4 Now
Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that
time. 4:5 She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and
Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came
up to her for judgment. 4:6 She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam
out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, Hasn't Yahweh, the God of
Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw to Mount Tabor, and take with you
ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of
Zebulun? 4:7 I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the
captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will
deliver him into your hand. 4:8 Barak said to her, If you will go with
me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go. 4:9
She said, I will surely go with you: notwithstanding, the journey that
you take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into
the hand of a woman. Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 4:10
Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up
ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. 4:11 Now
Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the
children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent
as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh. 4:12 They told
Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to Mount Tabor. 4:13
Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of
iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the
Gentiles, to the river Kishon. 4:14 Deborah said to Barak, Up; for this
is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand; hasn't
Yahweh gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten
thousand men after him. 4:15 Yahweh confused Sisera, and all his
chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and
Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 4:16 But
Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth of
the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword;
there was not a man left. 4:17 However Sisera fled away on his feet to
the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace
between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 4:18
Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in
to me; don't be afraid. He came in to her into the tent, and she covered
him with a rug. 4:19 He said to her, Please give me a little water to
drink; for I am thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him
drink, and covered him. 4:20 He said to her, Stand in the door of the
tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and inquire of you, and
say, Is there any man here? that you shall say, No. 4:21 Then Jael
Heber's wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went
softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced
through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and
died. 4:22 Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,
and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. He
came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his
temples. 4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before
the children of Israel. 4:24 The hand of the children of Israel
prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had
destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

5:1 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,

5:2 Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people
offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh! 5:3 Hear, you kings!
Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing
praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel. 5:4 Yahweh, when you went forth out
of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled,
the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water. 5:5 The mountains
quaked at the presence of Yahweh, even Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh,
the God of Israel. 5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the
days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through
byways. 5:7 The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah,
arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel. 5:8 They chose new gods. Then
war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty
thousand in Israel? 5:9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who
offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh! 5:10 Tell
of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and
you who walk by the way. 5:11 Far from the noise of archers, in the
places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts of
Yahweh, Even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people
of Yahweh went down to the gates. 5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake,
awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son
of Abinoam. 5:13 Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down.
Yahweh came down for me against the mighty. 5:14 Those whose root is in
Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples.
Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal's staff
came out of Zebulun. 5:15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As
was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By
the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart. 5:16 Why
did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks?
At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. 5:17
Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat
still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks. 5:18 Zebulun was
a people that jeopardized their lives to the deaths; Naphtali also, on
the high places of the field. 5:19 The kings came and fought, then the
kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no
plunder of silver. 5:20 From the sky the stars fought. From their
courses, they fought against Sisera. 5:21 The river Kishon swept them
away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with
strength. 5:22 Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancings,
the prancings of their strong ones. 5:23 Curse Meroz, said the angel of
Yahweh. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn't come to help
Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty. 5:24 Jael shall be blessed
above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above
women in the tent. 5:25 He asked for water. She gave him milk. She
brought him butter in a lordly dish. 5:26 She put her hand to the tent
peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. With the hammer she
struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck
through his temples. 5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her
feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 5:28
Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera's mother looked
through the lattice. Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the
wheels of his chariots wait? 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she
returned answer to herself, 5:30 Have they not found, have they not
divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of
dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments
embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil? 5:31 So let all
your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun
when it rises forth in its strength. The land had rest forty years.

6:1 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
6:2 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian
the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains,
and the caves, and the strongholds. 6:3 So it was, when Israel had sown,
that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the
east; they came up against them; 6:4 and they encamped against them, and
destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza, and left no
sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey. 6:5 For they
came up with their livestock and their tents; they came in as locusts
for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they
came into the land to destroy it. 6:6 Israel was brought very low
because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh. 6:7 It
happened, when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian,
6:8 that Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of Israel: and he said to
them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt,
and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 6:9 and I delivered
you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who
oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their
land; 6:10 and I said to you, I am Yahweh your God; you shall not fear
the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not
listened to my voice. 6:11 The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the
oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his
son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the
Midianites. 6:12 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him,
Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor. 6:13 Gideon said to him,
Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us?
and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of,
saying, Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt? but now Yahweh has cast
us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian. 6:14 Yahweh looked at
him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of
Midian: have not I sent you? 6:15 He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which
shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I
am the least in my father's house. 6:16 Yahweh said to him, Surely I
will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man. 6:17
He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a
sign that it is you who talk with me. 6:18 Please don't go away, until I
come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you. He said, I
will wait until you come again. 6:19 Gideon went in, and made ready a
kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a
basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under
the oak, and presented it. 6:20 The angel of God said to him, Take the
flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out
the broth. He did so. 6:21 Then the angel of Yahweh put forth the end of
the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened
cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh
and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his
sight. 6:22 Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said,
Alas, Lord Yahweh! because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.
6:23 Yahweh said to him, Peace be to you; don't be afraid: you shall not
die. 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it
Yahweh is Peace: to this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
6:25 It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Take your
father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the
altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by
it; 6:26 and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this
stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a
burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.
6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh had
spoken to him: and it happened, because he feared his father's household
and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did
it by night. 6:28 When the men of the city arose early in the morning,
behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down
that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was
built. 6:29 They said one to another, Who has done this thing? When they
inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this
thing. 6:30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son,
that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and
because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it. 6:31 Joash said to
all who stood against him, Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save
him? he who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is
yet morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one
has broken down his altar. 6:32 Therefore on that day he named him
Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken
down his altar. 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the
children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed
over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. 6:34 But the Spirit of
Yahweh came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered
together after him. 6:35 He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and
they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to
Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
6:36 Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have
spoken, 6:37 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor;
if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground,
then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have
spoken. 6:38 It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and
pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl
full of water. 6:39 Gideon said to God, Don't let your anger be kindled
against me, and I will speak but this once: Please let me make a trial
just this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece,
and on all the ground let there be dew. 6:40 God did so that night: for
it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him,
rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of
Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the
valley. 7:2 Yahweh said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too
many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me. 7:3 Now
therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful
and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead. There
returned of the people twenty-two thousand; and there remained ten
thousand. 7:4 Yahweh said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring
them down to the water, and I will try them for you there: and it shall
be, that of whom I tell you, This shall go with you, the same shall go
with you; and of whoever I tell you, This shall not go with you, the
same shall not go. 7:5 So he brought down the people to the water: and
Yahweh said to Gideon, Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue,
as a dog laps, him you shall set by himself; likewise everyone who bows
down on his knees to drink. 7:6 The number of those who lapped, putting
their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of
the people bowed down on their knees to drink water. 7:7 Yahweh said to
Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped will I save you, and deliver
the Midianites into your hand; and let all the people go every man to
his place. 7:8 So the people took food in their hand, and their
trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent, but
retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him
in the valley. 7:9 It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him,
Arise, get you down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your
hand. 7:10 But if you fear to go down, go you with Purah your servant
down to the camp: 7:11 and you shall hear what they say; and afterward
your will hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he
down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who
were in the camp. 7:12 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the
children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude;
and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the
seashore for multitude. 7:13 When Gideon had come, behold, there was a
man telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a
dream; and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of
Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned
it upside down, so that the tent lay flat. 7:14 His fellow answered,
This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of
Israel: into his hand God has delivered Midian, and all the army. 7:15
It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its
interpretation, that he worshiped; and he returned into the camp of
Israel, and said, Arise; for Yahweh has delivered into your hand the
army of Midian. 7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three
companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty
pitchers, with torches within the pitchers. 7:17 He said to them, Look
on me, and do likewise: and behold, when I come to the outermost part of
the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do. 7:18 When I blow
the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow you the trumpets also
on every side of all the camp, and say, For Yahweh and for Gideon. 7:19
So Gideon, and the hundred men who were with him, came to the outermost
part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but
newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the
pitchers that were in their hands. 7:20 The three companies blew the
trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left
hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and
they cried, The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon. 7:21 They stood every man
in his place around the camp; and all the army ran; and they shouted,
and put them to flight. 7:22 They blew the three hundred trumpets, and
Yahweh set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the
army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as
the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. 7:23 The men of Israel were
gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all
Manasseh, and pursued after Midian. 7:24 Gideon sent messengers
throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against
Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth Barah, even the
Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the
waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan. 7:25 They took the two
princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb at the rock of
Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian:
and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.

8:1 The men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that
you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian? They did chide
with him sharply. 8:2 He said to them, What have I now done in
comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better
than the vintage of Abiezer? 8:3 God has delivered into your hand the
princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in
comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had
said that. 8:4 Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the
three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing. 8:5 He said to
the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow
me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the
kings of Midian. 8:6 The princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah
and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
8:7 Gideon said, Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna
into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the
wilderness and with briers. 8:8 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to
them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of
Succoth had answered. 8:9 He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying,
When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 8:10 Now Zebah
and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen
thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the
east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
8:11 Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east
of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure.
8:12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the
two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army. 8:13
Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of
Heres. 8:14 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of
him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders,
seventy-seven men. 8:15 He came to the men of Succoth, and said, See
Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you did taunt me, saying, Are the
hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread
to your men who are weary? 8:16 He took the elders of the city, and
thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of
Succoth. 8:17 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of
the city. 8:18 Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men
were they whom you killed at Tabor? They answered, As you are, so were
they; each one resembled the children of a king. 8:19 He said, They were
my brothers, the sons of my mother: as Yahweh lives, if you had saved
them alive, I would not kill you. 8:20 He said to Jether his firstborn,
Up, and kill them. But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he feared,
because he was yet a youth. 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you,
and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength. Gideon arose, and
killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their
camels' necks. 8:22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over
us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved
us out of the hand of Midian. 8:23 Gideon said to them, I will not rule
over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Yahweh shall rule over
you. 8:24 Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that you
would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden
earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 8:25 They answered, We will
willingly give them. They spread a garment, and did cast therein every
man the earrings of his spoil. 8:26 The weight of the golden earrings
that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold,
besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that
was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their
camels' necks. 8:27 Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city,
even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and
it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house. 8:28 So Midian was
subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no
more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon. 8:29
Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 8:30 Gideon
had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives. 8:31
His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named
him Abimelech. 8:32 Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and
was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
8:33 It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made
Baal Berith their god. 8:34 The children of Israel didn't remember
Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their
enemies on every side; 8:35 neither did they show kindness to the house
of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had
shown to Israel.

9:1 Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's
brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of
his mother's father, saying, 9:2 Please speak in the ears of all the men
of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal,
who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?
Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 9:3 His mother's
brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these
words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He
is our brother. 9:4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the
house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows,
who followed him. 9:5 He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and
killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one
stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid
himself. 9:6 All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and
all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of
the pillar that was in Shechem. 9:7 When they told it to Jotham, he went
and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and
cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may
listen to you. 9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over
them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign you over us. 9:9 But the
olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me
they honor God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
9:10 The trees said to the fig tree, Come you, and reign over us. 9:11
But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good
fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees? 9:12 The trees said
to the vine, Come you, and reign over us. 9:13 The vine said to them,
Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave
back and forth over the trees? 9:14 Then said all the trees to the
bramble, Come you, and reign over us. 9:15 The bramble said to the
trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take
refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and
devour the cedars of Lebanon. 9:16 Now therefore, if you have dealt
truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you
have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him
according to the deserving of his hands 9:17 (for my father fought for
you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of
Midian: 9:18 and you are risen up against my father's house this day,
and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made
Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem,
because he is your brother); 9:19 if you then have dealt truly and
righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice you
in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: 9:20 but if not, let fire
come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of
Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house
of Millo, and devour Abimelech. 9:21 Jotham ran away, and fled, and went
to Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. 9:22
Abimelech was prince over Israel three years. 9:23 God sent an evil
spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem
dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 9:24 that the violence done to the
seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid
on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem,
who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers. 9:25 The men of Shechem
set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all
who came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. 9:26 Gaal
the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and
the men of Shechem put their trust in him. 9:27 They went out into the
field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held
festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink,
and cursed Abimelech. 9:28 Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech,
and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of
Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve you the men of Hamor the father
of Shechem: but why should we serve him? 9:29 Would that this people
were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech,
Increase your army, and come out. 9:30 When Zebul the ruler of the city
heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. 9:31 He
sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of
Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and behold, they constrain
the city to take part against you. 9:32 Now therefore, up by night, you
and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field: 9:33 and
it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall
rise early, and rush on the city; and behold, when he and the people who
are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall
find occasion. 9:34 Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with
him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
9:35 Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the
gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with
him, from the ambush. 9:36 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul,
Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. Zebul
said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
9:37 Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down by the
middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of
Meonenim. 9:38 Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you
said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people
that you have despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them. 9:39
Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 9:40
Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many
wounded, even to the entrance of the gate. 9:41 Abimelech lived at
Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not
dwell in Shechem. 9:42 It happened on the next day, that the people went
out into the field; and they told Abimelech. 9:43 He took the people,
and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and
he looked, and behold, the people came forth out of the city; He rose up
against them, and struck them. 9:44 Abimelech, and the companies that
were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of
the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and
struck them. 9:45 Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he
took the city, and killed the people who were therein: and he beat down
the city, and sowed it with salt. 9:46 When all the men of the tower of
Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of
Elberith. 9:47 It was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of
Shechem were gathered together. 9:48 Abimelech got him up to Mount
Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an
axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up,
and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with
him, What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. 9:49
All the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed
Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on
fire on them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also,
about a thousand men and women. 9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and
encamped against Thebez, and took it. 9:51 But there was a strong tower
within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of
the city, and shut themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the
tower. 9:52 Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew
near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 9:53 A certain woman
cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull. 9:54
Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to
him, Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, A woman
killed him. His young man thrust him through, and he died. 9:55 When the
men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to
his place. 9:56 Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he
did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers; 9:57 and all the
wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite on their heads: and on
them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

10:1 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah,
the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill
country of Ephraim. 10:2 He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died,
and was buried in Shamir. 10:3 After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and
he judged Israel twenty-two years. 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on
thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called
Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 10:5 Jair
died, and was buried in Kamon. 10:6 The children of Israel again did
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals, and
the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the
gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the
Philistines; and they forsook Yahweh, and didn't serve him. 10:7 The
anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the
hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
10:8 They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year:
eighteen years oppressed they all the children of Israel that were
beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 10:9
The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against
Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that
Israel was sore distressed. 10:10 The children of Israel cried to
Yahweh, saying, We have sinned against you, even because we have
forsaken our God, and have served the Baals. 10:11 Yahweh said to the
children of Israel, Didn't I save you from the Egyptians, and from the
Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? 10:12
The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress
you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand. 10:13 Yet
you have forsaken me, and served other gods: therefore I will save you
no more. 10:14 Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them
save you in the time of your distress. 10:15 The children of Israel said
to Yahweh, We have sinned: do you to us whatever seems good to you; only
deliver us, we pray you, this day. 10:16 They put away the foreign gods
from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the
misery of Israel. 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered
together, and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled
themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. 10:18 The people, the
princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he who will begin to
fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the
inhabitants of Gilead.

11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was
the son of a prostitute: and Gilead became the father of Jephthah. 11:2
Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they
drove out Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our
father's house; for you are the son of another woman. 11:3 Then Jephthah
fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were
gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him. 11:4 It
happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against
Israel. 11:5 It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against
Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of
Tob; 11:6 and they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may
fight with the children of Ammon. 11:7 Jephthah said to the elders of
Gilead, Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and
why are you come to me now when you are in distress? 11:8 The elders of
Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to you now, that
you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall
be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 11:9 Jephthah said to
the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight with the
children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your
head? 11:10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall be
witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do. 11:11
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him
head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh
in Mizpah. 11:12 Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of
Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come to me to
fight against my land? 11:13 The king of the children of Ammon answered
to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he
came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the
Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 11:14
Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;
11:15 and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel didn't take away
the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon, 11:16 but when
they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the
Red Sea, and came to Kadesh; 11:17 then Israel sent messengers to the
king of Edom, saying, Please let me pass through your land; but the king
of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but
he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh. 11:18 Then they went through
the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab,
and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the
other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab,
for the Arnon was the border of Moab. 11:19 Israel sent messengers to
Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him,
Let us pass, we pray you, through your land to my place. 11:20 But Sihon
didn't trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all
his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
11:21 Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into
the hand of Israel, and they struck them: so Israel possessed all the
land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 11:22 They
possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the
Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan. 11:23 So now Yahweh,
the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people
Israel, and should you possess them? 11:24 Won't you possess that which
Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has
dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. 11:25 Now are you
anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever
strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them? 11:26 While
Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and
in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred
years; why didn't you recover them within that time? 11:27 I therefore
have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me:
Yahweh, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and
the children of Ammon. 11:28 However the king of the children of Ammon
didn't listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him. 11:29 Then the
Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and
Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he
passed over to the children of Ammon. 11:30 Jephthah vowed a vow to
Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into
my hand, 11:31 then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the
doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children
of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt
offering. 11:32 So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to
fight against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand. 11:33 He
struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities,
and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of
Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. 11:34 Jephthah came to
Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with
tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he
had neither son nor daughter. 11:35 It happened, when he saw her, that
he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me
very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my
mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back. 11:36 She said to him, My father,
you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which
has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for
you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon. 11:37 She said to
her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that
I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I
and my companions. 11:38 He said, Go. He sent her away for two months:
and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on
the mountains. 11:39 It happened at the end of two months, that she
returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he
had vowed: and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel, 11:40 that
the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of
Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

12:1 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward;
and they said to Jephthah, Why did you pass over to fight against the
children of Ammon, and didn't call us to go with you? we will burn your
house on you with fire. 12:2 Jephthah said to them, I and my people were
at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you
didn't save me out of their hand. 12:3 When I saw that you didn't save
me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of
Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand: why then are you come up
to me this day, to fight against me? 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered
together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of
Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You are fugitives of Ephraim,
you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.
12:5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the
Ephraimites. It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said,
Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If
he said, No; 12:6 then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said
Sibboleth; for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right: then they laid
hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at
that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand. 12:7 Jephthah judged Israel six
years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the
cities of Gilead. 12:8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 12:9
He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty
daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven
years. 12:10 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem. 12:11 After him
Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12:12
Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of
Zebulun. 12:13 After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged
Israel. 12:14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on
seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 12:15 Abdon the
son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the
land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

13:1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines
forty years. 13:2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the
Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't
bear. 13:3 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her,
See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and
bear a son. 13:4 Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor
strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing: 13:5 for, behold, you
shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for
the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin
to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 13:6 Then the woman
came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his face
was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask
him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name: 13:7 but he said to
me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine
nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be
a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 13:8 Then
Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, please let the man of God
whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the
child who shall be born. 13:9 God listened to the voice of Manoah; and
the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but
Manoah, her husband, wasn't with her. 13:10 The woman made haste, and
ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared
to me, who came to me the other day. 13:11 Manoah arose, and went after
his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man who
spoke to the woman? He said, I am. 13:12 Manoah said, Now let your words
happen: what shall be the ordering of the child, and how shall we do to
him? 13:13 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the
woman let her beware. 13:14 She may not eat of anything that comes of
the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any
unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe. 13:15 Manoah
said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may
make ready a kid for you. 13:16 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah,
Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will make
ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh. For Manoah didn't
know that he was the angel of Yahweh. 13:17 Manoah said to the angel of
Yahweh, What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor
you? 13:18 The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why do you ask after my
name, seeing it is wonderful? 13:19 So Manoah took the kid with the meal
offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh: and the angel did
wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on. 13:20 For it happened,
when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, that the angel
of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife
looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground. 13:21 But the
angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah
knew that he was the angel of Yahweh. 13:22 Manoah said to his wife, We
shall surely die, because we have seen God. 13:23 But his wife said to
him, If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn't have received a
burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, neither would he have
shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things
as these. 13:24 The woman bore a son, and named him Samson: and the
child grew, and Yahweh blessed him. 13:25 The Spirit of Yahweh began to
move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

14:1 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the
daughters of the Philistines. 14:2 He came up, and told his father and
his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of
the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as wife. 14:3 Then his
father and his mother said to him, Is there never a woman among the
daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take
a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? Samson said to his father, Get
her for me; for she pleases me well. 14:4 But his father and his mother
didn't know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the
Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel. 14:5
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and
came to the vineyards of Timnah: and behold, a young lion roared against
him. 14:6 The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he tore him as
he would have torn a kid; and he had nothing in his hand: but he didn't
tell his father or his mother what he had done. 14:7 He went down, and
talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well. 14:8 After a while
he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the
lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and
honey. 14:9 He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went;
and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate:
but he didn't tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of
the lion. 14:10 His father went down to the woman: and Samson made there
a feast; for so used the young men to do. 14:11 It happened, when they
saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 14:12
Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can
declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out,
then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of
clothing; 14:13 but if you can't declare it to me, then you shall give
me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing. They said to
him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it. 14:14 He said to them,

Out of the eater came forth food. Out of the strong came forth
sweetness. They couldn't in three days declare the riddle. 14:15 It
happened on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice
your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and
your father's house with fire: have you called us to impoverish us? is
it not so? 14:16 Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but
hate me, and don't love me: you have put forth a riddle to the children
of my people, and haven't told it me. He said to her, Behold, I haven't
told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you? 14:17 She wept
before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on
the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she
told the riddle to the children of her people. 14:18 The men of the city
said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter
than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? He said to them,

If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have found out my
riddle. 14:19 The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went
down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil,
and gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His
anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. 14:20 But
Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his
friend.

15:1 But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that
Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife
into the chamber. But her father wouldn't allow him to go in. 15:2 Her
father said, I most certainly thought that you had utterly hated her;
therefore I gave her to your companion: isn't her younger sister more
beautiful than she? Please take her, instead. 15:3 Samson said to them,
This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do
them a mischief. 15:4 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and
took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the
midst between every two tails. 15:5 When he had set the brands on fire,
he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up
both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves. 15:6
Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They said, Samson, the
son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her
to his companion. The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father
with fire. 15:7 Samson said to them, If you do after this manner, surely
I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 15:8 He struck
them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in
the cleft of the rock of Etam. 15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and
encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. 15:10 The men of Judah
said, Why are you come up against us? They said, To bind Samson are we
come up, to do to him as he has done to us. 15:11 Then three thousand
men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to
Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What
then is this that you have done to us?" He said to them, As they did to
me, so have I done to them. 15:12 They said to him, We have come down to
bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.
Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall on me
yourselves. 15:13 They spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you
fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you.
They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
15:14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and
the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on
his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped
from off his hands. 15:15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put
forth his hand, and took it, and struck a thousand men therewith. 15:16
Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps, With the
jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men. 15:17 It happened,
when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out
of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi. 15:18 He was very
thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, You have given this great
deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die for thirst,
and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised. 15:19 But God split the
hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had
drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore its name was
called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day. 15:20 He judged Israel
in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

16:1 Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to
her. 16:2 It was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come here. They
surrounded him, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city,
and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be until morning light, then
we will kill him. 16:3 Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight,
and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts,
and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and
carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. 16:4
It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek,
whose name was Delilah. 16:5 The lords of the Philistines came up to
her, and said to her, Entice him, and see in which his great strength
lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him
to afflict him: and we will each give you of us eleven hundred pieces of
silver. 16:6 Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, Please, in which your
great strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
16:7 Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords that
were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. 16:8
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords
which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 16:9 Now she had
an ambush waiting in the inner chamber. She said to him, "The
Philistines are on you, Samson!" He broke the cords, as a string of tow
is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known. 16:10
Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies:
now tell me, Please, with which you might be bound. 16:11 He said to
her, If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been
done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. 16:12 So Delilah
took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The
Philistines are on you, Samson. The ambush was waiting in the inner
chamber. He broke them off his arms like a thread. 16:13 Delilah said to
Samson, Hitherto you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with
which you might be bound. He said to her, If you weave the seven locks
of my head with the web. 16:14 She fastened it with the pin, and said to
him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He awakened out of his sleep,
and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web. 16:15 She said to
him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you
have mocked me these three times, and have not told me in which your
great strength lies. 16:16 It happened, when she pressed him daily with
her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death. 16:17 He
told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my
head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am
shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be
like any other man." 16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his
heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying,
Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart. Then the lords of
the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.
16:19 She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and
shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him,
and his strength went from him. 16:20 She said, The Philistines are on
you, Samson. He awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at
other times, and shake myself free. But he didn't know that Yahweh had
departed from him. 16:21 The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out
his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters
of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison. 16:22 However the
hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved. 16:23 The
lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great
sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has
delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 16:24 When the people saw him,
they praised their god; for they said, Our god has delivered into our
hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of
us. 16:25 It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said,
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. They called for Samson out
of the prison; and he made sport before them. They set him between the
pillars: 16:26 and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand,
Allow me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house rests, that I
may lean on them. 16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all
the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof
about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson made sport.
16:28 Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me,
Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I may be at
once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 16:29 Samson took hold
of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them,
the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. 16:30 Samson
said, Let me die with the Philistines. He bowed himself with all his
might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were
therein. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those
who he killed in his life. 16:31 Then his brothers and all the house of
his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him
between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He
judged Israel twenty years.

17:1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was
Micah. 17:2 He said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver
that were taken from you, about which you did utter a curse, and did
also speak it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. His
mother said, Blessed be my son of Yahweh. 17:3 He restored the eleven
hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I most
certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make
an engraved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to
you. 17:4 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two
hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it
an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.
17:5 The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and
teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was
right in his own eyes. 17:7 There was a young man out of Bethlehem
Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
17:8 The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to
sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of
Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled. 17:9 Micah said to him,
Whence come you? He said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I
go to sojourn where I may find a place. 17:10 Micah said to him, Dwell
with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten
pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So
the Levite went in. 17:11 The Levite was content to dwell with the man;
and the young man was to him as one of his sons. 17:12 Micah consecrated
the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of
Micah. 17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that Yahweh will do me good,
seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the
tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that
day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
18:2 The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole
number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land,
and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. They came
to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the
young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, Who
brought you here? and what do you in this place? and what have you here?
18:4 He said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has
hired me, and I am become his priest. 18:5 They said to him, Ask
counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we
go shall be prosperous. 18:6 The priest said to them, Go in peace:
before Yahweh is your way wherein you go. 18:7 Then the five men
departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how
they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and
secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might
put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and
had no dealings with any man. 18:8 They came to their brothers to Zorah
and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What say you? 18:9 They
said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land,
and behold, it is very good: and are you still? don't be slothful to go
and to enter in to possess the land. 18:10 When you go, you shall come
to a people secure, and the land is large; for God has given it into
your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the
earth. 18:11 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites,
out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of
war. 18:12 They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah:
therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan, to this day; behold, it is
behind Kiriath Jearim. 18:13 They passed there to the hill country of
Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. 18:14 Then the five men who
went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their
brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and
teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore
consider what you have to do. 18:15 They turned aside there, and came to
the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and
asked him of his welfare. 18:16 The six hundred men girt with their
weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance
of the gate. 18:17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up,
and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the
teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of
the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war. 18:18 When
these went into Micah's house, and fetched the engraved image, the
ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them,
What do you? 18:19 They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on
your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it
better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to
a tribe and a family in Israel? 18:20 The priest's heart was glad, and
he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in
the midst of the people. 18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the
little ones and the livestock and the goods before them. 18:22 When they
were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses
near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children
of Dan. 18:23 They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their
faces, and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a
company? 18:24 He said, you have taken away my gods which I made, and
the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say
you to me, What ails you? 18:25 The children of Dan said to him, "Don't
let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and
you lose your life, with the lives of your household." 18:26 The
children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too
strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. 18:27 They took
that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to
Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of
the sword; and they burnt the city with fire. 18:28 There was no
deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with
any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built
the city, and lived therein. 18:29 They called the name of the city Dan,
after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the
name of the city was Laish at the first. 18:30 The children of Dan set
up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom,
the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the
Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. 18:31 So they set
them up Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the
house of God was in Shiloh.

19:1 It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that
there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill
country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
19:2 His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from
him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of
four months. 19:3 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly
to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of
donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the
father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 19:4 His
father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he abode with
him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there. 19:5 It
happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he
rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law,
Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go
your way. 19:6 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together:
and the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased to stay
all night, and let your heart be merry. 19:7 The man rose up to depart;
but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again. 19:8 He
arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young
lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day
declines; and they ate, both of them. 19:9 When the man rose up to
depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the
young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward
evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge
here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your
way, that you may go home. 19:10 But the man wouldn't stay that night,
but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is
Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled; his
concubine also was with him. 19:11 When they were by Jebus, the day was
far spent; and the servant said to his master, Please come and let us
turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 19:12 His
master said to him, We won't turn aside into the city of a foreigner,
that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.
19:13 He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these
places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 19:14 So they passed
on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gibeah,
which belongs to Benjamin. 19:15 They turned aside there, to go in to
lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the
city; for there was no man who took them into his house to lodge. 19:16
Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even:
now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in
Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites. 19:17 He lifted up his
eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old
man said, Where go you? and whence come you? 19:18 He said to him, We
are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country
of Ephraim; from there am I, and I went to Bethlehem Judah: and I am now
going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into his
house. 19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and
there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the
young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything. 19:20
The old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on
me; only don't lodge in the street. 19:21 So he brought him into his
house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate
and drink. 19:22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men
of the city, certain base fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the
door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying,
Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
19:23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to
them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this
man is come into my house, don't do this folly. 19:24 Behold, here is my
daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and
humble you them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this
man don't do any such folly. 19:25 But the men wouldn't listen to him:
so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth to them;
and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and
when the day began to spring, they let her go. 19:26 Then came the woman
in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house
where her lord was, until it was light. 19:27 Her lord rose up in the
morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way;
and behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the
house, with her hands on the threshold. 19:28 He said to her, Up, and
let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up on the donkey;
and the man rose up, and got him to his place. 19:29 When he was come
into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and
divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout
all the borders of Israel. 19:30 It was so, that all who saw it said,
There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of
Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day: consider it, take
counsel, and speak.

20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was
assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of
Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. 20:2 The chiefs of all the people, even of
all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the
people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword. 20:3 (Now
the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up
to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this
wickedness brought to pass? 20:4 The Levite, the husband of the woman
who was murdered, answered, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin,
I and my concubine, to lodge. 20:5 The men of Gibeah rose against me,
and surrounded the house by night. They thought to have slain me, and
they forced my concubine, and she is dead. 20:6 I took my concubine, and
cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the
inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in
Israel. 20:7 Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your
advice and counsel. 20:8 All the people arose as one man, saying, We
will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his
house. 20:9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we
will go up against it by lot; 20:10 and we will take ten men of one
hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one
thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the
people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin,
according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel. 20:11 So all
the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one
man. 20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of
Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is happen among you?
20:13 Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in
Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.
But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the
children of Israel. 20:14 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves
together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the
children of Israel. 20:15 The children of Benjamin were numbered on that
day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword,
besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred
chosen men. 20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen
men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not
miss. 20:17 The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four
hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war. 20:18
The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel
of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against
the children of Benjamin? Yahweh said, Judah shall go up first. 20:19
The children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against
Gibeah. 20:20 The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and
the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah. 20:21
The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to
the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two thousand men. 20:22
The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle
again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first
day. 20:23 The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until
even; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near to
battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? Yahweh said, Go up
against him. 20:24 The children of Israel came near against the children
of Benjamin the second day. 20:25 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. 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went
up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and
fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings before Yahweh. 20:27 The children of Israel asked of Yahweh
(for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 20:28 and
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those
days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children
of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? Yahweh said, Go up; for
tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand. 20:29 Israel set ambushes
all around Gibeah. 20:30 The children of Israel went up against the
children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array
against Gibeah, as at other times. 20:31 The children of Benjamin went
out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they
began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the
highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in
the field, about thirty men of Israel. 20:32 The children of Benjamin
said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children
of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the
highways. 20:33 All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and
set themselves in array at Baal Tamar: and the ambushers of Israel broke
forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba. 20:34 There came over
against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle
was sore; but they didn't know that evil was close on them. 20:35 Yahweh
struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of
Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew
the sword. 20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck;
for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted the
ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah. 20:37 The ambushers hurried,
and rushed on Gibeah; and the ambushers drew themselves along, and
struck all the city with the edge of the sword. 20:38 Now the appointed
sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should
make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. 20:39 The men of
Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of
the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are
struck down before us, as in the first battle. 20:40 But when the cloud
began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites
looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke
to the sky. 20:41 The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were
dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them. 20:42 Therefore they
turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the
wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came
out of the cities destroyed them in its midst. 20:43 They surrounded the
Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as
far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise. 20:44 There fell of
Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor. 20:45 They
turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they
gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard
after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men. 20:46 So that
all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew
the sword; all these were men of valor. 20:47 But six hundred men turned
and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the
rock of Rimmon four months. 20:48 The men of Israel turned again on the
children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both
the entire city, and the livestock, and all that they found: moreover
all the cities which they found they set on fire.

21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not
any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife. 21:2 The people came to
Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their
voices, and wept sore. 21:3 They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why
has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe
lacking in Israel? 21:4 It happened on the next day that the people rose
early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings. 21:5 The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the
tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they
had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to
Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death. 21:6 The children of
Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe
cut off from Israel this day. 21:7 How shall we do for wives for those
who remain, seeing we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of
our daughters to wives? 21:8 They said, What one is there of the tribes
of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came
none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly. 21:9 For when the
people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of
Jabesh Gilead there. 21:10 The congregation sent there twelve thousand
men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the
inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women
and the little ones. 21:11 This is the thing that you shall do: you
shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain by man.
21:12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred
young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought
them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 21:13 The
whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were
in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them. 21:14 Benjamin
returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved
alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for
them. 21:15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had
made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 21:16 Then the elders of the
congregation said, How shall we do for wives for those who remain,
seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 21:17 They said, There
must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a
tribe not be blotted out from Israel. 21:18 However we may not give them
wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying,
Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin. 21:19 They said, Behold,
there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the
north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from
Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. 21:20 They commanded the
children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, 21:21
and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the
dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his
wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 21:22
It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to
us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we
didn't take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them
to them, else would you now be guilty. 21:23 The children of Benjamin
did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who
danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned to their
inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them. 21:24 The children
of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his
family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance. 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was
right in his own eyes.

Notes:

[1] back to 6:24 or, Yahweh Shalom

[2] back to 11:16 or, Sea of Reeds



Ruth

1:1 It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a
famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to sojourn in
the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 1:2 The name of
the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of
his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They
came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 1:3 Elimelech,
Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. 1:4 They took
them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the
name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years. 1:5 Mahlon
and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two
children and of her husband. 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-
law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard
in the country of Moab how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving
them bread. 1:7 She went forth out of the place where she was, and her
two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the
land of Judah. 1:8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return
each of you to her mother's house: Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you
have dealt with the dead, and with me. 1:9 Yahweh grant you that you may
find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed
them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 1:10 They said to her,
No, but we will return with you to your people. 1:11 Naomi said, Turn
again, my daughters: why will you go with me? have I yet sons in my
womb, that they may be your husbands? 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go
your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have
hope, if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear
sons; 1:13 would you therefore wait until they were grown? would you
therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieves
me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh is gone forth against me.
1:14 They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her
mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her. 1:15 She said, Behold, your
sister-in-law is gone back to her people, and to her god: return you
after your sister-in-law. 1:16 Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave
you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will
go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people,
and your God my God; 1:17 where you die, will I die, and there will I be
buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part
you and me." 1:18 When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go
with her, she left off speaking to her. 1:19 So they two went until they
came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they were come to Bethlehem, that
all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?
1:20 She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara; for the
Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 1:21 I went out full, and
Yahweh has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi, seeing
Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law,
with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to
Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

2:1 Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the
family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. 2:2 Ruth the Moabitess said
to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain
after him in whose sight I shall find favor. She said to her, Go, my
daughter. 2:3 She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the
reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging
to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 2:4 Behold, Boaz came from
Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, Yahweh be with you. They answered
him, Yahweh bless you. 2:5 Then said Boaz to his servant who was set
over the reapers, Whose young lady is this? 2:6 The servant who was set
over the reapers answered, It is the Moabite lady who came back with
Naomi out of the country of Moab: 2:7 She said, Please let me glean and
gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has
continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a
little in the house. 2:8 Then said Boaz to Ruth, Don't you hear, my
daughter? Don't go to glean in another field, neither pass from hence,
but abide here fast by my maidens. 2:9 Let your eyes be on the field
that they reap, and go after them: haven't I commanded the young men not
to touch you? and when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of
that which the young men have drawn. 2:10 Then she fell on her face, and
bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in
your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a
foreigner? 2:11 Boaz answered her, It has fully been shown me, all that
you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and
how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your
birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before. 2:12
Yahweh recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of Yahweh,
the God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to take refuge. 2:13
Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you
have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid,
though I am not as one of your handmaidens. 2:14 At meal time Boaz said
to her, Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the
vinegar. She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain,
and she ate, and was sufficed, and left of it. 2:15 When she was risen
up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even
among the sheaves, and don't reproach her. 2:16 Also pull out some for
her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke
her. 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that
which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. 2:18 She
took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she
had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had
left after she was sufficed. 2:19 Her mother-in-law said to her, Where
have you gleaned today? and where have you worked? blessed be he who did
take knowledge of you. She showed her mother-in-law with whom she had
worked, and said, The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz. 2:20
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not
left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. Naomi said to her,
The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen. 2:21 Ruth
the Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, You shall keep fast by my young
men, until they have ended all my harvest. 2:22 Naomi said to Ruth her
daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his
maidens, and that they not meet you in any other field. 2:23 So she kept
fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and
of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.

3:1 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek
rest for you, that it may be well with you? 3:2 Now isn't Boaz our
kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight
in the threshing floor. 3:3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint you, and
put your clothing on you, and get you down to the threshing floor, but
don't make yourself known to the man, until he shall have done eating
and drinking. 3:4 It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark
the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet,
and lay you down; and he will tell you what you shall do. 3:5 She said
to her, All that you say I will do. 3:6 She went down to the threshing
floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her. 3:7
When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie
down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly, and uncovered
his feet, and laid her down. 3:8 It happened at midnight, that the man
was afraid, and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet. 3:9
He said, Who are you? She answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: spread
therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.
3:10 He said, Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter: you have shown
more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you
didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich. 3:11 Now, my daughter,
don't be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of
my people does know that you are a worthy woman. 3:12 Now it is true
that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I. 3:13
Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform
to you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but
if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then will I do the part
of a kinsman to you, as Yahweh lives: lie down until the morning. 3:14
She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could
discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to
the threshing floor. 3:15 He said, Bring the mantle that is on you, and
hold it; and she held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and
laid it on her: and he went into the city. 3:16 When she came to her
mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? She told her all that
the man had done to her. 3:17 She said, These six measures of barley
gave he me; for he said, "Don't go empty to your mother-in-law." 3:18
Then said she, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter
will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing
this day."

4:1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and behold,
the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a
one! turn aside, sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down. 4:2 He
took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here.
They sat down. 4:3 He said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has come back
out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our
brother Elimelech's: 4:4 I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it
before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people. If you
will redeem it, redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me,
that I may know; for there is none to redeem it besides you; and I am
after you. He said, I will redeem it. 4:5 Then said Boaz, What day you
buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth the
Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his
inheritance. 4:6 The near kinsman said, I can't redeem it for myself,
lest I mar my own inheritance: take my right of redemption on you; for I
can't redeem it. 4:7 Now this was the custom in former time in Israel
concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a
man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the
manner of attestation in Israel. 4:8 So the near kinsman said to Boaz,
Buy it for yourself. He drew off his shoe. 4:9 Boaz said to the elders,
and to all the people, You are witnesses this day, that I have bought
all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of
the hand of Naomi. 4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon,
have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his
inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his
brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day.
4:11 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are
witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like
Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and do you
worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem: 4:12 and let your
house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed
which Yahweh shall give you of this young woman. 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth,
and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her
conception, and she bore a son. 4:14 The women said to Naomi, Blessed be
Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman; and let
his name be famous in Israel. 4:15 He shall be to you a restorer of
life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who
loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him. 4:16
Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
4:17 The women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born
to Naomi; and they named him Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father
of David. 4:18 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez:
Perez became the father of Hezron, 4:19 and Hezron became the father of
Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab, 4:20 and Amminadab became
the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon, 4:21 and
Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
4:22 and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of
David.



The First Book of Samuel

1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country
of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of
Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: 1:2 and he had
two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other
Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 1:3
This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to
sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there. 1:4 When the day came that
Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons
and her daughters, portions: 1:5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion;
for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb. 1:6 Her rival
provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her
womb. 1:7 as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of
Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 1:8
Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why don't you
eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better to you than ten
sons? 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after
they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the
doorpost of the temple of Yahweh. 1:10 She was in bitterness of soul,
and prayed to Yahweh, and wept sore. 1:11 She vowed a vow, and said,
Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your
handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give
to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of
his life, and there shall no razor come on his head. 1:12 It happened,
as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli marked her mouth. 1:13
Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice
was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 1:14 Eli said
to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you. 1:15
Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have
drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before
Yahweh. 1:16 Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of
the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.
1:17 Then Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant your
petition that you have asked of him. 1:18 She said, Let your handmaid
find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and ate; and her
facial expression wasn't sad any more. 1:19 They rose up in the morning
early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their
house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered
her. 1:20 It happened, when the time was come about, that Hannah
conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, Because I
have asked him of Yahweh. 1:21 The man Elkanah, and all his house, went
up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 1:22 But Hannah
didn't go up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the
child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before
Yahweh, and there abide forever. 1:23 Elkanah her husband said to her,
Do what seems you good; wait until you have weaned him; only Yahweh
establish his word. So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she
weaned him. 1:24 When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with
three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought
him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh: and the child was young. 1:25 They
killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli. 1:26 She said, Oh, my
lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here,
praying to Yahweh. 1:27 For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me
my petition which I asked of him: 1:28 therefore also I have granted him
to Yahweh; as long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh. He worshiped
Yahweh there.

2:1 Hannah prayed, and said:

My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is
enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. 2:2 There
is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is
there any rock like our God. 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly.
Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of
knowledge. By him actions are weighed. 2:4 The bows of the mighty men
are broken. Those who stumbled are girded with strength. 2:5 Those who
were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry
have ceased to hunger. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many
children languishes. 2:6 Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down
to Sheol, and brings up. 2:7 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He
brings low, he also lifts up. 2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust.
He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes,
and inherit the throne of glory, for the pillars of the earth are
Yahweh's. He has set the world on them. 2:9 He will keep the feet of his
holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no
man shall prevail by strength. 2:10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall
be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. Yahweh
will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and
exalt the horn of his anointed. 2:11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house.
The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest. 2:12 Now the
sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh. 2:13 The custom of
the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the
priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three
teeth in his hand; 2:14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or
caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith.
So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 2:15 Yes,
before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the
man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not
have boiled flesh of you, but raw. 2:16 If the man said to him, They
will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul
desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if
not, I will take it by force. 2:17 The sin of the young men was very
great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh. 2:18
But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, girded with a linen
ephod. 2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it
to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the
yearly sacrifice. 2:20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said,
Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of
Yahweh. They went to their own home. 2:21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she
conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew
before Yahweh. 2:22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons
did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at
the door of the Tent of Meeting. 2:23 He said to them, Why do you such
things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. 2:24 No,
my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people
to disobey. 2:25 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him;
but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?
Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father,
because Yahweh was minded to kill them. 2:26 The child Samuel grew on,
and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men. 2:27 There
came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I
reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in
bondage to Pharaoh's house? 2:28 and did I choose him out of all the
tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense,
to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father
all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? 2:29 Why kick
you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my
habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with
the best of all the offerings of Israel my people? 2:30 Therefore
Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the
house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh
says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those
who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 2:31 Behold, the days come,
that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that
there shall not be an old man in your house. 2:32 You shall see the
affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give
Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. 2:33
The man of yours, whom I shall not cut off from my altar, shall be to
consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart; and all the increase of
your house shall die in the flower of their age. 2:34 This shall be the
sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas:
in one day they shall die both of them. 2:35 I will raise me up a
faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart
and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk
before my anointed forever. 2:36 It shall happen, that everyone who is
left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver
and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the
priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

3:1 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh
was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. 3:2 It
happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes
had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see), 3:3 and the lamp of
God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down to sleep, in the
temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was; 3:4 that Yahweh called
Samuel; and he said, Here am I. 3:5 He ran to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for you called me. He said, I didn't call; lie down again. He went and
lay down. 3:6 Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. Samuel arose and went to
Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He answered, I didn't call,
my son; lie down again. 3:7 Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither
was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him. 3:8 Yahweh called Samuel
again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for
you called me. Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child. 3:9
Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call
you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears. So
Samuel went and lay down in his place. 3:10 Yahweh came, and stood, and
called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for
your servant hears. 3:11 Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a
thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall
tingle. 3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have
spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end. 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the
iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse on
themselves, and he didn't restrain them. 3:14 Therefore I have sworn to
the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated
with sacrifice nor offering forever. 3:15 Samuel lay until the morning,
and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli
the vision. 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. He
said, Here am I. 3:17 He said, "What is the thing that Yahweh has spoken
to you? Please don't hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also,
if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you."
3:18 Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. He said, It
is Yahweh: let him do what seems him good. 3:19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh
was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 3:20 All
Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be
a prophet of Yahweh. 3:21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh
revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.

4:1 The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against
the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and the
Philistines encamped in Aphek. 4:2 The Philistines put themselves in
array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was struck
before the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field about
four thousand men. 4:3 When the people were come into the camp, the
elders of Israel said, Why has Yahweh struck us today before the
Philistines? Let us get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh
to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our
enemies. 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the
cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with
the ark of the covenant of God. 4:5 When the ark of the covenant of
Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so
that the earth rang again. 4:6 When the Philistines heard the noise of
the shout, they said, What means the noise of this great shout in the
camp of the Hebrews? They understood that the ark of Yahweh was come
into the camp. 4:7 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is
come into the camp. They said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a
thing heretofore. 4:8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of
these mighty gods? these are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all
manner of plagues in the wilderness. 4:9 Be strong, and behave
yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the
Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
4:10 The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every
man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of
Israel thirty thousand footmen. 4:11 The ark of God was taken; and the
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. 4:12 There ran a man
of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his
clothes torn, and with earth on his head. 4:13 When he came, behold, Eli
was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for
the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the
city cried out. 4:14 When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said,
What means the noise of this tumult? The man hurried, and came and told
Eli. 4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so
that he could not see. 4:16 The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of
the army, and I fled today out of the army. He said, How went the
matter, my son? 4:17 He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled
before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among
the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and
the ark of God is taken. 4:18 It happened, when he made mention of the
ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the
gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy.
He had judged Israel forty years. 4:19 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas'
wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the news
that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her
husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains
came on her. 4:20 About the time of her death the women who stood by her
said to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But she
didn't answer, neither did she regard it. 4:21 She named the child
Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of
God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 4:22
She said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is
taken.

5:1 Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it
from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 5:2 The Philistines took the ark of God, and
brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 5:3 When they
of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his
face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set
him in his place again. 5:4 When they arose early on the next day
morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the
ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay
cut off on the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5:5
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon's
house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day. 5:6 But
the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them,
and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders. 5:7 When the
men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of
Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore on us, and on Dagon
our god. 5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the
Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God
of Israel? They answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried
about to Gath. They carried the ark of the God of Israel there. 5:9 It
was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was
against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of
the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them. 5:10 So
they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came
to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about
the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people. 5:11 They
sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines,
and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go
again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there
was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very
heavy there. 5:12 The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors;
and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

6:1 The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven
months. 6:2 The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners,
saying, "What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we
shall send it to its place."

6:3 They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't
send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass offering: then you
shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not
removed from you."

6:4 Then they said, "What shall be the trespass offering which we shall
return to him?"

They said, "Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, according to the
number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all,
and on your lords. 6:5 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors,
and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to
the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you,
and from off your gods, and from off your land. 6:6 Why then do you
harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts?
When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn't they let the people
go, and they departed? 6:7 Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a
new cart, and two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie
the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them; 6:8 and
take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of
gold, which you return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by its
side; and send it away, that it may go. 6:9 Behold; if it goes up by the
way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great
evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck
us; it was a chance that happened to us."

6:10 The men did so, and took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart,
and shut up their calves at home; 6:11 and they put the ark of Yahweh on
the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their
tumors. 6:12 The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh;
they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside
to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went
after them to the border of Beth Shemesh. 6:13 They of Beth Shemesh were
reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their
eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 6:14 The cart came into
the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a
great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the
cows for a burnt offering to Yahweh. 6:15 The Levites took down the ark
of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold
were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth Shemesh
offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to
Yahweh. 6:16 When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they
returned to Ekron the same day. 6:17 These are the golden tumors which
the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod
one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 6:18
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the
Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of
country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark
of Yahweh, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of
Beth Shemesh. 6:19 He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they
had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty
thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck
the people with a great slaughter. 6:20 The men of Beth Shemesh said,
Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and to whom shall he
go up from us? 6:21 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath
Jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh;
come you down, and bring it up to you.

7:1 The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh,
and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified
Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh. 7:2 It happened, from the day
that the ark abode in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was
twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh. 7:3
Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to
Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the
Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve
him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away the Baals and the
Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only. 7:5 Samuel said, "Gather all Israel
to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh." 7:6 They gathered
together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and
fasted on that day, and said there, "We have sinned against Yahweh."
Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah. 7:7 When the Philistines
heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the
lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of
Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 7:8 The children
of Israel said to Samuel, "Don't cease to cry to Yahweh our God for us,
that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines." 7:9 Samuel
took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to
Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.
7:10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew
near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder
on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck
down before Israel. 7:11 The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and
pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth
Kar. 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen,
and called its name Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto has Yahweh helped us.
7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the
border of Israel: and the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all
the days of Samuel. 7:14 The cities which the Philistines had taken from
Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and its border
did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace
between Israel and the Amorites. 7:15 Samuel judged Israel all the days
of his life. 7:16 He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and
Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places. 7:17 His
return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged
Israel: and he built there an altar to Yahweh.

8:1 It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over
Israel. 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his
second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba. 8:3 His sons didn't walk
in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and
perverted justice. 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves
together, and came to Samuel to Ramah; 8:5 and they said to him, Behold,
you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king
to judge us like all the nations. 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel,
when they said, Give us a king to judge us. Samuel prayed to Yahweh. 8:7
Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that
they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected
me, that I should not be king over them. 8:8 According to all the works
which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt
even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods,
so do they also to you. 8:9 Now therefore listen to their voice: however
you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the manner of
the king who shall reign over them. 8:10 Samuel told all the words of
Yahweh to the people who asked of him a king. 8:11 He said, This will be
the manner of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons,
and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and
they shall run before his chariots; 8:12 and he will appoint them to him
for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some
to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments
of war, and the instruments of his chariots. 8:13 He will take your
daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 8:14 He
will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even
the best of them, and give them to his servants. 8:15 He will take the
tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and
to his servants. 8:16 He will take your male servants, and your female
servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his
work. 8:17 He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his
servants. 8:18 You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom
you shall have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.
8:19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they
said, No: but we will have a king over us, 8:20 that we also may be like
all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us,
and fight our battles. 8:21 Samuel heard all the words of the people,
and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh. 8:22 Yahweh said to Samuel,
Listen to their voice, and make them a king. Samuel said to the men of
Israel, Go you every man to his city.

9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of
Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son
of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor. 9:2 He had a son, whose name was
Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of
Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was
higher than any of the people. 9:3 The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father,
were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with
you, and arise, go seek the donkeys. 9:4 He passed through the hill
country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they
didn't find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and
there they weren't there: and he passed through the land of the
Benjamites, but they didn't find them. 9:5 When they had come to the
land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let
us return, lest my father leave off caring for the donkeys, and be
anxious for us. 9:6 He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man
of God, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes
surely to pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can tell us
concerning our journey whereon we go. 9:7 Then said Saul to his servant,
But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is
spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of
God: what have we? 9:8 The servant answered Saul again, and said,
Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that
will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9:9 (In earlier times
in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and
let us go to the seer; for he who is now called a prophet was before
called a Seer.) 9:10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let
us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was. 9:11 As they
went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to
draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here? 9:12 They answered them,
and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he is
come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the
high place: 9:13 as soon as you are come into the city, you shall
immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for
the people will not eat until he come, because he does bless the
sacrifice; and afterwards they eat who are invited. Now therefore get
you up; for at this time you shall find him. 9:14 They went up to the
city; and as they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward
them, to go up to the high place. 9:15 Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel
a day before Saul came, saying, 9:16 Tomorrow about this time I will
send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to
be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the
hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their
cry is come to me. 9:17 When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him,
Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority
over my people. 9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and
said, Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is. 9:19 Samuel answered
Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for
you shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and
will tell you all that is in your heart. 9:20 As for your donkeys who
were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are
found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you,
and for all your father's house? 9:21 Saul answered, Am I not a
Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the
least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you
to me after this manner? 9:22 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and
brought them into the guest room, and made them sit in the best place
among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons. 9:23 Samuel
said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to
you, Set it by you. 9:24 The cook took up the thigh, and that which was
on it, and set it before Saul. Samuel said, Behold, that which has been
reserved! set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has
it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate
with Samuel that day. 9:25 When they were come down from the high place
into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop. 9:26 They arose
early: and it happened about the spring of the day, that Samuel called
to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I may send you away. Saul
arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 9:27 As
they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid
the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand you still
first, that I may cause you to hear the word of God.

10:1 Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and
kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince
over his inheritance? 10:2 When you are departed from me today, then you
shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at
Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are
found; and behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and
is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 10:3 Then you
shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor;
and there shall meet you there three men going up to God to Bethel, one
carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and
another carrying a bottle of wine: 10:4 and they will greet you, and
give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive of their hand.
10:5 After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison
of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you are come there to the
city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high
place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before
them; and they will be prophesying: 10:6 and the Spirit of Yahweh will
come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be
turned into another man. 10:7 Let it be, when these signs are come to
you, that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you. 10:8
You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to
you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace
offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you
what you shall do. 10:9 It was so, that when he had turned his back to
go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened
that day. 10:10 When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of
prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he
prophesied among them. 10:11 It happened, when all who knew him before
saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said
one to another, What is this that is come to the son of Kish? Is Saul
also among the prophets? 10:12 One of the same place answered, Who is
their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the
prophets? 10:13 When he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the
high place. 10:14 Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where
went you? He said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they were
not found, we came to Samuel. 10:15 Saul's uncle said, Tell me, Please,
what Samuel said to you. 10:16 Saul said to his uncle, He told us
plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the
kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him. 10:17 Samuel called
the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah; 10:18 and he said to the
children of Israel, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I brought up
Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
10:19 but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out
of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him,
No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before
Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands. 10:20 So Samuel brought
all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
10:21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the
family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken:
but when they sought him, he could not be found. 10:22 Therefore they
asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man to come here? Yahweh
answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage. 10:23 They ran
and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher
than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 10:24 Samuel said
to all the people, "You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is
none like him among all the people?"

All the people shouted, and said, Long live the king. 10:25 Then Samuel
told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and
laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to
his house. 10:26 Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went
with him the army, whose hearts God had touched. 10:27 But certain
worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? They despised him,
and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh
Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with
us, and we will serve you. 11:2 Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On
this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put
out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel. 11:3 The elders of
Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send
messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to
save us, we will come out to you. 11:4 Then came the messengers to
Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all
the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 11:5 Behold, Saul came
following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people
that they weep? They told him the words of the men of Jabesh. 11:6 The
Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his
anger was kindled greatly. 11:7 He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in
pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand
of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after
Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of Yahweh fell on the
people, and they came out as one man. 11:8 He numbered them in Bezek;
and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of
Judah thirty thousand. 11:9 They said to the messengers who came, Thus
you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun
is hot, you shall have deliverance. The messengers came and told the men
of Jabesh; and they were glad. 11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said,
Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that
seems good to you. 11:11 It was so on the next day, that Saul put the
people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in
the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day:
and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two
of them were left together. 11:12 The people said to Samuel, Who is he
who said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them
to death. 11:13 Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this
day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel. 11:14 Then said
Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the
kingdom there. 11:15 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made
Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of
peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel
rejoiced greatly.

12:1 Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in
all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. 12:2 Now,
behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and
behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth
to this day. 12:3 Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and
before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I
taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand
have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it
you. 12:4 They said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,
neither have you taken anything of any man's hand. 12:5 He said to them,
Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day,
that you have not found anything in my hand. They said, He is witness.
12:6 Samuel said to the people, It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and
Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 12:7
Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh
concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to
your fathers. 12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers
cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth
your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place. 12:9
But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of
Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the
Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought
against them. 12:10 They cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned,
because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the
Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we
will serve you. 12:11 Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah,
and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every
side; and you lived in safety. 12:12 When you saw that Nahash the king
of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a
king shall reign over us; when Yahweh your God was your king. 12:13 Now
therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked
for: and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you. 12:14 If you will fear
Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against
the commandment of Yahweh, and both you and also the king who reigns
over you are followers of Yahweh your God, well: 12:15 but if you will
not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment of
Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you, as it was against
your fathers. 12:16 Now therefore stand still and see this great thing,
which Yahweh will do before your eyes. 12:17 Isn't it wheat harvest
today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you
shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in
the sight of Yahweh, in asking you a king. 12:18 So Samuel called to
Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people
greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel. 12:19 All the people said to Samuel,
Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have
added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 12:20 Samuel said to
the people, "Don't be afraid; you have indeed done all this evil; yet
don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your
heart: 12:21 and don't turn aside; for then would you go after vain
things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain. 12:22 For
Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it
has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself. 12:23 Moreover as
for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to
pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
12:24 Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for
consider how great things he has done for you. 12:25 But if you shall
still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king."

13:1 Saul was forty years old when he began to reign; and when he had
reigned two years over Israel, 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of
Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the
Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of
Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 13:3
Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and
the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the
land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. 13:4 All Israel heard say that Saul
had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had
in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together
after Saul to Gilgal. 13:5 The Philistines assembled themselves together
to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand
horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude:
and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven. 13:6
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 coverts, and in pits. 13:7 Now some of
the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but
as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him
trembling. 13:8 He stayed seven days, according to the set time that
Samuel had appointed: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people
were scattered from him. 13:9 Saul said, Bring here the burnt offering
to me, and the peace offerings. He offered the burnt offering. 13:10 It
came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt
offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he
might greet him. 13:11 Samuel said, What have you done? Saul said,
Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you
didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines
assembled themselves together at Michmash; 13:12 therefore said I, Now
will the Philistines come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated
the favor of Yahweh: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt
offering. 13:13 Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have
not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for
now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever. 13:14
But now your kingdom shall not continue: Yahweh has sought him a man
after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his
people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you. 13:15
Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul
numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
13:16 Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with
them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in
Michmash. 13:17 The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in
three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to
the land of Shual; 13:18 and another company turned the way to Beth
Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down
on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 13:19 Now there was no
smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said,
Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 13:20 but all the
Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his
plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle; 13:21 yet they had a file for the
mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes,
and to set the goads. 13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle,
that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the
people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan
his son was there found. 13:23 The garrison of the Philistines went out
to the pass of Michmash.

14:1 Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the
young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the
Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he didn't tell his
father. 14:2 Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the
pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him
were about six hundred men; 14:3 and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub,
Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of
Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn't know that Jonathan
was gone. 14:4 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over
to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side,
and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez,
and the name of the other Seneh. 14:5 The one crag rose up on the north
in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go
over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Yahweh will
work for us; for there is no restraint to Yahweh to save by many or by
few. 14:7 His armor bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart:
turn you, behold, I am with you according to your heart. 14:8 Then said
Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose
ourselves to them. 14:9 If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to
you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
14:10 But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up; for
Yahweh has delivered them into our hand: and this shall be the sign to
us. 14:11 Both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the
Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth
out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 14:12 The men of the
garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to
us, and we will show you a thing. Jonathan said to his armor bearer,
Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
14:13 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor
bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer
killed them after him. 14:14 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and
his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a
furrow's length in an acre of land. 14:15 There was a trembling in the
camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the
spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an
exceeding great trembling. 14:16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of
Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went
here and there. 14:17 Then said Saul to the people who were with him,
Number now, and see who is gone from us. When they had numbered, behold,
Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there. 14:18 Saul said to Ahijah,
Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of God was there at that time
with the children of Israel. 14:19 It happened, while Saul talked to the
priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on
and increased: and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand. 14:20
Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and
came to the battle: and behold, every man's sword was against his
fellow, and there was a very great confusion. 14:21 Now the Hebrews who
were with the Philistines as before, and who went up with them into the
camp, from the country all around, even they also turned to be with the
Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 14:22 Likewise all the men
of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when
they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after
them in the battle. 14:23 So Yahweh saved Israel that day: and the
battle passed over by Beth Aven. 14:24 The men of Israel were distressed
that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who
eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So
none of the people tasted food. 14:25 All the people came into the
forest; and there was honey on the ground. 14:26 When the people were
come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand
to his mouth; for the people feared the oath. 14:27 But Jonathan didn't
hear when his father commanded the people with the oath: therefore he
put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the
honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly
commanded the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats
food this day. The people were faint. 14:29 Then said Jonathan, My
father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been
enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 14:30 How much
more, if haply the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their
enemies which they found? for now has there been no great slaughter
among the Philistines. 14:31 They struck of the Philistines that day
from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint; 14:32 and the
people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves, and
killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. 14:33
Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Yahweh, in
that they eat with the blood. He said, you have dealt treacherously:
roll a great stone to me this day. 14:34 Saul said, Disperse yourselves
among the people, and tell them, Bring me here every man his ox, and
every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against
Yahweh in eating with the blood. All the people brought every man his ox
with him that night, and killed them there. 14:35 Saul built an altar to
Yahweh: the same was the first altar that he built to Yahweh. 14:36 Saul
said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil
among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.
They said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us
draw near here to God. 14:37 Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down
after the Philistines? will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?
But he didn't answer him that day. 14:38 Saul said, Draw near here, all
you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been
this day. 14:39 For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it be in
Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all
the people who answered him. 14:40 Then said he to all Israel, Be you on
one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. The
people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you. 14:41 Therefore Saul
said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, Show the right. Jonathan and Saul
were taken by lot; but the people escaped. 14:42 Saul said, Cast lots
between me and Jonathan my son. Jonathan was taken. 14:43 Then Saul said
to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. Jonathan told him, and said, I
did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in
my hand; and behold, I must die. 14:44 Saul said, God do so and more
also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan. 14:45 The people said to Saul,
Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far
from it: as Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to
the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued
Jonathan, that he didn't die. 14:46 Then Saul went up from following the
Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place. 14:47 Now when
Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his
enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon,
and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the
Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he put them to the worse.
14:48 He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hands of those who despoiled them. 14:49 Now the sons of Saul
were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two
daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of
the younger Michal: 14:50 and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the
daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the
son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 14:51 Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the
father of Abner was the son of Abiel. 14:52 There was sore war against
the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man,
or any valiant man, he took him to him.

15:1 Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over
his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of the
words of Yahweh. 15:2 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, I have marked that
which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way,
when he came up out of Egypt. 15:3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly
destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and
woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey. 15:4 Saul
summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand
footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 15:5 Saul came to the city of
Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 15:6 Saul said to the Kenites, Go,
depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with
them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they
came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
15:7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is
before Egypt. 15:8 He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and
utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 15:9 But
Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the
cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and
wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse,
that they destroyed utterly. 15:10 Then came the word of Yahweh to
Samuel, saying, 15:11 It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king;
for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my
commandments. Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night. 15:12
Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel,
saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set him up a monument, and
turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal. 15:13 Samuel came to
Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you by Yahweh: I have performed
the commandment of Yahweh. 15:14 Samuel said, What means then this
bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I
hear? 15:15 Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for
the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice
to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 15:16 Then
Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to
me this night. He said to him, Say on. 15:17 Samuel said, "Though you
were little in your own sight, weren't you made the head of the tribes
of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel; 15:18 and Yahweh sent
you on a journey, and said, 'Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the
Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.' 15:19 Why
then didn't you obey the voice of Yahweh, but flew on the spoil, and did
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?" 15:20 Saul said to Samuel,
Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which
Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have
utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 15:21 But the people took of the
spoil, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice
to Yahweh your God in Gilgal. 15:22 Samuel said, Has Yahweh as great
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of
Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the
fat of rams. 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and
stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the
word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king. 15:24 Saul
said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment
of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their
voice. 15:25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with
me, that I may worship Yahweh. 15:26 Samuel said to Saul, I will not
return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh
has rejected you from being king over Israel. 15:27 As Samuel turned
about to go away, Saul laid hold on the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
15:28 Samuel said to him, Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you
this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than
you. 15:29 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he
is not a man, that he should repent. 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned:
yet honor me now, Please, before the elders of my people, and before
Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.
15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king of the
Amalekites. Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, Surely the
bitterness of death is past. 15:33 Samuel said, As your sword has made
women childless, so your mother will be childless among women. Samuel
cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal. 15:34 Then Samuel went to
Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 15:35 Samuel
came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned
for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.

16:1 Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I
have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn with oil,
and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided
me a king among his sons. 16:2 Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear
it, he will kill me. Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am
come to sacrifice to Yahweh. 16:3 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I
will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint to me him whom I
name to you. 16:4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to
Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said,
Come you peaceably? 16:5 He said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice to
Yahweh: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. He
sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 16:6 It
happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely
Yahweh's anointed is before him. 16:7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't
look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have
rejected him: for Yahweh sees not as man sees; for man looks at the
outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart." 16:8 Then Jesse
called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, Neither has
Yahweh chosen this. 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said,
Neither has Yahweh chosen this. 16:10 Jesse made seven of his sons to
pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen these.
16:11 Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? He said, There
remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep. Samuel
said to Jesse, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come
here. 16:12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of
a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him;
for this is he. 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him
in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on
David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 16:14
Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from
Yahweh troubled him. 16:15 Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil
spirit from God troubles you. 16:16 Let our lord now command your
servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player
on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on
you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well. 16:17 Saul
said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring
him to me. 16:18 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I
have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing,
and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and
a comely person; and Yahweh is with him. 16:19 Therefore Saul sent
messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the
sheep. 16:20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of
wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul. 16:21 David
came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he
became his armor bearer. 16:22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let
David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight. 16:23 It
happened, when the evil spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the
harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and
the evil spirit departed from him.

17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and
they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and
encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. 17:2 Saul and the men
of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah,
and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 17:3 The
Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on
the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
17:4 There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named
Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 17:5 He had a
helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and
the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 17:6 He had
brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his
shoulders. 17:7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his
spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield bearer
went before him. 17:8 He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and
said to them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not
a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose a man for you, and let
him come down to me. 17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and kill me,
then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill
him, then you will be our servants, and serve us. 17:10 The Philistine
said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may
fight together. 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the
Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 17:12 Now David was
the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and
he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul,
stricken in years among men. 17:13 The three eldest sons of Jesse had
gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went
to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and
the third Shammah. 17:14 David was the youngest; and the three eldest
followed Saul. 17:15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his
father's sheep at Bethlehem. 17:16 The Philistine drew near morning and
evening, and presented himself forty days. 17:17 Jesse said to David his
son, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and
these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;
17:18 and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and
look how your brothers fare, and take their pledge. 17:19 Now Saul, and
they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting
with the Philistines. 17:20 David rose up early in the morning, and left
the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him;
and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going
forth to the fight shouted for the battle. 17:21 Israel and the
Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. 17:22 David left
his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the
army, and came and greeted his brothers. 17:23 As he talked with them,
behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by
name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the
same words: and David heard them. 17:24 All the men of Israel, when they
saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. 17:25 The men of
Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come up? surely to defy
Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the
king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter,
and make his father's house free in Israel. 17:26 David spoke to the men
who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this
Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this
uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living
God? 17:27 The people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall
it be done to the man who kills him. 17:28 Eliab his eldest brother
heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against
David, and he said, Why are you come down? and with whom have you left
those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the
naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the
battle. 17:29 David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
17:30 He turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same
manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 17:31
When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before
Saul; and he sent for him. 17:32 David said to Saul, Let no man's heart
fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this
Philistine. 17:33 Saul said to David, You are not able to go against
this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man
of war from his youth. 17:34 David said to Saul, Your servant was
keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and
took a lamb out of the flock, 17:35 I went out after him, and struck
him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I
caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him. 17:36 Your
servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of
the living God. 17:37 David said, Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw
of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of
the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and Yahweh shall be
with you. 17:38 Saul clad David with his clothing, and he put a helmet
of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. 17:39 David
girded his sword on his clothing, and he tried to go; for he had not
proved it. David said to Saul, I can't go with these; for I have not
proved them. David put them off him. 17:40 He took his staff in his
hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in
the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was
in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 17:41 The Philistine
came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went
before him. 17:42 When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he
disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair
face. 17:43 The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to
me with sticks? The Philistine cursed David by his gods. 17:44 The
Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the
birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field. 17:45 Then said David
to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and
with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the
God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 17:46 This day will
Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your
head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the army of the
Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of
the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
17:47 and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn't save with
sword and spear: for the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you into
our hand. 17:48 It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and
drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to
meet the Philistine. 17:49 David put his hand in his bag, and took there
a stone, and slang it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead; and
the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a
stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword
in the hand of David. 17:51 Then David ran, and stood over the
Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and
killed him, and cut off his head therewith. When the Philistines saw
that their champion was dead, they fled. 17:52 The men of Israel and of
Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to
Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down
by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron. 17:53 The children
of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they
plundered their camp. 17:54 David took the head of the Philistine, and
brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. 17:55 When
Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the
captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your
soul lives, O king, I can't tell. 17:56 The king said, "Inquire whose
son the young man is!"

17:57 As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took
him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his
hand. 17:58 Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man? David
answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

18:1 It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the
soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him
as his own soul. 18:2 Saul took him that day, and would let him go no
more home to his father's house. 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a
covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 18:4 Jonathan stripped
himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his
clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash. 18:5 David
went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul
set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the
people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 18:6 It happened as
they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,
that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and
dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with
instruments of music. 18:7 The women sang one to another as they played,
and said, Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands. 18:8
Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They
have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but
thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 18:9 Saul eyed
David from that day and forward. 18:10 It happened on the next day, that
an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the
midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by
day. Saul had his spear in his hand; 18:11 and Saul cast the spear; for
he said, I will strike David even to the wall. David avoided out of his
presence twice. 18:12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with
him, and was departed from Saul. 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from
him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came
in before the people. 18:14 David behaved himself wisely in all his
ways; and Yahweh was with him. 18:15 When Saul saw that he behaved
himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. 18:16 But all Israel and
Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them. 18:17 Saul
said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as
wife: only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles. For Saul said,
Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on
him. 18:18 David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, or my
father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
18:19 But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should
have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite
as wife. 18:20 Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul,
and the thing pleased him. 18:21 Saul said, I will give her to him, that
she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be
against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-
in-law a second time. 18:22 Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune
with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and
all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 18:23
Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said,
Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I
am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 18:24 The servants of Saul told
him, saying, On this manner spoke David. 18:25 Saul said, Thus you shall
tell David, The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of
the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought
to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 18:26 When his
servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's
son-in-law. The days were not expired; 18:27 and David arose and went,
he and his men, and killed of the Philistines two hundred men; and David
brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king,
that he might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him Michal his
daughter as wife. 18:28 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David;
and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 18:29 Saul was yet the more
afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually. 18:30 Then the
princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they
went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants
of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

19:1 Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they
should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
19:2 Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now
therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a
secret place, and hide yourself: 19:3 and I will go out and stand beside
my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father
of you; and if I see anything, I will tell you. 19:4 Jonathan spoke good
of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin
against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against
you, and because his works have been very good toward you: 19:5 for he
put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a
great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why then will
you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause? 19:6 Saul
listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As Yahweh lives, he
shall not be put to death. 19:7 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan
showed him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was
in his presence, as before. 19:8 There was war again: and David went
out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great
slaughter; and they fled before him. 19:9 An evil spirit from Yahweh was
on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David
was playing with his hand. 19:10 Saul sought to strike David even to the
wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he
struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
19:11 Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill
him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you
don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain. 19:12 So
Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and
escaped. 19:13 Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put
a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
19:14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
19:15 Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me
in the bed, that I may kill him. 19:16 When the messengers came in,
behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at
its head. 19:17 Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and
let my enemy go, so that he is escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said to
me, Let me go; why should I kill you? 19:18 Now David fled, and escaped,
and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him.
He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth. 19:19 It was told Saul, saying,
Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 19:20 Saul sent messengers to take
David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and
Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came on the
messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 19:21 When it was told
Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent
messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. 19:22 Then
went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and
he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? One said, Behold, they
are at Naioth in Ramah. 19:23 He went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the
Spirit of God came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he
came to Naioth in Ramah. 19:24 He also stripped off his clothes, and he
also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all
that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan,
"What have I done? What is my iniquity?" and "What is my sin before your
father, that he seeks my life?"

20:2 He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father
does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and
why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."

20:3 David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have
found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Jonathan know this,
lest he be grieved:' but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives,
there is but a step between me and death."

20:4 Then said Jonathan to David, "Whatever your soul desires, I will
even do it for you."

20:5 David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I
should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide
myself in the field to the third day at evening. 20:6 If your father
miss me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me that he
might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there
for all the family.' 20:7 If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall
have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by
him. 20:8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought
your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there be in me
iniquity, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?"

20:9 Jonathan said, "Far be it from you; for if I should at all know
that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I
tell you that?"

20:10 Then said David to Jonathan, "Who shall tell me if perchance your
father answer you roughly?"

20:11 Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field."
They both went out into the field. 20:12 Jonathan said to David,
"Yahweh, the God of Israel, be witness: when I have sounded my father
about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good
toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
20:13 Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my
father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away,
that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my
father. 20:14 You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving
kindness of Yahweh, that I not die; 20:15 but also you shall not cut off
your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the
enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth." 20:16 So
Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Yahweh will
require it at the hand of David's enemies. 20:17 Jonathan caused David
to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he
loved his own soul. 20:18 Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new
moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty. 20:19
When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to
the place where you did hide yourself when the business was in hand, and
shall remain by the stone Ezel. 20:20 I will shoot three arrows on its
side, as though I shot at a mark. 20:21 Behold, I will send the boy,
saying, Go, find the arrows. If I tell the boy, Behold, the arrows are
on this side of you; take them, and come; for there is peace to you and
no hurt, as Yahweh lives. 20:22 But if I say thus to the boy, Behold,
the arrows are beyond you; go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
20:23 As touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold,
Yahweh is between you and me forever. 20:24 So David hid himself in the
field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat
food. 20:25 The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the
seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side:
but David's place was empty. 20:26 Nevertheless Saul didn't say anything
that day: for he thought, Something has happened to him. He is not
clean. Surely he is not clean. 20:27 It happened on the next day after
the new moon, which was the second day, that David's place was empty:
and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to
meat, neither yesterday, nor today? 20:28 Jonathan answered Saul, David
earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 20:29 and he said,
Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my
brother, he has commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor
in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers.
Therefore he is not come to the king's table. 20:30 Then Saul's anger
was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse
rebellious woman, don't I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to
your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? 20:31 For
as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be
established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me,
for he shall surely die.

20:32 Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he
be put to death? What has he done?"

20:33 Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew
that his father was determined to put David to death. 20:34 So Jonathan
arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of
the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him
shame. 20:35 It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the
field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him. 20:36
He said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. As the boy
ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 20:37 When the boy was come to the
place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the
boy, and said, Isn't the arrow beyond you? 20:38 Jonathan cried after
the boy, Go fast! Hurry! Don't delay! Jonathan's boy gathered up the
arrows, and came to his master. 20:39 But the boy didn't know anything:
only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 20:40 Jonathan gave his weapons
to his boy, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city. 20:41 As soon
as the boy was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and
fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they
kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
20:42 Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, because we have sworn both of
us in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh shall be between me and you,
and between my seed and your seed, forever. He arose and departed: and
Jonathan went into the city.

21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came
to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man
with you? 21:2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has
commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of
the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and
I have appointed the young men to such and such a place. 21:3 Now
therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my
hand, or whatever there is present. 21:4 The priest answered David, and
said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread;
if only the young men have kept themselves from women. 21:5 David
answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept
from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the
young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more
then today shall their vessels be holy? 21:6 So the priest gave him holy
bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken
from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of
the herdsmen who belonged to Saul. 21:8 David said to Ahimelech, Isn't
there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my
sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required
haste. 21:9 The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom
you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth
behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other
except that here. David said, There is none like that; give it to me.
21:10 David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath. 21:11 The servants of Achish said to him,
"Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another
about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his
ten thousands?'" 21:12 David laid up these words in his heart, and was
very afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 21:13 He changed his behavior
before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on
the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard. 21:14
Then said Achish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad; why then
have you brought him to me? 21:15 Do I lack madmen, that you have
brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow
come into my house?

22:1 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam:
and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went
down there to him. 22:2 Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who
was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to
him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four
hundred men. 22:3 David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the
king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth, and be with
you, until I know what God will do for me. 22:4 He brought them before
the king of Moab: and they lived with him all the while that David was
in the stronghold. 22:5 The prophet Gad said to David, Don't stay in the
stronghold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David
departed, and came into the forest of Hereth. 22:6 Saul heard that David
was discovered, and the men who were with him: now Saul was sitting in
Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand,
and all his servants were standing about him. 22:7 Saul said to his
servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of
Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all
captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, 22:8 that all of you
have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my
son makes a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who
is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my
servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 22:9 Then answered
Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the
son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 22:10 He
inquired of Yahweh for him, and gave him food, and gave him the sword of
Goliath the Philistine. 22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the
priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who
were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. 22:12 Saul said,
Hear now, you son of Ahitub. He answered, Here I am, my lord. 22:13 Saul
said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of
Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired
of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at
this day? 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among
all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law,
and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house? 22:15
Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: don't
let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my
father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more. 22:16
The king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your
father's house. 22:17 The king said to the guard who stood about him,
Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with
David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn't disclose it to me.
But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on
the priests of Yahweh. 22:18 The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall
on the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and
he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod. 22:19
Nob, the city of the priests, struck he with the edge of the sword, both
men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and
sheep, with the edge of the sword. 22:20 One of the sons of Ahimelech,
the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 22:21
Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh's priests. 22:22 David
said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there,
that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the
persons of your father's house. 22:23 Abide you with me, don't be
afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life: for with me you shall
be in safeguard.

23:1 They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting
against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors. 23:2 Therefore
David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and strike these
Philistines? Yahweh said to David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and
save Keilah. 23:3 David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in
Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the
Philistines? 23:4 Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh
answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the
Philistines into your hand. 23:5 David and his men went to Keilah, and
fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and
killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of
Keilah. 23:6 It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to
David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 23:7 It
was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. Saul said, God has
delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town
that has gates and bars. 23:8 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go
down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 23:9 David knew that Saul
was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest,
Bring here the ephod. 23:10 Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of
Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah,
to destroy the city for my sake. 23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me
up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard?
Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He
will come down. 23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up
to me and my men into the hand of Saul? Yahweh said, They will deliver
you up. 23:13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose
and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told
Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
23:14 David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in
the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day,
but God didn't deliver him into his hand. 23:15 David saw that Saul had
come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in
the wood. 23:16 Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the
wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 23:17 He said to him, Don't be
afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall
be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my
father knows. 23:18 They two made a covenant before Yahweh: and David
abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 23:19 Then came up
the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself with
us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on
the south of the desert? 23:20 Now therefore, O king, come down,
according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part
shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand. 23:21 Saul said,
Blessed be you of Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me. 23:22
Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt
is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very
subtly. 23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking
places where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty,
and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land, that
I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah. 23:24 They
arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the
wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert. 23:25 Saul
and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the
rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he
pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 23:26 Saul went on this
side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the
mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul
and his men surrounded David and his men to take them. 23:27 But there
came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come; for the
Philistines have made a raid on the land. 23:28 So Saul returned from
pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they
called that place Sela Hammahlekoth. 23:29 David went up from there, and
lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.

24:1 It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines,
that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En
Gedi. 24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel,
and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats. 24:3
He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul
went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were abiding in the
innermost parts of the cave. 24:4 The men of David said to him, Behold,
the day of which Yahweh said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy
into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.
Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly. 24:5 It
happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut
off Saul's skirt. 24:6 He said to his men, Yahweh forbid that I should
do this thing to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand
against him, seeing he is Yahweh's anointed. 24:7 So David checked his
men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul
rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 24:8 David also arose
afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My
lord the king. When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to
the earth, and did obeisance. 24:9 David said to Saul, Why listen you to
men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt? 24:10 Behold, this
day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my
hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you; but my eye spared you; and
I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's
anointed. 24:11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your
robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and
didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil nor
disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you
hunt after my life to take it. 24:12 Yahweh judge between me and you,
and Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you. 24:13 As
says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth
wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you. 24:14 After whom is the
king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog,
after a flea. 24:15 Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between
me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your
hand. 24:16 It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking
these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David?
Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 24:17 He said to David, You are more
righteous than I; for you have rendered to me good, whereas I have
rendered to you evil. 24:18 You have declared this day how that you have
dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your
hand, you didn't kill me. 24:19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he
let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that
which you have done to me this day. 24:20 Now, behold, I know that you
shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be
established in your hand. 24:21 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh,
that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not
destroy my name out of my father's house. 24:22 David swore to Saul.
Saul went home; but David and his men got them up to the stronghold.

25:1 Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and
lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and
went down to the wilderness of Paran. 25:2 There was a man in Maon,
whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had
three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his
sheep in Carmel. 25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of
his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a
beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he
was of the house of Caleb. 25:4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal
was shearing his sheep. 25:5 David sent ten young men, and David said to
the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my
name: 25:6 and thus you shell tell him who lives in prosperity, Peace be
to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
25:7 Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now
been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything
missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel. 25:8 Ask your young
men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in
your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your
hand, to your servants, and to your son David. 25:9 When David's young
men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name
of David, and ceased. 25:10 Nabal answered David's servants, and said,
Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants who
break away from their masters these days. 25:11 Shall I then take my
bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and
give it to men who I don't know where they come from? 25:12 So David's
young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him
according to all these words. 25:13 David said to his men, Gird you on
every man his sword. They girded on every man his sword; and David also
girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred
men; and two hundred abode by the baggage. 25:14 But one of the young
men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers
out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them. 25:15
But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed
we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:
25:16 they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we
were with them keeping the sheep. 25:17 Now therefore know and consider
what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against
all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to
him. 25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two
bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of
parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred
cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. 25:19 She said to her young
men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she didn't tell her
husband, Nabal. 25:20 It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came
down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came
down toward her; and she met them. 25:21 Now David had said, Surely in
vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that
nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has returned me
evil for good. 25:22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also,
if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as
one who urinates on a wall. 25:23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried,
and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and
bowed herself to the ground. 25:24 She fell at his feet, and said, On
me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak
in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid. 25:25 Please don't let my
lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is
he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid didn't
see the young men of my lord, whom you did send. 25:26 Now therefore, my
lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has
withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your
own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my
lord, be as Nabal. 25:27 Now this present which your servant has brought
to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. 25:28
Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for Yahweh will certainly
make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh;
and evil shall not be found in you all your days. 25:29 Though men be
risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord
shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God; and the souls
of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
25:30 It shall come to pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord
according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall
have appointed you prince over Israel, 25:31 that this shall be no grief
to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood
without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh shall
have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid. 25:32 David
said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this
day to meet me: 25:33 and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be
you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging
myself with my own hand. 25:34 For in very deed, as Yahweh, the God of
Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, except you had
hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to
Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall. 25:35
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he
said to her, Go up in peace to your house; behold, I have listened to
your voice, and have accepted your person. 25:36 Abigail came to Nabal;
and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and
Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: therefore
she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 25:37 It
happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his
wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became
as a stone. 25:38 It happened about ten days after, that Yahweh struck
Nabal, so that he died. 25:39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he
said, Blessed be Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from
the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil: and the
evil-doing of Nabal has Yahweh returned on his own head. David sent and
spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife. 25:40 When the
servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her,
saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife. 25:41 She
arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold,
your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
25:42 Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies
of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David,
and became his wife. 25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they
became both of them his wives. 25:44 Now Saul had given Michal his
daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide
himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert? 26:2 Then
Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three
thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness
of Ziph. 26:3 Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the
desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that
Saul came after him into the wilderness. 26:4 David therefore sent out
spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty. 26:5 David
arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the
place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army:
and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were
encamped around him. 26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the
Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who
will go down with me to Saul to the camp? Abishai said, I will go down
with you. 26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and,
behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear
stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around
him. 26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy
into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike him with the
spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second
time. 26:9 David said to Abishai, Don't destroy him; for who can put
forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless? 26:10 David
said, As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to
die; or he shall go down into battle and perish. 26:11 Yahweh forbid
that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed: but now
please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let
us go. 26:12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's
head; and they got them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither
did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from
Yahweh was fallen on them. 26:13 Then David went over to the other side,
and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being
between them; 26:14 and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son
of Ner, saying, Don't you answer, Abner? Then Abner answered, Who are
you who cries to the king? 26:15 David said to Abner, Aren't you a
valiant man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept
watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to
destroy the king your lord. 26:16 This thing isn't good that you have
done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept
watch over your lord, Yahweh's anointed. Now see where the king's spear
is, and the jar of water that was at his head. 26:17 Saul knew David's
voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? David said, It is my
voice, my lord, O king. 26:18 He said, Why does my lord pursue after his
servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand? 26:19 Now
therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If
it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an
offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before
Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to
Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods. 26:20 Now therefore,
don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh:
for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt
a partridge in the mountains. 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned:
return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life
was precious in your eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and
have erred exceedingly. 26:22 David answered, Behold the spear, O king!
let then one of the young men come over and get it. 26:23 Yahweh will
render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because
Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my
hand against Yahweh's anointed. 26:24 Behold, as your life was much set
by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of
Yahweh, and let him deliver me out of all oppression. 26:25 Then Saul
said to David, Blessed be you, my son David: you shall both do mightily,
and shall surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to
his place.

27:1 David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of
Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the
land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any
more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
27:2 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were
with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 27:3 David lived
with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even
David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the
Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 27:4 It was told Saul that David was fled to
Gath: and he sought no more again for him. 27:5 David said to Achish, If
now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of
the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your
servant dwell in the royal city with you? 27:6 Then Achish gave him
Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.
27:7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the
Philistines was a full year and four months. 27:8 David and his men went
up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the
Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were
of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt. 27:9 David struck
the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the
sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the
clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish. 27:10 Achish said,
Against whom have you made a raid today? David said, Against the South
of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the
South of the Kenites. 27:11 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to
bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did
David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the
country of the Philistines. 27:12 Achish believed David, saying, He has
made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my
servant forever.

28:1 It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their
armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David,
Know you assuredly, that you shall go out with me in the army, you and
your men. 28:2 David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your
servant will do. Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper
of my head for ever. 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had
lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had
put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the
land. 28:4 The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they
encamped in Gilboa. 28:5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he
was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. 28:6 When Saul inquired of
Yahweh, Yahweh didn't answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by
prophets. 28:7 Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman who has a
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. His servants
said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at
Endor. 28:8 Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went,
he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he
said, Please divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up
whoever I shall name to you. 28:9 The woman said to him, Behold, you
know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar
spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: why then lay you a snare for
my life, to cause me to die? 28:10 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying,
As Yahweh lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to you? He said, Bring
me up Samuel. 28:12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud
voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me?
for you are Saul. 28:13 The king said to her, Don't be afraid: for what
do you see? The woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the
earth. 28:14 He said to her, What form is he of? She said, An old man
comes up; and he is covered with a robe. Saul perceived that it was
Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.
28:15 Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up?
Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war
against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither
by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may
make known to me what I shall do. 28:16 Samuel said, Why then do you ask
of me, seeing Yahweh is departed from you, and is become your adversary?
28:17 Yahweh has done to you, as he spoke by me: and Yahweh has torn the
kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.
28:18 Because you didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and didn't execute
his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore has Yahweh done this thing to you
this day. 28:19 Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into
the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons will be with
me: Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand of the
Philistines. 28:20 Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the
earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there
was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all
the night. 28:21 The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore
troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your
voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your
words which you spoke to me. 28:22 Now therefore, please listen also to
the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you;
and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way. 28:23 But
he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with
the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose
from the earth, and sat on the bed. 28:24 The woman had a fattened calf
in the house; and she hurried, and killed it; and she took flour, and
kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread of it: 28:25 and she brought
it before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose
up, and went away that night.

29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:
and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel. 29:2 The
lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and
David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish. 29:3 Then said
the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? Achish said
to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul
the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these
years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to me to this
day? 29:4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and
the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he
may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not
go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to
us: for with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord?
should it not be with the heads of these men? 29:5 Is not this David, of
whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his
thousands, David his ten thousands? 29:6 Then Achish called David, and
said to him, As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out
and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have
not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day:
nevertheless the lords don't favor you. 29:7 Therefore now return, and
go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines. 29:8
David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in
your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may
not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king? 29:9 Achish
answered David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of
God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall
not go up with us to the battle. 29:10 Therefore now rise up early in
the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and
as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
29:11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning,
to return into the land of the Philistines. The Philistines went up to
Jezreel.

30:1 It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the
third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on
Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire, 30:2 and had
taken captive the women and all who were therein, both small and great:
they didn't kill any, but carried them off, and went their way. 30:3
When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with
fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken
captive. 30:4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up
their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 30:5 David's
two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the
wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 30:6 David was greatly distressed; for the
people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was
grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David
strengthened himself in Yahweh his God. 30:7 David said to Abiathar the
priest, the son of Ahimelech, Please bring me here the ephod. Abiathar
brought there the ephod to David. 30:8 David inquired of Yahweh, saying,
If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? He answered him,
Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail
recover all. 30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were
with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind
stayed. 30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two
hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't go over the
brook Besor. 30:11 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him
to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to
drink. 30:12 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters
of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he
had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
30:13 David said to him, To whom belong you? and whence are you? He
said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master
left me, because three days ago I fell sick. 30:14 We made a raid on the
South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the
South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 30:15 David said to him,
Will you bring me down to this troop? He said, Swear to me by God, that
you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master,
and I will bring you down to this troop. 30:16 When he had brought him
down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and
drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had
taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
30:17 David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the
next day: and there not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young
men, who rode on camels and fled. 30:18 David recovered all that the
Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives. 30:19 There was
nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor
daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them:
David brought back all. 30:20 David took all the flocks and the herds,
which they drove before those other livestock, and said, This is David's
spoil. 30:21 David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that
they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the
brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people
who were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted
them. 30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those
who went with David, and said, Because they didn't go with us, we will
not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to
every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and
depart. 30:23 Then said David, You shall not do so, my brothers, with
that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered
the troop that came against us into our hand. 30:24 Who will listen to
you in this matter? for as his share is who goes down to the battle, so
shall his share be who tarries by the baggage: they shall share alike.
30:25 It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an
ordinance for Israel to this day. 30:26 When David came to Ziklag, he
sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying,
Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh: 30:27
To those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the
South, and to those who were in Jattir, 30:28 and to those who were in
Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in
Eshtemoa, 30:29 and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in
the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of
the Kenites, 30:30 and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who
were in Borashan, and to those who were in Athach, 30:31 and to those
who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his
men used to stay.

31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel
fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
31:2 The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the
Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of
Saul. 31:3 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook
him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 31:4 Then
said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through
therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and
abuse me. But his armor bearer would not; for he was sore afraid.
Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it. 31:5 When his armor
bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died
with him. 31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer,
and all his men, that same day together. 31:7 When the men of Israel who
were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the
Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were
dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and
lived in them. 31:8 It happened on the next day, when the Philistines
came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen
on Mount Gilboa. 31:9 They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor,
and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news
to the house of their idols, and to the people. 31:10 They put his armor
in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of
Beth Shan. 31:11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning
him that which the Philistines had done to Saul, 31:12 all the valiant
men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies
of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh, and
burnt them there. 31:13 They took their bones, and buried them under the
tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Notes:

[1] back to 25:22 or, male.

[2] back to 25:34 or, male.



The Second Book of Samuel

1:1 It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from
the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
1:2 it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the
camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it
was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did
obeisance. 1:3 David said to him, From whence come you? He said to him,
Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 1:4 David said to him, How went
the matter? Please tell me. He answered, The people are fled from the
battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and
Jonathan his son are dead also. 1:5 David said to the young man who told
him, How know you that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? 1:6 The young
man who told him said, As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold,
Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen
followed hard after him. 1:7 When he looked behind him, he saw me, and
called to me. I answered, Here am I. 1:8 He said to me, Who are you? I
answered him, I am an Amalekite. 1:9 He said to me, Stand, I pray you,
beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my
life is yet whole in me. 1:10 So I stood beside him, and killed him,
because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and
I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his
arm, and have brought them here to my lord. 1:11 Then David took hold on
his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him:
1:12 and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and
for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of
Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. 1:13 David said to the
young man who told him, Whence are you? He answered, I am the son of a
foreigner, an Amalekite. 1:14 David said to him, How were you not afraid
to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed? 1:15 David called
one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall on him. He struck him,
so that he died. 1:16 David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for
your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's
anointed.

1:17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan
his son 1:18 (and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of
the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

1:19 Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty
have fallen! 1:20 Don't tell it in Gath. Don't publish it in the streets
of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the
daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 1:21 You mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For
there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul
was not anointed with oil. 1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the
fat of the mighty, Jonathan's bow didn't turn back. Saul's sword didn't
return empty. 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their
lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than
eagles. They were stronger than lions. 1:24 You daughters of Israel,
weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments
of gold on your clothing. 1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of
the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places. 1:26 I am distressed
for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your
love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. 1:27 How are the
mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! 2:1 It happened after
this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up into any of
the cities of Judah? Yahweh said to him, Go up. David said, Where shall
I go up? He said, To Hebron. 2:2 So David went up there, and his two
wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the
Carmelite. 2:3 His men who were with him did David bring up, every man
with his household: and they lived in the cities of Hebron. 2:4 The men
of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of
Judah. They told David, saying, The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who
buried Saul. 2:5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and
said to them, Blessed be you of Yahweh, that you have shown this
kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him. 2:6 Now Yahweh
show loving kindness and truth to you: and I also will requite you this
kindness, because you have done this thing. 2:7 Now therefore let your
hands be strong, and be you valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and
also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. 2:8 Now Abner
the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of
Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2:9 and he made him king over
Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and
over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 2:10 Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was
forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two
years. But the house of Judah followed David. 2:11 The time that David
was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six
months. 2:12 Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the
son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 2:13 Joab the son of
Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool
of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and
the other on the other side of the pool. 2:14 Abner said to Joab, Please
let the young men arise and play before us. Joab said, Let them arise.
2:15 Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and
for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
2:16 They caught everyone his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword
in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: therefore that place
was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 2:17 The battle was
very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel,
before the servants of David. 2:18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there,
Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild
gazelle. 2:19 Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to
the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 2:20 Then Abner
looked behind him, and said, Is it you, Asahel? He answered, It is I.
2:21 Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your
left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor.
But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. 2:22 Abner said
again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I strike
you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your
brother? 2:23 However he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the
hinder end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came
out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and
it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down
and died stood still. 2:24 But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and
the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies
before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. 2:25 The children of
Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band,
and stood on the top of a hill. 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and
said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be
bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid
the people return from following their brothers?" 2:27 Joab said, As God
lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had
gone away, nor followed everyone his brother. 2:28 So Joab blew the
trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no
more, neither fought they any more. 2:29 Abner and his men went all that
night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went
through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim. 2:30 Joab returned from
following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there
lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. 2:31 But the
servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that
three hundred sixty men died. 2:32 They took up Asahel, and buried him
in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went
all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.

3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of
David: and David grew stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul grew
weaker and weaker. 3:2 To David were sons born in Hebron: and his
firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3:3 and his second,
Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third,
Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 3:4 and
the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the
son of Abital; 3:5 and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These
were born to David in Hebron. 3:6 It happened, while there was war
between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made
himself strong in the house of Saul. 3:7 Now Saul had a concubine, whose
name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why
have you gone in to my father's concubine? 3:8 Then was Abner very angry
for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to
Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to
his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the
hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning
this woman. 3:9 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has
sworn to David, I don't do even so to him; 3:10 to transfer the kingdom
from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel
and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. 3:11 He could not answer
Abner another word, because he feared him. 3:12 Abner sent messengers to
David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your
league with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about
all Israel to you. 3:13 He said, Well; I will make a league with you;
but one thing I require of you: that is, you shall not see my face,
except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my
face. 3:14 David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying,
Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I pledged to be married to me for one
hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 3:15 Ishbosheth sent, and took her
from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish. 3:16 Her husband
went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then
said Abner to him, Go, return: and he returned. 3:17 Abner had
communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past you
sought for David to be king over you: 3:18 now then do it; for Yahweh
has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save
my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand
of all their enemies. 3:19 Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and
Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed
good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin. 3:20 So Abner came
to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the
men who were with him a feast. 3:21 Abner said to David, I will arise
and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may
make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul
desires. David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 3:22 Behold, the
servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great
spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent
him away, and he was gone in peace. 3:23 When Joab and all the army who
was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came
to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 3:24
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner
came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite
gone? 3:25 You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you,
and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you
do. 3:26 When Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after
Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David
didn't know it. 3:27 When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him
aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck
him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his
brother. 3:28 Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom
are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of
Ner: 3:29 let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's
house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an
issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the
sword, or who lacks bread. 3:30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed
Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the
battle. 3:31 David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with
him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before
Abner. King David followed the bier. 3:32 They buried Abner in Hebron:
and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and
all the people wept. 3:33 The king lamented for Abner, and said, Should
Abner die as a fool dies? 3:34 Your hands were not bound, nor your feet
put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you
fell.

All the people wept again over him. 3:35 All the people came to cause
David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, God do
so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the
sun be down. 3:36 All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them;
as whatever the king did pleased all the people. 3:37 So all the people
and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill
Abner the son of Ner. 3:38 The king said to his servants, "Don't you
know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
3:39 I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of
Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evil-doer according
to his wickedness."

4:1 When Ishbosheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron,
his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 4:2
Ishbosheth, Saul's son, had two men who were captains of bands: the name
of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is
reckoned to Benjamin: 4:3 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have
lived as foreigners there until this day). 4:4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son,
had a son who was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the news
came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and
fled: and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and
became lame. His name was Mephibosheth. 4:5 The sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day
to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took his rest at noon. 4:6 They came
there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched
wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his
brother escaped. 4:7 Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his
bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded
him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night. 4:8
They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the
king, Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who
sought your life; and Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of
Saul, and of his seed. 4:9 David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother,
the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Yahweh lives,
who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 4:10 when one told me,
saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took
hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him
for his news. 4:11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous
person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of
your hand, and take you away from the earth? 4:12 David commanded his
young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet,
and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of
Ishbosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke,
saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 5:2 In times past, when
Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and
Yahweh said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you
shall be prince over Israel. 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the
king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron
before Yahweh: and they anointed David king over Israel. 5:4 David was
thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. 5:6
The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, Except you take
away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here; thinking, David
can't come in here. 5:7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion;
the same is the city of David. 5:8 David said on that day, Whoever
strikes the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and strike the
lame and the blind, who are hated of David's soul. Therefore they say,
There are the blind and the lame; he can't come into the house. 5:9
David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David
built around from Millo and inward. 5:10 David grew greater and greater;
for Yahweh, the God of Armies, was with him. 5:11 Hiram king of Tyre
sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons;
and they built David a house. 5:12 David perceived that Yahweh had
established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom
for his people Israel's sake. 5:13 David took him more concubines and
wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were
yet sons and daughters born to David. 5:14 These are the names of those
who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and
Solomon, 5:15 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 5:16 and
Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet. 5:17 When the Philistines heard
that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went
up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the
stronghold. 5:18 Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in
the valley of Rephaim. 5:19 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go
up against the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hand? Yahweh
said to David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into
your hand. 5:20 David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there;
and he said, Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of
waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. 5:21
They left their images there; and David and his men took them away. 5:22
The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley
of Rephaim. 5:23 When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, You shall not
go up: make a circuit behind them, and come on them over against the
mulberry trees. 5:24 It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in
the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself; for
then is Yahweh gone out before you to strike the army of the
Philistines. 5:25 David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the
Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

6:1 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty
thousand. 6:2 David arose, and went with all the people who were with
him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is
called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies who sits above the
cherubim. 6:3 They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out
of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the
sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. 6:4 They brought it out of the
house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio
went before the ark. 6:5 David and all the house of Israel played before
Yahweh with all manner of instruments made of fir wood, and with harps,
and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets,
and with cymbals. 6:6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon,
Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the
cattle stumbled. 6:7 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzzah; and
God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
6:8 David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah; and
he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day. 6:9 David was afraid of
Yahweh that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?
6:10 So David would not remove the ark of Yahweh to him into the city of
David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the
Gittite. 6:11 The ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom the
Gittite three months: and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom, and all his house.
6:12 It was told king David, saying, Yahweh has blessed the house of
Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God.
David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom
into the city of David with joy. 6:13 It was so, that, when those who
bore the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a
fattened calf. 6:14 David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and
David was girded with a linen ephod. 6:15 So David and all the house of
Israel brought up the ark of Yahweh with shouting, and with the sound of
the trumpet. 6:16 It was so, as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of
David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and
saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him
in her heart. 6:17 They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its
place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh. 6:18 When
David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace
offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies. 6:19
He dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel,
both to men and women, to everyone a cake of bread, and a portion of
flesh, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed everyone to his
house. 6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the
daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the
king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the
handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly
uncovers himself! 6:21 David said to Michal, It was before Yahweh, who
chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me
prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel: therefore will I play
before Yahweh. 6:22 I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base
in my own sight: but of the handmaids of whom you have spoken, they
shall honor me. 6:23 Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day
of her death.

7:1 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given
him rest from all his enemies all around, 7:2 that the king said to
Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of
God dwells within curtains. 7:3 Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that
is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you. 7:4 It happened the same
night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell
my servant David, Thus says Yahweh, Shall you build me a house for me to
dwell in? 7:6 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I
brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but
have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7:7 In all places in
which I have walked with all the children of Israel, spoke I a word with
any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my
people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? 7:8
Now therefore thus you shall tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that
you should be prince over my people, over Israel; 7:9 and I have been
with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from
before you; and I will make you a great name, like the name of the great
ones who are in the earth. 7:10 I will appoint a place for my people
Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and
be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them
any more, as at the first, 7:11 and as from the day that I commanded
judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from
all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a
house. 7:12 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your
fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of
your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 7:13 He shall build a
house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom
forever. 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit
iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes
of the children of men; 7:15 but my loving kindness shall not depart
from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. 7:16 Your
house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your
throne shall be established forever. 7:17 According to all these words,
and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David. 7:18
Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am
I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
7:19 This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have
spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this
too after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh! 7:20 What can David say more
to you? for you know your servant, Lord Yahweh. 7:21 For your word's
sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this
greatness, to make your servant know it. 7:22 Therefore you are great,
Yahweh God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God besides
you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 7:23 What one
nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went
to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do
great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your
people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, from the nations and their
gods? 7:24 You did establish to yourself your people Israel to be a
people to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God. 7:25 Now,
Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and
concerning his house, confirm you it forever, and do as you have spoken.
7:26 Let your name be magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Armies is God
over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established
before you. 7:27 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have
revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore
has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. 7:28
Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have
promised this good thing to your servant: 7:29 now therefore let it
please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue
forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it: and with your
blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.

8:1 After this it happened that David struck the Philistines, and
subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the
hand of the Philistines. 8:2 He struck Moab, and measured them with the
line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines
to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became
servants to David, and brought tribute. 8:3 David struck also Hadadezer
the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at
the River. 8:4 David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen,
and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses,
but reserved of them for one hundred chariots. 8:5 When the Syrians of
Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the
Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 8:6 Then David put garrisons in
Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought
tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went. 8:7 David took
the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought
them to Jerusalem. 8:8 From Betah and from Berothai, cities of
Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 8:9 When Toi king of
Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer, 8:10 then
Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him,
because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him: for Hadadezer
had wars with Toi. Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels
of gold, and vessels of brass: 8:11 These also did king David dedicate
to Yahweh, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations
which he subdued; 8:12 of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of
Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of
Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 8:13 David got him a name when
he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even
eighteen thousand men. 8:14 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all
Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David.
Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went. 8:15 David reigned over
all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his
people. 8:16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
8:18 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

9:1 David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that
I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 9:2 There was of the house
of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and
the king said to him, Are you Ziba? He said, Your servant is he. 9:3 The
king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show
the kindness of God to him? Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a
son, who is lame of his feet. 9:4 The king said to him, Where is he?
Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of
Ammiel, in Lo Debar. 9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of
the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. 9:6 Mephibosheth,
the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his
face, and did obeisance. David said, Mephibosheth. He answered, Behold,
your servant! 9:7 David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will
surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will
restore you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at
my table continually." 9:8 He did obeisance, and said, "What is your
servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?" 9:9 Then the
king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, "All that
pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to your master's
son. 9:10 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your
servants; and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may
have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread
always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 9:11
Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord the king
commands his servant, so your shall servant do. As for Mephibosheth,
said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 9:12
Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All that lived in the
house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. 9:13 So Mephibosheth lived
in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king's table. He was lame in
both his feet.

10:1 It happened after this, that the king of the children of Ammon
died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. 10:2 David said, I will
show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness
to me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his
father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
10:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord,
Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent
comforters to you? Hasn't David sent his servants to you to search the
city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 10:4 So Hanun took David's
servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their
garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 10:5
When they told it to David, he sent to meet them; for the men were
greatly ashamed. The king said, Wait at Jericho until your beards are
grown, and then return. 10:6 When the children of Ammon saw that they
were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the
Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand
footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of
Tob twelve thousand men. 10:7 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and
all the army of the mighty men. 10:8 The children of Ammon came out, and
put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of
Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in
the field. 10:9 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put
them in array against the Syrians: 10:10 The rest of the people he
committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array
against the children of Ammon. 10:11 He said, If the Syrians are too
strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are
too strong for you, then I will come and help you. 10:12 Be of good
courage, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our
God: and Yahweh do that which seems him good. 10:13 So Joab and the
people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians:
and they fled before him. 10:14 When the children of Ammon saw that the
Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into
the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to
Jerusalem. 10:15 When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel,
they gathered themselves together. 10:16 Hadadezer sent, and brought out
the Syrians who were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with
Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head. 10:17 It was
told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the
Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against
David, and fought with him. 10:18 The Syrians fled before Israel; and
David killed of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty
thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that
he died there. 10:19 When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer
saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel,
and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any
more.

11:1 It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go
out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all
Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah.
But David stayed at Jerusalem. 11:2 It happened at evening, that David
arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and
from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful
to look on. 11:3 David send and inquired after the woman. One said, Is
not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the
Hittite? 11:4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to
him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness);
and she returned to her house. 11:5 The woman conceived; and she sent
and told David, and said, I am with child. 11:6 David sent to Joab,
saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. Joab sent Uriah to David. 11:7 When
Uriah was come to him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the
people fared, and how the war prospered. 11:8 David said to Uriah, Go
down to your house, and wash your feet. Uriah departed out of the king's
house, and there followed him a mess of food from the king. 11:9 But
Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his
lord, and didn't go down to his house. 11:10 When they had told David,
saying, Uriah didn't go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Haven't
you come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house? 11:11
Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths;
and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open
field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie
with my wife? as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this
thing. 11:12 David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I
will let you depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the next
day. 11:13 When David had called him, he ate and drink before him; and
he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the
servants of his lord, but didn't go down to his house. 11:14 It happened
in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the
hand of Uriah. 11:15 He wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the
forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be
struck, and die. 11:16 It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city,
that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
11:17 The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell
some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite
died also. 11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning
the war; 11:19 and he commanded the messenger, saying, "When you have
made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
11:20 it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he tells you,
'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they
would shoot from the wall? 11:21 who struck Abimelech the son of
Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the
wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then
you shall say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"

11:22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had
sent him for. 11:23 The messenger said to David, The men prevailed
against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even
to the entrance of the gate. 11:24 The shooters shot at your servants
from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and your
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 11:25 Then David said to the
messenger, Thus you shall tell Joab, Don't let this thing displease you,
for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle more
strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him. 11:26
When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made
lamentation for her husband. 11:27 When the mourning was past, David
sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore
him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.

12:1 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him,
"There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 12:2
The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 12:3 but the poor man had
nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It
grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own
food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a
daughter. 12:4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of
his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who
had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the
man who had come to him."

12:5 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to
Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die!
12:6 He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and
because he had no pity!"

12:7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the
God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered
you out of the hand of Saul. 12:8 I gave you your master's house, and
your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel
and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added
to you many more such things. 12:9 Why have you despised the word of
Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the
Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and
have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 12:10 Now
therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have
despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your
wife.' 12:11 This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will raise up evil
against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before
your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your
wives in the sight of this sun. 12:12 For you did it secretly, but I
will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"

12:13 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh."

Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not
die. 12:14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion
to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you
shall surely die." 12:15 Nathan departed to his house.

Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very
sick. 12:16 David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted,
and went in, and lay all night on the earth. 12:17 The elders of his
house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but
he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 12:18 It happened on
the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to
tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child
was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he didn't listen to our voice: how
will he then harm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead! 12:19
But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David
perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, Is
the child dead? They said, He is dead. 12:20 Then David arose from the
earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and
he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own
house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.
12:21 Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have
done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when
the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread. 12:22 He said, While the
child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knows whether
Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live? 12:23 But
now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall
go to him, but he will not return to me. 12:24 David comforted Bathsheba
his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and
he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him; 12:25 and he sent by the
hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh's
sake. 12:26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and
took the royal city. 12:27 Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I
have fought against Rabbah; yes, I have taken the city of waters. 12:28
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against
the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my
name. 12:29 David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,
and fought against it, and took it. 12:30 He took the crown of their
king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it
were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. He brought forth
the spoil of the city, exceeding much. 12:31 He brought forth the people
who were therein, and put them under saws, and under iron picks, and
under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and he
did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the
people returned to Jerusalem.

13:1 It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a
beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved
her. 13:2 Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick because of his sister
Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything
to her. 13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of
Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man. 13:4 He
said to him, Why, son of the king, are you thus lean from day to day?
Won't you tell me? Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's
sister. 13:5 Jonadab said to him, Lay you down on your bed, and feign
yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, tell him, Please
let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in
my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand. 13:6 So Amnon lay
down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him,
Amnon said to the king, Please let her sister Tamar come, and make me a
couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand. 13:7 Then
David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house,
and dress him food. 13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and
he was laid down. She took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his
sight, and did bake the cakes. 13:9 She took the pan, and poured them
out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, Have out all men from
me. They went out every man from him. 13:10 Amnon said to Tamar, Bring
the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand. Tamar took the
cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her
brother. 13:11 When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took
hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister. 13:12 She
answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought
to be done in Israel. Don't you do this folly. 13:13 I, where shall I
carry my shame? and as for you, you will be as one of the fools in
Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not
withhold me from you. 13:14 However he would not listen to her voice;
but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her. 13:15 Then
Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which
he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her.
Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone. 13:16 She said to him, Not so,
because this great wrong in putting me forth is worse than the other
that you did to me. But he would not listen to her. 13:17 Then he called
his servant who ministered to him, and said, Put now this woman out from
me, and bolt the door after her. 13:18 She had a garment of various
colors on her; for with such robes were the king's daughters who were
virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door
after her. 13:19 Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of
various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and
went her way, crying aloud as she went. 13:20 Absalom her brother said
to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? but now hold your peace,
my sister: he is your brother; don't take this thing to heart. So Tamar
remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. 13:21 But when king
David heard of all these things, he was very angry. 13:22 Absalom spoke
to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had
forced his sister Tamar. 13:23 It happened after two full years, that
Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and
Absalom invited all the king's sons. 13:24 Absalom came to the king, and
said, See now, your servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray you,
and his servants go with your servant. 13:25 The king said to Absalom,
No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you. He pressed
him: however he would not go, but blessed him. 13:26 Then said Absalom,
If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us. The king said to him,
Why should he go with you? 13:27 But Absalom pressed him, and he let
Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. 13:28 Absalom commanded his
servants, saying, Mark you now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine;
and when I tell you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; don't be afraid;
haven't I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. 13:29 The
servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the
king's sons arose, and every man got him up on his mule, and fled. 13:30
It happened, while they were in the way, that the news came to David,
saying, Absalom has slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of
them left. 13:31 Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on
the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn. 13:32
Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered, Don't let my
lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons;
for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been
determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. 13:33 Now
therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to
think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead. 13:34
But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes,
and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside
behind him. 13:35 Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons are
come: as your servant said, so it is. 13:36 It happened, as soon as he
had made an end of speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and
lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants
wept very sore. 13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of
Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day. 13:38 So
Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. 13:39 the
soul of king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted
concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was
toward Absalom. 14:2 Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman,
and said to her, please act like a mourner, and put on mourning
clothing, Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman
who has a long time mourned for the dead: 14:3 and go in to the king,
and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
14:4 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to
the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. 14:5 The king
said to her, What ails you? She answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and
my husband is dead. 14:6 Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove
together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one
struck the other, and killed him. 14:7 Behold, the whole family is risen
against your handmaid, and they say, Deliver him who struck his brother,
that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so
destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and
will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of
the earth. 14:8 The king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will
give a command concerning you. 14:9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king,
My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and
the king and his throne be guiltless. 14:10 The king said, Whoever says
anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more.
14:11 Then said she, Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that
the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. He
said, As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the
earth. 14:12 Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word
to my lord the king. He said, Say on. 14:13 The woman said, Why then
have you devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking
this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not
bring home again his banished one. 14:14 For we must needs die, and are
as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither
does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not
be an outcast from him. 14:15 Now therefore seeing that I have come to
speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made
me afraid: and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may
be that the king will perform the request of his servant. 14:16 For the
king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who
would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
14:17 Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king
be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to
discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you. 14:18 Then the
king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything from me that I shall
ask you. The woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 14:19 The king
said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As
your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to
the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your
servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of
your handmaid; 14:20 to change the face of the matter has your servant
Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an
angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. 14:21 The king
said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring
the young man Absalom back. 14:22 Joab fell to the ground on his face,
and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today your
servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in
that the king has performed the request of his servant. 14:23 So Joab
arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 14:24 The
king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face.
So Absalom turned to his own house, and didn't see the king's face.
14:25 Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom
for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head
there was no blemish in him. 14:26 When he cut the hair of his head (now
it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him,
therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred
shekels, after the king's weight. 14:27 To Absalom there were born three
sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a
beautiful face. 14:28 Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he
didn't see the king's face. 14:29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send
him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a
second time, but he would not come. 14:30 Therefore he said to his
servants, Behold, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go
and set it on fire. Absalom's servants set the field on fire. 14:31 Then
Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have
your servants set my field on fire? 14:32 Absalom answered Joab, Behold,
I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to
say, Why am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still.
Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in
me, let him kill me. 14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him; and
when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself
on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

15:1 It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and
horses, and fifty men to run before him. 15:2 Absalom rose up early, and
stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man had a
suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to
him, and said, Of what city are you? He said, Your servant is of one of
the tribes of Israel. 15:3 Absalom said to him, Behold, your matters are
good and right; but there is no man deputized of the king to hear you.
15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that
every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him
justice! 15:5 It was so, that when any man came near to do him
obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
15:6 In this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for
judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 15:7 It
happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king,
please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in
Hebron. 15:8 For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in
Syria, saying, If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then
I will serve Yahweh. 15:9 The king said to him, Go in peace. So he
arose, and went to Hebron. 15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all
the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the
trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron. 15:11 With
Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and
went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything. 15:12 Absalom
sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even
from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was
strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. 15:13 There
came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are
after Absalom. 15:14 David said to all his servants who were with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from
Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring
down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword. 15:15
The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to
do whatever my lord the king shall choose. 15:16 The king went forth,
and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were
concubines, to keep the house. 15:17 The king went forth, and all the
people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak. 15:18 All his servants
passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites,
and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath,
passed on before the king. 15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the
Gittite, Why go you also with us? return, and abide with the king: for
you are a foreigner, and also an exile; return to your own place. 15:20
Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and
down with us, seeing I go where I may? return you, and take back your
brothers; mercy and truth be with you. 15:21 Ittai answered the king,
and said, As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what
place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even
there also will your servant be. 15:22 David said to Ittai, Go and pass
over. Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little
ones who were with him. 15:23 All the country wept with a loud voice,
and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the
brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the
wilderness. 15:24 Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him,
bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of
God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of
the city. 15:25 The king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into
the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me
again, and show me both it, and his habitation: 15:26 but if he say
thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as
seems good to him. 15:27 The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't
you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you,
Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 15:28 Behold, I will
stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform
me." 15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to
Jerusalem: and they abode there. 15:30 David went up by the ascent of
the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head
covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered
every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. 15:31 One
told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.
David said, Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into
foolishness. 15:32 It happened that when David had come to the top of
the ascent, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to
meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head. 15:33 David said to
him, If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me: 15:34 but
if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, I will be your servant, O
king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now
be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
15:35 Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you?
therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the
king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 15:36
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son,
and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send to me
everything that you shall hear. 15:37 So Hushai, David's friend, came
into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

16:1 When David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba
the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled,
and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of
raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 16:2 The
king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are
for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for
the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the
wilderness may drink. 16:3 The king said, Where is your master's son?
Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said,
Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 16:4
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, all that pertains to Mephibosheth is
yours. Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in your sight, my
lord, O king. 16:5 When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the
family of the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of
Gera. He came out, and cursed still as he came. 16:6 He cast stones at
David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all
the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 16:7 Thus said
Shimei when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base
fellow: 16:8 Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of
Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has delivered the
kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and behold, you are taken in
your own mischief, because you are a man of blood. 16:9 Then said
Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse
my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head." 16:10
The king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because
he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, Curse David; who then
shall say, Why have you done so? 16:11 David said to Abishai, and to all
his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my
life: how much more may this Benjamite now do it? let him alone, and let
him curse; for Yahweh has invited him. 16:12 It may be that Yahweh will
look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will requite me good for
his cursing of me this day. 16:13 So David and his men went by the way;
and Shimei went along on the hillside over against him, and cursed as he
went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. 16:14 The king, and all
the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself
there. 16:15 Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to
Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 16:16 It happened, when Hushai the
Archite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, that Hushai said to
Absalom, Long live the king, Long live the king. 16:17 Absalom said to
Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with
your friend? 16:18 Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom Yahweh, and this
people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with
him will I abide. 16:19 Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in
the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so
will I be in your presence. 16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give
your counsel what we shall do. 16:21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in
to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house; and all
Israel will hear that you are abhorred of your father: then will the
hands of all who are with you be strong. 16:22 So they spread Absalom a
tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's
concubines in the sight of all Israel. 16:23 The counsel of Ahithophel,
which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of
God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with
Absalom.

17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve
thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 17:2
and I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make
him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee; and I will
strike the king only; 17:3 and I will bring back all the people to you:
the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be
in peace. 17:4 The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of
Israel. 17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and
let us hear likewise what he says. 17:6 When Hushai was come to Absalom,
Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner:
shall we do after his saying? if not, speak up. 17:7 Hushai said to
Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
17:8 Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men, that they
are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, as a bear robbed of
her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not
lodge with the people. 17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in
some other place: and it will happen, when some of them are fallen at
the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among
the people who follow Absalom. 17:10 Even he who is valiant, whose heart
is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that
your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
17:11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from
Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and
that you go to battle in your own person. 17:12 So shall we come on him
in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the
dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him
we will not leave so much as one. 17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a
city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw
it into the river, until there not be one small stone found there. 17:14
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the
Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Yahweh had
ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that
Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom. 17:15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and
to Abiathar the priests, Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of
Israel that way; and I have counseled this way. 17:16 Now therefore send
quickly, and tell David, saying, Don't lodge this night at the fords of
the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed
up, and all the people who are with him. 17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz
were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and tell them;
and they went and told king David: for they might not be seen to come
into the city. 17:18 But a boy saw them, and told Absalom: and they went
both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim,
who had a well in his court; and they went down there. 17:19 The woman
took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised
grain thereon; and nothing was known. 17:20 Absalom's servants came to
the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?
The woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. When
they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
17:21 It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the
well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise you,
and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled
against you. 17:22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with
him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked
not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan. 17:23 When Ahithophel
saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose,
and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged
himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father. 17:24
Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all
the men of Israel with him. 17:25 Absalom set Amasa over the army
instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra
the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to
Zeruiah, Joab's mother. 17:26 Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of
Gilead. 17:27 It happened, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi
the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son
of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 17:28
brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,
17:29 and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for
David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, The
people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

18:1 David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of
thousands and captains of hundreds over them. 18:2 David sent forth the
people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the
hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part
under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, I will
surely go forth with you myself also. 18:3 But the people said, You
shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us;
neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but you are worth ten
thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us
out of the city. 18:4 The king said to them, What seems you best I will
do. The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by
hundreds and by thousands. 18:5 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and
Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with
Absalom. All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains
concerning Absalom. 18:6 So the people went out into the field against
Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. 18:7 The people of
Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a
great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men. 18:8 For the
battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the
forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 18:9
Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on
his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and
his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and
earth; and the mule that was under him went on. 18:10 A certain man saw
it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
18:11 Joab said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it, and why
didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you
ten pieces of silver, and a sash. 18:12 The man said to Joab, Though I
should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn't
put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king
commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the
young man Absalom. 18:13 Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his
life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then you yourself would
have set yourself against me. 18:14 Then said Joab, I may not wait thus
with you. He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the
heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 18:15
Ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and
killed him. 18:16 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from
pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people. 18:17 They took
Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over
him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled everyone to his
tent. 18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for
himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no
son to keep my name in memory: and he called the pillar after his own
name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day. 18:19 Then said
Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king news, how
that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies. 18:20 Joab said to him, You
shall not be the bearer of news this day, but you shall bear news
another day; but this day you shall bear no news, because the king's son
is dead. 18:21 Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you
have seen. The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran. 18:22 Then said
Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, Please
let me also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why will you run, my son,
seeing that you will have no reward for the news? 18:23 But come what
may, said he, I will run. He said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the
way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite. 18:24 Now David was sitting
between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate
to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man
running alone. 18:25 The watchman cried, and told the king. The king
said, If he be alone, there is news in his mouth. He came apace, and
drew near. 18:26 The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman
called to the porter, and said, Behold, another man running alone. The
king said, He also brings news. 18:27 The watchman said, I think the
running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.
The king said, He is a good man, and comes with good news. 18:28 Ahimaaz
called, and said to the king, All is well. He bowed himself before the
king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be Yahweh your God,
who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord
the king. 18:29 The king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom?
Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, even me your
servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know what it was. 18:30 The
king said, Turn aside, and stand here. He turned aside, and stood still.
18:31 Behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, News for my lord
the king; for Yahweh has avenged you this day of all those who rose up
against you. 18:32 The king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the
young man Absalom? The Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord the
king, and all who rise up against you to do you hurt, be as that young
man is. 18:33 The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over
the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my
son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!

19:1 It was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
19:2 The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people;
for the people heard say that day, The king grieves for his son. 19:3
The people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people who are
ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 19:4 The king covered his
face, and the king cried with a loud voice, my son Absalom, Absalom, my
son, my son! 19:5 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You
have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have
saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and
the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines; 19:6 in that
you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have
declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you: for
this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this
day, then it had pleased you well. 19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth,
and speak comfortably to your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you
don't go forth, there will not stay a man with you this night: and that
will be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from
your youth until now. 19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate.
They told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the
gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every
man to his tent. 19:9 All the people were at strife throughout all the
tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our
enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he
is fled out of the land from Absalom. 19:10 Absalom, whom we anointed
over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don't you speak a word of
bringing the king back? 19:11 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar
the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you
the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all
Israel is come to the king, to bring him to his house. 19:12 You are my
brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to
bring back the king? 19:13 Say you to Amasa, Aren't you my bone and my
flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the army
before me continually in the room of Joab. 19:14 He bowed the heart of
all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent to
the king, saying, Return you, and all your servants. 19:15 So the king
returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet
the king, to bring the king over the Jordan. 19:16 Shimei the son of
Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the
men of Judah to meet king David. 19:17 There were a thousand men of
Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his
fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the
Jordan in the presence of the king. 19:18 A ferry boat went to bring
over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the
son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.
19:19 He said to the king, Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me,
neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day
that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take
it to his heart. 19:20 For your servant does know that I have sinned:
therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of
Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. 19:21 But Abishai the son of
Zeruiah answered, Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he
cursed Yahweh's anointed? 19:22 David said, What have I to do with you,
you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me?
shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for don't I know
that I am this day king over Israel? 19:23 The king said to Shimei, You
shall not die. The king swore to him. 19:24 Mephibosheth the son of Saul
came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor
trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king
departed until the day he came home in peace. 19:25 It happened, when he
was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why
didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth? 19:26 He answered, My lord, O king,
my servant deceived me: for your servant said, I will saddle me a
donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your
servant is lame. 19:27 He has slandered your servant to my lord the
king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is
good in your eyes. 19:28 For all my father's house were but dead men
before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at
your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any
more to the king? 19:29 The king said to him, Why speak you any more of
your matters? I say, You and Ziba divide the land. 19:30 Mephibosheth
said to the king, yes, let him take all, because my lord the king is
come in peace to his own house. 19:31 Barzillai the Gileadite came down
from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him
over the Jordan. 19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty
years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at
Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. 19:33 The king said to Barzillai,
Come you over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.
19:34 Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of
my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 19:35 I am this
day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can your
servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice
of singing men and singing women? why then should your servant be yet a
burden to my lord the king? 19:36 Your servant would but just go over
the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with
such a reward? 19:37 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may
die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold,
your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to
him what shall seem good to you. 19:38 The king answered, Chimham shall
go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you:
and whatever you shall require of me, that will I do for you. 19:39 All
the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over: and the king
kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
19:40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him:
and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the
people of Israel. 19:41 Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king,
and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you
away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all
David's men with him? 19:42 All the men of Judah answered the men of
Israel, Because the king is a close relative to us: why then are you
angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or has
he given us any gift? 19:43 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah,
and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in
David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not
be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Judah
were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

20:1 There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the
son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have
no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to his tents, Israel. 20:2 So all the men of Israel went up
from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men
of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem. 20:3
David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women
his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in
custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So
they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood. 20:4
Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within
three days, and be here present. 20:5 So Amasa went to call the men of
Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had
appointed him. 20:6 David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of
Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and
pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of
our sight. 20:7 There went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites
and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of
Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 20:8 When they were
at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was
girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a
sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went
forth it fell out. 20:9 Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my
brother? Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he
struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground,
and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother
pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 20:11 There stood by him one of
Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David,
let him follow Joab. 20:12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst
of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he
carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over
him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still. 20:13 When
he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to
pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 20:14 He went through all the
tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and
they were gathered together, and went also after him. 20:15 They came
and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound
against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people
who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 20:16 Then cried
a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come
near here, that I may speak with you.'" 20:17 He came near to her; and
the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him,
Hear the words of your handmaid. He answered, I do hear. 20:18 Then she
spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall
surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. 20:19 I am of
those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a
city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of
Yahweh? 20:20 Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should
swallow up or destroy. 20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of the hill
country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his
hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will
depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be
thrown to you over the wall. 20:22 Then the woman went to all the people
in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and
threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from
the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
20:23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites; 20:24 and
Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son
of Ahilud was the recorder; 20:25 and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and
Abiathar were priests; 20:26 and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister
to David.

21:1 There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after
year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, It is for Saul,
and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites. 21:2
The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites
were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites;
and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill
them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah); 21:3 and David
said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I
make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh? 21:4 The
Gibeonites said to him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and
Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in
Israel. He said, What you shall say, that will I do for you. 21:5 They
said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised against us,
that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of
Israel, 21:6 let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will
hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh. The king
said, I will give them. 21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son
of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Yahweh's oath that was between
them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 21:8 But the king took
the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul,
Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of
Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: 21:9
He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them
in the mountain before Yahweh, and they fell all seven together. They
were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the
beginning of barley harvest. 21:10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took
sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of
harvest until water was poured on them from the sky; and she allowed
neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of
the field by night. 21:11 It was told David what Rizpah the daughter of
Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 21:12 David went and took the
bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh
Gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the
Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines killed Saul
in Gilboa; 21:13 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the
bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of those who were
hanged. 21:14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the
country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they
performed all that the king commanded. After that God was entreated for
the land. 21:15 The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David
went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the
Philistines. David grew faint; 21:16 and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons
of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of
brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain
David. 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the
Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying,
You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the
lamp of Israel. 21:18 It came to pass after this, that there was again
war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed
Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. 21:19 There was again war with
the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the
Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose
spear was like a weaver's beam. 21:20 There was again war at Gath, where
there was a man of great stature, who had on every hand six fingers, and
on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born
to the giant. 21:21 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei,
David's brother, killed him. 21:22 These four were born to the giant in
Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his
servants.

22:1 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh
delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of
Saul: 22:2 and he said,

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; 22:3 God,
my rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my
salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from
violence. 22:4 I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So
shall I be saved from my enemies. 22:5 For the waves of death surrounded
me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 22:6 The cords of Sheol
were around me. The snares of death caught me. 22:7 In my distress I
called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his
temple. My cry came into his ears. 22:8 Then the earth shook and
trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he
was angry. 22:9 Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth
devoured. Coals were kindled by it. 22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and
came down. Thick darkness was under his feet. 22:11 He rode on a cherub,
and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind. 22:12 He made
darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds
of the skies. 22:13 At the brightness before him, coals of fire were
kindled. 22:14 Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his
voice. 22:15 He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and
confused them. 22:16 Then the channels of the sea appeared. The
foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh, At the
blast of the breath of his nostrils. 22:17 He sent from on high and he
took me. He drew me out of many waters. 22:18 He delivered me from my
strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
22:19 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my
support. 22:20 He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered
me, because he delighted in me. 22:21 Yahweh rewarded me according to my
righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22:22 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed
from my God. 22:23 For all his ordinances were before me. As for his
statutes, I did not depart from them. 22:24 I was also perfect toward
him. I kept myself from my iniquity. 22:25 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded
me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his
eyesight. 22:26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With
the perfect man you will show yourself perfect. 22:27 With the pure you
will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
22:28 You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the
haughty, that you may bring them down. 22:29 For you are my lamp,
Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness. 22:30 For by you, I run
against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall. 22:31 As for God, his
way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tested. He is a shield to all
those who take refuge in him. 22:32 For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who
is a rock, besides our God? 22:33 God is my strong fortress. He makes my
way perfect. 22:34 He makes his feet like hinds' feet, and sets me on my
high places. 22:35 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a
bow of brass. 22:36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
Your gentleness has made me great. 22:37 You have enlarged my steps
under me. My feet have not slipped. 22:38 I have pursued my enemies and
destroyed them. I didn't turn again until they were consumed. 22:39 I
have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can't arise.
Yes, they have fallen under my feet. 22:40 For you have armed me with
strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up
against me. 22:41 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
that I might cut off those who hate me. 22:42 They looked, but there was
none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them. 22:43 Then I
beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire
of the streets, and spread them abroad. 22:44 You also have delivered me
from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the
nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me. 22:45 The
foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me,
they will obey me. 22:46 The foreigners will fade away, and will come
trembling out of their close places. 22:47 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my
rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, 22:48 even the God who
executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me, 22:49 who
brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise
up against me. You deliver me from the violent man. 22:50 Therefore I
will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. Will sing praises to
your name. 22:51 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows
loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.
23:1 Now these are the last words of David.

David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the
anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel: 23:2 The
Spirit of Yahweh spoke by me. His word was on my tongue. 23:3 The God of
Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, one who rules over men
righteously, who rules in the fear of God, 23:4 He shall be as the light
of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, When the
tender grass springs out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
23:5 Most certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me
an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all
my salvation, and all my desire, although he doesn't make it grow. 23:6
But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away, because
they can't be taken with the hand, 23:7 But the man who touches them
must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They shall be utterly
burned with fire in their place. 23:8 These are the names of the mighty
men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the
captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at
one time. 23:9 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an
Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the
Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of
Israel were gone away. 23:10 He arose, and struck the Philistines until
his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a
great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take
spoil. 23:11 After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. The
Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where there was a plot
of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
23:12 But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed
the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory. 23:13 Three of the
thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the
cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the
valley of Rephaim. 23:14 David was then in the stronghold; and the
garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 23:15 David longed,
and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of
Bethlehem, which is by the gate! 23:16 The three mighty men broke
through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of
Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David:
but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh. 23:17 He
said, Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this: shall I drink
the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he
would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men. 23:18
Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the
three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and
had a name among the three. 23:19 Wasn't he most honorable of the three?
therefore he was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the
first three. 23:20 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man
of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two sons of Ariel
of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in
time of snow. 23:21 He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the
Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff,
and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with
his own spear. 23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
had a name among the three mighty men. 23:23 He was more honorable than
the thirty, but he didn't attain to the first three. David set him over
his guard. 23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty;
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika
the Harodite, 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite, 23:27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 23:28
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29 Heleb the son of
Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the
children of Benjamin, 23:30 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks
of Gaash. 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 23:32
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 23:33 Shammah the
Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite, 23:34 Eliphelet the son
of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the
Gilonite, 23:35 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 23:36 Igal the
son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 23:37 Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 23:38
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 23:39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty-
seven in all.

24:1 Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved
David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. 24:2 The king
said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now back and
forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and
number you the people, that I may know the sum of the people. 24:3 Joab
said to the king, Now Yahweh your God add to the people, however many
they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see
it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing? 24:4
Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the
captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from
the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 24:5 They
passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the
city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer: 24:6 then
they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to
Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon, 24:7 and came to the stronghold of Tyre,
and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they
went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba. 24:8 So when they had gone
back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end
of nine months and twenty days. 24:9 Joab gave up the sum of the
numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight
hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah
were five hundred thousand men. 24:10 David's heart struck him after
that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, I have sinned
greatly in that which I have done: but now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you,
the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. 24:11 When
David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet
Gad, David's seer, saying, 24:12 Go and speak to David, Thus says
Yahweh, I offer you three things: choose one of them, that I may do it
to you. 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall
seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three
months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall there be three
days' pestilence in your land? now advise you, and consider what answer
I shall return to him who sent me. 24:14 David said to Gad, I am in
distress. Let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are
great; and let me not fall into the hand of man. 24:15 So Yahweh sent a
pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and
there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand
men. 24:16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to
destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who
destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of
Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 24:17 David
spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said,
Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what
have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my
father's house. 24:18 Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go
up, rear an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Araunah the
Jebusite. 24:19 David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh
commanded. 24:20 Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants
coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the
king with his face to the ground. 24:21 Araunah said, Why is my lord the
king come to his servant? David said, To buy the threshing floor of you,
to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from
afflicting the people. 24:22 Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king
take and offer up what seems good to him: behold, the cattle for the
burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen
for the wood: 24:23 all this, king, does Araunah give to the king.
Araunah said to the king, Yahweh your God accept you. 24:24 The king
said to Araunah, No; but I will most certainly buy it of you at a price.
Neither will I offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me
nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty
shekels of silver. 24:25 David built there an altar to Yahweh, and
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for
the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.



The First Book of Kings

1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him
with clothes, but he got no heat. 1:2 Therefore his servants said to
him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let
her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your
bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm. 1:3 So they sought for a
beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found
Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 1:4 The young lady
was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him;
but the king didn't know her intimately. 1:5 Then Adonijah the son of
Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him
chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 1:6 His father
had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and
he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom. 1:7 He
conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest:
and they following Adonijah helped him. 1:8 But Zadok the priest, and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and
Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1:9 Adonijah killed sheep and cattle and fatlings by the stone of
Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the
king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants: 1:10 but
Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his
brother, he didn't call. 1:11 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother
of Solomon, saying, Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith
reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it? 1:12 Now therefore come,
please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the
life of your son Solomon. 1:13 Go and get you in to king David, and tell
him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying,
Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my
throne? why then does Adonijah reign? 1:14 Behold, while you yet talk
there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your
words. 1:15 Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king
was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
1:16 Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What
would you? 1:17 She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God
to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after
me, and he shall sit on my throne. 1:18 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns;
and you, my lord the king, don't know it: 1:19 and he has slain cattle
and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the
king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he
hasn't called Solomon your servant. 1:20 You, my lord the king, the eyes
of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the
throne of my lord the king after him. 1:21 Otherwise it will happen,
when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son
Solomon shall be counted offenders. 1:22 Behold, while she yet talked
with the king, Nathan the prophet came in. 1:23 They told the king,
saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. When he was come in before the king,
he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 1:24
Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after
me, and he shall sit on my throne? 1:25 For he is gone down this day,
and has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called
all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the
priest; and behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say,
Long live king Adonijah. 1:26 But he hasn't called me, even me your
servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your
servant Solomon. 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you
haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord
the king after him? 1:28 Then king David answered, Call to me Bathsheba.
She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 1:29 The
king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of
all adversity, 1:30 most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God
of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and
he shall sit on my throne in my place; most certainly so will I do this
day. 1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did
obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
1:32 King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. They came before the king.
1:33 The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and
cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to
Gihon: 1:34 and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him
there king over Israel; and blow you the trumpet, and say, Long live
king Solomon. 1:35 Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come
and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have
appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah. 1:36 Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: Yahweh, the God of my
lord the king, say so too. 1:37 As Yahweh has been with my lord the
king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the
throne of my lord king David. 1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the
Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule,
and brought him to Gihon. 1:39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out
of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the
people said, Long live king Solomon. 1:40 All the people came up after
him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so
that the earth shook with the sound of them. 1:41 Adonijah and all the
guests who were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating.
When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is this noise of
the city being in an uproar? 1:42 While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan
the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for you
are a worthy man, and bring good news. 1:43 Jonathan answered Adonijah,
Most certainly our lord king David has made Solomon king: 1:44 and the
king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and
they have caused him to ride on the king's mule; 1:45 and Zadok the
priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon; and they
are come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is
the noise that you have heard. 1:46 Also Solomon sits on the throne of
the kingdom. 1:47 Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord
king David, saying, Your God make the name of Solomon better than your
name, and make his throne greater than your throne: and the king bowed
himself on the bed. 1:48 Also thus said the king, Blessed be Yahweh, the
God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes
even seeing it. 1:49 All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose
up, and went every man his way. 1:50 Adonijah feared because of Solomon;
and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 1:51
It was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon; for,
behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king
Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the
sword. 1:52 Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there
shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in
him, he shall die. 1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down
from the altar. He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon
said to him, Go to your house.

2:1 Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded
Solomon his son, saying, 2:2 I am going the way of all the earth: be you
strong therefore, and show yourself a man; 2:3 and keep the instruction
of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his
commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that
which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that
you do, and wherever you turn yourself. 2:4 That Yahweh may establish
his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take
heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and
with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the
throne of Israel. 2:5 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of
Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of
Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on
his sash that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his
feet. 2:6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray
head go down to Sheol in peace. 2:7 But show kindness to the sons of
Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table;
for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother. 2:8
Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of
Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to
Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him
by Yahweh, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword. 2:9 Now
therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will
know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down
to Sheol with blood. 2:10 David slept with his fathers, and was buried
in the city of David. 2:11 The days that David reigned over Israel were
forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years
reigned he in Jerusalem. 2:12 Solomon sat on the throne of David his
father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 2:13 Then Adonijah the
son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, Come
you peaceably? He said, Peaceably. 2:14 He said moreover, I have
somewhat to tell you. She said, Say on. 2:15 He said, You know that the
kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I
should reign: however the kingdom is turned about, and is become my
brother's; for it was his from Yahweh. 2:16 Now I ask one petition of
you; don't deny me. She said to him, Say on. 2:17 He said, "Please speak
to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me
Abishag the Shunammite as wife." 2:18 Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak
for you to the king. 2:19 Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to
speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed
himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be
set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. 2:20 Then she
said, I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me. The king said to
her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you. 2:21 She said, Let
Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife. 2:22
King Solomon answered his mother, Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite
for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother;
even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of
Zeruiah. 2:23 Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, God do so to
me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own
life. 2:24 Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and
set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as
he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 2:25 King
Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that
he died. 2:26 To Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth,
to your own fields; for you are worthy of death: but I will not at this
time put you to death, because you bear the ark of the Lord Yahweh
before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which
my father was afflicted. 2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being
priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he
spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 2:28 The news came to Joab;
for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom.
Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the
altar. 2:29 It was told king Solomon, Joab is fled to the Tent of
Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him. 2:30 Benaiah came to the Tent
of Yahweh, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. He said, No;
but I will die here. Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus
said Joab, and thus he answered me. 2:31 The king said to him, Do as he
has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the
blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's
house. 2:32 Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he
fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with
the sword, and my father David didn't know it, to wit, Abner the son of
Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain
of the army of Judah. 2:33 So shall their blood return on the head of
Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his
seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever
from Yahweh. 2:34 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on
him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the
wilderness. 2:35 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room
over the army; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of
Abiathar. 2:36 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him,
Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don't go forth
from there any where. 2:37 For on the day you go out, and pass over the
brook Kidron, know you for certain that you shall surely die: your blood
shall be on your own head. 2:38 Shimei said to the king, The saying is
good: as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. Shimei
lived in Jerusalem many days. 2:39 It happened at the end of three
years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of
Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants
are in Gath. 2:40 Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath
to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his
servants from Gath. 2:41 It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from
Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 2:42 The king sent and called for
Shimei, and said to him, Didn't I adjure you by Yahweh, and protest to
you, saying, Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk
abroad any where, you shall surely die? and you said to me, The saying
that I have heard is good. 2:43 Why then have you not kept the oath of
Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with? 2:44 The
king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your
heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Yahweh
shall return your wickedness on your own head. 2:45 But king Solomon
shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before
Yahweh forever. 2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was
established in the hand of Solomon.

3:1 Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's
daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an
end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of
Jerusalem all around. 3:2 Only the people sacrificed in the high places,
because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those
days. 3:3 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his
father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 3:4 The
king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high
place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar. 3:5
In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said,
Ask what I shall give you. 3:6 Solomon said, You have shown to your
servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked
before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart
with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you
have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 3:7 Now,
Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my
father: and I am but a little child; I don't know how to go out or come
in. 3:8 Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have
chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for
multitude. 3:9 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to
judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is
able to judge this your great people? 3:10 The speech pleased the Lord,
that Solomon had asked this thing. 3:11 God said to him, Because you
have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life,
neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your
enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;
3:12 behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given
you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like
you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you. 3:13 I have
also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so
that there shall not be any among the kings like you, all your days.
3:14 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my
commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your
days. 3:15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream: and he came to
Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and
offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a
feast to all his servants. 3:16 Then there came two women who were
prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him. 3:17 The one woman said,
Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of
a child with her in the house. 3:18 It happened the third day after I
was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together;
there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
3:19 This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it. 3:20
She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your
handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my
bosom. 3:21 When I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it
was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not
my son, whom I bore. 3:22 The other woman said, No; but the living is my
son, and the dead is your son. This said, No; but the dead is your son,
and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king. 3:23 Then
said the king, The one says, This is my son who lives, and your son is
the dead: and the other says, No; but your son is the dead, and my son
is the living. 3:24 The king said, Get me a sword. They brought a sword
before the king. 3:25 The king said, Divide the living child in two, and
give half to the one, and half to the other. 3:26 Then spoke the woman
whose the living child was to the king, for her heart yearned over her
son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way
kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide
it. 3:27 Then the king answered, Give her the living child, and in no
way kill it: she is its mother. 3:28 All Israel heard of the judgment
which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that
the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

4:1 King Solomon was king over all Israel. 4:2 These were the princes
whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; 4:3 Elihoreph and
Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the
recorder; 4:4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and
Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 4:5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was
over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and
the king's friend; 4:6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram
the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor. 4:7 Solomon
had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and
his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
4:8 These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; 4:9
Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth
Hanan; 4:10 Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him pertained Socoh, and all the
land of Hepher); 4:11 Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had
Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife); 4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud,
in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan,
beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond
Jokmeam; 4:13 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him pertained the towns of
Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the
region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and
bronze bars); 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 4:15 Ahimaaz,
in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
4:16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; 4:17 Jehoshaphat the
son of Paruah, in Issachar; 4:18 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
4:19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon
king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only
officer who was in the land. 4:20 Judah and Israel were many as the sand
which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
4:21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of
the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and
served Solomon all the days of his life. 4:22 Solomon's provision for
one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
4:23 ten head of fat cattle, and twenty head of cattle out of the
pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and
roebucks, and fattened fowl. 4:24 For he had dominion over all the
region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the
kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.
4:25 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under
his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 4:26
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen. 4:27 Those officers provided food for king Solomon,
and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month;
they let nothing be lacking. 4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses
and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were,
every man according to his duty. 4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the
sand that is on the seashore. 4:30 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom
of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 4:31 For
he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and
Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the
nations all around. 4:32 He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs
were one thousand five. 4:33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is
in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke
also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish. 4:34
There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings
of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

5:1 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard
that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was
ever a lover of David. 5:2 Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3 You know
how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh
his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh
put them under the soles of his feet. 5:4 But now Yahweh my God has
given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil
occurrence. 5:5 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of
Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, Your son,
whom I will set on your throne in your room, he shall build the house
for my name. 5:6 Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees
out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will
give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say: for
you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like
the Sidonians. 5:7 It happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon,
that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Yahweh this day, who has
given to David a wise son over this great people. 5:8 Hiram sent to
Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which you have sent to me: I
will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning
timber of fir. 5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the
sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you
shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you
shall receive them; and you shall accomplish my desire, in giving food
for my household. 5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber
of fir according to all his desire. 5:11 Solomon gave Hiram twenty
thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty
measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 5:12
Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace
between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 5:13
King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty
thousand men. 5:14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by
courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and
Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor. 5:15 Solomon had
seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone
cutters in the mountains; 5:16 besides Solomon's chief officers who were
over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the
people who labored in the work. 5:17 The king commanded, and they cut
out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with
worked stone. 5:18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the
Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to
build the house.

6:1 It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the
children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth
year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the
second month, that he began to build the house of Yahweh. 6:2 The house
which king Solomon built for Yahweh, its length was sixty cubits, and
its breadth twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 6:3 The porch
before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was its length, according
to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was its breadth before the
house. 6:4 For the house he made windows of fixed lattice work. 6:5
Against the wall of the house he built stories all around, against the
walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and
he made side chambers all around. 6:6 The nethermost story was five
cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was
seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of
the house all around, that the beams should not have hold in the walls
of the house. 6:7 The house, when it was in building, was built of stone
made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any
tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 6:8 The door
for the middle side chambers was in the right side of the house: and
they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the
middle into the third. 6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and
he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. 6:10 He built the
stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on
the house with timber of cedar. 6:11 The word of Yahweh came to Solomon,
saying, 6:12 Concerning this house which you are building, if you will
walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my
commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you,
which I spoke to David your father. 6:13 I will dwell among the children
of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 6:14 So Solomon built
the house, and finished it. 6:15 He built the walls of the house within
with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the
ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the
floor of the house with boards of fir. 6:16 He built twenty cubits on
the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the
walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even
for the most holy place. 6:17 The house, that is, the temple before the
oracle, was forty cubits long. 6:18 There was cedar on the house within,
carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone
seen. 6:19 He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to
set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. 6:20 Within the oracle was
a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and
twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he
covered the altar with cedar. 6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within
with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and
he overlaid it with gold. 6:22 The whole house he overlaid with gold,
until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to
the oracle he overlaid with gold. 6:23 In the oracle he made two
cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 6:24 Five cubits was the
one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub:
from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the
other were ten cubits. 6:25 The other cherub was ten cubits: both the
cherubim were of one measure and one form. 6:26 The height of the one
cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 6:27 He set
the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were
stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and
the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings
touched one another in the midst of the house. 6:28 He overlaid the
cherubim with gold. 6:29 He carved all the walls of the house around
with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside
and outside. 6:30 The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside
and outside. 6:31 For the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive
wood: the lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall. 6:32 So
he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of
cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold;
and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees. 6:33 So
also made he for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood,
out of a fourth part of the wall; 6:34 and two doors of fir wood: the
two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other
door were folding. 6:35 He carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and
open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved
work. 6:36 He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone, and
a course of cedar beams. 6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of
the house of Yahweh laid, in the month Ziv. 6:38 In the eleventh year,
in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished
throughout all its parts, and according to all its fashion. So was he
seven years in building it.

7:1 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished
all his house. 7:2 For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its
length was one hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its
height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on
the pillars. 7:3 It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five
beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row. 7:4 There were beams
in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks. 7:5
All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over
against window in three ranks. 7:6 He made the porch of pillars; its
length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and a porch
before them; and pillars and a threshold before them. 7:7 He made the
porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment:
and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor. 7:8 His house where
he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work.
He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken as
wife), like this porch. 7:9 All these were of costly stones, even of cut
stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even
from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great
court. 7:10 The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,
stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 7:11 Above were costly
stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood. 7:12 The
great court around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar
beams; like as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of
the house. 7:13 King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 7:14 He
was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a
man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and
understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king
Solomon, and performed all his work. 7:15 For he fashioned the two
pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve
cubits encircled either of them about. 7:16 He made two capitals of
molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one
capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five
cubits. 7:17 There were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work,
for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one
capital, and seven for the other capital. 7:18 So he made the pillars;
and there were two rows around on the one network, to cover the capitals
that were on the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other
capital. 7:19 The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the
porch were of lily work, four cubits. 7:20 There were capitals above
also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the
network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows around on the
other capital. 7:21 He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple:
and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set
up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz. 7:22 On the top of the
pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. 7:23 He
made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass,
and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled
it. 7:24 Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it, for
ten cubits, encircling the sea: the buds were in two rows, cast when it
was cast. 7:25 It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south,
and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above,
and all their hinder parts were inward. 7:26 It was a handbreadth thick:
and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a
lily: it held two thousand baths. 7:27 He made the ten bases of brass;
four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits its breadth, and
three cubits its height. 7:28 The work of the bases was on this manner:
they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges; 7:29 and on
the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim;
and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and
oxen were wreaths of hanging work. 7:30 Every base had four bronze
wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet of it had supports:
beneath the basin were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of
each. 7:31 The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and
its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half;
and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were foursquare,
not round. 7:32 The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the
axles of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a
cubit and half a cubit. 7:33 The work of the wheels was like the work of
a chariot wheel: their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and
their naves, were all molten. 7:34 There were four supports at the four
corners of each base: its supports were of the base itself. 7:35 In the
top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the
top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same. 7:36 On the
plates of its stays, and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and
palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around.
7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one
casting, one measure, and one form. 7:38 He made ten basins of brass:
one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on
very one of the ten bases one basin. 7:39 He set the bases, five on the
right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he
set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
7:40 Hiram made the basins, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram
made an end of doing all the work that he worked for king Solomon in the
house of Yahweh: 7:41 the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals
that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the
two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; 7:42 and
the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of
pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals
that were on the pillars; 7:43 and the ten bases, and the ten basins on
the bases; 7:44 and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea; 7:45
and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels,
which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Yahweh, were of
burnished brass. 7:46 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them,
in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. 7:47 Solomon left all
the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: the weight of
the brass could not be found out. 7:48 Solomon made all the vessels that
were in the house of Yahweh: the golden altar, and the table whereupon
the show bread was, of gold; 7:49 and the lampstands, five on the right
side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the
flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 7:50 and the cups, and
the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure
gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most
holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, of
gold. 7:51 Thus all the work that king Solomon worked in the house of
Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his
father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
and put them in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of
the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of
Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion. 8:2 All the
men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the
month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 8:3 All the elders of Israel
came, and the priests took up the ark. 8:4 They brought up the ark of
Yahweh, and the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in
the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 8:5 King
Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him,
were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could
not be counted nor numbered for multitude. 8:6 The priests brought in
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the
house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. 8:7
For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and
the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above. 8:8 The poles were so
long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the
oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there they are to this day.
8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which
Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children
of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 8:10 It came to
pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud
filled the house of Yahweh, 8:11 so that the priests could not stand to
minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the
house of Yahweh. 8:12 Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would
dwell in the thick darkness. 8:13 I have surely built you a house of
habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever. 8:14 The king turned
his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the
assembly of Israel stood. 8:15 He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of
Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his
hand fulfilled it, saying, 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my
people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of
Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David
to be over my people Israel. 8:17 Now it was in the heart of David my
father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 8:18
But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to
build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart: 8:19
nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come
forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name. 8:20
Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I am risen up in the
room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh
promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of
Israel. 8:21 There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the
covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them
out of the land of Egypt. 8:22 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh
in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his
hands toward heaven; 8:23 and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there
is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep
covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you
with all their heart; 8:24 who have kept with your servant David my
father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth,
and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day. 8:25 Now
therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my
father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail
you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your
children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked
before me. 8:26 Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be
verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father. 8:27 But will
God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of
heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
8:28 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his
supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer
which your servant prays before you this day; 8:29 that your eyes may be
open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you
have said, My name shall be there; to listen to the prayer which your
servant shall pray toward this place. 8:30 Listen you to the
supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall
pray toward this place: yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and
when you hear, forgive. 8:31 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an
oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before
your altar in this house; 8:32 then hear you in heaven, and do, and
judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own
head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his
righteousness. 8:33 When your people Israel are struck down before the
enemy, because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you,
and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this
house: 8:34 then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people
Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their
fathers. 8:35 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because
they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and
confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
8:36 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of
your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they
should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your
people for an inheritance. 8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there
be pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if
their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague,
whatever sickness there be; 8:38 whatever prayer and supplication be
made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man
the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this
house: 8:39 then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and
do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you
know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of
men;) 8:40 that they may fear you all the days that they live in the
land which you gave to our fathers. 8:41 Moreover concerning the
foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come out of a
far country for your name's sake 8:42 (for they shall hear of your great
name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he
shall come and pray toward this house; 8:43 hear in heaven, your
dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you
for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you,
as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which
I have built is called by my name. 8:44 If your people go out to battle
against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray
to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house
which I have built for your name; 8:45 then hear in heaven their prayer
and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 8:46 If they sin
against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry
with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away
captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; 8:47 yet if they
shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and
turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who
carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely,
we have dealt wickedly; 8:48 if they return to you with all their heart
and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them
captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their
fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have
built for your name: 8:49 then hear you their prayer and their
supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
8:50 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their
transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give
them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may
have compassion on them 8:51 (for they are your people, and your
inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the
furnace of iron); 8:52 that your eyes may be open to the supplication of
your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen
to them whenever they cry to you. 8:53 For you did separate them from
among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke
by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord
Yahweh. 8:54 It was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all
this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar
of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward
heaven. 8:55 He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a
loud voice, saying, 8:56 Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his
people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed
one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his
servant. 8:57 Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let
him not leave us, nor forsake us; 8:58 that he may incline our hearts to
him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his
statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers. 8:59 Let
these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be
near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his
servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;
8:60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh, he is God;
there is none else. 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh
our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at
this day. 8:62 The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice
before Yahweh. 8:63 Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand head of
cattle, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the
children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh. 8:64 The same day did
the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of
Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal offering,
and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was
before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal
offering, and the fat of the peace offerings. 8:65 So Solomon held the
feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the
entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven
days and seven days, even fourteen days. 8:66 On the eighth day he sent
the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents
joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to
David his servant, and to Israel his people.

9:1 It happened, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of
Yahweh, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was
pleased to do, 9:2 that Yahweh appeared to Solomon the second time, as
he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 9:3 Yahweh said to him, I have heard
your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have
made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there
forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 9:4 As for
you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in
integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I
have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances; 9:5
then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever,
according as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not
fail you a man on the throne of Israel. 9:6 But if you shall turn away
from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments
and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve
other gods, and worship them; 9:7 then will I cut off Israel out of the
land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for
my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and
a byword among all peoples. 9:8 Though this house is so high, yet shall
everyone who passes by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall
say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house? 9:9 and
they shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought
forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other
gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has Yahweh brought
all this evil on them. 9:10 It happened at the end of twenty years, in
which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the
king's house 9:11 (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with
cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire),
that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
9:12 Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given
him; and they didn't please him. 9:13 He said, What cities are these
which you have given me, my brother? He called them the land of Cabul to
this day. 9:14 Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of
gold. 9:15 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to
build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of
Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 9:16 Pharaoh king of Egypt
had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the
Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a portion to his
daughter, Solomon's wife. 9:17 Solomon built Gezer, and Beth Horon the
lower, 9:18 and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land, 9:19
and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his
chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon
desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in
all the land of his dominion. 9:20 As for all the people who were left
of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel; 9:21 their children
who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were
not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of
bondservants to this day. 9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon
make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants,
and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his
horsemen. 9:23 These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's
work, five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored in
the work. 9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David
to her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
9:25 Three times a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace
offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh, burning incense
therewith, on the altar that was before Yahweh. So he finished the
house. 9:26 King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is
beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 9:27
Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the
sea, with the servants of Solomon. 9:28 They came to Ophir, and fetched
from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king
Solomon.

10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the
name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions. 10:2 She came
to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and
very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon,
she talked with him of all that was in her heart. 10:3 Solomon told her
all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he
didn't tell her. 10:4 When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of
Solomon, and the house that he had built, 10:5 and the food of his
table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his
ministers, and their clothing, and his cup bearers, and his ascent by
which he went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in
her. 10:6 She said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my
own land of your acts, and of your wisdom. 10:7 However I didn't believe
the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and behold, the half
was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I
heard. 10:8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand
continually before you, and who hear your wisdom. 10:9 Blessed be Yahweh
your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel:
because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do
justice and righteousness. 10:10 She gave the king one hundred twenty
talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones:
there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of
Sheba gave to king Solomon. 10:11 The navy also of Hiram, that brought
gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and
precious stones. 10:12 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the
house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, harps also and stringed
instruments for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were
seen, to this day. 10:13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her
desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his
royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her
servants. 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year
was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold, 10:15 besides that which the
traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings
of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country. 10:16 King
Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of
gold went to one buckler. 10:17 he made three hundred shields of beaten
gold; three minas of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in
the house of the forest of Lebanon. 10:18 Moreover the king made a great
throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold. 10:19 There were
six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and
there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions
standing beside the stays. 10:20 Twelve lions stood there on the one
side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made
in any kingdom. 10:21 All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold,
and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure
gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of
Solomon. 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy
of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing
gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 10:23 So king Solomon
exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 10:24 All
the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God
had put in his heart. 10:25 They brought every man his tribute, vessels
of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices,
horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 10:26 Solomon gathered together
chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities,
and with the king at Jerusalem. 10:27 The king made silver to be in
Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that
are in the lowland, for abundance. 10:28 The horses which Solomon had
were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in
droves, each drove at a price. 10:29 A chariot came up and went out of
Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred
fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of
Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

11:1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the
daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,
Sidonians, and Hittites; 11:2 of the nations concerning which Yahweh
said to the children of Israel, You shall not go among them, neither
shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart
after their gods: Solomon joined to these in love. 11:3 He had seven
hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives
turned away his heart. 11:4 For it happened, when Solomon was old, that
his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not
perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father. 11:5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after
Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 11:6 Solomon did that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did
David his father. 11:7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh
the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and
for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. 11:8 So did he for
all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
11:9 Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away
from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, 11:10 and
had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after
other gods: but he didn't keep that which Yahweh commanded. 11:11
Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you, and you
have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I
will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
11:12 Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it, for David your
father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 11:13
However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe
to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which
I have chosen. 11:14 Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. 11:15 For it happened, when
David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury
the slain, and had struck every male in Edom 11:16 (for Joab and all
Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in
Edom); 11:17 that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's
servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
11:18 They arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men
with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of
Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land.
11:19 Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave
him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the
queen. 11:20 The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom
Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house
among the sons of Pharaoh. 11:21 When Hadad heard in Egypt that David
slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead,
Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
11:22 Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me, that
behold, you seek to go to your own country? He answered, Nothing:
however only let me depart. 11:23 God raised up another adversary to
him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king
of Zobah. 11:24 He gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop,
when David killed them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and lived
therein, and reigned in Damascus. 11:25 He was an adversary to Israel
all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did: and he
abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 11:26 Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's
name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king.
11:27 This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his
father. 11:28 The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon
saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of
all the labor of the house of Joseph. 11:29 It happened at that time,
when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the
Shilonite found him in the way; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new
garment; and they two were alone in the field. 11:30 Ahijah laid hold of
the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces. 11:31 He
said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of
Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and
will give ten tribes to you 11:32 (but he shall have one tribe, for my
servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have
chosen out of all the tribes of Israel); 11:33 because that they have
forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians,
Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon;
and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my
eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as did David his
father. 11:34 However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand;
but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my
servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
11:35 but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give
it to you, even ten tribes. 11:36 To his son will I give one tribe, that
David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city
which I have chosen me to put my name there. 11:37 I will take you, and
you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be
king over Israel. 11:38 It shall be, if you will listen to all that I
command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my
eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did;
that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for
David, and will give Israel to you. 11:39 I will for this afflict the
seed of David, but not forever. 11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill
Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of
Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 11:41 Now the rest
of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, aren't they
written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 11:42 The time that Solomon
reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 11:43 Solomon
slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father:
and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

12:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to
make him king. 12:2 It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of
it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king
Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt, 12:3 and they sent and called
him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to
Rehoboam, saying, 12:4 Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore
make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which
he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you. 12:5 He said to them,
Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. The people departed.
12:6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me
to return answer to this people? 12:7 They spoke to him, saying, If you
will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and
answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your
servants forever. 12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which
they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up
with him, who stood before him. 12:9 He said to them, What counsel do
you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to
me, saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter? 12:10
The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you
shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our
yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us; thus you shall speak to them,
My little finger is thicker than my father's waist. 12:11 Now whereas my
father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my
father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. 12:13 The king
answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men
which they had given him, 12:14 and spoke to them after the counsel of
the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to
your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you
with scorpions. 12:15 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it
was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word,
which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
12:16 When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the
people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither
have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, Israel: now see
to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents. 12:17 But
as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam
reigned over them. 12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over
the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with
stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee
to Jerusalem. 12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to
this day. 12:20 It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was
returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made
him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of
David, but the tribe of Judah only. 12:21 When Rehoboam was come to
Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of
Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors,
to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 12:22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah
the man of God, saying, 12:23 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king
of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of
the people, saying, 12:24 Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor
fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to
his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of
Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of
Yahweh. 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of
Ephraim, and lived therein; and he went out from there, and built
Penuel. 12:26 Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to
the house of David: 12:27 if this people go up to offer sacrifices in
the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people
turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will
kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah. 12:28 Whereupon the king
took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is
too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which
brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 12:29 He set the one in Bethel,
and the other put he in Dan. 12:30 This thing became a sin; for the
people went to worship before the one, even to Dan. 12:31 He made houses
of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not
of the sons of Levi. 12:32 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth
month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in
Judah, and he went up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to
the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the
high places that he had made. 12:33 He went up to the altar which he had
made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the
month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for
the children of Israel, and went up to the altar, to burn incense.

13:1 Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Yahweh
to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. 13:2
He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, altar,
altar, thus says Yahweh: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of
David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he sacrifice the priests of the
high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall they burn on
you. 13:3 He gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which
Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that
are on it shall be poured out. 13:4 It happened, when the king heard the
saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel,
that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on
him. His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he
could not draw it back again to him. 13:5 The altar also was torn, and
the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man
of God had given by the word of Yahweh. 13:6 The king answered the man
of God, Entreat now the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that
my hand may be restored me again. The man of God entreated Yahweh, and
the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
13:7 The king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh
yourself, and I will give you a reward. 13:8 The man of God said to the
king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you,
neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place; 13:9 for so was
it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, You shall eat no bread,
nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came. 13:10 So he
went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.
13:11 Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came
and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in
Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them also they told
to their father. 13:12 Their father said to them, Which way did he go?
Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from
Judah. 13:13 He said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled
him the donkey; and he rode thereon. 13:14 He went after the man of God,
and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, Are you the man
of God who came from Judah? He said, I am. 13:15 Then he said to him,
Come home with me, and eat bread. 13:16 He said, I may not return with
you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with
you in this place: 13:17 for it was said to me by the word of Yahweh,
You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by
the way that you came. 13:18 He said to him, I also am a prophet as you
are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, Bring him
back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.
But he lied to him. 13:19 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his
house, and drank water. 13:20 It happened, as they sat at the table,
that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who brought him back; 13:21
and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, Thus says
Yahweh, Because you have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh, and
have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you, 13:22
but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of
which he said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your body shall
not come to the tomb of your fathers. 13:23 It happened, after he had
eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey,
to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 13:24 When he was
gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him: and his body was cast
in the way, and the donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.
13:25 Behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the
lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where
the old prophet lived. 13:26 When the prophet who brought him back from
the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient
to the mouth of Yahweh: therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion,
which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh,
which he spoke to him. 13:27 He spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the
donkey. They saddled it. 13:28 He went and found his body cast in the
way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not
eaten the body, nor torn the donkey. 13:29 The prophet took up the body
of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back; and
he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him. 13:30
He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying,
Alas, my brother! 13:31 It happened, after he had buried him, that he
spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in
which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. 13:32 For
the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in
Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the
cities of Samaria, shall surely happen. 13:33 After this thing Jeroboam
didn't return from his evil way, but made again from among all the
people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him,
that there might be priests of the high places. 13:34 This thing became
sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from
off the surface of the earth.

14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 14:2 Jeroboam
said to his wife, Please get up and disguise yourself, that you not be
known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you to Shiloh: behold, there
is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke concerning me that I should be king
over this people. 14:3 Take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of
honey, and go to him: he will tell you what shall become of the child.
14:4 Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to
the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by
reason of his age. 14:5 Yahweh said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of
Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick:
thus and thus you shall tell her; for it will be, when she comes in,
that she will feign herself to be another woman. 14:6 It was so, when
Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he
said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam; why feign you yourself to be
another? for I am sent to you with heavy news. 14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam,
Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among
the people, and made you prince over my people Israel, 14:8 and tore the
kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have
not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed
me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes, 14:9
but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made
you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast
me behind your back: 14:10 therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the
house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates
on a wall, him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel,
and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away
dung, until it be all gone. 14:11 Him who dies of Jeroboam in the city
shall the dogs eat; and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the
sky eat: for Yahweh has spoken it. 14:12 Arise you therefore, get you to
your house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
14:13 All Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of
Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some
good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
14:14 Moreover Yahweh will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall
cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 14:15 For
Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will
root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and
will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their
Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger. 14:16 He will give Israel up because
of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made
Israel to sin. 14:17 Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to
Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
14:18 All Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word
of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet. 14:19 The
rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
14:20 The days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he
slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. 14:21
Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in
Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of
Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the
Ammonitess. 14:22 Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed,
above all that their fathers had done. 14:23 For they also built them
high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under
every green tree; 14:24 and there were also sodomites in the land: they
did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove
out before the children of Israel. 14:25 It happened in the fifth year
of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
14:26 and he took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the
treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away
all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 14:27 King Rehoboam made
in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the
captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house. 14:28 It
was so, that as often as the king went into the house of Yahweh, the
guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. 14:29 Now
the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 14:30 There
was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 14:31 Rehoboam slept
with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David:
and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned
in his place.

15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began
Abijam to reign over Judah. 15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem:
and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 15:3 He
walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and
his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his
father. 15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a
lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish
Jerusalem; 15:5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of
Yahweh, and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all
the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
15:6 Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his
life. 15:7 The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There
was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 15:8 Abijam slept with his fathers;
and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his
place. 15:9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa
to reign over Judah. 15:10 Forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 15:11 Asa did
that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father.
15:12 He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the
idols that his fathers had made. 15:13 Also Maacah his mother he removed
from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an
Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
15:14 But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of
Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days. 15:15 He brought into the
house of Yahweh the things that his father had dedicated, and the things
that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 15:16 There
was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 15:17
Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he
might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house,
and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them
to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria,
who lived at Damascus, saying, 15:19 There is a league between me and
you, between my father and your father: behold, I have sent to you a
present of silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of
Israel, that he may depart from me. 15:20 Ben Hadad listened to king
Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel,
and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with
all the land of Naphtali. 15:21 It happened, when Baasha heard of it,
that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah. 15:22 Then king
Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they
carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had
built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 15:23
Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he
did, and the cities which he built, aren't they written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he
was diseased in his feet. 15:24 Asa slept with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat
his son reigned in his place. 15:25 Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to
reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he
reigned over Israel two years. 15:26 He did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin
with which he made Israel to sin. 15:27 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the
house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at
Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel
were laying siege to Gibbethon. 15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king
of Judah did Baasha kill him, and reigned in his place. 15:29 It
happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house of
Jeroboam: he didn't leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had
destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his
servant Ahijah the Shilonite; 15:30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he
sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation
with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger. 15:31 Now
the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 15:32 There was
war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 15:33 In the
third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign
over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. 15:34 He did
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

16:1 The word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha,
saying, 16:2 Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince
over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and
have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their
sins; 16:3 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I
will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16:4
Him who dies of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him who dies
of his in the field shall the birds of the sky eat. 16:5 Now the rest of
the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16:6 Baasha slept
with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in
his place. 16:7 Moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the
word of Yahweh against Baasha, and against his house, both because of
all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger
with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and
because he struck him. 16:8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of
Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and
reigned two years. 16:9 His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots,
conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in
the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah: 16:10 and Zimri
went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of
Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place. 16:11 It happened, when he
began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he struck all the
house of Baasha: he didn't leave him a single one who urinates on a
wall, neither of his relatives, nor of his friends. 16:12 Thus Zimri
destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Yahweh,
which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 16:13 for all the
sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and
with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of
Israel, to anger with their vanities. 16:14 Now the rest of the acts of
Elah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of
Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people
were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16:16 The people who were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired, and
has also struck the king: therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of
the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. 16:17 Omri went up from
Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 16:18 It
happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the
castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with
fire, and died, 16:19 for his sins which he sinned in doing that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and
in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 16:20 Now the rest of
the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did, aren't they written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16:21 Then were the
people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed
Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. 16:22
But the people who followed Omri prevailed against the people who
followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 16:23
In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over
Israel, and reigned twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. 16:24
He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he
built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after
the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria. 16:25 Omri did that
which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt wickedly above all who
were before him. 16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke
Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. 16:27 Now the
rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria;
and Ahab his son reigned in his place. 16:29 In the thirty-eighth year
of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel:
and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two
years. 16:30 Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh above all that were before him. 16:31 It happened, as if it
had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of
the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him. 16:32 He
reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in
Samaria. 16:33 Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke
Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who
were before him. 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho:
he laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up
its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word
of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to
Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there
shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 17:2
The word of Yahweh came to him, saying, 17:3 Get you hence, and turn you
eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the
Jordan. 17:4 It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed you there. 17:5 So he went and did
according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook
Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 17:6 The ravens brought him bread
and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he
drank of the brook. 17:7 It happened after a while, that the brook dried
up, because there was no rain in the land. 17:8 The word of Yahweh came
to him, saying, 17:9 Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to
Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to
sustain you. 17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came
to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and
he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water in a vessel,
that I may drink. 17:11 As she was going to get it, he called to her,
and said, Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. 17:12 She
said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of
meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and behold, I am gathering
two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may
eat it, and die. 17:13 Elijah said to her, Don't be afraid; go and do as
you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it forth
to me, and afterward make for you and for your son. 17:14 For thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not empty, neither
shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the
earth. 17:15 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and
she, and he, and her house, ate many days. 17:16 The jar of meal didn't
empty, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Yahweh,
which he spoke by Elijah. 17:17 It happened after these things, that the
son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness
was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 17:18 She said to
Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me
to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son! 17:19 He said to her,
Give me your son. He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into
the chamber, where he abode, and laid him on his own bed. 17:20 He cried
to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the
widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son? 17:21 He stretched
himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh
my God, please let this child's soul come into him again. 17:22 Yahweh
listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him
again, and he revived. 17:23 Elijah took the child, and brought him down
out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and
Elijah said, Behold, your son lives. 17:24 The woman said to Elijah, Now
I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your
mouth is truth.

18:1 It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to
Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will
send rain on the earth. 18:2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The
famine was sore in Samaria. 18:3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the
household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly: 18:4 for it was so, when
Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred
prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and
water.) 18:5 Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the
springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass
and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab
went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 18:7
As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and
fell on his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah? 18:8 He answered
him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 18:9 He said,
Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand
of Ahab, to kill me? 18:10 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation
or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said,
He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they
didn't find you. 18:11 Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah
is here. 18:12 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the
Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come
and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me: but I your
servant fear Yahweh from my youth. 18:13 Wasn't it told my lord what I
did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred
men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and
water? 18:14 Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here;
and he will kill me. 18:15 Elijah said, As Yahweh of Armies lives,
before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today. 18:16 So
Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
18:17 It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it
you, you troubler of Israel? 18:18 He answered, I have not troubled
Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the
commandments of Yahweh, and you have followed the Baals. 18:19 Now
therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and the
prophets of Baal four hundred fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah
four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table. 18:20 So Ahab sent to all the
children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
18:21 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you
waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal,
then follow him." The people answered him not a word. 18:22 Then Elijah
said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of Yahweh; but
Baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men. 18:23 Let them therefore
give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut
it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will
dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
18:24 You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of
Yahweh; and the God who answers by fire, let him be God."

All the people answered, "It is well said." 18:25 Elijah said to the
prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first;
for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire
under it."

18:26 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and
called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, Baal,
hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. They leaped about
the altar which was made. 18:27 It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked
them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he
is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps and must
be awakened. 18:28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves after their
manner with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them. 18:29
It was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of
the offering of the evening offering; but there was neither voice, nor
any to answer, nor any who regarded. 18:30 Elijah said to all the
people, Come near to me; and all the people came near to him. He
repaired the altar of Yahweh that was thrown down. 18:31 Elijah took
twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of
Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, Israel shall be your
name. 18:32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh; and
he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures
of seed. 18:33 He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and
laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on
the burnt offering, and on the wood. 18:34 He said, Do it the second
time; and they did it the second time. He said, Do it the third time;
and they did it the third time. 18:35 The water ran around the altar;
and he filled the trench also with water. 18:36 It happened at the time
of the offering of the evening offering, that Elijah the prophet came
near, and said, Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let
it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your
servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. 18:37 Hear
me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are
God, and that you have turned their heart back again. 18:38 Then the
fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and
the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the
trench. 18:39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and
they said, Yahweh, he is God; Yahweh, he is God. 18:40 and Elijah said
to them, Take the prophets of Baal; don't let one of them escape. They
took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed
them there. 18:41 Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for
there is the sound of abundance of rain. 18:42 So Ahab went up to eat
and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself
down on the earth, and put his face between his knees. 18:43 He said to
his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and
said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times. 18:44 It happened
at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's
hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, Go up, tell Ahab, Make ready
your chariot, and get you down, that the rain not stop you. 18:45 It
happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and
wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel: 18:46
and the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he girded up his waist, and
ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed
all the prophets with the sword. 19:2 Then Jezebel send a messenger to
Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make
your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. 19:3
When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 19:4 But
he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat
down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might
die, and said, It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am
not better than my fathers. 19:5 He lay down and slept under a juniper
tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
19:6 He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the
coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again.
19:7 The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him,
and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you. 19:8
He arose, and ate and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty
days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God. 19:9 He came there to a
cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and
he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah? 19:10 He said, I have
been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of
Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain
your prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek
my life, to take it away. 19:11 He said, Go forth, and stand on the
mountain before Yahweh. Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong
wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh;
but Yahweh was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but
Yahweh was not in the earthquake: 19:12 and after the earthquake a fire;
but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
19:13 It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his
mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold,
there came a voice to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?
19:14 He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies;
for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your
altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am
left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 19:15 Yahweh said to him,
Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come,
you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria; 19:16 and you shall
anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and you shall
anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your
room. 19:17 It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of
Hazael shall Jehu kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall
Elisha kill. 19:18 Yet will I leave me seven thousand in Israel, all the
knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed
him. 19:19 So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat,
who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
19:20 He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray
you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. He said
to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you? 19:21 He returned
from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and
boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the
people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and
ministered to him.

20:1 Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and
there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he
went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it. 20:2 He sent
messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him, Thus
says Ben Hadad, 20:3 Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also
and your children, even the best, are mine. 20:4 The king of Israel
answered, It is according to your saying, my lord, O king; I am yours,
and all that I have. 20:5 The messengers came again, and said, Thus
speaks Ben Hadad, saying, I sent indeed to you, saying, You shall
deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your
children; 20:6 but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this
time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants;
and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put
it in their hand, and take it away. 20:7 Then the king of Israel called
all the elders of the land, and said, Please notice how this man seeks
mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for
my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him. 20:8 All the elders
and all the people said to him, Don't you listen, neither consent. 20:9
Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, Tell my lord the king,
All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do; but
this thing I may not do. The messengers departed, and brought him word
again. 20:10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and
more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the
people who follow me. 20:11 The king of Israel answered, Tell him, Don't
let him who girds on his armor boast himself as he who puts it off.
20:12 It happened, when Ben Hadad heard this message, as he was
drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his
servants, Set yourselves in array. They set themselves in array against
the city. 20:13 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and
said, Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold,
I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am
Yahweh. 20:14 Ahab said, By whom? He said, Thus says Yahweh, By the
young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin
the battle? He answered, You. 20:15 Then he mustered the young men of
the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two:
and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of
Israel, being seven thousand. 20:16 They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad
was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the
thirty-two kings who helped him. 20:17 The young men of the princes of
the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him,
saying, There are men come out from Samaria. 20:18 He said, Whether they
are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out
for war, taken them alive. 20:19 So these went out of the city, the
young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed
them. 20:20 They killed everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and
Israel pursued them: and Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse
with horsemen. 20:21 The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses
and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter. 20:22 The
prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen
yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year
the king of Syria will come up against you. 20:23 The servants of the
king of Syria said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore
they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain,
and surely we shall be stronger than they. 20:24 Do this thing: take the
kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
20:25 and number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse
for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in
the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. He listened to
their voice, and did so. 20:26 It happened at the return of the year,
that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight
against Israel. 20:27 The children of Israel were mustered, and were
provisioned, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped
before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the
country. 20:28 A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel,
and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a
god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I
deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that
I am Yahweh. 20:29 They encamped one over against the other seven days.
So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the
children of Israel killed of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in
one day. 20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall
fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and
came into the city, into an inner chamber. 20:31 His servants said to
him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are
merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our bodies, and
ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he
will save your life. 20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their bodies, and
put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your
servant Ben Hadad says, please let me live. He said, Is he yet alive? he
is my brother. 20:33 Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to
catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Your brother Ben Hadad.
Then he said, Go you, bring him. Then Ben Hadad came forth to him; and
he caused him to come up into the chariot. 20:34 Ben Hadad said to him,
The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you
shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I,
said Ahab, will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant
with him, and let him go. 20:35 A certain man of the sons of the
prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, Please strike me. The
man refused to strike him. 20:36 Then said he to him, Because you have
not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from
me, a lion shall kill you. As soon as he was departed from him, a lion
found him, and killed him. 20:37 Then he found another man, and said,
Please strike me. The man struck him, smiting and wounding him. 20:38 So
the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised
himself with his headband over his eyes. 20:39 As the king passed by, he
cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of
the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and
said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then your life shall
be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver. 20:40 As your
servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of Israel said to
him, So your judgment shall be; yourself have decided it. 20:41 He
hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of
Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. 20:42 He said to him,
Thus says Yahweh, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom
I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life,
and your people for his people. 20:43 The king of Israel went to his
house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

21:1 It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a
vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of
Samaria. 21:2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that
I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and
I will give you for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to
you, I will give you its worth in money. 21:3 Naboth said to Ahab,
Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to
you. 21:4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word
which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will
not give you the inheritance of my fathers. He laid him down on his bed,
and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 21:5 But Jezebel his
wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you
eat no bread? 21:6 He said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the
Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else,
if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he
answered, I will not give you my vineyard. 21:7 Jezebel his wife said to
him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and
let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the
Jezreelite. 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them
with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who
were in his city, and who lived with Naboth. 21:9 She wrote in the
letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the
people: 21:10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them
testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry
him out, and stone him to death. 21:11 The men of his city, even the
elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to
them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to
them. 21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the
people. 21:13 The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him:
and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in
the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king.
Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death
with stones. 21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned,
and is dead. 21:15 It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was
stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession
of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you
for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 21:16 It happened, when
Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 21:17 The
word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 21:18 Arise, go down
to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria: behold, he is in the
vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to take possession of it.
21:19 You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Have you killed
and also taken possession? You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says
Yahweh, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs
lick your blood, even yours. 21:20 Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found
me, my enemy? He answered, I have found you, because you have sold
yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh. 21:21 Behold,
I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut
off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut
up and him who is left at large in Israel: 21:22 and I will make your
house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of
Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have
provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin. 21:23 Of Jezebel also
spoke Yahweh, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of
Jezreel. 21:24 Him who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and
him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat. 21:25 (But
there was none like Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil
in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 21:26 He did
very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites
did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.) 21:27 It
happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put
sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went
softly. 21:28 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
21:29 See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles
himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his
son's days will I bring the evil on his house.

22:1 They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
22:2 It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
came down to the king of Israel. 22:3 The king of Israel said to his
servants, "You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we are still, and
don't take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?" 22:4 He said to
Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead? Jehoshaphat
said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people,
my horses as your horses. 22:5 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel,
Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh. 22:6 Then the king of
Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said
to them, Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
They said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the
king. 22:7 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh
besides, that we may inquire of him? 22:8 The king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh,
Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good
concerning me, but evil. Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."
22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly
Micaiah the son of Imlah. 22:10 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their
robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all
the prophets were prophesying before them. 22:11 Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus says Yahweh, With these
you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed. 22:12 All the
prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for
Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king. 22:13 The messenger
who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, See now, the words of the
prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: please let your word
be like the word of one of them, and speak you good. 22:14 Micaiah said,
As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that will I speak. 22:15 When
he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to
Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him, Go up and
prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king. 22:16 The
king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me
nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh? 22:17 He said, I saw all
Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and
Yahweh said, These have no master; let them return every man to his
house in peace. 22:18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I
tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? 22:19
Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting
on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right
hand and on his left. 22:20 Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab, that he
may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said on this manner; and
another said on that manner. 22:21 There came forth a spirit, and stood
before Yahweh, and said, 'I will entice him.' 22:22 Yahweh said to him,
'How?' He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the
mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You shall entice him, and shall
prevail also: go forth, and do so.' 22:23 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh
has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and
Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you." 22:24 Then Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which
way went the Spirit of Yahweh from me to speak to you? 22:25 Micaiah
said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner
chamber to hide yourself. 22:26 The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah,
and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the
king's son; 22:27 and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the
prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
affliction, until I come in peace. 22:28 Micaiah said, If you return at
all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me. He said, Hear, you peoples,
all of you. 22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. 22:30 The king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put you
on your robes. The king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the
battle. 22:31 Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two
captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great,
save only with the king of Israel. 22:32 It happened, when the captains
of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king
of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat
cried out. 22:33 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that
it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
22:34 A certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of
Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver
of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am
severely wounded. 22:35 The battle increased that day: and the king was
stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even; and the
blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. 22:36 There
went a cry throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying,
Every man to his city, and every man to his country. 22:37 So the king
died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
22:38 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs
licked up his blood (now the prostitutes washed themselves there);
according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke. 22:39 Now the rest of
the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he
built, and all the cities that he built, aren't they written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22:40 So Ahab slept with his
fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. 22:41 Jehoshaphat the
son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of
Israel. 22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 22:43 He walked in all the way of Asa
his father; He didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in
the eyes of Yahweh: however the high places were not taken away; the
people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 22:44
Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 22:45 Now the rest of
the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he
warred, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? 22:46 The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days
of his father Asa, he put away out of the land. 22:47 There was no king
in Edom: a deputy was king. 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to
go to Ophir for gold: but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at
Ezion Geber. 22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let
my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would
not. 22:50 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father; Jehoram his son reigned in his
place. 22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in
Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he
reigned two years over Israel. 22:52 He did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of
his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he
made Israel to sin. 22:53 He served Baal, and worshiped him, and
provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of Israel, according to all that his
father had done.

Notes:

[1] back to 9:26 or, Sea of Reeds

[2] back to 14:10 or, male

[3] back to 16:11 or, male

[4] back to 21:21 or, male



The Second Book of Kings

1:1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 1:2 Ahaziah
fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria,
and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of
Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.
1:3 But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to
meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, Is it because
there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god
of Ekron? 1:4 Now therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down
from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die. Elijah
departed. 1:5 The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why
is it that you have returned? 1:6 They said to him, There came up a man
to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and
tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel,
that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you
shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely
die. 1:7 He said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet
you, and told you these words? 1:8 They answered him, He was a hairy
man, and girt with a belt of leather about his waist. He said, It is
Elijah the Tishbite. 1:9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty
with his fifty. He went up to him: and behold, he was sitting on the top
of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king has said, Come down.
1:10 Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let
fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. Fire came
down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty. 1:11 Again he sent to
him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, man of God,
thus has the king said, Come down quickly. 1:12 Elijah answered them, If
I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and
your fifty. The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and
his fifty. 1:13 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his
fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his
knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God, please
let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in
your sight. 1:14 Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the
two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be
precious in your sight. 1:15 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, Go down
with him: don't be afraid of him. He arose, and went down with him to
the king. 1:16 He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent
messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because
there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall
not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
1:17 So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken.
Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the
son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. 1:18 Now the
rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren't they written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2:1 It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into
heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2:2 Elijah said to
Elisha, Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.
Elisha said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave
you. So they went down to Bethel. 2:3 The sons of the prophets who were
at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that
Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?"

He said, "Yes, I know it; hold your peace."

2:4 Elijah said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me
to Jericho. He said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not
leave you. So they came to Jericho. 2:5 The sons of the prophets who
were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that
Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?"

He answered, "Yes, I know it. Hold your peace."

2:6 Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the
Jordan."

He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave
you." They two went on. 2:7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went,
and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.
2:8 Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the
waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over
on dry ground. 2:9 It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah
said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.
Elisha said, please let a double portion of your spirit be on me. 2:10
He said, You have asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if you see me when I
am taken from you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not be
so. 2:11 It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold,
there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them
both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2:12 Elisha
saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and
its horsemen! He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes,
and tore them in two pieces. 2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah
that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
2:14 He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the
waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah? and when he also
had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went
over. 2:15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over
against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on
Elisha. They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before
him. 2:16 They said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty
strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master, lest the
Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or
into some valley. He said, You shall not send. 2:17 When they urged him
until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and
they sought three days, but didn't find him. 2:18 They came back to him,
while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Didn't I tell you,
'Don't go?'" 2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray
you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the
water is bad, and the land miscarries. 2:20 He said, Bring me a new jar,
and put salt therein. They brought it to him. 2:21 He went forth to the
spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh,
I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death
or miscarrying. 2:22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to
the word of Elisha which he spoke. 2:23 He went up from there to Bethel;
and as he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and
mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead. 2:24
He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of
Yahweh. Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of
those youths. 2:25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he
returned to Samaria.

3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in
the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve
years. 3:2 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not
like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal
that his father had made. 3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved to the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't
depart from it. 3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he
rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs,
and of one hundred thousand rams. 3:5 But it happened, when Ahab was
dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 3:6
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
3:7 He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king
of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to
battle? He said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your
people, my horses as your horses. 3:8 He said, Which way shall we go up?
He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom. 3:9 So the king of
Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made
a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the army,
nor for the animals that followed them. 3:10 The king of Israel said,
Alas! for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them
into the hand of Moab. 3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a
prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king
of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who
poured water on the hands of Elijah. 3:12 Jehoshaphat said, The word of
Yahweh is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king
of Edom went down to him. 3:13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, What
have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to
the prophets of your mother. The king of Israel said to him, No; for
Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the
hand of Moab. 3:14 Elisha said, As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I
stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you. 3:15 But now
bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that the
hand of Yahweh came on him. 3:16 He said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this
valley full of trenches. 3:17 For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see
wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with
water, and you shall drink, both you and your livestock and your
animals. 3:18 This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will
also deliver the Moabites into your hand. 3:19 You shall strike every
fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree,
and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with
stones. 3:20 It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the
offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the
country was filled with water. 3:21 Now when all the Moabites heard that
the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves
together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on
the border. 3:22 They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on
the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as
blood: 3:23 and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely
destroyed, and they have struck each man his fellow: now therefore,
Moab, to the spoil. 3:24 When they came to the camp of Israel, the
Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before
them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites. 3:25
They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast
every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of
water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth only they
left its stones; however the men armed with slings went about it, and
struck it. 3:26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe
for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break
through to the king of Edom; but they could not. 3:27 Then he took his
eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a
burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and
they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the
prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you
know that your servant did fear Yahweh: and the creditor is come to take
to him my two children to be bondservants. 4:2 Elisha said to her, What
shall I do for you? tell me; what have you in the house? She said, Your
handmaid has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil. 4:3 Then he
said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty
vessels; borrow not a few. 4:4 You shall go in, and shut the door on you
and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set
aside that which is full. 4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door on
her and on her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured
out. 4:6 It happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her
son, Bring me yet a vessel. He said to her, There isn't another vessel.
The oil stayed. 4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, Go,
sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your sons of the rest.
4:8 It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a
great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as
often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread. 4:9 She said to
her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that
passes by us continually. 4:10 Let us make, Please, a little chamber on
the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat,
and a lamp stand: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall
turn in there. 4:11 It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned
into the chamber and lay there. 4:12 He said to Gehazi his servant, Call
this Shunammite. When he had called her, she stood before him. 4:13 He
said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with
all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to
the king, or to the captain of the army? She answered, I dwell among my
own people. 4:14 He said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi
answered, Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old. 4:15 He
said, Call her. When he had called her, she stood in the door. 4:16 He
said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a
son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.
4:17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time
came round, as Elisha had said to her. 4:18 When the child was grown, it
fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 4:19 He
said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him
to his mother. 4:20 When he had taken him, and brought him to his
mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died. 4:21 She went up
and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door on him, and
went out. 4:22 She called to her husband, and said, Please send me one
of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of
God, and come again. 4:23 He said, Why will you go to him today? it is
neither new moon nor Sabbath. She said, It shall be well. 4:24 Then she
saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; don't
slacken me the riding, except I bid you. 4:25 So she went, and came to
the man of God to Mount Carmel. It happened, when the man of God saw her
afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the
Shunammite: 4:26 please run now to meet her, and ask her, Is it well
with you? is it well with your husband? is it well with the child? She
answered, It is well. 4:27 When she came to the man of God to the hill,
she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but
the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is troubled within her;
and Yahweh has hid it from me, and has not told me. 4:28 Then she said,
Did I desire a son of my lord? Didn't I say, Do not deceive me? 4:29
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your waist, and take my staff in your
hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, Don't greet him; and if
anyone greets you, don't answer him again: and lay my staff on the face
of the child. 4:30 The mother of the child said, As Yahweh lives, and as
your soul lives, I will not leave you. He arose, and followed her. 4:31
Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the
child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned
to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened. 4:32 When
Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid on
his bed. 4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and
prayed to Yahweh. 4:34 He went up, and lay on the child, and put his
mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his
hands: and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child grew
warm. 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and
forth; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed
seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 4:36 He called Gehazi, and
said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. When she was come in to
him, he said, Take up your son. 4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his
feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went
out. 4:38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a dearth in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his
servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the
prophets. 4:39 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a
wild vine, and gathered of it wild gourds his lap full, and came and
shred them into the pot of stew; for they didn't recognize them. 4:40 So
they poured out for the men to eat. It happened, as they were eating of
the stew, that they cried out, and said, man of God, there is death in
the pot. They could not eat of it. 4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. He
cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they
may eat. There was no harm in the pot. 4:42 There came a man from Baal
Shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty
loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, Give to
the people, that they may eat. 4:43 His servant said, What, should I set
this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may
eat; for thus says Yahweh, They shall eat, and shall leave of it. 4:44
So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it, according to the
word of Yahweh.

5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great
man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given
victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
5:2 The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out
of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
5:3 She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet
who is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy. 5:4 One
went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden who is
of the land of Israel. 5:5 The king of Syria said, Go now, and I will
send a letter to the king of Israel. He departed, and took with him ten
talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of
clothing. 5:6 He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now
when this letter is come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant
to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy. 5:7 It happened, when
the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and
said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me
to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how
he seeks a quarrel against me. 5:8 It was so, when Elisha the man of God
heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the
king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me,
and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 5:9 So Naaman came
with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the
house of Elisha. 5:10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and
wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you,
and you shall be clean. 5:11 But Naaman was angry, and went away, and
said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and
call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place,
and recover the leper. 5:12 Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of
Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them,
and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 5:13 His servants
came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid
you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? how much rather
then, when he says to you, Wash, and be clean? 5:14 Then went he down,
and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of
the man of God; and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little
child, and he was clean. 5:15 He returned to the man of God, he and all
his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now, I
know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now
therefore, please take a present from your servant. 5:16 But he said, As
Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. He urged him to
take it; but he refused. 5:17 Naaman said, If not, yet, please let there
be given to your servant two mules' burden of earth; for your servant
will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other
gods, but to Yahweh. 5:18 In this thing Yahweh pardon your servant: when
my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans
on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself
in the house of Rimmon, Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing. 5:19
He said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 5:20
But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master
has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that
which he brought: as Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take
somewhat of him. 5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw
one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and
said, Is all well? 5:22 He said, All is well. My master has sent me,
saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill country of
Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; please give them a
talent of silver, and two changes of clothing. 5:23 Naaman said, Be
pleased to take two talents. He urged him, and bound two talents of
silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two
of his servants; and they bore them before him. 5:24 When he came to the
hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and
he let the men go, and they departed. 5:25 But he went in, and stood
before his master. Elisha said to him, Whence come you, Gehazi? He said,
Your servant went no where. 5:26 He said to him, Didn't my heart go with
you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to
receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards,
and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants? 5:27 The
leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave to you, and to your seed
forever. He went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

6:1 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place where we
dwell before you is too strait for us. 6:2 Let us go, we pray you, to
the Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place
there, where we may dwell. He answered, Go you. 6:3 One said, Be
pleased, I pray you, to go with your servants. He answered, I will go.
6:4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down
wood. 6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the
water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed. 6:6
The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" He showed him the place. He
cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float. 6:7 He
said, "Take it." So he put out his hand and took it.

6:8 Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took
counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my
camp. 6:9 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that
you not pass such a place; for there the Syrians are coming down. 6:10
The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and
warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice. 6:11 The
heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he
called his servants, and said to them, Won't you show me which of us is
for the king of Israel? 6:12 One of his servants said, No, my lord, O
king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel
the words that you speak in your bedchamber. 6:13 He said, Go and see
where he is, that I may send and get him. It was told him, saying,
Behold, he is in Dothan. 6:14 Therefore sent he there horses, and
chariots, and a great army: and they came by night, and surrounded the
city. 6:15 When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone
forth, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His
servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 6:16 He answered,
Don't be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are
with them. 6:17 Elisha prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his eyes,
that he may see. Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw:
and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around
Elisha. 6:18 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and
said, Please smite this people with blindness. He struck them with
blindness according to the word of Elisha. 6:19 Elisha said to them,
This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will
bring you to the man whom you seek. He led them to Samaria. 6:20 It
happened, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Yahweh,
open the eyes of these men, that they may see. Yahweh opened their eyes,
and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 6:21 The
king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I
strike them? shall I strike them? 6:22 He answered, You shall not strike
them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword
and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat
and drink, and go to their master. 6:23 He prepared great provision for
them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they
went to their master. The bands of Syria came no more into the land of
Israel. 6:24 It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria
gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 6:25 There was
a great famine in Samaria: and behold, they besieged it, until a
donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part
of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 6:26 As the king of
Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying,
Help, my lord, O king. 6:27 He said, If Yahweh doesn't help you, whence
shall I help you? out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress?
6:28 The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said
to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son
tomorrow. 6:29 So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on
the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid her
son. 6:30 It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that
he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people
looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh. 6:31 Then he
said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of
Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 6:32 But Elisha was sitting in his
house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man
from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the
elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my
head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door
fast against him: isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him? 6:33
While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to
him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Yahweh; why should I wait for
Yahweh any longer?

7:1 Elisha said, Hear you the word of Yahweh: thus says Yahweh, Tomorrow
about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and
two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 7:2 Then
the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and
said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might this thing
be? He said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat
of it. 7:3 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate:
and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 7:4 If we
say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we
shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore
come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians: if they save us alive,
we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 7:5 They rose up
in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they were
come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was
no man there. 7:6 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear
a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great
army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired
against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to
come on us. 7:7 Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left
their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it
was, and fled for their life. 7:8 When these lepers came to the
outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink,
and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it;
and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there
also, and went and hid it. 7:9 Then they said one to another, We aren't
doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace: if
we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now
therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household. 7:10 So they
came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying,
We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there,
neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the
tents as they were. 7:11 He called the porters; and they told it to the
king's household within. 7:12 The king arose in the night, and said to
his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They
know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide
themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we
shall take them alive, and get into the city. 7:13 One of his servants
answered, Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are
left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who
are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are
consumed); and let us send and see. 7:14 They took therefore two
chariots with horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians,
saying, Go and see. 7:15 They went after them to the Jordan: and behold,
all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast
away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king. 7:16
The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure
of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a
shekel, according to the word of Yahweh. 7:17 The king appointed the
captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate: and the
people trod on him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said,
who spoke when the king came down to him. 7:18 It happened, as the man
of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a
shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow
about this time in the gate of Samaria; 7:19 and that captain answered
the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in
heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, you shall see it
with your eyes, but shall not eat of it: 7:20 it happened even so to
him; for the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.

8:1 Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to
life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever
you can sojourn: for Yahweh has called for a famine; and it shall also
come on the land seven years. 8:2 The woman arose, and did according to
the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and
sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 8:3 It happened at
the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the
Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for
her land. 8:4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the
man of God, saying, Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has
done. 8:5 It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to
life him who was dead, that behold, the woman, whose son he had restored
to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said,
My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha
restored to life. 8:6 When the king asked the woman, she told him. So
the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that
was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left
the land, even until now. 8:7 Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the
king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is
come here. 8:8 The king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and
go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying, Shall I
recover of this sickness? 8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a
present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels'
burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son Benhadad king
of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?
8:10 Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall surely recover; however
Yahweh has shown me that he shall surely die. 8:11 He settled his gaze
steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. 8:12
Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? He answered, Because I know the evil
that you will do to the children of Israel: their strongholds will you
set on fire, and their young men will you kill with the sword, and will
dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.
8:13 Hazael said, But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he
should do this great thing? Elisha answered, Yahweh has shown me that
you shall be king over Syria. 8:14 Then he departed from Elisha, and
came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to you? He
answered, He told me that you would surely recover. 8:15 It happened on
the next day, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and
spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
8:16 In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah began to reign. 8:17 Thirty-two years old was he when he
began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 8:18 He walked
in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had
the daughter of Ahab as wife; and he did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh. 8:19 However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David
his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his
children always. 8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of
Judah, and made a king over themselves. 8:21 Then Joram passed over to
Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck
the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and
the people fled to their tents. 8:22 So Edom revolted from under the
hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time. 8:23
The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 8:24 Joram slept
with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David;
and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. 8:25 In the twelfth year of
Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king
of Judah begin to reign. 8:26 Twenty-two years old was Ahaziah when he
began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name
was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel. 8:27 He walked in the
way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house
of Ahab. 8:28 He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael
king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram. 8:29 King
Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria.
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son
of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

9:1 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said
to him, Gird up your waist, and take this vial of oil in your hand, and
go to Ramoth Gilead. 9:2 When you come there, look out there Jehu the
son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up
from among his brothers, and carry him to an inner chamber. 9:3 Then
take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus says
Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door, and
flee, and don't wait. 9:4 So the young man, even the young man the
prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead. 9:5 When he came, behold, the captains
of the army were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to you, captain.
Jehu said, To which of us all? He said, To you, O captain. 9:6 He arose,
and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to
him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I have anointed you king over
the people of Yahweh, even over Israel. 9:7 You shall strike the house
of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the
prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of
Jezebel. 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut
off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut
up and him who is left at large in Israel. 9:9 I will make the house of
Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of
Baasha the son of Ahijah. 9:10 The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion
of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. He opened the door, and
fled. 9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one
said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? He said to
them, You know the man and what his talk was. 9:12 They said, It is
false; tell us now. He said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus
says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel. 9:13 Then they
hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top
of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king. 9:14 So Jehu
the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now
Joram was keeping Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael
king of Syria; 9:15 but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel
of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with
Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none
escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel. 9:16
So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 9:17 Now the watchman
was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu
as he came, and said, I see a company. Joram said, Take a horseman, and
send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 9:18 So there went one
on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace?
Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. The
watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming
back. 9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and
said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu answered, What have you to
do with peace? turn you behind me. 9:20 The watchman told, saying, He
came even to them, and isn't coming back: and the driving is like the
driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously. 9:21 Joram
said, Make ready. They made ready his chariot. Joram king of Israel and
Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out
to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
9:22 It happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu?
He answered, What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother
Jezebel and her witchcraft abound? 9:23 Joram turned his hands, and
fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, Ahaziah. 9:24 Jehu drew
his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and
the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 9:25
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the
portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that,
when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this
burden on him: 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth,
and the blood of his sons, says Yahweh; and I will requite you in this
plat, says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of
ground, according to the word of Yahweh. 9:27 But when Ahaziah the king
of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed
after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: and they struck him
at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died
there. 9:28 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and
buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David. 9:29 In
the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over
Judah. 9:30 When Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she
painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.
9:31 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, you Zimri,
your master's murderer? 9:32 He lifted up his face to the window, and
said, Who is on my side? who? There looked out to him two or three
eunuchs. 9:33 He said, Throw her down. So they threw her down; and some
of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod
her under foot. 9:34 When he was come in, he ate and drink; and he said,
See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's
daughter. 9:35 They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than
the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 9:36 Therefore they
came back, and told him. He said, This is the word of Yahweh, which he
spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of
Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; 9:37 and the body of
Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of
Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

10:1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent
to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who
brought up the sons of Ahab, saying, 10:2 Now as soon as this letter
comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with
you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor; 10:3 look you
out the best and meet of your master's sons, and set him on his father's
throne, and fight for your master's house. 10:4 But they were
exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings didn't stand before
him: how then shall we stand? 10:5 He who was over the household, and he
who was over the city, the elders also, and those who brought up the
children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do all
that you shall bid us; we will not make any man king: you do that which
is good in your eyes. 10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to
them, saying, If you be on my side, and if you will listen to my voice,
take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel
by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were
with the great men of the city, who brought them up. 10:7 It happened,
when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed
them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent
them to him to Jezreel. 10:8 There came a messenger, and told him,
saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. He said, Lay you
them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning. 10:9 It
happened in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all
the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master,
and killed him; but who struck all these? 10:10 Know now that there
shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of Yahweh, which Yahweh
spoke concerning the house of Ahab: for Yahweh has done that which he
spoke by his servant Elijah. 10:11 So Jehu struck all that remained of
the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar
friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. 10:12 He
arose and departed, and went to Samaria. As he was at the shearing house
of the shepherds in the way, 10:13 Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah
king of Judah, and said, Who are you? They answered, We are the brothers
of Ahaziah: and we go down to Greet the children of the king and the
children of the queen. 10:14 He said, Take them alive. They took them
alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and
forty men; neither left he any of them. 10:15 When he was departed
there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and
he greeted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is
with your heart? Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand.
He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 10:16
He said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh. So they made him ride
in his chariot. 10:17 When he came to Samaria, he struck all who
remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to
the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to Elijah. 10:18 Jehu gathered all
the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but
Jehu will serve him much. 10:19 Now therefore call to me all the
prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be
wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whoever shall be
wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent
that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 10:20 Jehu said, Sanctify
a solemn assembly for Baal. They proclaimed it. 10:21 Jehu sent through
all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not
a man left that didn't come. They came into the house of Baal; and the
house of Baal was filled from one end to another. 10:22 He said to him
who was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers
of Baal. He brought them forth vestments. 10:23 Jehu went, and Jehonadab
the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said to the
worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none
of the servants of Yahweh, but the worshippers of Baal only. 10:24 They
went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed
him eighty men outside, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into
your hands escape, he who lets him go, his life shall be for the life of
him. 10:25 It happened, as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in,
and kill them; let none come forth. They struck them with the edge of
the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the
city of the house of Baal. 10:26 They brought forth the pillars that
were in the house of Baal, and burned them. 10:27 They broke down the
pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine,
to this day. 10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 10:29 However
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to
sin, Jehu didn't depart from after them, to wit, the golden calves that
were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. 10:30 Yahweh said to Jehu, Because
you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have
done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your
sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. 10:31
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel,
with all his heart: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with
which he made Israel to sin. 10:32 In those days Yahweh began to cut off
from Israel: and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel; 10:33
from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of
the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 10:34 Now the rest of the acts of
Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, aren't they written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 10:35 Jehu slept with his
fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his
place. 10:36 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was
twenty-eight years.

11:1 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 11:2 But Jehosheba, the
daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain,
even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him
from Athaliah, so that he was not slain; 11:3 He was with her hid in the
house of Yahweh six years. Athaliah reigned over the land. 11:4 In the
seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the
Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of
Yahweh; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in
the house of Yahweh, and showed them the king's son. 11:5 He commanded
them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you,
who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's
house; 11:6 A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at
the gate behind the guard: so you shall keep the watch of the house, and
be a barrier. 11:7 The two companies of you, even all who go forth on
the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.
11:8 You shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his
hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain: and be you
with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in. 11:9 The captains
over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded;
and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on the
Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to
Jehoiada the priest. 11:10 The priest delivered to the captains over
hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were
in the house of Yahweh. 11:11 The guard stood, every man with his
weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side
of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king. 11:12
Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him, and gave
him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they
clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king. 11:13 When Athaliah
heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people
into the house of Yahweh: 11:14 and she looked, and behold, the king
stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the
trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew
trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
11:15 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were
set over the army, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks;
and him who follows her kill with the sword. For the priest said, Don't
let her be slain in the house of Yahweh. 11:16 So they made way for her;
and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and
there was she slain. 11:17 Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and
the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people; between
the king also and the people. 11:18 All the people of the land went to
the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke
they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before
the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
11:19 He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the
guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king
from the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of the gate of the guard
to the king's house. He sat on the throne of the kings. 11:20 So all the
people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had
slain with the sword at the king's house. 11:21 Jehoash was seven years
old when he began to reign.

12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned
forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
12:2 Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days
in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 12:3 However the high
places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high places. 12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, All the
money of the holy things that is brought into the house of Yahweh, in
current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and
all the money that it comes into any man's heart to bring into the house
of Yahweh, 12:5 let the priests take it to them, every man from his
acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever
any breach shall be found. 12:6 But it was so, that in the three and
twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches
of the house. 12:7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and
for the other priests, and said to them, Why don't you repair the
breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your
acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. 12:8 The
priests consented that they should take no more money from the people,
neither repair the breaches of the house. 12:9 But Jehoiada the priest
took a chest, and bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar,
on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh: and the priests
who kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into
the house of Yahweh. 12:10 It was so, when they saw that there was much
money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up,
and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the
house of Yahweh. 12:11 They gave the money that was weighed out into the
hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of
Yahweh: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, who
worked on the house of Yahweh, 12:12 and to the masons and the stone
cutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the breaches of
the house of Yahweh, and for all that was laid out for the house to
repair it. 12:13 But there were not made for the house of Yahweh cups of
silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of
silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh; 12:14
for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired therewith the
house of Yahweh. 12:15 Moreover they didn't demand an accounting from
the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who
did the work; for they dealt faithfully. 12:16 The money for the
trespass offerings, and the money for the sin offerings, was not brought
into the house of Yahweh: it was the priests'. 12:17 Then Hazael king of
Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his
face to go up to Jerusalem. 12:18 Jehoash king of Judah took all the
holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings
of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that
was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and of the king's
house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from
Jerusalem. 12:19 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12:20 His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the
house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla. 12:21 For Jozacar
the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants,
struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the
city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king
of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 13:2 He did that which was evil in
the sight of Yahweh, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it. 13:3 The
anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into
the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son
of Hazael, continually. 13:4 Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened
to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria
oppressed them. 13:5 (Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out
from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in
their tents as before. 13:6 Nevertheless they didn't depart from the
sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but
walked therein: and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.) 13:7
For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and
ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed
them, and made them like the dust in threshing. 13:8 Now the rest of the
acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13:9
Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and
Joash his son reigned in his place. 13:10 In the thirty-seventh year of
Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over
Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 13:11 He did that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he didn't depart from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; but he
walked therein. 13:12 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he
did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? 13:13 Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his
throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 13:14
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and Joash
the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, My
father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen! 13:15 Elisha
said to him, Take bow and arrows; and he took to him bow and arrows.
13:16 He said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow; and he
put his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands. 13:17 He
said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said,
Shoot; and he shot. He said, Yahweh's arrow of victory, even the arrow
of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until
you have consumed them. 13:18 He said, Take the arrows; and he took
them. He said to the king of Israel, Smite on the ground; and he struck
thrice, and stayed. 13:19 The man of God was angry with him, and said,
You should have struck five or six times: then had you struck Syria
until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but
thrice. 13:20 Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the
Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 13:21 It
happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band;
and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as soon as the man
touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 13:22
Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 13:23
But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had
respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as
yet. 13:24 Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in
his place. 13:25 Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand
of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the
hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash strike him,
and recovered the cities of Israel.

14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign. 14:2 He was twenty-five
years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 14:3 He did
that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his
father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done. 14:4
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places. 14:5 It happened, as soon as the
kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had
slain the king his father: 14:6 but the children of the murderers he
didn't put to death; according to that which is written in the book of
the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be
put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the
fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin. 14:7 He killed of Edom
in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called its
name Joktheel, to this day. 14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come,
let us look one another in the face. 14:9 Jehoash the king of Israel
sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon
sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my
son as wife: and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon, and
trod down the thistle. 14:10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart
has lifted you up: glory of it, and abide at home; for why should you
meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and
he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth
Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 14:12 Judah was defeated by Israel; and
they fled every man to his tent. 14:13 Jehoash king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth
Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem
from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14:14
He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in
the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house, the
hostages also, and returned to Samaria. 14:15 Now the rest of the acts
of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah
king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel? 14:16 Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in
Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his
place. 14:17 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the
death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 14:18 Now
the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren't they written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 14:19 They made a conspiracy against
him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to
Lachish, and killed him there. 14:20 They brought him on horses; and he
was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 14:21 All
the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made
him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 14:22 He built Elath, and
restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 14:23
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam
the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned
forty-one years. 14:24 He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh: he didn't depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin. 14:25 He restored the border of Israel
from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the
word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah
the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher. 14:26 For
Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there
was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for
Israel. 14:27 Yahweh didn't say that he would blot out the name of
Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the
son of Joash. 14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that
he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and
Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren't they written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:29 Jeroboam slept
with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son
reigned in his place.

15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah
son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 15:2 Sixteen years old was he
when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 15:3 He did that which was
right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah
had done. 15:4 However the high places were not taken away: the people
still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 15:5 Yahweh
struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and
lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's son was over the household,
judging the people of the land. 15:6 Now the rest of the acts of
Azariah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 15:7 Azariah slept with his fathers;
and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham
his son reigned in his place. 15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah
king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in
Samaria six months. 15:9 He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, as his fathers had done: he didn't depart from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 15:10
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before
the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place. 15:11 Now the rest
of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. 15:12 This was the word of Yahweh
which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons to the fourth generation shall
sit on the throne of Israel. So it came to pass. 15:13 Shallum the son
of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king
of Judah; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria. 15:14 Menahem
the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck
Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and reigned in his
place. 15:15 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy
which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel. 15:16 Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were
therein, and its borders, from Tirzah: because they didn't open to him,
therefore he struck it; and all the women therein who were with child he
ripped up. 15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah
began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten
years in Samaria. 15:18 He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh: he didn't depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 15:19 There came against the
land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents
of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his
hand. 15:20 Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty
men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king
of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn't stay there in
the land. 15:21 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he
did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? 15:22 Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son
reigned in his place. 15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of
Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria,
and reigned two years. 15:24 He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin. 15:25 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his
captain, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle
of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men
of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place. 15:26
Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 15:27
In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of
Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty
years. 15:28 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he
didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he
made Israel to sin. 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came
Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah,
and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land
of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. 15:30 Hoshea the
son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and
struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth
year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 15:31 Now the rest of the acts of
Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. 15:32 In the second year of Pekah the
son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of
Judah to reign. 15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 15:34 He did that which was right in
the eyes of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had
done. 15:35 However the high places were not taken away: the people
still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the
upper gate of the house of Yahweh. 15:36 Now the rest of the acts of
Jotham, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 15:37 In those days Yahweh began to
send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of
Remaliah. 15:38 Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his
place.

16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son
of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz
when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and
he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like
David his father. 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the
abominations of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the
children of Israel. 16:4 He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high
places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 16:5 Then Rezin
king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to
Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and
drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived
there, to this day. 16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king
of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, and save me
out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of
Israel, who rise up against me. 16:8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that
was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's
house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 16:9 The king
of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against
Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and
killed Rezin. 16:10 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser
king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz
sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and its pattern,
according to all its workmanship. 16:11 Urijah the priest built an
altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did
Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
16:12 When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and
the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon. 16:13 He burnt his
burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and
sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar. 16:14 The
bronze altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought from the forefront of
the house, from between his altar and the house of Yahweh, and put it on
the north side of his altar. 16:15 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the
priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and
the evening meal offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal
offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and
their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all
the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but
the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16:16 Urijah the priest
did so, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 16:17 King Ahaz cut
off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and
took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put
it on a pavement of stone. 16:18 The covered way for the Sabbath that
they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, turned he to
the house of Yahweh, because of the king of Assyria. 16:19 Now the rest
of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 16:20 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son
reigned in his place.

17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of
Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years. 17:2 He
did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of
Israel who were before him. 17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of
Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute. 17:4
The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent
messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of
Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut
him up, and bound him in prison. 17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up
throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three
years. 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took
Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah,
and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
17:7 It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh
their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the
hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 17:8 and
walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before
the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
17:9 The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right
against Yahweh their God: and they built them high places in all their
cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city; 17:10 and
they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every
green tree; 17:11 and there they burnt incense in all the high places,
as did the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them; and they worked
wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger; 17:12 and they served idols,
of which Yahweh had said to them, You shall not do this thing. 17:13 Yet
Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every
seer, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and
my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers,
and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 17:14
Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like the
neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in Yahweh their God. 17:15
They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their
fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they
followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were
around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should
not do like them. 17:16 They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh
their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an
Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal. 17:17
They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and
used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. 17:18
Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his
sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 17:19 Also Judah
didn't keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the
statutes of Israel which they made. 17:20 Yahweh rejected all the seed
of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of
spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 17:21 For he tore
Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat
king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin
a great sin. 17:22 The children of Israel walked in all the sins of
Jeroboam which he did; they didn't depart from them; 17:23 until Yahweh
removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the
prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to
this day. 17:24 The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from
Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them
in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they
possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it. 17:25 So it was, at
the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear Yahweh:
therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which killed some of them. 17:26
Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which
you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know
the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them,
and behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god
of the land. 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry
there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go
and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.
17:28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came
and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh. 17:29
However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses
of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their
cities in which they lived. 17:30 The men of Babylon made Succoth
Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made
Ashima, 17:31 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the
Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and
Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 17:32 So they feared Yahweh, and
made to them from among themselves priests of the high places, who
sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 17:33 They feared
Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from
among whom they had been carried away. 17:34 To this day they do after
the former manner: they don't fear Yahweh, neither do they after their
statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the
commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named
Israel; 17:35 with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and commanded them,
saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor
serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 17:36 but Yahweh, who brought you up
out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm,
him you shall fear, and to him you shall bow yourselves, and to him you
shall sacrifice: 17:37 and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law
and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do
forevermore; and you shall not fear other gods: 17:38 and the covenant
that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear
other gods: 17:39 but you shall fear Yahweh your God; and he will
deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 17:40 However they did
not listen, but they did after their former manner. 17:41 So these
nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images; their children
likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do
they to this day.

18:1 Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of
Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 18:2
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned
twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the
daughter of Zechariah. 18:3 He did that which was right in the eyes of
Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done. 18:4 He removed
the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he
broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for to those
days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it
Nehushtan. 18:5 He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after
him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that
were before him. 18:6 For he joined with Yahweh; he didn't depart from
following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
18:7 Yahweh was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered: and he
rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn't serve him. 18:8 He
struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the
watchmen to the fortified city. 18:9 It happened in the fourth year of
king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of
Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and
besieged it. 18:10 At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth
year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,
Samaria was taken. 18:11 The king of Assyria carried Israel away to
Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan,
and in the cities of the Medes, 18:12 because they didn't obey the voice
of Yahweh their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses
the servant of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it. 18:13
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of
Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took
them. 18:14 Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to
Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which you put on
me will I bear. The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah
three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 18:15
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh,
and in the treasures of the king's house. 18:16 At that time did
Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Yahweh, and
from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it
to the king of Assyria. 18:17 The king of Assyria sent Tartan and
Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army
to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come
up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in
the highway of the fuller's field. 18:18 When they had called to the
king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the
recorder. 18:19 Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus
says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in
which you trust? 18:20 You say (but they are but vain words), There is
counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust, that you
have rebelled against me? 18:21 Now, behold, you trust on the staff of
this bruised reed, even on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into
his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on
him. 18:22 But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God; isn't that he
whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said
to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in
Jerusalem? 18:23 Now therefore, Please give pledges to my master the
king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are
able on your part to set riders on them. 18:24 How then can you turn
away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and
put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 18:25 Am I now
come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it? Yahweh said to
me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 18:26 Then said Eliakim the
son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Please speak to
your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and don't
speak with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people who are
on the wall. 18:27 But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to
your master, and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the
men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own
water with you? 18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice
in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying, Hear you the word of the great
king, the king of Assyria. 18:29 Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah
deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
18:30 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will
surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the
king of Assyria. 18:31 Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king
of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat you
everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and everyone drink
the waters of his own cistern; 18:32 Until I come and take you away to a
land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread
and vineyards, a land of olive trees and of honey, that you may live,
and not die: and don't listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you,
saying, Yahweh will deliver us. 18:33 Has any of the gods of the nations
ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 18:34
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my
hand? 18:35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have
delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver
Jerusalem out of my hand? 18:36 But the people held their peace, and
answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't
answer him. 18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the
recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of
Rabshakeh.

19:1 It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes,
and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.
19:2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz. 19:3 They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This
day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the
children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring
forth. 19:4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of
Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the
living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard.
Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left. 19:5 So the
servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 19:6 Isaiah said to them, Thus
you shall tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the
words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of
Assyria have blasphemed me. 19:7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and
he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause
him to fall by the sword in his own land. 19:8 So Rabshakeh returned,
and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard
that he was departed from Lachish. 19:9 When he heard say of Tirhakah
king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you, he sent
messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, 19:10 Thus you shall speak to
Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't let your God in whom you trust
deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the
king of Assyria. 19:11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria
have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be
delivered? 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my
fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children
of Eden that were in Telassar? 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and
the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and
Ivvah? 19:14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the
messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh,
and spread it before Yahweh. 19:15 Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and
said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit above the cherubim, you are the
God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made
heaven and earth. 19:16 Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your
eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he
has sent him to defy the living God. 19:17 Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings
of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, 19:18 and have
cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of
men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. 19:19
Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you, out of his hand,
that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Yahweh are God
alone. 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus
says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against
Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you. 19:21 This is the word
that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has
despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her
head at you. 19:22 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom
have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even
against the Holy One of Israel. 19:23 By your messengers you have defied
the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up
to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I
will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and
I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful
field. 19:24 I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of
my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. 19:25 Haven't you heard
how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I
brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified
cities into ruinous heaps. 19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of
small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass
of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and
as grain blasted before it is grown up. 19:27 But I know your sitting
down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against
me. 19:28 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance
is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and
my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you
came. 19:29 This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that
which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the
same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and
eat its fruit. 19:30 The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah
shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 19:31 For out of
Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion those who
shall escape: the zeal of Yahweh shall perform this. 19:32 Therefore
thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to
this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it
with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 19:33 By the way that he
came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city,
says Yahweh. 19:34 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own
sake, and for my servant David's sake. 19:35 It happened that night,
that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the
Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in
the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 19:36 So Sennacherib
king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
19:37 It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword: and they
escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his
place.

20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the
son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your
house in order: for you shall die, and not live. 20:2 Then he turned his
face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying, 20:3 Remember now,
Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a
perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah
wept sore. 20:4 It happened, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle
part of the city, that the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, 20:5 Turn
back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says Yahweh, the
God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your
tears: behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the
house of Yahweh. 20:6 I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will
deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I
will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
20:7 Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the
boil, and he recovered. 20:8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the
sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of
Yahweh the third day? 20:9 Isaiah said, This shall be the sign to you
from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the
shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? 20:10 Hezekiah
answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay,
but let the shadow return backward ten steps. 20:11 Isaiah the prophet
cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which
it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz. 20:12 At that time Berodach
Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present
to Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 20:13
Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his precious
things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil,
and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah
didn't show them. 20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah,
and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to you?
Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
20:15 He said, What have they seen in your house? Hezekiah answered, All
that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures
that I have not shown them. 20:16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word
of Yahweh. 20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house,
and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be
carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says Yahweh. 20:18 Of your
sons who shall issue from you, whom you shall father, shall they take
away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
20:19 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Yahweh which you
have spoken. He said moreover, Isn't it so, if peace and truth shall be
in my days? 20:20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his
might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into
the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? 20:21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son
reigned in his place.

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Hephzibah. 21:2 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after
the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children
of Israel. 21:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his
father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an
Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the army of the
sky, and served them. 21:4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of
which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 21:5 He built altars
for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
21:6 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery,
and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits,
and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke
him to anger. 21:7 He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had
made, in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son,
In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever; 21:8 neither will I cause
the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their
fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have
commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses
commanded them. 21:9 But they didn't listen: and Manasseh seduced them
to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed
before the children of Israel. 21:10 Yahweh spoke by his servants the
prophets, saying, 21:11 Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these
abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who
were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols; 21:12
therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil
on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall
tingle. 21:13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the
plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a
dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 21:14 I will cast off the
remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their
enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
21:15 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have
provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of
Egypt, even to this day. 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood
very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another;
besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh. 21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,
and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:18 Manasseh slept
with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the
garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place. 21:19 Amon was
twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz
of Jotbah. 21:20 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as
did Manasseh his father. 21:21 He walked in all the way that his father
walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped
them: 21:22 and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't
walk in the way of Yahweh. 21:23 The servants of Amon conspired against
him, and put the king to death in his own house. 21:24 But the people of
the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the
people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. 21:25 Now the
rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:26 He was buried in his tomb
in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned
thirty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jedidah the
daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 22:2 He did that which was right in the
eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and
didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 22:3 It happened in
the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son
of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh,
saying, 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money
which is brought into the house of Yahweh, which the keepers of the
threshold have gathered of the people: 22:5 and let them deliver it into
the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh;
and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, to
repair the breaches of the house, 22:6 to the carpenters, and to the
builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to
repair the house. 22:7 However there was no reckoning made with them of
the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
22:8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah delivered the book
to Shaphan, and he read it. 22:9 Shaphan the scribe came to the king,
and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have emptied
out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into
the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh.
22:10 Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has
delivered me a book. Shaphan read it before the king. 22:11 It happened,
when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore
his clothes. 22:12 The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the
son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe,
and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 22:13 Go you, inquire of Yahweh
for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of
this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is
kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words
of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning
us. 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,
and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son
of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in
Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her. 22:15 She
said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you the man who
sent you to me, 22:16 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on
this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which
the king of Judah has read. 22:17 Because they have forsaken me, and
have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger
with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled
against this place, and it shall not be quenched. 22:18 But to the king
of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall tell him,
Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you
have heard, 22:19 because your heart was tender, and you did humble
yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place,
and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a
curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard
you, says Yahweh. 22:20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your
fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall
your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They
brought the king word again.

23:1 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and
of Jerusalem. 23:2 The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the
men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the
priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and
he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which
was found in the house of Yahweh. 23:3 The king stood by the pillar, and
made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his
commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart,
and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were
written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant. 23:4 The
king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second
order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the
temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the
Asherah, and for all the army of the sky, and he burned them outside of
Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to
Bethel. 23:5 He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah
had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah,
and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to
Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the
army of the sky. 23:6 He brought out the Asherah from the house of
Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the
brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of
the common people. 23:7 He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that
were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the
Asherah. 23:8 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and
defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba
to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were
at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which
were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 23:9 Nevertheless the
priests of the high places didn't come up to the altar of Yahweh in
Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers. 23:10 He
defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that
no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to
Molech. 23:11 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given
to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of
Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the
chariots of the sun with fire. 23:12 The altars that were on the roof of
the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the
altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh,
did the king break down, and beat them down from there, and cast the
dust of them into the brook Kidron. 23:13 The high places that were
before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of
corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the
abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab,
and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king
defile. 23:14 He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,
and filled their places with the bones of men. 23:15 Moreover the altar
that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he
broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned
the Asherah. 23:16 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that
were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the
tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the
word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these
things. 23:17 Then he said, What monument is that which I see? The men
of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from
Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar
of Bethel. 23:18 He said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they
let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of
Samaria. 23:19 All the houses also of the high places that were in the
cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh
to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts
that he had done in Bethel. 23:20 He killed all the priests of the high
places that were there, on the altars, and burned men's bones on them;
and he returned to Jerusalem. 23:21 The king commanded all the people,
saying, Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this
book of the covenant. 23:22 Surely there was not kept such a Passover
from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of
the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; 23:23 but in the
eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in
Jerusalem. 23:24 Moreover those who had familiar spirits, and the
wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that
were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away,
that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the
book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh. 23:25 Like
him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his
heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all
the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. 23:26
Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't turn from the fierceness of his great
wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all
the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him. 23:27 Yahweh said,
I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and
I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the
house of which I said, My name shall be there. 23:28 Now the rest of the
acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 23:29 In his days Pharaoh Necoh
king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river
Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh Necoh killed
him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 23:30 His servants carried him in
a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried
him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of
Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place. 23:31
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 23:32 He did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done. 23:33
Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he
might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one
hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 23:34 Pharaoh Necoh
made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father,
and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he
came to Egypt, and died there. 23:35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the
gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to
the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the
people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to
Pharaoh Necoh. 23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 23:37 He did that
which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers
had done.

24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim
became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
24:2 Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the
Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon,
and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of
Yahweh, which he spoke by his servants the prophets. 24:3 Surely at the
commandment of Yahweh came this on Judah, to remove them out of his
sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, 24:4 and
also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon. 24:5 Now the rest of the
acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with
his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 24:7 The king
of Egypt didn't come again out of his land any more; for the king of
Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all
that pertained to the king of Egypt. 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months:
and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of
Jerusalem. 24:9 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
according to all that his father had done. 24:10 At that time the
servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the
city was besieged. 24:11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the
city, while his servants were besieging it; 24:12 and Jehoiachin the
king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and
his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon
took him in the eighth year of his reign. 24:13 He carried out there all
the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's
house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of
Israel had made in the temple of Yahweh, as Yahweh had said. 24:14 He
carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men
of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the
smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
24:15 He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and
the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land,
carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 24:16 All the men
of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one
thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 24:17 The king of Babylon made
Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king is his place, and changed
his name to Zedekiah. 24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 24:19 He
did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that
Jehoiakim had done. 24:20 For through the anger of Yahweh did it happen
in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

25:1 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in
the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he
and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they
built forts against it around it. 25:2 So the city was besieged to the
eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 25:3 On the ninth day of the fourth
month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for
the people of the land. 25:4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all
the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two
walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against
the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah. 25:5
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him
in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 25:6
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to
Riblah; and they gave judgment on him. 25:7 They killed the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound
him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 25:8 Now in the fifth month,
on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem. 25:9 He burnt the
house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem,
even every great house, burnt he with fire. 25:10 All the army of the
Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls
around Jerusalem. 25:11 The residue of the people who were left in the
city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the
residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry
away captive. 25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of
the land to work the vineyards and fields. 25:13 The pillars of brass
that were in the house of Yahweh, and the bases and the bronze sea that
were in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and
carried the brass of them to Babylon. 25:14 The pots, and the shovels,
and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with
which they ministered, took they away. 25:15 The fire pans, and the
basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver,
in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 25:16 The two pillars,
the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of
Yahweh, the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 25:17 The
height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was
on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and
pomegranates on the capital around it, all of brass: and like to these
had the second pillar with network. 25:18 The captain of the guard took
Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three
keepers of the threshold: 25:19 and out of the city he took an officer
who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the
king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of
the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the
people of the land, who were found in the city. 25:20 Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon
to Riblah. 25:21 The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death
at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out
of his land. 25:22 As for the people who were left in the land of Judah,
whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor. 25:23 Now when
all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king
of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of
the Maacathite, they and their men. 25:24 Gedaliah swore to them and to
their men, and said to them, Don't be afraid because of the servants of
the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it
shall be well with you. 25:25 But it happened in the seventh month, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed
came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, and
the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. 25:26 All the
people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and
came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 25:27 It happened
in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of
Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the
month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to
reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
25:28 and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of
the kings who were with him in Babylon, 25:29 and changed his prison
garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of
his life: 25:30 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance
given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

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The First Book of Chronicles

1:1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 1:2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 1:3 Enoch,
Methuselah, Lamech, 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 1:5 The sons of
Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech,
and Tiras. 1:6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.
1:7 The sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 1:8
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 1:9 The sons of
Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of
Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. 1:10 Cush became the father of Nimrod; he
began to be a mighty one in the earth. 1:11 Mizraim became the father of
Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 1:12 and Pathrusim, and
Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim. 1:13 Canaan
became the father of Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1:14 and the
Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1:15 and the Hivite, and
the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1:16 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and
the Hamathite. 1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad,
and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 1:18
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of
Eber. 1:19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;
for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was
Joktan. 1:20 Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 1:21 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1:22 and
Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 1:23 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab.
All these were the sons of Joktan. 1:24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 1:25
Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 1:27 Abram (the same is
Abraham). 1:28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael. 1:29 These are
their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and
Adbeel, and Mibsam, 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, 1:31
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 1:32 The
sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and
Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba,
and Dedan. 1:33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and
Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. 1:34 Abraham
became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel. 1:35
The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. 1:36
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and
Timna, and Amalek. 1:37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah. 1:38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 1:39 The sons of Lotan: Hori, and
Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister. 1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alian, and
Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and
Anah. 1:41 The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, and
Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and
Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran. 1:43 Now these are the
kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there resigned any king
over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his
city was Dinhabah. 1:44 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah
reigned in his place. 1:45 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the
Temanites reigned in his place. 1:46 Husham died, and Hadad the son of
Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and
the name of his city was Avith. 1:47 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his place. 1:48 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the
River reigned in his place. 1:49 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of
Achbor reigned in his place. 1:50 Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in
his place; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 1:51 Hadad
died. The chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,
1:52 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 1:53 chief Kenaz, chief
Teman, chief Mibzar, 1:54 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the
chiefs of Edom.

2:1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, and Zebulun, 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher. 2:3 The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were
born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn,
was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him. 2:4 Tamar his
daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were
five. 2:5 The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul. 2:6 The sons of Zerah:
Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
2:7 The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a
trespass in the devoted thing. 2:8 The sons of Ethan: Azariah. 2:9 The
sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and
Chelubai. 2:10 Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became
the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 2:11 and Nahshon
became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz, 2:12
and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;
2:13 and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab
the second, and Shimea the third, 2:14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the
fifth, 2:15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; 2:16 and their sisters
were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and
Asahel, three. 2:17 Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was
Jether the Ishmaelite. 2:18 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of
children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons:
Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 2:19 Azubah died, and Caleb took to him
Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 2:20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri
became the father of Bezalel. 2:21 Afterward Hezron went in to the
daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he
was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. 2:22 Segub became the
father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 2:23
Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its
villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the
father of Gilead. 2:24 After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah,
then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. 2:25 The
sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and
Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. 2:26 Jerahmeel had another wife,
whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 2:27 The sons of Ram
the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 2:28 The sons
of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.
2:29 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him
Ahban, and Molid. 2:30 The sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled
died without children. 2:31 The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi:
Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. 2:32 The sons of Jada the brother
of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children. 2:33
The sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of
Jerahmeel. 2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a
servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 2:35 Sheshan gave his
daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai. 2:36
Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of
Zabad, 2:37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the
father of Obed, 2:38 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became
the father of Azariah, 2:39 and Azariah became the father of Helez, and
Helez became the father of Eleasah, 2:40 and Eleasah became the father
of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, 2:41 and Shallum
became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of
Elishama. 2:42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his
firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the
father of Hebron. 2:43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and
Rekem, and Shema. 2:44 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of
Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai. 2:45 The son of Shammai
was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur. 2:46 Ephah, Caleb's
concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father
of Gazez. 2:47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 2:48 Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore
Sheber and Tirhanah. 2:49 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah,
Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter
of Caleb was Achsah. 2:50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur,
the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, 2:51
Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader. 2:52
Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the
Menuhoth. 2:53 The families of Kiriath Jearim: The Ithrites, and the
Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the
Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 2:54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and
the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the
Zorites. 2:55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the
Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who
came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

3:1 Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron:
the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel,
of Abigail the Carmelitess; 3:2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the
daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of
Haggith; 3:3 the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by
Eglah his wife: 3:4 six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned
seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;
3:5 and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and
Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel; 3:6 and
Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and
Japhia, 3:8 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 3:9 All these
were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar
was their sister. 3:10 Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa
his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash
his son, 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3:13
Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14 Amon his son,
Josiah his son. 3:15 The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the
second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 3:16 The sons
of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 3:17 The sons of
Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son, 3:18 and Malchiram, and
Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 3:19 The sons
of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam,
and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister; 3:20 and Hashubah, and
Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab Hesed, five. 3:21 The sons of
Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of
Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. 3:22 The sons of
Shecaniah: Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and
Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 3:23 The sons of Neariah:
Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. 3:24 The sons of Elioenai:
Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and
Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

4:1 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
4:2 Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath; and Jahath
became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites. 4:3 These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and
Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; 4:4
and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are
the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
4:5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 4:6
Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These
were the sons of Naarah. 4:7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and
Ethnan. 4:8 Hakkoz became the father of Anub, and Zobebah, and the
families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 4:9 Jabez was more honorable than
his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him
with sorrow. 4:10 Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you
would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might
be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my
sorrow! God granted him that which he requested. 4:11 Chelub the brother
of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 4:12
Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the
father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah. 4:13 The sons of Kenaz:
Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath. 4:14 Meonothai
became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the
father of Ge Harashim; for they were craftsmen. 4:15 The sons of Caleb
the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and
Kenaz. 4:16 The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
4:17 The sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she
bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 4:18 His
wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of
Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah
the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. 4:19 The sons of the wife of
Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and
Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 4:20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben
Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth. 4:21 The
sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the
father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked
fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; 4:22 and Jokim, and the men of
Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and
Jashubilehem. The records are ancient. 4:23 These were the potters, and
the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they lived with the king
for his work. 4:24 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah,
Shaul; 4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 4:26 The
sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. 4:27
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have
many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children
of Judah. 4:28 They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
4:29 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30 and at Bethuel, and
at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31 and at Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susim,
and at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign
of David. 4:32 Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,
and Ashan, five cities; 4:33 and all their villages that were around the
same cities, to Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their
genealogy. 4:34 Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
4:35 and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the
son of Asiel, 4:36 and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and
Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37 and Ziza the son of
Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son
of Shemaiah-- 4:38 these mentioned by name were princes in their
families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly. 4:39 They went to
the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek
pasture for their flocks. 4:40 They found fat pasture and good, and the
land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there
before were of Ham. 4:41 These written by name came in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were
found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their
place; because there was pasture there for their flocks. 4:42 Some of
them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir,
having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and
Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 4:43 They struck the remnant of the Amalekites
who escaped, and have lived there to this day.

5:1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the
firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright
was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is
not to be reckoned after the birthright. 5:2 For Judah prevailed above
his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was
Joseph's:) 5:3 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 5:4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog
his son, Shimei his son, 5:5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his
son, 5:6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried
away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. 5:7 His brothers by their
families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the
chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 5:8 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of
Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:
5:9 and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness from
the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land
of Gilead. 5:10 In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites,
who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the
land east of Gilead. 5:11 The sons of Gad lived over against them, in
the land of Bashan to Salecah: 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the
second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 5:13 Their brothers of their
fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and
Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven. 5:14 These were the sons of Abihail,
the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of
Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 5:15
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.
5:16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the
suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders. 5:17 All these were reckoned
by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of
Jeroboam king of Israel. 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and
the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and
sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four
thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
5:19 They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and
Nodab. 5:20 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were
delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to
God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their
trust in him. 5:21 They took away their livestock; of their camels fifty
thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two
thousand, and of men one hundred thousand. 5:22 For there fell many
slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the
captivity. 5:23 The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the
land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and Mount
Hermon. 5:24 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher,
and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and
Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers'
houses. 5:25 They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and
played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom
God destroyed before them. 5:26 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit
of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of
Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor,
and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 6:2 The sons of
Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 6:3 The children of Amram:
Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar. 6:4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas,
Phinehas became the father of Abishua, 6:5 and Abishua became the father
of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi, 6:6 and Uzzi became the
father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth, 6:7
Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of
Ahitub, 6:8 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the
father of Ahimaaz, 6:9 and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and
Azariah became the father of Johanan, 6:10 and Johanan became the father
of Azariah, (he it is who executed the priest's office in the house that
Solomon built in Jerusalem), 6:11 and Azariah became the father of
Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, 6:12 and Ahitub became
the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum, 6:13 and
Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of
Azariah, 6:14 and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah
became the father of Jehozadak; 6:15 Jehozadak went into captivity, when
Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
6:16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 6:17 These are the
names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 6:18 The sons of Kohath
were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 6:19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to
their fathers' houses. 6:20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son, 6:21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son,
Jeatherai his son. 6:22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his
son, Assir his son, 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and
Assir his son, 6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and
Shaul his son. 6:25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. 6:26 As
for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 6:28 The sons of
Samuel: the firstborn Joel, and the second Abijah. 6:29 The sons of
Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 6:30 Shimea
his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 6:31 These are they whom David
set over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark
had rest. 6:32 They ministered with song before the tent of the Tent of
Meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem: and
they waited on their office according to their order. 6:33 These are
those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman
the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 6:34 the son of Elkanah,
the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 6:35 the son of
Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 6:36 the
son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of
Zephaniah, 6:37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of
Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 6:38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 6:39 His brother Asaph, who stood on
his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 6:40
the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 6:41 the
son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 6:42 the son of
Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 6:43 the son of Jahath, the
son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 6:44 On the left hand their brothers
the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of
Malluch, 6:45 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of
Hilkiah, 6:46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, 6:47
the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
6:48 Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of
the tent of the house of God. 6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered on the
altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work
of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to
all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 6:50 These are the sons
of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 6:51 Bukki
his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah
his son, Ahitub his son, 6:53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 6:54 Now
these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their
borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for
theirs was the first lot), 6:55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of
Judah, and its suburbs around it; 6:56 but the fields of the city, and
its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 6:57 To the sons
of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its
suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 6:58 and Hilen with
its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, 6:59 and Ashan with its suburbs,
and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; 6:60 and out of the tribe of
Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and
Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families
were thirteen cities. 6:61 To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given
by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half
of Manasseh, ten cities. 6:62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their
families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities. 6:63 To the sons of Merari were given by lot,
according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the
tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 6:64 The
children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
6:65 They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out
of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. 6:66
Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders
out of the tribe of Ephraim. 6:67 They gave to them the cities of
refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer
also with its suburbs, 6:68 and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth Horon
with its suburbs, 6:69 and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon
with its suburbs; 6:70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with
its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of
the sons of Kohath. 6:71 To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the
family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs,
and Ashtaroth with its suburbs; 6:72 and out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 6:73 and Ramoth with
its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs; 6:74 and out of the tribe of
Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs, 6:75 and
Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; 6:76 and out of the
tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with
its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs. 6:77 To the rest of the
Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun,
Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs; 6:78 and beyond the
Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out
of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and
Jahzah with its suburbs, 6:79 and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and
Mephaath with its suburbs; 6:80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in
Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 6:81 and Heshbon
with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.

7:1 Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
7:2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and
Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola;
mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of
David was twenty-two thousand six hundred. 7:3 The sons of Uzzi:
Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah,
five; all of them chief men. 7:4 With them, by their generations, after
their fathers' houses, were bands of the army for war, thirty-six
thousand; for they had many wives and sons. 7:5 Their brothers among all
the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by
genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand. 7:6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela,
and Becher, and Jediael, three. 7:7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi,
and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses,
mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two
thousand thirty-four. 7:8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and
Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth,
and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 7:9 They were reckoned
by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses,
mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred. 7:10 The sons of
Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and
Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 7:11 All these were
sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty
men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go
forth in the army for war. 7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of
Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher. 7:13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and
Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 7:14 The sons of
Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore: she bore Machir
the father of Gilead: 7:15 and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim,
whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was
Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. 7:16 Maacah the wife of Machir
bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was
Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 7:17 The sons of Ulam: Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
7:18 His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah. 7:19
The sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 7:20
The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son,
and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, 7:21 and Zabad his son, and
Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were
born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their
livestock. 7:22 Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers
came to comfort him. 7:23 He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and
bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his
house. 7:24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and
the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah. 7:25 Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and
Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 7:26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,
Elishama his son, 7:27 Nun his son, Joshua his son. 7:28 Their
possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward
Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns,
to Azzah and its towns; 7:29 and by the borders of the children of
Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and
its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Joseph the
son of Israel. 7:30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and
Beriah, and Serah their sister. 7:31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and
Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 7:32 Heber became the father
of Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 7:33 The sons
of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of
Japhlet. 7:34 The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
7:35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and
Amal. 7:36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,
and Imrah, 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran,
and Beera. 7:38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. 7:39
The sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. 7:40 All these were the
children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men
of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy
for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.

8:1 Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second,
and Aharah the third, 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 8:3
Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 8:4 and Abishua, and Naaman,
and Ahoah, 8:5 and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 8:6 These are the
sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants
of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath: 8:7 and Naaman, and
Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and he became the father of
Uzza and Ahihud. 8:8 Shaharaim became the father of children in the
field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his
wives. 8:9 He became the father of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia,
and Mesha, and Malcam, 8:10 and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These
were his sons, heads of fathers' houses. 8:11 Of Hushim he became the
father of Abitub and Elpaal. 8:12 The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham,
and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns; 8:13 and Beriah, and
Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon,
who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath; 8:14 and Ahio, Shashak, and
Jeremoth, 8:15 and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder, 8:16 and Michael, and
Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah, 8:17 and Zebadiah, and Meshullam,
and Hizki, and Heber, 8:18 and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons
of Elpaal, 8:19 and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 8:20 and Elienai, and
Zillethai, and Eliel, 8:21 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the
sons of Shimei, 8:22 and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel, 8:23 and Abdon,
and Zichri, and Hanan, 8:24 and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
8:25 and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak, 8:26 and Shamsherai,
and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 8:27 and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and
Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 8:28 These were heads of fathers' houses
throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Jerusalem. 8:29
In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was
Maacah; 8:30 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal,
and Nadab, 8:31 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher. 8:32 Mikloth became the
father of Shimeah. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem,
over against their brothers. 8:33 Ner became the father of Kish; and
Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan,
and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 8:34 The son of Jonathan was
Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father of Micah. 8:35 The sons of
Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 8:36 Ahaz became the
father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza. 8:37 Moza
became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel
his son. 8:38 Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam,
Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these
were the sons of Azel. 8:39 The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his
firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 8:40 The sons of
Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons'
sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they are
written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away
captive to Babylon for their disobedience. 9:2 Now the first inhabitants
who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests,
the Levites, and the Nethinim. 9:3 In Jerusalem lived of the children of
Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim
and Manasseh: 9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of
Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah. 9:5 Of
the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. 9:6 Of the sons of
Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred ninety. 9:7 Of the sons of
Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of
Hassenuah, 9:8 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi,
the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of
Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9:9 and their brothers, according to their
generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of
fathers' houses by their fathers' houses. 9:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah,
and Jehoiarib, Jachin, 9:11 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the
ruler of the house of God; 9:12 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son
of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son
of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of
Immer; 9:13 and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one
thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service
of the house of God. 9:14 Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub,
the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 9:15
and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son
of Zichri, the son of Asaph, 9:16 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the
son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son
of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. 9:17 The
porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers
(Shallum was the chief), 9:18 who hitherto waited in the king's gate
eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
9:19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and
his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work
of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers
had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entry. 9:20 Phinehas
the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with
him. 9:21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the
Tent of Meeting. 9:22 All these who were chosen to be porters in the
thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy
in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their
office of trust. 9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of
the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
9:24 On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north,
and south. 9:25 Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every
seven days from time to time to be with them: 9:26 for the four chief
porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the
chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God. 9:27 They lodged
around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them
pertained its opening morning by morning. 9:28 Certain of them were in
charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and
by count were these taken out. 9:29 Some of them also were appointed
over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over
the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the
spices. 9:30 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of
the spices. 9:31 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn
of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that
were baked in pans. 9:32 Some of their brothers, of the sons of the
Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath. 9:33
These are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who
lived in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were
employed in their work day and night. 9:34 These were heads of fathers'
houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these
lived at Jerusalem. 9:35 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon,
Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah: 9:36 and his firstborn son Abdon,
and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 9:37 and Gedor, and
Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. 9:38 Mikloth became the father of
Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against
their brothers. 9:39 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the
father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua,
and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 9:40 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and
Merib Baal became the father of Micah. 9:41 The sons of Micah: Pithon,
and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 9:42 Ahaz became the father of Jarah;
and Jarah became the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and
Zimri became the father of Moza; 9:43 and Moza became the father of
Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 9:44 Azel
had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel
fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
10:2 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and
the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons
of Saul. 10:3 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers
overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. 10:4 Then
said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through
therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor
bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword,
and fell on it. 10:5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he
likewise fell on his sword, and died. 10:6 So Saul died, and his three
sons; and all his house died together. 10:7 When all the men of Israel
who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons
were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came
and lived in them. 10:8 It happened on the next day, when the
Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons
fallen on Mount Gilboa. 10:9 They stripped him, and took his head, and
his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to
carry the news to their idols, and to the people. 10:10 They put his
armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of
Dagon. 10:11 When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had
done to Saul, 10:12 all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of
Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried
their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 10:13 So
Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of
the word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and also because he asked
counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby, 10:14 and
didn't inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him, and turned the
kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying,
Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 11:2 In times past, even when
Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh
your God said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you
shall be prince over my people Israel. 11:3 So all the elders of Israel
came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in
Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel,
according to the word of Yahweh by Samuel. 11:4 David and all Israel
went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land, were there. 11:5 The inhabitants of Jebus said
to David, You shall not come in here. Nevertheless David took the
stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. 11:6 David said,
Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. Joab the
son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief. 11:7 David lived in
the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David. 11:8 He
built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the
rest of the city. 11:9 David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh of
Armies was with him. 11:10 Now these are the chief of the mighty men
whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom,
together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of
Yahweh concerning Israel. 11:11 This is the number of the mighty men
whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the
thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at
one time. 11:12 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who
was one of the three mighty men. 11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim,
and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where there
was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the
Philistines. 11:14 They stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it,
and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.
11:15 Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into
the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines were encamped in
the valley of Rephaim. 11:16 David was then in the stronghold, and the
garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 11:17 David longed,
and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of
Bethlehem, which is by the gate! 11:18 The three broke through the army
of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that
was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would
not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh, 11:19 and said, My God
forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these
men who have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their
lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did
the three mighty men. 11:20 Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief
of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and
killed them, and had a name among the three. 11:21 Of the three, he was
more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he
didn't attain to the first three. 11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the
son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed
the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in
the midst of a pit in time of snow. 11:23 He killed an Egyptian, a man
of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a
spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and
plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his
own spear. 11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a
name among the three mighty men. 11:25 Behold, he was more honorable
than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the first three: and David set
him over his guard. 11:26 Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the
brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 11:27 Shammoth
the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai
the Ahohite, 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the
Netophathite, 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of
Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 11:32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash,
Abiel the Arbathite, 11:33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the
Shaalbonite, 11:34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of
Shagee the Hararite, 11:35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal
the son of Ur, 11:36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 11:37
Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, 11:38 Joel the brother of
Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the
Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 11:40 Ira the
Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of
Ahlai, 11:42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the
Reubenites, and thirty with him, 11:43 Hanan the son of Maacah, and
Joshaphat the Mithnite, 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel
the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and
Joha his brother, the Tizite, 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and
Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 11:47 Eliel, and
Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

12:1 Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept
himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the
mighty men, his helpers in war. 12:2 They were armed with bows, and
could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in
shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
12:3 The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah,
and Jehu the Anathothite, 12:4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man
among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and
Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite, 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and
Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 12:6 Elkanah, and
Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites, 12:7 and
Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 12:8 Of the Gadites
there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness,
mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and
spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift
as the roes on the mountains; 12:9 Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second,
Eliab the third, 12:10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad
the ninth, 12:13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. 12:14
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army: he who was least was
equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand. 12:15 These are
those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the
valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. 12:16 There came of
the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David. 12:17
David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come peaceably
to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if you be come to
betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the
God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. 12:18 Then the Spirit
came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours,
David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and
peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you." Then David received
them, and made them captains of the band. 12:19 Of Manasseh also there
fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul
to battle: but they didn't help them; for the lords of the Philistines
sent him away after consultation, saying, He will fall away to his
master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. 12:20 As he went to Ziklag,
there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and
Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands
who were of Manasseh. 12:21 They helped David against the band of
rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the
army. 12:22 For from day to day men came to David to help him, until
there was a great army, like the army of God. 12:23 These are the
numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David
to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of
Yahweh. 12:24 The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six
thousand and eight hundred, armed for war. 12:25 Of the children of
Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. 12:27
Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron; and with him were three
thousand and seven hundred, 12:28 and Zadok, a young man mighty of
valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains. 12:29 Of the
children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto
the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of
Saul. 12:30 Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred,
mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses. 12:31 Of the
half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to
come and make David king. 12:32 Of the children of Issachar, men who had
understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads
of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their
commandment. 12:33 Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army,
who could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of
war, fifty thousand, and who could order the battle array, and were not
of double heart. 12:34 Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them
with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand. 12:35 Of the Danites who
could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six hundred. 12:36
Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the
battle in array, forty thousand. 12:37 On the other side of the Jordan,
of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, one hundred twenty
thousand. 12:38 All these being men of war, who could order the battle
array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all
Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David
king. 12:39 They were there with David three days, eating and drinking;
for their brothers had made preparation for them. 12:40 Moreover those
who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali,
brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food
of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and
cattle, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

13:1 David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
even with every leader. 13:2 David said to all the assembly of Israel,
If it seem good to you, and if it be of Yahweh our God, let us send
abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of
Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have
suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us; 13:3 and let us bring
again the ark of our God to us: for we didn't seek it in the days of
Saul. 13:4 All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing
was right in the eyes of all the people. 13:5 So David assembled all
Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even to the entrance
of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. 13:6 David went
up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which
belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Yahweh that
sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name. 13:7 They carried
the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of
Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. 13:8 David and all Israel
played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps,
and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with cymbals,
and with trumpets. 13:9 When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon,
Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 13:10
The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzza, and he struck him, because
he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God. 13:11
David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzza; and he
called that place Perez Uzza, to this day. 13:12 David was afraid of God
that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13:13 So
David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it
aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 13:14 The ark of God
remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months: and
Yahweh blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that he had.

14:1 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and
masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. 14:2 David perceived that
Yahweh had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted
on high, for his people Israel's sake. 14:3 David took more wives at
Jerusalem; and David became the father of more sons and daughters. 14:4
These are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua,
and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 14:5 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and
Elpelet, 14:6 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 14:7 and Elishama, and
Beeliada, and Eliphelet. 14:8 When the Philistines heard that David was
anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek
David: and David heard of it, and went out against them. 14:9 Now the
Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. 14:10
David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines?
and will you deliver them into my hand? Yahweh said to him, Go up; for I
will deliver them into your hand. 14:11 So they came up to Baal Perazim,
and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies
by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of
that place Baal Perazim. 14:12 They left their gods there; and David
gave commandment, and they were burned with fire. 14:13 The Philistines
yet again made a raid in the valley. 14:14 David inquired again of God;
and God said to him, You shall not go up after them: turn away from
them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees. 14:15 It shall
be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry
trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God is gone out before
you to strike the army of the Philistines. 14:16 David did as God
commanded him: and they struck the army of the Philistines from Gibeon
even to Gezer. 14:17 The fame of David went out into all lands; and
Yahweh brought the fear of him on all nations.

15:1 David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place
for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 15:2 Then David said,
None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Yahweh
chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever. 15:3
David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yahweh
to its place, which he had prepared for it. 15:4 David gathered together
the sons of Aaron, and the Levites: 15:5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel
the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty; 15:6 of the sons of
Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty; 15:7 of
the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred
thirty; 15:8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his
brothers two hundred; 15:9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and
his brothers eighty; 15:10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief,
and his brothers one hundred twelve. 15:11 David called for Zadok and
Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel,
Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 15:12 and said to them, You are the
heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both
you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God
of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it. 15:13 For because
you didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God made a breach on us,
because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance. 15:14 So the
priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of
Yahweh, the God of Israel. 15:15 The children of the Levites bore the
ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded
according to the word of Yahweh. 15:16 David spoke to the chief of the
Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of
music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and
lifting up the voice with joy. 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the
son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the
sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 15:18 and with
them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel,
and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah,
and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel,
the doorkeepers. 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were
appointed with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; 15:20 and Zechariah, and
Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah,
and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth; 15:21 and
Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and
Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead. 15:22
Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about
the song, because he was skillful. 15:23 Berechiah and Elkanah were
doorkeepers for the ark. 15:24 Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel,
and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did
blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were
doorkeepers for the ark. 15:25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and
the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of
Yahweh out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy. 15:26 It happened, when
God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that
they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. 15:27 David was clothed with
a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the
singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and
David had on him an ephod of linen. 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the
cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with
stringed instruments and harps. 15:29 It happened, as the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter
of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and
playing; and she despised him in her heart.

16:1 They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent
that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and
peace offerings before God. 16:2 When David had made an end of offering
the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the
name of Yahweh. 16:3 He dealt to everyone of Israel, both man and woman,
to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of flesh, and a cake of
raisins. 16:4 He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the
ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God
of Israel: 16:5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and
Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and
Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud; 16:6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the
priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of
God.

16:7 Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh, by
the hand of Asaph and his brothers.

16:8 Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make his doings known
among the peoples. 16:9 Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all
his marvelous works. 16:10 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of
those who seek Yahweh rejoice. 16:11 Seek you Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more. 16:12 Remember his marvelous works that he
has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, 16:13 you seed of
Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 16:14 He is
Yahweh our God. His judgments are in all the earth. 16:15 Remember his
covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
16:16 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac. 16:17
He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant, 16:18 saying, I will you give the land of Canaan,
The lot of your inheritance, 16:19 when you were but a few men in
number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it. 16:20 They went about
from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. 16:21 He
allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
16:22 saying, Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm.
16:23 Sing to Yahweh, all the earth! Display his salvation from day to
day. 16:24 Declare his glory among the nations, and his marvelous works
among all the peoples. 16:25 For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be
praised. He also is to be feared above all gods. 16:26 For all the gods
of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens. 16:27 Honor and
majesty are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place. 16:28
Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the peoples, ascribe to Yahweh glory
and strength! 16:29 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring
an offering, and come before him. Worship Yahweh in holy array. 16:30
Tremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established that it
can't be moved. 16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth
rejoice! Let them say among the nations, Yahweh reigns. 16:32 Let the
sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is
therein! 16:33 Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before
Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. 16:34 Oh give thanks to Yahweh,
for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 16:35 Say, Save
us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the
nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.
16:36 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to
everlasting. All the people said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.

16:37 So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, Asaph
and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's
work required; 16:38 and Obed-Edom with their brothers, sixty-eight;
Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; 16:39
and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tent of
Yahweh in the high place that was at Gibeon, 16:40 to offer burnt
offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually morning
and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Yahweh,
which he commanded to Israel; 16:41 and with them Heman and Jeduthun,
and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks
to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever; 16:42 and with
them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should
sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of
Jeduthun to be at the gate. 16:43 All the people departed every man to
his house: and David returned to bless his house.

17:1 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to
Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of
the covenant of Yahweh dwells under curtains. 17:2 Nathan said to David,
Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you. 17:3 It happened the
same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 17:4 Go and
tell David my servant, Thus says Yahweh, You shall not build me a house
to dwell in: 17:5 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I
brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and
from one tent to another. 17:6 In all places in which I have walked with
all Israel, spoke I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I
commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have you not built me
a house of cedar? 17:7 Now therefore thus you shall tell my servant
David, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, I took you from the sheep pen, from
following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel:
17:8 and I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off
all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name, like the
name of the great ones who are in the earth. 17:9 I will appoint a place
for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their
own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of
wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, 17:10 and as from the
day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will
subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you
a house. 17:11 It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you
must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you,
who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 17:12 He
shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 17:13 I
will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my
loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before
you; 17:14 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever;
and his throne shall be established forever. 17:15 According to all
these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to
David. 17:16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he
said, Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought
me thus far? 17:17 This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you
have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have
regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.
17:18 What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is
done to your servant? for you know your servant. 17:19 Yahweh, for your
servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all
this greatness, to make known all these great things. 17:20 Yahweh,
there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according
to all that we have heard with our ears. 17:21 What one nation in the
earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for
a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out
nations from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt? 17:22 For
your people Israel did you make your own people forever; and you,
Yahweh, became their God. 17:23 Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have
spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established
forever, and do as you have spoken. 17:24 Let your name be established
and magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Armies is the God of Israel,
even a God to Israel: and the house of David your servant is established
before you. 17:25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that
you will build him a house: therefore has your servant found in his
heart to pray before you. 17:26 Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have
promised this good thing to your servant: 17:27 and now it has pleased
you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever
before you: for you, Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.

18:1 After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and
subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the
Philistines. 18:2 He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to
David, and brought tribute. 18:3 David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah to
Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
18:4 David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the
chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots. 18:5 When
the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David
struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men. 18:6 Then David put
garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to
David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he
went. 18:7 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 18:8 From Tibhath and from
Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon
made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 18:9
When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of
Hadadezer king of Zobah, 18:10 he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to
Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and
struck him; (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou;) and he had with him all
manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 18:11 These also did
king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he
carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from
the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 18:12
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley
of Salt eighteen thousand. 18:13 He put garrisons in Edom; and all the
Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever
he went. 18:14 David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice
and righteousness to all his people. 18:15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was
over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 18:16 and
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were
priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 18:17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were
chief about the king.

19:1 It happened after this, that Nahash the king of the children of
Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place. 19:2 David said, I will
show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed
kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his
father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to
Hanun, to comfort him. 19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon
said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, in that he
has sent comforters to you? Aren't his servants come to you to search,
and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? 19:4 So Hanun took David's
servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle,
even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 19:5 Then there went certain
persons, and told David how the men were served. He sent to meet them;
for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, Stay at Jericho until
your beards are grown, and then return. 19:6 When the children of Ammon
saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the
children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire them
chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out
of Zobah. 19:7 So they hired them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the
king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. The
children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and
came to battle. 19:8 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the
army of the mighty men. 19:9 The children of Ammon came out, and put the
battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings who had come were
by themselves in the field. 19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was
set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of
Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 19:11 The rest of the
people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put
themselves in array against the children of Ammon. 19:12 He said, If the
Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the
children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you. 19:13 Be
of good courage, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities
of our God: and Yahweh do that which seems him good. 19:14 So Joab and
the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle;
and they fled before him. 19:15 When the children of Ammon saw that the
Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and
entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 19:16 When the
Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers, and
drew forth the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the
captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head. 19:17 It was told David;
and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and
came on them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David
had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
19:18 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians
the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and
killed Shophach the captain of the army. 19:19 When the servants of
Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with
David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of
Ammon any more.

20:1 It happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time
when kings go out to battle, that Joab led forth the army, and wasted
the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But
David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it. 20:2
David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to
weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was
set on David's head: and he brought forth the spoil of the city,
exceeding much. 20:3 He brought forth the people who were therein, and
cut them with saws, and with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to
all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people
returned to Jerusalem. 20:4 It happened after this, that there arose war
at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed
Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued. 20:5 There was
again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi
the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a
weaver's beam. 20:6 There was again war at Gath, where there was a man
of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six on each
hand, and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant. 20:7 When
he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother killed him.
20:8 These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.

21:1 Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
21:2 David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number
Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know
the sum of them. 21:3 Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times
as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's
servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of
guilt to Israel? 21:4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against
Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came
to Jerusalem. 21:5 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people
to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men
who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who
drew sword. 21:6 But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for
the king's word was abominable to Joab. 21:7 God was displeased with
this thing; therefore he struck Israel. 21:8 David said to God, I have
sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now, put away, I beg
you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. 21:9
Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying, 21:10 Go and speak to David,
saying, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you three things: choose one of them,
that I may do it to you. 21:11 So Gad came to David, and said to him,
Thus says Yahweh, Take your choice: 21:12 either three years of famine;
or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your
enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even
pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout
all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall
return to him who sent me. 21:13 David said to Gad, I am in distress.
Let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Yahweh; for very great are his
mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man. 21:14 So Yahweh sent
a pestilence on Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
21:15 God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about
to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the
destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh
was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 21:16 David
lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth
and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over
Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on
their faces. 21:17 David said to God, Isn't it I who commanded the
people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very
wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O
Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not
against your people, that they should be plagued. 21:18 Then the angel
of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David, that David should go up, and
raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
21:19 David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of
Yahweh. 21:20 Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons
who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21:21
As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the
threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing
floor, that I may build thereon an altar to Yahweh: for the full price
you shall give it to me, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting
the people. 21:23 Ornan said to David, Take it to yourself, and let my
lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: behold, I give you the
oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and
the wheat for the meal offering; I give it all. 21:24 King David said to
Ornan, No; but I will most certainly buy it for the full price: for I
will not take that which is yours for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering
without cost. 21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred
shekels of gold by weight. 21:26 David built there an altar to Yahweh,
and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh;
and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
21:27 Yahweh commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into its
sheath. 21:28 At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him
in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
21:29 For the tent of Yahweh, which Moses made in the wilderness, and
the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at
Gibeon. 21:30 But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he
was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

22:1 Then David said, This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the
altar of burnt offering for Israel. 22:2 David commanded to gather
together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set
masons to cut worked stones to build the house of God. 22:3 David
prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and
for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight; 22:4 and cedar
trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar
trees in abundance to David. 22:5 David said, Solomon my son is young
and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be
exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries:
I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly
before his death. 22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded
him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel. 22:7 David said to
Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the
name of Yahweh my God. 22:8 But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not
build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth
in my sight. 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man
of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for
his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel
in his days: 22:10 he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be
my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his
kingdom over Israel for ever. 22:11 Now, my son, Yahweh be with you; and
prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken
concerning you. 22:12 May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding,
and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh
your God. 22:13 Then you shall prosper, if you observe to do the
statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel.
Be strong, and of good courage. Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
22:14 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of
Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one million talents of
silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance:
timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them. 22:15
There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of
stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of
work: 22:16 of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there
is no number. Arise and be doing, and Yahweh be with you. 22:17 David
also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son,
saying, 22:18 Isn't Yahweh your God with you? Hasn't he given you rest
on every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my
hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God;
arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house
that is to be built to the name of Yahweh.

23:1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son
king over Israel. 23:2 He gathered together all the princes of Israel,
with the priests and the Levites. 23:3 The Levites were numbered from
thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by
man, was thirty-eight thousand. 23:4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were
to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were
officers and judges; 23:5 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four
thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, said David,
for giving praise. 23:6 David divided them into divisions according to
the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 23:7 Of the Gershonites:
Ladan and Shimei. 23:8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham,
and Joel, three. 23:9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and
Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
23:10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These
four were the sons of Shimei. 23:11 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the
second: but Jeush and Beriah didn't have many sons; therefore they
became a fathers' house in one reckoning. 23:12 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 23:13 The sons of Amram: Aaron
and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most
holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to
minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever. 23:14 But as for
Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. 23:15
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 23:16 The sons of Gershom:
Shebuel the chief. 23:17 The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief;
and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
23:18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. 23:19 The sons of Hebron:
Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam
the fourth. 23:20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the
second. 23:21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli:
Eleazar and Kish. 23:22 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters
only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them to wife. 23:23 The
sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 23:24 These were
the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the
fathers' houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of
names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of
Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward. 23:25 For David said, Yahweh,
the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in
Jerusalem forever: 23:26 and also the Levites shall no more have need to
carry the tent and all its vessels for its service. 23:27 For by the
last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years
old and upward. 23:28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron
for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the
chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the
service of the house of God; 23:29 for the show bread also, and for the
fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that
which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all
manner of measure and size; 23:30 and to stand every morning to thank
and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening; 23:31 and to offer all
burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the
set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them,
continually before Yahweh; 23:32 and that they should keep the duty of
the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the
sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

24:1 These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron:
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died
before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar
executed the priest's office. 24:3 David with Zadok of the sons of
Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to
their ordering in their service. 24:4 There were more chief men found of
the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they
divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers'
houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses,
eight. 24:5 Thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots; for
there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the
sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 24:6 Shemaiah the son of
Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence
of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the
son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and
of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one
taken for Ithamar. 24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the
second to Jedaiah, 24:8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 24:9
the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10 the seventh to
Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 24:11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to
Shecaniah, 24:12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 24:13
the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14 the
fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15 the seventeenth to
Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, 24:16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah,
the twentieth to Jehezkel, 24:17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-
second to Gamul, 24:18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to
Maaziah. 24:19 This was the ordering of them in their service, to come
into the house of Yahweh according to the ordinance given to them by
Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
24:20 Of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of
the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 24:21 Of Rehabiah: of the sons of
Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. 24:22 Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the
sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. 24:23 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief,
Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24:24 The
sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. 24:25 The brother
of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 24:26 The sons of
Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno. 24:27 The sons of
Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 24:28 Of
Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. 24:29 Of Kish; the sons of Kish:
Jerahmeel. 24:30 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These
were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses. 24:31 These
likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the
presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of
the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers'
houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

25:1 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the
service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who
should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals:
and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:
25:2 of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and
Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied
after the order of the king. 25:3 Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun:
Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under
the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in
giving thanks and praising Yahweh. 25:4 Of Heman; the sons of Heman:
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani,
Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir,
Mahazioth. 25:5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the
words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and
three daughters. 25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for
song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and
harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman
being under the order of the king. 25:7 The number of them, with their
brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were
skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight. 25:8 They cast lots for their
offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the
scholar. 25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the
second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve: 25:10 the
third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:11 the fourth to
Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:12 the fifth to Nethaniah,
his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:13 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons
and his brothers, twelve: 25:14 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and
his brothers, twelve: 25:15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his
brothers, twelve: 25:16 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his
brothers, twelve: 25:17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers,
twelve: 25:18 the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:20
for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:21
for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:22
for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:23
for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:24
for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:25 for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:26 for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:27 for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:28 for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brothers,
twelve: 25:29 for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his
brothers, twelve: 25:30 for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his
sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:31 for the four and twentieth to
Romamtiezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

26:1 For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah
the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 26:2 Meshelemiah had sons:
Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third,
Jathniel the fourth, 26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth,
Eliehoenai the seventh. 26:4 Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel
the fifth, 26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the
eighth; for God blessed him. 26:6 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons
born, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men
of valor. 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed,
Elzabad, whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 26:8 All
these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their
brothers, able men in strength for the service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
26:9 Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen. 26:10
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for
though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief), 26:11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the
sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen. 26:12 Of these were the
divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like
their brothers, to minister in the house of Yahweh. 26:13 They cast
lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers'
houses, for every gate. 26:14 The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then
for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot
came out northward. 26:15 To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the
storehouse. 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of
Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch. 26:17
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day,
and for the storehouse two and two. 26:18 For Parbar westward, four at
the causeway, and two at Parbar. 26:19 These were the divisions of the
doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
26:20 Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God,
and over the treasures of the dedicated things. 26:21 The sons of Ladan,
the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the
fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. 26:22 The
sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the
house of Yahweh. 26:23 Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the
Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: 26:24 and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the
son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures. 26:25 His brothers: of
Eliezer came Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son,
and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. 26:26 This Shelomoth and his
brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which
David the king, and the heads of the fathers' houses, the captains over
thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.
26:27 Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the
house of Yahweh. 26:28 All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of
Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had
dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of
Shelomoth, and of his brothers. 26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and
his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and
judges. 26:30 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of
valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond
the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service
of the king. 26:31 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the
Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' houses. In the
fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were
found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. 26:32 His
brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of
fathers' houses, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter
pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.

27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of
fathers' houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their
officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came
in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of
every division were twenty-four thousand. 27:2 Over the first division
for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:3 He was of the children of
Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
27:4 Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and
his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were twenty-
four thousand. 27:5 The third captain of the army for the third month
was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division
were twenty-four thousand. 27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty
man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his division was
Ammizabad his son. 27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was
Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:8 The fifth captain for this
fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-
four thousand. 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the
son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four
thousand. 27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the
Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-
four thousand. 27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was
Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were
twenty-four thousand. 27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was
Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his division were
twenty-four thousand. 27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was
Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were
Twenty-four thousand. 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month
was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:15 The twelfth captain for the
twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of
Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of
the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah: 27:17 of Levi, Hashabiah
the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok: 27:18 of Judah, Elihu, one of the
brothers of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 27:19 of
Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of
Azriel: 27:20 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of
the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 27:21 of the half-
tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin,
Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22 of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These
were the captains of the tribes of Israel. 27:23 But David didn't take
the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had
said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky. 27:24 Joab the
son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish; and there came wrath
for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the
chronicles of king David. 27:25 Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth
the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities,
and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:
27:26 Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground
was Ezri the son of Chelub: 27:27 and over the vineyards was Shimei the
Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the winecellars
was Zabdi the Shiphmite: 27:28 and over the olive trees and the sycamore
trees that were in the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and over the
cellars of oil was Joash: 27:29 and over the herds that fed in Sharon
was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys
was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 27:30 and over the camels was Obil the
Ishmaelite: and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over
the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. 27:31 All these were the rulers of the
substance which was king David's. 27:32 Also Jonathan, David's uncle,
was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the
son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: 27:33 Ahithophel was the
king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend: 27:34
and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and
the captain of the king's army was Joab.

28:1 David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the
tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by
division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds,
and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of
his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men
of valor, to Jerusalem. 28:2 Then David the king stood up on his feet,
and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my
heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.
28:3 But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name,
because you are a man of war, and have shed blood. 28:4 However Yahweh,
the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king
over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the
house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father
he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; 28:5 Of all my
sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son
to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel. 28:6 He said
to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I
have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 28:7 I will
establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments
and my ordinances, as at this day. 28:8 Now therefore, in the sight of
all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God,
observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you
may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your
children after you forever. 28:9 You, Solomon my son, know the God of
your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind;
for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of
the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you
forsake him, he will cast you off forever. 28:10 Take heed now; for
Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and
do it. 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch
of the temple, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of the
upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it, and of the place of
the mercy seat; 28:12 and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit,
for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding
rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of
the dedicated things; 28:13 also for the divisions of the priests and
the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh,
and for all the vessels of service in the house of Yahweh; 28:14 of gold
by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of
service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all
vessels of every kind of service; 28:15 by weight also for the
lampstands of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight for every
lampstand and for its lamps; and for the lampstands of silver, silver by
weight for every lampstand and for its lamps, according to the use of
every lampstand; 28:16 and the gold by weight for the tables of show
bread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver; 28:17 and
the forks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the
golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by
weight for every bowl; 28:18 and for the altar of incense refined gold
by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even the cherubim,
that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of
Yahweh. 28:19 All this, said David, have I been made to understand in
writing from the hand of Yahweh, even all the works of this pattern.
28:20 David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and
do it: don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is
with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for
the service of the house of Yahweh is finished. 28:21 Behold, there are
the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the
house of God: and there shall be with you in all manner of work every
willing man who has skill, for any manner of service: also the captains
and all the people will be entirely at your command.

29:1 David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone
God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the
palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God. 29:2 Now I have prepared with
all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold,
and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of
brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood;
onyx stones, and stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of
various colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in
abundance. 29:3 In addition, because I have set my affection on the
house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and
silver, I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I have
prepared for the holy house, 29:4 even three thousand talents of gold,
of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with
which to overlay the walls of the houses; 29:5 of gold for the things of
gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all manner of work
to be made by the hands of artificers. Who then offers willingly to
consecrate himself this day to Yahweh? 29:6 Then the princes of the
fathers' houses, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the
captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's
work, offered willingly; 29:7 and they gave for the service of the house
of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of
silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and
of iron a hundred thousand talents. 29:8 They with whom precious stones
were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Yahweh, under the
hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 29:9 Then the people rejoiced, because
they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered
willingly to Yahweh: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
29:10 Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David
said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and
ever. 29:11 Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the
victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the
earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as
head above all. 29:12 Both riches and honor come of you, and you rule
over all; and in your hand is power and might; and it is in your hand to
make great, and to give strength to all. 29:13 Now therefore, our God,
we thank you, and praise your glorious name. 29:14 But who am I, and
what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this?
For all things come of you, and of your own have we given you. 29:15 For
we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were:
our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 29:16
Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a
house for your holy name comes of your hand, and is all your own. 29:17
I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in
uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly
offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, that
are present here, offer willingly to you. 29:18 Yahweh, the God of
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the
imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare
their heart to you; 29:19 and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to
keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do
all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made
provision. 29:20 David said to all the assembly, Now bless Yahweh your
God. All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and
bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the
king. 29:21 They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt
offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one thousand
bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink
offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel, 29:22 and ate and
drink before Yahweh on that day with great gladness. They made Solomon
the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to Yahweh to be
prince, and Zadok to be priest. 29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of
Yahweh as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all
Israel obeyed him. 29:24 All the princes, the mighty men, and also all
of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
29:25 Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel,
and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king
before him in Israel. 29:26 Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all
Israel. 29:27 The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he
reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years reigned he in
Jerusalem. 29:28 He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and
honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place. 29:29 Now the acts of
David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history
of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the
history of Gad the seer, 29:30 with all his reign and his might, and the
times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of
the countries.



The Second Book of Chronicles

1:1 Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh
his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 1:2 Solomon spoke
to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the
judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers'
houses. 1:3 So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high
place that was at Gibeon; for there was the Tent of Meeting of God,
which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness. 1:4 But
David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place
that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at
Jerusalem. 1:5 Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tent of Yahweh: and
Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there. 1:6 Solomon went up
there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the Tent of
Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it. 1:7 In that
night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give
you." 1:8 Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving kindness to
David my father, and have made me king in his place. 1:9 Now, Yahweh
God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have
made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 1:10
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before
this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great? 1:11
God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not
asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you,
neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge
for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you
king: 1:12 wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you
riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who
have been before you; neither shall there any after you have the like.
1:13 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before
the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel. 1:14
Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four
hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the
chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 1:15 The king made
silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be
as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 1:16 The
horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the
king's merchants purchased them from Kue. 1:17 They brought up and
brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a
horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites,
and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

2:1 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a
house for his kingdom. 2:2 Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to
bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the
mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 2:3
Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt with David
my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell,
even so deal with me. 2:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the
name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him
incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the
burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new
moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is an ordinance
forever to Israel. 2:5 The house which I build is great; for great is
our God above all gods. 2:6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing
heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that
I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him? 2:7
Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and
in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who
knows how to engrave all manner of engravings, to be with the skillful
men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did
provide. 2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out
of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in
Lebanon: and behold, my servants shall be with your servants, 2:9 even
to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to
build shall be great and wonderful. 2:10 Behold, I will give to your
servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten
wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths
of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 2:11 Then Huram the king of
Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, "Because Yahweh
loves his people, he has made you king over them." 2:12 Huram continued,
"Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who
has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and
understanding, that should build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his
kingdom. 2:13 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with
understanding, of Huram my father's, 2:14 the son of a woman of the
daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in
gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in
purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any
manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place
appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my
lord David your father. 2:15 Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the
oil and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his
servants: 2:16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall
need; and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you
shall carry it up to Jerusalem." 2:17 Solomon numbered all the
foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with
which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one
hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred. 2:18 He set seventy thousand
of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in
the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the
people at work.

3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem on
Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he made
ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing floor of
Ornan the Jebusite. 3:2 He began to build in the second day of the
second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3:3 Now these are the
foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The
length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the
breadth twenty cubits. 3:4 The porch that was before the house, its
length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and
the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
3:5 The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid
with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains. 3:6 He
garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was
gold of Parvaim. 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the
thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold; and engraved
cherubim on the walls. 3:8 He made the most holy house: its length,
according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its
breadth twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to
six hundred talents. 3:9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of
gold. He overlaid the upper chambers with gold. 3:10 In the most holy
house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with
gold. 3:11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing
of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house;
and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the
other cherub. 3:12 The wing of the other cherub was five cubits,
reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits
also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 3:13 The wings of these
cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their
feet, and their faces were toward the house. 3:14 He made the veil of
blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with
cherubim. 3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five
cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was
five cubits. 3:16 He made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops
of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on
the chains. 3:17 He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the
right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on
the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

4:1 Then he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty
cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height. 4:2 Also he made the
molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and its
height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it. 4:3
Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits,
encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
4:4 It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three
looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east: and the sea was set on them above, and all
their hinder parts were inward. 4:5 It was a handbreadth thick; and its
brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it
received and held three thousand baths. 4:6 He made also ten basins, and
put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such
things as belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them; but the
sea was for the priests to wash in. 4:7 He made the ten lampstands of
gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the
temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 4:8 He made also
ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and
five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold. 4:9 Furthermore he
made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the
court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. 4:10 He set the sea on
the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. 4:11 Huram made
the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing
the work that he did for king Solomon in the house of God: 4:12 the two
pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of
the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals
that were on the top of the pillars, 4:13 and the four hundred
pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each
network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the
pillars. 4:14 He made also the bases, and the basins made he on the
bases; 4:15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it. 4:16 The pots also,
and the shovels, and the forks, and all its vessels, did Huram his
father make for king Solomon for the house of Yahweh of bright brass.
4:17 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zeredah. 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these
vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be
found out. 4:19 Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of
God, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
4:20 and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the
ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21 and the flowers, and the
lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold; 4:22 and the
snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure
gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the
most holy place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of
gold.

5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was
finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had
dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put
them in the treasuries of the house of God. 5:2 Then Solomon assembled
the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of
the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is
Zion. 5:3 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at
the feast, which was in the seventh month. 5:4 All the elders of Israel
came: and the Levites took up the ark; 5:5 and they brought up the ark,
and the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent;
these did the priests the Levites bring up. 5:6 King Solomon and all the
congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were before the ark,
sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted nor numbered for
multitude. 5:7 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even
under the wings of the cherubim. 5:8 For the cherubim spread forth their
wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and
its poles above. 5:9 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles
were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen
outside: and there it is to this day. 5:10 There was nothing in the ark
save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a
covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 5:11
It happened, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all
the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep
their divisions; 5:12 also the Levites who were the singers, all of
them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers,
arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps,
stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty
priests sounding with trumpets;) 5:13 it happened, when the trumpeters
and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and
thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets
and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, For he
is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house
was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh, 5:14 so that the
priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the
glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.

6:1 Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness. 6:2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place
for you to dwell in forever. 6:3 The king turned his face, and blessed
all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood. 6:4 He
said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to
David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying, 6:5 Since
the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose
no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my
name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people
Israel: 6:6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there;
and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 6:7 Now it was in the
heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the
God of Israel. 6:8 But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in
your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in
your heart: 6:9 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son
who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my
name. 6:10 Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I am risen
up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as
Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the
God of Israel. 6:11 There have I set the ark, in which is the covenant
of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel. 6:12 He stood
before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of
Israel, and spread forth his hands 6:13 (for Solomon had made a bronze
scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits
high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and
kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread
forth his hands toward heaven;) 6:14 and he said, Yahweh, the God of
Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; who keep
covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you
with all their heart; 6:15 who have kept with your servant David my
father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth,
and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day. 6:16 Now
therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my
father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail
you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your
children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked
before me. 6:17 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word
be verified, which you spoke to your servant David. 6:18 But will God
indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of
heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
6:19 Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his
supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer
which your servant prays before you; 6:20 that your eyes may be open
toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have
said that you would put your name; to listen to the prayer which your
servant shall pray toward this place. 6:21 Listen to the petitions of
your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward
this place: yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and
when you hear, forgive. 6:22 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an
oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears
before your altar in this house; 6:23 then hear from heaven, and do, and
judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his
way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according
to his righteousness. 6:24 If your people Israel be struck down before
the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again
and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this
house; 6:25 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people
Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to
their fathers. 6:26 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place,
and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict
them: 6:27 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants,
and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which
they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to
your people for an inheritance. 6:28 If there be in the land famine, if
there be pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or
caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities;
whatever plague or whatever sickness there be; 6:29 whatever prayer and
supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall
know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth
his hands toward this house: 6:30 then hear from heaven, your dwelling
place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways,
whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the
children of men;) 6:31 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so
long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers. 6:32
Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel,
when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and
your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and
pray toward this house: 6:33 then hear from heaven, even from your
dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you
for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you,
as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which
I have built is called by your name. 6:34 If your people go out to
battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and
they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house
which I have built for your name; 6:35 then hear from heaven their
prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 6:36 If they
sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry
with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away
captive to a land far off or near; 6:37 yet if they shall repent
themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again,
and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We
have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly; 6:38 if
they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the
land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray
toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which
you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:
6:39 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer
and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people
who have sinned against you. 6:40 Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes
be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in
this place. 6:41 Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting
place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, Yahweh God,
be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness. 6:42
Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed: remember your
loving kindnesses to David your servant.

7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from
heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the
glory of Yahweh filled the house. 7:2 The priests could not enter into
the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
7:3 All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and
the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed themselves with
their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave
thanks to Yahweh, saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness
endures for ever. 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice
before Yahweh. 7:5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two
thousand head of cattle, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the
king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 7:6 The priests
stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of
music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh,
(for his loving kindness endures for ever), when David praised by their
ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel
stood. 7:7 Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was
before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings,
and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which
Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the
meal offering, and the fat. 7:8 So Solomon held the feast at that time
seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the
entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt. 7:9 On the eighth day they
held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven
days, and the feast seven days. 7:10 On the three and twentieth day of
the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and
glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to
Solomon, and to Israel his people. 7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house
of Yahweh, and the king's house: and he successfully completed all that
came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Yahweh, and in his own
house. 7:12 Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have
heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of
sacrifice. 7:13 If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I
command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my
people; 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal
their land. 7:15 Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to
the prayer that is made in this place. 7:16 For now have I chosen and
made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and
my heart shall be there perpetually. 7:17 As for you, if you will walk
before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I
have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances; 7:18
then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I
covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a
man to be ruler in Israel. 7:19 But if you turn away, and forsake my
statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go
and serve other gods, and worship them; 7:20 then will I pluck them up
by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house,
which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I
will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 7:21 This house,
which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and
shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?
7:22 They shall answer, Because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of their
fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold
on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he
brought all this evil on them.

8:1 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built
the house of Yahweh, and his own house, 8:2 that the cities which Huram
had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of
Israel to dwell there. 8:3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed
against it. 8:4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage
cities, which he built in Hamath. 8:5 Also he built Beth Horon the
upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates,
and bars; 8:6 and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had,
and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen,
and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and
in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 8:7 As for all the
people who were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel;
8:8 of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel didn't consume, of them did Solomon conscripted
forced labor to this day. 8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon
make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of
his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. 8:10 These
were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who
ruled over the people. 8:11 Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh
out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her; for he
said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel,
because the places where the ark of Yahweh has come are holy. 8:12 Then
Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, which
he had built before the porch, 8:13 even as the duty of every day
required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the
Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in
the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of
weeks, and in the feast of tents. 8:14 He appointed, according to the
ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their
service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister
before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers
also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God
commanded. 8:15 They didn't depart from the commandment of the king to
the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the
treasures. 8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of
the foundation of the house of Yahweh, and until it was finished. So the
house of Yahweh was completed. 8:17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber,
and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. 8:18 Huram sent him
ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his
servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and
fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them
to king Solomon.

9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to
prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train,
and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones:
and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in
her heart. 9:2 Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not
anything hid from Solomon which he didn't tell her. 9:3 When the queen
of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had
built, 9:4 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, his cup bearers
also, and their clothing, and his ascent by which he went up to the
house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her. 9:5 She said to the
king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and
of your wisdom. 9:6 However I didn't believe their words, until I came,
and my eyes had seen it; and behold, the half of the greatness of your
wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard. 9:7 Happy are
your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually
before you, and hear your wisdom. 9:8 Blessed be Yahweh your God, who
delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your
God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore
made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness. 9:9 She
gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in
great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice
as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 9:10 The servants also of
Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought
algum trees and precious stones. 9:11 The king made of the algum trees
terraces for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, and harps
and stringed instruments for the singers: and there were none like these
seen before in the land of Judah. 9:12 King Solomon gave to the queen of
Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had
brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and
her servants. 9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one
year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 9:14 besides that
which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and
the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 9:15
King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred
shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler. 9:16 he made three hundred
shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to one
shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it
with pure gold. 9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a
footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on
either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the
stays. 9:19 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on
the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom. 9:20 All
king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the
house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing
accounted of in the days of Solomon. 9:21 For the king had ships that
went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came
the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and
peacocks. 9:22 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in
riches and wisdom. 9:23 All the kings of the earth sought the presence
of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 9:24
They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of
gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by
year. 9:25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities, and
with the king at Jerusalem. 9:26 He ruled over all the kings from the
River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
9:27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made
cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for
abundance. 9:28 They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of
all lands. 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last,
aren't they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the
prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer
concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 9:30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
over all Israel forty years. 9:31 Solomon slept with his fathers, and he
was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned
in his place.

10:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to
make him king. 10:2 It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of
it, (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king
Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 10:3 They sent and called
him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam,
saying, 10:4 Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you
the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on
us, lighter, and we will serve you. 10:5 He said to them, Come again to
me after three days. The people departed. 10:6 King Rehoboam took
counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while
he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this
people? 10:7 They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people,
and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your
servants forever. 10:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which
they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up
with him, who stood before him. 10:9 He said to them, What counsel give
you, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me,
saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter? 10:10 The
young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you shall
tell the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke
heavy, but make you it lighter to us; thus you shall say to them, My
little finger is thicker than my father's waist. 10:11 Now whereas my
father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my
father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. 10:13 The king
answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old
men, 10:14 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying,
My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 10:15
So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of
God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the
Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 10:16 When all Israel saw that
the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying,
What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of
Jesse: every man to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house,
David. So all Israel departed to their tents. 10:17 But as for the
children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned
over them. 10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men
subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death
with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to
flee to Jerusalem. 10:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David
to this day.

11:1 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of
Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were
warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam. 11:2 But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God,
saying, 11:3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to
all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 11:4 Thus says Yahweh, You
shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers: return every man to
his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the words of
Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 11:5 Rehoboam lived in
Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. 11:6 He built
Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 11:7 Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
11:8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9 and Adoraim, and Lachish,
and Azekah, 11:10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah
and in Benjamin, fortified cities. 11:11 He fortified the strongholds,
and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine. 11:12 In
every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong.
Judah and Benjamin belonged to him. 11:13 The priests and the Levites
who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border. 11:14
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to
Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they
should not execute the priest's office to Yahweh; 11:15 and he appointed
him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the
calves which he had made. 11:16 After them, out of all the tribes of
Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came
to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 11:17 So
they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of
Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of
David and Solomon. 11:18 Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter
of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the
son of Jesse; 11:19 and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and
Zaham. 11:20 After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she
bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 11:21 Rehoboam
loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his
concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and
became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.) 11:22
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince
among his brothers; for he was minded to make him king. 11:23 He dealt
wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah
and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in
abundance. He sought for them many wives.

12:1 It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he
was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.
12:2 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king
of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against
Yahweh, 12:3 with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen.
The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the
Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 12:4 He took the fortified
cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 12:5 Now
Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who
were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to
them, Thus says Yahweh, You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left
you in the hand of Shishak. 12:6 Then the princes of Israel and the king
humbled themselves; and they said, Yahweh is righteous. 12:7 When Yahweh
saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah,
saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I
will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out
on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his
servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms
of the countries. 12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the
treasures of the king's house: he took all away: he took away also the
shields of gold which Solomon had made. 12:10 King Rehoboam made in
their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the
captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house. 12:11 It
was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Yahweh, the
guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
12:12 When he humbled himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him, so
as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good
things found. 12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem,
and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which
Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name
there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 12:14 He did
that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.
12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren't they written in
the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the
manner of genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
continually. 12:16 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in
the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

13:1 In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over
Judah. 13:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between
Abijah and Jeroboam. 13:3 Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant
men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the
battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who
were mighty men of valor. 13:4 Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which
is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all
Israel: 13:5 Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave
the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by
a covenant of salt? 13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of
Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord. 13:7
There were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who strengthened
themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young
and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 13:8 Now you think to
withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand of the sons of David; and
you are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves
which Jeroboam made you for gods. 13:9 Haven't you driven out the
priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you
priests after the manner of the peoples of other lands? so that whoever
comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same
may be a priest of those who are no gods. 13:10 But as for us, Yahweh is
our God, and we have not forsaken him; and we have priests ministering
to Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work: 13:11 and
they burn to Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt offerings and
sweet incense: the show bread also set they in order on the pure table;
and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we
keep the instruction of Yahweh our God; but you have forsaken him. 13:12
Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of
alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don't you fight
against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.
13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they
were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them. 13:14 When Judah
looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they
cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 13:15 Then
the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it
happened, that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and
Judah. 13:16 The children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered
them into their hand. 13:17 Abijah and his people killed them with a
great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred
thousand chosen men. 13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought
under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they
relied on Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 13:19 Abijah pursued after
Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah
with its towns, and Ephron with its towns. 13:20 Neither did Jeroboam
recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and Yahweh struck him, and
he died. 13:21 But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen
wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
13:22 The rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are
written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.

14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city
of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was
quiet ten years. 14:2 Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes
of Yahweh his God: 14:3 for he took away the foreign altars, and the
high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, 14:4
and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to do
the law and the commandment. 14:5 Also he took away out of all the
cities of Judah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was
quiet before him. 14:6 He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land
was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given
him rest. 14:7 For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make
about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before
us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he
has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. 14:8 Asa
had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred
thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two
hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor. 14:9 There
came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million
troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah. 14:10 Then
Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley
of Zephathah at Mareshah. 14:11 Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said,
Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him
who has no strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in
your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God;
don't let man prevail against you. 14:12 So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians
before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 14:13 Asa and the
people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the
Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were
destroyed before Yahweh, and before his army; and they carried away very
much booty. 14:14 They struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear
of Yahweh came on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was
much spoil in them. 14:15 They struck also the tents of livestock, and
carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

15:1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2 and he went
out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and
Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek
him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake
you. 15:3 Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and
without a teaching priest, and without law: 15:4 But when in their
distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he
was found of them. 15:5 In those times there was no peace to him who
went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the
inhabitants of the lands. 15:6 They were broken in pieces, nation
against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all
adversity. 15:7 But be you strong, and don't let your hands be slack;
for your work shall be rewarded. 15:8 When Asa heard these words, and
the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the
abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the
cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he
renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh. 15:9
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with them
out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out
of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third
month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 15:11 They sacrificed
to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven
hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep. 15:12 They entered into
the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their
heart and with all their soul; 15:13 and that whoever would not seek
Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or
great, whether man or woman. 15:14 They swore to Yahweh with a loud
voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15:15 All
Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and
sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Yahweh
gave them rest all around. 15:16 Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the
king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable
image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it,
and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 15:17 But the high places were not
taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all
his days. 15:18 He brought into the house of God the things that his
father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and
gold, and vessels. 15:19 There was no more war to the five and thirtieth
year of the reign of Asa.

16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of
Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow
anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 16:2 Then Asa brought
out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Yahweh and of
the king's house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at
Damascus, saying, 16:3 There is a league between me and you, as there
was between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you silver
and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may
depart from me. 16:4 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the
captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck
Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.
16:5 It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building
Ramah, and let his work cease. 16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah;
and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which
Baasha had built; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 16:7 At that
time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because
you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your
God, therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of your
hand. 16:8 Weren't the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with
chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because you did rely on
Yahweh, he delivered them into your hand. 16:9 For the eyes of Yahweh
run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in
the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have
done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall have wars. 16:10 Then Asa
was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage
with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the
same time. 16:11 Behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they
are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 16:12 In the
thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease
was exceeding great: yet in his disease he didn't seek Yahweh, but to
the physicians. 16:13 Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one
and fortieth year of his reign. 16:14 They buried him in his own tombs,
which he had dug out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in
the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices
prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for
him.

17:1 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself
against Israel. 17:2 He placed forces in all the fortified cities of
Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of
Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 17:3 Yahweh was with
Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David,
and didn't seek the Baals, 17:4 but sought to the God of his father, and
walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. 17:5
Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah
brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in
abundance. 17:6 His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and
furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben
Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in
the cities of Judah; 17:8 and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and
Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan,
and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them
Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. 17:9 They taught in Judah, having the
book of the law of Yahweh with them; and they went about throughout all
the cities of Judah, and taught among the people. 17:10 The fear of
Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so
that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. 17:11 Some of the Philistines
brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also
brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven
thousand and seven hundred male goats. 17:12 Jehoshaphat grew great
exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. 17:13 He
had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of
valor, in Jerusalem. 17:14 This was the numbering of them according to
their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the
captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand; 17:15
and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty
thousand; 17:16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly
offered himself to Yahweh; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men
of valor. 17:17 Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him
two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; 17:18 and next to him
Jehozabad and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready prepared for
war. 17:19 These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom
the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined
affinity with Ahab. 18:2 After certain years he went down to Ahab to
Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the
people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth
Gilead. 18:3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will
you go with me to Ramoth Gilead? He answered him, I am as you are, and
my people as your people; and we will be with you in the war. 18:4
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the
word of Yahweh. 18:5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets
together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth
Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for God will
deliver it into the hand of the king. 18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't
there here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of him? 18:7
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we
may inquire of Yahweh: but I hate him; for he never prophesies good
concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla.
Jehoshaphat said, Don't let the king say so. 18:8 Then the king of
Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
18:9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each
on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open
place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were
prophesying before them. 18:10 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him
horns of iron, and said, Thus says Yahweh, With these you shall push the
Syrians, until they be consumed. 18:11 All the prophets prophesied so,
saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it
into the hand of the king. 18:12 The messenger who went to call Micaiah
spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to
the king with one mouth: let your word therefore, Please be like one of
theirs, and speak you good. 18:13 Micaiah said, As Yahweh lives, what my
God says, that will I speak. 18:14 When he was come to the king, the
king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or
shall I forbear? He said, Go up, and prosper; and they shall be
delivered into your hand. 18:15 The king said to him, How many times
shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the
name of Yahweh? 18:16 He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have
no master; let them return every man to his house in peace. 18:17 The
king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you that he would not
prophesy good concerning me, but evil? 18:18 Micaiah said, "Therefore
hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all
the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 18:19
Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up
and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying after this manner, and
another saying after that manner. 18:20 There came forth a spirit, and
stood before Yahweh, and said, 'I will entice him.' Yahweh said to him,
'How?' 18:21 He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in
the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You shall entice him, and
shall prevail also: go forth, and do so.' 18:22 Now therefore, behold,
Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and
Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you." 18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which
way went the Spirit of Yahweh from me to speak to you? 18:24 Micaiah
said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner
chamber to hide yourself. 18:25 The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah,
and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the
king's son; 18:26 and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the
prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
affliction, until I return in peace. 18:27 Micaiah said, If you return
at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me. He said, Hear, you
peoples, all of you. 18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. 18:29 The king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put you
on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went
into the battle. 18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains
of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only
with the king of Israel. 18:31 It happened, when the captains of the
chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel.
Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried
out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 18:32
It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the
king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 18:33 A certain
man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the
joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot,
Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am sore wounded.
18:34 The battle increased that day: however the king of Israel stayed
himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about
the time of the going down of the sun he died.

19:1 Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to
Jerusalem. 19:2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him,
and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked, and love those
who hate Yahweh? for this thing wrath is on you from before Yahweh. 19:3
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put
away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
19:4 Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the
people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them
back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 19:5 He set judges in the land
throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 19:6 and
said to the judges, Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man,
but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment. 19:7 Now therefore
let the fear of Yahweh be on you; take heed and do it: for there is no
iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of
bribes. 19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites
and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for
the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies. They returned to
Jerusalem. 19:9 He commanded them, saying, Thus you shall do in the fear
of Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 19:10 Whenever any
controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their
cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes
and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards
Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers: this do, and you
shall not be guilty. 19:11 Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you
in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of
the house of Judah, in all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be
officers before you. Deal courageously, and Yahweh be with the good.

20:1 It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children
of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat
to battle. 20:2 Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There
comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea from Syria; and
behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar (the same is En Gedi). 20:3
Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek to Yahweh; and he proclaimed
a fast throughout all Judah. 20:4 Judah gathered themselves together, to
seek help of Yahweh: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to
seek Yahweh. 20:5 Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and
Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh, before the new court; 20:6 and he
said, Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren't you God in heaven? and
aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hand
is power and might, so that none is able to withstand you. 20:7 Did not
you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people
Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever? 20:8
They lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your
name, saying, 20:9 If evil come on us, the sword, judgment, or
pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you,
(for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and
you will hear and save. 20:10 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and
Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they
came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and
didn't destroy them; 20:11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast
us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. 20:12 Our
God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great
company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes
are on you. 20:13 All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones,
their wives, and their children. 20:14 Then on Jahaziel the son of
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah,
the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Yahweh in the midst
of the assembly; 20:15 and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to
you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great
multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 20:16 Tomorrow go you
down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you
shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of
Jeruel. 20:17 You shall not need to fight in this battle: set
yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O
Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out
against them: for Yahweh is with you. 20:18 Jehoshaphat bowed his head
with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh. 20:19 The
Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the
Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an
exceeding loud voice. 20:20 They rose early in the morning, and went
forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat
stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem:
believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established; believe his
prophets, so you shall prosper. 20:21 When he had taken counsel with the
people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in
holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to
Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever. 20:22 When they began
to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of
Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were
struck. 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the
inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when
they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to
destroy another. 20:24 When Judah came to the place overlooking the
wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead
bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped. 20:25 When
Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found
among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious
jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could
carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so
much. 20:26 On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of
Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place
was called The valley of Beracah to this day. 20:27 Then they returned,
every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of
them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to
rejoice over their enemies. 20:28 They came to Jerusalem with stringed
instruments and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh. 20:29 The
fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard
that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel. 20:30 So the realm of
Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest all around. 20:31
Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 20:32 He walked in the
way of Asa his father, and didn't turn aside from it, doing that which
was right in the eyes of Yahweh. 20:33 However the high places were not
taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of
their fathers. 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and
last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani,
which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel. 20:35 After this
did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel;
the same did very wickedly: 20:36 and he joined himself with him to make
ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah,
Yahweh has destroyed your works. The ships were broken, so that they
were not able to go to Tarshish.

21:1 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his place. 21:2 He
had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the
sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 21:3 Their father gave them great
gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified
cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the
firstborn. 21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his
father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with
the sword, and various also of the princes of Israel. 21:5 Jehoram was
thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years
in Jerusalem. 21:6 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did
the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife: and he did
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh. 21:7 However Yahweh would
not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made
with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children
always. 21:8 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and
made a king over themselves. 21:9 Then Jehoram passed over with his
captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and
struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the
chariots. 21:10 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this
day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand,
because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers. 21:11 Moreover
he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants
of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, and led Judah astray. 21:12 There
came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says Yahweh,
the God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of
Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 21:13 but
have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, like as the house
of Ahab did, and also have slain your brothers of your father's house,
who were better than yourself: 21:14 behold, Yahweh will strike with a
great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all
your substance; 21:15 and you shall have great sickness by disease of
your bowels, until your bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day
by day. 21:16 Yahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians who are beside the Ethiopians: 21:17
and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all
the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and
his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the
youngest of his sons. 21:18 After all this Yahweh struck him in his
bowels with an incurable disease. 21:19 It happened, in process of time,
at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his
sickness, and he died of sore diseases. His people made no burning for
him, like the burning of his fathers. 21:20 Thirty-two years old was he
when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he
departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of
David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

22:1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in
his place; for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp
had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah
reigned. 22:2 Forty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Athaliah
the daughter of Omri. 22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of
Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. 22:4 He did that
which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for
they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his
destruction. 22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with
Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of
Syria at Ramoth Gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram. 22:6 He returned
to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah,
when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram
king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel,
because he was sick. 22:7 Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in
that he went to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram
against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off the
house of Ahab. 22:8 It happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the
house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the
brothers of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and killed them. 22:9 He
sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and
they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they
said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his
heart. The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom. 22:10 Now
when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose
and destroyed all the royal seed of the house of Judah. 22:11 But
Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah,
and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, and put
him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of
king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of
Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn't kill him. 22:12 He
was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned
over the land.

23:1 In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the
captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of
Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah,
and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 23:2 They went
about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah,
and the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
23:3 All the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God.
He said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Yahweh has
spoken concerning the sons of David. 23:4 This is the thing that you
shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the
priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds; 23:5 and
a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate
of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the
house of Yahweh. 23:6 But let none come into the house of Yahweh, save
the priests, and those who minister of the Levites; they shall come in,
for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the instruction of
Yahweh. 23:7 The Levites shall surround the king, every man with his
weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house, let him be slain:
and be you with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out. 23:8 So
the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest
commanded: and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on
the Sabbath; with those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada
the priest didn't dismiss the shift. 23:9 Jehoiada the priest delivered
to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that
had been king David's, which were in the house of God. 23:10 He set all
the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side
of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the
house, around the king. 23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and
put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king: and
Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, Long live the king.
23:12 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising
the king, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh: 23:13 and she
looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and
the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the
land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments
of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes,
and said, Treason! treason! 23:14 Jehoiada the priest brought out the
captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, Have
her forth between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be slain
with the sword: for the priest said, Don't kill her in the house of
Yahweh. 23:15 So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of
the horse gate to the king's house: and they killed her there. 23:16
Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the
king, that they should be Yahweh's people. 23:17 All the people went to
the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his
images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the
altars. 23:18 Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh
under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in
the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is
written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according
to the order of David. 23:19 He set the porters at the gates of the
house of Yahweh, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter
in. 23:20 He took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the
governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought
down the king from the house of Yahweh: and they came through the upper
gate to the king's house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
23:21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet.
Athaliah they had slain with the sword.

24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned
forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah, of
Beersheba. 24:2 Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all
the days of Jehoiada the priest. 24:3 Jehoiada took for him two wives;
and he became the father of sons and daughters. 24:4 It happened after
this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Yahweh. 24:5 He
gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out
to the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the
house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter.
However the Levites didn't hurry. 24:6 The king called for Jehoiada the
chief, and said to him, Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring
in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of
Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the
house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh
did they bestow on the Baals. 24:8 So the king commanded, and they made
a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Yahweh. 24:9
They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for
Yahweh the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the
wilderness. 24:10 All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and
brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 24:11
It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by
the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money,
the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the
chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day
by day, and gathered money in abundance. 24:12 The king and Jehoiada
gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh;
and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and
also such as worked iron and brass to repair the house of Yahweh. 24:13
So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their
hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened
it. 24:14 When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money
before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house
of Yahweh, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons,
and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the
house of Yahweh continually all the days of Jehoiada. 24:15 But Jehoiada
grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old
was he when he died. 24:16 They buried him in the city of David among
the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his
house. 24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah,
and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them. 24:18
They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served
the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for
this their guiltiness. 24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them
again to Yahweh; and they testified against them: but they would not
give ear. 24:20 The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says
God, Why disobey you the commandments of Yahweh, so that you can't
prosper? because you have forsaken Yahweh, he has also forsaken you.
24:21 They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the
commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh. 24:22 Thus
Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father
had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, Yahweh look
on it, and require it. 24:23 It happened at the end of the year, that
the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and
Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the
people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus. 24:24
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh
delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken
Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
24:25 When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his
own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada
the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him
in the city of David, but they didn't bury him in the tombs of the
kings. 24:26 These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of
Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the
Moabitess. 24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the
burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold,
they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his
son reigned in his place.

25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. 25:2 He did that which was right in the eyes of
Yahweh, but not with a perfect heart. 25:3 Now it happened, when the
kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had
killed the king his father. 25:4 But he didn't put their children to
death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book
of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the
children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man
shall die for his own sin. 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah
together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under
captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and
Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and
found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war,
who could handle spear and shield. 25:6 He hired also one hundred
thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of
silver. 25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, don't
let the army of Israel go with you; for Yahweh is not with Israel, to
wit, with all the children of Ephraim. 25:8 But if you will go, do
valiantly, be strong for the battle: God will cast you down before the
enemy; for God has power to help, and to cast down. 25:9 Amaziah said to
the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I
have given to the army of Israel? The man of God answered, Yahweh is
able to give you much more than this. 25:10 Then Amaziah separated them,
to wit, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again:
therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they
returned home in fierce anger. 25:11 Amaziah took courage, and led forth
his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck of the children
of Seir ten thousand. 25:12 other ten thousand did the children of Judah
carry away alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them
down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
25:13 But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should
not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria
even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much
spoil. 25:14 Now it happened, after that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of
Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before
them, and burned incense to them. 25:15 Therefore the anger of Yahweh
was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to
him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not
delivered their own people out of your hand? 25:16 It happened, as he
talked with him, that the king said to him, Have we made you of the
king's counsel? Stop! Why should you be struck down? Then the prophet
stopped, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you,
because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel. 25:17
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of
Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one
another in the face. 25:18 Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of
Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that
was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife: and there
passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
25:19 You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up
to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that
you should fall, even you, and Judah with you? 25:20 But Amaziah would
not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of
their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. 25:21 So
Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked
one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 25:22
Judah was defeated by Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. 25:23
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the
son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and
broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner
gate, four hundred cubits. 25:24 He took all the gold and silver, and
all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and
the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to
Samaria. 25:25 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the
death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 25:26 Now
the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren't they
written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 25:27 Now from the
time that Amaziah did turn away from following Yahweh they made a
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they
sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there. 25:28 They brought him
on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and
made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 26:2 He built Eloth,
and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned
fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechiliah, of
Jerusalem. 26:4 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,
according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 26:5 He set himself
to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the
vision of God: and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him to prosper.
26:6 He went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down
the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he
built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 26:7
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who
lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim. 26:8 The Ammonites gave tribute to
Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he
grew exceeding strong. 26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at
the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall,
and fortified them. 26:10 He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out
many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in
the plain: and he had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and
in the fruitful fields; for he loved farming. 26:11 Moreover Uzziah had
an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the
number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the
officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 26:12
The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses, even the mighty men of
valor, was two thousand and six hundred. 26:13 Under their hand was an
army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, who
made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 26:14
Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears,
and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. 26:15
He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the
towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great
stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until
he was strong. 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so
that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he
went into the temple of Yahweh to burn incense on the altar of incense.
26:17 Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests
of Yahweh, who were valiant men: 26:18 and they withstood Uzziah the
king, and said to him, It pertains not to you, Uzziah, to burn incense
to Yahweh, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to
burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither
shall it be for your honor from Yahweh God. 26:19 Then Uzziah was angry;
and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was angry
with the priests, the leprosy broke forth in his forehead before the
priests in the house of Yahweh, beside the altar of incense. 26:20
Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked on him, and
behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly
from there; yes, himself hurried also to go out, because Yahweh had
struck him. 26:21 Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death,
and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from
the house of Yahweh: and Jotham his son was over the king's house,
judging the people of the land. 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of
Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his
fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they
said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.

27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah
the daughter of Zadok. 27:2 He did that which was right in the eyes of
Yahweh, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: however he
didn't enter into the temple of Yahweh. The people did yet corruptly.
27:3 He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall of
Ophel he built much. 27:4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country
of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 27:5 He fought
also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them.
The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of
silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley.
So much did the children of Ammon render to him, in the second year
also, and in the third. 27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered
his ways before Yahweh his God. 27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham,
and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel and Judah. 27:8 He was five and twenty years old
when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 27:9
Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David:
and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the
eyes of Yahweh, like David his father; 28:2 but he walked in the ways of
the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baals. 28:3
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt
his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations
whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel. 28:4 He sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every
green tree. 28:5 Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of
the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great
multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also
delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a
great slaughter. 28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one
hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because
they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 28:7 Zichri, a
mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the
ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king. 28:8 The
children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred
thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from
them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 28:9 But a prophet of Yahweh was
there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came
to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your
fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and
you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven. 28:10 Now
you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for
bondservants and bondmaids to you: but aren't there even with you
trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God? 28:11 Now hear me
therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive of
your brothers; for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you. 28:12 Then
certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of
Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of
Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came
from the war, 28:13 and said to them, You shall not bring in the
captives here: for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass
against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass
is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. 28:14 So the armed
men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the
assembly. 28:15 The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and
took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among
them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to
drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys,
and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers:
then they returned to Samaria. 28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send to
the kings of Assyria to help him. 28:17 For again the Edomites had come
and struck Judah, and carried away captives. 28:18 The Philistines also
had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and
had taken Beth Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its
towns, and Timnah with its towns, Gimzo also and its towns: and they
lived there. 28:19 For Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of
Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed severely
against Yahweh. 28:20 Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and
distressed him, but didn't strengthen him. 28:21 For Ahaz took away a
portion out of the house of Yahweh, and out of the house of the king and
of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it didn't help
him. 28:22 In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against
Yahweh, this same king Ahaz. 28:23 For he sacrificed to the gods of
Damascus, which struck him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings
of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may
help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. 28:24 Ahaz
gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the
vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of
Yahweh; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 28:25 In
every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods,
and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of his fathers. 28:26 Now the rest
of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 28:27 Ahaz slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they
didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his
son reigned in his place.

29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; and he
reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 29:2 He did that which was right in
the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.
29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the
doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them. 29:4 He brought in the
priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place
on the east, 29:5 and said to them, Hear me, you Levites; now sanctify
yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 29:6 For our
fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces
from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs. 29:7 Also they
have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not
burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God
of Israel. 29:8 Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was on Judah and
Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be
an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes. 29:9 For,
behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our
daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 29:10 Now it is in my
heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce
anger may turn away from us. 29:11 My sons, don't be negligent now; for
Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that
you should be his ministers, and burn incense. 29:12 Then the Levites
arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the
sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi,
and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son
of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah; 29:13 and of the sons of Elizaphan,
Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
29:14 and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of
Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. 29:15 They gathered their brothers, and
sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the
king by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh. 29:16 The
priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it,
and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of
Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to
carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron. 29:17 Now they began on the
first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the
month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of
Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they
made an end. 29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the
palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, and the
altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and the table of show
bread, with all its vessels. 29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king
Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we prepared and
sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of Yahweh. 29:20 Then
Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and
went up to the house of Yahweh. 29:21 They brought seven bulls, and
seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering
for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the
priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh. 29:22 So
they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled
it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on
the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the
altar. 29:23 They brought near the male goats for the sin offering
before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:
29:24 and the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with
their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king
commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made
for all Israel. 29:25 He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with
cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the
commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the
prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets. 29:26 The
Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the
trumpets. 29:27 Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the
altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began also, and
the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.
29:28 All the assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the
trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was
finished. 29:29 When they had made an end of offering, the king and all
who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. 29:30 Moreover
Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises
to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang
praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped. 29:31
Then Hezekiah answered, Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh;
come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of
Yahweh. The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as
many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. 29:32 The
number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy
bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a
burnt offering to Yahweh. 29:33 The consecrated things were six hundred
head of cattle and three thousand sheep. 29:34 But the priests were too
few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore
their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and
until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more
upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 29:35 Also the
burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings,
and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of
the house of Yahweh was set in order. 29:36 Hezekiah rejoiced, and all
the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for
the thing was done suddenly.

30:1 Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to
Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh at
Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel. 30:2 For
the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in
Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month. 30:3 For they could
not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified
themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered
themselves together to Jerusalem. 30:4 The thing was right in the eyes
of the king and of all the assembly. 30:5 So they established a decree
to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan,
that they should come to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel,
at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as
it is written. 30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and
his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the
commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel, turn again to
Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the
remnant that have escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of
Assyria. 30:7 Don't be you like your fathers, and like your brothers,
who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave
them up to desolation, as you see. 30:8 Now don't you be stiff-necked,
as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his
sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God,
that his fierce anger may turn away from you. 30:9 For if you turn again
to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before
those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for
Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his
face from you, if you return to him. 30:10 So the posts passed from city
to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun:
but they ridiculed them, and mocked them. 30:11 Nevertheless certain men
of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to
Jerusalem. 30:12 Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one
heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word
of Yahweh. 30:13 There assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the
feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
30:14 They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and
all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook
Kidron. 30:15 Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the
second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and
sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of
Yahweh. 30:16 They stood in their place after their order, according to
the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood which
they received of the hand of the Levites. 30:17 For there were many in
the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites
were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean,
to sanctify them to Yahweh. 30:18 For a multitude of the people, even
many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed
themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written.
For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon
everyone 30:19 who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his
fathers, though not cleansed according to the purification of the
sanctuary. 30:20 Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
30:21 The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the
feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the
Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, singing with loud
instruments to Yahweh. 30:22 Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the
Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate
throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace
offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
30:23 The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they
kept other seven days with gladness. 30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah
did give to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven
thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls
and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified
themselves. 30:25 All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the
Levites, and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the foreigners
who came out of the land of Israel, and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.
30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon
the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and
their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation,
even to heaven.

31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went
out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut
down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of
all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had
destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man
to his possession, into their own cities. 31:2 Hezekiah appointed the
divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every
man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for
burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give
thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh. 31:3 He
appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt
offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the
burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set
feasts, as it is written in the law of Yahweh. 31:4 Moreover he
commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the
priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of
Yahweh. 31:5 As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of
Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil,
and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all
things brought they in abundantly. 31:6 The children of Israel and
Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe
of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were
consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps. 31:7 In the
third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished
them in the seventh month. 31:8 When Hezekiah and the princes came and
saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel. 31:9 Then
Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
31:10 Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and
said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of
Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh
has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of
Yahweh; and they prepared them. 31:12 They brought in the offerings and
the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah
the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second. 31:13 Jehiel,
and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and
Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the
hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah
the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. 31:14 Kore the son
of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill
offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of Yahweh, and the most
holy things. 31:15 Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and
Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their
office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, as well to the
great as to the small: 31:16 besides those who were reckoned by
genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who
entered into the house of Yahweh, as the duty of every day required, for
their service in their offices according to their divisions; 31:17 and
those who were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers'
houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their
offices by their divisions; 31:18 and those who were reckoned by
genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and
their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of
trust they sanctified themselves in holiness. 31:19 Also for the sons of
Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their
cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to
give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were
reckoned by genealogy among the Levites. 31:20 Hezekiah did so
throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and
faithful before Yahweh his God. 31:21 In every work that he began in the
service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to
seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

32:1 After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of
Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified
cities, and thought to win them for himself. 32:2 When Hezekiah saw that
Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against
Jerusalem, 32:3 he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to
stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city; and they
helped him. 32:4 So there was gathered much people together, and they
stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of
the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much
water? 32:5 He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken
down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and
strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in
abundance. 32:6 He set captains of war over the people, and gathered
them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and
spoke comfortably to them, saying, 32:7 Be strong and of good courage,
don't be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the
multitude who is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:
32:8 with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God to help
us, and to fight our battles. The people rested themselves on the words
of Hezekiah king of Judah. 32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of
Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and
all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who
were at Jerusalem, saying, 32:10 Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Jerusalem? 32:11 Does
not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by
thirst, saying, Yahweh our God will deliver us out of the hand of the
king of Assyria? 32:12 Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high
places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You
shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense? 32:13
Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the
lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to
deliver their land out of my hand? 32:14 Who was there among all the
gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could
deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to
deliver you out of my hand? 32:15 Now therefore don't let Hezekiah
deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you
him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people
out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall
your God deliver you out of my hand? 32:16 His servants spoke yet more
against Yahweh God, and against his servant Hezekiah. 32:17 He wrote
also letters, to rail on Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against
him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not
delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not
deliver his people out of my hand. 32:18 They cried with a loud voice in
the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to
frighten them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. 32:19
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the
earth, which are the work of men's hands. 32:20 Hezekiah the king, and
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to
heaven. 32:21 Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of
valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria.
So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he was come into
the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed
him there with the sword. 32:22 Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of
Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
32:23 Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to
Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all
nations from thenceforth. 32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick even to
death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a
sign. 32:25 But Hezekiah didn't render again according to the benefit
done to him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath on
him, and on Judah and Jerusalem. 32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled
himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Yahweh didn't come on them in the days
of Hezekiah. 32:27 Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he
provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious
stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly
vessels; 32:28 storehouses also for the increase of grain and new wine
and oil; and stalls for all manner of animals, and flocks in folds.
32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and
herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance. 32:30
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon,
and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David.
Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 32:31 However in the business of
the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of
the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he
might know all that was in his heart. 32:32 Now the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah
and Israel. 32:33 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him
in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son
reigned in his place.

33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 33:2 He did that which was evil
in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom
Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel. 33:3 For he built again
the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared
up altars for the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army
of the sky, and served them. 33:4 He built altars in the house of
Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
33:5 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of
the house of Yahweh. 33:6 He also made his children to pass through the
fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and
used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had
familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of
Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. 33:7 He set the engraved image of the
idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David
and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have
chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever: 33:8
neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land
which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do
all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and
the ordinances given by Moses. 33:9 Manasseh seduced Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the
nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel. 33:10
Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.
33:11 Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army of the
king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with
fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 33:12 When he was in distress, he
begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his
fathers. 33:13 He prayed to him; and he was entreated of him, and heard
his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.
Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh he was God. 33:14 Now after this he built
an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the
valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he encircled Ophel
with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant
captains in all the fortified cities of Judah. 33:15 He took away the
foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and all the
altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Yahweh, and in
Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 33:16 He built up the altar of
Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace offerings and of
thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
33:17 Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but
only to Yahweh their God. 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,
and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him
in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among
the acts of the kings of Israel. 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was
entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in
which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved
images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the
history of Hozai. 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they
buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
33:21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned two years in Jerusalem. 33:22 He did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all
the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
33:23 He didn't humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had
humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more. 33:24 His
servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
33:25 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired
against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king
in his place.

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned
thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 34:2 He did that which was right in the
eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't
turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 34:3 For in the eighth year
of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of
David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and
Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved
images, and the molten images. 34:4 They broke down the altars of the
Baals in his presence; and the incense altars that were on high above
them he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the
molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it
on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 34:5 He burnt the
bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
34:6 So did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to
Naphtali, around in their ruins. 34:7 He broke down the altars, and beat
the Asherim and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the
incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to
Jerusalem. 34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had
purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and
Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the
recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God. 34:9 They came to
Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into
the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had
gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of
Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. 34:10 They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had
the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the
house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house; 34:11 even to the
carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy cut stone, and
timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings
of Judah had destroyed. 34:12 The men did the work faithfully: and the
overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of
Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to
set it forward; and others of the Levites, all who were skillful with
instruments of music. 34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens,
and set forward all who did the work in every manner of service: and of
the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 34:14 When
they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh,
Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Yahweh given by Moses.
34:15 Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the
law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 34:16
Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to
the king, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they are
doing. 34:17 They have emptied out the money that was found in the house
of Yahweh, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and
into the hand of the workmen. 34:18 Shaphan the scribe told the king,
saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read therein
before the king. 34:19 It happened, when the king had heard the words of
the law, that he tore his clothes. 34:20 The king commanded Hilkiah, and
Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the
scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 34:21 Go you, inquire of
Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah,
concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath
of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept
the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.
34:22 So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah
the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of
Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she lived in Jerusalem in the
second quarter;) and they spoke to her to that effect. 34:23 She said to
them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you the man who sent you
to me, 34:24 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place,
and on its inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book
which they have read before the king of Judah. 34:25 Because they have
forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might
provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my
wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched. 34:26 But
to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall
tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words
which you have heard, 34:27 because your heart was tender, and you did
humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place,
and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and
have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says
Yahweh. 34:28 Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall
be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the
evil that I will bring on this place, and on its inhabitants. They
brought back word to the king. 34:29 Then the king sent and gathered
together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 34:30 The king went up
to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both
great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of
the covenant that was found in the house of Yahweh. 34:31 The king stood
in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh,
and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes,
with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the
covenant that were written in this book. 34:32 He caused all who were
found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. The inhabitants of
Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their
fathers. 34:33 Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the
countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who
were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his
days they didn't depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

35:1 Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they killed the
Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 35:2 He set the
priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the
house of Yahweh. 35:3 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who
were holy to Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son
of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden on
your shoulders: now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel. 35:4
Prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses by your divisions,
according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the
writing of Solomon his son. 35:5 Stand in the holy place according to
the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the children of
the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers' house of
the Levites. 35:6 Kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and
prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh by
Moses. 35:7 Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock,
lambs and kids, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were
present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls:
these were of the king's substance. 35:8 His princes gave for a freewill
offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and
Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the
priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small
livestock, and three hundred head of cattle. 35:9 Conaniah also, and
Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and
Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover
offerings five thousand small livestock, and five hundred head of
cattle. 35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in
their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king's
commandment. 35:11 They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled
the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed
them. 35:12 They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them
according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the
people, to offer to Yahweh, as it is written in the book of Moses. So
did they with the cattle. 35:13 They roasted the Passover with fire
according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in pots,
and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the
children of the people. 35:14 Afterward they prepared for themselves,
and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied
in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night: therefore the
Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
35:15 The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to
the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's
seer; and the porters were at every gate: they didn't need to depart
from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
35:16 So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep
the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh,
according to the commandment of king Josiah. 35:17 The children of
Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of
unleavened bread seven days. 35:18 There was no Passover like that kept
in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the
kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests,
and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. 35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of
Josiah was this Passover kept. 35:20 After all this, when Josiah had
prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against
Carchemish by the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 35:21 But
he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king
of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with
which I have war; and God has commanded me to make haste: forbear you
from meddling with God, who is with me, that he not destroy you. 35:22
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised
himself, that he might fight with him, and didn't listen to the words of
Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
35:23 The archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his
servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. 35:24 So his servants
took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he
had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the
tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 35:25
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women
spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an
ordinance in Israel: and behold, they are written in the lamentations.
35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according
to that which is written in the law of Yahweh, 35:27 and his acts, first
and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel
and Judah.

36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and
made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem. 36:2 Joahaz was
twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three
months in Jerusalem. 36:3 The king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem,
and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
36:4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his
brother, and carried him to Egypt. 36:5 Jehoiakim was Twenty-five years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God. 36:6
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in
fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of
the vessels of the house of Yahweh to Babylon, and put them in his
temple at Babylon. 36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his
abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they
are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin
his son reigned in his place. 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in
Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh. 36:10
At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to
Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yahweh, and made
Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. 36:11 Zedekiah was
twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years
in Jerusalem: 36:12 and he did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh his God; he didn't humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet
speaking from the mouth of Yahweh. 36:13 He also rebelled against king
Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his
neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of
Israel. 36:14 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people,
trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and
they polluted the house of Yahweh which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
36:15 Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers,
rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people,
and on his dwelling place: 36:16 but they mocked the messengers of God,
and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of
Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy. 36:17
Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their
young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no
compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed: he gave them
all into his hand. 36:18 All the vessels of the house of God, great and
small, and the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of
the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon. 36:19
They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and
burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of
it. 36:20 He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to
Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of
the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth
of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths: for as long as it
lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. 36:22 Now in the
first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth
of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus
king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his
kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 36:23 Thus says Cyrus king
of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven,
given me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem,
which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh
his God be with him, and let him go up.



Ezra

1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of
Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up
the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 1:2 Thus
says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the
God of heaven, given me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in
Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 1:3 Whoever there is among you of all his
people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in
Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God),
which is in Jerusalem. 1:4 Whoever is left, in any place where he
sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold,
and with goods, and with animals, besides the freewill offering for the
house of God which is in Jerusalem. 1:5 Then rose up the heads of
fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites,
even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of
Yahweh which is in Jerusalem. 1:6 All those who were around them
strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods,
and with animals, and with precious things, besides all that was
willingly offered. 1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of
the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of
Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods; 1:8 even those did
Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the
treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 1:9
This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand
platters of silver, twenty-nine knives, 1:10 thirty bowls of gold,
silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels
one thousand. 1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five
thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they
of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

2:1 Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the
captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to
Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city; 2:2 who came with Zerubbabel,
Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai,
Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 2:3 The
children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. 2:4 The
children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two. 2:5 The children of
Arah, seven hundred seventy-five. 2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the
children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve. 2:7 The
children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. 2:8 The children
of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five. 2:9 The children of Zaccai, seven
hundred sixty. 2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two. 2:11
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three. 2:12 The children of
Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two. 2:13 The children of
Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six. 2:14 The children of Bigvai, two
thousand fifty-six. 2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
2:16 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. 2:17 The children
of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three. 2:18 The children of Jorah, one
hundred twelve. 2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred Twenty-three.
2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety-five. 2:21 The children of
Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three. 2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty-
six. 2:23 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight. 2:24 The
children of Azmaveth, forty-two. 2:25 The children of Kiriath Arim,
Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three. 2:26 The children of
Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one. 2:27 The men of Michmas, one
hundred twenty-two. 2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-
three. 2:29 The children of Nebo, fifty-two. 2:30 The children of
Magbish, one hundred fifty-six. 2:31 The children of the other Elam, one
thousand two hundred fifty-four. 2:32 The children of Harim, three
hundred twenty. 2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred
twenty-five. 2:34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
2:35 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty. 2:36 The
priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred
seventy-three. 2:37 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two. 2:38
The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven. 2:39 The
children of Harim, one thousand seventeen. 2:40 The Levites: the
children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-
four. 2:41 The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
2:42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children
of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of
Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all one hundred thirty-nine. 2:43 The
Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of
Tabbaoth, 2:44 the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the
children of Padon, 2:45 the children of Lebanah, the children of
Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 2:46 the children of Hagab, the children
of Shamlai, the children of Hanan, 2:47 the children of Giddel, the
children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 2:48 the children of Rezin,
the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 2:49 the children of
Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, 2:50 the children
of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim, 2:51 the
children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
2:52 the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha, 2:53 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the
children of Temah, 2:54 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
2:55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda, 2:56 the children of
Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 2:57 the
children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Ami. 2:58 All the Nethinim, and the
children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two. 2:59
These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan,
and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, and their
seed, whether they were of Israel: 2:60 the children of Delaiah, the
children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two. 2:61
Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of
Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of
Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. 2:62 These
sought their register among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but
they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from
the priesthood. 2:63 The governor said to them, that they should not eat
of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and
with Thummim. 2:64 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand
three hundred sixty, 2:65 besides their male servants and their female
servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven:
and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. 2:66 Their
horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-
five; 2:67 their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six
thousand seven hundred and twenty. 2:68 Some of the heads of fathers'
houses, when they came to the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem,
offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place: 2:69
they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one
thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one
hundred priests' garments. 2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and
some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim,
lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

3:1 When the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in
the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to
Jerusalem. 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers
the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and
built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon,
as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3:3 They set the
altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the peoples of the
countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh, even
burnt offerings morning and evening. 3:4 They kept the feast of tents,
as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number,
according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; 3:5 and
afterward the continual burnt offering, and the offerings of the new
moons, and of all the set feasts of Yahweh that were consecrated, and of
everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to Yahweh. 3:6 From
the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings
to Yahweh: but the foundation of the temple of Yahweh was not yet laid.
3:7 They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food,
and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant
that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 3:8 Now in the second year of
their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month,
began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak,
and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all
those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the
Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the
work of the house of Yahweh. 3:9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his
brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the
oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with
their sons and their brothers the Levites. 3:10 When the builders laid
the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, they set the priests in their
clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals,
to praise Yahweh, after the order of David king of Israel. 3:11 They
sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, saying, For
he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All
the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because
the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid. 3:12 But many of the
priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old men who had
seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before
their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 3:13
so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from
the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a
loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the
children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of
Israel; 4:2 then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of
fathers' houses, and said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek
your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar
Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here. 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and
Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said to
them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but
we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king
Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us. 4:4 Then the people of the
land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in
building, 4:5 and hired counselors against them, to frustrate their
purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of
Darius king of Persia. 4:6 In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning
of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah
and Jerusalem. 4:7 In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath,
Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia;
and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian character, and
set forth in the Syrian language. 4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai
the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in
this sort: 4:9 then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe,
and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites,
the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the
Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, 4:10 and the rest of the
nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the
city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so
forth. 4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes
the king: Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth. 4:12 Be
it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you are come to us
to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and
have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations. 4:13 Be it known
now to the king that if this city is built, and the walls finished, they
will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful
to the kings. 4:14 Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is
not appropriate for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we
sent and informed the king; 4:15 that search may be made in the book of
the records of your fathers: so you shall find in the book of the
records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to
kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same
of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste. 4:16 We inform
the king that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, by this
means you shall have no portion beyond the River. 4:17 Then sent the
king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and
to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest of
the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth. 4:18 The letter which
you sent to us has been plainly read before me. 4:19 I decreed, and
search has been made, and it is found that this city of old time has
made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have
been made therein. 4:20 There have been mighty kings also over
Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and
tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them. 4:21 Make you now a decree
to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built, until a
decree shall be made by me. 4:22 Take heed that you not be slack herein:
why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? 4:23 Then when the copy
of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the
scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the
Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. 4:24 Then ceased the
work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the
second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

5:1 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo,
prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of
the God of Israel prophesied they to them. 5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build
the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets
of God, helping them. 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the
governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and
said thus to them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to
finish this wall? 5:4 Then we told them after this manner, what the
names of the men were who were making this building. 5:5 But the eye of
their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them
cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be
returned by letter concerning it. 5:6 The copy of the letter that
Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his
companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius
the king; 5:7 they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To
Darius the king, all peace. 5:8 Be it known to the king, that we went
into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is
built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work
goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands. 5:9 Then asked we
those elders, and said to them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this
house, and to finish this wall? 5:10 We asked them their names also, to
inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at the head
of them. 5:11 Thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants
of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was
built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and
finished. 5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven
to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into
Babylon. 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the
king made a decree to build this house of God. 5:14 The gold and silver
vessels also of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the
temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon,
those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they
were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made
governor; 5:15 and he said to him, Take these vessels, go, put them in
the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in
its place. 5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations
of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even
until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed. 5:17 Now
therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the
king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that
a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at
Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this
matter.

6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house
of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. 6:2 There
was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a
scroll, and therein was thus written for a record: 6:3 In the first year
of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of
God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer
sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty
cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits; 6:4 with three courses of great
stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of
the king's house. 6:5 Also let the gold and silver vessels of the house
of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at
Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the
temple which is at Jerusalem, everyone to its place; and you shall put
them in the house of God. 6:6 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond
the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who
are beyond the River, be you far from there: 6:7 let the work of this
house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the
Jews build this house of God in its place. 6:8 Moreover I make a decree
what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this
house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the
River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they be
not hindered. 6:9 That which they have need of, both young bulls, and
rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat,
salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at
Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail; 6:10 that they
may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray
for the life of the king, and of his sons. 6:11 Also I have made a
decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out
from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let
his house be made a dunghill for this: 6:12 and the God who has caused
his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put
forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which
is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all
diligence. 6:13 Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
Shetharbozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had
sent, did accordingly with all diligence. 6:14 The elders of the Jews
built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and
Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the
commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus,
and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 6:15 This house was finished
on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the
reign of Darius the king. 6:16 The children of Israel, the priests, and
the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the
dedication of this house of God with joy. 6:17 They offered at the
dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams,
four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male
goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 6:18 They set
the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for
the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book
of Moses. 6:19 The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the
fourteenth day of the first month. 6:20 For the priests and the Levites
had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed
the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their
brothers the priests, and for themselves. 6:21 The children of Israel
who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated
themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to
seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate, 6:22 and kept the feast of
unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful,
and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen
their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

7:1 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, 7:2 the
son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 7:3 the son of
Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7:4 the son of
Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 7:5 the son of Abishua, the
son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;
7:6 this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law
of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king
granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on
him. 7:7 There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the
priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the
Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 7:8
He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year
of the king. 7:9 For on the first day of the first month began he to go
up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to
Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him. 7:10 For Ezra
had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach
in Israel statutes and ordinances. 7:11 Now this is the copy of the
letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe,
even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his
statutes to Israel: 7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest,
the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth. 7:13 I
make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests
and the Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own free will to
go to Jerusalem, go with you. 7:14 Because you are sent of the king and
his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem,
according to the law of your God which is in your hand, 7:15 and to
carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely
offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 7:16 and
all the silver and gold that you shall find in all the province of
Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests,
offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
7:17 therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls,
rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and
shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in
Jerusalem. 7:18 Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to
do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do you after the will
of your God. 7:19 The vessels that are given you for the service of the
house of your God, deliver you before the God of Jerusalem. 7:20
Whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you
shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure
house. 7:21 I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the
treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the
scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done
with all diligence, 7:22 to one hundred talents of silver, and to one
hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one
hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 7:23
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for
the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against
the realm of the king and his sons? 7:24 Also we inform you, that
touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim,
or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose
tribute, custom, or toll, on them. 7:25 You, Ezra, after the wisdom of
your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may
judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws
of your God; and teach you him who doesn't know them. 7:26 Whoever will
not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be
executed on him with all diligence, whether it be to death, or to
banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 7:27
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as
this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in
Jerusalem; 7:28 and has extended loving kindness to me before the king,
and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was
strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I
gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

8:1 Now these are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the
genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of
Artaxerxes the king: 8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons
of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush. 8:3 Of the sons of
Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned
by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty. 8:4 Of the sons of
Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred
males. 8:5 Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him
three hundred males. 8:6 Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan;
and with him fifty males. 8:7 Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of
Athaliah; and with him seventy males. 8:8 Of the sons of Shephatiah,
Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males. 8:9 Of the sons
of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and
eighteen males. 8:10 Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and
with him one hundred sixty males. 8:11 Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah
the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males. 8:12 Of the sons of
Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.
8:13 Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last; and these are their
names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males. 8:14
Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
8:15 I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there
we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and
found there none of the sons of Levi. 8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for
Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan,
and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also
for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers. 8:17 I sent them forth
to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they
should tell Iddo, and his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia,
that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God. 8:18
According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of
discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel;
and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen; 8:19 and
Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and
their sons, twenty; 8:20 and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes
had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty
Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name. 8:21 Then I proclaimed a
fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before
our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones,
and for all our substance. 8:22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a
band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way,
because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all
those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all
those who forsake him. 8:23 So we fasted and begged our God for this:
and he was entreated of us. 8:24 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs
of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers
with them, 8:25 and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the
vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and
his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had
offered: 8:26 I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of
silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred
talents; 8:27 and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two
vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. 8:28 I said to them, You
are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the
gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers. 8:29
Watch you, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the
priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of
Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahweh. 8:30 So
the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the
gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our
God. 8:31 Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of
the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us,
and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the
way. 8:32 We came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 8:33 On the
fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the
house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest;
and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad
the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite; 8:34 the
whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that
time. 8:35 The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile,
offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all
Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for
a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh. 8:36 They
delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps, and to the
governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house
of God.

9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me,
saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not
separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to
their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians,
and the Amorites. 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for
themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed
themselves with the peoples of the lands: yes, the hand of the princes
and rulers has been chief in this trespass. 9:3 When I heard this thing,
I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and
of my beard, and sat down confounded. 9:4 Then were assembled to me
everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the
trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the
evening offering. 9:5 At the evening offering I arose up from my
humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my
knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God; 9:6 and I said, my God,
I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our
iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up
to the heavens. 9:7 Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding
guilty to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our
priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the
sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is
this day. 9:8 Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh
our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his
holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little
reviving in our bondage. 9:9 For we are bondservants; yet our God has
not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us
in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up
the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in
Judah and in Jerusalem. 9:10 Now, our God, what shall we say after this?
for we have forsaken your commandments, 9:11 which you have commanded by
your servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which you go to possess
it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the
lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to
another with their filthiness: 9:12 now therefore don't give your
daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor
seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong,
and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your
children forever. 9:13 After all that is come on us for our evil deeds,
and for our great guilt, seeing that you our God have punished us less
than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant, 9:14
shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the
peoples that do these abominations? would not you be angry with us until
you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to
escape? 9:15 Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are
left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before
you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this.

10:1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting
himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together to him
out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for
the people wept very sore. 10:2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the
sons of Elam, answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and
have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is
hope for Israel concerning this thing. 10:3 Now therefore let us make a
covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of
them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at
the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
10:4 Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you: be of
good courage, and do it. 10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of
the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do
according to this word. So they swore. 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from
before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son
of Eliashib: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water;
for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity. 10:7
They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the
children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together
to Jerusalem; 10:8 and that whoever didn't come within three days,
according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his
substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly
of the captivity. 10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered
themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth
month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the
broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter,
and for the great rain. 10:10 Ezra the priest stood up, and said to
them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase
the guilt of Israel. 10:11 Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the
God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from
the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women. 10:12 Then all the
assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said concerning us, so
must we do. 10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much
rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of
one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. 10:14
Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those
who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed
times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the
fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be
dispatched. 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son
of Tikvah stood up against this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the
Levite helped them. 10:16 The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the
priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers'
houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat
down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 10:17
They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the
first day of the first month. 10:18 Among the sons of the priests there
were found who had married foreign women: namely, of the sons of Jeshua,
the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib,
and Gedaliah. 10:19 They gave their hand that they would put away their
wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their
guilt. 10:20 Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. 10:21 Of the
sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and
Uzziah. 10:22 Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,
Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 10:23 Of the Levites: Jozabad, and
Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
10:24 Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and
Uri. 10:25 Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and
Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. 10:26
Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and
Jeremoth, and Elijah. 10:27 Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 10:28 Of the sons of
Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai. 10:29 Of the sons of Bani:
Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth. 10:30 Of
the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah,
Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. 10:31 of the sons of Harim: Eliezer,
Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch,
Shemariah. 10:33 Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad,
Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei. 10:34 Of the sons of Bani: Maadai,
Amram, and Uel, 10:35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth,
Eliashib, 10:37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu, 10:38 and Bani, and
Binnui, Shimei, 10:39 and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 10:40
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 10:41 Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
10:42 Shallum, Amariah, Joseph. 10:43 Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel,
Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. 10:44 All these had
taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had
children.



Nehemiah

1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the
month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
1:2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of
Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were
left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 1:3 They said to me,
The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in
great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken
down, and its gates are burned with fire. 1:4 It happened, when I heard
these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I
fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, 1:5 and said, I beg you,
Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant
and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
1:6 Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may
listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this
time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I
confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against
you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned: 1:7 we have dealt very
corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the
statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
1:8 Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses,
saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
1:9 but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them,
though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will
I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have
chosen, to cause my name to dwell there. 1:10 Now these are your
servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power,
and by your strong hand. 1:11 Lord, I beg you, let now your ear be
attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your
servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant
this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cup
bearer to the king.

2:1 It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes
the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it
to the king. Now I had not been before sad in his presence. 2:2 The king
said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? this is
nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. 2:3 I
said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be
sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its
gates are consumed with fire? 2:4 Then the king said to me, For what do
you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 2:5 I said to the
king, If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in
your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers'
tombs, that I may build it. 2:6 The king said to me (the queen also
sitting by him), For how long shall your journey be? and when will you
return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. 2:7
Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given
me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through
until I come to Judah; 2:8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the
king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of
the castle which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city,
and for the house that I shall enter into. The king granted me,
according to the good hand of my God on me. 2:9 Then I came to the
governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the
king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen. 2:10 When
Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of
it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the
welfare of the children of Israel. 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was
there three days. 2:12 I arose in the night, I and some few men with me;
neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for
Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that
I rode on. 2:13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the
jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem,
which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire. 2:14 Then
I went on to the spring gate and to the king's pool: but there was no
place for the animal that was under me to pass. 2:15 Then went I up in
the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and
entered by the valley gate, and so returned. 2:16 The rulers didn't know
where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews,
nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the
rest who did the work. 2:17 Then said I to them, You see the evil case
that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with
fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no
more a reproach. 2:18 I told them of the hand of my God which was good
on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said,
Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good
work. 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and
despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you rebel
against the king? 2:20 Then answered I them, and said to them, The God
of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and
build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests,
and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors;
even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of
Hananel. 3:2 Next to him built the men of Jericho. Next to them built
Zaccur the son of Imri. 3:3 The fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah
build; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its
bars. 3:4 Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of
Hakkoz. Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of
Meshezabel. Next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. 3:5 Next to
them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't put their necks to
the work of their lord. 3:6 The old gate repaired Joiada the son of
Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid its beams, and set
up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 3:7 Next to them repaired
Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon,
and of Mizpah, that appertained to the throne of the governor beyond the
River. 3:8 Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths.
Next to him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified
Jerusalem even to the broad wall. 3:9 Next to them repaired Rephaiah the
son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem. 3:10 Next to
them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. Next
to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah. 3:11 Malchijah the son
of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired another portion,
and the tower of the furnaces. 3:12 Next to him repaired Shallum the son
of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his
daughters. 3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of
Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars,
and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate. 3:14 The dung gate
repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth
Haccherem; he built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
3:15 The spring gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of
the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its
doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by
the king's garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of
David. 3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of
half the district of Beth Zur, to the place over against the tombs of
David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty
men. 3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to
him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for
his district. 3:18 After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of
Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah. 3:19 Next to him
repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion,
over against the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall. 3:20
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion,
from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the
high priest. 3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son
of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even
to the end of the house of Eliashib. 3:22 After him repaired the
priests, the men of the Plain. 3:23 After them repaired Benjamin and
Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of
Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house. 3:24 After him
repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of
Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner. 3:25 Palal the
son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower
that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court
of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired. 3:26 (Now
the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate
toward the east, and the tower that stands out.) 3:27 After him the
Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that
stands out, and to the wall of Ophel. 3:28 Above the horse gate repaired
the priests, everyone over against his own house. 3:29 After them
repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his own house. After him
repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the
sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the
son of Berechiah over against his chamber. 3:31 After him repaired
Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the
merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the
corner. 3:32 Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate
repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

4:1 But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the
wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 4:2
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are
these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they
sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones
out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? 4:3 Now Tobiah the
Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if
a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. 4:4 Hear, our God;
for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and
give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity; 4:5 and don't cover
their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you;
for they have provoked you to anger before the builders. 4:6 So we built
the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half the height of it:
for the people had a mind to work. 4:7 But it happened that when
Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard
that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the
breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry; 4:8 and they
conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and
to cause confusion therein. 4:9 But we made our prayer to our God, and
set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 4:10 Judah
said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is
much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. 4:11 Our
adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into
the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease. 4:12 It
happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten
times from all places, You must return to us. 4:13 Therefore set I in
the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set
there the people after their families with their swords, their spears,
and their bows. 4:14 I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and
to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of
them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your
brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
4:15 It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and
God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to
the wall, everyone to his work. 4:16 It happened from that time forth,
that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the
spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers
were behind all the house of Judah. 4:17 They all built the wall and
those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands
worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon; 4:18 and the
builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side, and so built. He
who sounded the trumpet was by me. 4:19 I said to the nobles, and to the
rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and
we are separated on the wall, one far from another: 4:20 in whatever
place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you there to us; our God
will fight for us. 4:21 So we worked in the work: and half of them held
the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared. 4:22
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone with his
servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to
us, and may labor in the day. 4:23 So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my
servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off
our clothes, everyone went with his weapon to the water.

5:1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives
against their brothers the Jews. 5:2 For there were that said, We, our
sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and
live. 5:3 Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields,
and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the
dearth. 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the
king's tribute on our fields and our vineyards. 5:5 Yet now our flesh is
as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and
behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants,
and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is
it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our
vineyards. 5:6 I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the
rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. I
held a great assembly against them. 5:8 I said to them, We after our
ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, that were sold to the
nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold
to us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word. 5:9 Also I
said, The thing that you do is not good: ought you not to walk in the
fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
5:10 I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money and
grain. Please let us leave off this usury. 5:11 Please restore to them,
even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and
their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain,
the new wine, and the oil, that you exact of them. 5:12 Then said they,
We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do,
even as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them,
that they would do according to this promise. 5:13 Also I shook out my
lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his
labor, that doesn't perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out,
and emptied. All the assembly said, Amen, and praised Yahweh. The people
did according to this promise. 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was
appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth
year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is,
twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the
governor. 5:15 But the former governors who were before me were
supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides
forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people:
but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God. 5:16 Yes, also I
continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all
my servants were gathered there to the work. 5:17 Moreover there were at
my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides
those who came to us from among the nations that were around us. 5:18
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep;
also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts
of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor,
because the bondage was heavy on this people. 5:19 Remember to me, my
God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

6:1 Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and
to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built
the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to
that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;) 6:2 that Sanballat
and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the
villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 6:3 I
sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I
can't come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come
down to you? 6:4 They sent to me four times after this sort; and I
answered them after the same manner. 6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant
to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, 6:6
in which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says
it, that you and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause you are
building the wall: and you would be their king, according to these
words. 6:7 You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at
Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be
reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and
let us take counsel together. 6:8 Then I sent to him, saying, There are
no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own
heart. 6:9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands
shall be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, God,
strengthen you my hands. 6:10 I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of
Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet
together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the
doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night
will they come to kill you. 6:11 I said, Should such a man as I flee?
and who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save
his life? I will not go in. 6:12 I discerned, and behold, God had not
sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and
Sanballat had hired him. 6:13 For this cause was he hired, that I should
be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an
evil report, that they might reproach me. 6:14 Remember, my God, Tobiah
and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess
Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul,
in fifty-two days. 6:16 It happened, when all our enemies heard of it,
that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down
in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our
God. 6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters
to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them. 6:18 For there were
many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah
the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of
Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife. 6:19 Also they spoke of his good
deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to
put me in fear.

7:1 Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the
doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
7:2 that I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the
castle, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared
God above many. 7:3 I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be
opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them
shut the doors, and bar you them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone to be over against his
house. 7:4 Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few
therein, and the houses were not built. 7:5 My God put into my heart to
gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they
might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of
those who came up at the first, and I found written therein: 7:6 These
are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of
those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone
to his city; 7:7 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah,
Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel: 7:8 The children of
Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. 7:9 The children of
Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two. 7:10 The children of Arah, six
hundred fifty-two. 7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of
Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 7:12 The
children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. 7:13 The children
of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five. 7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven
hundred sixty. 7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.
7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight. 7:17 The children
of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two. 7:18 The children of
Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven. 7:19 The children of Bigvai, two
thousand sixty-seven. 7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five.
7:21 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. 7:22 The children
of Hashum, three hundred Twenty-eight. 7:23 The children of Bezai, three
hundred twenty-four. 7:24 The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve.
7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety-five. 7:26 The men of Bethlehem and
Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight. 7:27 The men of Anathoth, one
hundred twenty-eight. 7:28 The men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two. 7:29 The
men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-
three. 7:30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one. 7:31 The
men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two. 7:32 The men of Bethel and
Ai, a hundred twenty-three. 7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.
7:34 The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-
four. 7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty. 7:36 The
children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five. 7:37 The children of Lod,
Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one. 7:38 The children of Senaah,
three thousand nine hundred thirty. 7:39 The priests: The children of
Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three. 7:40 The
children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two. 7:41 The children of Pashhur,
one thousand two hundred forty-seven. 7:42 The children of Harim, one
thousand and seventeen. 7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of
Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four. 7:44 The singers: the
children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight. 7:45 The porters: the
children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the
children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one
hundred thirty-eight. 7:46 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the
children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 7:47 the children of
Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, 7:48 the children of
Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai, 7:49 the
children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 7:50
the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
7:51 the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of
Paseah. 7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children
of Nephushesim, 7:53 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha,
the children of Harhur, 7:54 the children of Bazlith, the children of
Mehida, the children of Harsha, 7:55 the children of Barkos, the
children of Sisera, the children of Temah, 7:56 the children of Neziah,
the children of Hatipha. 7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the
children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
7:58 the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel, 7:59 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the
children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Amon. 7:60 All the
Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred
ninety-two. 7:61 These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel
Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers'
houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel: 7:62 The children
of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred
forty-two. 7:63 Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of
Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of
Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. 7:64 These
sought their register among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it
was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the
priesthood. 7:65 The governor said to them, that they should not eat of
the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and
Thummim. 7:66 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three
hundred sixty, 7:67 besides their male servants and their female
servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven:
and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women. 7:68
Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred
forty-five; 7:69 their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys,
six thousand seven hundred twenty. 7:70 Some from among the heads of
fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one
thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests'
garments. 7:71 Some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the
treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand
two hundred minas of silver. 7:72 That which the rest of the people gave
was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver,
and sixty-seven priests' garments. 7:73 So the priests, and the Levites,
and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the
Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month
was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

8:1 All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the
broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the
scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded
to Israel. 8:2 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both
men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first
day of the seventh month. 8:3 He read therein before the broad place
that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the
presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand;
and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for
the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and
Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left
hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah,
Zechariah, and Meshullam. 8:5 Ezra opened the book in the sight of all
the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it,
all the people stood up: 8:6 and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All
the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and
they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the
ground. 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub,
Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah,
and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people
stood in their place. 8:8 They read in the book, in the law of God,
distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the
reading. 8:9 Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the
scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people,
This day is holy to Yahweh your God; don't mourn, nor weep. For all the
people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 8:10 Then he said to
them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions
to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord.
Don't be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength. 8:11 So the
Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is
holy; neither be you grieved. 8:12 All the people went their way to eat,
and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because
they had understood the words that were declared to them. 8:13 On the
second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all
the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to
give attention to the words of the law. 8:14 They found written in the
law, how that Yahweh had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel
should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month; 8:15 and that
they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem,
saying, Go forth to the mountain, and get olive branches, and branches
of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of
thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 8:16 So the people went
forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the
roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house
of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place
of the gate of Ephraim. 8:17 All the assembly of those who were come
again out of the captivity made booths, and lived in the booths; for
since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of
Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness. 8:18 Also day by
day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law
of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a
solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

9:1 Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel
were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them. 9:2
The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood
and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 9:3 They
stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their
God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed,
and worshiped Yahweh their God. 9:4 Then stood up on the stairs of the
Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani,
and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God. 9:5 Then
the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah,
Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from
everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be your glorious name, which is
exalted above all blessing and praise. 9:6 You are Yahweh, even you
alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army,
the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in
them, and you preserve them all; and the army of heaven worships you.
9:7 You are Yahweh the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth
out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham, 9:8 and
found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to
give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the
Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed,
and have performed your words; for you are righteous. 9:9 You saw the
affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
9:10 and showed signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants,
and on all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly
against them, and did get you a name, as it is this day. 9:11 You
divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the
sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you did cast into the depths, as
a stone into the mighty waters. 9:12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud you
led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in
the way in which they should go. 9:13 You came down also on Mount Sinai,
and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true
laws, good statutes and commandments, 9:14 and made known to them your
holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law,
by Moses your servant, 9:15 and gave them bread from the sky for their
hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their
thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land
which you had sworn to give them. 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt
proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your commandments,
9:17 and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you
did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion
appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready
to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving
kindness, and didn't forsake them. 9:18 Yes, when they had made them a
molten calf, and said, This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,
and had committed awful blasphemies; 9:19 yet you in your manifold
mercies didn't forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud
didn't depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither
the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which
they should go. 9:20 You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them,
and didn't withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for
their thirst. 9:21 Yes, forty years did you sustain them in the
wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes didn't grow old, and
their feet didn't swell. 9:22 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and
peoples, which you did allot after their portions: so they possessed the
land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og
king of Bashan. 9:23 Their children also multiplied you as the stars of
the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you did say to
their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. 9:24 So the
children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the
inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands,
with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with
them as they would. 9:25 They took fortified cities, and a fat land, and
possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards,
and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were
filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and
cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified
against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful
blasphemies. 9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their
adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when
they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold
mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their
adversaries. 9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before
you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they
had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to you,
you heard from heaven; and many times did you deliver them according to
your mercies, 9:29 and testified against them, that you might bring them
again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen to your
commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man do, he
shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck,
and would not hear. 9:30 Yet many years did you bear with them, and
testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets: yet would
they not give ear: therefore gave you them into the hand of the peoples
of the lands. 9:31 Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not
make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and
merciful God. 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and
the awesome God, who keep covenant and loving kindness, don't let all
the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings,
on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our
fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria
to this day. 9:33 However you are just in all that is come on us; for
you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly; 9:34 neither have our
kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor
listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you did
testify against them. 9:35 For they have not served you in their
kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large
and fat land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their
wicked works. 9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land
that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we
are servants in it. 9:37 It yields much increase to the kings whom you
have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our
bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great
distress. 9:38 Yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it;
and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal to it.

10:1 Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of
Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 10:3 Pashhur,
Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 10:5 Harim,
Meremoth, Obadiah, 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 10:7 Meshullam,
Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
10:9 The Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons
of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10:10 and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah,
Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, 10:12 Zaccur,
Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 10:13 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. 10:14 The chiefs of
the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 10:15 Bunni, Azgad,
Bebai, 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 10:17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 10:18
Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai, 10:20 Magpiash,
Meshullam, Hezir, 10:21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, 10:22 Pelatiah,
Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, 10:24 Hallohesh, Pilha,
Shobek, 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 10:26 and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 10:28 The rest of the people, the priests,
the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who
had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of
God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had
knowledge, and understanding; 10:29 They joined with their brothers,
their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in
God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe
and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and
his statutes; 10:30 and that we would not give our daughters to the
peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons; 10:31 and if
the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to
sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day;
and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every
debt. 10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly
with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
10:33 for the show bread, and for the continual meal offering, and for
the continual burnt offering, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for
the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to
make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
10:34 We cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the
wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our
fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar
of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law; 10:35 and to bring the
first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all
manner of trees, year by year, to the house of Yahweh; 10:36 also the
firstborn of our sons, and of our livestock, as it is written in the
law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the
house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God;
10:37 and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our
wave offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and
the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and
the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the
tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 10:38 The priest the son of
Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the
Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God,
to the chambers, into the treasure house. 10:39 For the children of
Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the wave offering of the
grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the chambers, where are the
vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the porters,
and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

11:1 The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the
people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the
holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. 11:2 The people blessed
all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. 11:3
Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem: but in
the cities of Judah lived everyone in his possession in their cities, to
wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the
children of Solomon's servants. 11:4 In Jerusalem lived certain of the
children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of
Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of
Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of
Perez; 11:5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son
of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah,
the son of the Shilonite. 11:6 All the sons of Perez who lived in
Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men. 11:7 These are the
sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son
of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel,
the son of Jeshaiah. 11:8 After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-
eight. 11:9 Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son
of Hassenuah was second over the city. 11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the
son of Joiarib, Jachin, 11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the
ruler of the house of God, 11:12 and their brothers who did the work of
the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the
son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of
Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, 11:13 and his brothers, chiefs of
fathers' houses, two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel,
the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 11:14 and
their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their
overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. 11:15 Of the Levites:
Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah,
the son of Bunni; 11:16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the
Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of
God; 11:17 and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of
Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and
Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua,
the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 11:18 All the Levites in the holy
city were two hundred eighty-four. 11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub,
Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one
hundred seventy-two. 11:20 The residue of Israel, of the priests, the
Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
11:21 But the Nethinim lived in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the
Nethinim. 11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi
the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house
of God. 11:23 For there was a commandment from the king concerning them,
and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required. 11:24
Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of
Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
11:25 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of
Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, and in Dibon and its towns,
and in Jekabzeel and its villages, 11:26 and in Jeshua, and in Moladah,
and Beth Pelet, 11:27 and in Hazar Shual, and in Beersheba and its
towns, 11:28 and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in its towns, 11:29 and
in En Rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah, Adullam, and
their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they
encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom. 11:31 The children of
Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at
Bethel and its towns, 11:32 at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33 Hazor,
Ramah, Gittaim, 11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the
valley of craftsmen. 11:36 Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah
were joined to Benjamin.

12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4
Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 12:5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah,
and Joiarib, Jedaiah. 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the
chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua. 12:8
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and
Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers. 12:9 Also
Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them according to
their offices. 12:10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim
became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
12:11 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the
father of Jaddua. 12:12 In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of
fathers' houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13 of
Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 of Malluchi, Jonathan; of
Shebaniah, Joseph; 12:15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16 of
Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 12:17 of Abijah, Zichri; of
Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; 12:18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah,
Jehonathan; 12:19 and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20 of
Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 12:21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah,
Nethanel. 12:22 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and
Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers' houses;
also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. 12:23 The sons of
Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were written in the book of the
chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 12:24
The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of
Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give
thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next
to watch. 12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon,
Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the
priest the scribe. 12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they
sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem,
to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with
singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps. 12:28 The
sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain
around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites; 12:29 also
from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the
singers had built them villages around Jerusalem. 12:30 The priests and
the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the
gates, and the wall. 12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the
wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in
procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
12:32 and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
12:33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and
Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 12:35 and certain of the priests' sons with
trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of
Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;
12:36 and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the
man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them. 12:37 By the spring
gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city
of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to
the water gate eastward. 12:38 The other company of those who gave
thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people,
on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,
12:39 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the
fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to
the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard. 12:40 So
stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God,
and I, and the half of the rulers with me; 12:41 and the priests,
Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah,
with trumpets; 12:42 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi,
and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud,
with Jezrahiah their overseer. 12:43 They offered great sacrifices that
day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the
women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was
heard even afar off. 12:44 On that day were men appointed over the
chambers for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first
fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields
of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and
Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who
waited. 12:45 They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the
purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the
commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 12:46 For in the days of
David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of
praise and thanksgiving to God. 12:47 All Israel in the days of
Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the
singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart that
which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for
the sons of Aaron.

13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the
people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite
should not enter into the assembly of God forever, 13:2 because they
didn't meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired
Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse
into a blessing. 13:3 It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that
they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. 13:4 Now before
this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the
house of our God, being allied to Tobiah, 13:5 had prepared for him a
great chamber, where before they laid the meal offerings, the
frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new
wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and
the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.
13:6 But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and
after certain days asked I leave of the king, 13:7 and I came to
Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in
preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 13:8 It
grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of
Tobiah out of the chamber. 13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the
chambers: and there brought I again the vessels of the house of God,
with the meal offerings and the frankincense. 13:10 I perceived that the
portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and
the singers, who did the work, had fled everyone to his field. 13:11
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God
forsaken? I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 13:12
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the
oil to the treasuries. 13:13 I made treasurers over the treasuries,
Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah:
and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for
they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to
their brothers. 13:14 Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don't
wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for
its observances. 13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some men treading
winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys
therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens,
which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified
against them in the day in which they sold food. 13:16 There lived men
of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all manner of wares, and
sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 13:17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil
thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day? 13:18 Didn't
your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil on us, and
on this city? yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the
Sabbath. 13:19 It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began
to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be
shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the
Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden should
be brought in on the Sabbath day. 13:20 So the merchants and sellers of
all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice. 13:21 Then
I testified against them, and said to them, Why lodge you about the
wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth
came they no more on the Sabbath. 13:22 I commanded the Levites that
they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the
gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also,
and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness. 13:23
In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of
Ammon, and of Moab: 13:24 and their children spoke half in the speech of
Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the
language of each people. 13:25 I contended with them, and cursed them,
and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them
swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons,
nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves. 13:26 Did not
Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was
there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him
king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to
sin. 13:27 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to
trespass against our God in marrying foreign women? 13:28 One of the
sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to
Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. 13:29 Remember
them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant
of the priesthood, and of the Levites. 13:30 Thus cleansed I them from
all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the
Levites, everyone in his work; 13:31 and for the wood offering, at times
appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.

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Esther

1:1 Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who
reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven
provinces), 1:2 that in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the
throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, 1:3 in the third
year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants;
the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces,
being before him. 1:4 He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom
and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred
eighty days. 1:5 When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven
day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace,
both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
1:6 There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened
with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars.
The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white,
yellow, and black marble. 1:7 They gave them drinks in golden vessels of
various kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the
bounty of the king. 1:8 In accordance with the law, the drinking was not
compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his
house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. 1:9 Also
Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which
belonged to King Ahasuerus.

1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine,
he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and
Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the
king, 1:11 to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal
crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was
beautiful. 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's
commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his
anger burned in him. 1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew
the times, (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew law
and judgment; 1:14 and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and
Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom), 1:15
"What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has
not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?"

1:16 Memucan answered before the king and the princes, "Vashti the queen
has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to
all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus. 1:17
For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them
to show contempt for their husbands, when it is reported, 'King
Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but
she didn't come.' 1:18 Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who
have heard of the queen's deed will tell all the king's princes. This
will cause much contempt and wrath. 1:19 If it please the king, let a
royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of
the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti
may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her
royal estate to another who is better than she. 1:20 When the king's
decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for
it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great
and small."

1:21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did
according to the word of Memucan: 1:22 for he sent letters into all the
king's provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to
every people in their language, that every man should rule his own
house, speaking in the language of his own people.

2:1 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified,
he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed
against her. 2:2 Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let
beautiful young virgins be sought for the king. 2:3 Let the king appoint
officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather
together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the
women's house, to the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the
women. Let cosmetics be given them; 2:4 and let the maiden who pleases
the king be queen instead of Vashti." The thing pleased the king, and he
did so.

2:5 There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was
Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a
Benjamite, 2:6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the
captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. 2:7 He brought up
Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither
father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her
father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter. 2:8
So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard,
and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to
the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to
the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 2:9 The maiden pleased him,
and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and
her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given
her out of the king's house. He moved her and her maidens to the best
place in the women's house. 2:10 Esther had not made known her people
nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should
not make it known. 2:11 Mordecai walked every day in front of the court
of the women's house, to find out how Esther did, and what would become
of her.

2:12 Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her
purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their
purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months
with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women). 2:13
The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired
was given her to go with her out of the women's house to the king's
house. 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned
into the second women's house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's
eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless
the king delighted in her, and she was called by name. 2:15 Now when the
turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had
taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required
nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women,
advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at
her. 2:16 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in
the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his
reign. 2:17 The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she
obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so
that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of
Vashti.

2:18 Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his
servants, even Esther's feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the
provinces, and gave gifts according to the king's bounty.

2:19 When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai
was sitting in the king's gate. 2:20 Esther had not yet made known her
relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther
obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him. 2:21 In
those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the
king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry,
and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus. 2:22 This thing became
known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed
the king in Mordecai's name. 2:23 When this matter was investigated, and
it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree; and it was
written in the book of the chronicles in the king's presence.

3:1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the
princes who were with him. 3:2 All the king's servants who were in the
king's gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so
commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn't bow down or pay him
homage. 3:3 Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said
to Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's commandment?" 3:4 Now it
came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn't listen to
them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's reason would
stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew. 3:5 When Haman saw that
Mordecai didn't bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
3:6 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for
they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to
destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus,
even the Mordecai's people.

3:7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of
King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day
to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is
the month Adar. 3:8 Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain
people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the
provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other
people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the
king's profit to allow them to remain. 3:9 If it pleases the king, let
it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand
talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the
king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries."

3:10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son
of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. 3:11 The king said to Haman,
"The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it
seems good to you." 3:12 Then the king's scribes were called in on the
first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman
commanded was written to the king's satraps, and to the governors who
were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every
province according its writing, and to every people in their language.
It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the
king's ring. 3:13 Letters were sent by couriers into all the king's
provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both
young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to
plunder their possessions. 3:14 A copy of the letter, that the decree
should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples,
that they should be ready against that day. 3:15 The couriers went forth
in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in the
citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of
Shushan was perplexed.

4:1 Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his
clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of
the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly. 4:2 He came even before the
king's gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate clothed with
sackcloth. 4:3 In every province, wherever the king's commandment and
his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting,
and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4:4
Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen
was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his
sackcloth; but he didn't receive it. 4:5 Then Esther called for Hathach,
one of the king's eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and
commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it
was. 4:6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was
before the king's gate. 4:7 Mordecai told him of all that had happened
to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to
the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. 4:8 He also gave
him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan
to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to
urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make
request before him, for her people.

4:9 Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. 4:10 Then Esther
spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai: 4:11 "All the
king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, know, that
whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court
without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death,
except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he
may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty
days."

4:12 They told to Mordecai Esther's words. 4:13 Then Mordecai asked them
return answer to Esther, "Don't think to yourself that you will escape
in the king's house any more than all the Jews. 4:14 For if you remain
silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from
another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Who knows if
you haven't come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"

4:15 Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai, 4:16 "Go, gather
together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and
neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will
also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against
the law; and if I perish, I perish." 4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and
did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

5:1 Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal
clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, next to the
king's house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next
to the entrance of the house. 5:2 When the king saw Esther the queen
standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king
held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther
came near, and touched the top of the scepter. 5:3 Then the king asked
her, "What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall
be given you even to the half of the kingdom."

5:4 Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman
come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."

5:5 Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as
Esther has said." So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther
had prepared.

5:6 The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, "What is your
petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the
half of the kingdom it shall be performed."

5:7 Then Esther answered and said, "My petition and my request is this.
5:8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the
king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and
Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do
tomorrow as the king has said."

5:9 Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when
Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up nor move
for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 5:10 Nevertheless
Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for
his friends and Zeresh his wife. 5:11 Haman recounted to them the glory
of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which
the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes
and servants of the king. 5:12 Haman also said, "Yes, Esther the queen
let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared
but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the
king. 5:13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the
Jew sitting at the king's gate."

5:14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a
gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king
about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the
banquet." This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

6:1 On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of
records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.
6:2 It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh,
two of the king's eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay
hands on the King Ahasuerus. 6:3 The king said, "What honor and dignity
has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?"

Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done
for him."

6:4 The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had come into the
outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king about hanging
Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

6:5 The king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman stands in the
court."

The king said, "Let him come in." 6:6 So Haman came in. The king said to
him, "What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?"

Now Haman said in his heart, "Who would the king delight to honor more
than myself?" 6:7 Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king
delights to honor, 6:8 let royal clothing be brought which the king uses
to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which
a crown royal is set. 6:9 Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to
the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array
the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on
horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, 'Thus shall
it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!'"

6:10 Then the king said to Haman, "Hurry and take the clothing and the
horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at
the king's gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken."

6:11 Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai,
and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him,
"Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!"

6:12 Mordecai came back to the king's gate, but Haman hurried to his
house, mourning and having his head covered. 6:13 Haman recounted to
Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him.
Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before
whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail
against him, but you will surely fall before him." 6:14 While they were
yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs came, and hurried to bring
Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 7:2 The
king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine,
"What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is
your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed."

7:3 Then Esther the queen answered, "If I have found favor in your
sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my
petition, and my people at my request. 7:4 For we are sold, I and my
people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been
sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace,
although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss."

7:5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, "Who is he, and where
is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?"

7:6 Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!"

Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. 7:7 The king arose
in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden.
Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he
saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. 7:8 Then the
king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of
wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king
said, "Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?" As
the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

7:9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said,
"Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for
Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman's house."

The king said, "Hang him on it!"

7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

8:1 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews'
enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther
had told what he was to her. 8:2 The king took off his ring, which he
had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over
the house of Haman. 8:3 Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell
down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of
Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
8:4 Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king. 8:5 She said, "If it pleases the king,
and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the
king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the
letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he
wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces. 8:6 For
how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I
endure to see the destruction of my relatives?"

8:7 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the
Jew, "See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have
hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews. 8:8 Write
also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it
with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's
name, and sealed with the king's ring, may not be reversed by any man."

8:9 Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month
Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written
according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the
satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from
India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province
according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to
the Jews in their writing, and in their language. 8:10 He wrote in the
name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent
letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bread
from swift steeds. 8:11 In those letters, the king granted the Jews who
were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their
life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the
people and province that would assault them, their little ones and
women, and to plunder their possessions, 8:12 on one day in all the
provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month,
which is the month Adar. 8:13 A copy of the letter, that the decree
should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples,
that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their
enemies. 8:14 So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out,
hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. The decree was given
out in the citadel of Susa.

8:15 Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of
blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine
linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad. 8:16 The
Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor. 8:17 In every province, and in
every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the
Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the
peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on
them.

9:1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the month, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near
to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to
conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the
Jews conquered those who hated them), 9:2 the Jews gathered themselves
together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King
Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could
withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.
9:3 All the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and
those who did the king's business helped the Jews, because the fear of
Mordecai had fallen on them. 9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's
house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces; for the man
Mordecai grew greater and greater. 9:5 The Jews struck all their enemies
with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and
did what they wanted to those who hated them. 9:6 In the citadel of
Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. 9:7 They killed
Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 9:8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9:9
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha, 9:10 the ten sons of Haman the
son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, but they didn't lay their hand on
the plunder. 9:11 On that day, the number of those who were slain in the
citadel of Susa was brought before the king. 9:12 The king said to
Esther the queen, "The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in
the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have
they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your
petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It
shall be done."

9:13 Then Esther said, "If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the
Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's
decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows."

9:14 The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in
Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. 9:15 The Jews who were in
Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the
month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay
their hand on the spoil. 9:16 The other Jews who were in the king's
provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest
from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated
them; but they didn't lay their hand on the plunder. 9:17 This was done
on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of
that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 9:18
But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth
and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of
that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns,
make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and
feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one
another. 9:20 Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the
Jews who were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both near and
far, 9:21 to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and
fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly, 9:22 as the days in which the
Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them
from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they
should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents
of food to one another, and gifts to the needy. 9:23 The Jews accepted
the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them; 9:24
because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the
Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast "Pur,"
that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; 9:25 but when
this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked
device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own
head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 9:26
Therefore they called these days "Purim," from the word "Pur." Therefore
because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen
concerning this matter, and that which had come to them, 9:27 the Jews
established, and imposed on themselves, and on their descendants, and on
all those who joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail,
that they would keep these two days according to what was written, and
according to its appointed time, every year; 9:28 and that these days
should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family,
every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not
fail from among the Jews, nor the memory of them perish from their seed.

9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the
Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
9:30 He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven
provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
9:31 to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as
Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had
imposed upon themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the
fastings and their cry. 9:32 The commandment of Esther confirmed these
matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

10:1 King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands of
the sea. 10:2 All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full
account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media
and Persia? 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and
great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers,
seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his
descendants.

Notes:

[1] back to 9:26 Purim is the Hebrew plural for pur, which means lot.



Job

1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was
blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from
evil. 1:2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 1:3 His
possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five
hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great
household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the
east. 1:4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his
birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to
drink with them. 1:5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run
their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in
the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them
all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced
God in their hearts." Job did so continually.

1:6 Now it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present
themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them. 1:7 Yahweh
said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it."

1:8 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For
there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one
who fears God, and turns away from evil."

1:9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for
nothing? 1:10 Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house,
and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of
his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 1:11 But put
forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you
to your face."

1:12 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power.
Only on himself don't put forth your hand."

So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh. 1:13 It fell on a day
when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
eldest brother's house, 1:14 that there came a messenger to Job, and
said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them, 1:15
and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the
servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell
you."

1:16 While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said,
"The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep
and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell
you."

1:17 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said,
"The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have
taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the
sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

1:18 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said,
"Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
eldest brother's house, 1:19 and behold, there came a great wind from
the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on
the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."

1:20 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell
down on the ground, and worshiped. 1:21 He said, "Naked I came out of my
mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh
has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh." 1:22 In all this, Job
did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

2:1 Again it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present
themselves before Yahweh, that Satan came also among them to present
himself before Yahweh. 2:2 Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come
from?"

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it."

2:3 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there
is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who
fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity,
although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."

2:4 Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man
has he will give for his life. 2:5 But put forth your hand now, and
touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."

2:6 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his
life."

2:7 So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with
painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head. 2:8 He took for
himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
2:9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still maintain your integrity?
Renounce God, and die."

2:10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would
speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not
receive evil?"

In all this Job didn't sin with his lips. 2:11 Now when Job's three
friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from
his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the
Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize
with him and to comfort him. 2:12 When they lifted up their eyes from a
distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept;
and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward
the sky. 2:13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and
seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief
was very great.

3:1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
3:2 Job answered:

3:3 "Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said,
'There is a boy conceived.' 3:4 Let that day be darkness. Don't let God
from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it. 3:5 Let
darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud
dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it. 3:6 As for
that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the
days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months. 3:7
Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein. 3:8
Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up
leviathan. 3:9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for
light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
3:10 because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it
hide trouble from my eyes. 3:11 "Why didn't I die from the womb? Why
didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore me? 3:12 Why did the
knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck? 3:13 For now
should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I
would have been at rest, 3:14 with kings and counselors of the earth,
who built up waste places for themselves; 3:15 or with princes who had
gold, who filled their houses with silver: 3:16 or as a hidden untimely
birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light. 3:17 There the
wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest. 3:18 There the
prisoners are at ease together. They don't hear the voice of the
taskmaster. 3:19 The small and the great are there. The servant is free
from his master. 3:20 "Why is light given to him who is in misery, life
to the bitter in soul, 3:21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and
dig for it more than for hidden treasures, 3:22 who rejoice exceedingly,
and are glad, when they can find the grave? 3:23 Why is light given to a
man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in? 3:24 For my sighing comes
before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water. 3:25 For the thing
which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me. 3:26 I
am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble
comes." 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

4:2 "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who
can withhold himself from speaking? 4:3 Behold, you have instructed
many, you have strengthened the weak hands. 4:4 Your words have
supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees. 4:5
But now it is come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are
troubled. 4:6 Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of
your ways your hope? 4:7 "Remember, now, whoever perished, being
innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? 4:8 According to what I
have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same. 4:9
By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they
consumed. 4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce
lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 4:11 The old lion
perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
4:12 "Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper
of it. 4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep
falls on men, 4:14 fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my
bones shake. 4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my
flesh stood up. 4:16 It stood still, but I couldn't discern its
appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice,
saying, 4:17 'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be
more pure than his Maker? 4:18 Behold, he puts no trust in his servants.
He charges his angels with error. 4:19 How much more, those who dwell in
houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before
the moth! 4:20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They
perish forever without any regarding it. 4:21 Isn't their tent cord
plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.' 5:1 "Call
now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will
you turn? 5:2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills
the simple. 5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I
cursed his habitation. 5:4 His children are far from safety. They are
crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, 5:5 whose
harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The
snare gapes for their substance. 5:6 For affliction doesn't come forth
from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground; 5:7 but
man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 5:8 "But as for me, I
would seek God. I would commit my cause to God, 5:9 who does great
things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number; 5:10 who
gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields; 5:11 so that he
sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to
safety. 5:12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their
hands can't perform their enterprise. 5:13 He takes the wise in their
own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. 5:14
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the
night. 5:15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy
from the hand of the mighty. 5:16 So the poor has hope, and injustice
shuts her mouth. 5:17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects.
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. 5:18 For he
wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole. 5:19 He will
deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch
you. 5:20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the
power of the sword. 5:21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the
tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. 5:22
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid
of the animals of the earth. 5:23 For you shall be in league with the
stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with
you. 5:24 You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit
your fold, and shall miss nothing. 5:25 You shall know also that your
seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth. 5:26 You
shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in
its season. 5:27 Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and
know it for your good." 6:1 Then Job answered,

6:2 "Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the
balances! 6:3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,
therefore have my words been rash. 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty
are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set
themselves in array against me. 6:5 Does the wild donkey bray when he
has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder? 6:6 Can that which has no
flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an
egg? 6:7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to
me. 6:8 "Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing
that I long for, 6:9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he
would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 6:10 Be it still my
consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have
not denied the words of the Holy One. 6:11 What is my strength, that I
should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient? 6:12 Is my
strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? 6:13 Isn't it
that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me? 6:14 "To
him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;
even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 6:15 My brothers have
dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
6:16 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides
itself. 6:17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are
consumed out of their place. 6:18 The caravans that travel beside them
turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish. 6:19 The caravans of
Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them. 6:20 They were
distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were
confounded. 6:21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are
afraid. 6:22 Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from
your substance?' 6:23 or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or,
'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?' 6:24 "Teach me, and I will
hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 6:25 How
forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it
reprove? 6:26 Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches
of one who is desperate are as wind? 6:27 Yes, you would even cast lots
for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend. 6:28 Now
therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your
face. 6:29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again.
My cause is righteous. 6:30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my
taste discern mischievous things? 7:1 "Isn't a man forced to labor on
earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand? 7:2 As a servant
who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
7:3 so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are
appointed to me. 7:4 When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and
the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day. 7:5 My
flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and
breaks out afresh. 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and
are spent without hope. 7:7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye
shall no more see good. 7:8 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no
more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be. 7:9 As the cloud is
consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up
no more. 7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his
place know him any more. 7:11 "Therefore I will not keep silent. I will
speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of
my soul. 7:12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over
me? 7:13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my
complaint;' 7:14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through
visions: 7:15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my
bones. 7:16 I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me
alone, for my days are but a breath. 7:17 What is man, that you should
magnify him, that you should set your mind on him, 7:18 that you should
visit him every morning, and test him every moment? 7:19 How long will
you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my
spittle? 7:20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men?
Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
7:21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?
For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I
shall not be." 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

8:2 "How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth
be a mighty wind? 8:3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty
pervert righteousness? 8:4 If your children have sinned against him, He
has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience. 8:5 If you want
to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty. 8:6 If
you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make
the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. 8:7 Though your
beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase. 8:8
"Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of
their fathers. 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
because our days on earth are a shadow.) 8:10 Shall they not teach you,
tell you, and utter words out of their heart? 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow
up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? 8:12 While it is yet
in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed. 8:13
So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man
shall perish, 8:14 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a
spider's web. 8:15 He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand.
He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure. 8:16 He is green before
the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden. 8:17 His roots are wrapped
around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones. 8:18 If he is
destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not
seen you.' 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth,
others shall spring. 8:20 "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless
man, neither will he uphold the evil-doers. 8:21 He will still fill your
mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting. 8:22 Those who hate you
shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
9:1 Then Job answered,

9:2 "Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God? 9:3
If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a
thousand. 9:4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has
hardened himself against him, and prospered? 9:5 He removes the
mountains, and they don't know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
9:6 He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble. 9:7 He
commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars. 9:8 He
alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea. 9:9
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the
south. 9:10 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things
without number. 9:11 Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He
passes on also, but I don't perceive him. 9:12 Behold, he snatches away.
Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?' 9:13 "God
will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him. 9:14
How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?
9:15 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make
supplication to my judge. 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me,
yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice. 9:17 For he breaks
me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause. 9:18 He will
not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness. 9:19 If
it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,'
says he, 'will summon me?' 9:20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth
shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
9:21 I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life. 9:22 "It
is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the
wicked. 9:23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of
the innocent. 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He
covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it? 9:25 "Now my
days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good, 9:26
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on
the prey. 9:27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my
sad face, and cheer up;' 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that
you will not hold me innocent. 9:29 I shall be condemned. Why then do I
labor in vain? 9:30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands
with lye, 9:31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall
abhor me. 9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him,
that we should come together in judgment. 9:33 There is no umpire
between us, that might lay his hand on us both. 9:34 Let him take his
rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid; 9:35 then I would
speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself. 10:1 "My soul is
weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak
in the bitterness of my soul. 10:2 I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me.
Show me why you contend with me. 10:3 Is it good to you that you should
oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on
the counsel of the wicked? 10:4 Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see
as man sees? 10:5 Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as
man's years, 10:6 that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after
my sin? 10:7 Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who
can deliver out of your hand. 10:8 "'Your hands have framed me and
fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me. 10:9 Remember, I beg you,
that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
10:10 Haven't you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?
10:11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with
bones and sinews. 10:12 You have granted me life and loving kindness.
Your visitation has preserved my spirit. 10:13 Yet you hid these things
in your heart. I know that this is with you: 10:14 if I sin, then you
mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity. 10:15 If I am wicked,
woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being
filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction. 10:16 If my head
is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful
to me. 10:17 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your
indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me. 10:18 "'Why, then,
have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the
spirit, and no eye had seen me. 10:19 I should have been as though I had
not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 10:20
Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little
comfort, 10:21 before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of
darkness and of the shadow of death; 10:22 the land dark as midnight, of
the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as
midnight.'" 11:1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

11:2 "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of
talk be justified? 11:3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace?
When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed? 11:4 For you say, 'My
doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.' 11:5 But oh that God would
speak, and open his lips against you, 11:6 that he would show you the
secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that
God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves. 11:7 "Can you fathom
the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty? 11:8
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol.
What can you know? 11:9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and
broader than the sea. 11:10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a
court, then who can oppose him? 11:11 For he knows false men. He sees
iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it. 11:12 An empty-headed
man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt. 11:13 "If
you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him. 11:14 If
iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don't let unrighteousness
dwell in your tents. 11:15 Surely then you shall lift up your face
without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear: 11:16 for
you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are
passed away. 11:17 Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there
is darkness, it shall be as the morning. 11:18 You shall be secure,
because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest
in safety. 11:19 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you
afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor. 11:20 But the eyes of the
wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be
the giving up of the spirit." 12:1 Then Job answered,

12:2 "No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you.
Yes, who doesn't know such things as these? 12:4 I am like one who is a
joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just,
the blameless man is a joke. 12:5 In the thought of him who is at ease
there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
12:6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who
carry their God in their hands. 12:7 "But ask the animals, now, and they
shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. 12:8 Or
speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall
declare to you. 12:9 Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of
Yahweh has done this, 12:10 in whose hand is the life of every living
thing, and the breath of all mankind? 12:11 Doesn't the ear try words,
even as the palate tastes its food? 12:12 With aged men is wisdom, in
length of days understanding. 12:13 "With God is wisdom and might. He
has counsel and understanding. 12:14 Behold, he breaks down, and it
can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
12:15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends
them out, and they overturn the earth. 12:16 With him is strength and
wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his. 12:17 He leads counselors
away stripped. He makes judges fools. 12:18 He loosens the bond of
kings. He binds their waist with a belt. 12:19 He leads priests away
stripped, and overthrows the mighty. 12:20 He removes the speech of
those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
12:21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
12:22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light
the shadow of death. 12:23 He increases the nations, and he destroys
them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive. 12:24 He takes
away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and
causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 12:25 They
grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken
man. 13:1 "Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and
understood it. 13:2 What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to
you. 13:3 "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with
God. 13:4 But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no
value. 13:5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be
wise. 13:6 Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
13:7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
13:8 Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God? 13:9 Is
it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will
you deceive him? 13:10 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show
partiality. 13:11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread
fall on you? 13:12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your
defenses are defenses of clay. 13:13 "Be silent, leave me alone, that I
may speak. Let come on me what will. 13:14 Why should I take my flesh in
my teeth, and put my life in my hand? 13:15 Behold, he will kill me. I
have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him. 13:16
This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come
before him. 13:17 Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in
your ears. 13:18 See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am
righteous. 13:19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I
hold my peace and give up the spirit. 13:20 "Only don't do two things to
me; then I will not hide myself from your face: 13:21 withdraw your hand
far from me; and don't let your terror make me afraid. 13:22 Then call,
and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me. 13:23 How many
are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
13:24 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy? 13:25 Will you
harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? 13:26 For you
write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my
youth: 13:27 You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths.
You set a bound to the soles of my feet, 13:28 though I am decaying like
a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. 14:1 "Man, who is
born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. 14:2 He comes
forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and
doesn't continue. 14:3 Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me
into judgment with you? 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an
unclean? Not one. 14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his
months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't
pass; 14:6 Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall
accomplish, as a hireling, his day. 14:7 "For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of
it will not cease. 14:8 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its
stock dies in the ground, 14:9 yet through the scent of water it will
bud, and put forth boughs like a plant. 14:10 But man dies, and is laid
low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he? 14:11 As the waters
fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up, 14:12 so man lies
down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not
awake, nor be roused out of their sleep. 14:13 "Oh that you would hide
me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14:14 If a man
dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait,
until my release should come. 14:15 You would call, and I would answer
you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands. 14:16 But now
you number my steps. Don't you watch over my sin? 14:17 My disobedience
is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity. 14:18 "But the
mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;
14:19 The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust
of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man. 14:20 You forever prevail
against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.
14:21 His sons come to honor, and he doesn't know it. They are brought
low, but he doesn't perceive it of them. 14:22 But his flesh on him has
pain, and his soul within him mourns." 15:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite
answered,

15:2 "Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself
with the east wind? 15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or
with speeches with which he can do no good? 15:4 Yes, you do away with
fear, and hinder devotion before God. 15:5 For your iniquity teaches
your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. 15:6 Your own
mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
15:7 "Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth
before the hills? 15:8 Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you
limit wisdom to yourself? 15:9 What do you know, that we don't know?
What do you understand, which is not in us? 15:10 With us are both the
gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father. 15:11
Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is
gentle toward you? 15:12 Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your
eyes flash, 15:13 That you turn your spirit against God, and let such
words go out of your mouth? 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean?
What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15:15
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not
clean in his sight; 15:16 how much less one who is abominable and
corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water! 15:17 "I will show you,
listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare: 15:18 (Which wise
men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it; 15:19 to whom
alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them): 15:20 the
wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that
are laid up for the oppressor. 15:21 A sound of terrors is in his ears.
In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him. 15:22 He doesn't believe
that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
15:23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that
the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 15:24 Distress and anguish
make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the
battle. 15:25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and
behaves himself proudly against the Almighty; 15:26 he runs at him with
a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers; 15:27 because he
has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
15:28 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited,
which were ready to become heaps. 15:29 He shall not be rich, neither
shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be
extended on the earth. 15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness. The
flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he
go away. 15:31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for
emptiness shall be his reward. 15:32 It shall be accomplished before his
time. His branch shall not be green. 15:33 He shall shake off his unripe
grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
15:34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall
consume the tents of bribery. 15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring
forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit." 16:1 Then Job answered,

16:2 "I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
16:3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
16:4 I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place,
I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you, 16:5
but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would
relieve you. 16:6 "Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I
forbear, what am I eased? 16:7 But now, God, you have surely worn me
out. You have made desolate all my company. 16:8 You have shriveled me
up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It
testifies to my face. 16:9 He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted
me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes
on me. 16:10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me
on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
16:11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the
wicked. 16:12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me
by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his
target. 16:13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and
does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground. 16:14 He breaks me
with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant. 16:15 I have sewed
sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust. 16:16 My face
is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids. 16:17 Although
there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure. 16:18 "Earth,
don't cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest. 16:19 Even now,
behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high. 16:20
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God, 16:21 that he
would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his
neighbor! 16:22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from
whence I shall not return. 17:1 "My spirit is consumed. My days are
extinct, And the grave is ready for me. 17:2 Surely there are mockers
with me. My eye dwells on their provocation. 17:3 "Now give a pledge, be
collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with
me? 17:4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore
you shall not exalt them. 17:5 He who denounces his friends for a prey,
Even the eyes of his children shall fail. 17:6 "But he has made me a
byword of the people. They spit in my face. 17:7 My eye also is dim by
reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow. 17:8 Upright men shall
be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the
godless. 17:9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean
hands shall grow stronger and stronger. 17:10 But as for you all, come
on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you. 17:11 My days are
past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart. 17:12
They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the
presence of darkness. 17:13 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have
spread my couch in the darkness, 17:14 If I have said to corruption,
'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;' 17:15
where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 17:16 Shall it
go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the
dust?" 18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

18:2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will
speak. 18:3 Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in
your sight? 18:4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be
forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? 18:5
"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire
shall not shine. 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp
above him shall be put out. 18:7 The steps of his strength shall be
shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down. 18:8 For he is cast into
a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. 18:9 A snare will
take him by the heel. A trap will catch him. 18:10 A noose is hidden for
him in the ground, a trap for him in the way. 18:11 Terrors shall make
him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels. 18:12 His
strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side. 18:13
The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall
devour his members. 18:14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he
trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors. 18:15 There shall
dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered
on his habitation. 18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above
shall his branch be cut off. 18:17 His memory shall perish from the
earth. He shall have no name in the street. 18:18 He shall be driven
from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 18:19 He shall
have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where
he sojourned. 18:20 Those who come after shall be astonished at his day,
as those who went before were frightened. 18:21 Surely such are the
dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know
God." 19:1 Then Job answered,

19:2 "How long will you torment me, and crush me with words? 19:3 You
have reproached me ten times. You aren't ashamed that you attack me.
19:4 If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself. 19:5
If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me
my reproach; 19:6 know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded
me with his net. 19:7 "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I
cry for help, but there is no justice. 19:8 He has walled up my way so
that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths. 19:9 He has
stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 19:10 He has
broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up
like a tree. 19:11 He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts
me among his adversaries. 19:12 His troops come on together, build a
siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent. 19:13 "He has put my
brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
19:14 My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten
me. 19:15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a
stranger. I am an alien in their sight. 19:16 I call to my servant, and
he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth. 19:17 My breath is
offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
19:18 Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
19:19 All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned
against me. 19:20 My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have
escaped by the skin of my teeth. 19:21 "Have pity on me, have pity on
me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me. 19:22 Why do you
persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? 19:23 "Oh that
my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 19:24
That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
19:25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will
stand upon the earth. 19:26 After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh
shall I see God, 19:27 Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes
shall see, and not as a stranger. "My heart is consumed within me. 19:28
If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter
is found in me, 19:29 be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the
punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment." 20:1
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

20:2 "Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my
haste that is in me. 20:3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to
shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me. 20:4 Don't you know
this from old time, since man was placed on earth, 20:5 that the
triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a
moment? 20:6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head
reach to the clouds, 20:7 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung.
Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?' 20:8 He shall fly away
as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a
vision of the night. 20:9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more,
neither shall his place any more see him. 20:10 His children shall seek
the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth. 20:11 His
bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the
dust. 20:12 "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it
under his tongue, 20:13 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but
keep it still within his mouth; 20:14 yet his food in his bowels is
turned. It is cobra venom within him. 20:15 He has swallowed down
riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his
belly. 20:16 He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill
him. 20:17 He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey
and butter. 20:18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall
not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he
shall not rejoice. 20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He
has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20:20
"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of
that in which he delights. 20:21 There was nothing left that he didn't
devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 20:22 In the fullness
of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone
who is in misery shall come on him. 20:23 When he is about to fill his
belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on
him while he is eating. 20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon. The
bronze arrow shall strike him through. 20:25 He draws it forth, and it
comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver.
Terrors are on him. 20:26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An
unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in
his tent. 20:27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall
rise up against him. 20:28 The increase of his house shall depart. They
shall rush away in the day of his wrath. 20:29 This is the portion of a
wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God." 21:1 Then
Job answered,

21:2 "Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation. 21:3
Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on. 21:4 As
for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient? 21:5 Look
at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth. 21:6 When I
remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh. 21:7 "Why do the
wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power? 21:8 Their child
is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their
eyes. 21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God
upon them. 21:10 Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and
don't miscarry. 21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock.
Their children dance. 21:12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and
rejoice at the sound of the pipe. 21:13 They spend their days in
prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. 21:14 They tell God,
'Depart from us, for we don't want to know about your ways. 21:15 What
is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have,
if we pray to him?' 21:16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me. 21:17 "How often is it that
the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them,
that God distributes sorrows in his anger? 21:18 How often is it that
they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries
away? 21:19 You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let
him recompense it to himself, that he may know it. 21:20 Let his own
eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21:21 For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of
his months is cut off? 21:22 "Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he
judges those who are high? 21:23 One dies in his full strength, being
wholly at ease and quiet. 21:24 His pails are full of milk. The marrow
of his bones is moistened. 21:25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, and
never tastes of good. 21:26 They lie down alike in the dust. The worm
covers them. 21:27 "Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which
you would wrong me. 21:28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the
prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?' 21:29 Haven't you
asked wayfaring men? Don't you know their evidences, 21:30 that the evil
man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the
day of wrath? 21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall
repay him what he has done? 21:32 Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men
shall keep watch over the tomb. 21:33 The clods of the valley shall be
sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable
before him. 21:34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, seeing that
in your answers there remains only falsehood?" 22:1 Then Eliphaz the
Temanite answered,

22:2 "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is
profitable to himself. 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you
are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
22:4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you
into judgment? 22:5 Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any
end to your iniquities. 22:6 For you have taken pledges from your
brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 22:7 You
haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread
from the hungry. 22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The
honorable man, he lived in it. 22:9 You have sent widows away empty, and
the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 22:10 Therefore snares are
around you. Sudden fear troubles you, 22:11 or darkness, so that you can
not see, and floods of waters cover you. 22:12 "Isn't God in the heights
of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are! 22:13 You
say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on
the vault of the sky.' 22:15 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men
have trodden, 22:16 who were snatched away before their time, whose
foundation was poured out as a stream, 22:17 who said to God, 'Depart
from us;' and, 'What can the Almighty do for us?' 22:18 Yet he filled
their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from
me. 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule
them, 22:20 saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off.
The fire has consumed the remnant of them.' 22:21 "Acquaint yourself
with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you. 22:22
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your
heart. 22:23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if
you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. 22:24 Lay your
treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
22:25 The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
22:26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift
up your face to God. 22:27 You shall make your prayer to him, and he
will hear you. You shall pay your vows. 22:28 You shall also decree a
thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your
ways. 22:29 When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' He will
save the humble person. 22:30 He will even deliver him who is not
innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your
hands." 23:1 Then Job answered,

23:2 "Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite
of my groaning. 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might
come even to his seat! 23:4 I would set my cause in order before him,
and fill my mouth with arguments. 23:5 I would know the words which he
would answer me, and understand what he would tell me. 23:6 Would he
contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen
to me. 23:7 There the upright might reason with him, so I should be
delivered forever from my judge. 23:8 "If I go east, he is not there; if
west, I can't find him; 23:9 He works to the north, but I can't see him.
He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him. 23:10 But he knows
the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
23:11 My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not
turned aside. 23:12 I haven't gone back from the commandment of his
lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary
food. 23:13 But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul
desires, even that he does. 23:14 For he performs that which is
appointed for me. Many such things are with him. 23:15 Therefore I am
terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him. 23:16
For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me. 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the
thick darkness from my face. 24:1 "Why aren't times laid up by the
Almighty? Why don't those who know him see his days? 24:2 There are
people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and
feed them. 24:3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they
take the widow's ox for a pledge. 24:4 They turn the needy out of the
way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves. 24:5 Behold, as wild
donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently
for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children. 24:6 They
cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
24:7 They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in
the cold. 24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and
embrace the rock for lack of a shelter. 24:9 There are those who pluck
the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor, 24:10 So
that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the
sheaves. 24:11 They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread
wine presses, and suffer thirst. 24:12 From out of the populous city,
men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the
folly. 24:13 "These are of those who rebel against the light. They don't
know its ways, nor abide in its paths. 24:14 The murderer rises with the
light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No
eye shall see me.' He disguises his face. 24:16 In the dark they dig
through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know
the light. 24:17 For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness,
for they know the terrors of the thick darkness. 24:18 "They are foam on
the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They
don't turn into the way of the vineyards. 24:19 Drought and heat consume
the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned. 24:20 The womb
shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no
more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. 24:21 He
devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
24:22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no
assurance of life. 24:23 God gives them security, and they rest in it.
His eyes are on their ways. 24:24 They are exalted; yet a little while,
and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the
way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
24:25 If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech
worth nothing?" 25:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

25:2 "Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.
25:3 Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise? 25:4
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman
be clean? 25:5 Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars
are not pure in his sight; 25:6 How much less man, who is a worm, the
son of man, who is a worm!" 26:1 Then Job answered,

26:2 "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved
the arm that has no strength! 26:3 How have you counseled him who has no
wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! 26:4 To whom have you
uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you? 26:5 "Those who are
deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
26:6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. 26:7 He
stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on
nothing. 26:8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud
is not burst under them. 26:9 He encloses the face of his throne, and
spreads his cloud on it. 26:10 He has described a boundary on the
surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness. 26:11
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke. 26:12 He
stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes
through Rahab. 26:13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand
has pierced the swift serpent. 26:14 Behold, these are but the outskirts
of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of
his power who can understand?" 27:1 Job again took up his parable, and
said,

27:2 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has
made my soul bitter. 27:3 (For the length of my life is still in me, and
the spirit of God is in my nostrils); 27:4 surely my lips shall not
speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit. 27:5 Far be
it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my
integrity from me. 27:6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not
let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. 27:7 "Let
my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the
unrighteous. 27:8 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut
off, when God takes away his life? 27:9 Will God hear his cry when
trouble comes on him? 27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and
call on God at all times? 27:11 I will teach you about the hand of God.
That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 27:12 Behold, all of
you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
27:13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of
oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. 27:14 If his children
are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be
satisfied with bread. 27:15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in
death. His widows shall make no lamentation. 27:16 Though he heap up
silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 27:17 he may
prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide
the silver. 27:18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the
watchman makes. 27:19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again.
He opens his eyes, and he is not. 27:20 Terrors overtake him like
waters. A storm steals him away in the night. 27:21 The east wind
carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place. 27:22
For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
place. 28:1 "Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold
which they refine. 28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is
smelted out of the ore. 28:3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches
out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick
darkness. 28:4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They
are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and
forth. 28:5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is
turned up as it were by fire. 28:6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has
dust of gold. 28:7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the
falcon's eye seen it. 28:8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor
has the fierce lion passed by there. 28:9 He puts forth his hand on the
flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots. 28:10 He cuts
out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing. 28:11
He binds the streams that they don't trickle. The thing that is hidden
he brings forth to light. 28:12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where
is the place of understanding? 28:13 Man doesn't know its price; Neither
is it found in the land of the living. 28:14 The deep says, 'It isn't in
me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.' 28:15 It can't be gotten for
gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price. 28:16 It can't be
valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
28:17 Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for
jewels of fine gold. 28:18 No mention shall be made of coral or of
crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 28:19 The topaz of
Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
28:20 Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?
28:21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close
from the birds of the sky. 28:22 Destruction and Death say, 'We have
heard a rumor of it with our ears.' 28:23 "God understands its way, and
he knows its place. 28:24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and
sees under the whole sky. 28:25 He establishes the force of the wind.
Yes, he measures out the waters by measure. 28:26 When he made a decree
for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder; 28:27 then he
saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28:28 To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To
depart from evil is understanding.'" 29:1 Job again took up his parable,
and said,

29:2 "Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God
watched over me; 29:3 when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I
walked through darkness, 29:4 as I was in the ripeness of my days, when
the friendship of God was in my tent, 29:5 when the Almighty was yet
with me, and my children were around me, 29:6 when my steps were washed
with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me, 29:7 when I
went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street. 29:8
The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
29:9 The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their
mouth. 29:10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck
to the roof of their mouth. 29:11 For when the ear heard me, then it
blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me: 29:12 Because I
delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to
help him, 29:13 the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me,
and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 29:14 I put on
righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 29:16 I was a
father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
29:17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of
his teeth. 29:18 Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall
number my days as the sand. 29:19 My root is spread out to the waters.
The dew lies all night on my branch. 29:20 My glory is fresh in me. My
bow is renewed in my hand.' 29:21 "Men listened to me, waited, and kept
silence for my counsel. 29:22 After my words they didn't speak again. My
speech fell on them. 29:23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their
mouths drank as with the spring rain. 29:24 I smiled on them when they
had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face. 29:25 I
chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as
one who comforts the mourners. 30:1 "But now those who are younger than
I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with
my sheep dogs. 30:2 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me,
men in whom ripe age has perished? 30:3 They are gaunt from lack and
famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
30:4 They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are
their food. 30:5 They are driven out from the midst of men. They cry
after them as after a thief; 30:6 So that they dwell in frightful
valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks. 30:7 Among the
bushes they bray; and under the nettles they are gathered together. 30:8
They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged
out of the land. 30:9 "Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword
to them. 30:10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don't
hesitate to spit in my face. 30:11 For he has untied his cord, and
afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me. 30:12 On my
right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up
against me their ways of destruction. 30:13 They mar my path, They set
forward my calamity, without anyone's help. 30:14 As through a wide
breach they come, in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in.
30:15 Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My
welfare has passed away as a cloud. 30:16 "Now my soul is poured out
within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me. 30:17 In the night
season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no
rest. 30:18 By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about
as the collar of my coat. 30:19 He has cast me into the mire. I have
become like dust and ashes. 30:20 I cry to you, and you do not answer
me. I stand up, and you gaze at me. 30:21 You have turned to be cruel to
me. With the might of your hand you persecute me. 30:22 You lift me up
to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm. 30:23
For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for
all living. 30:24 "However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall?
Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? 30:25 Didn't I weep for him
who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy? 30:26 When I
looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came
darkness. 30:27 My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest. Days of
affliction have come on me. 30:28 I go mourning without the sun. I stand
up in the assembly, and cry for help. 30:29 I am a brother to jackals,
and a companion to ostriches. 30:30 My skin grows black and peels from
me. My bones are burned with heat. 30:31 Therefore my harp has turned to
mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep. 31:1 "I made a
covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young
woman? 31:2 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage
from the Almighty on high? 31:3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,
and disaster to the workers of iniquity? 31:4 Doesn't he see my ways,
and number all my steps? 31:5 "If I have walked with falsehood, and my
foot has hurried to deceit 31:6 (let me be weighed in an even balance,
that God may know my integrity); 31:7 if my step has turned out of the
way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my
hands, 31:8 then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce
of my field be rooted out. 31:9 "If my heart has been enticed to a
woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door, 31:10 then let my
wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her. 31:11 For that
would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by
the judges: 31:12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and
would root out all my increase. 31:13 "If I have despised the cause of
my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;
31:14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall
I answer him? 31:15 Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't
one fashion us in the womb? 31:16 "If I have withheld the poor from
their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 31:17 or
have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it 31:18
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I
guided from my mother's womb); 31:19 if I have seen any perish for want
of clothing, or that the needy had no covering; 31:20 if his heart
hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;
31:21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw
my help in the gate, 31:22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder
blade, and my arm be broken from the bone. 31:23 For calamity from God
is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing. 31:24 "If I
have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my
confidence;' 31:25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and
because my hand had gotten much; 31:26 if I have seen the sun when it
shined, or the moon moving in splendor, 31:27 and my heart has been
secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, 31:28 this
also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should
have denied the God who is above. 31:29 "If I have rejoiced at the
destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found
him; 31:30 (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life
with a curse); 31:31 if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find
one who has not been filled with his meat?' 31:32 (the foreigner has not
lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler); 31:33
if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in
my heart, 31:34 because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt
of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn't go out of
the door--31:35 oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my
signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my
indictment! 31:36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would
bind it to me as a crown. 31:37 I would declare to him the number of my
steps. as a prince would I go near to him. 31:38 If my land cries out
against me, and its furrows weep together; 31:39 if I have eaten its
fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
31:40 let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of
barley." The words of Job are ended.

32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous
in his own eyes. 32:2 Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the
Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was
kindled because he justified himself rather than God. 32:3 Also his
wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no
answer, and yet had condemned Job. 32:4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to
Job, because they were elder than he. 32:5 When Elihu saw that there was
no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

32:6 Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered,

"I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn't
dare show you my opinion. 32:7 I said, 'Days should speak, and multitude
of years should teach wisdom.' 32:8 But there is a spirit in man, and
the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding. 32:9 It is not the
great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice. 32:10 Therefore
I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.' 32:11 "Behold, I
waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you
searched out what to say. 32:12 Yes, I gave you my full attention, but
there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among
you. 32:13 Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute
him, not man;' 32:14 for he has not directed his words against me;
neither will I answer him with your speeches. 32:15 "They are amazed.
They answer no more. They don't have a word to say. 32:16 Shall I wait,
because they don't speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
32:17 I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion. 32:18
For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me. 32:19
Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is
ready to burst. 32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open
my lips and answer. 32:21 Please don't let me respect any man's person,
neither will I give flattering titles to any man. 32:22 For I don't know
how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker would soon take me away.
33:1 "However, Job, Please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
33:2 See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
33:3 My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my
lips know they shall speak sincerely. 33:4 The Spirit of God has made
me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 33:5 If you can,
answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth. 33:6
Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the
clay. 33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my
pressure be heavy on you. 33:8 "Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I
have heard the voice of your words, saying, 33:9 'I am clean, without
disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me. 33:10
Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy. 33:11
He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.' 33:12 "Behold, I
will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
33:13 Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account of
any of his matters? 33:14 For God speaks once, yes twice, though man
pays no attention. 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep
sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed; 33:16 Then he opens the
ears of men, and seals their instruction, 33:17 That he may withdraw man
from his purpose, and hide pride from man. 33:18 He keeps back his soul
from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. 33:19 He is
chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;
33:20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food. 33:21 His
flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were
not seen stick out. 33:22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his
life to the destroyers. 33:23 "If there is beside him an angel, an
interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;
33:24 then God is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going
down to the pit, I have found a ransom.' 33:25 His flesh shall be
fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth. 33:26 He
prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with
joy. He restores to man his righteousness. 33:27 He sings before men,
and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it
didn't profit me. 33:28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit.
My life shall see the light.' 33:29 "Behold, God works all these things,
twice, yes three times, with a man, 33:30 to bring back his soul from
the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. 33:31
Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
33:32 If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to
justify you. 33:33 If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will
teach you wisdom." 34:1 Moreover Elihu answered,

34:2 "Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have
knowledge. 34:3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food. 34:4
Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves
what is good. 34:5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away
my right: 34:6 Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound
is incurable, though I am without disobedience.' 34:7 What man is like
Job, who drinks scorn like water, 34:8 Who goes in company with the
workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men? 34:9 For he has said,
'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'
34:10 "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from
God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should
commit iniquity. 34:11 For the work of a man he will render to him, and
cause every man to find according to his ways. 34:12 Yes surely, God
will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice. 34:13
Who put him in charge of the earth? or who has appointed him over the
whole world? 34:14 If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to
himself his spirit and his breath, 34:15 all flesh would perish
together, and man would turn again to dust. 34:16 "If now you have
understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words. 34:17 Shall
even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous
and mighty?--34:18 Who says to a king, 'Vile!' or to nobles, 'Wicked!'?
34:19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor regards the rich
more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands. 34:20 In a
moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away.
The mighty are taken away without a hand. 34:21 "For his eyes are on the
ways of a man. He sees all his goings. 34:22 There is no darkness, nor
thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 34:23
For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before
God in judgment. 34:24 He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past
finding out, and sets others in their place. 34:25 Therefore he takes
knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they
are destroyed. 34:26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of
others; 34:27 because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't
pay attention to any of his ways, 34:28 so that they caused the cry of
the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted. 34:29 When
he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who
then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man, 34:30 that the
godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
34:31 "For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any
more. 34:32 Teach me that which I don't see. If I have done iniquity, I
will do it no more'? 34:33 Shall his recompense be as you desire, that
you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you
know. 34:34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who
hears me: 34:35 'Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without
wisdom.' 34:36 I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his
answering like wicked men. 34:37 For he adds rebellion to his sin. He
claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God." 35:1
Moreover Elihu answered,

35:2 "Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My
righteousness is more than God's,' 35:3 That you ask, 'What advantage
will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
35:4 I will answer you, and your companions with you. 35:5 Look to the
heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you. 35:6 If you
have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions
are multiplied, what do you do to him? 35:7 If you are righteous, what
do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? 35:8 Your
wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit
a son of man. 35:9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry
out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty. 35:10 But
none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, 35:11
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser
than the birds of the sky?' 35:12 There they cry, but none gives answer,
because of the pride of evil men. 35:13 Surely God will not hear an
empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it. 35:14 How much less when
you say you don't see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for
him! 35:15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither
does he greatly regard arrogance. 35:16 Therefore Job opens his mouth
with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge." 36:1 Elihu
also continued, and said,

36:2 "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have
something to say on God's behalf. 36:3 I will get my knowledge from
afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 36:4 For truly my
words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. 36:5
"Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in
strength of understanding. 36:6 He doesn't preserve the life of the
wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right. 36:7 He doesn't withdraw
his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them
forever, and they are exalted. 36:8 If they are bound in fetters, and
are taken in the cords of afflictions, 36:9 then he shows them their
work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves
proudly. 36:10 He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands
that they return from iniquity. 36:11 If they listen and serve him, they
shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
36:12 But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; they
shall die without knowledge. 36:13 "But those who are godless in heart
lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them. 36:14 They die
in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. 36:15 He delivers the
afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression. 36:16
Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place,
where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be
full of fatness. 36:17 "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked.
Judgment and justice take hold of you. 36:18 Don't let riches entice you
to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. 36:19
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your
strength? 36:20 Don't desire the night, when people are cut off in their
place. 36:21 Take heed, don't regard iniquity; for you have chosen this
rather than affliction. 36:22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who
is a teacher like him? 36:23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who
can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?' 36:24 "Remember that you
magnify his work, whereof men have sung. 36:25 All men have looked
thereon. Man sees it afar off. 36:26 Behold, God is great, and we don't
know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. 36:27 For he draws up
the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor, 36:28 Which
the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly. 36:29 Yes, can any
understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his
pavilion? 36:30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the
bottom of the sea. 36:31 For by these he judges the people. He gives
food in abundance. 36:32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and
commands it to strike the mark. 36:33 Its noise tells about him, and the
livestock also concerning the storm that comes up. 37:1 "Yes, at this my
heart trembles, and is moved out of its place. 37:2 Hear, oh, hear the
noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth. 37:3 He sends
it forth under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the
earth. 37:4 After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his
majesty. He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard. 37:5 God
thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we
can't comprehend. 37:6 For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;'
likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
37:7 He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made
may know it. 37:8 Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.
37:9 Out of its chamber comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
37:10 By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters
is frozen. 37:11 Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads
abroad the cloud of his lightning. 37:12 It is turned around by his
guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of
the habitable world, 37:13 Whether it is for correction, or for his
land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come. 37:14 "Listen
to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 37:15
Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud
to shine? 37:16 Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous
works of him who is perfect in knowledge? 37:17 You whose clothing is
warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind? 37:18 Can
you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal
mirror? 37:19 Teach us what we shall tell him, for we can't make our
case by reason of darkness. 37:20 Shall it be told him that I would
speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up? 37:21 Now men
don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes,
and clears them. 37:22 Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God
is awesome majesty. 37:23 We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in
power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress. 37:24
Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."
38:1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

38:2 "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 38:3
Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
38:4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare,
if you have understanding. 38:5 Who determined its measures, if you
know? Or who stretched the line on it? 38:6 Whereupon were its
foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 38:7 when the morning
stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 38:8 "Or
who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb, 38:9
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness, 38:10
marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors, 38:11 and said, 'Here
you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'
38:12 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn
to know its place; 38:13 that it might take hold of the ends of the
earth, and shake the wicked out of it? 38:14 It is changed as clay under
the seal, and stands forth as a garment. 38:15 From the wicked, their
light is withheld. The high arm is broken. 38:16 "Have you entered into
the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
38:17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the
gates of the shadow of death? 38:18 Have you comprehended the earth in
its breadth? Declare, if you know it all. 38:19 "What is the way to the
dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place, 38:20 that you
should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its
house? 38:21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of
your days is great! 38:22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow,
or have you seen the treasures of the hail, 38:23 which I have reserved
against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 38:24 By
what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the
earth? 38:25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for
the thunderstorm; 38:26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is;
on the wilderness, in which there is no man; 38:27 to satisfy the waste
and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth? 38:28
Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew? 38:29 Out
of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given
birth to it? 38:30 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface
of the deep is frozen. 38:31 "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
or loosen the cords of Orion? 38:32 Can you lead forth the
constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
38:33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its
dominion over the earth? 38:34 "Can you lift up your voice to the
clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you? 38:35 Can you send forth
lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'
38:36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given
understanding to the mind? 38:37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or
who can pour out the bottles of the sky, 38:38 when the dust runs into a
mass, and the clods of earth stick together? 38:39 "Can you hunt the
prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 38:40
when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket? 38:41
Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and
wander for lack of food? 39:1 "Do you know the time when the mountain
goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? 39:2 Can you
number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they
give birth? 39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they
end their labor pains. 39:4 Their young ones become strong. They grow up
in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again. 39:5 "Who has
set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift
donkey, 39:6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land
his dwelling place? 39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does
he hear the shouting of the driver. 39:8 The range of the mountains is
his pasture, He searches after every green thing. 39:9 "Will the wild ox
be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough? 39:10
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till
the valleys after you? 39:11 Will you trust him, because his strength is
great? Or will you leave to him your labor? 39:12 Will you confide in
him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your
threshing floor? 39:13 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are
they the feathers and plumage of love? 39:14 For she leaves her eggs on
the earth, warms them in the dust, 39:15 and forgets that the foot may
crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them. 39:16 She deals
harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor
is in vain, she is without fear, 39:17 because God has deprived her of
wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding. 39:18 When she
lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider. 39:19
"Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a
quivering mane? 39:20 Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory
of his snorting is awesome. 39:21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in
his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. 39:22 He mocks at fear,
and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword. 39:23 The
quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. 39:24 He
eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still
at the sound of the trumpet. 39:25 As often as the trumpet sounds he
snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the
captains, and the shouting. 39:26 "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk
soars, and stretches her wings toward the south? 39:27 Is it at your
command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high? 39:28 On
the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and
the stronghold. 39:29 From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it
afar off. 39:30 His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are,
there he is." 40:1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

40:2 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with
God, let him answer it." 40:3 Then Job answered Yahweh,

40:4 "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my
hand on my mouth. 40:5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes,
twice, but I will proceed no further." 40:6 Then Yahweh answered Job out
of the whirlwind,

40:7 "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will
answer me. 40:8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me,
that you may be justified? 40:9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you
thunder with a voice like him? 40:10 "Now deck yourself with excellency
and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty. 40:11 Pour out the
fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
40:12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in
their place. 40:13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in
the hidden place. 40:14 Then I will also admit to you that your own
right hand can save you. 40:15 "See now, behemoth, which I made as well
as you. He eats grass as an ox. 40:16 Look now, his strength is in his
thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly. 40:17 He moves his
tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together. 40:18 His
bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron. 40:19 He
is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
40:20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals
of the field play. 40:21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of
the reed, and the marsh. 40:22 The lotuses cover him with their shade.
The willows of the brook surround him. 40:23 Behold, if a river
overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells
even to his mouth. 40:24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or
pierce through his nose with a snare? 41:1 "Can you draw out Leviathan
with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord? 41:2 Can you put
a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook? 41:3 Will
he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you? 41:4
Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant
forever? 41:5 Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind
him for your girls? 41:6 Will traders barter for him? Will they part him
among the merchants? 41:7 Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or
his head with fish spears? 41:8 Lay your hand on him. Remember the
battle, and do so no more. 41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain.
Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him? 41:10 None is so fierce
that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me? 41:11
Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the
heavens is mine. 41:12 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame. 41:13 Who can strip off
his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws? 41:14 Who can open
the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror. 41:15 Strong scales
are his pride, shut up together with a close seal. 41:16 One is so near
to another, that no air can come between them. 41:17 They are joined one
to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.
41:18 His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of
the morning. 41:19 Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire
leap forth. 41:20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot
over a fire of reeds. 41:21 His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth
from his mouth. 41:22 There is strength in his neck. Terror dances
before him. 41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are
firm on him. They can't be moved. 41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone,
yes, firm as the lower millstone. 41:25 When he raises himself up, the
mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing. 41:26 If one
attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail; nor the spear, the dart,
nor the pointed shaft. 41:27 He counts iron as straw; and brass as
rotten wood. 41:28 The arrow can't make him flee. Sling stones are like
chaff to him. 41:29 Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the
rushing of the javelin. 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. 41:31 He makes the
deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. 41:32
He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white
hair. 41:33 On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.
41:34 He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of
pride." 42:1 Then Job answered Yahweh,

42:2 "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours
can be restrained. 42:3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel
without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know. 42:4 You
said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will
answer me.' 42:5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now
my eye sees you. 42:6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and
ashes." 42:7 It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job,
Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you,
and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing
that is right, as my servant Job has. 42:8 Now therefore, take to
yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and
offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray
for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to
your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my
servant Job has."

42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted
Job.

42:10 Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his
friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. 42:11 Then came
there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who
had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his
house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that
Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and
everyone a ring of gold.

42:12 So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.
He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke
of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys. 42:13 He had also seven sons and
three daughters. 42:14 He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the
name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.
42:15 In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters
of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
42:16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons,
and his sons' sons, to four generations. 42:17 So Job died, being old
and full of days.

Notes:

[1] back to 26:6 Sheol is the lower world or the grave.

[2] back to 26:6 Abaddon means Destroyer.

[3] back to 28:16 or, lapis lazuli

[4] back to 41:1 Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar
creature.

[5] back to 42:11 literally, kesitah, a unit of money, probably silver



The Psalms

BOOK I

Psalm 1

1:1 Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; 1:2
but his delight is in Yahweh's law. On his law he meditates day and
night. 1:3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that
brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper. 1:4 The wicked are not so, but are like
the chaff which the wind drives away. 1:5 Therefore the wicked shall not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
1:6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked
shall perish.

Psalm 2

2:1 Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? 2:2 The
kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together,
against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying, 2:3 "Let's break their
bonds apart, and cast their cords from us." 2:4 He who sits in the
heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. 2:5 Then he
will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath: 2:6 "Yet
I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion." 2:7 I will tell of the
decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your
father. 2:8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,
the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 2:9 You shall
break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a
potter's vessel." 2:10 Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed,
you judges of the earth. 2:11 Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with
trembling. 2:12 Give sincere homage, lest he be angry, and you perish in
the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who
take refuge in him.

Psalm 3

A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

3:1 Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise
up against me. 3:2 Many there are who say of my soul, "There is no help
for him in God." Selah. 3:3 But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my
glory, and the one who lifts up my head. 3:4 I cry to Yahweh with my
voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah. 3:5 I laid myself
down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me. 3:6 I will not be
afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me
on every side. 3:7 Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck
all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the
wicked. 3:8 Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your
people. Selah.

Psalm 4

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David.

4:1 Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from
my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer. 4:2 You sons of men,
how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity,
and seek after falsehood? Selah. 4:3 But know that Yahweh has set apart
for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him. 4:4
Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be
still. Selah. 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust
in Yahweh. 4:6 Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the
light of your face shine on us. 4:7 You have put gladness in my heart,
more than when their grain and their new wine are increased. 4:8 In
peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make
me live in safety.

Psalm 5

For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.

5:1 Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation. 5:2 Listen to
the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray. 5:3
Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will
lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly. 5:4 For you are
not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you. 5:5
The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of
iniquity. 5:6 You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the
blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 5:7 But as for me, in the abundance of
your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your
holy temple in reverence of you. 5:8 Lead me, Yahweh, in your
righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my
face. 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is
destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their
tongue. 5:10 Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels;
Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have
rebelled against you. 5:11 But let all those who take refuge in you
rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let
them also who love your name be joyful in you. 5:12 For you will bless
the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a
shield.

Psalm 6

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed
lyre. A Psalm by David.

6:1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your
wrath. 6:2 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me,
for my bones are troubled. 6:3 My soul is also in great anguish. But
you, Yahweh--how long? 6:4 Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me
for your loving kindness' sake. 6:5 For in death there is no memory of
you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks? 6:6 I am weary with my
groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
6:7 My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my
adversaries. 6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh
has heard the voice of my weeping. 6:9 Yahweh has heard my supplication.
Yahweh accepts my prayer. 6:10 May all my enemies be ashamed and
dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

Psalm 7

A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of
Cush, the Benjamite.

7:1 Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who
pursue me, and deliver me, 7:2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 7:3 Yahweh, my
God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, 7:4 if I
have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have
delivered him who without cause was my adversary), 7:5 let the enemy
pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the
earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. 7:6 Arise, Yahweh, in your
anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for
me. You have commanded judgment. 7:7 Let the congregation of the peoples
surround you. Rule over them on high. 7:8 Yahweh administers judgment to
the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my
integrity that is in me. 7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to
an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched
by the righteous God. 7:10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright
in heart. 7:11 God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation
every day. 7:12 If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he
has bent and strung his bow. 7:13 He has also prepared for himself the
instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. 7:14 Behold, he
travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought
forth falsehood. 7:15 He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit
which he made. 7:16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. 7:17 I will
give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing
praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

Psalm 8

For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.

8:1 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who
has set your glory above the heavens! 8:2 From the lips of babes and
infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that
you might silence the enemy and the avenger. 8:3 When I consider your
heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you
have ordained; 8:4 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son
of man, that you care for him? 8:5 For you have made him a little lower
than God, and crowned him with glory and honor. 8:6 You make him ruler
over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
8:7 All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field, 8:8 The
birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the
paths of the seas. 8:9 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in
all the earth!

Psalm 9

For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

9:1 I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all
your marvelous works. 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing
praise to your name, O Most High. 9:3 When my enemies turn back, they
stumble and perish in your presence. 9:4 For you have maintained my just
cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously. 9:5 You have rebuked
the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their
name forever and ever. 9:6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The
very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. 9:7
But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment. 9:8
He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to
the peoples in uprightness. 9:9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the
oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. 9:10 Those who know your
name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken
those who seek you. 9:11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and
declare among the people what he has done. 9:12 For he who avenges blood
remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted. 9:13 Have
mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me
up from the gates of death; 9:14 that I may show forth all your praise.
In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net
which they hid, their own foot is taken. 9:16 Yahweh has made himself
known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his
own hands. Meditation. Selah. 9:17 The wicked shall be turned back to
Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. 9:18 For the needy shall
not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. 9:19
Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your
sight. 9:20 Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are
only men. Selah.

Psalm 10

10:1 Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times
of trouble? 10:2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are
caught in the schemes that they devise. 10:3 For the wicked boasts of
his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. 10:4
The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for
God. 10:5 His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your
laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at
them. 10:6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations
I shall have no trouble." 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and
oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. 10:8 He lies in
wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes
are secretly set against the helpless. 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion
in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the
helpless, when he draws him in his net. 10:10 The helpless are crushed.
They collapse. They fall under his strength. 10:11 He says in his heart,
"God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it." 10:12
Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless. 10:13
Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't
call me into account?" 10:14 But you do see trouble and grief. You
consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the
fatherless. 10:15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek
out his wickedness until you find none. 10:16 Yahweh is King forever and
ever! The nations will perish out of his land. 10:17 Yahweh, you have
heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will
cause your ear to hear, 10:18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

Psalm 11

For the Chief Musician. By David.

11:1 In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a
bird to your mountain!" 11:2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows.
They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at
the upright in heart. 11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can
the righteous do? 11:4 Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his
throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of
men. 11:5 Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who
loves violence his soul hates. 11:6 On the wicked he will rain blazing
coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their
cup. 11:7 For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright
shall see his face.

Psalm 12

For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

12:1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from
among the children of men. 12:2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They
speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. 12:3 May Yahweh cut
off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, 12:4 who have said,
"With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over
us?" 12:5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the
groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him
in safety from those who malign him." 12:6 The words of Yahweh are
flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven
times. 12:7 You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this
generation forever. 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is
vile is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalm 13

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

13:1 How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you
hide your face from me? 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph
over me? 13:3 Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my
eyes, lest I sleep in death; 13:4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed
against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall. 13:5 But I trust
in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation. 13:6 I
will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.

Psalm 14

For the Chief Musician. By David.

14:1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are
corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.
14:2 Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if
there were any who did understand, who did seek after God. 14:3 They
have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none
who does good, no, not one. 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no
knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on
Yahweh? 14:5 There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation
of the righteous. 14:6 You frustrate the plan of the poor, because
Yahweh is his refuge. 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come
out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob
shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 15

A Psalm by David.

15:1 Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your
holy hill? 15:2 He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks
truth in his heart; 15:3 He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor
does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man; 15:4 In
whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh;
he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change; 15:5 he who
doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the
innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Psalm 16

A Poem by David.

16:1 Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. 16:2 My soul, you
have said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good
thing." 16:3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the
excellent ones in whom is all my delight. 16:4 Their sorrows shall be
multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood
I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips. 16:5 Yahweh assigned
my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure. 16:6 The lines have
fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance. 16:7 I
will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me
in the night seasons. 16:8 I have set Yahweh always before me. Because
he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 16:9 Therefore my heart is
glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety. 16:10
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your
holy one to see corruption. 16:11 You will show me the path of life. In
your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures
forevermore.

Psalm 17

A Prayer by David.

17:1 Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that
doesn't go out of deceitful lips. 17:2 Let my sentence come forth from
your presence. Let your eyes look on equity. 17:3 You have proved my
heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found
nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey. 17:4 As for
the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the
ways of the violent. 17:5 My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet
have not slipped. 17:6 I have called on you, for you will answer me,
God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech. 17:7 Show your marvelous
loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand
from their enemies. 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under
the shadow of your wings, 17:9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly
enemies, who surround me. 17:10 They close up their callous hearts. With
their mouth they speak proudly. 17:11 They have now surrounded us in our
steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth. 17:12 He is
like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking
in secret places. 17:13 Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down.
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword; 17:14 from men by your
hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You
fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they
store up wealth for their children. 17:15 As for me, I shall see your
face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing
your form.

Psalm 18

For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to
Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from
the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

18:1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength. 18:2 Yahweh is my rock, my
fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my
shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 18:3 I call on
Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
18:4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me
afraid. 18:5 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came
on me. 18:6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He
heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the
mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry. 18:8 Smoke went
out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were
kindled by it. 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick
darkness was under his feet. 18:10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes,
he soared on the wings of the wind. 18:11 He made darkness his hiding
place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the
skies. 18:12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
hailstones and coals of fire. 18:13 Yahweh also thundered in the sky.
The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire. 18:14 He
sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and
routed them. 18:15 Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations
of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the
breath of your nostrils. 18:16 He sent from on high. He took me. He drew
me out of many waters. 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from
those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. 18:18 They came on
me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. 18:19 He
brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he
delighted in me. 18:20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my
righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed
me. 18:21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly
departed from my God. 18:22 For all his ordinances were before me. I
didn't put away his statutes from me. 18:23 I was also blameless with
him. I kept myself from my iniquity. 18:24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded
me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands
in his eyesight. 18:25 With the merciful you will show yourself
merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. 18:26
With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will
show yourself shrewd. 18:27 For you will save the afflicted people, but
the haughty eyes you will bring down. 18:28 For you will light my lamp,
Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness. 18:29 For by you, I advance
through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall. 18:30 As for God, his
way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those
who take refuge in him. 18:31 For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a
rock, besides our God, 18:32 the God who arms me with strength, and
makes my way perfect? 18:33 He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets
me on my high places. 18:34 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms
bend a bow of bronze. 18:35 You have also given me the shield of your
salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me
great. 18:36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not
slipped. 18:37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will
I turn again until they are consumed. 18:38 I will strike them through,
so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
18:39 For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have
subdued under me those who rose up against me. 18:40 You have also made
my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate
me. 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he
didn't answer them. 18:42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the
wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets. 18:43 You have
delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head
of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. 18:44 As
soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit
themselves to me. 18:45 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come
trembling out of their close places. 18:46 Yahweh lives; and blessed be
my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation, 18:47 even the God who
executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me. 18:48 He
rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up
against me. You deliver me from the violent man. 18:49 Therefore I will
give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to
your name. 18:50 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows
loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.

Psalm 19

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his
handiwork. 19:2 Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after
night they display knowledge. 19:3 There is no speech nor language,
where their voice is not heard. 19:4 Their voice has gone out through
all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a
tent for the sun, 19:5 which is as a bridegroom coming out of his
chamber, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course. 19:6 His going
forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is
nothing hidden from its heat. 19:7 Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring
the soul. Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple. 19:8
Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment
is pure, enlightening the eyes. 19:9 The fear of Yahweh is clean,
enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous
altogether. 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much
fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
19:11 Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is
great reward. 19:12 Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden
errors. 19:13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let
them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be
blameless and innocent of great transgression. 19:14 Let the words of my
mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight,
Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Psalm 20

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

20:1 May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the
God of Jacob set you up on high, 20:2 send you help from the sanctuary,
grant you support from Zion, 20:3 remember all your offerings, and
accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah. 20:4 May He grant you your heart's
desire, and fulfill all your counsel. 20:5 We will triumph in your
salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May
Yahweh grant all your requests. 20:6 Now I know that Yahweh saves his
anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving
strength of his right hand. 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in
horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God. 20:8 They are bowed
down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright. 20:9 Save, Yahweh!
Let the King answer us when we call!

Psalm 21

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

21:1 The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices
in your salvation! 21:2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have
not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. 21:3 For you meet him with
the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
21:4 He asked life of you, you gave it to him, even length of days
forever and ever. 21:5 His glory is great in your salvation. You lay
honor and majesty on him. 21:6 For you make him most blessed forever.
You make him glad with joy in your presence. 21:7 For the king trusts in
Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be
moved. 21:8 Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand
will find out those who hate you. 21:9 You will make them as a fiery
furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his
wrath. The fire shall devour them. 21:10 You will destroy their
descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of
men. 21:11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against
you which cannot succeed. 21:12 For you will make them turn their back,
when you aim drawn bows at their face. 21:13 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your
strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

Psalm 22

For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by
David.

22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from
helping me, and from the words of my groaning? 22:2 My God, I cry in the
daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
22:3 But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel. 22:4 Our
fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them. 22:5 They
cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not
disappointed. 22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and
despised by the people. 22:7 All those who see me mock me. They insult
me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying, 22:8 "He trusts in
Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in
him." 22:9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my
mother's breasts. 22:10 I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You
are my God since my mother bore me. 22:11 Don't be far from me, for
trouble is near. For there is none to help. 22:12 Many bulls have
surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. 22:13 They open
their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring. 22:14 I am
poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like
wax; it is melted within me. 22:15 My strength is dried up like a
potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me
into the dust of death. 22:16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of
evil-doers have enclosed me. Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.
22:17 I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me. 22:18 They
divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing. 22:19 But
don't be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me. 22:20
Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the
dog. 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, from the horns of the
wild oxen, you have answered me. 22:22 I will declare your name to my
brothers. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you. 22:23 You who
fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him!
Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel! 22:24 For he has not
despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he
hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard. 22:25 Of
you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before
those who fear him. 22:26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They
shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
22:27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All
the relatives of the nations shall worship before you. 22:28 For the
kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations. 22:29 All the
rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to
the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his soul alive.
22:30 Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about
the Lord. 22:31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a
people that shall be born, for he has done it.

Psalm 23

A Psalm by David.

23:1 Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. 23:2 He makes me lie
down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 23:3 He
restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his
name's sake. 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your
staff, they comfort me. 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the
presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
23:6 Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of
my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever.

Psalm 24

A Psalm by David.

24:1 The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness; the world, and those who
dwell therein. 24:2 For he has founded it on the seas, and established
it on the floods. 24:3 Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill? Who may stand in
his holy place? 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has
not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully. 24:5
He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, righteousness from the God of
his salvation. 24:6 This is the generation of those who seek Him, who
seek your face--even Jacob. Selah. 24:7 Lift up your heads, you gates!
Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
24:8 Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty
in battle. 24:9 Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you
everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in. 24:10 Who is this
King of glory? Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory! Selah.

Psalm 25

By David.

25:1 To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul. 25:2 My God, I have trusted
in you. Don't let me be shamed. Don't let my enemies triumph over me.
25:3 Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed
who deal treacherously without cause. 25:4 Show me your ways, Yahweh.
Teach me your paths. 25:5 Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you
are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long. 25:6 Yahweh,
remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from
old times. 25:7 Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my
transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your
goodness' sake, Yahweh. 25:8 Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he
will instruct sinners in the way. 25:9 He will guide the humble in
justice. He will teach the humble his way. 25:10 All the paths of Yahweh
are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his
testimonies. 25:11 For your name's sake, Yahweh, pardon my iniquity, for
it is great. 25:12 What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct
him in the way that he shall choose. 25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease.
His seed shall inherit the land. 25:14 The friendship of Yahweh is with
those who fear him. He will show them his covenant. 25:15 My eyes are
ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net. 25:16 Turn to
me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted. 25:17 The
troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.
25:18 Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins. 25:19
Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
25:20 Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I
take refuge in you. 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for
I wait for you. 25:22 Redeem Israel, God, out all of his troubles.

Psalm 26

By David.

26:1 Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted
also in Yahweh without wavering. 26:2 Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me.
Try my heart and my mind. 26:3 For your loving kindness is before my
eyes. I have walked in your truth. 26:4 I have not sat with deceitful
men, neither will I go in with hypocrites. 26:5 I hate the assembly of
evil-doers, and will not sit with the wicked. 26:6 I will wash my hands
in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh; 26:7 that I may
make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all your
wondrous works. 26:8 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the
place where your glory dwells. 26:9 Don't gather my soul with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men; 26:10 in whose hands is wickedness,
their right hand is full of bribes. 26:11 But as for me, I will walk in
my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me. 26:12 My foot stands in
an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

Psalm 27

By David.

27:1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is
the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? 27:2 When evil-doers
came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they
stumbled and fell. 27:3 Though an army should encamp against me, my
heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I
will be confident. 27:4 One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will
seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my
life, to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple. 27:5 For in
the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the
covert of his tent he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock. 27:6
Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer
sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to
Yahweh. 27:7 Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on
me, and answer me. 27:8 When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to
you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh." 27:9 Don't hide your face from me.
Don't put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don't
abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation. 27:10 When my
father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up. 27:11
Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my
enemies. 27:12 Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out
cruelty. 27:13 I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of
Yahweh in the land of the living. 27:14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and
let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Psalm 28

By David.

28:1 To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don't be deaf to me; lest, if you
are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
28:2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up
my hands toward your Most Holy Place. 28:3 Don't draw me away with the
wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their
neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. 28:4 Give them according to
their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them
according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they
deserve. 28:5 Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh, nor the
operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
28:6 Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
28:7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him,
and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I
will thank him. 28:8 Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of
salvation to his anointed. 28:9 Save your people, and bless your
inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

Psalm 29

A Psalm by David.

29:1 Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Yahweh glory
and strength. 29:2 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Worship
Yahweh in holy array. 29:3 Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of
glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters. 29:4 Yahweh's voice is
powerful. Yahweh's voice is full of majesty. 29:5 The voice of Yahweh
breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
29:6 He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a
young, wild ox. 29:7 Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
29:8 Yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness
of Kadesh. 29:9 Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve, and strips the
forests bare. In his temple everything says, "Glory!" 29:10 Yahweh sat
enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever. 29:11 Yahweh
will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with
peace.

Psalm 30

A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.

30:1 I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not
made my foes to rejoice over me. 30:2 Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and
you have healed me. 30:3 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 30:4 Sing
praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name. 30:5
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping
may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. 30:6 As for me, I
said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved." 30:7 You, Yahweh, when
you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your
face, I was troubled. 30:8 I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made
supplication: 30:9 "What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down
to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
30:10 Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper." 30:11
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my
sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, 30:12 To the end that my heart
may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give
thanks to you forever!

Psalm 31

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

31:1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed.
Deliver me in your righteousness. 31:2 Bow down your ear to me. Deliver
me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me. 31:3
For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's sake lead
me and guide me. 31:4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid
secretly for me, for you are my stronghold. 31:5 Into your hand I
commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth. 31:6 I hate
those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh. 31:7 I will be
glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my
affliction. You have known my soul in adversities. 31:8 You have not
shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large
place. 31:9 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my
soul, and my body waste away with grief. 31:10 For my life is spent with
sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity.
My bones are wasted away. 31:11 Because of all my adversaries I have
become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances.
Those who saw me on the street fled from me. 31:12 I am forgotten from
their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery. 31:13 For I have
heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire
together against me, they plot to take away my life. 31:14 But I trust
in you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my God." 31:15 My times are in your
hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who
persecute me. 31:16 Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in
your loving kindness. 31:17 Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I
have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent
in Sheol. 31:18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the
righteous insolently, with pride and contempt. 31:19 Oh how great is
your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you
have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
31:20 In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the
plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the
strife of tongues. 31:21 Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his
marvelous loving kindness in a strong city. 31:22 As for me, I said in
my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard
the voice of my petitions when I cried to you. 31:23 Oh love Yahweh, all
you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him
who behaves arrogantly. 31:24 Be strong, and let your heart take
courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

Psalm 32

By David. A contemplative psalm.

32:1 Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
32:2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity, in whose
spirit there is no deceit. 32:3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted
away through my groaning all day long. 32:4 For day and night your hand
was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.
32:5 I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn't hide my iniquity. I said, I
will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity
of my sin. Selah. 32:6 For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you
in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow,
they shall not reach to him. 32:7 You are my hiding place. You will
preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of
deliverance. Selah. 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way
which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. 32:9 Don't be
like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are
controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
32:10 Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall
surround him who trusts in Yahweh. 32:11 Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice,
you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

Psalm 33

33:1 Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the
upright. 33:2 Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him
with the harp of ten strings. 33:3 Sing to him a new song. Play
skillfully with a shout of joy! 33:4 For the word of Yahweh is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness. 33:5 He loves righteousness and
justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh. 33:6 By
Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of
his mouth. 33:7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He
lays up the deeps in storehouses. 33:8 Let all the earth fear Yahweh.
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 33:9 For he
spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm. 33:10 Yahweh
brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of
the peoples to be of no effect. 33:11 The counsel of Yahweh stands fast
forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 33:12 Blessed is
the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his
own inheritance. 33:13 Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of
men. 33:14 From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the
inhabitants of the earth, 33:15 he who fashions all of their hearts; and
he considers all of their works. 33:16 There is no king saved by the
multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
33:17 A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by
his great power. 33:18 Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on
those who hope in his loving kindness; 33:19 to deliver their soul from
death, to keep them alive in famine. 33:20 Our soul has waited for
Yahweh. He is our help and our shield. 33:21 For our heart rejoices in
him, because we have trusted in his holy name. 33:22 Let your loving
kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you.

Psalm 34

By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him
away, and he departed.*

34:1 I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my
mouth. 34:2 My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it,
and be glad. 34:3 Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name
together. 34:4 I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me
from all my fears. 34:5 They looked to him, and were radiant. Their
faces shall never be covered with shame. 34:6 This poor man cried, and
Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 34:7 The angel
of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 34:8 Oh
taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge
in him. 34:9 Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with
those who fear him. 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger,
but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. 34:11 Come, you
children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh. 34:12 Who
is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
34:13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
34:14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it. 34:15
Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
34:16 Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory
of them from the earth. 34:17 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and
delivers them out of all their troubles. 34:18 Yahweh is near to those
who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him
out of them all. 34:20 He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is
broken. 34:21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous
shall be condemned. 34:22 Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None
of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.

Psalm 35

By David.

35:1 Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against
those who fight against me. 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and
stand up for my help. 35:3 Brandish the spear and block those who pursue
me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation." 35:4 Let those who seek after
my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my
ruin be turned back and confounded. 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the
wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on. 35:6 Let their way be dark and
slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them. 35:7 For without cause they have
hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for
my soul. 35:8 Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he
has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction. 35:9 My
soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation. 35:10
All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor
from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him
who robs him?" 35:11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about
things that I don't know about. 35:12 They reward me evil for good, to
the bereaving of my soul. 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my
clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer
returned into my own bosom. 35:14 I behaved myself as though it had been
my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his
mother. 35:15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered
themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against
me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease. 35:16 Like
the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me. 35:17
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction,
my precious life from the lions. 35:18 I will give you thanks in the
great assembly. I will praise you among many people. 35:19 Don't let
those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those
who hate me without a cause wink their eyes. 35:20 For they don't speak
peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in
the land. 35:21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said,
"Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!" 35:22 You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't
keep silent. Lord, don't be far from me. 35:23 Wake up! Rise up to
defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me! 35:24 Vindicate me, Yahweh
my God, according to your righteousness. Don't let them gloat over me.
35:25 Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want
it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!" 35:26 Let them be
disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let
them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against
me. 35:27 Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous
cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, who has
pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!" 35:28 My tongue shall talk
about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

Psalm 36

For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh.

36:1 An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked:
"There is no fear of God before his eyes." 36:2 For he flatters himself
in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin. 36:3 The words of
his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do
good. 36:4 He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that
is not good. He doesn't abhor evil. 36:5 Your loving kindness, Yahweh,
is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. 36:6 Your
righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a
great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal. 36:7 How precious is
your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the
shadow of your wings. 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the
abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your
pleasures. 36:9 For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall
we see light. 36:10 Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know
you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. 36:11 Don't let the
foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me
away. 36:12 There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust
down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalm 37

By David.

37:1 Don't fret because of evil-doers, neither be envious against those
who work unrighteousness. 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the
grass, and wither like the green herb. 37:3 Trust in Yahweh, and do
good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. 37:4 Also delight
yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 37:5
Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: 37:6
he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice
as the noon day sun. 37:7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him.
Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man
who makes wicked plots happen. 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.
Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing. 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut
off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land. 37:10 For yet
a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for
his place, he isn't there. 37:11 But the humble shall inherit the land,
and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 37:12 The wicked
plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. 37:13 The
Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming. 37:14 The
wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down
the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way. 37:15
Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be
broken. 37:16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the
abundance of many wicked. 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be
broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous. 37:18 Yahweh knows the days of
the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever. 37:19 They shall not be
disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be
satisfied. 37:20 But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh
shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish--vanish like
smoke. 37:21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous
give generously. 37:22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the
land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off. 37:23 A man's goings
are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. 37:24 Though he
stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand. 37:25
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his children begging for bread. 37:26 All day long he
deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed. 37:27 Depart from
evil, and do good. Live securely forever. 37:28 For Yahweh loves
justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but
the children of the wicked shall be cut off. 37:29 The righteous shall
inherit the land, and live in it forever. 37:30 The mouth of the
righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice. 37:31 The law of
his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide. 37:32 The wicked
watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. 37:33 Yahweh will not
leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 37:34 Wait for
Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land.
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. 37:35 I have seen the
wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native
soil. 37:36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought
him, but he could not be found. 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and see the
upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. 37:38 As for
transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the
wicked shall be cut off. 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is
from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. 37:40 Yahweh
helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves
them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

Psalm 38

A Psalm by David, for a memorial.

38:1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your
hot displeasure. 38:2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses
hard on me. 38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your
indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they
are too heavy for me. 38:5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because
of my foolishness. 38:6 I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go
mourning all day long. 38:7 For my waist is filled with burning. There
is no soundness in my flesh. 38:8 I am faint and severely bruised. I
have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. 38:9 Lord, all my
desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. 38:10 My heart
throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also
left me. 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My
kinsmen stand far away. 38:12 They also who seek after my life lay
snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate
deceits all day long. 38:13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a
mute man who doesn't open his mouth. 38:14 Yes, I am as a man who
doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs. 38:15 For in you, Yahweh,
do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God. 38:16 For I said, "Don't let
them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
38:17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me. 38:18
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin. 38:19 But my
enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are
numerous. 38:20 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to
me, because I follow what is good. 38:21 Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My
God, don't be far from me. 38:22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.

Psalm 39

For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

39:1 I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue.
I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me." 39:2
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was
stirred. 39:3 My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire
burned: I spoke with my tongue: 39:4 "Yahweh, show me my end, what is
the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. 39:5 Behold, you
have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah. 39:6 "Surely every man
walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up,
and doesn't know who shall gather. 39:7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you. 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't
make me the reproach of the foolish. 39:9 I was mute. I didn't open my
mouth, because you did it. 39:10 Remove your scourge away from me. I am
overcome by the blow of your hand. 39:11 When you rebuke and correct man
for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is
but a breath." Selah. 39:12 "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my
cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a
foreigner, as all my fathers were. 39:13 Oh spare me, that I may recover
strength, before I go away, and exist no more."

Psalm 40

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

40:1 I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
40:2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay.
He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. 40:3 He has
put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it,
and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh. 40:4 Blessed is the man who makes
Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside
to lies. 40:5 Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you
have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared
back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than
can be numbered. 40:6 Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have
opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
40:7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the
book in the scroll. 40:8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your
law is within my heart." 40:9 I have proclaimed glad news of
righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips,
Yahweh, you know. 40:10 I have not hidden your righteousness within my
heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not
concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
40:11 Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your
loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me. 40:12 For
innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me,
so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my
head. My heart has failed me. 40:13 Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me.
Hurry to help me, Yahweh. 40:14 Let them be disappointed and confounded
together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned
backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt. 40:15 Let them
be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!" 40:16 Let
all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your
salvation say continually, "Let Yahweh be exalted!" 40:17 But I am poor
and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my
deliverer. Don't delay, my God.

Psalm 41

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

41:1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in
the day of evil. 41:2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He
shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will
of his enemies. 41:3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore
him from his bed of illness. 41:4 I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you." 41:5 My enemies speak evil
against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?" 41:6 If he comes to
see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When
he goes abroad, he tells it. 41:7 All who hate me whisper together
against me. They imagine the worst for me. 41:8 "An evil disease," they
say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."
41:9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with
me, has lifted up his heel against me. 41:10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy
on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them. 41:11 By this I know that
you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me. 41:12 As
for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence
forever. 41:13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting
and to everlasting! Amen and amen. BOOK II

Psalm 42

For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.

42:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you,
God. 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come
and appear before God? 42:3 My tears have been my food day and night,
while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?" 42:4 These things I
remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the
crowd, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and
praise, a multitude keeping a holy day. 42:5 Why are you in despair, my
soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still
praise him for the saving help of his presence. 42:6 My God, my soul is
in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the
Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar. 42:7 Deep calls to
deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows
have swept over me. 42:8 Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the
daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of
my life. 42:9 I will ask God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why
do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" 42:10 As with
a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually
ask me, "Where is your God?" 42:11 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why
are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him,
the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43

43:1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.
Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. 43:2 For you are the God
of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because
of the oppression of the enemy? 43:3 Oh, send out your light and your
truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your
tents. 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding
joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God. 43:5 Why are you in
despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I
shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

Psalm 44

For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.

44:1 We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what
work you did in their days, in the days of old. 44:2 You drove out the
nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples,
but you spread them abroad. 44:3 For they didn't get the land in
possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but
your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you
were favorable to them. 44:4 You are my King, God. Command victories for
Jacob! 44:5 Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your
name, will we tread them under who rise up against us. 44:6 For I will
not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 44:7 But you have
saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us. 44:8
In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your
name forever. Selah. 44:9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to
dishonor, and don't go out with our armies. 44:10 You make us turn back
from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves. 44:11
You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the
nations. 44:12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing
from their sale. 44:13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a
scoffing and a derision to those who are around us. 44:14 You make us a
byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. 44:15
All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face, 44:16
At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the
enemy and the avenger. 44:17 All this has come on us, yet have we not
forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant. 44:18 Our
heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your
path, 44:19 Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and
covered us with the shadow of death. 44:20 If we have forgotten the name
of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god; 44:21 won't God
search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. 44:22 Yes, for
your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the
slaughter. 44:23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us
forever. 44:24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and
our oppression? 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body
cleaves to the earth. 44:26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your
loving kindness' sake.

Psalm 45

For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies." A contemplation by the sons
of Korah. A wedding song.

45:1 My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the
king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. 45:2 You are the
most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips,
therefore God has blessed you forever. 45:3 Gird your sword on your
thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty. 45:4 In your majesty
ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness.
Let your right hand display awesome deeds. 45:5 Your arrows are sharp.
The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's
enemies. 45:6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity
is the scepter of your kingdom. 45:7 You have loved righteousness, and
hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil
of gladness above your fellows. 45:8 All your garments smell like myrrh,
aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made
you glad. 45:9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women. At your
right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir. 45:10 Listen, daughter,
consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your
father's house. 45:11 So the king will desire your beauty, honor him,
for he is your lord. 45:12 The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The
rich among the people entreat your favor. 45:13 The princess inside is
all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold. 45:14 She shall be
led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who
follow her, shall be brought to you. 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing
they shall be led. They shall enter into the king's palace. 45:16 Your
sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in
all the earth. 45:17 I will make your name to be remembered in all
generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and
ever.

Psalm 46

For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.

46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
46:2 Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the
mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas; 46:3 though its waters
roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling.
Selah. 46:4 There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God
glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High. 46:5 God is in her
midst. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn. 46:6 The
nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the
earth melted. 46:7 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our
refuge. Selah. 46:8 Come, see Yahweh's works, what desolations he has
made in the earth. 46:9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He
breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the
fire. 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among
the nations. I will be exalted in the earth." 46:11 Yahweh of Armies is
with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 47

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

47:1 Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of
triumph! 47:2 For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over
all the earth. 47:3 He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our
feet. 47:4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he
loved. Selah. 47:5 God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound
of a trumpet. 47:6 Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our
King, sing praises. 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth. Sing
praises with understanding. 47:8 God reigns over the nations. God sits
on his holy throne. 47:9 The princes of the peoples are gathered
together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth
belong to God. He is greatly exalted!

Psalm 48

A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

48:1 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God,
in his holy mountain. 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole
earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.
48:3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge. 48:4 For,
behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together. 48:5
They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried
away. 48:6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in
travail. 48:7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish. 48:8
As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in
the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah. 48:9 We have
thought about your loving kindness, God, in the midst of your temple.
48:10 As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is full of righteousness. 48:11 Let Mount Zion be glad!
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments. 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers. 48:13 Mark well
her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next
generation. 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be
our guide even to death.

Psalm 49

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

49:1 Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the
world, 49:2 both low and high, rich and poor together. 49:3 My mouth
will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding. 49:4 I
will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
49:5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels
surrounds me? 49:6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the
multitude of their riches--49:7 none of them can by any means redeem his
brother, nor give God a ransom for him. 49:8 For the redemption of their
life is costly, no payment is ever enough, 49:9 That he should live on
forever, that he should not see corruption. 49:10 For he sees that wise
men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their
wealth to others. 49:11 Their inward thought is that their houses will
endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name
their lands after themselves. 49:12 But man, despite his riches, doesn't
endure. He is like the animals that perish. 49:13 This is the destiny of
those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
49:14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their
shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning.
Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion. 49:15 But God
will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me.
Selah. 49:16 Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of
his house is increased. 49:17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing
away. His glory shall not descend after him. 49:18 Though while he lived
he blessed his soul--and men praise you when you do well for yourself--
49:19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see
the light. 49:20 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the
animals that perish.

Psalm 50

A Psalm by Asaph.

50:1 The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from
sunrise to sunset. 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God
shines forth. 50:3 Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire
devours before him. It is very stormy around him. 50:4 He calls to the
heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people: 50:5 "Gather
my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by
sacrifice." 50:6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God
himself is judge. Selah. 50:7 "Hear, my people, and I will speak;
Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God. 50:8 I don't
rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually
before me. 50:9 I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male
goats from your pens. 50:10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and
the livestock on a thousand hills. 50:11 I know all the birds of the
mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine. 50:12 If I were
hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in
it. 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the
Most High. 50:15 Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you,
and you will honor me." 50:16 But to the wicked God says, "What right do
you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your
lips, 50:17 seeing you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
50:18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have
participated with adulterers. 50:19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your
tongue frames deceit. 50:20 You sit and speak against your brother. You
slander your own mother's son. 50:21 You have done these things, and I
kept silent. You thought that the I was just like you. I will rebuke
you, and accuse you in front of your eyes. 50:22 "Now consider this, you
who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to
deliver. 50:23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies
me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."

Psalm 51

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came
to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51:1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According
to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. 51:3
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me. 51:4
Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in
your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified
when you judge. 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my
mother conceived me. 51:6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and
I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 51:8 Let me
hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
51:9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.
51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
51:11 Don't throw me from your presence, and don't take your holy Spirit
from me. 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a
willing spirit. 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners
shall be converted to you. 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your
righteousness. 51:15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your
praise. 51:16 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give
it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. 51:17 The sacrifices of God
are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not
despise. 51:18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of
Jerusalem. 51:19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of
righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then
they will offer bulls on your altar.

Psalm 52

For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite
came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."

52:1 Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness
endures continually. 52:2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp
razor, working deceitfully. 52:3 You love evil more than good, lying
rather than speaking the truth. Selah. 52:4 You love all devouring
words, you deceitful tongue. 52:5 God will likewise destroy you forever.
He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of
the land of the living. Selah. 52:6 The righteous also will see it, and
fear, and laugh at him, saying, 52:7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't
make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and
strengthened himself in his wickedness." 52:8 But as for me, I am like a
green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness
forever and ever. 52:9 I will give you thanks forever, because you have
done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of
your saints.

Psalm 53

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation by
David.

53:1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are
corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does
good. 53:2 God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if
there are any who understood, who seek after God. 53:3 Every one of them
has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who
does good, no, not one. 53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on God? 53:5
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered
the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame,
because God has rejected them. 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel
would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity,
then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 54

For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by
David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding
himself among us?"

54:1 Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. 54:2 Hear
my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth. 54:3 For strangers have
risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't
set God before them. Selah. 54:4 Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is
the one who sustains my soul. 54:5 He will repay the evil to my enemies.
Destroy them in your truth. 54:6 With a free will offering, I will
sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is
good. 54:7 For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen
triumph over my enemies.

Psalm 55

For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by
David.

55:1 Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication.
55:2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and
moan, 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression
of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a
grudge against me. 55:4 My heart is severely pained within me. The
terrors of death have fallen on me. 55:5 Fearfulness and trembling have
come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me. 55:6 I said, "Oh that I had wings
like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. 55:7 Behold, then I
would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah. 55:8 "I
would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm." 55:9 Confuse
them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and
strife in the city. 55:10 Day and night they prowl around on its walls.
Malice and abuse are also within her. 55:11 Destructive forces are
within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets. 55:12 For it
was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither
was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would
have hid myself from him. 55:13 But it was you, a man like me, my
companion, and my familiar friend. 55:14 We took sweet fellowship
together. We walked in God's house with company. 55:15 Let death come
suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is
in their dwelling, in the midst of them. 55:16 As for me, I will call on
God. Yahweh will save me. 55:17 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will
cry out in distress. He will hear my voice. 55:18 He has redeemed my
soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are
many who oppose me. 55:19 God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and
answer them. Selah. They never change, who don't fear God. 55:20 He
raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.
55:21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words
were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. 55:22 Cast your burden
on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to
be moved. 55:23 But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of
destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half
their days, but I will trust in you.

Psalm 56

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A
poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

56:1 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day
long, he attacks and oppresses me. 56:2 My enemies want to swallow me up
all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me. 56:3 When
I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. 56:4 In God, I praise his word.
In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
56:5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me
for evil. 56:6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager
to take my life. 56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down
the peoples, God. 56:8 You number my wanderings. You put my tears into
your bottle. Aren't they in your book? 56:9 Then my enemies shall turn
back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me. 56:10 In
God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word. 56:11 I
have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
56:12 Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
56:13 For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet
from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Psalm 57

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by
David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

57:1 Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge
in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until
disaster has passed. 57:2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who
accomplishes my requests for me. 57:3 He will send from heaven, and save
me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his
loving kindness and his truth. 57:4 My soul is among lions. I lie among
those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears
and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 57:5 Be exalted, God, above
the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth! 57:6 They have
prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit
before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah. 57:7 My heart is
steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing
praises. 57:8 Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I will wake
up the dawn. 57:9 I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I
will sing praises to you among the nations. 57:10 For your great loving
kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. 57:11 Be
exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.

Psalm 58

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by
David.

58:1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge
blamelessly, you sons of men? 58:2 No, in your heart you plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. 58:3 The wicked
go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born,
speaking lies. 58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a
deaf cobra that stops its ear, 58:5 which doesn't listen to the voice of
charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be. 58:6 Break their
teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young
lions, Yahweh. 58:7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they
draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. 58:8 Let them be like a
snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not
seen the sun. 58:9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he
will sweep away the green and the burning alike. 58:10 The righteous
shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the
blood of the wicked; 58:11 so that men shall say, "Most certainly there
is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges
the earth."

Psalm 59

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by
David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

59:1 Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who
rise up against me. 59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save
me from the bloodthirsty men. 59:3 For, behold, they lie in wait for my
soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my
disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh. 59:4 I have done no wrong, yet
they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me! 59:5 You,
Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the
nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah. 59:6 They return
at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city. 59:7 Behold,
they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say,
"who hears us?" 59:8 But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all
the nations. 59:9 Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high
tower. 59:10 My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will
let me look at my enemies in triumph. 59:11 Don't kill them, or my
people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord
our shield. 59:12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their
lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which
they utter. 59:13 Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be
no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the
earth. Selah. 59:14 At evening let them return. Let them howl like a
dog, and go around the city. 59:15 They shall wander up and down for
food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied. 59:16 But I will sing
of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the
morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my
distress. 59:17 To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my
high tower, the God of my mercy.

Psalm 60

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A
teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram
Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the
Valley of Salt.

60:1 God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been
angry. Restore us, again. 60:2 You have made the land tremble. You have
torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. 60:3 You have shown your
people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us
stagger. 60:4 You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may
be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 60:5 So that your beloved may
be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. 60:6 God has
spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and
measure out the valley of Succoth. 60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is
mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter. 60:8
Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph
over Philistia." 60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has
led me to Edom? 60:10 Haven't you, God, rejected us? You don't go out
with our armies, God. 60:11 Give us help against the adversary, for the
help of man is vain. 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is
he who will tread down our adversaries.

Psalm 61

For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David.

61:1 Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer. 61:2 From the end of the
earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the
rock that is higher than I. 61:3 For you have been a refuge for me, a
strong tower from the enemy. 61:4 I will dwell in your tent forever. I
will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah. 61:5 For you, God,
have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear
your name. 61:6 You will prolong the king's life; his years shall be for
generations. 61:7 He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever.
Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him. 61:8
So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows
daily.

Psalm 62

For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David.

62:1 My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. 62:2 He alone
is my rock and my salvation, my fortress--I will never be greatly
shaken. 62:3 How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him
down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? 62:4 They fully
intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies.
They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. 62:5 My
soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
62:6 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be
shaken. 62:7 With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my
strength, and my refuge, is in God. 62:8 Trust in him at all times, you
people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
62:9 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree
are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter
than a breath. 62:10 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in
robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them. 62:11 God has
spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God. 62:12
Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man
according to his work.

Psalm 63

A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

63:1 God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for
you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no
water. 63:2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and
your glory. 63:3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my
lips shall praise you. 63:4 So I will bless you while I live. I will
lift up my hands in your name. 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with
the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, 63:6 when
I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. 63:7
For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
63:8 My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up. 63:9 But
those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of
the earth. 63:10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword.
They shall be jackal food. 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God.
Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who
speak lies shall be silenced.

Psalm 64

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

64:1 Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of
the enemy. 64:2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the
noisy crowd of the ones doing evil; 64:3 who sharpen their tongue like a
sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, 64:4 to shoot innocent men
from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. 64:5 They
encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares
secretly. They say, "Who will see them?" 64:6 They plot injustice,
saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are
cunning. 64:7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck
down with an arrow. 64:8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see
them will shake their heads. 64:9 All mankind shall be afraid. They
shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
64:10 The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in
him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

Psalm 65

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.

65:1 Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.
65:2 You who hear prayer, to you all men will come. 65:3 Sins
overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions. 65:4 Blessed is
one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your
courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy
temple. 65:5 By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of
our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of
those who are far away on the sea; 65:6 Who by his power forms the
mountains, having armed yourself with strength; 65:7 who stills the
roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the
nations. 65:8 They also who dwell in far-away places are afraid at your
wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
65:9 You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river
of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have
ordained it. 65:10 You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You
soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop. 65:11 You crown the
year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance. 65:12 The
wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
65:13 The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed
with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.

Psalm 66

For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.

66:1 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! 66:2 Sing to the glory
of his name! Offer glory and praise! 66:3 Tell God, "How awesome are
your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit
themselves to you. 66:4 All the earth will worship you, and will sing to
you; they will sing to your name." Selah. 66:5 Come, and see God's
deeds--awesome work on behalf of the children of men. 66:6 He turned the
sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we
rejoiced in him. 66:7 He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the
nations. Don't let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. 66:8
Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, 66:9
who preserves our life among the living, and doesn't allow our feet to
be moved. 66:10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as
silver is refined. 66:11 You brought us into prison. You laid a burden
on our backs. 66:12 You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went
through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of
abundance. 66:13 I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I
will pay my vows to you, 66:14 which my lips promised, and my mouth
spoke, when I was in distress. 66:15 I will offer to you burnt offerings
of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with
goats. Selah. 66:16 Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare
what he has done for my soul. 66:17 I cried to him with my mouth. He was
extolled with my tongue. 66:18 If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord
wouldn't have listened. 66:19 But most certainly, God has listened. He
has heard the voice of my prayer. 66:20 Blessed be God, who has not
turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

Psalm 67

For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.

67:1 May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on
us. Selah. 67:2 That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation
among all nations, 67:3 let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the
peoples praise you. 67:4 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on
earth. Selah. 67:5 Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples
praise you. 67:6 The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own
God, will bless us. 67:7 God will bless us. All the ends of the earth
shall fear him.

Psalm 68

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.

68:1 Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him
also flee before him. 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away.
As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence
of God. 68:3 But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God.
Yes, let them rejoice with gladness. 68:4 Sing to God! Sing praises to
his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice
before him! 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the
widows, is God in his holy habitation. 68:6 God sets the lonely in
families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious
dwell in a sun-scorched land. 68:7 God, when you went forth before your
people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah. 68:8 The earth
trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of
Sinai--at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 68:9 You, God, sent a
plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary. 68:10
Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for
the poor. 68:11 The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it
are a great company. 68:12 "Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who
waits at home divides the spoil, 68:13 while you sleep among the
campfires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with
shining gold. 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed
on Zalmon. 68:15 The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The
mountains of Bashan are rugged. 68:16 Why do you look in envy, you
rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes,
Yahweh will dwell there forever. 68:17 The chariots of God are tens of
thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from
Sinai, into the sanctuary. 68:18 You have ascended on high. You have led
away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the
rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there. 68:19 Blessed be the
Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation.
Selah. 68:20 God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord,
belongs escape from death. 68:21 But God will strike through the head of
his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his
guiltiness. 68:22 The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I
will bring you again from the depths of the sea; 68:23 That you may
crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs
may have their portion from your enemies." 68:24 They have seen your
processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the
sanctuary. 68:25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after,
in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines, 68:26 "Bless God in
the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!" 68:27 There
is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council,
the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. 68:28 Your God has
commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for
us. 68:29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring
presents to you. 68:30 Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the
multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled,
may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch
out her hands to God. 68:32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing
praises to the Lord! Selah. 68:33 To him who rides on the heaven of
heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
68:34 Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his
strength is in the skies. 68:35 You are awesome, God, in your
sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people.
Praise be to God!

Psalm 69

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.

69:1 Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! 69:2 I sink
in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters,
where the floods overflow me. 69:3 I am weary with my crying. My throat
is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 69:4 Those who hate me without
a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me
off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I
didn't take away. 69:5 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't
hidden from you. 69:6 Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through
me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to
dishonor through me, God of Israel. 69:7 Because for your sake, I have
borne reproach. Shame has covered my face. 69:8 I have become a stranger
to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children. 69:9 For the zeal of
your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have
fallen on me. 69:10 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
69:12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the
drunkards. 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an
acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer
me in the truth of your salvation. 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and
don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out
of the deep waters. 69:15 Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me,
neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on
me. 69:16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According
to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me. 69:17 Don't hide
your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
69:18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my
enemies. 69:19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My
adversaries are all before you. 69:20 Reproach has broken my heart, and
I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was
none; for comforters, but I found none. 69:21 They also gave me gall for
my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. 69:22 Let their
table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a
trap. 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let
their backs be continually bent. 69:24 Pour out your indignation on
them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. 69:25 Let their
habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents. 69:26 For they
persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those
whom you have hurt. 69:27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let
them come into your righteousness. 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the
book of life, and not be written with the righteous. 69:29 But I am in
pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me. 69:30 I will
praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving. 69:31 It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull
that has horns and hoofs. 69:32 The humble have seen it, and are glad.
You who seek after God, let your heart live. 69:33 For Yahweh hears the
needy, and doesn't despise his captive people. 69:34 Let heaven and
earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein! 69:35 For
God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle
there, and own it. 69:36 The children also of his servants shall inherit
it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.

Psalm 70

For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.

70:1 Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh. 70:2
Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who
desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. 70:3 Let them be turned
because of their shame Who say, "Aha! Aha!" 70:4 Let all those who seek
you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation
continually say, "Let God be exalted!" 70:5 But I am poor and needy.
Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don't
delay.

Psalm 71

71:1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. 71:2
Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me,
and save me. 71:3 Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go.
Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 71:4
Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the
unrighteous and cruel man. 71:5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my
confidence from my youth. 71:6 I have relied on you from the womb. You
are he who took me out of my mother's womb. I will always praise you.
71:7 I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge. 71:8 My mouth
shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all the day. 71:9
Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.
71:10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire
together, 71:11 saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for
no one will rescue him." 71:12 God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry
to help me. 71:13 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them
be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me. 71:14 But I will
always hope, and will add to all of your praise. 71:15 My mouth will
tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I
don't know its full measure. 71:16 I will come with the mighty acts of
the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of
yours alone. 71:17 God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I
have declared your wondrous works. 71:18 Yes, even when I am old and
gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength
to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come. 71:19
Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done
great things. God, who is like you? 71:20 You, who have shown us many
and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again
from the depths of the earth. 71:21 Increase my honor, and comfort me
again. 71:22 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness,
my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel. 71:23
My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings
praises to you! 71:24 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness
all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who
want to harm me.

Psalm 72

By Solomon.

72:1 God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal
son. 72:2 He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor
with justice. 72:3 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people.
The hills bring the fruit of righteousness. 72:4 He will judge the poor
of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break
the oppressor in pieces. 72:5 They shall fear you while the sun endures;
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations. 72:6 He will come
down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. 72:7
In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until
the moon is no more. 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
from the River to the ends of the earth. 72:9 Those who dwell in the
wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust. 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings
of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 72:11 Yes, all kings shall fall
down before him. All nations shall serve him. 72:12 For he will deliver
the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper. 72:13 He will have
pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy. 72:14
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will
be precious in his sight. 72:15 They shall live, and to him shall be
given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They
shall bless him all day long. 72:16 There shall be abundance of grain
throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish,
thriving like the grass of the field. 72:17 His name endures forever.
His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All
nations will call him blessed. 72:18 Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of
Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. 72:19 Blessed be his glorious
name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and
amen. 72:20 This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. BOOK III

Psalm 73

A Psalm by Asaph.

73:1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 73:2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
73:3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked. 73:4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their
strength is firm. 73:5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are
they plagued like other men. 73:6 Therefore pride is like a chain around
their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. 73:7 Their eyes bulge
with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. 73:8 They scoff and
speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. 73:9 They
have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the
earth. 73:10 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up
waters of abundance. 73:11 They say, "How does God know? Is there
knowledge in the Most High?" 73:12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being
always at ease, they increase in riches. 73:13 Surely in vain I have
cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, 73:14 For all day
long have I been plagued, and punished every morning. 73:15 If I had
said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation
of your children. 73:16 When I tried to understand this, it was too
painful for me; 73:17 Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered
their latter end. 73:18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You
throw them down to destruction. 73:19 How they are suddenly destroyed!
They are completely swept away with terrors. 73:20 As a dream when one
wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
73:21 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. 73:22 I was
so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. 73:23
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
73:24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to
glory. 73:25 Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I
desire besides you. 73:26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the
strength of my heart and my portion forever. 73:27 For, behold, those
who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are
unfaithful to you. 73:28 But it is good for me to come close to God. I
have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

Psalm 74

A contemplation by Asaph.

74:1 God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder
against the sheep of your pasture? 74:2 Remember your congregation,
which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of
your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived. 74:3 Lift up your
feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the
sanctuary. 74:4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your
assembly. They have set up their standards as signs. 74:5 They behaved
like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees. 74:6 Now
they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers. 74:7 They
have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the
dwelling place of your Name. 74:8 They said in their heart, "We will
crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land
where God was worshiped. 74:9 We see no miraculous signs. There is no
longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
74:10 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy
blaspheme your name forever? 74:11 Why do you draw back your hand, even
your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them! 74:12 Yet
God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
74:13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the
sea monsters in the waters. 74:14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in
pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures. 74:15 You
opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers. 74:16 The day
is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the
sun. 74:17 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made
summer and winter. 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you,
Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name. 74:19 Don't deliver
the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor
forever. 74:20 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark
places of the earth. 74:21 Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let
the poor and needy praise your name. 74:22 Arise, God! Plead your own
cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day. 74:23 Don't
forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up
against you ascends continually.

Psalm 75

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by
Asaph. A song.

75:1 We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near.
Men tell about your wondrous works. 75:2 When I choose the appointed
time, I will judge blamelessly. 75:3 The earth and all its inhabitants
quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah. 75:4 I said to the arrogant,
"Don't boast!" I said to the wicked, "Don't lift up the horn. 75:5 Don't
lift up your horn on high. Don't speak with a stiff neck." 75:6 For
neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes
exaltation. 75:7 But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up
another. 75:8 For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, full of foaming
wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth
drink and drink it to its very dregs. 75:9 But I will declare this
forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 75:10 I will cut off
all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be
lifted up.

Psalm 76

For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A
song.

76:1 In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel. 76:2 His tent
is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion. 76:3 There he broke the
flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of
war. Selah. 76:4 Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of
game. 76:5 Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep.
None of the men of war can lift their hands. 76:6 At your rebuke, God of
Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep. 76:7 You, even
you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
76:8 You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was
silent, 76:9 when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones
of the earth. Selah. 76:10 Surely the wrath of man praises you. The
survivors of your wrath are restrained. 76:11 Make vows to Yahweh your
God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him
who is to be feared. 76:12 He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is
feared by the kings of the earth.

Psalm 77

For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph.

77:1 My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to
listen to me. 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand
was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to
be comforted. 77:3 I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my
spirit is overwhelmed. Selah. 77:4 You hold my eyelids open. I am so
troubled that I can't speak. 77:5 I have considered the days of old, the
years of ancient times. 77:6 I remember my song in the night. I consider
in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires: 77:7 "Will the Lord
reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more? 77:8 Has his loving
kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations? 77:9
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his
compassion?" Selah. 77:10 Then I thought, "I will appeal to this: the
years of the right hand of the Most High." 77:11 I will remember Yah's
deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old. 77:12 I will also
meditate on all your work, and consider your doings. 77:13 Your way,
God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God? 77:14 You are the
God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the
peoples. 77:15 You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of
Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 77:16 The waters saw you, God. The waters saw
you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed. 77:17 The clouds
poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also
flashed around. 77:18 The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind.
The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook. 77:19
Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your
footsteps were not known. 77:20 You led your people like a flock, by the
hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 78

A contemplation by Asaph.

78:1 Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my
mouth. 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings
of old, 78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told
us. 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the
generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous
works that he has done. 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob,
and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that
they should make them known to their children; 78:6 that the generation
to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should
arise and tell their children, 78:7 that they might set their hope in
God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments, 78:8
and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not
steadfast with God. 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and
carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 78:10 They didn't keep
God's covenant, and refused to walk in his law. 78:11 They forgot his
doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them. 78:12 He did
marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in
the field of Zoan. 78:13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass
through. He made the waters stand as a heap. 78:14 In the daytime he
also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire. 78:15 He
split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of
the depths. 78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused
waters to run down like rivers. 78:17 Yet they still went on to sin
against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert. 78:18 They
tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
78:19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table
in the wilderness? 78:20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters
gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he
provide flesh for his people?" 78:21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was
angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against
Israel, 78:22 because they didn't believe in God, and didn't trust in
his salvation. 78:23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the
doors of heaven. 78:24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave
them food from the sky. 78:25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them
food to the full. 78:26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By
his power he guided the south wind. 78:27 He rained also flesh on them
as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas. 78:28 He let them
fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations. 78:29 So they
ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire. 78:30 They
didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
78:31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of the
fattest of them, and struck down the young men of Israel. 78:32 For all
this they still sinned, and didn't believe in his wondrous works. 78:33
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
78:34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned
and sought God earnestly. 78:35 They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God, their redeemer. 78:36 But they flattered him with
their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue. 78:37 For their heart
was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
78:38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them.
Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn't stir up all his
wrath. 78:39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes
away, and doesn't come again. 78:40 How often they rebelled against him
in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert! 78:41 They turned
again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel. 78:42 They
didn't remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the
adversary; 78:43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field
of Zoan, 78:44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so
that they could not drink. 78:45 He sent among them swarms of flies,
which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 78:46 He gave also
their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust. 78:47
He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
78:48 He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to
hot thunderbolts. 78:49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger,
wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil. 78:50 He
made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, but
gave their life over to the pestilence, 78:51 and struck all the
firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
78:52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the
wilderness like a flock. 78:53 He led them safely, so that they weren't
afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. 78:54 He brought them to
the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had
taken. 78:55 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them
for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in
their tents. 78:56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High
God, and didn't keep his testimonies; 78:57 but turned back, and dealt
treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a
deceitful bow. 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high
places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images. 78:59 When
God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel; 78:60 So that
he forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 78:61
and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the
adversary's hand. 78:62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and
was angry with his inheritance. 78:63 Fire devoured their young men.
Their virgins had no wedding song. 78:64 Their priests fell by the
sword, and their widows couldn't weep. 78:65 Then the Lord awakened as
one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine. 78:66
He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
78:67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn't choose the
tribe of Ephraim, 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which
he loved. 78:69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth
which he has established forever. 78:70 He also chose David his servant,
and took him from the sheepfolds; 78:71 from following the ewes that
have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his
people, and Israel, his inheritance. 78:72 So he was their shepherd
according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the
skillfulness of his hands.

Psalm 79

A Psalm by Asaph.

79:1 God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled
your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 79:2 They have
given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the
sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth. 79:3 Their
blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to
bury them. 79:4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing
and derision to those who are around us. 79:5 How long, Yahweh? Will you
be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? 79:6 Pour out your
wrath on the nations that don't know you; on the kingdoms that don't
call on your name; 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his
homeland. 79:8 Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.
79:9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver
us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake. 79:10 Why should the
nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations,
before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured
out. 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to
the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
79:12 Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their
reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord. 79:13 So we, your
people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will
praise you forever, to all generations.

Psalm 80

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A
Psalm by Asaph.

80:1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you
who sit above the cherubim, shine forth. 80:2 Before Ephraim and
Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us! 80:3 Turn us
again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. 80:4 Yahweh
God of Armies, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your
people? 80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them
tears to drink in large measure. 80:6 You make us a source of contention
to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves. 80:7 Turn us
again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and
planted it. 80:9 You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and
filled the land. 80:10 The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its
boughs were like God's cedars. 80:11 It sent out its branches to the
sea, Its shoots to the River. 80:12 Why have you broken down its walls,
so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? 80:13 The boar out of
the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it. 80:14
Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see,
and visit this vine, 80:15 the stock which your right hand planted, the
branch that you made strong for yourself. 80:16 It's burned with fire.
It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke. 80:17 Let your hand be on the
man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for
yourself. 80:18 So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we
will call on your name. 80:19 Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause
your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Psalm 81

For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.

81:1 Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of
Jacob! 81:2 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant
lyre with the harp. 81:3 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full
moon, on our feast day. 81:4 For it is a statute for Israel, an
ordinance of the God of Jacob. 81:5 He appointed it in Joseph for a
testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language
that I didn't know. 81:6 "I removed his shoulder from the burden. His
hands were freed from the basket. 81:7 You called in trouble, and I
delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested
you at the waters of Meribah." Selah. 81:8 "Hear, my people, and I will
testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me! 81:9 There shall be
no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god. 81:10
I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open
your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 81:11 But my people didn't listen
to my voice. Israel desired none of me. 81:12 So I let them go after the
stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own
counsels. 81:13 Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would
walk in my ways! 81:14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my
hand against their adversaries. 81:15 The haters of Yahweh would cringe
before him, and their punishment would last forever. 81:16 But he would
have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with
honey out of the rock."

Psalm 82

A Psalm by Asaph.

82:1 God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods. 82:2
"How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?"
Selah. 82:3 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the
rights of the poor and oppressed. 82:4 Rescue the weak and needy.
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked." 82:5 They don't know,
neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All
the foundations of the earth are shaken. 82:6 I said, "You are gods, all
of you are sons of the Most High. 82:7 Nevertheless you shall die like
men, and fall like one of the rulers." 82:8 Arise, God, judge the earth,
for you inherit all of the nations.

Psalm 83

A song. A Psalm by Asaph.

83:1 God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.
83:2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have
lifted up their heads. 83:3 They conspire with cunning against your
people. They plot against your cherished ones. 83:4 "Come," they say,
"and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be
remembered no more." 83:5 For they have conspired together with one
mind. They form an alliance against you. 83:6 The tents of Edom and the
Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites; 83:7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 83:8 Assyria also is joined with
them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah. 83:9 Do to them as
you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; 83:10
who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth. 83:11 Make
their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and
Zalmunna; 83:12 who said, "Let us take possession of God's
pasturelands." 83:13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff
before the wind. 83:14 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame
that sets the mountains on fire, 83:15 so pursue them with your tempest,
and terrify them with your storm. 83:16 Fill their faces with confusion,
that they may seek your name, Yahweh. 83:17 Let them be disappointed and
dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish; 83:18 that
they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High
over all the earth.

Psalm 84

For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of
Korah.

84:1 How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! 84:2 My soul
longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God. 84:3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and
the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your
altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God. 84:4 Blessed are those
who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah. 84:5
Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on
a pilgrimage. 84:6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a
place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings. 84:7
They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God
in Zion. 84:8 Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of
Jacob. Selah. 84:9 Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your
anointed. 84:10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I
would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in
the tents of wickedness. 84:11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield.
Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those
who walk blamelessly. 84:12 Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who
trusts in you.

Psalm 85

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

85:1 Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the
fortunes of Jacob. 85:2 You have forgiven the iniquity of your people.
You have covered all their sin. Selah. 85:3 You have taken away all your
wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger. 85:4 Turn us,
God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.
85:5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to
all generations? 85:6 Won't you revive us again, that your people may
rejoice in you? 85:7 Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your
salvation. 85:8 I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will
speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to
folly. 85:9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory
may dwell in our land. 85:10 Mercy and truth meet together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 85:11 Truth springs out
of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. 85:12 Yes,
Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.
85:13 Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.

Psalm 86

A Prayer by David.

86:1 Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 86:2 Preserve
my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in
you. 86:3 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. 86:4
Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my
soul. 86:5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in
loving kindness to all those who call on you. 86:6 Hear, Yahweh, my
prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions. 86:7 In the day of my
trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me. 86:8 There is no one
like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds. 86:9 All
nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall
glorify your name. 86:10 For you are great, and do wondrous things. You
are God alone. 86:11 Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your
truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. 86:12 I will praise
you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name
forevermore. 86:13 For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have
delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. 86:14 God, the proud have risen
up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and
they don't hold regard for you before them. 86:15 But you, Lord, are a
merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving
kindness and truth. 86:16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your
strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid. 86:17 Show me a
sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed,
because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.

Psalm 87

A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.

87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 87:2 Yahweh loves the
gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 87:3 Glorious things
are spoken about you, city of God. Selah. 87:4 I will record Rahab and
Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and
also Ethiopia: "This one was born there." 87:5 Yes, of Zion it will be
said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself
will establish her. 87:6 Yahweh will count, when he writes up the
peoples, "This one was born there." Selah. 87:7 Those who sing as well
as those who dance say, "All my springs are in you."

Psalm 88

A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the
tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the
Ezrahite.

88:1 Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before
you. 88:2 Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my
cry. 88:3 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
88:4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man
who has no help, 88:5 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie
in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your
hand. 88:6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
88:7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your
waves. Selah. 88:8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me
an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape. 88:9 My eyes
are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread
out my hands to you. 88:10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead
rise up and praise you? Selah. 88:11 Is your loving kindness declared in
the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? 88:12 Are your wonders
made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of
forgetfulness? 88:13 But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning,
my prayer comes before you. 88:14 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why
do you hide your face from me? 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die
from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. 88:16
Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. 88:17
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed
me. 88:18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into
darkness.

Psalm 89

A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.

89:1 I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my
mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 89:2 I
indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens.
Your faithfulness is in them." 89:3 "I have made a covenant with my
chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, 89:4 'I will establish
your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.
89:5 The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness
also in the assembly of the holy ones. 89:6 For who in the skies can be
compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like
Yahweh, 89:7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be
feared above all those who are around him? 89:8 Yahweh, God of Armies,
who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
89:9 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm
them. 89:10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You
have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. 89:11 The heavens are
yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have
founded them. 89:12 The north and the south, you have created them.
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. 89:13 You have a mighty arm. Your
hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted. 89:14 Righteousness and
justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go
before your face. 89:15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you.
They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh. 89:16 In your name they
rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted. 89:17 For you
are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be
exalted. 89:18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy
One of Israel. 89:19 Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said,
"I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man
from the people. 89:20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed
him with my holy oil, 89:21 with whom my hand shall be established. My
arm will also strengthen him. 89:22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man
will oppress him. 89:23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and
strike those who hate him. 89:24 But my faithfulness and my loving
kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. 89:25 I
will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
89:26 He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my
salvation!' 89:27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of
the kings of the earth. 89:28 I will keep my loving kindness for him
forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. 89:29 I will also
make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
89:30 If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my ordinances;
89:31 if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments; 89:32
then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with
stripes. 89:33 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from
him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. 89:34 I will not break my
covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. 89:35 Once have I sworn
by my holiness, I will not lie to David. 89:36 His seed will endure
forever, his throne like the sun before me. 89:37 It will be established
forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah. 89:38
But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your
anointed. 89:39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You
have defiled his crown in the dust. 89:40 You have broken down all his
hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. 89:41 All who pass by
the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors. 89:42 You
have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his
enemies rejoice. 89:43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and
haven't supported him in battle. 89:44 You have ended his splendor, and
thrown his throne down to the ground. 89:45 You have shortened the days
of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah. 89:46 How long,
Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
89:47 Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created
all the children of men! 89:48 What man is he who shall live and not see
death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. 89:49
Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David
in your faithfulness? 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your
servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
89:51 With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have
mocked the footsteps of your anointed one. 89:52 Blessed be Yahweh
forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV

Psalm 90

A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.

90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed the earth
and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. 90:3
You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men." 90:4
For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is
past, like a watch in the night. 90:5 You sweep them away as they sleep.
In the morning they sprout like new grass. 90:6 In the morning it
sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry. 90:7 For we
are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath. 90:8 You have
set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your
presence. 90:9 For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring
our years to an end as a sigh. 90:10 The days of our years are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor
and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away. 90:11 Who knows the
power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to
you? 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of
wisdom. 90:13 Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your
servants! 90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 90:15 Make us glad for as
many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen
evil. 90:16 Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their
children. 90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish
the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

Psalm 91

91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the
shadow of the Almighty. 91:2 I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and
my fortress; my God, in whom I trust." 91:3 For he will deliver you from
the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. 91:4 He will
cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His
faithfulness is your shield and rampart. 91:5 You shall not be afraid of
the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day; 91:6 nor of the
pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at
noonday. 91:7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your
right hand; but it will not come near you. 91:8 You will only look with
your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked. 91:9 Because you have
made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, 91:10 no
evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your
dwelling. 91:11 For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard
you in all your ways. 91:12 They will bear you up in their hands, so
that you won't dash your foot against a stone. 91:13 You will tread on
the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent
underfoot. 91:14 "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will
deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. 91:15
He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in
trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. 91:16 I will satisfy him
with long life, and show him my salvation."

Psalm 92

A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to
your name, Most High; 92:2 to proclaim your loving kindness in the
morning, and your faithfulness every night, 92:3 with the ten-stringed
lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre. 92:4 For you,
Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works
of your hands. 92:5 How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are
very deep. 92:6 A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool
understand this: 92:7 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all
the evil-doers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. 92:8 But you,
Yahweh, are on high forevermore. 92:9 For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh,
for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evil-doers will be
scattered. 92:10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox.
I am anointed with fresh oil. 92:11 My eye has also seen my enemies. My
ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me. 92:12 The
righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar
in Lebanon. 92:13 They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish
in our God's courts. 92:14 They will still bring forth fruit in old age.
They will be full of sap and green, 92:15 to show that Yahweh is
upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Psalm 93

93:1 Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with
strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved. 93:2 Your
throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting. 93:3 The
floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods lift up their waves. 93:4 Above the voices of many waters,
the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty. 93:5 Your
statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forevermore.

Psalm 94

94:1 Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom
vengeance belongs, shine forth. 94:2 Rise up, you judge of the earth.
Pay back the proud what they deserve. 94:3 Yahweh, how long will the
wicked, how long will the wicked triumph? 94:4 They pour out arrogant
words. All the evil-doers boast. 94:5 They break your people in pieces,
Yahweh, and afflict your heritage. 94:6 They kill the widow and the
alien, and murder the fatherless. 94:7 They say, "Yah will not see,
neither will Jacob's God consider." 94:8 Consider, you senseless among
the people; you fools, when will you be wise? 94:9 He who implanted the
ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see? 94:10 He who
disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
94:11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. 94:12
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law;
94:13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the
pit is dug for the wicked. 94:14 For Yahweh won't reject his people,
neither will he forsake his inheritance. 94:15 For judgment will return
to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. 94:16 Who
will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against
the evil-doers? 94:17 Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have
soon lived in silence. 94:18 When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your
loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up. 94:19 In the multitude of my
thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul. 94:20 Shall the
throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about
mischief by statute? 94:21 They gather themselves together against the
soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 94:22 But Yahweh
has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge. 94:23 He has
brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own
wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

Psalm 95

95:1 Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our
salvation! 95:2 Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's
extol him with songs! 95:3 For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above
all gods. 95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights
of the mountains are also his. 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it. His
hands formed the dry land. 95:6 Oh come, let's worship and bow down.
Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, 95:7 for he is our God. We are the
people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you
would hear his voice! 95:8 Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in
the day of Massah in the wilderness, 95:9 when your fathers tempted me,
tested me, and saw my work. 95:10 Forty long years I was grieved with
that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart.
They have not known my ways." 95:11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They
won't enter into my rest."

Psalm 96

96:1 Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth. 96:2 Sing
to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day! 96:3
Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the
peoples. 96:4 For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to
be feared above all gods. 96:5 For all the gods of the peoples are
idols, but Yahweh made the heavens. 96:6 Honor and majesty are before
him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 96:7 Ascribe to Yahweh,
you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. 96:8
Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come
into his courts. 96:9 Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him,
all the earth. 96:10 Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world
is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with
equity. 96:11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let
the sea roar, and its fullness! 96:12 Let the field and all that is in
it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy 96:13
before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will
judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

Psalm 97

97:1 Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands
be glad! 97:2 Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and
justice are the foundation of his throne. 97:3 A fire goes before him,
and burns up his adversaries on every side. 97:4 His lightning lights up
the world. The earth sees, and trembles. 97:5 The mountains melt like
wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole
earth. 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have
seen his glory. 97:7 Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images,
who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods! 97:8 Zion heard and
was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments,
Yahweh. 97:9 For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are
exalted far above all gods. 97:10 You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He
preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of
the wicked. 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the
upright in heart. 97:12 Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give
thanks to his holy Name.

Psalm 98

A Psalm.

98:1 Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His
right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him. 98:2 Yahweh
has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in
the sight of the nations. 98:3 He has remembered his loving kindness and
his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God. 98:4 Make a joyful noise to Yahweh,
all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises! 98:5 Sing
praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.
98:6 With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn, make a joyful noise
before the King, Yahweh. 98:7 Let the sea roar with its fullness; the
world, and those who dwell therein. 98:8 Let the rivers clap their
hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together. 98:9 Let them sing
before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world
with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 99

99:1 Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the
cherubim. Let the earth be moved. 99:2 Yahweh is great in Zion. He is
high above all the peoples. 99:3 Let them praise your great and awesome
name. He is Holy! 99:4 The King's strength also loves justice. You do
establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob. 99:5
Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy! 99:6 Moses
and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his
name; they called on Yahweh, and he answered them. 99:7 He spoke to them
in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he
gave them. 99:8 You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who
forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings. 99:9 Exalt
Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!

Psalm 100

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

100:1 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! 100:2 Serve Yahweh with
gladness. Come before his presence with singing. 100:3 Know that Yahweh,
he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people,
and the sheep of his pasture. 100:4 Enter into his gates with
thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless
his name. 100:5 For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever,
his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 101

A Psalm by David.

101:1 I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will
sing praises. 101:2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When
will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
101:3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of
faithless men. They will not cling to me. 101:4 A perverse heart will be
far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. 101:5 I will silence
whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is
haughty and conceited. 101:6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the
land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he
will serve me. 101:7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my
house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
101:8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to
cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city.

Psalm 102

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his
complaint before Yahweh.

102:1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you. 102:2 Don't hide
your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer
me quickly in the day when I call. 102:3 For my days consume away like
smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand. 102:4 My heart is blighted
like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. 102:5 By reason
of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. 102:6 I am like
a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste
places. 102:7 I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on
the housetop. 102:8 My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at
me use my name as a curse. 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and
mixed my drink with tears, 102:10 Because of your indignation and your
wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away. 102:11 My days are
like a long shadow. I have withered like grass. 102:12 But you, Yahweh,
will abide forever; your renown endures to all generations. 102:13 You
will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her.
Yes, the set time has come. 102:14 For your servants take pleasure in
her stones, and have pity on her dust. 102:15 So the nations will fear
the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory. 102:16 For
Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory. 102:17 He has
responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their
prayer. 102:18 This will be written for the generation to come. A people
which will be created will praise Yah. 102:19 For he has looked down
from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
102:20 to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are
condemned to death; 102:21 that men may declare the name of Yahweh in
Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 102:22 when the peoples are gathered
together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh. 102:23 He weakened my strength
along the course. He shortened my days. 102:24 I said, "My God, don't
take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all
generations. 102:25 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The
heavens are the work of your hands. 102:26 They will perish, but you
will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will
change them like a cloak, and they will be changed. 102:27 But you are
the same. Your years will have no end. 102:28 The children of your
servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you."

Psalm 103

By David.

103:1 Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy
name! 103:2 Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits;
103:3 who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases; 103:4 who
redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness
and tender mercies; 103:5 who satisfies your desire with good things, so
that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 103:6 Yahweh executes
righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. 103:7 He made
known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel. 103:8
Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving
kindness. 103:9 He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry
forever. 103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor
repaid us for our iniquities. 103:11 For as the heavens are high above
the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our
transgressions from us. 103:13 Like a father has compassion on his
children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. 103:14 For he
knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. 103:15 As for man,
his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
103:16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers
it no more. 103:17 But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to
everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's
children; 103:18 to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember
to obey his precepts. 103:19 Yahweh has established his throne in the
heavens. His kingdom rules over all. 103:20 Praise Yahweh, you angels of
his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice
of his word. 103:21 Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants
of his, who do his pleasure. 103:22 Praise Yahweh, all you works of his,
in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!

Psalm 104

104:1 Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are
clothed with honor and majesty. 104:2 He covers himself with light as
with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. 104:3 He
lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his
chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. 104:4 He makes his
messengers winds; his servants flames of fire. 104:5 He laid the
foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. 104:6 You
covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the
mountains. 104:7 At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder
they hurried away. 104:8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to
the place which you had assigned to them. 104:9 You have set a boundary
that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the
earth. 104:10 He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among
the mountains. 104:11 They give drink to every animal of the field. The
wild donkeys quench their thirst. 104:12 The birds of the sky nest by
them. They sing among the branches. 104:13 He waters the mountains from
his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. 104:14
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to
cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth: 104:15 wine
that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and
bread that strengthens man's heart. 104:16 Yahweh's trees are well
watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; 104:17 where the
birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge
for the rock badgers. 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun
knows when to set. 104:20 You make darkness, and it is night, in which
all the animals of the forest prowl. 104:21 The young lions roar after
their prey, and seek their food from God. 104:22 The sun rises, and they
steal away, and lay down in their dens. 104:23 Man goes forth to his
work, to his labor until the evening. 104:24 Yahweh, how many are your
works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your
riches. 104:25 There is the sea, great and wide, in which are
innumerable living things, both small and large animals. 104:26 There
the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. 104:27 These
all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
104:28 You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are
satisfied with good. 104:29 You hide your face: they are troubled; you
take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. 104:30 You
send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the
ground. 104:31 Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh
rejoice in his works. 104:32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He
touches the mountains, and they smoke. 104:33 I will sing to Yahweh as
long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
104:34 Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
104:35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no
more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!

Psalm 105

105:1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known
among the peoples. 105:2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all
his marvelous works. 105:3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of
those who seek Yahweh rejoice. 105:4 Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek
his face forever more. 105:5 Remember his marvelous works that he has
done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, 105:6 you seed of
Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 105:7 He
is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. 105:8 He has
remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a
thousand generations, 105:9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his
oath to Isaac, 105:10 and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to
Israel for an everlasting covenant, 105:11 saying, "To you I will give
the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;" 105:12 when they were
but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. 105:13
They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another
people. 105:14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved
kings for their sakes, 105:15 "Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my
prophets no harm!" 105:16 He called for a famine on the land. He
destroyed the food supplies. 105:17 He sent a man before them. Joseph
was sold for a slave. 105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His
neck was locked in irons, 105:19 until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh's word proved him true. 105:20 The king sent and freed him;
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. 105:21 He made him lord
of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions; 105:22 to discipline
his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 105:24
He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their
adversaries. 105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to
conspire against his servants. 105:26 He sent Moses, his servant, and
Aaron, whom he had chosen. 105:27 They performed miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham. 105:28 He sent darkness, and made it
dark. They didn't rebel against his words. 105:29 He turned their waters
into blood, and killed their fish. 105:30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings. 105:31 He spoke, and swarms of
flies came, and lice in all their borders. 105:32 He gave them hail for
rain, with lightning in their land. 105:33 He struck their vines and
also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. 105:34
He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
105:35 ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their
ground. 105:36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first
fruits of all their manhood. 105:37 He brought them forth with silver
and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes. 105:38 Egypt
was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the
night. 105:40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with
the bread of the sky. 105:41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places. 105:42 For he remembered his holy
word, and Abraham, his servant. 105:43 He brought forth his people with
joy, his chosen with singing. 105:44 He gave them the lands of the
nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, 105:45 that
they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!

Psalm 106

106:1 Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his
loving kindness endures forever. 106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of
Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise? 106:3 Blessed are those who
keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times. 106:4
Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit
me with your salvation, 106:5 that I may see the prosperity of your
chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may
glory with your inheritance. 106:6 We have sinned with our fathers. We
have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. 106:7 Our fathers didn't
understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of
your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red
Sea. 106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might
make his mighty power known. 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it
was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
106:10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed
them from the hand of the enemy. 106:11 The waters covered their
adversaries. There was not one of them left. 106:12 Then they believed
his words. They sang his praise. 106:13 They soon forgot his works. They
didn't wait for his counsel, 106:14 but gave in to craving in the
desert, and tested God in the wasteland. 106:15 He gave them their
request, but sent leanness into their soul. 106:16 They envied Moses
also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint. 106:17 The earth opened and
swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 106:18 A fire
was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. 106:19
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image. 106:20 Thus
they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.
106:21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in
Egypt, 106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by
the Red Sea. 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had
Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his
wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them. 106:24 Yes, they despised the
pleasant land. They didn't believe his word, 106:25 but murmured in
their tents, and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice. 106:26 Therefore he
swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, 106:27
that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them
in the lands. 106:28 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate
the sacrifices of the dead. 106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with
their deeds. The plague broke in on them. 106:30 Then Phinehas stood up,
and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped. 106:31 That was
credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come. 106:32
They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was
troubled for their sakes; 106:33 because they were rebellious against
his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips. 106:34 They didn't destroy
the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them, 106:35 but mixed themselves with
the nations, and learned their works. 106:36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them. 106:37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and
their daughters to demons. 106:38 They shed innocent blood, even the
blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the
idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood. 106:39 Thus were they
defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
106:40 Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He
abhorred his inheritance. 106:41 He gave them into the hand of the
nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. 106:42 Their enemies also
oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
106:43 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their
counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. 106:44 Nevertheless he
regarded their distress, when he heard their cry. 106:45 He remembered
for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his
loving kindnesses. 106:46 He made them also to be pitied by all those
who carried them captive. 106:47 Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us
from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in
your praise! 106:48 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from
everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise
Yah! BOOK V

Psalm 107

107:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness
endures forever. 107:2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has
redeemed from the hand of the adversary, 107:3 And gathered out of the
lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the
south. 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found
no city to live in. 107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in
them. 107:6 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered
them out of their distresses, 107:7 he led them also by a straight way,
that they might go to a city to live in. 107:8 Let them praise Yahweh
for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:9 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with
good. 107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being
bound in affliction and iron, 107:11 because they rebelled against the
words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High. 107:12
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and
there was none to help. 107:13 Then they cried to Yahweh in their
trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 107:14 He brought
them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in
sunder. 107:15 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his
wonderful works to the children of men! 107:16 For he has broken the
gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron. 107:17 Fools are afflicted
because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities. 107:18
Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of
death. 107:19 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them
out of their distresses. 107:20 He sends his word, and heals them, and
delivers them from their graves. 107:21 Let them praise Yahweh for his
loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! 107:22
Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works
with singing. 107:23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do
business in great waters; 107:24 These see Yahweh's works, and his
wonders in the deep. 107:25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind,
which lifts up its waves. 107:26 They mount up to the sky; they go down
again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. 107:27
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at
their wits' end. 107:28 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he
brings them out of their distress. 107:29 He makes the storm a calm, so
that its waves are still. 107:30 Then they are glad because it is calm,
so he brings them to their desired haven. 107:31 Let them praise Yahweh
for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the children of
men! 107:32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and
praise him in the seat of the elders. 107:33 He turns rivers into a
desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, 107:34 and a fruitful land
into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. 107:35
He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water
springs. 107:36 There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a
city to live in, 107:37 sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits
of increase. 107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied
greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease. 107:39 Again,
they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and
sorrow. 107:40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander
in a trackless waste. 107:41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their
affliction, and increases their families like a flock. 107:42 The
upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
107:43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will
consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

Psalm 108

A Song. A Psalm by David.

108:1 My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with
my soul. 108:2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn. 108:3 I
will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises
to you among the peoples. 108:4 For your loving kindness is great above
the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. 108:5 Be exalted,
God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth. 108:6 That
your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
108:7 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will divide
Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. 108:8 Gilead is mine.
Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter. 108:9
Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over
Philistia." 108:10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has
led me to Edom? 108:11 Haven't you rejected us, God? You don't go forth,
God, with our armies. 108:12 Give us help against the enemy, for the
help of man is vain. 108:13 Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is
he who will tread down our enemies.

Psalm 109

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

109:1 God of my praise, don't remain silent, 109:2 for they have opened
the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have
spoken to me with a lying tongue. 109:3 They have also surrounded me
with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. 109:4 In
return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. 109:5
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 109:6 Set a
wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. 109:7
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned
into sin. 109:8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office. 109:9
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 109:10 Let his
children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
109:11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the
fruit of his labor. 109:12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name
be blotted out. 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by
Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out. 109:15 Let them
be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them
from the earth; 109:16 because he didn't remember to show kindness, but
persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
109:17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in
blessing, and it was far from him. 109:18 He clothed himself also with
cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water,
like oil into his bones. 109:19 Let it be to him as the clothing with
which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. 109:20
This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak
evil against my soul. 109:21 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your
name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; 109:22
for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. 109:23 I fade
away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. 109:24 My
knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. 109:25 I
have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their
head. 109:26 Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving
kindness; 109:27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you,
Yahweh, have done it. 109:28 They may curse, but you bless. When they
arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. 109:29 Let
my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with
their own shame as with a robe. 109:30 I will give great thanks to
Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. 109:31
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those
who judge his soul.

Psalm 110

A Psalm by David.

110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your
enemies your footstool for your feet." 110:2 Yahweh will send forth the
rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.
110:3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power,
in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your
youth. 110:4 Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a
priest forever in the order of Melchizedek." 110:5 The Lord is at your
right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath. 110:6 He will
judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the
ruler of the whole earth. 110:7 He will drink of the brook in the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.

Psalm 111

111:1 Praise Yah!* I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in
the council of the upright, and in the congregation. 111:2 Yahweh's
works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them. 111:3 His
work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever. 111:4 He
has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and
merciful. 111:5 He has given food to those who fear him. He always
remembers his covenant. 111:6 He has shown his people the power of his
works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. 111:7 The works of
his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure. 111:8 They
are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and
uprightness. 111:9 He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained
his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome! 111:10 The fear of
Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good
understanding. His praise endures forever!

Psalm 112

112:1 Praise Yah!* Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights
greatly in his commandments. 112:2 His seed will be mighty in the land.
The generation of the upright will be blessed. 112:3 Wealth and riches
are in his house. His righteousness endures forever. 112:4 Light dawns
in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
112:5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will
maintain his cause in judgment. 112:6 For he will never be shaken. The
righteous will be remembered forever. 112:7 He will not be afraid of
evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh. 112:8 His heart
is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his
adversaries. 112:9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His
righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
112:10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his
teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 113

113:1 Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise the name of
Yahweh. 113:2 Blessed be the name of Yahweh, from this time forth and
forevermore. 113:3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the
same, Yahweh's name is to be praised. 113:4 Yahweh is high above all
nations, his glory above the heavens. 113:5 Who is like Yahweh, our God,
who has his seat on high, 113:6 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in
the earth? 113:7 He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the
needy from the ash heap; 113:8 that he may set him with princes, even
with the princes of his people. 113:9 He settles the barren woman in her
home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

Psalm 114

114:1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a
people of foreign language; 114:2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his
dominion. 114:3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
114:5 What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned
back? 114:6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills,
like lambs? 114:7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at
the presence of the God of Jacob, 114:8 who turned the rock into a pool
of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

Psalm 115

115:1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for
your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake. 115:2 Why should the
nations say, "Where is their God, now?" 115:3 But our God is in the
heavens. He does whatever he pleases. 115:4 Their idols are silver and
gold, the work of men's hands. 115:5 They have mouths, but they don't
speak. They have eyes, but they don't see. 115:6 They have ears, but
they don't hear. They have noses, but they don't smell. 115:7 They have
hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they don't walk, neither
do they speak through their throat. 115:8 Those who make them will be
like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. 115:9 Israel, trust in
Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. 115:10 House of Aaron, trust
in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. 115:11 You who fear
Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. 115:12
Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of
Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron. 115:13 He will bless those who
fear Yahweh, both small and great. 115:14 May Yahweh increase you more
and more, you and your children. 115:15 Blessed are you by Yahweh, who
made heaven and earth. 115:16 The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but
the earth has he given to the children of men. 115:17 The dead don't
praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence; 115:18 But we will
bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise Yah!

Psalm 116

116:1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for
mercy. 116:2 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call
on him as long as I live. 116:3 The cords of death surrounded me, the
pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. 116:4 Then
I called on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."
116:5 Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. 116:6
Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. 116:7
Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
116:8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and
my feet from falling. 116:9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the
living. 116:10 I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."
116:11 I said in my haste, "All men are liars." 116:12 What will I give
to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me? 116:13 I will take the cup of
salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh. 116:14 I will pay my vows to
Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people. 116:15 Precious in the
sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints. 116:16 Yahweh, truly I am
your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have
freed me from my chains. 116:17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of
thanksgiving, and will call on the name of Yahweh. 116:18 I will pay my
vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people, 116:19 in the
courts of Yahweh's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

Psalm 117

117:1 Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! 117:2
For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh's faithfulness
endures forever. Praise Yah!

Psalm 118

118:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness
endures forever. 118:2 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness
endures forever. 118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving
kindness endures forever. 118:4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that
his loving kindness endures forever. 118:5 Out of my distress, I called
on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. 118:6 Yahweh is on my side. I will
not be afraid. What can man do to me? 118:7 Yahweh is on my side among
those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate
me. 118:8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence
in man. 118:9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put
confidence in princes. 118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the
name of Yahweh, I cut them off. 118:11 They surrounded me, yes, they
surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off. 118:12 They
surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In
the name of Yahweh I cut them off. 118:13 You pushed me back hard, to
make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. 118:14 Yah is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation. 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation
is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does
valiantly. 118:16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of
Yahweh does valiantly!" 118:17 I will not die, but live, and declare
Yah's works. 118:18 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given
me over to death. 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will
enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah. 118:20 This is the gate of
Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it. 118:21 I will give thanks to
you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation. 118:22 The
stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
118:23 This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. 118:24 This
is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
118:25 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send
prosperity now. 118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We
have blessed you out of the house of Yahweh. 118:27 Yahweh is God, and
he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns
of the altar. 118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You
are my God, I will exalt you. 118:29 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is
good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalm 119

ALEPH 119:1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk
according to Yahweh's law. 119:2 Blessed are those who keep his
statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. 119:3 Yes, they do
nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. 119:4 You have commanded your
precepts, that we should fully obey them. 119:5 Oh that my ways were
steadfast to obey your statutes! 119:6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed,
when I consider all of your commandments. 119:7 I will give thanks to
you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
119:8 I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me. BET 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
119:10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from
your commandments. 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I
might not sin against you. 119:12 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your
statutes. 119:13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of
your mouth. 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as
much as in all riches. 119:15 I will meditate on your precepts, and
consider your ways. 119:16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I
will not forget your word. GIMEL 119:17 Do good to your servant. I will
live and I will obey your word. 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may see
wondrous things out of your law. 119:19 I am a stranger on the earth.
Don't hide your commandments from me. 119:20 My soul is consumed with
longing for your ordinances at all times. 119:21 You have rebuked the
proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments. 119:22 Take
reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
119:23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on
your statutes. 119:24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my
counselors. DALED 119:25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me
according to your word! 119:26 I declared my ways, and you answered me.
Teach me your statutes. 119:27 Let me understand the teaching of your
precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. 119:28 My soul is
weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word. 119:29 Keep me
from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously! 119:30 I have
chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. 119:31 I
cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed. 119:32 I
run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
HEY 119:33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them
to the end. 119:34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes,
I will obey it with my whole heart. 119:35 Direct me in the path of your
commandments, for I delight in them. 119:36 Turn my heart toward your
statutes, not toward selfish gain. 119:37 Turn my eyes away from looking
at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. 119:38 Fulfill your promise
to your servant, that you may be feared. 119:39 Take away my disgrace
that I dread, for your ordinances are good. 119:40 Behold, I long for
your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW 119:41 Let your
loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to
your word. 119:42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,
for I trust in your word. 119:43 Don't snatch the word of truth out of
my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances. 119:44 So I will obey
your law continually, forever and ever. 119:45 I will walk in liberty,
for I have sought your precepts. 119:46 I will also speak of your
statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed. 119:47 I will
delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. 119:48 I reach
out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on
your statutes. ZAYIN 119:49 Remember your word to your servant, because
you gave me hope. 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your
word has revived me. 119:51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I
don't swerve from your law. 119:52 I remember your ordinances of old,
Yahweh, and have comforted myself. 119:53 Indignation has taken hold on
me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. 119:54 Your statutes
have been my songs, in the house where I live. 119:55 I have remembered
your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law. 119:56 This is my
way, that I keep your precepts. CHET 119:57 Yahweh is my portion. I
promised to obey your words. 119:58 I sought your favor with my whole
heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. 119:59 I considered my
ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. 119:60 I will hurry, and not
delay, to obey your commandments. 119:61 The ropes of the wicked bind
me, but I won't forget your law. 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give
thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances. 119:63 I am a
friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
119:64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your
statutes. TET 119:65 Do good to your servant, according to your word,
Yahweh. 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in
your commandments. 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now
I observe your word. 119:68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your
statutes. 119:69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole
heart, I will keep your precepts. 119:70 Their heart is as callous as
the fat, but I delight in your law. 119:71 It is good for me that I have
been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. 119:72 The law of your
mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD
119:73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding,
that I may learn your commandments. 119:74 Those who fear you will see
me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word. 119:75 Yahweh,
I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have
afflicted me. 119:76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort,
according to your word to your servant. 119:77 Let your tender mercies
come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. 119:78 Let the
proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will
meditate on your precepts. 119:79 Let those who fear you turn to me.
They will know your statutes. 119:80 Let my heart be blameless toward
your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF 119:81 My soul faints
for your salvation. I hope in your word. 119:82 My eyes fail for your
word. I say, "When will you comfort me?" 119:83 For I have become like a
wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes. 119:84 How many are
the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who
persecute me? 119:85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your
law. 119:86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me
wrongfully. Help me! 119:87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but
I didn't forsake your precepts. 119:88 Preserve my life according to
your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMED
119:89 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. 119:90 Your
faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and
it remains. 119:91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve
you. 119:92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished
in my affliction. 119:93 I will never forget your precepts, for with
them, you have revived me. 119:94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought
your precepts. 119:95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I
will consider your statutes. 119:96 I have seen a limit to all
perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM 119:97 How I love your
law! It is my meditation all day. 119:98 Your commandments make me wiser
than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. 119:99 I have
more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my
meditation. 119:100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept
your precepts. 119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I
might observe your word. 119:102 I have not turned aside from your
ordinances, for you have taught me. 119:103 How sweet are your promises
to my taste, more than honey to my mouth! 119:104 Through your precepts,
I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN 119:105 Your
word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. 119:106 I have
sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous
ordinances. 119:107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh,
according to your word. 119:108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings
of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances. 119:109 My soul is
continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law. 119:110 The wicked
have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.
119:111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they
are the joy of my heart. 119:112 I have set my heart to perform your
statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH 119:113 I hate double-minded
men, but I love your law. 119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield.
I hope in your word. 119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may
keep the commandments of my God. 119:116 Uphold me according to your
word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. 119:117 Hold me
up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes
continually. 119:118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes,
for their deceit is in vain. 119:119 You put away all the wicked of the
earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. 119:120 My flesh
trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN 119:121 I
have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.
119:122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress
me. 119:123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous
word. 119:124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness.
Teach me your statutes. 119:125 I am your servant. Give me
understanding, that I may know your testimonies. 119:126 It is time to
act, Yahweh, for they break your law. 119:127 Therefore I love your
commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold. 119:128 Therefore
I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY
119:129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
119:130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding
to the simple. 119:131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed
for your commandments. 119:132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you
always do to those who love your name. 119:133 Establish my footsteps in
your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me. 119:134 Redeem
me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. 119:135
Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. 119:136
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't observe your law.
TZADI 119:137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
119:138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are
fully trustworthy. 119:139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies
ignore your words. 119:140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested,
and your servant loves them. 119:141 I am small and despised. I don't
forget your precepts. 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness. Your law is truth. 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken
hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. 119:144 Your testimonies
are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF
119:145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will
keep your statutes. 119:146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey
your statutes. 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my
hope in your words. 119:148 My eyes stay open through the night watches,
that I might meditate on your word. 119:149 Hear my voice according to
your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
119:150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from
your law. 119:151 You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
119:152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded
them forever. RESH 119:153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I
don't forget your law. 119:154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me
according to your promise. 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for
they don't seek your statutes. 119:156 Great are your tender mercies,
Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances. 119:157 Many are my
persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.
119:158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't
observe your word. 119:159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me,
Yahweh, according to your loving kindness. 119:160 All of your words are
truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND
SHIN 119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart
stands in awe of your words. 119:162 I rejoice at your word, as one who
finds great spoil. 119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
119:164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous
ordinances. 119:165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing
causes them to stumble. 119:166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh.
I have done your commandments. 119:167 My soul has observed your
testimonies. I love them exceedingly. 119:168 I have obeyed your
precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV
119:169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding
according to your word. 119:170 Let my supplication come before you.
Deliver me according to your word. 119:171 Let my lips utter praise, for
you teach me your statutes. 119:172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for
all your commandments are righteousness. 119:173 Let your hand be ready
to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. 119:174 I have longed for
your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight. 119:175 Let my soul
live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. 119:176 I have
gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget
your commandments.

Psalm 120

A Song of Ascents.

120:1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me. 120:2 Deliver
my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. 120:3 What
will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful
tongue? 120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 120:5
Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of
Kedar! 120:6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates
peace. 120:7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.

Psalm 121

A Song of Ascents.

121:1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
121:2 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. 121:3 He
will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
121:4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 121:5
Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand. 121:6
The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 121:7 Yahweh
will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. 121:8 Yahweh will
keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and
forevermore.

Psalm 122

A Song of Ascents. By David.

122:1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's house!"
122:2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem; 122:3
Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together; 122:4 where
the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an ordinance for
Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh. 122:5 For there are set
thrones for judgment, the thrones of David's house. 122:6 Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper. 122:7 Peace be
within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. 122:8 For my
brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you."
122:9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your
good.

Psalm 123

A Song of Ascents.

123:1 To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens. 123:2
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the
eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh,
our God, until he has mercy on us. 123:3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have
mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt. 123:4 Our soul is
exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the
contempt of the proud.

Psalm 124

A Song of Ascents. By David.

124:1 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
124:2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up
against us; 124:3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their
wrath was kindled against us; 124:4 then the waters would have
overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul; 124:5 then the
proud waters would have gone over our soul. 124:6 Blessed be Yahweh, who
has not given us as a prey to their teeth. 124:7 Our soul has escaped
like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have
escaped. 124:8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and
earth.

Psalm 125

A Song of Ascents.

125:1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved,
but remains forever. 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so
Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore. 125:3
For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the
righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil. 125:4
Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in
their hearts. 125:5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked
ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be
on Israel.

Psalm 126

A Song of Ascents.

126:1 When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like
those who dream. 126:2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our
tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done
great things for them." 126:3 Yahweh has done great things for us, and
we are glad. 126:4 Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams
in the Negev. 126:5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. 126:6 He
who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come
again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

Psalm 127

A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.

127:1 Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.
Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the
bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones. 127:3 Behold,
children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
127:4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of
youth. 127:5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They
won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Psalm 128

A Song of Ascents.

128:1 Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. 128:2
For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will
be well with you. 128:3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the
innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around
your table. 128:4 Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.
128:5 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of
Jerusalem all the days of your life. 128:6 Yes, may you see your
children's children. Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 129

A Song of Ascents.

129:1 Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now
say, 129:2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they
have not prevailed against me. 129:3 The plowers plowed on my back. They
made their furrows long. 129:4 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the
cords of the wicked. 129:5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward,
all those who hate Zion. 129:6 Let them be as the grass on the
housetops, which withers before it grows up; 129:7 with which the reaper
doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. 129:8
Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We
bless you in the name of Yahweh."

Psalm 130

A Song of Ascents.

130:1 Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. 130:2 Lord, hear my
voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. 130:3 If
you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 130:4 But there
is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared. 130:5 I wait for
Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. 130:6 My soul longs for the
Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the
morning. 130:7 Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving
kindness. With him is abundant redemption. 130:8 He will redeem Israel
from all their sins.

Psalm 131

A Song of Ascents. By David.

131:1 Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I
concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me. 131:2
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his
mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 131:3 Israel, hope in
Yahweh, from this time forth and forevermore.

Psalm 132

A Song of Ascents.

132:1 Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction, 132:2 how he swore
to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: 132:3 "Surely I will
not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed; 132:4 I
will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids; 132:5 until I
find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
132:6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of
Jaar: 132:7 "We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his
footstool. 132:8 Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the
ark of your strength. 132:9 Let your priest be clothed with
righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!" 132:10 For your servant
David's sake, don't turn away the face of your anointed one. 132:11
Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will
set the fruit of your body on your throne. 132:12 If your children will
keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children
also will sit on your throne forevermore." 132:13 For Yahweh has chosen
Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. 132:14 "This is my resting
place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it. 132:15 I will
abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
132:16 Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will
shout aloud for joy. 132:17 There I will make the horn of David to bud.
I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. 132:18 I will clothe his enemies
with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent."

Psalm 133

A Song of Ascents. By David.

133:1 See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together
in unity! 133:2 It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down
on the beard, even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his
robes; 133:3 like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of
Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forevermore.

Psalm 134

A Song of Ascents.

134:1 Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by
night in Yahweh's house! 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary.
Praise Yahweh! 134:3 May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made
heaven and earth.

Psalm 135

135:1 Praise Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh! Praise him, you servants of
Yahweh, 135:2 you who stand in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of our
God's house. 135:3 Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his
name, for that is pleasant. 135:4 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself;
Israel for his own possession. 135:5 For I know that Yahweh is great,
that our Lord is above all gods. 135:6 Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he
has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps; 135:7
who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes
lightnings with the rain; who brings forth the wind out of his
treasuries; 135:8 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and
animal; 135:9 Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, Egypt,
on Pharaoh, and on all his servants; 135:10 who struck many nations, and
killed mighty kings, 135:11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of
Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan, 135:12 and gave their land for a
heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people. 135:13 Your name, Yahweh,
endures forever; your renown, Yahweh, throughout all generations. 135:14
For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants.
135:15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's
hands. 135:16 They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes,
but they can't see. 135:17 They have ears, but they can't hear; neither
is there any breath in their mouths. 135:18 Those who make them will be
like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. 135:19 House of Israel,
praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh! 135:20 House of Levi,
praise Yahweh! You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh! 135:21 Blessed be
Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

Psalm 136

136:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness
endures forever. 136:2 Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving
kindness endures forever. 136:3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords; for
his loving kindness endures forever: 136:4 To him who alone does great
wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:5 To him who by
understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:6 To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving
kindness endures forever: 136:7 To him who made the great lights; for
his loving kindness endures forever: 136:8 The sun to rule by day; for
his loving kindness endures forever; 136:9 The moon and stars to rule by
night; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:10 To him who struck
down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:11 And brought out Israel from among them; for his loving kindness
endures forever; 136:12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched
arm; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:13 To him who divided
the Red Sea apart; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:14 And
made Israel to pass through its midst; for his loving kindness endures
forever; 136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for
his loving kindness endures forever: 136:16 To him who led his people
through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:17
To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:18 And killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites; for his loving kindness endures
forever; 136:20 Og king of Bashan; for his loving kindness endures
forever; 136:21 And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving
kindness endures forever; 136:22 Even a heritage to Israel his servant;
for his loving kindness endures forever: 136:23 Who remembered us in our
low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever; 136:24 And has
delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures
forever: 136:25 Who gives food to every creature; for his loving
kindness endures forever. 136:26 Oh give thanks to the God of heaven;
for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalm 137

137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we
remembered Zion. 137:2 On the willows in its midst, we hung up our
harps. 137:3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs
of Zion!" 137:4 How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land? 137:5
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 137:6
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; if
I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy. 137:7 Remember, Yahweh,
against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it!
Raze it even to its foundation!" 137:8 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to
destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.
137:9 Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against
the rock.

Psalm 138

By David.

138:1 I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I
will sing praises to you. 138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple,
and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your
truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all. 138:3 In
the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength
in my soul. 138:4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks,
Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth. 138:5 Yes, they
will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great is Yahweh's glory. 138:6 For
though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he
knows from afar. 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will
revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my
enemies. Your right hand will save me. 138:8 Yahweh will fulfill that
which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't
forsake the works of your own hands.

Psalm 139

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

139:1 Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. 139:2 You know my
sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. 139:3
You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my
ways. 139:4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh,
you know it altogether. 139:5 You hem me in behind and before. You laid
your hand on me. 139:6 This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't
attain it. 139:7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I
flee from your presence? 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are
there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! 139:9 If I take
the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
139:10 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold
me. 139:11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light
around me will be night;" 139:12 even the darkness doesn't hide from
you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
139:13 For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my
mother's womb. 139:14 I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very
well. 139:15 My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth. 139:16 Your eyes saw my body.
In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me,
when as yet there were none of them. 139:17 How precious to me are your
thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! 139:18 If I would count
them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still
with you. 139:19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from
me, you bloodthirsty men! 139:20 For they speak against you wickedly.
Your enemies take your name in vain. 139:21 Yahweh, don't I hate those
who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
139:23 Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
139:24 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the
everlasting way.

Psalm 140

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

140:1 Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the
violent man; 140:2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They
continually gather themselves together for war. 140:3 They have
sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their
lips. Selah. 140:4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked.
Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
140:5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords
of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. 140:6 I said to
Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
140:7 Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered
my head in the day of battle. 140:8 Yahweh, don't grant the desires of
the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become
proud. Selah. 140:9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the
mischief of their own lips cover them. 140:10 Let burning coals fall on
them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they
never rise. 140:11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth.
Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 140:12 I know that
Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the
needy. 140:13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The
upright will dwell in your presence.

Psalm 141

A Psalm by David.

141:1 Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my
voice when I call to you. 141:2 Let my prayer be set before you like
incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. 141:3
Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. 141:4
Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of
wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their
delicacies. 141:5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him
reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet
my prayer is always against evil deeds. 141:6 Their judges are thrown
down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are
well spoken. 141:7 "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones
are scattered at the mouth of Sheol." 141:8 For my eyes are on you,
Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute.
141:9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps
of the workers of iniquity. 141:10 Let the wicked fall together into
their own nets, while I pass by.

Psalm 142

A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

142:1 I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for
mercy. 142:2 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the
way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me. 142:4 Look on my
right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has
fled from me. No one cares for my soul. 142:5 I cried to you, Yahweh. I
said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." 142:6
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my
persecutors, For they are stronger than me. 142:7 Bring my soul out of
prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround
me, for you will be good to me.

Psalm 143

A Psalm by David.

143:1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your
faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. 143:2 Don't enter into
judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is
righteous. 143:3 For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life
down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who
have been long dead. 143:4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me.
My heart within me is desolate. 143:5 I remember the days of old. I
meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands. 143:6
I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched
land. Selah. 143:7 Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't
hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down
into the pit. 143:8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the
morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should
walk, for I lift up my soul to you. 143:9 Deliver me, Yahweh, from my
enemies. I flee to you to hide me. 143:10 Teach me to do your will, for
you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
143:11 Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake. In your righteousness,
bring my soul out of trouble. 143:12 In your loving kindness, cut off my
enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your
servant.

Psalm 144

By David.

144:1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my
fingers to battle: 144:2 my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower,
my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my
people under me. 144:3 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or
the son of man, that you think of him? 144:4 Man is like a breath. His
days are like a shadow that passes away. 144:5 Part your heavens,
Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. 144:6
Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout
them. 144:7 Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me
out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners; 144:8 whose mouths
speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 144:9 I
will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing
praises to you. 144:10 You are he who gives salvation to kings, who
rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword. 144:11 Rescue me, and
deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit,
whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 144:12 Then our sons will
be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn
a palace. 144:13 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields. 144:14
Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going
away, and no outcry in our streets. 144:15 Happy are the people who are
in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

Psalm 145

A praise psalm by David.*

145:1 I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name
forever and ever. 145:2 Every day I will praise you. I will extol your
name forever and ever. 145:3 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised!
His greatness is unsearchable. 145:4 One generation will commend your
works to another, and will declare your mighty acts. 145:5 Of the
glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate.
145:6 Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare
your greatness. 145:7 They will utter the memory of your great goodness,
and will sing of your righteousness. 145:8 Yahweh is gracious, merciful,
slow to anger, and of great loving kindness. 145:9 Yahweh is good to
all. His tender mercies are over all his works. 145:10 All your works
will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you. 145:11 They
will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power;
145:12 to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of
the majesty of his kingdom. 145:13 Your kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is
faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds. 145:14 Yahweh
upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down. 145:15
The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
145:16 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
145:17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his
works. 145:18 Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who
call on him in truth. 145:19 He will fulfill the desire of those who
fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 145:20 Yahweh
preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
145:21 My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his
holy name forever and ever.

Psalm 146

146:1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul. 146:2 While I live, I will
praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. 146:3
Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no
help. 146:4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that
very day, his thoughts perish. 146:5 Happy is he who has the God of
Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God: 146:6 who made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth
forever; 146:7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to
the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners. 146:8 Yahweh opens the eyes of
the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the
righteous. 146:9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the
fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
146:10 Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 147

147:1 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is
pleasant and fitting to praise him. 147:2 Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He
gathers together the outcasts of Israel. 147:3 He heals the broken in
heart, and binds up their wounds. 147:4 He counts the number of the
stars. He calls them all by their names. 147:5 Great is our Lord, and
mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. 147:6 Yahweh upholds the
humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground. 147:7 Sing to Yahweh
with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God, 147:8 who covers
the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass
grow on the mountains. 147:9 He provides food for the livestock, and for
the young ravens when they call. 147:10 He doesn't delight in the
strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 147:11
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his
loving kindness. 147:12 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
147:13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed
your children within you. 147:14 He makes peace in your borders. He
fills you with the finest of the wheat. 147:15 He sends out his
commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly. 147:16 He gives
snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes. 147:17 He hurls down his
hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold? 147:18 He sends out
his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters
flow. 147:19 He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances
to Israel. 147:20 He has not done this for just any nation. They don't
know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

Psalm 148

148:1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the
heights! 148:2 Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!
148:3 Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars! 148:4
Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the
heavens. 148:5 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded, and
they were created. 148:6 He has also established them forever and ever.
He has made a decree which will not pass away. 148:7 Praise Yahweh from
the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths! 148:8 Lightning and
hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word; 148:9 mountains
and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars; 148:10 wild animals and all
livestock; small creatures and flying birds; 148:11 kings of the earth
and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth; 148:12 both young
men and maidens; old men and children: 148:13 let them praise the name
of Yahweh, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth
and the heavens. 148:14 He has lifted up the horn of his people, the
praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near
to him. Praise Yah!

Psalm 149

149:1 Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the
assembly of the saints. 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them.
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 149:3 Let them praise
his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and
harp! 149:4 For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the
humble with salvation. 149:5 Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them
sing for joy on their beds. 149:6 May the high praises of God be in
their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand; 149:7 To execute
vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; 149:8 To bind
their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 149:9 to
execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor.
Praise Yah!

Psalm 150

150:1 Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens
for his acts of power! 150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him
according to his excellent greatness! 150:3 Praise him with the sounding
of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre! 150:4 Praise him with
tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
150:5 Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
150:6 Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!

Notes:

[1] back to 2:2 The word "Anointed" is the same as the word for
"Messiah" or "Christ"

[2] back to 2:12 or, Kiss the son

[3] back to 8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually
means "God," but can also mean "gods," "princes," or "angels."

[4] back to 22:16 or, They have pierced my hands and feet. (DSS)

[5] back to 34:0 Psalm 34 is an acrostic poem, with each verse starting
with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).

[6] back to 46:0 Alamoth is a musical term.

[7] back to 87:4 Rahab is a reference to Egypt.

[8] back to 104:4 or, angels

[9] back to 106:7 or, Sea of Reeds

[10] back to 106:9 or, Sea of Reeds

[11] back to 106:22 or, Sea of Reeds

[12] back to 111:1 Psalm 111 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after
the initial "Praise Yah!" starting with a letter of the alphabet
(ordered from Alef to Tav).

[13] back to 112:1 Psalm 112 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after
the initial "Praise Yah!" starting with a letter of the alphabet
(ordered from Alef to Tav).

[14] back to 136:13 or, Sea of Reeds

[15] back to 136:15 or, Sea of Reeds

[16] back to 138:1 The word elohim, used here, usually means "God," but
can also mean "gods," "princes," or "angels."

[17] back to 145:0 This is an acrostic psalm, with every verse
(including the second half of verse 13) starting with a consecutive
letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

[18] back to 145:13 Some manuscripts omit these last two lines.



Proverbs

1:1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

1:2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of
understanding; 1:3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in
righteousness, justice, and equity; 1:4 to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young man: 1:5 that the wise man may
hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain
to sound counsel: 1:6 to understand a proverb, and parables, the words
and riddles of the wise. 1:7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of
knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. 1:8 My son,
listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's
teaching: 1:9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains
around your neck. 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.
1:11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk
secretly for the innocent without cause; 1:12 let's swallow them up
alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. 1:13
We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil. 1:14
You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse." 1:15 My
son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,
1:16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. 1:17 For in
vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: 1:18 but these lay wait
for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. 1:19 So are
the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of
its owners. 1:20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice
in the public squares. 1:21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At
the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words: 1:22 "How long,
you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight
themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge? 1:23 Turn at my
reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my
words to you. 1:24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have
stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; 1:25 but you have
ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof; 1:26 I also will
laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you; 1:27
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on
like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you. 1:28 Then will
they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently,
but they will not find me; 1:29 because they hated knowledge, and didn't
choose the fear of Yahweh. 1:30 They wanted none of my counsel. They
despised all my reproof. 1:31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of
their own way, and be filled with their own schemes. 1:32 For the
backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools
will destroy them. 1:33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely,
and will be at ease, without fear of harm." 2:1 My son, if you will
receive my words, and store up my commandments within you; 2:2 So as to
turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 2:3 Yes,
if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for
understanding; 2:4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for
hidden treasures: 2:5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and
find the knowledge of God. 2:6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth
comes knowledge and understanding. 2:7 He lays up sound wisdom for the
upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity; 2:8 that he may
guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. 2:9 Then
you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good
path. 2:10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be
pleasant to your soul. 2:11 Discretion will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you, 2:12 to deliver you from the way of evil,
from the men who speak perverse things; 2:13 who forsake the paths of
uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 2:14 who rejoice to do
evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil; 2:15 who are crooked in
their ways, and wayward in their paths: 2:16 To deliver you from the
strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; 2:17
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her
God: 2:18 for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead. 2:19
None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of
life: 2:20 that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths
of the righteous. 2:21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The
perfect will remain in it. 2:22 But the wicked will be cut off from the
land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it. 3:1 My son, don't forget
my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: 3:2 for length of
days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you. 3:3 Don't let
kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them
on the tablet of your heart. 3:4 So you will find favor, and good
understanding in the sight of God and man. 3:5 Trust in Yahweh with all
your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. 3:6 In all your
ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. 3:7 Don't be
wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. 3:8 It will be
health to your body, and nourishment to your bones. 3:9 Honor Yahweh
with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: 3:10 so
your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with
new wine. 3:11 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be
weary of his reproof: 3:12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a
father reproves the son in whom he delights. 3:13 Happy is the man who
finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. 3:14 For her good profit
is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
3:15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire
are to be compared to her. 3:16 Length of days is in her right hand. In
her left hand are riches and honor. 3:17 Her ways are ways of
pleasantness. All her paths are peace. 3:18 She is a tree of life to
those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her. 3:19 By
wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the
heavens. 3:20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies
drop down the dew. 3:21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep
sound wisdom and discretion: 3:22 so they will be life to your soul, and
grace for your neck. 3:23 Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your
foot won't stumble. 3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes,
you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. 3:25 Don't be afraid of
sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:
3:26 for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from
being taken. 3:27 Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when
it is in the power of your hand to do it. 3:28 Don't say to your
neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you
have it by you. 3:29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he
dwells securely by you. 3:30 Don't strive with a man without cause, if
he has done you no harm. 3:31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose
none of his ways. 3:32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but
his friendship is with the upright. 3:33 Yahweh's curse is in the house
of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. 3:34
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble. 3:35 The
wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools. 4:1
Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know
understanding; 4:2 for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
4:3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight
of my mother. 4:4 He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain
my words. Keep my commandments, and live. 4:5 Get wisdom. Get
understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
4:6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will
keep you. 4:7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all
your possessions, get understanding. 4:8 Esteem her, and she will exalt
you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. 4:9 She will
give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of
splendor to you." 4:10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years
of your life will be many. 4:11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom.
I have led you in straight paths. 4:12 When you go, your steps will not
be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. 4:13 Take firm hold of
instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. 4:14
Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil
men. 4:15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
4:16 For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken
away, unless they make someone fall. 4:17 For they eat the bread of
wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 4:18 But the path of the
righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the
perfect day. 4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't
know what they stumble over. 4:20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your
ear to my sayings. 4:21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in
the midst of your heart. 4:22 For they are life to those who find them,
and health to their whole body. 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it is the wellspring of life. 4:24 Put away from yourself a
perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. 4:25 Let your eyes look
straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. 4:26 Make the path of
your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. 4:27 Don't turn to
the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. 5:1 My son,
pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: 5:2 that
you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. 5:3
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than
oil, 5:4 But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a
two-edged sword. 5:5 Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight
to Sheol. 5:6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are
crooked, and she doesn't know it. 5:7 Now therefore, my sons, listen to
me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. 5:8 Remove your way far
from her. Don't come near the door of her house, 5:9 lest you give your
honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; 5:10 lest strangers
feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. 5:11
You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are
consumed, 5:12 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart
despised reproof; 5:13 neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers,
nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! 5:14 I have come to the
brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly." 5:15 Drink
water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. 5:16
Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the
public squares? 5:17 Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers
with you. 5:18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your
youth. 5:19 A loving doe and a graceful deer--let her breasts satisfy
you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. 5:20 For why
should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the
bosom of another? 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of
Yahweh. He examines all his paths. 5:22 The evil deeds of the wicked
ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. 5:23 He will die for
lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
6:1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have
struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; 6:2 You are trapped by the
words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. 6:3
Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the
hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your
neighbor. 6:4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
6:5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a
bird from the snare of the fowler. 6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard.
Consider her ways, and be wise; 6:7 which having no chief, overseer, or
ruler, 6:8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the
harvest. 6:9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out
of your sleep? 6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding
of the hands to sleep: 6:11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and
your scarcity as an armed man. 6:12 A worthless person, a man of
iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth; 6:13 who winks with his
eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers; 6:14 in
whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always
sows discord. 6:15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be
broken suddenly, and that without remedy. 6:16 There are six things
which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood; 6:18 a
heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to
mischief, 6:19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord
among brothers. 6:20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't
forsake your mother's teaching. 6:21 Bind them continually on your
heart. Tie them around your neck. 6:22 When you walk, it will lead you.
When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk
with you. 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light.
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, 6:24 to keep you from the
immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue. 6:25
Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you
with her eyelids. 6:26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
The adulteress hunts for your precious life. 6:27 Can a man scoop fire
into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? 6:28 Or can one walk on hot
coals, and his feet not be scorched? 6:29 So is he who goes in to his
neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished. 6:30 Men
don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is
hungry: 6:31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall
give all the wealth of his house. 6:32 He who commits adultery with a
woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
6:33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped
away. 6:34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare
in the day of vengeance. 6:35 He won't regard any ransom, neither will
he rest content, though you give many gifts. 7:1 My son, keep my words.
Lay up my commandments within you. 7:2 Keep my commandments and live!
Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. 7:3 Bind them on your
fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. 7:4 Tell wisdom, "You
are my sister." Call understanding your relative, 7:5 that they may keep
you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her
words. 7:6 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my
lattice. 7:7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a
young man void of understanding, 7:8 passing through the street near her
corner, he went the way to her house, 7:9 in the twilight, in the
evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness. 7:10
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with
crafty intent. 7:11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her
house. 7:12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking
at every corner. 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an
impudent face she said to him: 7:14 "Sacrifices of peace offerings are
with me. This day I have paid my vows. 7:15 Therefore I came out to meet
you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you. 7:16 I have
spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the
yarn of Egypt. 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and
cinnamon. 7:18 Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning.
Let's solace ourselves with loving. 7:19 For my husband isn't at home.
He has gone on a long journey. 7:20 He has taken a bag of money with
him. He will come home at the full moon." 7:21 With persuasive words,
she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
7:22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a
fool stepping into a noose. 7:23 Until an arrow strikes through his
liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will
cost his life. 7:24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to
the words of my mouth. 7:25 Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't
go astray in her paths, 7:26 for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes,
all her slain are a mighty army. 7:27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death. 8:1 Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't
understanding raise her voice? 8:2 On the top of high places by the way,
where the paths meet, she stands. 8:3 Beside the gates, at the entry of
the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud: 8:4 "To you men, I call!
I send my voice to the sons of mankind. 8:5 You simple, understand
prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart. 8:6 Hear, for I will
speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things. 8:7
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8:8
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked
or perverse in them. 8:9 They are all plain to him who understands,
right to those who find knowledge. 8:10 Receive my instruction rather
than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold. 8:11 For wisdom is
better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared
to it. 8:12 "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out
knowledge and discretion. 8:13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I
hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. 8:14
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 8:16 By me princes
rule; nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth. 8:17 I love
those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me. 8:18 With
me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity. 8:19 My fruit is
better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver. 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of
justice; 8:21 That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their
treasuries. 8:22 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work,
before his deeds of old. 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the
beginning, before the earth existed. 8:24 When there were no depths, I
was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. 8:25
Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was
brought forth; 8:26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the
fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 8:27 When he
established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the
surface of the deep, 8:28 when he established the clouds above, when the
springs of the deep became strong, 8:29 when he gave to the sea its
boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he
marked out the foundations of the earth; 8:30 then I was the craftsman
by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
8:31 Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
8:32 "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who
keep my ways. 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it. 8:34
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at
my door posts. 8:35 For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain
favor from Yahweh. 8:36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul.
All those who hate me love death." 9:1 Wisdom has built her house. She
has carved out her seven pillars. 9:2 She has prepared her meat. She has
mixed her wine. She has also set her table. 9:3 She has sent out her
maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city: 9:4 "Whoever is
simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding,
she says to him, 9:5 "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine
which I have mixed! 9:6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the
way of understanding." 9:7 He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He
who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. 9:8 Don't reprove a scoffer,
lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you. 9:9 Instruct
a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he
will increase in learning. 9:10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of
wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 9:11 For by me
your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone
will bear it. 9:13 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows
nothing. 9:14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high
places of the city, 9:15 To call to those who pass by, who go straight
on their ways, 9:16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for
him who is void of understanding, she says to him, 9:17 "Stolen water is
sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant." 9:18 But he doesn't know that
the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. 10:1 The
proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his
mother. 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness
delivers from death. 10:3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the
righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
10:4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the
diligent brings wealth. 10:5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but
he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame. 10:6
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the
mouth of the wicked. 10:7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, but
the name of the wicked will rot. 10:8 The wise in heart accept
commandments, but a chattering fool will fall. 10:9 He who walks
blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found
out. 10:10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool
will fall. 10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but
violence covers the mouth of the wicked. 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all wrongs. 10:13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who
has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of
understanding. 10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the
foolish is near ruin. 10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty. 10:16 The labor of the
righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin. 10:17
He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes
reproof leads others astray. 10:18 He who hides hatred has lying lips.
He who utters a slander is a fool. 10:19 In the multitude of words there
is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
10:20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of
the wicked is of little worth. 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed
many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding. 10:22 Yahweh's
blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. 10:23 It is a
fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's
pleasure. 10:24 What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire
of the righteous will be granted. 10:25 When the whirlwind passes, the
wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever. 10:26 As
vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to
those who send him. 10:27 The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the
years of the wicked shall be shortened. 10:28 The prospect of the
righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish. 10:29 The way
of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the
workers of iniquity. 10:30 The righteous will never be removed, but the
wicked will not dwell in the land. 10:31 The mouth of the righteous
brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off. 10:32 The
lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the
wicked is perverse. 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh,
but accurate weights are his delight. 11:2 When pride comes, then comes
shame, but with humility comes wisdom. 11:3 The integrity of the upright
shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy
them. 11:4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness
delivers from death. 11:5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct
his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 11:6 The
righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will
be trapped by evil desires. 11:7 When a wicked man dies, hope perishes,
and expectation of power comes to nothing. 11:8 A righteous person is
delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place. 11:9 With his
mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be
delivered through knowledge. 11:10 When it goes well with the righteous,
the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting. 11:11 By
the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown
by the mouth of the wicked. 11:12 One who despises his neighbor is void
of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace. 11:13 One who
brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy
spirit is one who keeps a secret. 11:14 Where there is no wise guidance,
the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
11:15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who
refuses pledges of collateral is secure. 11:16 A gracious woman obtains
honor, but violent men obtain riches. 11:17 The merciful man does good
to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh. 11:18
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps
a sure reward. 11:19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues
evil gets death. 11:20 Those who are perverse in heart are an
abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his
delight. 11:21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but
the seed of the righteous will be delivered. 11:22 Like a gold ring in a
pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. 11:23 The desire
of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
11:24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one
who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. 11:25 The
liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also
himself. 11:26 People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing
will be on the head of him who sells it. 11:27 He who diligently seeks
good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
11:28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall
flourish as the green leaf. 11:29 He who troubles his own house shall
inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins
souls. 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how
much more the wicked and the sinner! 12:1 Whoever loves correction loves
knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. 12:2 A good man shall
obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the
righteous shall not be moved. 12:4 A worthy woman is the crown of her
husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones. 12:5 The
thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is
deceitful. 12:6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for
blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them. 12:7 The wicked are
overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a
warped mind shall be despised. 12:9 Better is he who is lightly
esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks
bread. 12:10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the
tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 12:11 He who tills his land
shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of
understanding. 12:12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the
root of the righteous flourishes. 12:13 An evil man is trapped by
sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble. 12:14 A
man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of
a man's hands shall be rewarded to him. 12:15 The way of a fool is right
in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel. 12:16 A fool
shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is
prudent. 12:17 He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false
witness lies. 12:18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of
a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals. 12:19 Truth's lips will be
established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary. 12:20 Deceit
is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters
of peace. 12:21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the
wicked shall be filled with evil. 12:22 Lying lips are an abomination to
Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight. 12:23 A prudent man
keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness. 12:24
The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave
labor. 12:25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word
makes it glad. 12:26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but
the way of the wicked leads them astray. 12:27 The slothful man doesn't
roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized. 12:28 In
the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death. 13:1

A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't
listen to rebuke. 13:2 By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good
things; but the unfaithful crave violence. 13:3 He who guards his mouth
guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. 13:4 The
soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the
diligent shall be fully satisfied. 13:5 A righteous man hates lies, but
a wicked man brings shame and disgrace. 13:6 Righteousness guards the
way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. 13:7 There are
some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who
pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth. 13:8 The ransom of a man's
life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. 13:9 The light of the
righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
13:10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is
wisdom. 13:11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who
gathers by hand makes it grow. 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. 13:13 Whoever
despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will
be rewarded. 13:14 The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn
from the snares of death. 13:15 Good understanding wins favor; but the
way of the unfaithful is hard. 13:16 Every prudent man acts from
knowledge, but a fool exposes folly. 13:17 A wicked messenger falls into
trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing. 13:18 Poverty and shame
come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be
honored. 13:19 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest
turning from evil. 13:20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a
companion of fools suffers harm. 13:21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but
prosperity rewards the righteous. 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance
to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for
the righteous. 13:23 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields,
but injustice sweeps it away. 13:24 One who spares the rod hates his
son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him. 13:25 The
righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the
wicked goes hungry. 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the
foolish one tears it down with her own hands. 14:2 He who walks in his
uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises
him. 14:3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the
wise protect them. 14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much
increase is by the strength of the ox. 14:5 A truthful witness will not
lie, but a false witness pours out lies. 14:6 A scoffer seeks wisdom,
and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
14:7 Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his
lips. 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the
folly of fools is deceit. 14:9 Fools mock at making atonement for sins,
but among the upright there is good will. 14:10 The heart knows its own
bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger. 14:11 The
house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will
flourish. 14:12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the
end it leads to death. 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may be
sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness. 14:14 The unfaithful will be
repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his
ways. 14:15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man
carefully considers his ways. 14:16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil,
but the fool is hotheaded and reckless. 14:17 He who is quick to become
angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated. 14:18 The simple
inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 14:19 The
evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the
righteous. 14:20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
but the rich person has many friends. 14:21 He who despises his neighbor
sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor. 14:22 Don't they go
astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan
good. 14:23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips
leads only to poverty. 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but
the folly of fools crowns them with folly. 14:25 A truthful witness
saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful. 14:26 In the fear of
Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
14:27 The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the
snares of death. 14:28 In the multitude of people is the king's glory,
but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince. 14:29 He who
is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper
displays folly. 14:30 The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy
rots the bones. 14:31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his
Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him. 14:32 The wicked is
brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
14:33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is
even made known in the inward part of fools. 14:34 Righteousness exalts
a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. 14:35 The king's favor is
toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who
causes shame. 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word
stirs up anger. 15:2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the
mouth of fools gush out folly. 15:3 Yahweh's eyes are everywhere,
keeping watch on the evil and the good. 15:4 A gentle tongue is a tree
of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit. 15:5 A fool despises his
father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence. 15:6 In
the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the
wicked brings trouble. 15:7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not
so with the heart of fools. 15:8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an
abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him
who follows after righteousness. 15:10 There is stern discipline for one
who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die. 15:11 Sheol and
Abaddon are before Yahweh--how much more then the hearts of the children
of men! 15:12 A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to
the wise. 15:13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart
breaks the spirit. 15:14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks
knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. 15:15 All the days of
the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a
continual feast. 15:16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than
great treasure with trouble. 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where
love is, than a fattened calf with hatred. 15:18 A wrathful man stirs up
contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife. 15:19 The way
of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a
highway. 15:20 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man
despises his mother. 15:21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom,
but a man of understanding keeps his way straight. 15:22 Where there is
no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are
established. 15:23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How
good is a word at the right time! 15:24 The path of life leads upward
for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol. 15:25 Yahweh
will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders
intact. 15:26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the
thoughts of the pure are pleasing. 15:27 He who is greedy for gain
troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live. 15:28 The
heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked
gushes out evil. 15:29 Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the
prayer of the righteous. 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart.
Good news gives health to the bones. 15:31 The ear that listens to
reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise. 15:32 He who refuses
correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets
understanding. 15:33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is
humility. 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of
the tongue is from Yahweh. 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his
own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives. 16:3 Commit your deeds to
Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed. 16:4 Yahweh has made everything
for its own end--yes, even the wicked for the day of evil. 16:5 Everyone
who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly
not be unpunished. 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By
the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil. 16:7 When a man's ways please
Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. 16:8 Better
is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. 16:9
A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps. 16:10
Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his
mouth. 16:11 Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; all the weights in
the bag are his work. 16:12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong,
for the throne is established by righteousness. 16:13 Righteous lips are
the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth. 16:14 The
king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
16:15 In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud
of the spring rain. 16:16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. 16:17 The
highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way
preserves his soul. 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty
spirit before a fall. 16:19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with
the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud. 16:20 He who heeds
the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed. 16:21
The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips
promotes instruction. 16:22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one
who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly. 16:23 The heart
of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the
bones. 16:25 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end
it leads to death. 16:26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for
him; for his mouth urges him on. 16:27 A worthless man devises mischief.
His speech is like a scorching fire. 16:28 A perverse man stirs up
strife. A whisperer separates close friends. 16:29 A man of violence
entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good. 16:30 One
who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is
bent on evil. 16:31 Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a
life of righteousness. 16:32 One who is slow to anger is better than the
mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city. 16:33 The
lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh. 17:1
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting
with strife. 17:2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who
causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the
brothers. 17:3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold,
but Yahweh tests the hearts. 17:4 An evil-doer heeds wicked lips. A liar
gives ear to a mischievous tongue. 17:5 Whoever mocks the poor
reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be
unpunished. 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory
of children are their parents. 17:7 Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a
fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. 17:8 A bribe is a precious
stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
17:9 He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter
separates best friends. 17:10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has
understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool. 17:11 An evil man seeks
only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
17:12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in
his folly. 17:13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart
from his house. 17:14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam,
therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out. 17:15 He who
justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them
alike are an abomination to Yahweh. 17:16 Why is there money in the hand
of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he has no understanding? 17:17 A friend
loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity. 17:18 A man
void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the
presence of his neighbor. 17:19 He who loves disobedience loves strife.
One who builds a high gate seeks destruction. 17:20 One who has a
perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful
tongue falls into trouble. 17:21 He who becomes the father of a fool
grieves. The father of a fool has no joy. 17:22 A cheerful heart makes
good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 17:23 A wicked
man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice. 17:24
Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of
a fool wander to the ends of the earth. 17:25 A foolish son brings grief
to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him. 17:26 Also to punish
the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.
17:27 He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is
a man of understanding. 17:28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is
counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
18:1 An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound
judgment. 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in
revealing his own opinion. 18:3 When wickedness comes, contempt also
comes, and with shame comes disgrace. 18:4 The words of a man's mouth
are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
18:5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to
deprive the innocent of justice. 18:6 A fool's lips come into strife,
and his mouth invites beatings. 18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are a snare to his soul. 18:8 The words of a gossip are
like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts. 18:9
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of
destruction. 18:10 The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: the righteous
run to him, and are safe. 18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong
city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. 18:12 Before
destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
18:13 He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to
him. 18:14 A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed
spirit, who can bear? 18:15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.
The ear of the wise seeks knowledge. 18:16 A man's gift makes room for
him, and brings him before great men. 18:17 He who pleads his cause
first seems right; until another comes and questions him. 18:18 The lot
settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart. 18:19 A brother offended
is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars
of a castle. 18:20 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his
mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. 18:21 Death and
life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its
fruit. 18:22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor
of Yahweh. 18:23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
18:24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who
sticks closer than a brother. 19:1 Better is the poor who walks in his
integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 19:2 It
isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's
feet and missing the way. 19:3 The foolishness of man subverts his way;
his heart rages against Yahweh. 19:4 Wealth adds many friends, but the
poor is separated from his friend. 19:5 A false witness shall not be
unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free. 19:6 Many will
entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who
gives gifts. 19:7 All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more
do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
19:8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding
shall find good. 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who
utters lies shall perish. 19:10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a
fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes. 19:11 The
discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook
an offense. 19:12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but
his favor is like dew on the grass. 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity
of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping. 19:14 House
and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from
Yahweh. 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall
suffer hunger. 19:16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he
who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. 19:17 He who has pity on the
poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him. 19:18 Discipline your son, for
there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death. 19:19 A hot-
tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it
again. 19:20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be
wise in your latter end. 19:21 There are many plans in a man's heart,
but Yahweh's counsel will prevail. 19:22 That which makes a man to be
desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar. 19:23 The
fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be
touched by trouble. 19:24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he
will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 19:25 Flog a scoffer,
and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding,
and he will gain knowledge. 19:26 He who robs his father and drives away
his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. 19:27 If you
stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of
knowledge. 19:28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the
wicked gulps down iniquity. 19:29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers,
and beatings for the backs of fools. 20:1 Wine is a mocker, and beer is
a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. 20:2 The terror of
a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger
forfeits his own life. 20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from
strife; but every fool will be quarreling. 20:4 The sluggard will not
plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and
have nothing. 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a
man of understanding will draw it out. 20:6 Many men claim to be men of
unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man? 20:7 A righteous man
walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. 20:8 A king who
sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
20:9 Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without
sin?" 20:10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike
are an abomination to Yahweh. 20:11 Even a child makes himself known by
his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. 20:12 The
hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
20:13 Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and
you shall be satisfied with bread. 20:14 "It's no good, it's no good,"
says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. 20:15 There
is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare
jewel. 20:16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a
stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman. 20:17 Fraudulent
food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
20:18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
20:19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore
don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips. 20:20 Whoever
curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness
of darkness. 20:21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't
be blessed in the end. 20:22 Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for
Yahweh, and he will save you. 20:23 Yahweh detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales are not pleasing. 20:24 A man's steps are from
Yahweh; how then can man understand his way? 20:25 It is a snare to a
man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. 20:26 A
wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over
them. 20:27 The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his
innermost parts. 20:28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His
throne is sustained by love. 20:29 The glory of young men is their
strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair. 20:30 Wounding
blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts. 21:1
The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it
wherever he desires. 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but Yahweh weighs the hearts. 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is
more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. 21:4 A high look, and a proud
heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. 21:5 The plans of the diligent
surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to
poverty. 21:6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor
for those who seek death. 21:7 The violence of the wicked will drive
them away, because they refuse to do what is right. 21:8 The way of the
guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 21:9 It
is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house
with a contentious woman. 21:10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his
neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. 21:11 When the mocker is punished,
the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives
knowledge. 21:12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked,
and brings the wicked to ruin. 21:13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry
of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard. 21:14 A gift
in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. 21:15
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the
workers of iniquity. 21:16 The man who wanders out of the way of
understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead. 21:17 He who loves
pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be
rich. 21:18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous
for the upright. 21:19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with
a contentious and fretful woman. 21:20 There is precious treasure and
oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up. 21:21
He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life,
righteousness, and honor. 21:22 A wise man scales the city of the
mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence. 21:23 Whoever
guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. 21:24 The
proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance
of pride. 21:25 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands
refuse to labor. 21:26 There are those who covet greedily all day long;
but the righteous give and don't withhold. 21:27 The sacrifice of the
wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked
mind! 21:28 A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to
eternity. 21:29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright,
he establishes his ways. 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor
counsel against Yahweh. 21:31 The horse is prepared for the day of
battle; but victory is with Yahweh. 22:1 A good name is more desirable
than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them
all. 22:3 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple
pass on, and suffer for it. 22:4 The result of humility and the fear of
Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the
path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them. 22:6 Train
up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not
depart from it. 22:7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is
servant to the lender. 22:8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and
the rod of his fury will be destroyed. 22:9 He who has a generous eye
will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor. 22:10 Drive out
the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
22:11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's
friend. 22:12 The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates
the words of the unfaithful. 22:13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion
outside! I will be killed in the streets!" 22:14 The mouth of an
adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into
it. 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of
discipline drives it far from him. 22:16 Whoever oppresses the poor for
his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
22:17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your
heart to my teaching. 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them
within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. 22:19 That your trust
may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you. 22:20 Haven't I written
to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge, 22:21 To teach
you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent
you? 22:22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush
the needy in court; 22:23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder
the life of those who plunder them. 22:24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered
man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger: 22:25 lest you
learn his ways, and ensnare your soul. 22:26 Don't you be one of those
who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. 22:27 If you
don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under
you? 22:28 Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers
have set up. 22:29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve
kings. He won't serve obscure men. 23:1 When you sit to eat with a
ruler, consider diligently what is before you; 23:2 put a knife to your
throat, if you are a man given to appetite. 23:3 Don't be desirous of
his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food. 23:4 Don't weary yourself
to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. 23:5 Why do you set your
eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle
and flies in the sky. 23:6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy
eye, and don't crave his delicacies: 23:7 for as he thinks about the
cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not
with you. 23:8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and
lose your good words. 23:9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he
will despise the wisdom of your words. 23:10 Don't move the ancient
boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless: 23:11
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
23:12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of
knowledge. 23:13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish
him with the rod, he will not die. 23:14 Punish him with the rod, and
save his soul from Sheol. 23:15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my
heart will be glad, even mine: 23:16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when
your lips speak what is right. 23:17 Don't let your heart envy sinners;
but rather fear Yahweh all the day long. 23:18 Indeed surely there is a
future hope, and your hope will not be cut off. 23:19 Listen, my son,
and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path! 23:20 Don't be among
ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
23:21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness
clothes them in rags. 23:22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and
don't despise your mother when she is old. 23:23 Buy the truth, and
don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. 23:24 The
father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child
delights in him. 23:25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her
who bore you rejoice! 23:26 My son, give me your heart; and let your
eyes keep in my ways. 23:27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a
wayward wife is a narrow well. 23:28 Yes, she lies in wait like a
robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. 23:29 Who has woe? Who
has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless
bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? 23:30 Those who stay long at the wine;
those who go to seek out mixed wine. 23:31 Don't look at the wine when
it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
23:32 In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper. 23:33
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing
things. 23:34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the
sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging: 23:35 "They hit me, and I
was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I
can do it again. I can find another." 24:1 Don't be envious of evil men;
neither desire to be with them: 24:2 for their hearts plot violence, and
their lips talk about mischief. 24:3 Through wisdom a house is built; by
understanding it is established; 24:4 by knowledge the rooms are filled
with all rare and beautiful treasure. 24:5 A wise man has great power;
and a knowledgeable man increases strength; 24:6 for by wise guidance
you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors. 24:7 Wisdom is too
high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate. 24:8 One who
plots to do evil will be called a schemer. 24:9 The schemes of folly are
sin. The mocker is detested by men. 24:10 If you falter in the time of
trouble, your strength is small. 24:11 Rescue those who are being led
away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the
slaughter! 24:12 If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" doesn't he
who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he
know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work? 24:13
My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which
are sweet to your taste: 24:14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your
soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will
not be cut off. 24:15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the
habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place: 24:16 for
a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked
are overthrown by calamity. 24:17 Don't rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown; 24:18 lest Yahweh
see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 24:19
Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the
wicked: 24:20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp
of the wicked shall be snuffed out. 24:21 My son, fear Yahweh and the
king. Don't join those who are rebellious: 24:22 for their calamity will
rise suddenly; the destruction from them both--who knows? 24:23 These
also are sayings of the wise.

To show partiality in judgment is not good. 24:24 He who says to the
wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall
abhor him--24:25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and a rich blessing will come on them. 24:26 An honest answer is like a
kiss on the lips. 24:27 Prepare your work outside, and get your fields
ready. Afterwards, build your house. 24:28 Don't be a witness against
your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips. 24:29 Don't
say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man
according to his work." 24:30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by
the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 24:31 Behold, it was all
grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its
stone wall was broken down. 24:32 Then I saw, and considered well. I
saw, and received instruction: 24:33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a
little folding of the hands to sleep; 24:34 so your poverty will come as
a robber, and your want as an armed man. 25:1 These also are proverbs of
Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings
is to search out a matter. 25:3 As the heavens for height, and the earth
for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable. 25:4 Take away the
dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner; 25:5 Take
away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be
established in righteousness. 25:6 Don't exalt yourself in the presence
of the king, or claim a place among great men; 25:7 for it is better
that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put
lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen. 25:8
Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end
when your neighbor shames you? 25:9 Debate your case with your neighbor,
and don't betray the confidence of another; 25:10 lest one who hears it
put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart. 25:11 A word
fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. 25:12 As an
earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to
an obedient ear. 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is
a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of
his masters. 25:14 As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts
of gifts deceptively. 25:15 By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft
tongue breaks the bone. 25:16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is
sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it. 25:17 Let your
foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and
hate you. 25:18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is
like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. 25:19 Confidence in someone
unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot. 25:20
As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so
is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. 25:21 If your enemy is hungry,
give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: 25:22
for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.
25:23 The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an
angry face. 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
than to share a house with a contentious woman. 25:25 Like cold water to
a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 25:26 Like a muddied
spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before
the wicked. 25:27 It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable
to seek one's own honor. 25:28 Like a city that is broken down and
without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint. 26:1 Like snow
in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the
undeserved curse doesn't come to rest. 26:3 A whip is for the horse, a
bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! 26:4 Don't
answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
26:6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet
and drinking violence. 26:7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 26:8 As one who binds a stone in
a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. 26:9 Like a thornbush that
goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
26:10 As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who
hires those who pass by. 26:11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is
a fool who repeats his folly. 26:12 Do you see a man wise in his own
eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 26:13 The sluggard
says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
26:14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
26:15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring
it back to his mouth. 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than
seven men who answer with discretion. 26:17 Like one who grabs a dog's
ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own. 26:18
Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death, 26:19 is the man
who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?" 26:20 For lack of
wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down. 26:21 As
coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to
kindling strife. 26:22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
they go down into the innermost parts. 26:23 Like silver dross on an
earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. 26:24 A
malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in
his heart. 26:25 When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for
there are seven abominations in his heart. 26:26 His malice may be
concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the
assembly. 26:27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a
stone, it will come back on him. 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it
hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin. 27:1 Don't boast about
tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth. 27:2 Let
another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your
own lips. 27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's
provocation is heavier than both. 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is
overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy? 27:5 Better is
open rebuke than hidden love. 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse. 27:7 A full soul loathes a
honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. 27:8 As a
bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
27:9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel
from a man's friend. 27:10 Don't forsake your friend and your father's
friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster:
better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother. 27:11 Be wise,
my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor. 27:12
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and
suffer for it. 27:13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a
stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman! 27:14 He who blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by
him. 27:15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife
are alike: 27:16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like
grasping oil in his right hand. 27:17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man
sharpens his friend's countenance. 27:18 Whoever tends the fig tree
shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
27:19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man. 27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never
satisfied. 27:21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
but man is refined by his praise. 27:22 Though you grind a fool in a
mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be
removed from him. 27:23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay
attention to your herds: 27:24 for riches are not forever, nor does even
the crown endure to all generations. 27:25 The hay is removed, and the
new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in. 27:26 The
lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
27:27 There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your
family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls. 28:1 The
wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a
lion. 28:2 In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained
by a man of understanding and knowledge. 28:3 A needy man who oppresses
the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops. 28:4 Those who
forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend
with them. 28:5 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek
Yahweh understand it fully. 28:6 Better is the poor who walks in his
integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich. 28:7
Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of
gluttons shames his father. 28:8 He who increases his wealth by
excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor. 28:9 He
who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an
abomination. 28:10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil
way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit
good. 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has
understanding sees through him. 28:12 When the righteous triumph, there
is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. 28:13 He
who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and
renounces them finds mercy. 28:14 Blessed is the man who always fears;
but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble. 28:15 As a roaring
lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
28:16 A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain
will have long days. 28:17 A man who is tormented by life blood will be
a fugitive until death; no one will support him. 28:18 Whoever walks
blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
28:19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who
chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. 28:20 A faithful man is
rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go
unpunished. 28:21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do
wrong for a piece of bread. 28:22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and
doesn't know that poverty waits for him. 28:23 One who rebukes a man
will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
28:24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong."
He is a partner with a destroyer. 28:25 One who is greedy stirs up
strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper. 28:26 One who trusts
in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe. 28:27
One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will
have many curses. 28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but
when they perish, the righteous thrive. 29:1 He who is often rebuked and
stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy. 29:2 When
the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the
people groan. 29:3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a
companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. 29:4 The king by justice
makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down. 29:5 A man
who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. 29:6 An evil man
is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad. 29:7 The
righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned
about knowledge. 29:8 Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away
anger. 29:9 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool
rages or scoffs, and there is no peace. 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate a
man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright. 29:11 A fool
vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
29:12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked. 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight
to the eyes of both. 29:14 The king who fairly judges the poor, his
throne shall be established forever. 29:15 The rod of correction gives
wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother. 29:16
When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see
their downfall. 29:17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes,
he will bring delight to your soul. 29:18 Where there is no revelation,
the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
29:19 A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet
he will not respond. 29:20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him. 29:21 He who pampers his
servant from youth will have him become a son in the end. 29:22 An angry
man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin. 29:23 A man's
pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor. 29:24 Whoever
is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an
oath, but dares not testify. 29:25 The fear of man proves to be a snare,
but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe. 29:26 Many seek the
ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from Yahweh. 29:27 A dishonest
man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the
wicked. 30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle:

the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: 30:2 "Surely I am the most
ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding. 30:3 I have not
learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One. 30:4
Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the
wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has
established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his
son's name, if you know? 30:5 "Every word of God is flawless. He is a
shield to those who take refuge in him. 30:6 Don't you add to his words,
lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar. 30:7 "Two things I have
asked of you; don't deny me before I die: 30:8 Remove far from me
falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the
food that is needful for me; 30:9 lest I be full, deny you, and say,
'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name
of my God. 30:10 "Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse
you, and you be held guilty. 30:11 There is a generation that curses
their father, and doesn't bless their mother. 30:12 There is a
generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their
filthiness. 30:13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!
Their eyelids are lifted up. 30:14 There is a generation whose teeth are
like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the
earth, and the needy from among men. 30:15 "The leach has two daughters:
'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four
that don't say, 'Enough:' 30:16 Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that
is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'
30:17 "The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his
mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles
shall eat it. 30:18 "There are three things which are too amazing for
me, four which I don't understand: 30:19 The way of an eagle in the air;
the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the
sea; and the way of a man with a maiden. 30:20 "So is the way of an
adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done
nothing wrong.' 30:21 "For three things the earth tremble, and under
four, it can't bear up: 30:22 For a servant when he is king; a fool when
he is filled with food; 30:23 for an unloved woman when she is married;
and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress. 30:24 "There are four things
which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: 30:25 the
ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
30:26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in
the rocks. 30:27 The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
30:28 You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings'
palaces. 30:29 "There are three things which are stately in their march,
four which are stately in going: 30:30 The lion, which is mightiest
among animals, and doesn't turn away for any; 30:31 the greyhound, the
male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up. 30:32
"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have
thought evil, put your hand over your mouth. 30:33 For as the churning
of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth
blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife." 31:1 The words of
king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.

31:2 "Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows! 31:3 Don't
give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
31:4 It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor
for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?' 31:5 lest they drink, and
forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
31:6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the
bitter in soul: 31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember
his misery no more. 31:8 Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of
all who are left desolate. 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and
serve justice to the poor and needy." 31:10 *Who can find a worthy
woman? For her price is far above rubies. 31:11 The heart of her husband
trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain. 31:12 She does him good,
and not harm, all the days of her life. 31:13 She seeks wool and flax,
and works eagerly with her hands. 31:14 She is like the merchant ships.
She brings her bread from afar. 31:15 She rises also while it is yet
night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.
31:16 She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands,
she plants a vineyard. 31:17 She girds her waist with strength, and
makes her arms strong. 31:18 She perceives that her merchandise is
profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night. 31:19 She lays her hands
to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. 31:20 She opens her arms
to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy. 31:21 She is not
afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed
with scarlet. 31:22 She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her
clothing is fine linen and purple. 31:23 Her husband is respected in the
gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. 31:24 She makes linen
garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant. 31:25
Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
31:26 She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her
tongue. 31:27 She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't
eat the bread of idleness. 31:28 Her children rise up and call her
blessed. Her husband also praises her: 31:29 "Many women do noble
things, but you excel them all." 31:30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is
vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. 31:31 Give her
of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

Notes:

[1] back to 31:10 Proverbs 31:10-31 form an acrostic, with each verse
starting with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order.



Ecclesiastes

1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

1:2 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is
vanity." 1:3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors
under the sun? 1:4 One generation goes, and another generation comes;
but the earth remains forever. 1:5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes
down, and hurries to its place where it rises. 1:6 The wind goes toward
the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as
it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses. 1:7 All the rivers
run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers
flow, there they flow again. 1:8 All things are full of weariness beyond
uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with
hearing. 1:9 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which
has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing
under the sun. 1:10 Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold,
this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
1:11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory
of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

1:12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 1:13 I applied
my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done
under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of
men to be afflicted with. 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done
under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 1:15
That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking
can't be counted. 1:16 I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for
myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my
heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." 1:17 I applied
my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that
this also was a chasing after wind. 1:18 For in much wisdom is much
grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

2:1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore
enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity. 2:2 I said of
laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

2:3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet
guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see
what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven
all the days of their lives. 2:4 I made myself great works. I built
myself houses. I planted myself vineyards. 2:5 I made myself gardens and
parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit. 2:6 I made
myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were
reared. 2:7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants
born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks,
above all who were before me in Jerusalem; 2:8 I also gathered silver
and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I
got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men-
-musical instruments, and that of all sorts. 2:9 So I was great, and
increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also
remained with me. 2:10 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from
them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced
because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor. 2:11
Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the
labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing
after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

2:12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what
can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels
darkness. 2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks
in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
2:15 Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it
happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then said I in my
heart that this also is vanity. 2:16 For of the wise man, even as of the
fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all
will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like
the fool!

2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was
grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 2:18 I hated
all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave
it to the man who comes after me. 2:19 Who knows whether he will be a
wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which
I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun.
This also is vanity.

2:20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the
labor in which I had labored under the sun. 2:21 For there is a man
whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet
he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it.
This also is vanity and a great evil. 2:22 For what has a man of all his
labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the
sun? 2:23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes,
even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and
make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from
the hand of God. 2:25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more
than I? 2:26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom,
knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to
heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity
and a chasing after wind.

3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under
heaven:

3:2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted; 3:3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up; 3:4 a time to weep, and a
time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 3:5 a time to cast
away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace,
and a time to refrain from embracing; 3:6 a time to seek, and a time to
lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 3:7 a time to tear, and a
time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 3:8 a time to
love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. 3:9 What
profit has he who works in that in which he labors? 3:10 I have seen the
burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity
in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has
done from the beginning even to the end. 3:12 I know that there is
nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they
live. 3:13 Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in
all his labor, is the gift of God. 3:14 I know that whatever God does,
it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from
it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him. 3:15 That
which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago:
and God seeks again that which is passed away.

3:16 Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that
wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness
was there. 3:17 I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and
the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every
work." 3:18 I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them,
so that they may see that they themselves are like animals. 3:19 For
that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing
happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all
one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is
vanity. 3:20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to
dust again. 3:21 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward,
and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"

3:22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man
should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring
him to see what will be after him?

4:1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the
sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no
comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they
had no comforter. 4:2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long
dead more than the living who are yet alive. 4:3 Yes, better than them
both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is
done under the sun. 4:4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is
the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after
wind. 4:5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

4:6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor
and chasing after wind. 4:7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the
sun. 4:8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother.
There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with
wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?
This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their
labor. 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe
to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him
up. 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can
one keep warm alone? 4:12 If a man prevails against one who is alone,
two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

4:13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who
doesn't know how to receive admonition any more. 4:14 For out of prison
he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
4:15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with
the youth, the other, who succeeded him. 4:16 There was no end of all
the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after
shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after
wind.

5:1 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to
listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't
know that they do evil. 5:2 Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let
your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven,
and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few. 5:3 For as a dream
comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of
words. 5:4 When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has
no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. 5:5 It is better that you
should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. 5:6 Don't allow
your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that
this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy
the work of your hands? 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams there are
vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.

5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away
of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter:
for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over
them. 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits
from the field.

5:10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who
loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. 5:11 When goods
increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there
to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

5:12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or
much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

5:13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth
kept by its owner to his harm. 5:14 Those riches perish by misfortune,
and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand. 5:15 As he
came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came,
and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his
hand. 5:16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came,
so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
5:17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has
sickness and wrath.

5:18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to
eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors
under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for
this is his portion. 5:19 Every man also to whom God has given riches
and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his
portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God. 5:20 For
he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies
him with the joy of his heart.

6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on
men: 6:2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he
lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no
power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an
evil disease.

6:3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that
the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good,
and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better
than he: 6:4 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its
name is covered with darkness. 6:5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor
known it. This has rest rather than the other. 6:6 Yes, though he live a
thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to
one place? 6:7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the
appetite is not filled. 6:8 For what advantage has the wise more than
the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the
living? 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the
desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. 6:10 Whatever has
been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither
can he contend with him who is mightier than he. 6:11 For there are many
words that create vanity. What does that profit man? 6:12 For who knows
what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he
spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him
under the sun?

7:1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better
than the day of one's birth. 7:2 It is better to go to the house of
mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all
men, and the living should take this to heart. 7:3 Sorrow is better than
laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good. 7:4 The
heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is
in the house of mirth. 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
than for a man to hear the song of fools. 7:6 For as the crackling of
thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7:7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys
the understanding. 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.

The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 7:9 Don't be
hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
7:10 Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do
not ask wisely about this.

7:11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for
those who see the sun. 7:12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a
defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the
life of him who has it.

7:13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he
has made crooked? 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the
day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with
the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

7:15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man
who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives
long in his evil-doing. 7:16 Don't be overly righteous, neither make
yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself? 7:17 Don't be too
wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time? 7:18 It
is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't
withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
7:19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are
in a city. 7:20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does
good and doesn't sin. 7:21 Also don't take heed to all words that are
spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you; 7:22 for often your own
heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others. 7:23 All this
have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from
me. 7:24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it
out? 7:25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search
out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that
wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

7:26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and
traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from
her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

7:27 Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to
find out the scheme; 7:28 which my soul still seeks; but I have not
found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all
those have I not found. 7:29 Behold, this only have I found: that God
made man upright; but they search for many schemes.

8:1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a
thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face
is changed. 8:2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to
God. 8:3 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an
evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him, 8:4 for the king's word is
supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?" 8:5 Whoever keeps the
commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the
time and procedure. 8:6 For there is a time and procedure for every
purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him. 8:7 For he doesn't
know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be? 8:8 There
is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither
does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war;
neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done
under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another
to his hurt. 8:10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from
holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this.
This also is vanity. 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not
executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set
in them to do evil. 8:12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times,
and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who
fear God, who are reverent before him. 8:13 But it shall not be well
with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because
he doesn't fear God.

8:14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are
righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked.
Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of
the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. 8:15 Then I commended
mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and
to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all
the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

8:16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business
that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night
sees sleep with his eyes), 8:17 then I saw all the work of God, that man
can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much
a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a
wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

9:1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the
righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God;
whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.
9:2 All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous
and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who
sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the
sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath. 9:3 This is an
evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all:
yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is
in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 9:4
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living
dog is better than a dead lion. 9:5 For the living know that they will
die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a
reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 9:6 Also their love, their
hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more
a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

9:7 Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a
merry heart; for God has already accepted your works. 9:8 Let your
garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil. 9:9 Live
joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of
vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity:
for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor
under the sun. 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your
might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in
Sheol, where you are going.

9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor
yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but
time and chance happen to them all. 9:12 For man also doesn't know his
time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that
are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil
time, when it falls suddenly on them.

9:13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed
great to me. 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and a
great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks
against it. 9:15 Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his
wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 9:17 The words of
the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among
fools. 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner
destroys much good.

10:1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil
odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. 10:2 A wise
man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left. 10:3
Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him,
and he says to everyone that he is a fool. 10:4 If the spirit of the
ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays
great offenses to rest.

10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error
which proceeds from the ruler. 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and
the rich sit in a low place. 10:7 I have seen servants on horses, and
princes walking like servants on the earth. 10:8 He who digs a pit may
fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a
snake. 10:9 Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever
splits wood may be endangered thereby. 10:10 If the axe is blunt, and
one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill
brings success.

10:11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit
for the charmer's tongue. 10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are
gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. 10:13 The beginning
of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is
mischievous madness. 10:14 A fool also multiplies words.

Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can
tell him? 10:15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he
doesn't know how to go to the city.

10:16 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat
in the morning! 10:17 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of
nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for
drunkenness! 10:18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through
idleness of the hands the house leaks. 10:19 A feast is made for
laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all
things. 10:20 Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't
curse the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the sky may carry your
voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter. 11:1 Cast your
bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days. 11:2 Give a
portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will
be on the earth. 11:3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty
themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward
the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be. 11:4 He
who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't
reap. 11:5 As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the
bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know
the work of God who does all. 11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in
the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will
prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally
good. 11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the
eyes to see the sun. 11:8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him
rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they
shall be many. All that comes is vanity. 11:9 Rejoice, young man, in
your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and
walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know
that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 11:10
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your
flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. 12:1 Remember also
your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and
the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"
12:2 Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened,
and the clouds return after the rain; 12:3 in the day when the keepers
of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and
the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the
windows are darkened, 12:4 and the doors shall be shut in the street;
when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the
voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
12:5 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the
way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a
burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home,
and the mourners go about the streets: 12:6 before the silver cord is
severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the
spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 12:7 and the dust returns to
the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 12:8
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher. All is vanity! 12:9 Further,
because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge.
Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 12:10 The
Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written
blamelessly, words of truth. 12:11 The words of the wise are like goads;
and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies,
which are given from one shepherd. 12:12 Furthermore, my son, be
admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a
weariness of the flesh.

12:13 This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and
keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. 12:14 For God
will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it
is good, or whether it is evil.



Song of Solomon

1:1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Beloved 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love
is better than wine. 1:3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name
is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you. 1:4 Take me away
with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers.
Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love
more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you. 1:5 I am dark, but
lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's
curtains. 1:6 Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has
scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of
the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard. 1:7 Tell me, you whom my
soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For
why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your
companions? Lover 1:8 If you don't know, most beautiful among women,
follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the
shepherds' tents. 1:9 I have compared you, my love, to a steed in
Pharaoh's chariots. 1:10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your
neck with strings of jewels. 1:11 We will make you earrings of gold,
with studs of silver. Beloved 1:12 While the king sat at his table, my
perfume spread its fragrance. 1:13 My beloved is to me a sachet of
myrrh, that lies between my breasts. 1:14 My beloved is to me a cluster
of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover 1:15 Behold, you
are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves.
Beloved 1:16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and
our couch is verdant. Lover 1:17 The beams of our house are cedars. Our
rafters are firs. Beloved 2:1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the
valleys. Lover 2:2 As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the
daughters. Beloved 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so
is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great
delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste. 2:4 He brought me to the
banquet hall. His banner over me is love. 2:5 Strengthen me with
raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love. 2:6 His left
hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me. 2:7 I adjure you,
daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that
you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. 2:8 The voice of
my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the
hills. 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands
behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the
lattice. 2:10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, "Rise up, my love, my
beautiful one, and come away. 2:11 For, behold, the winter is past. The
rain is over and gone. 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth. The time of
the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our
land. 2:13 The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom.
They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and
come away." Lover 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding
places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your
voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. 2:15 Catch for
us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards; for our
vineyards are in blossom. Beloved 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his.
He browses among the lilies. 2:17 Until the day is cool, and the shadows
flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young hart on the
mountains of Bether. 3:1 By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul
loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him. 3:2 I will get up now, and
go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him
whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him. 3:3 The
watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul
loves?" 3:4 I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my
soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought
him into my mother's house, into the chamber of her who conceived me.
3:5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds
of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so
desires. 3:6 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars
of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the
merchant? 3:7 Behold, it is Solomon's carriage! Sixty mighty men are
around it, of the mighty men of Israel. 3:8 They all handle the sword,
and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of
fear in the night. 3:9 King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood
of Lebanon. 3:10 He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its
seat of purple, its midst being paved with love, from the daughters of
Jerusalem. 3:11 Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his
weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart. Lover 4:1 Behold, you
are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves
behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from
Mount Gilead. 4:2 Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have
come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is
bereaved among them. 4:3 Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth
is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your
veil. 4:4 Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a
thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men. 4:5 Your two
breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the
lilies. 4:6 Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go
to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense. 4:7 You are all
beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you. 4:8 Come with me from
Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana,
from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the
mountains of the leopards. 4:9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my
bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain
of your neck. 4:10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How
much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than
all manner of spices! 4:11 Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb.
Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like
the smell of Lebanon. 4:12 A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a
locked up spring, a sealed fountain. 4:13 Your shoots are an orchard of
pomegranates, with precious fruits: henna with spikenard plants, 4:14
spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense
tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices, 4:15 a fountain of
gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon. Beloved
4:16 Awake, north wind; and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its
spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his
precious fruits. Lover 5:1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my
bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb
with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends!
Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved 5:2 I was asleep, but my
heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me,
my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with
dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night." 5:3 I have taken off
my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I
soil them? 5:4 My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.
My heart pounded for him. 5:5 I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands
dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the
lock. 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone
away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't
find him. I called him, but he didn't answer. 5:7 The watchmen who go
about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of
the walls took my cloak away from me. 5:8 I adjure you, daughters of
Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint
with love. Friends 5:9 How is your beloved better than another beloved,
you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another
beloved, that you do so adjure us? Beloved 5:10 My beloved is white and
ruddy. The best among ten thousand. 5:11 His head is like the purest
gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven. 5:12 His eyes are like doves
beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels. 5:13 His
cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are
like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. 5:14 His hands are like rings of
gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with
sapphires. 5:15 His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of
fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 5:16
His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my
beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. Friends 6:1
Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your
beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved 6:2 My beloved
has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the
gardens, and to gather lilies. 6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is
mine. He browses among the lilies, 6:4 You are beautiful, my love, as
Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. 6:5 Turn
away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a
flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead. 6:6 Your teeth are
like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing; of which
every one has twins; none is bereaved among them. 6:7 Your temples are
like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil. 6:8 There are sixty
queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number. 6:9 My dove, my
perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the
favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her
blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. 6:10 Who
is she who looks forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as
the sun, and awesome as an army with banners? 6:11 I went down into the
nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether
the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower. 6:12 Without
realizing it, my desire set me with my royal people's chariots. Friends
6:13 Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at
you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance
of Mahanaim? 7:1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince's
daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of
a skillful workman. 7:2 Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine
is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.
7:3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, that are twins of a roe. 7:4
Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in
Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of
Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. 7:5 Your head on you is like
Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in
its tresses. 7:6 How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for
delights! 7:7 This, your stature, is like a palm tree, your breasts like
its fruit. 7:8 I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take
hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the
smell of your breath like apples, Beloved 7:9 Your mouth like the best
wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips
of those who are asleep. 7:10 I am my beloved's. His desire is toward
me. 7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field. Let us lodge
in the villages. 7:12 Let's go early up to the vineyards. Let's see
whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates
are in flower. There I will give you my love. 7:13 The mandrakes give
forth fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and
old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved. 8:1 Oh that you were
like my brother, who sucked the breasts of my mother! If I found you
outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me. 8:2 I would
lead you, bringing you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I
would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate. 8:3
His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
8:4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor
awaken love, until it so desires. Friends 8:5 Who is this who comes up
from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I
aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and
bore you. 8:6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for
love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are
flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh. 8:7 Many waters can't quench
love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of
his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends 8:8 We have a
little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in
the day when she is to be spoken for? 8:9 If she is a wall, we will
build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her
with boards of cedar. Beloved 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like
towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace. 8:11 Solomon
had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers.
Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. 8:12 My
own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; two
hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover 8:13 You who dwell in the
gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! Beloved
8:14 Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the
mountains of spices!



Isaiah

1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings
of Judah.

1:2 Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: I have
nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
1:3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel
doesn't know, my people don't consider. 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people
loaded with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel.
They are estranged and backward. 1:5 Why should you be beaten more, that
you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart
faint. 1:6 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no
soundness in it: wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven't been
closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil. 1:7 Your country is
desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land
in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. 1:8
The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in
a field of melons, like a besieged city. 1:9 Unless Yahweh of Armies had
left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would
have been like Gomorrah. 1:10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of
Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! 1:11 "What
are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had
enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I
don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats. 1:12
When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand,
to trample my courts? 1:13 Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an
abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear
with evil assemblies. 1:14 My soul hates your New Moons and your
appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.
1:15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you.
Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of
blood. 1:16 Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of
your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. 1:17 Learn to do
well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead
for the widow." 1:18 "Come now, and let us reason together," says
Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 1:19 If you are
willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; 1:20 but if
you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the
mouth of Yahweh has spoken it." 1:21 How the faithful city has become a
prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but
now murderers. 1:22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with
water. 1:23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the
fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them. 1:24
Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says:
"Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my
enemies; 1:25 and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your
dross, and will take away all your tin. 1:26 I will restore your judges
as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you
shall be called 'The city of righteousness, a faithful town.' 1:27 Zion
shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
1:28 But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together,
and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed. 1:29 For they shall be
ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded
for the gardens that you have chosen. 1:30 For you shall be as an oak
whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water. 1:31 The strong
will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn
together, and no one will quench them." 2:1 This is what Isaiah the son
of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2:2 It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's
house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be
raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it. 2:3 Many
peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh,
to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and
we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and
the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 2:4 He will judge between the
nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat
their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn
war any more. 2:5 House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of
Yahweh. 2:6 For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob,
because they are filled from the east, with those who practice
divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children
of foreigners. 2:7 Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is
there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses,
neither is there any end of their chariots. 2:8 Their land also is full
of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own
fingers have made. 2:9 Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled;
therefore don't forgive them. 2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide in the
dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his
majesty. 2:11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the
haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted
in that day. 2:12 For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all
that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall
be brought low: 2:13 For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and
lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan, 2:14 For all the high mountains,
for all the hills that are lifted up, 2:15 For every lofty tower, for
every fortified wall, 2:16 For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all
pleasant imagery. 2:17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the
haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be
exalted in that day. 2:18 The idols shall utterly pass away. 2:19 Men
shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth,
from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty,
when he arises to shake the earth mightily. 2:20 In that day, men shall
cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have
been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 2:21
To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged
rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his
majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily. 2:22 Stop trusting
in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he? 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and
from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole
supply of water; 3:2 the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the
prophet, the diviner, the elder, 3:3 the captain of fifty, the honorable
man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter. 3:4
I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.
3:5 The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by
his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man,
and the base against the honorable. 3:6 Indeed a man shall take hold of
his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you
be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand." 3:7 In that day he
will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither
bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people. 3:8 For
Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their
doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 3:9 The
look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like
Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought
disaster upon themselves. 3:10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall
eat the fruit of their deeds. 3:11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon
them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him. 3:12 As for
my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My
people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your
paths. 3:13 Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the
peoples. 3:14 Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his
people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.
The spoil of the poor is in your houses. 3:15 What do you mean that you
crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh
of Armies. 3:16 Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are
haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to
trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet; 3:17 therefore the
Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and
Yahweh will make their scalps bald." 3:18 In that day the Lord will take
away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
3:19 the earrings, the bracelets, the veils, 3:20 the headdresses, the
ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms, 3:21 the
signet rings, the nose rings, 3:22 the fine robes, the capes, the
cloaks, the purses, 3:23 the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the
tiaras, and the shawls.

3:24 It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be
rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair,
baldness; instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; and branding
instead of beauty. 3:25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your
mighty in the war. 3:26 Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall
be desolate and sit on the ground. 4:1 Seven women shall take hold of
one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our
own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our
reproach."

4:2 In that day, Yahweh's branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the
fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of
Israel. 4:3 It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who
remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written
among the living in Jerusalem; 4:4 when the Lord shall have washed away
the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of
Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of
burning. 4:5 Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion,
and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a
flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy. 4:6
There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and
for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

5:1 Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his
vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. 5:2 He dug
it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built
a tower in its midst, and also cut out a winepress therein. He looked
for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. 5:3 "Now,
inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and
my vineyard. 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I
have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it
yield wild grapes? 5:5 Now I will tell you what I will do to my
vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will
break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down. 5:6 I will lay
it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and
thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it."
5:7 For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the
men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold,
oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress. 5:8 Woe
to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is
no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! 5:9
In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: "Surely many houses will be desolate,
even great and beautiful, unoccupied. 5:10 For ten acres of vineyard
shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah." 5:11
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow
strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!
5:12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their
feasts; but they don't regard the work of Yahweh, neither have they
considered the operation of his hands. 5:13 Therefore my people go into
captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and
their multitudes are parched with thirst. 5:14 Therefore Sheol has
enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their
glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them,
descend into it. 5:15 So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the
eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled; 5:16 but Yahweh of Armies is
exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
5:17 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will
eat the ruins of the rich. 5:18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with
cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope; 5:19 Who say, "Let
him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the
counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know
it!" 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet,
and sweet for bitter! 5:21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
and prudent in their own sight! 5:22 Woe to those who are mighty to
drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink; 5:23 who acquit the
guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent! 5:24 Therefore as
the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down
in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom
shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of
Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 5:25 Therefore
Yahweh's anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his
hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their
dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this, his
anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out. 5:26 He
will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for
them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and
swiftly. 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall
slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor
the latchet of their shoes be broken: 5:28 whose arrows are sharp, and
all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their
wheels like a whirlwind. 5:29 Their roaring will be like a lioness. They
will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey
and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver. 5:30 They will
roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks
to the land behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its
clouds. 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on
a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 6:2 Above
him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his
face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew. 6:3 One called to
another, and said,

"Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his
glory!" 6:4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him
who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 6:5 Then I said, "Woe
is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell
in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the
King, Yahweh of Armies!"

6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. 6:7 He touched my
mouth with it, and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your
iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven."

6:8 I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will
go for us?"

Then I said, "Here I am. Send me!"

6:9 He said, "Go, and tell this people,

'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't
perceive.' 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears
heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with
their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be
healed." 6:11 Then I said, "Lord, how long?"

He answered,

"Until cities are waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and
the land becomes utterly waste, 6:12 And Yahweh has removed men far
away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 6:13 If
there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a
terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so
the holy seed is its stock." 7:1 It happened in the days of Ahaz the son
of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of
Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to
Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 7:2 It
was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His
heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest
tremble with the wind. 7:3 Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out now to
meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of
the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field. 7:4 Tell him, 'Be
careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint
because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger
of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 7:5 Because Syria,
Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
7:6 "Let's go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let's divide it
among ourselves, and set up a king in its midst, even the son of
Tabeel." 7:7 This is what the Lord Yahweh says: "It shall not stand,
neither shall it happen." 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the
head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be
broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people; 7:9 and the head of
Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you
will not believe, surely you shall not be established.'"

7:10 Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 7:11 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your
God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."

7:12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh."

7:13 He said, "Listen now, house of David: Is it not enough for you to
try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin
will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 7:15 He
shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose
the good. 7:16 For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose
the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken. 7:17
Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house,
days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah;
even the king of Assyria. 7:18 It will happen in that day that Yahweh
will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of
Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 7:19 They shall
come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the
rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures. 7:20 In that day the
Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the
River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet;
and it shall also consume the beard. 7:21 It shall happen in that day
that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep; 7:22 and it
shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall
give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is
left in the midst of the land. 7:23 It will happen in that day that
every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver
shekels, shall be for briers and thorns. 7:24 People will go there with
arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
7:25 All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come
there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending
forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."

8:1 Yahweh said to me, "Take a large tablet, and write on it with a
man's pen, 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;' 8:2 and I will take for myself
faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son
of Jeberechiah."

8:3 I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then
said Yahweh to me, "Call his name 'Maher Shalal Hash Baz.' 8:4 For
before the child knows how to say, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,' the
riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away by the
king of Assyria."

8:5 Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying, 8:6 "Because this people have
refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and
Remaliah's son; 8:7 now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the
mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks. 8:8 It
will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will
reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill
the breadth of your land, Immanuel. 8:9 Make an uproar, you peoples, and
be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for
battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered! 8:10 Take
counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and
it will not stand: for God is with us." 8:11 For Yahweh spoke thus to me
with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this
people, saying, 8:12 "Don't say, 'A conspiracy!' concerning all about
which this people say, 'A conspiracy!' neither fear their threats, nor
be terrorized. 8:13 Yahweh of Armies is who you must regard as holy. He
is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread. 8:14 He will be
a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a
snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 8:15 Many will stumble over it,
fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured." 8:16 Wrap up the
testimony. Seal the law among my disciples. 8:17 I will wait for Yahweh,
who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
8:18 Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs
and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount
Zion.

8:19 When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits
and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people
consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the
living? 8:20 Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak
according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. 8:21 They
will pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it will happen
that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and
by their God. They will turn their faces upward, 8:22 and look to the
earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will
be driven into thick darkness.

9:1 But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the
former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land
of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way
of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

9:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who
lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
9:3 You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They
rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when
they divide the spoil. 9:4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of
his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of
Midian. 9:5 For all the armor of the armed man in the noisy battle, and
the garments rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
9:6 For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government
will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 9:7 Of the increase of
his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of
David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with
justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal
of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.

9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it falls on Israel. 9:9 All the
people will know, including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who
say in pride and in arrogance of heart, 9:10 "The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut
down, but we will put cedars in their place." 9:11 Therefore Yahweh will
set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up
his enemies, 9:12 The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and
they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not
turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 9:13 Yet the people
have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh
of Armies. 9:14 Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail,
palm branch and reed, in one day. 9:15 The elder and the honorable man
is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail. 9:16 For
those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by
them are destroyed. 9:17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their
young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and
widows; for everyone is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaks
folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still. 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours
the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke. 9:19 Through the wrath of
Yahweh of Armies, the land is burnt up; and the people are the fuel for
the fire. No one spares his brother. 9:20 One will devour on the right
hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not
be satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm: 9:21 Manasseh,
Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against
Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still. 10:1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; 10:2 to deprive the
needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights,
that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless
their prey! 10:3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the
desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?

10:4 They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under
the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still. 10:5 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff
in whose hand is my indignation! 10:6 I will send him against a profane
nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to
take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the
mire of the streets. 10:7 However he doesn't mean so, neither does his
heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a
few nations. 10:8 For he says, "Aren't all of my princes kings? 10:9
Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like
Damascus?" 10:10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose
engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 10:11 shall
I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and
her idols? 10:12 Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has
performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish
the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the
insolence of his haughty looks. 10:13 For he has said, "By the strength
of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding:
and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their
treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers. 10:14 My
hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one
gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There
was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or
chirped."

10:15 Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw
exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those
who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
10:16 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones
leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning
of fire. 10:17 The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One
for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in
one day. 10:18 He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his
fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer
faints. 10:19 The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so
that a child could write their number.

10:20 It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and
those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean
on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of
Israel, in truth. 10:21 A remnant will return, even the remnant of
Jacob, to the mighty God. 10:22 For though your people, Israel, are like
the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction
is determined, overflowing with righteousness. 10:23 For the Lord,
Yahweh of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, in the
midst of all the earth. 10:24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says
"My people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he
strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt
did. 10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you
will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction."
10:26 Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the
slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea,
and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt. 10:27 It will happen
in that day, that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his
yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the
anointing oil.

10:28 He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he
stores his baggage. 10:29 They have gone over the pass. They have taken
up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled. 10:30
Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor
Anathoth! 10:31 Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee
for safety. 10:32 This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand
at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 10:33
Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The
tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low. 10:34 He will
cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by
the Mighty One.

11:1

A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his
roots will bear fruit. 11:2 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the
spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. 11:3 His delight will be
in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes,
neither decide by the hearing of his ears; 11:4 but with righteousness
he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the
earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the
breath of his lips he will kill the wicked. 11:5 Righteousness will be
the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist. 11:6 The
wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the
young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together;
and a little child will lead them. 11:7 The cow and the bear will graze.
Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like
the ox. 11:8 The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the
weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den. 11:9 They will not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of
the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea. 11:10 It will
happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who
stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be
glorious. 11:11 It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his
hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his
people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam,
from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 11:12 He will
set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of
Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners
of the earth. 11:13 The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who
persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won't envy Judah, and Judah
won't persecute Ephraim. 11:14 They will fly down on the shoulders of
the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of
the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the
children of Ammon will obey them. 11:15 Yahweh will utterly destroy the
tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his
hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men
to march over in sandals. 11:16 There will be a highway for the remnant
that is left of his people from Assyria, like there was for Israel in
the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

12:1 In that day you will say, "I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for
though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you
comfort me. 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not
be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become
my salvation." 12:3 Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the
wells of salvation. 12:4 In that day you will say, "Give thanks to
Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim
that his name is exalted! 12:5 Sing to Yahweh, for he has done excellent
things! Let this be known in all the earth! 12:6 Cry aloud and shout,
you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great in the midst
of you!"

13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw: 13:2 Set
up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your
hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 13:3 I have
commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my
anger, even my proudly exulting ones. 13:4 The noise of a multitude is
in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the
kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering
the army for the battle. 13:5 They come from a far country, from the
uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his
indignation, to destroy the whole land. 13:6 Wail; for the day of Yahweh
is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. 13:7
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone's heart will melt. 13:8
They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be
in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at
another. Their faces will be faces of flame. 13:9 Behold, the day of
Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a
desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it. 13:10 For the stars of
the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will
be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to
shine. 13:11 I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for
their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and
will humble the haughtiness of the terrible. 13:12 I will make people
more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
13:13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be
shaken out of its place in the wrath of Yahweh of Armies, and in the day
of his fierce anger. 13:14 It will happen that like a a hunted gazelle,
and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own
people, and will each flee to their own land. 13:15 Everyone who is
found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the
sword. 13:16 Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their
eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped. 13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value
silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it. 13:18 Their bows
will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the
fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children. 13:19 Babylon,
the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be like
when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 13:20 It will never be inhabited,
neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian
will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks
lie down there. 13:21 But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and
their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and
wild goats will frolic there. 13:22 Wolves will cry in their castles,
and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her
days will not be prolonged.

14:1 For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose
Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself
with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob. 14:2 The peoples
will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel will
possess them in Yahweh's land for servants and for handmaids. They will
take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule
over their oppressors. 14:3 It will happen in the day that Yahweh will
give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard
service in which you were made to serve, 14:4 that you will take up this
parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has
ceased! The golden city has ceased!" 14:5 Yahweh has broken the staff of
the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, 14:6 who struck the peoples in
wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a
persecution that none restrained. 14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and
is quiet. They break out song. 14:8 Yes, the fir trees rejoice with you,
with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, "Since you are humbled, no
lumberjack has come up against us." 14:9 Sheol from beneath has moved
for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, even
all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the
kings of the nations. 14:10 They all will answer and ask you, "Have you
also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?" 14:11 Your pomp
is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments.
Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.

14:12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low! 14:13 You
said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the
far north! 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will
make myself like the Most High!" 14:15 Yet you shall be brought down to
Sheol, to the depths of the pit. 14:16 Those who see you will stare at
you. They will ponder you, saying, "Is this the man who made the earth
to tremble, who shook kingdoms; 14:17 who made the world like a
wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners
to their home?"

14:18 All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own
house. 14:19 But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable
branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under
foot. 14:20 You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed
your land. You have killed your people. The seed of evil-doers will not
be named forever. 14:21 Prepare for slaughter of his children because of
the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the
earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities. 14:22 "I will rise
up against them," says Yahweh of Armies, "and cut off from Babylon name
and remnant, and son and son's son," says Yahweh. 14:23 "I will also
make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. I will sweep
it with the broom of destruction," says Yahweh of Armies. 14:24 Yahweh
of Armies has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so shall it
happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 14:25 that I will
break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains.
Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.
14:26 This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is
the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. 14:27 For Yahweh of
Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and
who can turn it back?"

14:28 This burden was in the year that king Ahaz died. 14:29 Don't
rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is
broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder will emerge, and his
fruit will be a fiery flying serpent. 14:30 The firstborn of the poor
will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your
root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.

14:31 Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you;
for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his
ranks. 14:32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That
Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will
take refuge.

15:1 The burden of Moab: for in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and
brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and
brought to nothing. 15:2 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to
the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness
is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off. 15:3 In their streets,
they dress themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their
housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly. 15:4 Heshbon cries out
with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed
men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them. 15:5 My heart
cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for
they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for in the way of
Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction. 15:6 For the waters of
Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender
grass fails, there is no green thing. 15:7 Therefore they will carry
away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up,
over the brook of the willows. 15:8 For the cry has gone around the
borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
15:9 For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet
more on Dimon, a lion on those of Moab who escape, and on the remnant of
the land.

16:1 Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the
wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. 16:2 For it will be
that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of
Moab be at the fords of the Arnon. 16:3 Give counsel! Execute justice!
Make your shade like the night in the midst of the noonday! Hide the
outcasts! Don't betray the fugitive! 16:4 Let my outcasts dwell with
you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for him from the face of the
destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nothing. Destruction
ceases. The oppressors are consumed out of the land. 16:5 A throne will
be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the
tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of
his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing. 16:7
Therefore Moab will wail for Moab. Everyone will wail. You will mourn
for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth, utterly stricken. 16:8 For the
fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the
nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to
Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread
abroad. They passed over the sea. 16:9 Therefore I will weep with the
weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears,
Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the
battle shout has fallen. 16:10 Gladness is taken away, and joy out of
the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing,
neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have
made the shouting stop. 16:11 Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for
Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres. 16:12 It will happen that when
Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, and
comes to his sanctuary to pray, that he will not prevail. 16:13 This is
the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past. 16:14 But now
Yahweh has spoken, saying, "Within three years, as a worker bound by
contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into
contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very
small and feeble."

17:1 The burden of Damascus: "Behold, Damascus is taken away from being
a city, and it will be a ruinous heap. 17:2 The cities of Aroer are
forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall
make them afraid. 17:3 The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the
kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the
glory of the children of Israel," says Yahweh of Armies. 17:4 "It will
happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the
fatness of his flesh will become lean. 17:5 It will be like when the
harvester gathers the wheat, and his arm reaps the grain. Yes, it will
be like when one gleans grain in the valley of Rephaim. 17:6 Yet
gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or
three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the
outermost branches of a fruitful tree," says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
17:7 In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will
have respect for the Holy One of Israel. 17:8 They will not look to the
altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which
their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the incense altars. 17:9
In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the
woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the
children of Israel; and it will be a desolation. 17:10 For you have
forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of
your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign
seedlings. 17:11 In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the
morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the
day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 17:12 Ah, the uproar of many
peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of
nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! 17:13 The nations
will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and
they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the
mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
17:14 At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more.
This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who
rob us.

18:1 Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers
of Ethiopia; 18:2 that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of
papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation
tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a
nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!"
18:3 All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth,
when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is
blown, listen! 18:4 For Yahweh said to me, "I will be still, and I will
see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of
dew in the heat of harvest." 18:5 For before the harvest, when the
blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut
off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away
the spreading branches. 18:6 They will be left together for the ravenous
birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous
birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter
on them. 18:7 In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of
Armies from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from
their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down,
whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of
Armies, Mount Zion.

19:1 The burden of Egypt: "Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and
comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the
heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. 19:2 I will stir up the Egyptians
against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother,
and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom
against kingdom. 19:3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will
destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who
have familiar spirits, and the wizards. 19:4 I will give over the
Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over
them," says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies. 19:5 The waters will fail from
the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry. 19:6 The rivers
will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up.
The reeds and flags will wither away. 19:7 The meadows by the Nile, by
the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become
dry, be driven away, and be no more. 19:8 The fishermen will lament, and
all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on
the waters will languish. 19:9 Moreover those who work in combed flax,
and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded. 19:10 The pillars
will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in
soul. 19:11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the
wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to
Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?" 19:12
Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know
what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt. 19:13 The princes
of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They
have caused Egypt to go astray, who are the cornerstone of her tribes.
19:14 Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and
they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken
man staggers in his vomit. 19:15 Neither shall there be for Egypt any
work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do. 19:16 In that day
the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of
the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies, which he shakes over them.
19:17 The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom
mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans of Yahweh of
Armies, which he determines against it. 19:18 In that day, there will be
five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and
swear to Yahweh of Armies. One will be called "The city of destruction."
19:19 In that day, there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the
land of Egypt, and a pillar to Yahweh at its border. 19:20 It will be
for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt;
for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them
a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them. 19:21 Yahweh will be
known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day. Yes,
they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to
Yahweh, and will perform it. 19:22 Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking
and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by
them, and will heal them. 19:23 In that day there will be a highway out
of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the
Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the
Assyrians. 19:24 In that day, Israel will be the third with Egypt and
with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth; 19:25 because Yahweh
of Armies has blessed them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria
the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance."

20:1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of
Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; 20:2 at that
time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loosen the
sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet."
He did so, walking naked and barefoot. 20:3 Yahweh said, "As my servant
Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder
concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia, 20:4 so the king of Assyria
will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young
and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame
of Egypt. 20:5 They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia
their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 20:6 The inhabitants of
this coast land will say in that day, 'Behold, this is our expectation,
where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we,
how will we escape?'"

21:1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South
sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land. 21:2
A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals
treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have
stopped all of Media's sighing. 21:3 Therefore my thighs are filled with
anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in
labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am dismayed that I
can't see. 21:4 My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The
twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me. 21:5 They
prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up,
you princes, oil the shield! 21:6 For the Lord said to me, "Go, set a
watchman. Let him declare what he sees. 21:7 When he sees a troop,
horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall
listen diligently with great attentiveness." 21:8 He cried like a lion:
"Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every
night I stay at my post. 21:9 Behold, here comes a troop of men,
horsemen in pairs." He answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the
engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground. 21:10 You are my
threshing, and the grain of my floor!" That which I have heard from
Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

21:11 The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what
of the night? Watchman, what of the night?" 21:12 The watchman said,
"The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire.
Come back again."

21:13 The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you
caravans of Dedanites. 21:14 They brought water to him who was thirsty.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
21:15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the
bent bow, and from the heat of battle. 21:16 For the Lord said to me,
"Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the
glory of Kedar will fail, 21:17 and the residue of the number of the
archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for
Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it."

22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you
have all gone up to the housetops? 22:2 You that are full of shouting, a
tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword,
neither are they dead in battle. 22:3 All your rulers fled away
together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were
bound together. They fled far away. 22:4 Therefore I said, "Look away
from me. I will weep bitterly. Don't labor to comfort me for the
destruction of the daughter of my people. 22:5 For it is a day of
confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord,
Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls,
and a crying to the mountains." 22:6 Elam carried his quiver, with
chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield. 22:7 It
happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the
horsemen set themselves in array at the gate. 22:8 He took away the
covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house
of the forest. 22:9 You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they
were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 22:10
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to
fortify the wall. 22:11 You also made a reservoir between the two walls
for the water of the old pool. But you didn't look to him who had done
this, neither did you have respect for him who purposed it long ago.
22:12 In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth: 22:13 and
behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh
and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."
22:14 Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, "Surely this
iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die," says the Lord, Yahweh
of Armies.

22:15 Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, "Go, get yourself to this
treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say, 22:16 'What
are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb
here?' Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for
himself in the rock!" 22:17 Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl
you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly. 22:18 He will surely
wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large
country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will
be, you shame of your lord's house. 22:19 I will thrust you from your
office. You will be pulled down from your station.

22:20 It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the
son of Hilkiah, 22:21 and I will clothe him with your robe, and
strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his
hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to
the house of Judah. 22:22 I will lay the key of the house of David on
his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no
one will open. 22:23 I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He
will be for a throne of glory to his father's house. 22:24 They will
hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the
issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers. 22:25
"In that day," says Yahweh of Armies, "the nail that was fastened in a
sure place will give way. It will be cut down, and fall. The burden that
was on it will be cut off, for Yahweh has spoken it."

23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid
waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of
Kittim it is revealed to them. 23:2 Be still, you inhabitants of the
coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have
replenished. 23:3 On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest
of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations. 23:4 Be
ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea,
saying, "I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I
nourished young men, nor brought up virgins." 23:5 When the report comes
to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre. 23:6 Pass over
to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast! 23:7 Is this your
joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her
far away to travel? 23:8 Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of
crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable
of the earth? 23:9 Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride
of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
23:10 Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There
is no restraint any more. 23:11 He has stretched out his hand over the
sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. Yahweh has ordered the destruction of
Canaan's strongholds. 23:12 He said, "You shall rejoice no more, you
oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even
there you will have no rest."

23:13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people was not. The
Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up
their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin. 23:14
Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste! 23:15 It
will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years,
according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it
will be to Tyre like in the song of the prostitute. 23:16 Take a harp;
go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet
melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered. 23:17 It will
happen after the end of seventy years that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and
she shall return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the
kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth. 23:18 Her merchandise
and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor
laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh,
to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

24:1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it
upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. 24:2 It will be as with the
people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as
with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the
seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of
interest, so with the giver of interest. 24:3 The earth will be utterly
emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word. 24:4
The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away.
The lofty people of the earth languish. 24:5 The earth also is polluted
under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated
the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. 24:6 Therefore the
curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found
guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men
left. 24:7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-
hearted sigh. 24:8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those
who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. 24:9 They will not drink
wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
24:10 The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no
man may come in. 24:11 There is a crying in the streets because of the
wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone. 24:12 The city
is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction. 24:13
For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the
shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
24:14 These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty
of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea. 24:15 Therefore glorify Yahweh
in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands
of the sea! 24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard
songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away!
woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the
treacherous have dealt very treacherously. 24:17 Fear, the pit, and the
snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth. 24:18 It will happen that he
who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who
comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the
windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
24:19 The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is
shaken violently. 24:20 The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and
will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy
on it, and it will fall and not rise again. 24:21 It shall happen in
that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and
the kings of the earth on the earth. 24:22 They shall be gathered
together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in
the prison; and after many days shall they be visited. 24:23 Then the
moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will
reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be
glory.

25:1 Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name,
for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete
faithfulness and truth. 25:2 For you have made a city into a heap, a
fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will
never be built. 25:3 Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city
of awesome nations will fear you. 25:4 For you have been a stronghold to
the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the
storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like
a storm against the wall. 25:5 As the heat in a dry place will you bring
down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the
song of the dreaded ones will be brought low. 25:6 In this mountain,
Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of
choice wines, of fat things full of marrow, of well refined choice
wines. 25:7 He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering
that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
25:8 He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away
tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away
from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it. 25:9 It shall be said
in that day, "Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he
will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad
and rejoice in his salvation!" 25:10 For in this mountain the hand of
Yahweh will rest.

Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw is trodden down
in the water of the dunghill. 25:11 He will spread out his hands in its
midst, like one who swims spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will
be humbled together with the craft of his hands. 25:12 He has brought
the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the
ground, even to the dust.

26:1 In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

"We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
26:2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which
keeps faith. 26:3 You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect
peace, because he trusts in you. 26:4 Trust in Yahweh forever; for in
Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock. 26:5 For he has brought down those
who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even
to the ground. He brings it even to the dust. 26:6 The foot shall tread
it down; Even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy." 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of
the righteous level. 26:8 Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh,
have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our
soul. 26:9 With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my
spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are
in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. 26:10
Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness.
In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see
Yahweh's majesty. 26:11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don't
see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed.
Yes, fire will consume your adversaries. 26:12 Yahweh, you will ordain
peace for us, for you have also worked all our works for us. 26:13
Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but
by you only will we make mention of your name. 26:14 The dead shall not
live. The deceased shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and
destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish. 26:15 You have
increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are
glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land. 26:16 Yahweh,
in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your
chastening was on them. 26:17 Like as a woman with child, who draws near
the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so we
have been before you, Yahweh. 26:18 We have been with child. We have
been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked
any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world
fallen. 26:19 Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake
and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of
herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.

26:20 Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors
behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is
past. 26:21 For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish
the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will
disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.

27:1 In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will
punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted
serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea. 27:2 In that
day, sing to her, "A pleasant vineyard! 27:3 I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I
will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night
and day. 27:4 Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and
thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them
together. 27:5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may
make peace with me. Let him make peace with me."

27:6 In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud.
They will fill the surface of the world with fruit. 27:7 Has he struck
them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those
who killed them were killed? 27:8 In measure, when you send them away,
you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the
day of the east wind. 27:9 Therefore, by this the iniquity of Jacob will
be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he
makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in
pieces, so that the Asherim and the incense altars shall rise no more.
27:10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and
forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he
will lie down, and consume its branches. 27:11 When its boughs are
withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on
fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made
them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show
them no favor. 27:12 It will happen in that day, that Yahweh will thresh
from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt; and you
will be gathered one by one, children of Israel. 27:13 It will happen in
that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were ready to
perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land
of Egypt, shall come; and they will worship Yahweh in the holy mountain
at Jerusalem.

28:1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the
fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the
fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine! 28:2 Behold, the
Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying
storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them
down to the earth with his hand. 28:3 The crown of pride of the
drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot. 28:4 The fading flower
of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley,
shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks
and eats as soon as he sees it. 28:5 In that day, Yahweh of Armies will
become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his
people; 28:6 and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and
strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate. 28:7 They also
reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the
prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They
stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.
28:8 For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.
28:9 Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts? 28:10
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on
line; here a little, there a little. 28:11 But he will speak to this
nation with stammering lips and in another language; 28:12 to whom he
said, "This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;" and "This is the
refreshing;" yet they would not hear. 28:13 Therefore the word of Yahweh
will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line,
line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall
backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken. 28:14 Therefore hear the
word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem: 28:15
"Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with
Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through,
it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have
hidden ourselves under falsehood.'" 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone,
a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not
act hastily. 28:17 I will make justice the measuring line, and
righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of
lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place. 28:18 Your covenant
with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not
stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be
trampled down by it. 28:19 As often as it passes through, it will seize
you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night;
and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message." 28:20 For
the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to
wrap oneself in. 28:21 For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He
will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his
unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act. 28:22
Now therefore don't be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I
have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on
the whole earth.

28:23 Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech! 28:24
Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil
and breaking the clods? 28:25 When he has leveled its surface, doesn't
he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in
rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?
28:26 For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.
28:27 For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is
a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a
stick, and the cumin with a rod. 28:28 Bread flour must be ground; so he
will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his
threshing cart over it, his horses don't grind it. 28:29 This also comes
forth from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent
in wisdom.

29:1 Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to
year; let the feasts come around; 29:2 then I will distress Ariel, and
there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar
hearth. 29:3 I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay
siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against
you. 29:4 You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground.
Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one
who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will
whisper out of the dust. 29:5 But the multitude of your foes will be
like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that
blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly. 29:6 She will be
visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great
noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.
29:7 The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all
who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be
like a dream, a vision of the night. 29:8 It will be like when a hungry
man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn't
satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but
he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The
multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like
that. 29:9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are
drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
29:10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has
closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the
seers. 29:11 All vision has become to you like the words of a book that
is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, "Read this,
please;" and he says, "I can't, for it is sealed:" 29:12 and the book is
delivered to one who is not educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and
he says, "I can't read." 29:13 The Lord said, "Because this people draws
near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have
removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment
of men which has been taught; 29:14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to
do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a
wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the
understanding of their prudent men will be hidden."

29:15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose
works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
29:16 You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be
like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, "He
didn't make me;" or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has
no understanding?"

29:17 Isn't it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into
a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?
29:18 In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the
eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness. 29:19
The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among
men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 29:20 For the ruthless is
brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert
to do evil are cut off-- 29:21 who cause a person to be indicted by a
word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the
innocent of justice with false testimony. 29:22 Therefore thus says
Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob
shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale. 29:23 But
when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him,
they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of
Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. 29:24 They also who
err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will
receive instruction."

30:1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says Yahweh, "who take counsel,
but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that
they may add sin to sin, 30:2 who set out to go down into Egypt, and
have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of
Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! 30:3 Therefore the
strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of
Egypt your confusion. 30:4 For their princes are at Zoan, and their
ambassadors have come to Hanes. 30:5 They shall all be ashamed because
of a people that can't profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but
a shame, and also a reproach."

30:6 The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble
and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying
serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and
their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people. 30:7
For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her
Rahab who sits still. 30:8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and
inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and
ever. 30:9 For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who
will not hear the law of Yahweh; 30:10 who tell the seers, "Don't see!"
and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things. Tell us
pleasant things. Prophesy deceits. 30:11 Get out of the way. Turn aside
from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."
30:12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you despise
this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it;
30:13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to
fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an
instant. 30:14 He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking
it in pieces without sparing, so that there won't be found among the
broken piece a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip
up water out of the cistern." 30:15 For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the
Holy One of Israel, "You will be saved in returning and rest. Your
strength will be in quietness and in confidence." You refused, 30:16 but
you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore you will flee;
and, "We will ride on the swift;" therefore those who pursue you will be
swift. 30:17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat
of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a
mountain, and like a banner on a hill. 30:18 Therefore Yahweh will wait,
that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that
he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are
all those who wait for him. 30:19 For the people will dwell in Zion at
Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at
the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you. 30:20
Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of
affliction, yet your teachers won't be hidden anymore, but your eyes
will see your teachers; 30:21 and when you turn to the right hand, and
when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you,
saying, "This is the way. Walk in it." 30:22 You shall defile the
overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your
molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You
shall tell it, "Go away!" 30:23 He will give the rain for your seed,
with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the
ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed
in large pastures. 30:24 The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that
till the ground will eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with
the shovel and with the fork. 30:25 There shall be brooks and streams of
water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the
great slaughter, when the towers fall. 30:26 Moreover the light of the
moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be
seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that
Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they
were struck with.

30:27 Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from far away, burning with his
anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and
his tongue is as a devouring fire. 30:28 His breath is as an overflowing
stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve
of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of
the peoples. 30:29 You will have a song, as in the night when a holy
feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to
come to Yahweh's mountain, to Israel's Rock. 30:30 Yahweh will cause his
glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with
the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a
blast, storm, and hailstones. 30:31 For through the voice of Yahweh the
Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod. 30:32 Every
stroke of the rod of punishment, which Yahweh will lay on him, will be
with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in
battles, brandishing weapons. 30:33 For his burning place has long been
ready. Yes, for the king it is made ready. He has made its pyre deep and
large with fire and much wood. Yahweh's breath, like a stream of sulfur,
kindles it.

31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and
trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they
are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, and they
don't seek Yahweh! 31:2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster,
and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of
the evil-doers, and against the help of those who work iniquity. 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not
spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall
stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed
together. 31:4 For thus says Yahweh to me, "As the lion and the young
lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called
together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase
himself for the noise of them, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to
fight on Mount Zion and on its heights. 31:5 As birds hovering, so
Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it.
He will pass over and preserve it." 31:6 Return to him from whom you
have deeply revolted, children of Israel. 31:7 For in that day everyone
shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold--sin which
your own hands have made for you.

31:8

"The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of
mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young
men will become subject to forced labor. 31:9 His rock will pass away by
reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner," says
Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. 32:1

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in
justice. 32:2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a
covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade
of a large rock in a weary land. 32:3 The eyes of those who see will not
be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen. 32:4 The heart of
the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers
will be ready to speak plainly. 32:5 The fool will no longer be called
noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected. 32:6 For the fool will
speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity,
and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry,
and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 32:7 The ways of the
scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with
lying words, even when the needy speaks right. 32:8 But the noble
devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things. 32:9 Rise
up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters,
give ear to my speech! 32:10 For days beyond a year you will be
troubled, you careless women; for the vintage shall fail. The harvest
won't come. 32:11 Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you
careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put
sackcloth on your waist. 32:12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant
fields, for the fruitful vine. 32:13 Thorns and briars will come up on
my people's land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
32:14 For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be
deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a
delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; 32:15 Until the Spirit is
poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is considered a forest. 32:16 Then justice will
dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful
field. 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of
righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. 32:18 My people will
abide in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting
places. 32:19 Though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled
completely. 32:20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send
out the feet of the ox and the donkey. 33:1 Woe to you who destroy, but
you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you
have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made
an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed. 33:2 Yahweh, be gracious to
us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation
also in the time of trouble. 33:3 At the noise of the thunder, the
peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
33:4 Your spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will
leap on it as locusts leap. 33:5 Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on
high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 33:6 There will
be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and
knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure. 33:7 Behold, their
valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. 33:8
The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is
broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn't regard man. 33:9 The land
mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is
like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare. 33:10 "Now I
will arise," says Yahweh; "Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be
exalted. 33:11 You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble.
Your breath is a fire that will devour you. 33:12 The peoples will be
like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in
the fire. 33:13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you
who are near, acknowledge my might." 33:14 The sinners in Zion are
afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live
with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
33:15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises
the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a
bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from
looking at evil--33:16 he will dwell on high. His place of defense will
be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be
sure. 33:17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a
distant land. 33:18 Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he
who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the
towers? 33:19 You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a
deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you
can't understand. 33:20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed
festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that
won't be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of
its cords be broken. 33:21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty,
a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will
go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there. 33:22 For Yahweh is our
judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.
33:23 Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their
mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was
divided. The lame took the prey. 33:24 The inhabitant won't say, "I am
sick." The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
34:1 Come near, you nations, to hear! Listen, you peoples. Let the earth
and all it contains hear; the world, and everything that comes from it.
34:2 For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all
their armies. He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for
slaughter. 34:3 Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of
their dead bodies will come up; and the mountains will melt in their
blood. 34:4 All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will
be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf
fades from off a vine or a fig tree. 34:5 For my sword has drunk its
fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of
my curse, for judgment. 34:6 Yahweh's sword is filled with blood. It is
covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the
kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great
slaughter in the land of Edom. 34:7 The wild oxen will come down with
them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be
drunken with blood, and their dust made greasy with fat. 34:8 For Yahweh
has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. 34:9
Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its
land will become burning pitch. 34:10 It won't be quenched night nor
day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it
will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever. 34:11 But
the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven
will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the
plumb line of emptiness. 34:12 They shall call its nobles to the
kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.
34:13 Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its
fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for
ostriches. 34:14 The wild animals of the desert will meet with the
wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. Yes, the night
creature shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest.
34:15 The arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and
gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one
with her mate. 34:16 Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of
these will be missing. none will lack her mate. For my mouth has
commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them. 34:17 He has cast the lot
for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will
dwell in it. 35:1 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The
desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. 35:2 It will blossom
abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon's glory
Lebanon will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They
will see Yahweh's glory, the excellence of our God. 35:3 Strengthen the
weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 35:4 Tell those who have a
fearful heart, "Be strong. Don't be afraid. Behold, your God will come
with vengeance, God's retribution. He will come and save you. 35:5 Then
the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be
unstopped. 35:6 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue
of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and
streams in the desert. 35:7 The burning sand will become a pool, and the
thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in
the habitation of jackals, where they lay. 35:8 A highway will be there,
a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass
over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will
not go there. 35:9 No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal
go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk
there. 35:10 The Yahweh's ransomed ones will return, and come with
singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will
obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." 36:1
Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that
Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of
Judah, and captured them. 36:2 The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from
Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the
aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller's field highway. 36:3 Then
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder came out to him. 36:4
Rabshakeh said to them, "Now tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king,
the king of Assyria, "What confidence is this in which you trust? 36:5 I
say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now
in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me? 36:6 Behold,
you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a
man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh
king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 36:7 But if you tell me, 'We
trust in Yahweh our God,' isn't that he whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem,
'You shall worship before this altar?'" 36:8 Now therefore, please make
a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two
thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
36:9 How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of
my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen? 36:10 Have I come up now without Yahweh against this land to
destroy it? Yahweh said to me, "Go up against this land, and destroy
it."'"

36:11 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, "Please speak to
your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and don't speak to us in
the Jews' language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall."

36:12 But Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me only to your master and
to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall,
who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?" 36:13
Then Rabshakeh stood, and called out with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and said, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of
Assyria! 36:14 Thus says the king, 'Don't let Hezekiah deceive you; for
he will not be able to deliver you. 36:15 Don't let Hezekiah make you
trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely deliver us. This city won't
be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."' 36:16 Don't listen to
Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria, 'Make your peace with me,
and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from
his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;
36:17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a
land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 36:18 Beware
lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, "Yahweh will deliver us." Have any
of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the
king of Assyria? 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are
the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? 36:20
Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered
their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out
of my hand?'"

36:21 But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the
king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."

36:22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to
Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

37:1 It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes,
covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh's house. 37:2 He
sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the
elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet,
the son of Amoz. 37:3 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day
is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children
have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth. 37:4 It
may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king
of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke
the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer
for the remnant that is left.'" 37:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah
came to Isaiah.

37:6 Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Don't
be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of
the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 37:7 Behold, I will put a spirit
in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will
cause him to fall by the sword in his own land."'"

37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring
against Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 37:9
He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "He has come out to
fight against you." When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah,
saying, 37:10 "Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying,
'Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem
won't be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." 37:11 Behold, you
have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by
destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered? 37:12 Have the gods of
the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan,
Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? 37:13
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the
city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'"

37:14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and
read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh's house, and spread it before
Yahweh. 37:15 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying, 37:16 "Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are
the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made
heaven and earth. 37:17 Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes,
Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent
to defy the living God. 37:18 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have
destroyed all the countries and their land, 37:19 and have cast their
gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands,
wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. 37:20 Now therefore,
Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the
earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only."

37:21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to me against
Sennacherib king of Assyria, 37:22 this is the word which Yahweh has
spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and
ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
37:23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted
your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of
Israel. 37:24 By your servants, have you defied the Lord, and have said,
"With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the
mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall
cedars and its choice fir trees. I will enter into its farthest height,
the forest of its fruitful field. 37:25 I have dug and drunk water, and
with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt." 37:26
Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient
times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy
fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps. 37:27 Therefore their
inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They
were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the
grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.
37:28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and
your raging against me. 37:29 Because of your raging against me, and
because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore will I put my
hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back
by the way by which you came. 37:30 This shall be the sign to you. You
will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year
that which springs from the same; and in the third year sow and reap and
plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 37:31 The remnant that is escaped
of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit
upward. 37:32 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go forth, and
survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will
perform this.' 37:33 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of
Assyria, 'He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there,
neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against
it. 37:34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he
shall not come to this city,' says Yahweh. 37:35 'For I will defend this
city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.'"

37:36 The angel of Yahweh went out and struck one hundred and eighty-
five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in
the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37:37 So Sennacherib
king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed
there. 37:38 It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch
his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the
sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son
reigned in his place.

38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet,
the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Set
your house in order, for you will die, and not live.'"

38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh,
38:3 and said, "Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked
before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which
is good in your sight." Hezekiah wept bitterly.

38:4 Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying, 38:5 "Go, and tell
Hezekiah, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, "I have heard
your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to
your life. 38:6 I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the
king of Assyria, and I will defend this city. 38:7 This shall be the
sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has
spoken. 38:8 Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has
gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten
steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone
down."'"

38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and
had recovered of his sickness.

38:10

I said, "In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am
deprived of the residue of my years." 38:11 I said, "I won't see Yah,
Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the
inhabitants of the world. 38:12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried
away from me like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my
life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will
make an end of me. 38:13 I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all
my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
38:14 I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My
eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security." 38:15
What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I
will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
38:16 Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of
them: you restore me, and cause me to live. 38:17 Behold, for peace I
had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from
the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
38:18 For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who
go down into the pit can't hope for your truth. 38:19 The living, the
living, he shall praise you, as I do this day. The father shall make
known your truth to the children. 38:20 Yahweh will save me. Therefore
we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life
in the house of Yahweh. 38:21 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a cake
of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover."
38:22 Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I will go up to the
house of Yahweh?"

39:1 At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been
sick, and had recovered. 39:2 Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed
them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, the
spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all
that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in
all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show them. 39:3 Then Isaiah the
prophet came to king Hezekiah, and asked him, "What did these men say?
Where did they come from to you?"

Hezekiah said, "They have come from a country far from me, even from
Babylon."

39:4 Then he asked, "What have they seen in your house?"

Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house. There is
nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

39:5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of Yahweh of Armies:
39:6 'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and
that which your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried
to Babylon. Nothing will be left,' says Yahweh. 39:7 'They will take
away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they
will be eunuchs in the king of Babylon's palace.'"

39:8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "Yahweh's word which you have spoken
is good." He said moreover, "For there will be peace and truth in my
days."

40:1 "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. 40:2 "Speak
comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is
accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of
Yahweh's hand double for all her sins."

40:3

The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of Yahweh in the
wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God. 40:4 Every
valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain. 40:5 The
glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it." 40:6 The voice of one saying,
"Cry!" One said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is like grass, and all
its glory is like the flower of the field. 40:7 The grass withers, the
flower fades, because Yahweh's breath blows on it. Surely the people are
like grass. 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of
our God stands forever." 40:9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a
high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice
with strength. Lift it up. Don't be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah,
"Behold, your God!" 40:10 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty
one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and
his recompense before him. 40:11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He
will gently lead those who have their young. 40:12 Who has measured the
waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span,
and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the
mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 40:13 Who has directed
the Spirit of Yahweh, or has taught him as his counselor? 40:14 Who did
he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path
of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of
understanding? 40:15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket,
and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up
the islands like a very little thing. 40:16 Lebanon is not sufficient to
burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering. 40:17 All the
nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less
than nothing, and vanity. 40:18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what
likeness will you compare to him? 40:19 A workman has cast an image, and
the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
40:20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree
that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved
image for him that will not be moved. 40:21 Haven't you known? Haven't
you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you
understood from the foundations of the earth? 40:22 It is he who sits
above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like
grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads
them out like a tent to dwell in; 40:23 who brings princes to nothing;
who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless. 40:24 They are
planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken
root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the
whirlwind takes them away as stubble. 40:25 "To whom then will you liken
me? Who is my equal?" says the Holy One. 40:26 Lift up your eyes on
high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by
number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and
because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking. 40:27 Why do you say,
Jacob, and speak, Israel, "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice
due me is disregarded by my God?" 40:28 Haven't you known? Haven't you
heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the
earth, doesn't faint. He isn't weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
40:29 He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who
has no might. 40:30 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young
men utterly fall; 40:31 But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their
strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and
not be weary. They will walk, and not faint. 41:1 "Keep silent before
me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come
near, then let them speak. Let's meet together for judgment. 41:2 Who
has raised up one from the east? Whom called him to his foot in
righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over
kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble
to his bow. 41:3 He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way
that he had not gone with his feet. 41:4 Who has worked and done it,
calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and
with the last, I am he." 41:5 The islands have seen, and fear. The ends
of the earth tremble. They approach, and come. 41:6 Everyone helps his
neighbor. They say to their brothers, "Be strong!" 41:7 So the carpenter
encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him
who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good;" and he
fastens it with nails, that it might not totter. 41:8 "But you, Israel,
my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
41:9 You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and
called from its corners, and said to you, 'You are my servant, I have
chosen you and not cast you away;' 41:10 Don't you be afraid, for I am
with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my
righteousness. 41:11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will
be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like
nothing, and shall perish. 41:12 You will seek them, and won't find
them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be
as nothing, as a non-existent thing. 41:13 For I, Yahweh your God, will
hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Don't be afraid. I will help you.'
41:14 Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will
help you," says Yahweh, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
41:15 Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with
teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make
the hills like chaff. 41:16 You will winnow them, and the wind will
carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice
in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel. 41:17 The poor and
needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I,
Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
41:18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst
of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry
land springs of water. 41:19 I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil
trees in the wilderness. I will set fir trees, pine, and box trees
together in the desert; 41:20 that they may see, know, consider, and
understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy
One of Israel has created it. 41:21 Produce your cause," says Yahweh.
"Bring forth your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob. 41:22 "Let
them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former
things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter
end of them; or show us things to come. 41:23 Declare the things that
are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good,
or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together. 41:24 Behold,
you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is
an abomination. 41:25 "I have raised up one from the north, and he has
come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall
come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay. 41:26 Who
has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that
we may say, 'He is right?' Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely,
there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
41:27 I am the first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look at them;' and I will
give one who brings good news to Jerusalem. 41:28 When I look, there is
no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them,
can answer a word. 41:29 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and
nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion. 42:1 "Behold, my
servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights--I have put
my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. 42:2 He will not
shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. 42:3
He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He
will faithfully bring justice. 42:4 He will not fail nor be discouraged,
until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his
law." 42:5 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and
stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out
of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in
it. 42:6 "I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold
your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as
a light for the nations; 42:7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the
prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the
prison. 42:8 "I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to
another, nor my praise to engraved images. 42:9 Behold, the former
things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them
before they come up." 42:10 Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise
from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is
therein, the islands and their inhabitants. 42:11 Let the wilderness and
its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the
mountains! 42:12 Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise
in the islands. 42:13 Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir
up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout
aloud. He will triumph over his enemies. 42:14 "I have been silent a
long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out
like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant. 42:15 I will destroy
mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers
islands, and will dry up the pools. 42:16 I will bring the blind by a
way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't
know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places
straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them. 42:17
"Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, 'You are
our gods' will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed. 42:18
"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. 42:19 Who is
blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?
42:20 You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he
doesn't listen. 42:21 It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to
magnify the law, and make it honorable. 42:22 But this is a robbed and
plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden
in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a spoil,
and no one says, 'Restore them!' 42:23 Who is there among you who will
give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come? 42:24
Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn't Yahweh, he
against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and
they disobeyed his law. 42:25 Therefore he poured the fierceness of his
anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all
around, but he didn't know; and it burned him, but he didn't take it to
heart." 43:1 But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who
formed you, Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have
called you by your name. You are mine. 43:2 When you pass through the
waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not
overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned,
and flame will not scorch you. 43:3 For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy
One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia
and Seba in your place. 43:4 Since you have been precious and honored in
my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your
place, and nations instead of your life. 43:5 Don't be afraid; for I am
with you. I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the
west. 43:6 I will tell the north, 'Give them up!' and tell the south,
'Don't hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the
ends of the earth--43:7 everyone who is called by my name, and whom I
have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.'"
43:8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have
ears. 43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples
be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former
things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or
let them hear, and say, "That is true." 43:10 "You are my witnesses,"
says Yahweh, "With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and
believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God
formed, neither will there be after me. 43:11 I myself am Yahweh; and
besides me there is no savior. 43:12 I have declared, I have saved, and
I have shown; and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are
my witnesses," says Yahweh, "and I am God. 43:13 Yes, since the day was
I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will
work, and who can hinder it?" 43:14 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel: "For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will
bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of
their rejoicing. 43:15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of
Israel, your King."

43:16

Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty
waters; 43:17 who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the
mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are
extinct, they are quenched like a wick): 43:18 "Don't remember the
former things, and don't consider the things of old. 43:19 Behold, I
will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Don't you know it? I will
even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 43:20 The
animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches;
because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give
drink to my people, my chosen, 43:21 the people which I formed for
myself, that they might set forth my praise. 43:22 Yet you have not
called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel. 43:23 You
have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you
honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings,
nor wearied you with frankincense. 43:24 You have bought me no sweet
cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices;
but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your
iniquities. 43:25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for
my own sake; and I will not remember your sins. 43:26 Put me in
remembrance. Let us plead together. Set forth your case, that you may be
justified. 43:27 Your first father sinned, and your teachers have
transgressed against me. 43:28 Therefore I will profane the princes of
the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling."
44:1 Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
44:2 This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who
will help you says: "Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you,
Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. 44:3 For I will pour water on him who is
thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your
seed, and my blessing on your offspring: 44:4 and they will spring up
among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. 44:5 One will say, 'I
am Yahweh's;' and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and
another will write with his hand 'to Yahweh,' and honor the name of
Israel." 44:6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer,
Yahweh of Armies, says: "I am the first, and I am the last; and besides
me there is no God. 44:7 Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare
it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people?
Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen. 44:8
Don't fear, neither be afraid. Haven't I declared it to you long ago,
and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed,
there is not. I don't know any other Rock." 44:9 Everyone who makes an
engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit.
Their own witnesses don't see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
44:10 Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for
nothing? 44:11 Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the
workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand
up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together. 44:12 The
blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers,
and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails;
he drinks no water, and is faint. 44:13 The carpenter stretches out a
line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks
it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the
beauty of a man, to reside in a house. 44:14 He cuts down cedars for
himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself
one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain
nourishes it. 44:15 Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some
of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he
makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls
down to it. 44:16 He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he
eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself,
and says, "Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire." 44:17 The rest of it
he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and
worships, and prays to it, and says, "Deliver me; for you are my god!"
44:18 They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their
eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
44:19 No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to
say, "I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread
on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of
it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?" 44:20 He
feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't
deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?" 44:21
Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have
formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as
a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you. 44:23 Sing,
you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the
earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your
trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in
Israel. 44:24 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you
from the womb: "I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches
out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself; 44:25 who
frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns
wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; 44:26 who confirms
the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who
says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited;' and of the cities of Judah,
'They will be built,' and I will raise up its waste places;' 44:27 who
says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers;' 44:28 Who
says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,'
even saying of Jerusalem, 'She will be built;' and of the temple, 'Your
foundation will be laid.'" 45:1 Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to
Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and
strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates
shall not be shut:

45:2 "I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will
break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron. 45:3
I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret
places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your
name, even the God of Israel. 45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and
Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you,
though you have not known me. 45:5 I am Yahweh, and there is none else.
Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not
known me; 45:6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from
the west, that there is none besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no
one else. 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and
create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things. 45:8 Distil,
you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let
the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause
righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it. 45:9 Woe
to him who strives with his Maker--a clay pot among the clay pots of the
earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or
your work, 'He has no hands?' 45:10 Woe to him who says to a father,
'What have you become the father of?' or to a mother, 'To what have you
given birth?'" 45:11 Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his
Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my
sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands! 45:12 I have
made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched
out the heavens; and all their army have I commanded. 45:13 I have
raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways:
he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for
price nor reward, says Yahweh of Armies. 45:14 Thus says Yahweh: "The
labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of
stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They shall go
after you. In chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down to
you. They shall make supplication to you: 'Surely God is in you; and
there is none else, there is no other god. 45:15 Most certainly you are
a God who hid yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.'" 45:16 They shall be
disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion
together who are makers of idols. 45:17 But Israel shall be saved by
Yahweh with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be disappointed nor
confounded world without end. 45:18 For thus says Yahweh who created the
heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it
and didn't create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am
Yahweh; and there is no one else. 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in
a place of the land of darkness; I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, Seek
you me in vain: I, Yahweh, speak righteousness, I declare things that
are right. 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you
who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the
wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save. 45:21
Declare you, and bring it forth; yes, let them take counsel together:
who has shown this from ancient time? who has declared it of old?
Haven't I, Yahweh? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a
Savior; there is no one besides me. 45:22 Look to me, and be you saved,
all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. 45:23
By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in
righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear. 45:24 Only in Yahweh, it is said of me, is
righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all those
who were incensed against him shall be disappointed. 45:25 In Yahweh
shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. 46:1 Bel
bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the
livestock: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden
to the weary animal. 46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could
not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 46:3
Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of
Israel, that have been borne by me from their birth, that have been
carried from the womb; 46:4 and even to old age I am he, and even to
gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will
carry, and will deliver. 46:5 To whom will you liken me, and make me
equal, and compare me, that we may be like? 46:6 Some pour out gold from
the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he
makes it a god. They fall down--yes, they worship. 46:7 They bear it on
the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands,
from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not
answer, nor save him out of his trouble. 46:8 Remember this, and show
yourselves men; bring it again to mind, you transgressors. 46:9 Remember
the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am
God, and there is none like me; 46:10 declaring the end from the
beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying,
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; 46:11 calling a
ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country;
yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I
will also do it. 46:12 Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from
righteousness: 46:13 I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far
off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion
for Israel my glory. 47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin
daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the
Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate. 47:2
Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the
train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers. 47:3 Your nakedness
shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take
vengeance, and will spare no man. 47:4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is
his name, the Holy One of Israel. 47:5 Sit you silent, and get you into
darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called The
mistress of kingdoms. 47:6 I was angry with my people, I profaned my
inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you did show them no mercy;
on the aged have you very heavily laid your yoke. 47:7 You said, I shall
be mistress forever; so that you did not lay these things to your heart,
neither did remember the latter end of it. 47:8 Now therefore hear this,
you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart,
I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow,
neither shall I know the loss of children: 47:9 but these two things
shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and
widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the
multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your
enchantments. 47:10 For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have
said, None sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted
you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else
besides me. 47:11 Therefore evil will come on you; you won't know when
it dawns: and mischief wil fall on you; you will not be able to put it
away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.
47:12 Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your
sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall
be able to profit, if so be you may prevail. 47:13 You are wearied in
the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers,
the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that
shall come on you. 47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire
shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the
flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
47:15 Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored: those
who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander everyone to
his quarter; there shall be none to save you. 48:1 Hear you this, house
of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out
of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make
mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
48:2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on
the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name): 48:3 I have declared
the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and
I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they happened. 48:4 Because I
knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your
brow brass; 48:5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before
it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, My idol has
done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded
them. 48:6 You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not
declare it? I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden
things, which you have not known. 48:7 They are created now, and not
from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should
say, Behold, I knew them. 48:8 Yes, you didn't hear; yes, you didn't
know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you did
deal very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
48:9 For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I
refrain for you, that I not cut you off. 48:10 Behold, I have refined
you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
48:11 For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should my
name be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another. 48:12 Listen
to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am
the last. 48:13 Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and
my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they
stand up together. 48:14 Assemble yourselves, all you, and hear; who
among them has declared these things? He whom Yahweh loves shall perform
his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 48:15 I,
even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he
shall make his way prosperous. 48:16 Come you near to me, hear you this;
from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it
was, there am I: and now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, and his Spirit.
48:17 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am
Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way
that you should go. 48:18 Oh that you had listened to my commandments!
then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves
of the sea: 48:19 your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring
of your body like its grains: his name would not be cut off nor
destroyed from before me. 48:20 Go you forth from Babylon, flee you from
the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it
even to the end of the earth: say you, Yahweh has redeemed his servant
Jacob. 48:21 They didn't thirst when he led them through the deserts; he
caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock
also, and the waters gushed out. 48:22 There is no peace, says Yahweh,
to the wicked. 49:1 Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples,
from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my
mother has he made mention of my name: 49:2 and he has made my mouth
like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me: and he has
made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close: 49:3 and
he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
49:4 But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for
nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and
my recompense with my God. 49:5 Now says Yahweh who formed me from the
womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be
gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God is
become my strength); 49:6 yes, he says, It is too light a thing that you
should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the
preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations,
that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth. 49:7 Thus says
Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man
despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings
shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh
who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you. 49:8
Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a
day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give
you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them
inherit the desolate heritage: 49:9 saying to those who are bound, Go
forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in
the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture. 49:10 They
shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them:
for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he
will guide them. 49:11 I will make all my mountains a way, and my
highways shall be exalted. 49:12 Behold, these shall come from far; and
behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land
of Sinim. 49:13 Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth
into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will
have compassion on his afflicted. 49:14 But Zion said, Yahweh has
forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me. 49:15 Can a woman forget her
sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her
womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you. 49:16 Behold, I
have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually
before me. 49:17 Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who
made you waste shall go forth from you. 49:18 Lift up your eyes all
around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you.
As I live, says Yahweh, you shall surely clothe you with them all as
with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride. 49:19 For,
as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been
destroyed, surely now you shall be too small for the inhabitants, and
those who swallowed you up shall be far away. 49:20 The children of your
bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me;
give place to me that I may dwell. 49:21 Then you will say in your
heart, Who has conceived these for me, seeing I have been bereaved of my
children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? and
who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were
they? 49:22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will lift up my hand to
the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring
your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their
shoulders. 49:23 Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens
your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the
earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am
Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed. 49:24 Shall
the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
49:25 But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be
taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will
contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
49:26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they
shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh
shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty
One of Jacob. 50:1 Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's
divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and
for your transgressions was your mother put away. 50:2 Why, when I came,
was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand
shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness:
their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst. 50:3 I
clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
50:4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught,
that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens
morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
50:5 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious,
neither turned away backward. 50:6 I gave my back to the strikers, and
my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn't hide my face from
shame and spitting. 50:7 For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I
have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and
I know that I shall not be disappointed. 50:8 He is near who justifies
me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is
my adversary? Let him come near to me. 50:9 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will
help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old
as a garment, the moth shall eat them up. 50:10 Who is among you who
fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in
darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and
rely on his God. 50:11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who gird
yourselves about with firebrands; walk you in the flame of your fire,
and among the brands that you have kindled. You shall have this of my
hand; you shall lie down in sorrow. 51:1 Listen to me, you who follow
after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock whence you
were cut, and to the hold of the pit whence you were dug. 51:2 Look to
Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one
I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many. 51:3 For Yahweh has
comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her
wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and
gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
51:4 Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law
shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of
the peoples. 51:5 My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth,
and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and
on my arm shall they trust. 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and
look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke,
and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein
shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my
righteousness shall not be abolished. 51:7 Listen to me, you who know
righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don't you fear the
reproach of men, neither be you dismayed at their insults. 51:8 For the
moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like
wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all
generations. 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake,
as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you
who did cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster? 51:10 Isn't it you
who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths
of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? 51:11 The ransomed of
Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy
shall be on their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow
and sighing shall flee away. 51:12 I, even I, am he who comforts you:
who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of
man who shall be made as grass; 51:13 and have forgotten Yahweh your
Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the
earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the
oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the
oppressor? 51:14 The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall
not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail. 51:15
For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar:
Yahweh of Armies is his name. 51:16 I have put my words in your mouth,
and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the
heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, You are my
people. 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the
hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunken the bowl of the
cup of staggering, and drained it. 51:18 There is none to guide her
among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who
takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up. 51:19
These two things have happened to you. Who will bemoan you? Desolation
and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?
51:20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets,
as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the
rebuke of your God. 51:21 Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and
drunken, but now with wine: 51:22 Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your
God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your
hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you
shall no more drink it again: 51:23 and I will put it into the hand of
those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may
go over; and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street,
to those who go over. 52:1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put
on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth
there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
52:2 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit on your throne, Jerusalem:
loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.
52:3 For thus says Yahweh, You were sold for nothing; and you shall be
redeemed without money. 52:4 For thus says the Lord Yahweh, My people
went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian has
oppressed them without cause. 52:5 Now therefore, what do I here, says
Yahweh, seeing that my people is taken away for nothing? those who rule
over them do howl, says Yahweh, and my name continually all the day is
blasphemed. 52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they
shall know in that day that I am he who does speak; behold, it is I.
52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good
news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes
salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns! 52:8 The voice of your
watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall
see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns to Zion. 52:9 Break forth into joy,
sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted
his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. 52:10 Yahweh has made bare his
holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God. 52:11 Depart you, depart you, go you
out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the midst of her;
cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh. 52:12 For you
shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh
will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward. 52:13
Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up,
and shall be very high. 52:14 Like as many were astonished at you (his
visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons
of men), 52:15 so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their
mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and
that which they had not heard shall they understand. 53:1 Who has
believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? 53:2
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry
ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no
beauty that we should desire him. 53:3 He was despised, and rejected by
men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as
one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him. 53:4
Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we
considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. 53:5 But he was
pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The
punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are
healed. 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to
his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 53:7 He
was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a
lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its
shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth. 53:8 He was taken away by
oppression and judgment; and as for his generation, who considered that
he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the
disobedience of my people? 53:9 They made his grave with the wicked, and
with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither
was any deceit in his mouth. 53:10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him.
He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of
Yahweh shall prosper in his hand. 53:11 After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will
justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their
iniquities. 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his
soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the
sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. 54:1 Sing,
barren, you who didn't bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the
desolate than the children of the married wife, says Yahweh. 54:2
Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains
of your habitations; don't spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen
your stakes. 54:3 For you shall spread aboard on the right hand and on
the left; and your seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate
cities to be inhabited. 54:4 Don't be afraid; for you shall not be
ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for
you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your
widowhood you shall remember no more. 54:5 For your Maker is your
husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is
your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called. 54:6 For
Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a
wife of youth, when she is cast off, says your God. 54:7 For a small
moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
54:8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with
everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy on you, says Yahweh your
Redeemer. 54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah to me; for as I have
sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I
sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. 54:10 For the
mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness
shall not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be
removed, says Yahweh who has mercy on you. 54:11 You afflicted, tossed
with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in
beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires. 54:12 I will
make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of sparkling jewels, and
all your walls of precious stones. 54:13 All your children shall be
taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children. 54:14
In righteousness you shall be established: you shall be far from
oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall
not come near you. 54:15 Behold, they may gather together, but not by
me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall because of you.
54:16 Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and
brings forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to
destroy. 54:17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and
you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This
is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which
is of me, says Yahweh.

55:1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has no
money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price. 55:2 Why do you spend money for that which is
not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen
diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness. 55:3 Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and
your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David. 55:4 Behold, I have given him for a
witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples. 55:5
Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that
didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for
the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you. 55:6 Seek you Yahweh
while he may be found; call you on him while he is near: 55:7 let the
wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let
him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for
he will abundantly pardon. 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh. 55:9 For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts. 55:10 For as the rain comes down and the
snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and
makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to
the eater; 55:11 so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it
shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I
please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do. 55:12 For you
shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and
the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees
of the fields shall clap their hands. 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall
come up the fir tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle
tree: and it shall be to Yahweh for a name, for an everlasting sign that
shall not be cut off.

56:1 Thus says Yahweh, Keep you justice, and do righteousness; for my
salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 56:2
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast;
who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing
any evil. 56:3 Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to
Yahweh, speak, saying, Yahweh will surely separate me from his people;
neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 56:4 For thus says
Yahweh of the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that
please me, and hold fast my covenant: 56:5 To them will I give in my
house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and
of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be
cut off. 56:6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to
minister to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants,
everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my
covenant; 56:7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of
prayer for all peoples. 56:8 The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts
of Israel, says, Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own who
are gathered. 56:9 All you animals of the field, come to devour, yes,
all you animals in the forest. 56:10 His watchmen are blind, they are
all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark;
dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. 56:11 Yes, the dogs are greedy,
they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't
understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain,
from every quarter. 56:12 Come you, say they, I will get wine, and we
will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this
day, a day great beyond measure.

57:1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful
men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away
from the evil to come. 57:2 He enters into peace; they rest in their
beds, each one who walks in his uprightness. 57:3 But draw near here,
you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.
57:4 Against whom do you sport yourselves? against whom make you a wide
mouth, and put out the tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a
seed of falsehood, 57:5 you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under
every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts
of the rocks? 57:6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your
portion; they, they are your lot; even to them have you poured a drink
offering, you have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these
things? 57:7 On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there
also you went up to offer sacrifice. 57:8 Behind the doors and the posts
have you set up your memorial: for you have uncovered yourself to
another than me, and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made
you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it. 57:9 You
went to the king with oil, and did increase your perfumes, and did send
your ambassadors far off, and did debase yourself even to Sheol. 57:10
You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is
in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't
faint. 57:11 Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and
have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my
peace even of long time, and you don't fear me? 57:12 I will declare
your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.
57:13 When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the
wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who
takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy
mountain. 57:14 He will say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up
the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. 57:15 For thus says the
high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in
the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of
the contrite. 57:16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be
always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I
have made. 57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and
struck him; I hid my face and was angry; and he went on backsliding in
the way of his heart. 57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I
will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
57:19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far
off and to him who is near, says Yahweh; and I will heal him. 57:20 But
the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters
cast up mire and dirt. 57:21 There is no peace, says my God, to the
wicked.

58:1 Cry aloud, don't spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and
declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their
sins. 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a
nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their
God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to
God. 58:3 Why have we fasted, say they, and you don't see? why have we
afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of
your fast you find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors. 58:4
Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist
of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be
heard on high. 58:5 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a
man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to
spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an
acceptable day to Yahweh? 58:6 Isn't this the fast that I have chosen:
to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to
let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? 58:7 Isn't it
to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are
cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and
that you not hide yourself from your own flesh? 58:8 Then your light
shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth
speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of
Yahweh shall be your rear guard. 58:9 Then you shall call, and Yahweh
will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away
from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and
speaking wickedly; 58:10 and if you draw out your soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness,
and your obscurity be as the noonday; 58:11 and Yahweh will guide you
continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your
bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of
water, whose waters don't fail. 58:12 Those who shall be of you shall
build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many
generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The
restorer of paths to dwell in. 58:13 If you turn away your foot from the
Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a
delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing
your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own
words: 58:14 then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make
you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with
the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken
it.

59:1 Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it can't save; neither
his ear heavy, that it can't hear: 59:2 but your iniquities have
separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face
from you, so that he will not hear. 59:3 For your hands are defiled with
blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your
tongue mutters wickedness. 59:4 None sues in righteousness, and none
pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive
mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 59:5 They hatch adders' eggs, and
weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which
is crushed breaks out into a viper. 59:6 Their webs shall not become
garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their
works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood:
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are
in their paths. 59:8 The way of peace they don't know; and there is no
justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes
therein does not know peace. 59:9 Therefore is justice far from us,
neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold,
darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity. 59:10 We grope for
the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we
stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are
as dead men. 59:11 We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we
look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off
from us. 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our
sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for
our iniquities, we know them: 59:13 transgressing and denying Yahweh,
and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 59:14 Justice
is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is
fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter. 59:15 Yes, truth is
lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw
it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. 59:16 He saw that
there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore
his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld
him. 59:17 He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of
salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a mantle. 59:18 According to their deeds,
accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his
enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. 59:19 So shall they
fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the rising of
the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of
Yahweh drives. 59:20 A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn
from disobedience in Jacob, says Yahweh. 59:21 As for me, this is my
covenant with them, says Yahweh: my Spirit who is on you, and my words
which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor
out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed's seed,
says Yahweh, from henceforth and forever.

60:1 Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh is
risen on you. 60:2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and
gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory
shall be seen on you. 60:3 Nations shall come to your light, and kings
to the brightness of your rising. 60:4 Lift up your eyes all around, and
see: they all gather themselves together, they come to you; your sons
shall come from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
60:5 Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and
be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
the wealth of the nations shall come to you. 60:6 The multitude of
camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they
from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall
proclaim the praises of Yahweh. 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be
gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;
they shall come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the
house of my glory. 60:8 Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the
doves to their windows? 60:9 Surely the islands shall wait for me, and
the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver
and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the
Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you. 60:10 Foreigners shall
build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my
wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you. 60:11 Your
gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor
night; that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their
kings led captive. 60:12 For that nation and kingdom that will not serve
you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 60:13 The
glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the fir tree, the pine, and the box
tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make
the place of my feet glorious. 60:14 The sons of those who afflicted you
shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall bow
themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The
city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 60:15 Whereas you
have been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through you, I will
make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 60:16 You
shall also suck the milk of the nations, and shall suck the breast of
kings; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your
Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 60:17 For brass I will bring gold,
and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones
iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your
ruler. 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land, desolation
nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls
Salvation, and your gates Praise. 60:19 The sun shall be no more your
light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you:
but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
60:20 Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw
itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your
mourning shall be ended. 60:21 Your people also shall be all righteous;
they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work
of my hands, that I may be glorified. 60:22 The little one shall become
a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Yahweh, will hasten it
in its time.

61:1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed
me to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the
broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to those who are bound; 61:2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh's
favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
61:3 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the
spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the
planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. 61:4 They shall build the
old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall
repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 61:5
Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your
plowmen and your vinedressers. 61:6 But you shall be named the priests
of Yahweh; men will call you the ministers of our God: you will eat the
wealth of the nations, and in their glory you will boast yourselves.
61:7 Instead of your shame you shall have double; and instead of
dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land
they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them. 61:8 For I,
Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them
their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with
them. 61:9 Their seed shall be known among the nations, and their
offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them,
that they are the seed which Yahweh has blessed. 61:10 I will greatly
rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed
me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a
bride adorns herself with her jewels. 61:11 For as the earth brings
forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it
to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise
to spring forth before all the nations.

62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake
I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her
salvation as a lamp that burns. 62:2 The nations shall see your
righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a
new name, which the mouth of Yahweh shall name. 62:3 You shall also be a
crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diadem in the hand of
your God. 62:4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your
land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and
your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be
married. 62:5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall
marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God
will rejoice over you. 62:6 I have set watchmen on your walls,
Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call
on Yahweh, take no rest, 62:7 and give him no rest, until he
establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 62:8
Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,
Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and
foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:
62:9 but those who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Yahweh; and
those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the
people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a
banner for the peoples. 62:11 Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end
of the earth, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation
comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
62:12 They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh: and
you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah?
this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his
strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 63:2 Why are you
red in your clothing, and your garments like him who treads in the wine
vat? 63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there
was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in
my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have
stained all my clothing. 63:4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and the year of my redeemed is come. 63:5 I looked, and there was none
to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own
arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me. 63:6 I trod
down the peoples in my anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I
poured out their lifeblood on the earth. 63:7 I will make mention of the
loving kindnesses of Yahweh, and the praises of Yahweh, according to all
that Yahweh has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house
of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and
according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. 63:8 For he said,
Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely: so he
was their Savior. 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the
angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he
redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
63:10 But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was
turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them. 63:11 Then he
remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he
who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock?
where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them? 63:12 who
caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? who divided
the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 63:13 who
led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they
didn't stumble? 63:14 As the livestock that go down into the valley, the
Spirit of Yahweh caused them to rest; so did you lead your people, to
make yourself a glorious name. 63:15 Look down from heaven, and see from
the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal
and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is
restrained toward me. 63:16 For you are our Father, though Abraham
doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are
our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name. 63:17 O Yahweh,
why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your
fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
63:18 Your holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries
have trodden down your sanctuary. 63:19 We are become as they over whom
you never bear rule, as those who were not called by your name.

64:1 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that
the mountains might quake at your presence, 64:2 as when fire kindles
the brushwood, and the fire causes the waters to boil; to make your name
known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your
presence! 64:3 When you did terrible things which we didn't look for,
you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. 64:4 For from of
old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye
seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him. 64:5 You
meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in
your ways: behold, you were angry, and we sinned: in them have we been
of long time; and shall we be saved? 64:6 For we have all become as one
who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and
we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
64:7 There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take
hold of you; for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us by
means of our iniquities. 64:8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we
are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
64:9 Don't be furious, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever: see,
look, we beg you, we are all your people. 64:10 Your holy cities are
become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a
desolation. 64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers
praised you, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid
waste. 64:12 Will you refrain yourself for these things, Yahweh? will
you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore?

65:1 I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who
didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called
by my name. 65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious
people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
65:3 a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in
gardens, and burning incense on bricks; 65:4 who sit among the graves,
and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of
abominable things is in their vessels; 65:5 who say, Stand by yourself,
don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my
nose, a fire that burns all the day. 65:6 Behold, it is written before
me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense
into their bosom, 65:7 your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your
fathers together, says Yahweh, who have burned incense on the mountains,
and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore will I first measure their
work into their bosom. 65:8 Thus says Yahweh, As the new wine is found
in the cluster, and one says, Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it:
so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
65:9 I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an
inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my
servants shall dwell there. 65:10 Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and
the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who
have sought me. 65:11 But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy
mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to
Destiny; 65:12 I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow
down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I
spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and
chose that in which I didn't delight. 65:13 Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold,
my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants
shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed; 65:14 behold, my servants
shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and
shall wail for anguish of spirit. 65:15 You shall leave your name for a
curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call
his servants by another name: 65:16 so that he who blesses himself in
the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in
the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles
are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes. 65:17 For, behold,
I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind. 65:18 But be you glad and rejoice
forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a
rejoicing, and her people a joy. 65:19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and
joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of
weeping and the voice of crying. 65:20 There shall be no more there an
infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the
child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred
years old shall be accursed. 65:21 They shall build houses, and inhabit
them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 65:22
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and
another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 65:23 They shall
not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed
of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them. 65:24 It shall
happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet
speaking, I will hear. 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the
serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,
says Yahweh.

66:1 Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my
footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place
shall be my rest? 66:2 For all these things has my hand made, and so all
these things came to be, says Yahweh: but to this man will I look, even
to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my
word. 66:3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who
sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an
offering, as he who offers pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he
who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their
soul delights in their abominations: 66:4 I also will choose their
delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called,
none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that
which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.
66:5 Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word: Your brothers
who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let Yahweh
be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is those who shall be
disappointed. 66:6 A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the
temple, a voice of Yahweh that renders recompense to his enemies. 66:7
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was
delivered of a boy. 66:8 Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such
things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth
at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says
Yahweh: shall I who cause to bring forth shut the womb? says your God.
66:10 Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love
her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her; 66:11 that
you may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that
you may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
66:12 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a
river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you
shall suck of it; you shall be borne on the side, and shall be dandled
on the knees. 66:13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort
you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 66:14 You shall see it,
and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the
tender grass: and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward his servants;
and he will have indignation against his enemies. 66:15 For, behold,
Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the
whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with
flames of fire. 66:16 For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by
his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many. 66:17
Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the
gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the
abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says
Yahweh. 66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: the time comes,
that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come, and
shall see my glory. 66:19 I will set a sign among them, and I will send
such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who
draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not
heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my
glory among the nations. 66:20 They shall bring all your brothers out of
all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots,
and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain
Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering
in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh. 66:21 Of them also will I
take for priests and for Levites, says Yahweh. 66:22 For as the new
heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,
says Yahweh, so your seed and your name shall remain. 66:23 It shall
happen, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, says Yahweh. 66:24
They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have
transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall
their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.

Notes:

[1] back to 5:10 literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land that ten
yokes of oxen can plow in one day, which is about 10 acres or 4
hectares.

[2] back to 5:10 1 bath is about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or 4.8
imperial gallons

[3] back to 5:10 1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels

[4] back to 5:10 1 ephah is about 22 litres or 0.6 bushels or about 2
pecks)--only one tenth of what was sown.

[5] back to 5:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.

[6] back to 7:14 "Immanuel" means "God with us."

[7] back to 8:1 "Maher Shalal Hash Baz" means "quick to the plunder,
swift to the spoil."

[8] back to 29:2 or, Ariel

[9] back to 34:14 literally, lilith, which could also be a night demon
or night monster

[10] back to 45:5 or, equip

[11] back to 53:11 So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint.
Masoretic Text omits "the light".



Jeremiah

1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 1:2 to whom the word of Yahweh came in
the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth
year of his reign. 1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the
son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive
in the fifth month. 1:4 Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 1:5
Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth
out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the
nations. 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to
speak; for I am a child. 1:7 But Yahweh said to me, Don't say, I am a
child; for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I
shall command you, you shall speak. 1:8 Don't be afraid because of them;
for I am with you to deliver you, says Yahweh. 1:9 Then Yahweh put forth
his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, Behold, I have
put my words in your mouth: 1:10 behold, I have this day set you over
the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to
destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant. 1:11 Moreover the word
of Yahweh came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you? I said, I see a
rod of an almond tree. 1:12 Then said Yahweh to me, You have well seen:
for I watch over my word to perform it. 1:13 The word of Yahweh came to
me the second time, saying, What see you? I said, I see a boiling
caldron; and its face is from the north. 1:14 Then Yahweh said to me,
Out of the north evil shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the
land. 1:15 For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of
the north, says Yahweh; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone
his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all
its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah. 1:16 I will
utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that
they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and
worshiped the works of their own hands. 1:17 You therefore gird up your
waist, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: don't be
dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them. 1:18 For, behold, I
have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze
walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its
princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. 1:19
They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you:
for I am with you, says Yahweh, to deliver you.

2:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 2:2 Go, and cry in the ears
of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness
of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the
wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 2:3 Israel was holiness to
Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase: all who devour him shall be
held guilty; evil shall come on them, says Yahweh. 2:4 Hear you the word
of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of
Israel: 2:5 thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers
found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after
vanity, and are become vain? 2:6 Neither said they, Where is Yahweh who
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who 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 none passed
through, and where no man lived? 2:7 I brought you into a plentiful
land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you
defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. 2:8 The priests
didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know
me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied
by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. 2:9 Therefore I
will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children's
children will I contend. 2:10 For pass over to the islands of Kittim,
and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there
has been such a thing. 2:11 Has a nation changed its gods, which yet are
no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not
profit. 2:12 Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly
afraid, be you very desolate, says Yahweh. 2:13 For my people have
committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters,
and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 2:14
Is Israel a servant? is he a native-born slave? why is he become a prey?
2:15 The young lions have roared on him, and yelled; and they have made
his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant. 2:16 The
children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your
head. 2:17 Haven't you procured this to yourself, in that you have
forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way? 2:18 Now what have
you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or
what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the
River? 2:19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding
shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a
bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not
in you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies. 2:20 For of old time I have
broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve;
for on every high hill and under every green tree you did bow yourself,
playing the prostitute. 2:21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly
a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate branches of a
foreign vine to me? 2:22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use
much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Yahweh.
2:23 How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals?
see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift
dromedary traversing her ways; 2:24 a wild donkey used to the
wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who
can turn her away? all those who seek her will not weary themselves; in
her month they shall find her. 2:25 Withhold your foot from being
unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no,
for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. 2:26 As the thief
is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they,
their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets; 2:27
who tell a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me
forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in
the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 2:28 But
where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can
save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of
your cities are your gods, Judah. 2:29 Why will you contend with me? you
all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh. 2:30 In vain have I
struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has
devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 2:31 Generation, see the
word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick
darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more
to you? 2:32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?
yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 2:33 How trimmest
you your way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women have you
taught your ways. 2:34 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the
souls of the innocent poor: you did not find them breaking in; but it is
because of all these things. 2:35 Yet you said, I am innocent; surely
his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment
with you, because you say, I have not sinned. 2:36 Why go you about so
much to change your way? you shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were
ashamed of Assyria. 2:37 From there also you shall go forth, with your
hands on your head: for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and
you shall not prosper with them.

3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and
become another man's, will he return to her again? Won't that land be
greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers;
yet return again to me, says Yahweh. 3:2 Lift up your eyes to the bare
heights, and see; where have you not been lain with? By the ways have
you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted
the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness. 3:3 Therefore
the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet
you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed. 3:4 Will
you not from this time cry to me, My Father, you are the guide of my
youth? 3:5 Will he retain his anger forever? will he keep it to the end?
Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your
way. 3:6 Moreover Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have
you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every
high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the
prostitute. 3:7 I said after she had done all these things, She will
return to me; but she didn't return: and her treacherous sister Judah
saw it. 3:8 I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had
committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce,
yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and
played the prostitute. 3:9 It happened through the lightness of her
prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery
with stones and with stocks. 3:10 Yet for all this her treacherous
sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in
pretense, says Yahweh. 3:11 Yahweh said to me, Backsliding Israel has
shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 3:12 Go, and
proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding
Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful,
says Yahweh, I will not keep anger forever. 3:13 Only acknowledge your
iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have
scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you
have not obeyed my voice, says Yahweh. 3:14 Return, backsliding
children, says Yahweh; for I am a husband to you: and I will take you
one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 3:15
and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you
with knowledge and understanding. 3:16 It shall come to pass, when you
are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says Yahweh,
they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh; neither shall
it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss
it; neither shall it be made any more. 3:17 At that time they shall call
Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh; and all the nations shall be gathered to
it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any
more after the stubbornness of their evil heart. 3:18 In those days the
house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come
together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an
inheritance to your fathers. 3:19 But I said, How I will put you among
the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the
armies of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and
shall not turn away from following me. 3:20 Surely as a wife
treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously
with me, house of Israel, says Yahweh. 3:21 A voice is heard on the bare
heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel;
because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their
God. 3:22 Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your
backsliding. Behold, we are come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
3:23 Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the
tumult on the mountains: truly in Yahweh our God is the salvation of
Israel. 3:24 But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our
fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and
their daughters. 3:25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our
confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and
our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the
voice of Yahweh our God.

4:1 If you will return, Israel, says Yahweh, if you will return to me,
and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you
shall not be removed; 4:2 and you shall swear, As Yahweh lives, in
truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless
themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. 4:3 For thus says Yahweh
to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and
don't sow among thorns. 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take
away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of
Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 4:5 Declare you in Judah,
and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry
aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified
cities. 4:6 Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, don't stay;
for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 4:7 A
lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on
his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your land desolate,
that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant. 4:8 For this gird
you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh
hasn't turned back from us. 4:9 It shall happen at that day, says
Yahweh, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the
princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall
wonder. 4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! surely you have greatly
deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace;
whereas the sword reaches to the life. 4:11 At that time shall it be
said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights
in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor
to cleanse; 4:12 a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I
also utter judgments against them. 4:13 Behold, he shall come up as
clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are
swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined. 4:14 Jerusalem, wash
your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your
evil thoughts lodge within you? 4:15 For a voice declares from Dan, and
publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim: 4:16 make you mention to the
nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a
far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. 4:17
As keepers of a field are they against her all around, because she has
been rebellious against me, says Yahweh. 4:18 Your way and your doings
have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is
bitter, for it reaches to your heart. 4:19 My anguish, my anguish! I am
pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my
peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the
alarm of war. 4:20 Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole
land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in
a moment. 4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of
the trumpet? 4:22 For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they
are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to
do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 4:23 I saw the earth,
and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no
light. 4:24 I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the
hills moved back and forth. 4:25 I saw, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the sky had fled. 4:26 I saw, and behold, the
fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at
the presence of Yahweh, and before his fierce anger. 4:27 For thus says
Yahweh, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full
end. 4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be
black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not
repented, neither will I turn back from it. 4:29 Every city flees for
the noise of the horsemen and archers; they go into the thickets, and
climb up on the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells
therein. 4:30 You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though
you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of
gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make
yourself beautiful; your lovers despise you, they seek your life. 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her
who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who
gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my
soul faints before the murderers.

5:1 Run you back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see
now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a
man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will
pardon her. 5:2 Though they say, As Yahweh lives; surely they swear
falsely. 5:3 O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken
them, but they were not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have
refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a
rock; they have refused to return. 5:4 Then I said, Surely these are
poor; they are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the
law of their God: 5:5 I will get me to the great men, and will speak to
them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God. But
these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. 5:6
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the
evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities;
everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their
transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased. 5:7 How can
I pardon you? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are
no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and
assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses. 5:8 They were
as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor's
wife. 5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; and shall not
my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 5:10 Go up on her walls,
and destroy; but don't make a full end: take away her branches; for they
are not Yahweh's. 5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
have dealt very treacherously against me, says Yahweh. 5:12 They have
denied Yahweh, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us;
neither shall we see sword nor famine: 5:13 and the prophets shall
become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them.
5:14 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, Because you speak
this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this
people wood, and it shall devour them. 5:15 Behold, I will bring a
nation on you from far, house of Israel, says Yahweh: it is a mighty
nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don't know,
neither understand what they say. 5:16 Their quiver is an open tomb,
they are all mighty men. 5:17 They shall eat up your harvest, and your
bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat; they shall eat up
your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig
trees; they shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust,
with the sword. 5:18 But even in those days, says Yahweh, I will not
make a full end with you. 5:19 It shall happen, when you shall say, Why
has Yahweh our God done all these things to us? then you shall say to
them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your
land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours. 5:20
Declare you this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
5:21 Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have
eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear: 5:22 Don't you fear
me? says Yahweh: won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the
sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass
it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though
they roar, yet they can't pass over it. 5:23 But this people has a
revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. 5:24
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who
gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves
to us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 5:25 Your iniquities have
turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers
lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. 5:27 As a cage is full of
birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become
great, and grew rich. 5:28 They are grew fat, they shine: yes, they
overpass in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause
of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy
they don't judge. 5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh;
shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 5:30 A wonderful
and horrible thing is happen in the land: 5:31 the prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to
have it so: and what will you do in the end of it?

6:1 Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of
Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth
Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
6:2 The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
6:3 Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch
their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his
place. 6:4 Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon.
Woe to us! for the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are
stretched out. 6:5 Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy
her palaces. 6:6 For thus has Yahweh of Armies said, Cut down trees, and
cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she
is wholly oppression in the midst of her. 6:7 As a well casts forth its
waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is
heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds. 6:8 Be
instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make
you a desolation, a land not inhabited. 6:9 Thus says Yahweh of Armies,
They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again
your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets. 6:10 To whom shall I
speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is
uncircumcised, and they can't listen: behold, the word of Yahweh is
become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it. 6:11 Therefore I
am full of the wrath of Yahweh; I am weary with holding in: pour it out
on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men
together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged
with him who is full of days. 6:12 Their houses shall be turned to
others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my
hand on the inhabitants of the land, says Yahweh. 6:13 For from the
least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to
covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals
falsely. 6:14 They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly,
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 6:15 Were they ashamed
when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed,
neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who
fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says
Yahweh. 6:16 Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask
for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you
shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.
6:17 I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the
trumpet; but they said, We will not listen. 6:18 Therefore hear, you
nations, and know, congregation, what is among them. 6:19 Hear, earth:
behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their
thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law,
they have rejected it. 6:20 To what purpose comes there to me
frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your
burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
6:21 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks
before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble
against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. 6:22 Thus says
Yahweh, Behold, a people comes from the north country; and a great
nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 6:23
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their
voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in
array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion. 6:24 We
have heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of
us, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 6:25 Don't go forth into the
field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are
on every side. 6:26 Daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and
wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most
bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us. 6:27 I
have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that
you may know and try their way. 6:28 They are all grievous rebels, going
about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal
corruptly. 6:29 The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the
fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked
away. 6:30 Refuse silver shall men them, because Yahweh has rejected
them.

7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 7:2 Stand in the
gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the
word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship
Yahweh. 7:3 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Amend your
ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 7:4
Don't you trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple
of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these. 7:5 For if you thoroughly
amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice
between a man and his neighbor; 7:6 if you don't oppress the foreigner,
the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this
place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt: 7:7 then will I
cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your
fathers, from of old even forevermore. 7:8 Behold, you trust in lying
words, that can't profit. 7:9 Will you steal, murder, and commit
adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after
other gods that you have not known, 7:10 and come and stand before me in
this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that
you may do all these abominations? 7:11 Is this house, which is called
by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I,
have seen it, says Yahweh. 7:12 But go you now to my place which was in
Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did
to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. 7:13 Now, because you have
done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early
and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't
answer: 7:14 therefore will I do to the house which is called by my
name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to
your fathers, as I did to Shiloh. 7:15 I will cast you out of my sight,
as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
7:16 Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up a cry nor
prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear
you. 7:17 Don't you see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the
streets of Jerusalem? 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers
kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the
queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that
they may provoke me to anger. 7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? says
Yahweh; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own
faces? 7:20 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, my anger and my
wrath shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal, and on
the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall
burn, and shall not be quenched. 7:21 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the
God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat
meat. 7:22 For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the
day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt
offerings or sacrifices: 7:23 but this thing I commanded them, saying,
Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people;
and walk you in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with
you. 7:24 But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in their
own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went
backward, and not forward. 7:25 Since the day that your fathers came
forth out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my
servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 7:26 yet
they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck
stiff: they did worse than their fathers. 7:27 You shall speak all these
words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to
them; but they will not answer you. 7:28 You shall tell them, This is
the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor
received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their
mouth. 7:29 Cut off your hair, Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up
a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken
the generation of his wrath. 7:30 For the children of Judah have done
that which is evil in my sight, says Yahweh: they have set their
abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of
the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire;
which I didn't command, nor did it come into my mind. 7:32 Therefore,
behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be called
Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of
Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place to
bury. 7:33 The dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of
the sky, and for the animals of the earth; and none shall frighten them
away. 7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from
the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land
shall become a waste.

8:1 At that time, says Yahweh, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the
priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, out of their graves; 8:2 and they shall spread them before
the sun, and the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have
loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and
which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be
gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the
earth. 8:3 Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue
that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I
have driven them, says Yahweh of Armies. 8:4 Moreover you shall tell
them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one
turn away, and not return? 8:5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem
slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they
refuse to return. 8:6 I listened and heard, but they didn't speak
aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?
everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the
battle. 8:7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the
turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their
coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law. 8:8 How do you say, We
are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen
of the scribes has worked falsely. 8:9 The wise men are disappointed,
they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of
Yahweh; and what manner of wisdom is in them? 8:10 Therefore will I give
their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them:
for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to
covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals
falsely. 8:11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 8:12 Were they
ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all
ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those
who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says
Yahweh. 8:13 I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh: there shall be no
grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;
and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 8:14
Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the
fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put
us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have
sinned against Yahweh. 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and
for a time of healing, and behold, dismay! 8:16 The snorting of his
horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong
ones the whole land trembles; for they are come, and have devoured the
land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein. 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be
charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh. 8:18 Oh that I could
comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me. 8:19 Behold,
the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is
very far off: isn't Yahweh in Zion? Isn't her King in her? Why have they
provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign
vanities? 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not
saved. 8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I
mourn; dismay has taken hold on me. 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? is
there no physician there? why then isn't the health of the daughter of
my people recovered?

9:1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I
might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I
might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an
assembly of treacherous men. 9:3 They bend their tongue, as it were
their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not
for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me,
says Yahweh. 9:4 Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't you
trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every
neighbor will go about with slanders. 9:5 They will deceive everyone his
neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to
speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity. 9:6 Your
habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know
me, says Yahweh. 9:7 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I
will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the
daughter of my people? 9:8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks
deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his
heart he lays wait for him. 9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things?
says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 9:10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the
pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so
that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the
livestock; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are
gone. 9:11 I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant. 9:12
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the
mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land
perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
9:13 Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before
them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, 9:14 but
have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the
Baals, which their fathers taught them; 9:15 therefore thus says Yahweh
of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this
people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 9:16 I will
scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers
have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed
them. 9:17 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider you, and call for the
mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women,
that they may come: 9:18 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing
for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out
with waters. 9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are
we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings. 9:20 Yet hear the word of
Yahweh, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and
teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
9:21 For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our
palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from
the streets. 9:22 Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall
fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester;
and none shall gather them. 9:23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might,
don't let the rich man glory in his riches; 9:24 but let him who glories
glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh
who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth:
for in these things I delight, says Yahweh. 9:25 Behold, the days come,
says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in their
uncircumcision: 9:26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of
Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off,
who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and
all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.

10:1 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel! 10:2
Thus says Yahweh, "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be
dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
10:3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out
of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. 10:4
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and
with hammers, that it not move. 10:5 They are like a palm tree, of
turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't
go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in
them to do good." 10:6 There is none like you, Yahweh; you are great,
and your name is great in might. 10:7 Who should not fear you, King of
the nations? for to you does it appertain; because among all the wise
men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like
you. 10:8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of
idols! it is but a stock. 10:9 There is silver beaten into plates, which
is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer
and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing;
they are all the work of skillful men. 10:10 But Yahweh is the true God;
he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth
trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation. 10:11
You shall say this to them: The gods that have not made the heavens and
the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the
heavens. 10:12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established
the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out
the heavens: 10:13 when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters
in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the
earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out
of his treasuries. 10:14 Every man is become brutish and is without
knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for
his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 10:15
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish. 10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he
is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance:
Yahweh of Armies is his name. 10:17 Gather up your wares out of the
land, you who abide in the siege. 10:18 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I
will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will
distress them, that they may feel it. 10:19 Woe is me because of my
hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I
must bear it. 10:20 My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken:
my children are gone forth from me, and they are no more: there is none
to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. 10:21 For the
shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh: therefore
they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered. 10:22 The
voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north
country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of
jackals. 10:23 Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it
is not in man who walks to direct his steps. 10:24 Yahweh, correct me,
but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing. 10:25
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you, and on the
families that don't call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob,
yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his
habitation.

11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 11:2 Hear you
the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; 11:3 and say you to them, Thus says Yahweh,
the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who doesn't hear the words of this
covenant, 11:4 which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought
them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying,
Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so you
shall be my people, and I will be your God; 11:5 that I may establish
the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with
milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh.
11:6 Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah,
and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this
covenant, and do them. 11:7 For I earnestly protested to your fathers in
the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this
day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. 11:8 Yet they
didn't obey, nor turn their ear, but walked everyone in the stubbornness
of their evil heart: therefore I brought on them all the words of this
covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn't do them. 11:9
Yahweh said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and
among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 11:10 They are turned back to the
iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they
are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the
house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
11:11 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on them,
which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I
will not listen to them. 11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry to the gods to which they offer
incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their
trouble. 11:13 For according to the number of your cities are your gods,
Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you
set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to
Baal. 11:14 Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up
cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they
cry to me because of their trouble. 11:15 What has my beloved to do in
my house, seeing she has worked lewdness with many, and the holy flesh
is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice. 11:16 Yahweh
called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit: with
the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and its branches
are broken. 11:17 For Yahweh of Armies, who planted you, has pronounced
evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the
house of Judah, which they have worked for themselves in provoking me to
anger by offering incense to Baal. 11:18 Yahweh gave me knowledge of it,
and I knew it: then you showed me their doings. 11:19 But I was like a
gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that they
had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its
fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name
may be no more remembered. 11:20 But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges
righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your
vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause. 11:21 Therefore
thus says Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life,
saying, You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, that you not die
by our hand; 11:22 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will
punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their
daughters shall die by famine; 11:23 and there shall be no remnant to
them: for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of
their visitation.

12:1 Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet would I
reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why
are all they at ease who deal very treacherously? 12:2 You have planted
them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit:
you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart. 12:3 But you,
Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out
like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country
wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are
consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter
end. 12:5 If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you
are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan? 12:6 For
even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt
treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't
believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you. 12:7 I have
forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly
beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 12:8 My heritage is
become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against
me; therefore I have hated her. 12:9 Is my heritage to me as a speckled
bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her all around? go you,
assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour. 12:10 Many
shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under
foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 12:11
They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the
whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart. 12:12
Destroyers are come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the
sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other
end of the land: no flesh has peace. 12:13 They have sown wheat, and
have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit
nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce
anger of Yahweh. 12:14 Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors,
who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to
inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will
pluck up the house of Judah from among them. 12:15 It shall happen,
after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on
them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every
man to his land. 12:16 It shall happen, if they will diligently learn
the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as
they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in
the midst of my people. 12:17 But if they will not hear, then will I
pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.

13:1 Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy you a linen belt, and put it on
your waist, and don't put it in water. 13:2 So I bought a belt according
to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my waist. 13:3 The word of Yahweh
came to me the second time, saying, 13:4 Take the belt that you have
bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide
it there in a cleft of the rock. 13:5 So I went, and hid it by the
Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me. 13:6 It happened after many days,
that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt
from there, which I commanded you to hide there. 13:7 Then I went to the
Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hid it;
and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing. 13:8
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 13:9 Thus says Yahweh, After
this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of
Jerusalem. 13:10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk
in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to
serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is
profitable for nothing. 13:11 For as the belt cleaves to the waist of a
man, so have I caused to cleave to me the whole house of Israel and the
whole house of Judah, says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a people,
and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not
hear. 13:12 Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and
they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be
filled with wine? 13:13 Then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh,
Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who
sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 13:14 I will dash them one
against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Yahweh: I
will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy
them. 13:15 Hear you, and give ear; don't be proud; for Yahweh has
spoken. 13:16 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he cause darkness,
and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look
for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross
darkness. 13:17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in
secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with
tears, because Yahweh's flock is taken captive. 13:18 Say you to the
king and to the queen mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your
headdresses are come down, even the crown of your glory. 13:19 The
cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah
is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
13:20 Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north: where is
the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock? 13:21 What will you
say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself
taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a
woman in travail? 13:22 If you say in your heart, Why are these things
come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts
uncovered, and your heels suffer violence. 13:23 Can the Ethiopian
change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good,
who are accustomed to do evil. 13:24 Therefore will I scatter them, as
the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness. 13:25 This
is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Yahweh; because
you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. 13:26 Therefore will I
also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame shall appear.
13:27 I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your
neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field.
Woe to you, Jerusalem! you will not be made clean; how long shall it yet
be?

14:1 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
14:2 Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the
ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 14:3 Their nobles send
their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no
water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and
confounded, and cover their heads. 14:4 Because of the ground which is
cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are
disappointed, they cover their heads. 14:5 Yes, the hind also in the
field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass. 14:6
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like
jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage. 14:7 Though our
iniquities testify against us, work you for your name's sake, Yahweh;
for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. 14:8 You hope
of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a
foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay
for a night? 14:9 Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man
who can't save? yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are
called by your name; don't leave us. 14:10 Thus says Yahweh to this
people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their
feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now he will remember their
iniquity, and visit their sins. 14:11 Yahweh said to me, Don't pray for
this people for their good. 14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their
cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not
accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine,
and by the pestilence. 14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the
prophets tell them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have
famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. 14:14 Then
Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn't send
them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they
prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing,
and the deceit of their own heart. 14:15 Therefore thus says Yahweh
concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I didn't send them,
yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and
famine shall those prophets be consumed. 14:16 The people to whom they
prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the
famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them--them, their
wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their
wickedness on them. 14:17 You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes
run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the
virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very
grievous wound. 14:18 If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the
slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those
who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about
in the land, and have no knowledge. 14:19 Have you utterly rejected
Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you struck us, and there is
no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time
of healing, and behold, dismay! 14:20 We acknowledge, Yahweh, our
wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against
you. 14:21 Do not abhor us, for your name's sake; do not disgrace the
throne of your glory: remember, don't break your covenant with us. 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or
can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we
will wait for you; for you have made all these things.

15:1 Then said Yahweh to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,
yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight,
and let them go forth. 15:2 It shall happen, when they tell you, Where
shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Such as
are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword;
and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for
captivity, to captivity. 15:3 I will appoint over them four kinds, says
Yahweh: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the
sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy. 15:4 I will
cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the
earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that
which he did in Jerusalem. 15:5 For who will have pity on you,
Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your
welfare? 15:6 You have rejected me, says Yahweh, you are gone backward:
therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I
am weary with repenting. 15:7 I have winnowed them with a fan in the
gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my
people; they didn't return from their ways. 15:8 Their widows are
increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them
against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have
caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly. 15:9 She who has
borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone
down while it was yet day; she has been disappointed and confounded: and
the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies,
says Yahweh. 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of
strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent,
neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them does curse me. 15:11
Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most
certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time
of evil and in the time of affliction. 15:12 Can one break iron, even
iron from the north, and brass? 15:13 Your substance and your treasures
will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even
in all your borders. 15:14 I will make them to pass with your enemies
into a land which you don't know; for a fire is kindled in my anger,
which shall burn on you. 15:15 Yahweh, you know; remember me, and visit
me, and avenge me of my persecutors; don't take me away in your
longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach. 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy
and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God
of Armies. 15:17 I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry,
nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me
with indignation. 15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound
incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you indeed be to me as a
deceitful brook, as waters that fail? 15:19 Therefore thus says Yahweh,
If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before
me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my
mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them. 15:20
I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall
fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with
you to save you and to deliver you, says Yahweh. 15:21 I will deliver
you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand
of the terrible.

16:1 The word of Yahweh came also to me, saying, 16:2 You shall not take
a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place. 16:3
For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning the daughters
who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them,
and concerning their fathers who became the father of them in this land:
16:4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither
shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the
ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and
their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the
animals of the earth. 16:5 For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the
house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have
taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness
and tender mercies. 16:6 Both great and small shall die in this land;
they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut
themselves, nor make themselves bald for them; 16:7 neither shall men
break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither
shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or
for their mother. 16:8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to
sit with them, to eat and to drink. 16:9 For thus says Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place,
before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. 16:10
It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and
they shall tell you, Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil
against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have
committed against Yahweh our God? 16:11 Then you shall tell them,
Because your fathers have forsaken me, says Yahweh, and have walked
after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and
have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; 16:12 and you have done evil
more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the
stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me: 16:13
therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that you
have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve
other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor. 16:14 Therefore,
behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be said, As
Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of
Egypt; 16:15 but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel
from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had
driven them. I will bring them again into their land that I gave to
their fathers. 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says
Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many
hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every
hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. 16:17 For my eyes are on all
their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity
concealed from my eyes. 16:18 First I will recompense their iniquity and
their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses
of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their
abominations. 16:19 Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my
refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the
ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nothing but
lies, even vanity and things in which there is no profit. 16:20 Shall a
man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods? 16:21 Therefore,
behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know
my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh.

17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point
of a diamond: it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the
horns of your altars; 17:2 while their children remember their altars
and their Asherim by the green trees on the high hills. 17:3 My mountain
in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a
spoil, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your
borders. 17:4 You, even of yourself, shall discontinue from your
heritage that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in
the land which you don't know: for you have kindled a fire in my anger
which shall burn forever. 17:5 Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who
trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from
Yahweh. 17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not
see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the
wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. 17:7 Blessed is the man who
trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is. 17:8 For he shall be as a
tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and
shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall
not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding
fruit. 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is
exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 17:10 I, Yahweh, search the mind,
I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according
to the fruit of his doings. 17:11 As the partridge that sits on eggs
which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in
the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a
fool. 17:12 A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the
place of our sanctuary. 17:13 Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who
forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be
written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of
living waters. 17:14 Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me,
and I shall be saved: for you are my praise. 17:15 Behold, they tell me,
Where is the word of Yahweh? let it come now. 17:16 As for me, I have
not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the
woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your
face. 17:17 Don't be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of
evil. 17:18 Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be
disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed; bring
on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. 17:19
Thus said Yahweh to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the
people, through which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go
out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20 and tell them, Hear you
the word of Yahweh, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 17:21 Thus says
Yahweh, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day,
nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 17:22 neither carry forth a
burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work:
but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. 17:23 But they
didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that
they might not hear, and might not receive instruction. 17:24 It shall
happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no
burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make
the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein; 17:25 then shall there
enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the
throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their
princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this
city shall remain forever. 17:26 They shall come from the cities of
Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of
Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill country, and from the
South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal offerings, and
frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, to the house of
Yahweh. 17:27 But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day
holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on
the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 18:2 Arise,
and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my
words. 18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was
making a work on the wheels. 18:4 When the vessel that he made of the
clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another
vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 18:5 Then the word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 18:6 House of Israel, can't I do with you as
this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so
are you in my hand, house of Israel. 18:7 At what instant I shall speak
concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break
down and to destroy it; 18:8 if that nation, concerning which I have
spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought
to do to them. 18:9 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation,
and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 18:10 if they do
that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will
repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them. 18:11 Now
therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you,
and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil
way, and amend your ways and your doings. 18:12 But they say, It is in
vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone
after the stubbornness of his evil heart. 18:13 Therefore thus says
Yahweh: Ask you now among the nations, who has heard such things; the
virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing. 18:14 Shall the snow of
Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or shall the cold waters that
flow down from afar be dried up? 18:15 For my people have forgotten me,
they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to
stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way
not built up; 18:16 to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual
hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his
head. 18:17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I
will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18:18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah;
for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise,
nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the
tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 18:19 Give heed to
me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me. 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul.
Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away
your wrath from them. 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the
famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their
wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death,
and their young men struck of the sword in battle. 18:22 Let a cry be
heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them;
for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. 18:23
Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't
forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but
let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of
your anger.

19:1 Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take
of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests; 19:2 and
go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of
the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
19:3 and say, Hear you the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah, and
inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel,
Behold, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears
shall tingle. 19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged
this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they
didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have
filled this place with the blood of innocents, 19:5 and have built the
high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings
to Baal; which I didn't command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my
mind: 19:6 therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this
place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of
Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. 19:7 I will make void the counsel
of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by
the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their
life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the
sky, and for the animals of the earth. 19:8 I will make this city an
astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be
astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. 19:9 I will cause them
to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and
they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the
distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall
distress them. 19:10 Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the
men who go with you, 19:11 and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of
Armies: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a
potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in
Topheth, until there be no place to bury. 19:12 Thus will I do to this
place, says Yahweh, and to its inhabitants, even making this city as
Topheth: 19:13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings
of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all
the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of
the sky, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods. 19:14 Then
came Jeremiah from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and
he stood in the court of Yahweh's house, and said to all the people:
19:15 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will
bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have
pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that
they may not hear my words.

20:1 Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in
the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 20:2 Then
Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were
in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh. 20:3 It
happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the
stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Yahweh has not called your name
Pashhur, but Magormissabib. 20:4 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will
make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall
fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I
will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall
carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword. 20:5
Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and
all the precious things of it, yes, all the treasures of the kings of
Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make
them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. 20:6 You,
Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and
you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall
be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied
falsely. 20:7 Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you
are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock
all the day, every one mocks me. 20:8 For as often as I speak, I cry
out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made
a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day. 20:9 If I say, I will not
make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my
heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with
forbearing, and I can't contain. 20:10 For I have heard the defaming of
many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all
my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; peradventure he will
be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our
revenge on him. 20:11 But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one:
therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they
shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even
with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten. 20:12 But,
Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the
mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my
cause. 20:13 Sing to Yahweh, praise you Yahweh; for he has delivered the
soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers. 20:14 Cursed be the day
in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be
blessed. 20:15 Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying,
A boy is born to you; making him very glad. 20:16 Let that man be as the
cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry
in the morning, and shouting at noontime; 20:17 because he didn't kill
me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her
womb always great. 20:18 Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor
and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

21:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when king Zedekiah
sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of
Maaseiah, the priest, saying, 21:2 Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: peradventure Yahweh
will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up
from us. 21:3 Then said Jeremiah to them, You shall tell Zedekiah: 21:4
Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the
weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the
king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the
walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city. 21:5 I myself
will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm,
even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation. 21:6 I will
strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die
of a great pestilence. 21:7 Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver
Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as
are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the
famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the
hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life:
and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare
them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. 21:8 To this people you shall
say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the
way of death. 21:9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword,
and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and
passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his
life shall be to him for a prey. 21:10 For I have set my face on this
city for evil, and not for good, says Yahweh: it shall be given into the
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. 21:11
Touching the house of the king of Judah, hear you the word of Yahweh:
21:12 House of David, thus says Yahweh, Execute justice in the morning,
and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my
wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because
of the evil of your doings. 21:13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant
of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, says Yahweh; you that say,
Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
21:14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says
Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all
that is around her.

22:1 Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and
speak there this word, 22:2 Say, Hear the word of Yahweh, king of Judah,
who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people
who enter in by these gates. 22:3 Thus says Yahweh: Execute you justice
and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the
oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the
fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
22:4 For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the
gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in
chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. 22:5 But
if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that
this house shall become a desolation. 22:6 For thus says Yahweh
concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the
head of Lebanon; yet surely I will make you a wilderness, and cities
which are not inhabited. 22:7 I will prepare destroyers against you,
everyone with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choice cedars,
and cast them into the fire. 22:8 Many nations shall pass by this city,
and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus
to this great city? 22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they forsook
the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served
them. 22:10 Don't you weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep
sore for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his
native country. 22:11 For thus says Yahweh touching Shallum the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who
went forth out of this place: He shall not return there any more. 22:12
But in the place where they have led him captive, there shall he die,
and he shall see this land no more. 22:13 Woe to him who builds his
house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; who uses his
neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire; 22:14
who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cuts
him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with
vermilion. 22:15 Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar?
Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then
it was well with him. 22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh. 22:17 But your
eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding
innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. 22:18
Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king
of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah
sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast
forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 22:20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry;
and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your
lovers are destroyed. 22:21 I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you
said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that
you didn't obey my voice. 22:22 The wind shall feed all your shepherds,
and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then you will be ashamed
and confounded for all your wickedness. 22:23 Inhabitant of Lebanon, who
makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when
pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail! 22:24 As I live,
says Yahweh, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the
signet on my right hand, yet would I pluck you there; 22:25 and I will
give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of
them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 22:26 I will cast you
out, and your mother who bore you, into another country, where you were
not born; and there you will die. 22:27 But to the land whereunto their
soul longs to return, there shall they not return. 22:28 Is this man
Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel in which none delights?
why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which
they don't know? 22:29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Yahweh.
22:30 Thus says Yahweh, Write you this man childless, a man who shall
not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper,
sitting on the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.

23:1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my
pasture! says Yahweh. 23:2 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of
Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my
flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will
visit on you the evil of your doings, says Yahweh. 23:3 I will gather
the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven
them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be
fruitful and multiply. 23:4 I will set up shepherds over them, who shall
feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall
any be lacking, says Yahweh. 23:5 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh,
that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as
king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the
land. 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell
safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our
righteousness. 23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that
they shall no more say, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt; 23:8 but, As Yahweh lives, who brought
up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country,
and from all the countries where I had driven them. They shall dwell in
their own land. 23:9 Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is
broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom
wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the
land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course
is evil, and their might is not right; 23:11 for both prophet and priest
are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, says
Yahweh. 23:12 Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in
the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will
bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
23:13 I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by
Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. 23:14 In the prophets of
Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and
walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none
does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as
Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah. 23:15 Therefore thus says Yahweh
of Armies concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with
wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets
of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land. 23:16 Thus
says Yahweh of Armies, Don't listen to the words of the prophets who
prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own
heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh. 23:17 They say continually to
those who despise me, Yahweh has said, You shall have peace; and to
everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No
evil shall come on you. 23:18 For who has stood in the council of
Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? who has marked my
word, and heard it? 23:19 Behold, the storm of Yahweh, even his wrath,
is gone forth, yes, a whirling storm: it shall burst on the head of the
wicked. 23:20 The anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has
executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the
latter days you shall understand it perfectly. 23:21 I sent not these
prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.
23:22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my
people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and
from the evil of their doings. 23:23 Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh,
and not a God afar off? 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places so
that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth?
says Yahweh. 23:25 I have heard what the prophets have said, who
prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 23:26
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies,
even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart? 23:27 who think to
cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every
man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal. 23:28 The
prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word,
let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says
Yahweh. 23:29 Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer
that breaks the rock in pieces? 23:30 Therefore, behold, I am against
the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his
neighbor. 23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use
their tongues, and say, He says. 23:32 Behold, I am against those who
prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my
people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't
send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at
all, says Yahweh. 23:33 When this people, or the prophet, or a priest,
shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of Yahweh? then you shall tell
them, What burden! I will cast you off, says Yahweh. 23:34 As for the
prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, The burden of
Yahweh, I will even punish that man and his house. 23:35 You shall say
everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What has Yahweh
answered? and, What has Yahweh spoken? 23:36 You shall mention the
burden of Yahweh no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden;
for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Armies
our God. 23:37 You shall say to the prophet, What has Yahweh answered
you? and, What has Yahweh spoken? 23:38 But if you say, The burden of
Yahweh; therefore thus says Yahweh: Because you say this word, The
burden of Yahweh, and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The
burden of Yahweh; 23:39 therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you,
and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your
fathers, away from my presence: 23:40 and I will bring an everlasting
reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

24:1 Yahweh showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs set before the
temple of Yahweh, after that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried
away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the
princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had
brought them to Babylon. 24:2 One basket had very good figs, like the
figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which
could not be eaten, they were so bad. 24:3 Then said Yahweh to me, What
see you, Jeremiah? I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad,
very bad, that can't be eaten, they are so bad. 24:4 The word of Yahweh
came to me, saying, 24:5 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Like these
good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out
of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good. 24:6 For I will
set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land:
and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them,
and not pluck them up. 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I
am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for
they shall return to me with their whole heart. 24:8 As the bad figs,
which can't be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus says Yahweh, So will
I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue
of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land
of Egypt, 24:9 I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth
among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a
proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
24:10 I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them,
until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to
their fathers.

25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah,
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the
same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), 25:2 which
Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: 25:3 From the thirteenth year of
Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-
three years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to
you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened. 25:4
Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early
and sending them, (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to
hear), 25:5 saying, Return you now everyone from his evil way, and from
the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to
you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore; 25:6 and
don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't
provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no
harm. 25:7 Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may
provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt. 25:8
Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies: Because you have not heard my
words, 25:9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,
says Yahweh, and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my
servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its
inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly
destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and
perpetual desolations. 25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of
mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the
voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the
lamp. 25:11 This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment;
and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 25:12
It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish
the king of Babylon, and that nation, says Yahweh, for their iniquity,
and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.
25:13 I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced
against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has
prophesied against all the nations. 25:14 For many nations and great
kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will
recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of
their hands. 25:15 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me: take
this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to
whom I send you, to drink it. 25:16 They shall drink, and reel back and
forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
25:17 Then took I the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations to
drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me: 25:18 to wit, Jerusalem, and the
cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a
desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all
his people; 25:20 and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the
land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and
Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and
the children of Ammon; 25:22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the
kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea; 25:23
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of their hair cut
off; 25:24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed
people who dwell in the wilderness; 25:25 and all the kings of Zimri,
and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes; 25:26 and all
the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the
kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth: and the
king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 25:27 You shall tell them, Thus
says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Drink you, and be drunken, and
spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send
among you. 25:28 It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your
hand to drink, then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: You
shall surely drink. 25:29 For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city
which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You
shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the
inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies. 25:30 Therefore
prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will
roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will
mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread
the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 25:31 A noise
shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy
with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the
wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh. 25:32 Thus says
Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and
a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
25:33 The slain of Yahweh shall be at that day from one end of the earth
even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither
gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
25:34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, you principal
of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are
fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel. 25:35 The shepherds
shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the
principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture. 25:37 The
peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of
Yahweh. 25:38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is
become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing
sword, and because of his fierce anger.

26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king
of Judah, came this word from Yahweh, saying, 26:2 Thus says Yahweh:
Stand in the court of Yahweh's house, and speak to all the cities of
Judah, which come to worship in Yahweh's house, all the words that I
command you to speak to them; don't diminish a word. 26:3 It may be they
will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me
of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their
doings. 26:4 You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: If you will not
listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 26:5 to
listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you,
even rising up early and sending them, but you have not listened; 26:6
then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse
to all the nations of the earth. 26:7 The priests and the prophets and
all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of
Yahweh. 26:8 It happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all
that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the
priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying,
You shall surely die. 26:9 Why have you prophesied in the name of
Yahweh, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be
desolate, without inhabitant? All the people were gathered to Jeremiah
in the house of Yahweh. 26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these
things, they came up from the king's house to the house of Yahweh; and
they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's house. 26:11 Then
spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people,
saying, This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this
city, as you have heard with your ears. 26:12 Then spoke Jeremiah to all
the princes and to all the people, saying, Yahweh sent me to prophesy
against this house and against this city all the words that you have
heard. 26:13 Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the
voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he
has pronounced against you. 26:14 But as for me, behold, I am in your
hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes. 26:15 Only know for
certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on
yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of a truth
Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears. 26:16
Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the
prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in
the name of Yahweh our God. 26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of
the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying, 26:18
Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah;
and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of
Armies: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become
heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn't
he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of
the disaster which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit
great evil against our own souls. 26:20 There was also a man who
prophesied in the name of Yahweh, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath
Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land
according to all the words of Jeremiah: 26:21 and when Jehoiakim the
king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the
king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid,
and fled, and went into Egypt: 26:22 and Jehoiakim the king sent men
into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with
him, into Egypt; 26:23 and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and
brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and
cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. 26:24 But the
hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should
not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king
of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 27:2 Thus says
Yahweh to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck; 27:3 and
send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king
of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of
Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah
king of Judah; 27:4 and give them a command to their masters, saying,
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, You shall tell your
masters: 27:5 I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on
the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm;
and I give it to whom it seems right to me. 27:6 Now have I given all
these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my
servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve
him. 27:7 All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's
son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and
great kings shall make him their bondservant. 27:8 It shall happen, that
the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the
king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the sword,
and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them
by his hand. 27:9 But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor
to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to
your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king
of Babylon: 27:10 for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from
your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish. 27:11
But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land,
says Yahweh; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. 27:12 I spoke to
Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your
necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his
people, and live. 27:13 Why will you die, you and your people, by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken
concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 27:14
Don't listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, You
shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.
27:15 For I have not sent them, says Yahweh, but they prophesy falsely
in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and
the prophets who prophesy to you. 27:16 Also I spoke to the priests and
to all this people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Don't listen to the words
of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of
Yahweh's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they
prophesy a lie to you. 27:17 Don't listen to them; serve the king of
Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation? 27:18 But
if they be prophets, and if the word of Yahweh be with them, let them
now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are
left in the house of Yahweh, and in the house of the king of Judah, and
at Jerusalem, don't go to Babylon. 27:19 For thus says Yahweh of Armies
concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the
bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this
city, 27:20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn't take, when he
carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from
Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 27:21
yes, thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, concerning the
vessels that are left in the house of Yahweh, and in the house of the
king of Judah, and at Jerusalem: 27:22 They shall be carried to Babylon,
and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, says Yahweh;
then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

28:1 It happened the same year, in the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that
Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me
in the house of Yahweh, in the presence of the priests and of all the
people, saying, 28:2 Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel,
saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 28:3 Within two
full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of
Yahweh's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this
place, and carried to Babylon: 28:4 and I will bring again to this place
Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of
Judah, who went to Babylon, says Yahweh; for I will break the yoke of
the king of Babylon. 28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet
Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the
people who stood in the house of Yahweh, 28:6 even the prophet Jeremiah
said, Amen: Yahweh do so; Yahweh perform your words which you have
prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Yahweh's house, and all them
of the captivity, from Babylon to this place. 28:7 Nevertheless hear you
now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the
people: 28:8 The prophets who have been before me and before you of old
prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war,
and of evil, and of pestilence. 28:9 The prophet who prophesies of
peace, when the word of the prophet shall happen, then shall the prophet
be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him. 28:10 Then Hananiah the
prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
28:11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus
says Yahweh: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. The
prophet Jeremiah went his way. 28:12 Then the word of Yahweh came to
Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off
the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13 Go, and tell Hananiah,
saying, Thus says Yahweh: You have broken the bars of wood; but you have
made in their place bars of iron. 28:14 For thus says Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these
nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they
shall serve him: and I have given him the animals of the field also.
28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,
Hananiah: Yahweh has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in
a lie. 28:16 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away
from off the surface of the earth: this year you shall die, because you
have spoken rebellion against Yahweh. 28:17 So Hananiah the prophet died
the same year in the seventh month.

29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet
sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and
to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom
Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, 29:2
(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen mother, and the eunuchs,
and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the
smiths, were departed from Jerusalem), 29:3 by the hand of Elasah the
son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of
Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying, 29:4
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity,
whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:
29:5 Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them. 29:6 Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take
wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may
bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don't be
diminished. 29:7 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to
be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you
shall have peace. 29:8 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel: Don't let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your
diviners, deceive you; neither listen you to your dreams which you cause
to be dreamed. 29:9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have
not sent them, says Yahweh. 29:10 For thus says Yahweh, After seventy
years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my
good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 29:11 For
I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of
peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end. 29:12 You
shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to
you. 29:13 You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me
with all your heart. 29:14 I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I
will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the
nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh;
and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be
carried away captive. 29:15 Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us
up prophets in Babylon; 29:16 thus says Yahweh concerning the king who
sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in
this city, your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;
29:17 thus says Yahweh of Armies; Behold, I will send on them the sword,
the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that
can't be eaten, they are so bad. 29:18 I will pursue after them with the
sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them
to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be
an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach,
among all the nations where I have driven them; 29:19 because they have
not listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my
servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would
not hear, says Yahweh. 29:20 Hear you therefore the word of Yahweh, all
you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
29:21 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the
son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who
prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before
your eyes; 29:22 and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the
captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like
Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
29:23 because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name
falsely, which I didn't command them; and I am he who knows, and am
witness, says Yahweh. 29:24 Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall
speak, saying, 29:25 Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel,
saying, Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people
who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest,
and to all the priests, saying, 29:26 Yahweh has made you priest in the
place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of
Yahweh, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you
should put him in the stocks and in shackles. 29:27 Now therefore, why
have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet
to you, 29:28 because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The
captivity is long: build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant
gardens, and eat the fruit of them? 29:29 Zephaniah the priest read this
letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 29:30 Then came the word of
Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying, 29:31 Send to all them of the captivity,
saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because
Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn't send him, and he has caused
you to trust in a lie; 29:32 therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will
punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to
dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to
my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.

30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 30:2 Thus
speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words that I
have spoken to you in a book. 30:3 For, behold, the days come, says
Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and
Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I
gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. 30:4 These are the
words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah. 30:5 For
thus says Yahweh: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not
of peace. 30:6 Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child:
why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in
travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 30:7 Alas! for that day
is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's
trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. 30:8 It shall come to pass in
that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off
your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make
him their bondservant; 30:9 but they shall serve Yahweh their God, and
David their king, whom I will raise up to them. 30:10 Therefore don't
you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed,
Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the
land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and
at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 30:11 For I am with you, says
Yahweh, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where
I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will
correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished. 30:12
For thus says Yahweh, Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.
30:13 There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you
have no healing medicines. 30:14 All your lovers have forgotten you;
they don't seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your
iniquity, because your sins were increased. 30:15 Why cry you for your
hurt? your pain is incurable: for the greatness of your iniquity,
because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you. 30:16
Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your
adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who
despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you will I give for a
prey. 30:17 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of
your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast,
saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after. 30:18 Thus says Yahweh:
Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have
compassion on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on its
own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner. 30:19
Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make
merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also
glorify them, and they shall not be small. 30:20 Their children also
shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before
me; and I will punish all who oppress them. 30:21 Their prince shall be
of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and
I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is
he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Yahweh. 30:22 You shall
be my people, and I will be your God. 30:23 Behold, the storm of Yahweh,
even his wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the
head of the wicked. 30:24 The fierce anger of Yahweh shall not return,
until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his
heart: in the latter days you shall understand it.

31:1 At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of
Israel, and they shall be my people. 31:2 Thus says Yahweh, The people
who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel,
when I went to cause him to rest. 31:3 Yahweh appeared of old to me,
saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with
loving kindness have I drawn you. 31:4 Again will I build you, and you
shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your
tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
31:5 Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the
planters shall plant, and shall enjoy its fruit. 31:6 For there shall be
a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise you,
and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God. 31:7 For thus says Yahweh,
Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations:
publish you, praise you, and say, Yahweh, save your people, the remnant
of Israel. 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and
gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the
blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child
together: a great company shall they return here. 31:9 They shall come
with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to
walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not
stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 31:10
Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar
off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as
shepherd does his flock. 31:11 For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and
redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. 31:12 They
shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the
goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil,
and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be
as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the
old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort
them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 31:14 I will satiate the
soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with
my goodness, says Yahweh. 31:15 Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in
Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.
31:16 Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes
from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall
come again from the land of the enemy. 31:17 There is hope for your
latter end, says Yahweh; and your children shall come again to their own
border. 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, You
have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the
yoke: turn you me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.
31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was
instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded,
because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear
son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do
earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will
surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh. 31:21 Set up road signs, make
guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you
went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
31:22 How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for
Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a
man. 31:23 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again
shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when
I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of
righteousness, mountain of holiness. 31:24 Judah and all its cities
shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with
flocks. 31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful
soul have I replenished. 31:26 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep
was sweet to me. 31:27 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will
sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and
with the seed of animal. 31:28 It shall happen that, like as I have
watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to
destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant,
says Yahweh. 31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers
have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 31:30
But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour
grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. 31:31 Behold, the days come,
says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel,
and with the house of Judah: 31:32 not according to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring
them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I
was a husband to them, says Yahweh. 31:33 But this is the covenant that
I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I
will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write
it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 31:34 and they
shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother,
saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from the least of them
to the greatest of them, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin will I remember no more. 31:35 Thus says Yahweh, who gives
the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the
stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves
roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name: 31:36 If these ordinances depart
from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease
from being a nation before me forever. 31:37 Thus says Yahweh: If heaven
above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out
beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that
they have done, says Yahweh. 31:38 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh,
that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the
gate of the corner. 31:39 The measuring line shall go out further
straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah. 31:40
The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields
to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east,
shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any
more forever.

32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of
Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
32:2 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging
Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the
guard, which was in the king of Judah's house. 32:3 For Zedekiah king of
Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says
Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and he shall take it; 32:4 and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not
escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to
mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes; 32:5 and he shall bring Zedekiah
to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, says Yahweh: though
you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper? 32:6 Jeremiah said,
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 32:7 Behold, Hanamel the son of
Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy you my field that is
in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it. 32:8 So
Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to
the word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in
Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance
is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew
that this was the word of Yahweh. 32:9 I bought the field that was in
Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even
seventeen shekels of silver. 32:10 I subscribed the deed, and sealed it,
and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. 32:11
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed,
containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open; 32:12 and
I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the
son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the
presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase,
before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard. 32:13 I commanded
Baruch before them, saying, 32:14 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and
this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they
may continue many days. 32:15 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in
this land. 32:16 Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to
Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying, 32:17 Ah Lord
Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great
power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
32:18 who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity
of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great,
the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name; 32:19 great in counsel,
and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of
men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit
of his doings: 32:20 who performed signs and wonders in the land of
Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among other men; and made
you a name, as in this day; 32:21 and brought forth your people Israel
out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong
hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror; 32:22 and
gave them this land, which you did swear to their fathers to give them,
a land flowing with milk and honey; 32:23 and they came in, and
possessed it, but they didn't obey your voice, neither walked in your
law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do:
therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them. 32:24 Behold,
the mounds, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given
into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the
sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you have
spoken has happened; and behold, you see it. 32:25 You have said to me,
Lord Yahweh, Buy you the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas
the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 32:26 Then came the
word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying, 32:27 Behold, I am Yahweh, the God
of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me? 32:28 Therefore thus
says Yahweh: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the
Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he
shall take it: 32:29 and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city,
shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on
whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink
offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. 32:30 For the children
of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil
in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only
provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh. 32:31
For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath
from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove
it from before my face, 32:32 because of all the evil of the children of
Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me
to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their
prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 32:33
They have turned to me the back, and not the face: and though I taught
them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to
receive instruction. 32:34 But they set their abominations in the house
which is called by my name, to defile it. 32:35 They built the high
places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause
their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which
I didn't command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they
should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. 32:36 Now therefore
thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning this city, about which
you say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword,
and by the famine, and by the pestilence: 32:37 Behold, I will gather
them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and
in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to
this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: 32:38 and they shall
be my people, and I will be their God: 32:39 and I will give them one
heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them,
and of their children after them: 32:40 and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do
them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not
depart from me. 32:41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and
I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my
whole soul. 32:42 For thus says Yahweh: Like as I have brought all this
great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I
have promised them. 32:43 Fields shall be bought in this land, about
which you say, It is desolate, without man or animal; it is given into
the hand of the Chaldeans. 32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and
subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of
Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah,
and in the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the lowland,
and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to
return, says Yahweh.

33:1 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the second time, while
he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying, 33:2 Thus says
Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms it to establish it; Yahweh is his
name: 33:3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great
things, and difficult, which you don't know. 33:4 For thus says Yahweh,
the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning
the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a
defense against the mounds and against the sword; 33:5 while men come to
fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men,
whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose
wickedness I have hid my face from this city: 33:6 Behold, I will bring
it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them
abundance of peace and truth. 33:7 I will cause the captivity of Judah
and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the
first. 33:8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they
have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which
they have sinned against me, and by which they have transgressed against
me. 33:9 This city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and
for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all
the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good
and for all the peace that I procure to it. 33:10 Thus says Yahweh: Yet
again there shall be heard in this place, about which you say, It is
waste, without man and without animal, even in the cities of Judah, and
in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without
inhabitant and without animal, 33:11 the voice of joy and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the
voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is
good, for his loving kindness endures forever; and of them who bring
sacrifices of thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause
the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh. 33:12
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Yet again shall there be in this place,
which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a
habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. 33:13 In the
cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the
cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places
about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass
under the hands of him who numbers them, says Yahweh. 33:14 Behold, the
days come, says Yahweh, that I will perform that good word which I have
spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of
righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute justice and
righteousness in the land. 33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and
Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name by which she shall be
called: Yahweh our righteousness. 33:17 For thus says Yahweh: David
shall never want a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
33:18 neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to
offer burnt offerings, and to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice
continually. 33:19 The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, 33:20
Thus says Yahweh: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my
covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their
season; 33:21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant,
that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne; and with the
Levites the priests, my ministers. 33:22 As the army of the sky can't be
numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the
seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me. 33:23 The
word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, 33:24 Don't you consider what
this people has spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh did
choose, he has cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they
should be no more a nation before them. 33:25 Thus says Yahweh: If my
covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances
of heaven and earth; 33:26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob,
and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be
rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause
their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.

34:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth
that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against
Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying: 34:2 Thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and
tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand
of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 34:3 and you
shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and
delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of
Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to
Babylon. 34:4 Yet hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah:
thus says Yahweh concerning you, You shall not die by the sword; 34:5
you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the
former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you;
and they shall lament you, saying, Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word,
says Yahweh. 34:6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to
Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 34:7 when the king of Babylon's
army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah
that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone
remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities. 34:8 The word that
came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a
covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty
to them; 34:9 that every man should let his male servant, and every man
his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none
should make bondservants of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. 34:10
All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the
covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his
female servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any
more; they obeyed, and let them go: 34:11 but afterwards they turned,
and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to
return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
34:12 Therefore the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
34:13 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your
fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage, saying, 34:14 At the end of seven years you
shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to
you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you:
but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear. 34:15
You were now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in
proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a
covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 34:16 but
you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and
every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to
return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants
and for handmaids. 34:17 Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not
listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every
man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh,
to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you
to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. 34:18 I
will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not
performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they
cut the calf in two and passed between its parts; 34:19 the princes of
Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and
all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
34:20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the
hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for
food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth. 34:21
Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of
their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into
the hand of the king of Babylon's army, who have gone away from you.
34:22 Behold, I will command, says Yahweh, and cause them to return to
this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it
with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without
inhabitant.

35:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 35:2 Go to the house
of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of
Yahweh, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 35:3 Then
I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his
brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 35:4
and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the
sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the
chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son
of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold. 35:5 I set before the sons of
the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to
them, Drink you wine. 35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine; for
Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall
drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever: 35:7 neither shall
you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all
your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the
land in which you sojourn. 35:8 We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the
son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine
all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters; 35:9 nor to
build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field,
nor seed: 35:10 but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done
according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 35:11 But it
happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land,
that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of
the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at
Jerusalem. 35:12 Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying, 35:13
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the men of
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction
to listen to my words? says Yahweh. 35:14 The words of Jonadab the son
of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed;
and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's
commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; and
you have not listened to me. 35:15 I have sent also to you all my
servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return
you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go
after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I
have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your
ear, nor listened to me. 35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of
Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded
them, but this people has not listened to me; 35:17 therefore thus says
Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on
Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have
pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have
not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered. 35:18
Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of
Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to
all that he commanded you; 35:19 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to
stand before me forever.

36:1 It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king
of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 36:2 Take
a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken
to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations,
from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I
purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way;
that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. 36:4 Then Jeremiah
called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of
Jeremiah all the words of Yahweh, which he had spoken to him, on a
scroll of a book. 36:5 Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up;
I can't go into the house of Yahweh: 36:6 therefore go you, and read in
the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of Yahweh in
the ears of the people in Yahweh's house on the fast day; and also you
shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.
36:7 It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and
will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the
wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people. 36:8 Baruch the
son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded
him, reading in the book the words of Yahweh in Yahweh's house. 36:9 Now
it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of
Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the
people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast
before Yahweh. 36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah
in the house of Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan,
the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's
house, in the ears of all the people. 36:11 When Micaiah the son of
Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of
Yahweh, 36:12 he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's
chamber: and behold, all the princes were sitting there, to wit,
Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the
son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of
Hananiah, and all the princes. 36:13 Then Micaiah declared to them all
the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of
the people. 36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying,
Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the
people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his
hand, and came to them. 36:15 They said to him, Sit down now, and read
it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. 36:16 Now it happened,
when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward
another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these
words. 36:17 They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write
all these words at his mouth? 36:18 Then Baruch answered them, He
pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with
ink in the book. 36:19 Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide you,
you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are. 36:20 They went in
to the king into the court; but they had laid up the scroll in the
chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears
of the king. 36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll; and he
took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the
ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood beside
the king. 36:22 Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the
ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
36:23 It happened, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that the
king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the
brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the
brazier. 36:24 They were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither
the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words. 36:25
Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the
king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not hear them.
36:26 The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son
of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe
and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them. 36:27 Then the word of
Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the scroll, and
the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 36:28
Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that
were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
36:29 Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, Thus says
Yahweh: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written
therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy
this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and animal? 36:30
Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall
have none to sit on the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast
out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 36:31 I will
punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will
bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of
Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they didn't
listen. 36:32 Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch
the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of
Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had
burned in the fire; and there were added besides to them many like
words.

37:1 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the
son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the
land of Judah. 37:2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of
the land, did listen to the words of Yahweh, which he spoke by the
prophet Jeremiah. 37:3 Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of
Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet
Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to Yahweh our God for us. 37:4 Now Jeremiah
came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into
prison. 37:5 Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the
Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up
from Jerusalem. 37:6 Then came the word of Yahweh to the prophet
Jeremiah, saying, 37:7 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, You shall
tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold,
Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt
into their own land. 37:8 The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight
against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire. 37:9
Thus says Yahweh, Don't deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall
surely depart from us; for they shall not depart. 37:10 For though you
had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and
there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every
man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. 37:11 It happened that,
when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of
Pharaoh's army, 37:12 then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go
into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of
the people. 37:13 When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the
guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of
Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are
falling away to the Chaldeans. 37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I
am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he didn't listen to him; so
Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 37:15 The
princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison
in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
37:16 When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells,
and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 37:17 Then Zedekiah the king
sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and
said, Is there any word from Yahweh? Jeremiah said, There is. He said
also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 37:18
Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against
you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put
me in prison? 37:19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you,
saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this
land? 37:20 Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my
supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to
the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 37:21 Then Zedekiah
the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the
guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers'
street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah
remained in the court of the guard.

38:1 Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and
Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the
words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying, 38:2 Thus says
Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans
shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
38:3 Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of
the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 38:4 Then the
princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death;
because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city,
and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for
this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 38:5
Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not
he who can do anything against you. 38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and
cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the
court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the
dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's
house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then
sitting in the gate of Benjamin), 38:8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the
king's house, and spoke to the king, saying, 38:9 My lord the king,
these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the
prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die
in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more
bread in the city. 38:10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the
Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up
Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies. 38:11 So
Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king
under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let
them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 38:12 Ebedmelech the
Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments
under your armholes under the cords. Jeremiah did so. 38:13 So they drew
up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and
Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard. 38:14 Then Zedekiah the
king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry
that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will
ask you a thing; hide nothing from me. 38:15 Then Jeremiah said to
Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death?
and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me. 38:16 So Zedekiah
the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made
us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into
the hand of these men who seek your life. 38:17 Then said Jeremiah to
Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: If you
will go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall
live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live,
and your house. 38:18 But if you will not go forth to the king of
Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the
Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape
out of their hand. 38:19 Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid
of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me
into their hand, and they mock me. 38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall
not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I
speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
38:21 But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has
shown me: 38:22 behold, all the women who are left in the king of
Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes,
and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and
have prevailed over you: now that your feet are sunk in the mire, they
are turned away back. 38:23 They shall bring out all your wives and your
children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand,
but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall
cause this city to be burned with fire. 38:24 Then said Zedekiah to
Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die. 38:25
But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to
you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king;
don't hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the
king said to you: 38:26 then you shall tell them, I presented my
supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to
Jonathan's house, to die there. 38:27 Then came all the princes to
Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words
that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the
matter was not perceived. 38:28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the
guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

39:1 It happened when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and besieged it; 39:2 in the
eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the
month, a breach was made in the city), 39:3 that all the princes of the
king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, to wit, Nergal
Sharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, with
all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon. 39:4 It happened
that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them,
then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of
the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went
out toward the Arabah. 39:5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after
them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had
taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to
Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him. 39:6 Then the
king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes:
also the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah. 39:7 Moreover
he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to
Babylon. 39:8 The Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of
the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 39:9 Then
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon
the residue of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also
who fell away to him, and the residue of the people who remained. 39:10
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people,
who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and
fields at the same time. 39:11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
commanded Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard concerning Jeremiah,
saying, 39:12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do
to him even as he shall tell you. 39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard sent, and Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag,
and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon; 39:14 they sent, and
took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him
home: so he lived among the people. 39:15 Now the word of Yahweh came to
Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying, 39:16
Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city
for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in
that day. 39:17 But I will deliver you in that day, says Yahweh; and you
shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.
39:18 For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword,
but your life shall be for a prey to you; because you have put your
trust in me, says Yahweh.

40:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken
him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah,
who were carried away captive to Babylon. 40:2 The captain of the guard
took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on
this place; 40:3 and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he
spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his
voice, therefore this thing is come on you. 40:4 Now, behold, I loose
you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to
you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but
if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don't: behold, all
the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go,
there go. 40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, said
he, to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of
Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him
among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the
captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go. 40:6
Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived
with him among the people who were left in the land. 40:7 Now when all
the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their
men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and
children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried
away captive to Babylon; 40:8 then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to
wit, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of
Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the
Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their
men. 40:9 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them
and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell
in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with
you. 40:10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before
the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather you wine and summer
fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities
that you have taken. 40:11 Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab,
and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the
countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah,
and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of
Shaphan; 40:12 then all the Jews returned out of all places where they
were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and
gathered wine and summer fruits very much. 40:13 Moreover Johanan the
son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the
fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 40:14 and said to him, Do you know
that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn't
believe them. 40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in
Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your
life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and
the remnant of Judah perish? 40:16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said
to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak
falsely of Ishmael.

41:1 Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and one of the chief
officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah. 41:2 Then
arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him,
and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword,
and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the
land. 41:3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, to wit,
with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the
men of war. 41:4 It happened the second day after he had killed
Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 41:5 that there came men from Shechem,
from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards
shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal
offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of
Yahweh. 41:6 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet
them, weeping all along as he went: and it happened, as he met them, he
said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 41:7 It was so, when
they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
killed them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men
who were with him. 41:8 But ten men were found among those who said to
Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of
wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and
didn't kill them among their brothers. 41:9 Now the pit in which Ishmael
cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of
Gedaliah (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of
Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with
those who were killed. 41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the
residue of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and
all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the
children of Ammon. 41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 41:12 then they took all the men,
and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by
the great waters that are in Gibeon. 41:13 Now it happened that, when
all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad.
41:14 So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah
turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. 41:15
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,
and went to the children of Ammon. 41:16 Then took Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the
remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the
eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon: 41:17 and they departed,
and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into
Egypt, 41:18 because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them,
because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even
to the greatest, came near, 42:2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let,
we pray you, our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us
to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few
of many, as your eyes do see us: 42:3 that Yahweh your God may show us
the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do. 42:4
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will
pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen
that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I
will keep nothing back from you. 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh
be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don't do according to all
the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us. 42:6 Whether
it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our
God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the
voice of Yahweh our God. 42:7 It happened after ten days, that the word
of Yahweh came to Jeremiah. 42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all
the people from the least even to the greatest, 42:9 and said to them,
Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your
supplication before him: 42:10 If you will still abide in this land,
then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and
not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on
you. 42:11 Don't be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are
afraid; don't be afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am with you to save
you, and to deliver you from his hand. 42:12 I will grant you mercy,
that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.
42:13 But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't
obey the voice of Yahweh your God, 42:14 saying, No; but we will go into
the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the
trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 42:15 now
therefore hear you the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says
Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to
enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 42:16 then it shall happen,
that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of
Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow hard
after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die. 42:17 So shall it be
with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there:
they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and
none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on
them. 42:18 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my
anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall
enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place
no more. 42:19 Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, Don't
you go into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified to you this day.
42:20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you
sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and
according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we
will do it: 42:21 and I have this day declared it to you; but you have
not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he has
sent me to you. 42:22 Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by
the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you
desire to go to sojourn there.

43:1 It happened that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all
the people all the words of Yahweh their God, with which Yahweh their
God had sent him to them, even all these words, 43:2 then spoke Azariah
the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud
men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: Yahweh our God has not sent
you to say, You shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there; 43:3 but
Baruch the son of Neriah sets you on against us, to deliver us into the
hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away
captive to Babylon. 43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces, and all the people, didn't obey the voice of
Yahweh, to dwell in the land of Judah. 43:5 But Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of
Judah, who were returned from all the nations where they had been
driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah; 43:6 the men, and the women,
and the children, and the king's daughters, and every person who
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son
of Neriah; 43:7 and they came into the land of Egypt; for they didn't
obey the voice of Yahweh: and they came to Tahpanhes. 43:8 Then came the
word of Yahweh to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 43:9 Take great stones
in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the
entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
43:10 and tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:
Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my
servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and
he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. 43:11 He shall come, and
shall strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death shall be given to
death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for
the sword to the sword. 43:12 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the
gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive: and
he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his
garment; and he shall go forth from there in peace. 43:13 He shall also
break the pillars of Beth Shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the
houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.

44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in
the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at
Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 44:2 Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I have
brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this
day they are a desolation, and no man dwells therein, 44:3 because of
their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in
that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, that they
didn't know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. 44:4 However I
sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable thing that I hate. 44:5 But
they didn't listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods. 44:6 Therefore my wrath
and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it
is this day. 44:7 Therefore now thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the
God of Israel: Why commit you this great evil against your own souls, to
cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of
Judah, to leave you none remaining; 44:8 in that you provoke me to anger
with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land
of Egypt, where you are gone to sojourn; that you may be cut off, and
that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the
earth? 44:9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the
wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and
your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they
committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 44:10
They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor
walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before
your fathers. 44:11 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off
all Judah. 44:12 I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their
faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all
be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be
consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least
even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be
an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
44:13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
44:14 so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land
of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the
land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for
none shall return save such as shall escape. 44:15 Then all the men who
knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women
who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the
land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 44:16 As for the
word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we will not
listen to you. 44:17 But we will certainly perform every word that is
gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky,
and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our
fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and
saw no evil. 44:18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of
the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all
things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. 44:19
When we burned incense to the queen of the sky, and poured out drink
offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out
drink offerings to her, without our husbands? 44:20 Then Jeremiah said
to all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people
who had given him an answer, saying, 44:21 The incense that you burned
in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your
fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, didn't
Yahweh remember them, and didn't it come into his mind? 44:22 so that
Yahweh could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and
because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore is your
land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without
inhabitant, as it is this day. 44:23 Because you have burned incense,
and because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed the
voice of Yahweh, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his
testimonies; therefore this evil is happened to you, as it is this day.
44:24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, and to all the women,
Hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt: 44:25
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, You and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have
fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have
vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink
offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows. 44:26
Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of
Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, that my name
shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land
of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Yahweh lives. 44:27 Behold, I watch over
them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the
land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until
there be an end of them. 44:28 Those who escape the sword shall return
out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all
the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn
there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs. 44:29 This
shall be the sign to you, says Yahweh, that I will punish you in this
place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you
for evil: 44:30 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra
king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those
who seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.

45:1 The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of
Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in
the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
45:2 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch: 45:3 You did
say, Woe is me now! for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary
with my groaning, and I find no rest. 45:4 You shall tell him, Thus says
Yahweh: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that
which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land. 45:5
Seek you great things for yourself? Don't seek them; for, behold, I will
bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you
for a prey in all places where you go.

46:1 The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning
the nations. 46:2 Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of
Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of Judah. 46:3 Prepare you the buckler and
shield, and draw near to battle. 46:4 Harness the horses, and get up,
you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put
on the coats of mail. 46:5 Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are
turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled
apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh. 46:6
Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north
by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen. 46:7 Who is this
who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the
rivers? 46:8 Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss
themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover
the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants. 46:9 Go up, you
horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush
and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the
bow. 46:10 For that day is a day of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of
vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword
shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood;
for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by
the river Euphrates. 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin
daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no
healing for you. 46:12 The nations have heard of your shame, and the
earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the
mighty, they are fallen both of them together. 46:13 The word that
Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt. 46:14 Declare you in
Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes:
say you, Stand forth, and prepare you; for the sword has devoured around
you. 46:15 Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn't stand,
because Yahweh did drive them. 46:16 He made many to stumble, yes, they
fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our
own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
46:17 They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let
the appointed time pass by. 46:18 As I live, says the King, whose name
is Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like
Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. 46:19 You daughter who dwell in
Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a
desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant. 46:20 Egypt is a
very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is
come. 46:21 Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of
the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together,
they didn't stand: for the day of their calamity is come on them, the
time of their visitation. 46:22 The sound of it shall go like the
serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with
axes, as wood cutters. 46:23 They shall cut down her forest, says
Yahweh, though it can't be searched; because they are more than the
locusts, and are innumerable. 46:24 The daughter of Egypt shall be
disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the
north. 46:25 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will
punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings;
even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him: 46:26 and I will deliver them
into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and
afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.
46:27 But don't be afraid you, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed,
Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the
land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and
at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 46:28 Don't be afraid you, O
Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full
end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a
full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way
leave you unpunished.

47:1 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the
Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza. 47:2 Thus says Yahweh:
Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing
stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city
and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the
inhabitants of the land shall wail. 47:3 At the noise of the stamping of
the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the
rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don't look back to their children
for feebleness of hands; 47:4 because of the day that comes to destroy
all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who
remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the
isle of Caphtor. 47:5 Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to
nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
47:6 You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? put
up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still. 47:7 How can you be
quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and
against the seashore, there has he appointed it.

48:1 Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Woe to
Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken;
Misgab is put to shame and broken down. 48:2 The praise of Moab is no
more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us
cut her off from being a nation. You also, Madmen, shall be brought to
silence: the sword shall pursue you. 48:3 The sound of a cry from
Horonaim, desolation and great destruction! 48:4 Moab is destroyed; her
little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 48:5 For by the ascent of
Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of
Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. 48:6
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. 48:7
For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you
also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his
priests and his princes together. 48:8 The destroyer shall come on every
city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the
plain shall be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken. 48:9 Give wings to Moab,
that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a
desolation, without any to dwell therein. 48:10 Cursed be he who does
the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed be he who keeps back his
sword from blood. 48:11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has
settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed. 48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come,
says Yahweh, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall
pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles
in pieces. 48:13 Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of
Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. 48:14 How say you, We are
mighty men, and valiant men for the war? 48:15 Moab is laid waste, and
they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down
to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies. 48:16
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
48:17 All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his
name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod! 48:18 You
daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in
thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against you, he has
destroyed your strongholds. 48:19 Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way,
and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been
done? 48:20 Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry;
tell you it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. 48:21 Judgment is
come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
48:22 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth Diblathaim, 48:23 and on
Kiriathaim, and on Beth Gamul, and on Beth Meon, 48:24 and on Kerioth,
and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.
48:26 Make you him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and
Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 48:27
For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as
often as you speak of him, you wag the head. 48:28 You inhabitants of
Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that
makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss. 48:29 We have heard of the
pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and
his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart. 48:30 I know his wrath,
says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.
48:31 Therefore will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab:
for the men of Kir Heres shall they mourn. 48:32 With more than the
weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah: your branches
passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: on your
summer fruits and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen. 48:33
Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land
of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none
shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting. 48:34 From
the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered
their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the
waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate. 48:35 Moreover I will cause
to cease in Moab, says Yahweh, him who offers in the high place, and him
who burns incense to his gods. 48:36 Therefore my heart sounds for Moab
like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres:
therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished. 48:37 For every
head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings,
and on the waist sackcloth. 48:38 On all the housetops of Moab and in
its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab
like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh. 48:39 How is it
broken down! how do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame!
so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.
48:40 For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall
spread out his wings against Moab. 48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the
strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that
day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 48:42 Moab shall be
destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against
Yahweh. 48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant
of Moab, says Yahweh. 48:44 He who flees from the fear shall fall into
the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare:
for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation,
says Yahweh. 48:45 Those who fled stand without strength under the
shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame
from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the
crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 48:46 Woe to you, O Moab! the
people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and
your daughters into captivity. 48:47 Yet will I bring back the captivity
of Moab in the latter days, says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of
Moab.

49:1 Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has
he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in its
cities? 49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will
cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of
Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be
burned with fire: then shall Israel possess those who did possess him,
says Yahweh. 49:3 Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, you
daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run back and
forth among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests
and his princes together. 49:4 Why glory you in the valleys, your
flowing valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in her treasures,
saying, Who shall come to me? 49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear on you,
says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, from all who are around you; and you
shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to
gather together the fugitives. 49:6 But afterward I will bring back the
captivity of the children of Ammon, says Yahweh. 49:7 Of Edom. Thus says
Yahweh of Armies: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from
the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 49:8 Flee you, turn back, dwell
in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of
Esau on him, the time that I shall visit him. 49:9 If grape gatherers
came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by
night, wouldn't they destroy until they had enough? 49:10 But I have
made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be
able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brothers, and his
neighbors; and he is no more. 49:11 Leave your fatherless children, I
will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me. 49:12 For
thus says Yahweh: Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain to drink of the
cup shall certainly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go
unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
49:13 For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become
an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities
shall be perpetual wastes. 49:14 I have heard news from Yahweh, and an
ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves
together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 49:15 For,
behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
49:16 As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O
you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the
hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will
bring you down from there, says Yahweh. 49:17 Edom shall become an
astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall
hiss at all its plagues. 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, no man shall dwell there,
neither shall any son of man sojourn therein. 49:19 Behold, he shall
come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong
habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever
is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will
appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?
49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against
Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of
Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the
flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them. 49:21
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise
which is heard in the Red Sea. 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as
the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the
mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her
pangs. 49:23 Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have
heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it
can't be quiet. 49:24 Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to
flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken
hold of her, as of a woman in travail. 49:25 How is the city of praise
not forsaken, the city of my joy? 49:26 Therefore her young men shall
fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence
in that day, says Yahweh of Armies. 49:27 I will kindle a fire in the
wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad. 49:28 Of
Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon struck. Thus says Yahweh: Arise you, go up to Kedar, and destroy
the children of the east. 49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they
take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their
vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every
side! 49:30 Flee you, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you
inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
49:31 Arise, go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without
care, says Yahweh; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.
49:32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
livestock a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the
corners of their hair cut off; and I will bring their calamity from
every side of them, says Yahweh. 49:33 Hazor shall be a dwelling place
of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither
shall any son of man sojourn therein. 49:34 The word of Yahweh that came
to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign
of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 49:35 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:
Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. 49:36 On
Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and
will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation
where the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 49:37 I will cause Elam to be
dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life; and
I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger, says Yahweh; and I will
send the sword after them, until I have consumed them; 49:38 and I will
set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes,
says Yahweh. 49:39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will
bring back the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh.

50:1 The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land
of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. 50:2 Declare you among the
nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don't conceal:
say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her
images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed. 50:3 For out of the
north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land
desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone,
both man and animal. 50:4 In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh,
the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah
together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh
their God. 50:5 They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces
turned toward it, saying, Come you, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an
everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten. 50:6 My people have
been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they
have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to
hill; they have forgotten their resting place. 50:7 All who found them
have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty,
because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of
righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers. 50:8 Flee out of
the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and
be as the male goats before the flocks. 50:9 For, behold, I will stir up
and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the
north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from
there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty
man; none shall return in vain. 50:10 Chaldea shall be a prey: all who
prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh. 50:11 Because you are glad,
because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are
wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong
horses; 50:12 your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore
you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations,
a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 50:13 Because of the wrath of
Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate:
everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her
plagues. 50:14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all
you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned
against Yahweh. 50:15 Shout against her all around: she has submitted
herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is
the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to
her. 50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the
sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they
shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his
own land. 50:17 Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him
away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones. 50:18 Therefore
thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the
king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
50:19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on
Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of
Ephraim and in Gilead. 50:20 In those days, and in that time, says
Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be
none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will
pardon them whom I leave as a remnant. 50:21 Go up against the land of
Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill
and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all
that I have commanded you. 50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, and
of great destruction. 50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut
apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
50:24 I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and
you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have
striven against Yahweh. 50:25 Yahweh has opened his armory, and has
brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of
Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans. 50:26 Come
against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as
heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left. 50:27 Kill
all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their
day is come, the time of their visitation. 50:28 The voice of those who
flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the
vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple. 50:29 Call
together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp
against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according
to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has
been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel. 50:30
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of
war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh. 50:31 Behold,
I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; for
your day is come, the time that I will visit you. 50:32 The proud one
shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a
fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him. 50:33
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of
Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them
fast; they refuse to let them go. 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh
of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may
give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 50:35 A
sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of
Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men. 50:36 A sword is on
the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men,
and they shall be dismayed. 50:37 A sword is on their horses, and on
their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her;
and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they
shall be robbed. 50:38 A drought is on her waters, and they shall be
dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over
idols. 50:39 Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves
shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall
be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from
generation to generation. 50:40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there,
neither shall any son of man sojourn therein. 50:41 Behold, a people
comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred
up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 50:42 They lay hold on bow and
spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the
sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the
battle, against you, daughter of Babylon. 50:43 The king of Babylon has
heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold
of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 50:44 Behold, the enemy
shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the
strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and
whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and
who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before
me? 50:45 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken
against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land
of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones
of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the
cry is heard among the nations.

51:1 Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and
against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. 51:2 I will send
to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall empty her
land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her around. 51:3
Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who
lifts himself up in his coat of mail: and don't you spare her young men;
destroy you utterly all her army. 51:4 They shall fall down slain in the
land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets. 51:5 For
Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Yahweh of Armies;
though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don't be
cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance; he
will render to her a recompense. 51:7 Babylon has been a golden cup in
Yahweh's hand, who made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of
her wine; therefore the nations are mad. 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen
and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be
healed. 51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed:
forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country; for her
judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 51:10
Yahweh has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in
Zion the work of Yahweh our God. 51:11 Make sharp the arrows; hold firm
the shields: Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes;
because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the
vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple. 51:12 Set up a
standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the
watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed and done
that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon. 51:13 You who
dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, the
measure of your covetousness. 51:14 Yahweh of Armies has sworn by
himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker
worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you. 51:15 He has made the
earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by
his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: 51:16 when he utters
his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the
vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the
rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries. 51:17 Every man
is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is
disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there
is no breath in them. 51:18 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the
time of their visitation they shall perish. 51:19 The portion of Jacob
is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the
tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name. 51:20 You are my
battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the
nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms; 51:21 and with you will I
break in pieces the horse and his rider; 51:22 and with you will I break
in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein; and with you will I
break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces the
old man and the youth; and with you will I break in pieces the young man
and the virgin; 51:23 and with you will I break in pieces the shepherd
and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his
yoke of oxen; and with you will I break in pieces governors and
deputies. 51:24 I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of
Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says
Yahweh. 51:25 Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says
Yahweh, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on
you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt
mountain. 51:26 They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a
stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh.
51:27 Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms
of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the
horses to come up as the rough canker worm. 51:28 Prepare against her
the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its
deputies, and all the land of their dominion. 51:29 The land trembles
and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon do stand, to
make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. 51:30 The
mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their
strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her
dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken. 51:31 One runner
will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the
king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter: 51:32 and the
passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the
men of war are frightened. 51:33 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God
of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time
when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall
come for her. 51:34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me,
he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a
monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he
has cast me out. 51:35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be on
Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on the
inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 51:36 Therefore thus says
Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and
I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. 51:37 Babylon shall
become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a
hissing, without inhabitant. 51:38 They shall roar together like young
lions; they shall growl as lions' cubs. 51:39 When they are heated, I
will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may
rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Yahweh. 51:40 I
will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male
goats. 51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth
seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 51:42 The
sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its
waves. 51:43 Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a
desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass
thereby. 51:44 I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will
bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the
nations shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall
fall. 51:45 My people, go you out of the midst of her, and save
yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Yahweh. 51:46 Don't let
your heart faint, neither fear for the news that shall be heard in the
land; for news shall come one year, and after that in another year shall
come news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 51:47
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment on the
engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and
all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 51:48 Then the heavens and
the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for
the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says Yahweh. 51:49 As
Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall
the slain of all the land. 51:50 You who have escaped the sword, go you,
don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come
into your mind. 51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach;
confusion has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the
sanctuaries of Yahweh's house. 51:52 Therefore, behold, the days come,
says Yahweh, that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and
through all her land the wounded shall groan. 51:53 Though Babylon
should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of
her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says Yahweh.
51:54 The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the
land of the Chaldeans! 51:55 For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys
out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the
noise of their voice is uttered: 51:56 for the destroyer is come on her,
even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in
pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
51:57 I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and
her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual
sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
51:58 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The broad walls of Babylon shall be
utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and
the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and
they shall be weary. 51:59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded
Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with
Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.
Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster. 51:60 Jeremiah wrote in a book all
the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are
written concerning Babylon. 51:61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you
come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words, 51:62 and say,
Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none
shall dwell therein, neither man nor animal, but that it shall be
desolate forever. 51:63 It shall be, when you have made an end of
reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into
the midst of the Euphrates: 51:64 and you shall say, Thus shall Babylon
sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on
her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

52:1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 52:2 He did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 52:3 For
through the anger of Yahweh did it happen in Jerusalem and Judah, until
he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the
king of Babylon. 52:4 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the
tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped
against it; and they built forts against it round about. 52:5 So the
city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 52:6 In the
fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the
city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 52:7 Then a
breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth
out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls,
which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city
all around;) and they went toward the Arabah. 52:8 But the army of the
Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of
Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 52:9 Then they took
the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the
land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him. 52:10 The king of Babylon
killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he killed also all the
princes of Judah in Riblah. 52:11 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and
the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon,
and put him in prison until the day of his death. 52:12 Now in the fifth
month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of
king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem: 52:13
and he burned the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and all the
houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire. 52:14
All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard,
broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. 52:15 Then Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the
people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and
those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of
the multitude. 52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of
the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers. 52:17 The
pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh, and the bases and the
bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans break in
pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 52:18 The pots
also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons,
and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.
52:19 The cups, and the fire pans, and the basins, and the pots, and the
lampstands, and the spoons, and the bowls--that which was of gold, in
gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,--the captain of the guard
took away. 52:20 The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze
bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the
house of Yahweh. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.
52:21 As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen
cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and its thickness
was four fingers: it was hollow. 52:22 A capital of brass was on it; and
the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and
pomegranates on the capital all around, all of brass: and the second
pillar also had like these, and pomegranates. 52:23 There were ninety-
six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on
the network all around. 52:24 The captain of the guard took Seraiah the
chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of
the threshold: 52:25 and out of the city he took an officer who was set
over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king's face, who
were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who
mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the
land, who were found in the midst of the city. 52:26 Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon
to Riblah. 52:27 The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death
at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out
of his land. 52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away
captive: in the seventh year three thousand twenty-three Jews; 52:29 in
the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from
Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons; 52:30 in the three and
twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all
the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 52:31 It happened in the
seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah,
in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that
Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up
the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of
prison; 52:32 and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the
throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, 52:33 and changed his
prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the
days of his life: 52:34 and for his allowance, there was a continual
allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until
the day of his death, all the days of his life.

Notes:

[1] back to 49:21 or, Sea of Reeds



Lamentations

1:1 How the city sits solitary, that was full of people!

She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was
a princess among the provinces is become tributary! 1:2 She weeps sore
in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she
has none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with
her; they are become her enemies. 1:3 Judah is gone into captivity
because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwells among
the nations, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her within
the straits. 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the
solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her
virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness. 1:5 Her
adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has
afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young
children are gone into captivity before the adversary. 1:6 From the
daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: her princes are become
like harts that find no pasture, they are gone without strength before
the pursuer. 1:7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and
of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old:
when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help
her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations. 1:8
Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean
thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her
nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward. 1:9 Her filthiness was in
her skirts; she didn't remember her latter end; therefore is she come
down wonderfully; she has no comforter: see, Yahweh, my affliction; for
the enemy has magnified himself. 1:10 The adversary has spread out his
hand on all her pleasant things: for she has seen that the nations are
entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you did command that they
should not enter into your assembly. 1:11 All her people sigh, they seek
bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the
soul: look, Yahweh, and see; for I am become abject. 1:12 Is it nothing
to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there be any sorrow like
my sorrow, which is brought on me, With which Yahweh has afflicted me in
the day of his fierce anger. 1:13 From on high has he sent fire into my
bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he
has turned me back: He has made me desolate and faint all the day. 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit
together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail:
The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able
to stand. 1:15 The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men in the
midst of me; He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my
young men: The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of
Judah. 1:16 For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with
water; Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me:
My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed. 1:17 Zion
spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has
commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his
adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing. 1:18 Yahweh is
righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all
you peoples, and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone
into captivity. 1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: My
priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city, While they sought
them food to refresh their souls. 1:20 See, Yahweh; for I am in
distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have
grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as
death. 1:21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me;
All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have
done it: You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they shall
be like me. 1:22 Let all their wickedness come before you; Do to them,
as you have done to me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many,
and my heart is faint. 2:1 How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion
with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the
beauty of Israel, And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day of his
anger. 2:2 The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and
has not pitied: He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the
daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; he has
profaned the kingdom and its princes. 2:3 He has cut off in fierce anger
all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the
enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all
around. 2:4 He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his
right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the
eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath
like fire. 2:5 The Lord is become as an enemy, he has swallowed up
Israel; He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his
strongholds; He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and
lamentation. 2:6 He has violently taken away his tent, as if it were of
a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused
solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, Has despised in the
indignation of his anger the king and the priest. 2:7 The Lord has cast
off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary; He has given up into the
hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: They have made a noise in
the house of Yahweh, as in the day of a solemn assembly. 2:8 Yahweh has
purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched
out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made
the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together. 2:9 Her gates
are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: Her king
and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yes, her
prophets find no vision from Yahweh. 2:10 The elders of the daughter of
Zion sit on the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust on
their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of
Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. 2:11 My eyes do fail with
tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured on the earth, because of
the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children
and the infants swoon in the streets of the city. 2:12 They tell their
mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the
streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers'
bosom. 2:13 What shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you,
daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort
you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea: who
can heal you? 2:14 Your prophets have seen for you false and foolish
visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, to bring back your
captivity, But have seen for you false oracles and causes of banishment.
2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at you; They hiss and wag their
head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men
called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 2:16 All
your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and
gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is
the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 2:17 Yahweh
has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he
commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He
has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of
your adversaries. 2:18 Their heart cried to the Lord: wall of the
daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give
yourself no respite; don't let the apple of your eye cease. 2:19 Arise,
cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your
heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward
him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the
head of every street. 2:20 Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done
thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in
the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary
of the Lord? 2:21 The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the
streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: You have
killed them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered, and not
pitied. 2:22 You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my
terrors on every side; There was none that escaped or remained in the
day of Yahweh's anger: Those that I have dandled and brought up has my
enemy consumed. 3:1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of
his wrath. 3:2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not
in light. 3:3 Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all
the day. 3:4 My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my
bones. 3:5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and
travail. 3:6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have
been long dead. 3:7 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he
has made my chain heavy. 3:8 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he
shuts out my prayer. 3:9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has
made my paths crooked. 3:10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a
lion in secret places. 3:11 He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me
in pieces; he has made me desolate. 3:12 He has bent his bow, and set me
as a mark for the arrow. 3:13 He has caused the shafts of his quiver to
enter into my kidneys. 3:14 I am become a derision to all my people, and
their song all the day. 3:15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has
sated me with wormwood. 3:16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel
stones; he has covered me with ashes. 3:17 You have removed my soul far
off from peace; I forgot prosperity. 3:18 I said, My strength is
perished, and my expectation from Yahweh. 3:19 Remember my affliction
and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 3:20 My soul still remembers
them, and is bowed down within me. 3:21 This I recall to my mind;
therefore have I hope. 3:22 It is of Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we
are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail. 3:23 They are new
every morning; great is your faithfulness. 3:24 Yahweh is my portion,
says my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 3:25 Yahweh is good to those
who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. 3:26 It is good that a man
should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh. 3:27 It is
good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 3:28 Let him sit
alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him. 3:29 Let him put
his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. 3:30 Let him give his
cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach. 3:31
For the Lord will not cast off forever. 3:32 For though he cause grief,
yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving
kindnesses. 3:33 For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the
children of men. 3:34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the
earth, 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most
High, 3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve. 3:37
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command
it? 3:38 Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
3:39 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his
sins? 3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. 3:42
We have transgressed and have rebelled; you have not pardoned. 3:43 You
have covered with anger and pursued us; you have killed, you have not
pitied. 3:44 You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer
can pass through. 3:45 You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in
the midst of the peoples. 3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouth
wide against us. 3:47 Fear and the pit are come on us, devastation and
destruction. 3:48 My eye runs down with streams of water, for the
destruction of the daughter of my people. 3:49 My eye pours down, and
doesn't cease, without any intermission, 3:50 Until Yahweh look down,
and see from heaven. 3:51 My eye affects my soul, because of all the
daughters of my city. 3:52 They have chased me sore like a bird, those
who are my enemies without cause. 3:53 They have cut off my life in the
dungeon, and have cast a stone on me. 3:54 Waters flowed over my head; I
said, I am cut off. 3:55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the
lowest dungeon. 3:56 You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my
breathing, at my cry. 3:57 You drew near in the day that I called on
you; you said, Don't be afraid. 3:58 Lord, you have pleaded the causes
of my soul; you have redeemed my life. 3:59 Yahweh, you have seen my
wrong; judge you my cause. 3:60 You have seen all their vengeance and
all their devices against me. 3:61 You have heard their reproach,
Yahweh, and all their devices against me, 3:62 The lips of those that
rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. 3:63 See
you their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song. 3:64 You
will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their
hands. 3:65 You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
3:66 You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the
heavens of Yahweh. 4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure
gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of
every street. 4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold,
How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the
potter! 4:3 Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to
their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the
ostriches in the wilderness. 4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaves
to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and
no man breaks it to them. 4:5 Those who did feed delicately are desolate
in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
4:6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the
sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid
on her. 4:7 Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of
sapphire. 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in
the streets: Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered, it is
become like a stick. 4:9 Those who are killed with the sword are better
than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken
through, for want of the fruits of the field. 4:10 The hands of the
pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in
the destruction of the daughter of my people. 4:11 Yahweh has
accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has
kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations. 4:12 The
kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the
world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of
Jerusalem. 4:13 It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the
iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the
midst of her. 4:14 They wander as blind men in the streets, they are
polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments. 4:15 Depart
you, they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they
fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more
sojourn here. 4:16 The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no
more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they
didn't favor the elders. 4:17 Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our
vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not
save. 4:18 They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our
end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. 4:19 Our
pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the
mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. 4:20 The breath of
our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom
we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations. 4:21 Rejoice
and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup
shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make
yourself naked. 4:22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished,
daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: He will
visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins. 5:1
Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach. 5:2
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens. 5:3 We are
orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows. 5:4 We have drunken
our water for money; Our wood is sold to us. 5:5 Our pursuers are on our
necks: We are weary, and have no rest. 5:6 We have given the hand to the
Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 5:7 Our fathers
sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities. 5:8 Servants
rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand. 5:9 We get
our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the
wilderness. 5:10 Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning
heat of famine. 5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the
cities of Judah. 5:12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of
elders were not honored. 5:13 The young men bare the mill; The children
stumbled under the wood. 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The
young men from their music. 5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our
dance is turned into mourning. 5:16 The crown is fallen from our head:
Woe to us! for we have sinned. 5:17 For this our heart is faint; For
these things our eyes are dim; 5:18 For the mountain of Zion, which is
desolate: The foxes walk on it. 5:19 You, Yahweh, abide forever; Your
throne is from generation to generation. 5:20 Why do you forget us
forever, And forsake us so long time? 5:21 Turn you us to you, Yahweh,
and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old. 5:22 But you have
utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.



Ezekiel

1:1 Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the
fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar,
that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 1:2 In the fifth
day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's
captivity, 1:3 the word of Yahweh came expressly to Ezekiel the priest,
the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and
the hand of Yahweh was there on him. 1:4 I looked, and behold, a stormy
wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and
a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal,
out of the midst of the fire. 1:5 Out of its midst came the likeness of
four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness
of a man. 1:6 Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four
wings. 1:7 Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was
like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.
1:8 They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides;
and they four had their faces and their wings thus: 1:9 their wings were
joined one to another; they didn't turn when they went; each one went
straight forward. 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they had the
face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side;
and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also
the face of an eagle. 1:11 Their faces and their wings were separate
above; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered
their bodies. 1:12 Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was
to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went. 1:13 As for the
likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning
coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down
among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire
went forth lightning. 1:14 The living creatures ran and returned as the
appearance of a flash of lightning. 1:15 Now as I saw the living
creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures,
for each of the four faces of it. 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and
their work was like a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their
appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. 1:17
When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn
when they went. 1:18 As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and
they four had their rims full of eyes all around. 1:19 When the living
creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living
creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 1:20
Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go:
and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels. 1:21 When those went, these went; and when
those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth,
the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels. 1:22 Over the head of the living creature
there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look
on, stretched forth over their heads above. 1:23 Under the expanse were
their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which
covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side,
their bodies. 1:24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like
the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of
tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their
wings. 1:25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their
heads: when they stood, they let down their wings. 1:26 Above the
expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the
appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a
likeness as the appearance of a man on it above. 1:27 I saw as it were
glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the
appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist
and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was
brightness around him. 1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the
cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all
around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh.
When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

2:1 He said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with
you. 2:2 The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on
my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me. 2:3 He said to me, Son of man,
I send you to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious,
which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed
against me even to this very day. 2:4 The children are impudent and
stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, Thus
says the Lord Yahweh. 2:5 They, whether they will hear, or whether they
will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that
there has been a prophet among them. 2:6 You, son of man, don't be
afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and
thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: don't be afraid
of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a
rebellious house. 2:7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
2:8 But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be you rebellious
like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give
you. 2:9 When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold,
a scroll of a book was therein; 2:10 He spread it before me: and it was
written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations,
and mourning, and woe.

3:1 He said to me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat this scroll,
and go, speak to the house of Israel. 3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he
caused me to eat the scroll. 3:3 He said to me, Son of man, cause your
belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.
Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 3:4 He
said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak
with my words to them. 3:5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange
speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; 3:6 not to
many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you
can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to
you. 3:7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will
not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and
of a stiff heart. 3:8 Behold, I have made your face hard against their
faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. 3:9 As an adamant
harder than flint have I made your forehead: don't be afraid of them,
neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
3:10 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak
to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. 3:11 Go, get you
to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to
them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh; whether they will hear,
or whether they will forbear. 3:12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I
heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the
glory of Yahweh from his place. 3:13 I heard the noise of the wings of
the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the
wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing. 3:14 So the
Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the
heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me. 3:15 Then I
came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river
Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them
seven days. 3:16 It happened at the end of seven days, that the word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 3:17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman
to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give
them warning from me. 3:18 When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die;
and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his
wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his
iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. 3:19 Yet if you
warn the wicked, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness, nor from his
wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your
soul. 3:20 Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness,
and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall
die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin,
and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but
his blood will I require at your hand. 3:21 Nevertheless if you warn the
righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he shall
surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.
3:22 The hand of Yahweh was there on me; and he said to me, Arise, go
forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you. 3:23 Then I arose,
and went forth into the plain: and behold, the glory of Yahweh stood
there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my
face. 3:24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet; and
he spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house.
3:25 But you, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands on you, and shall
bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them: 3:26 and I will
make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be
mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious
house. 3:27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you
shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: He who hears, let him hear;
and he who forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

4:1 You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before you, and
portray on it a city, even Jerusalem: 4:2 and lay siege against it, and
build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also
against it, and plant battering rams against it all around. 4:3 Take for
yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the
city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you
shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
4:4 Moreover lie you on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the
house of Israel on it; according to the number of the days that you
shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity. 4:5 For I have appointed
the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three
hundred ninety days: so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of
Israel. 4:6 Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on
your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah:
forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you. 4:7 You
shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm
uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it. 4:8 Behold, I lay bands on
you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you
have accomplished the days of your siege. 4:9 Take for yourself also
wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and
put them in one vessel, and make you bread of it; according to the
number of the days that you shall lie on your side, even three hundred
ninety days, you shall eat of it. 4:10 Your food which you shall eat
shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall
eat it. 4:11 You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin:
from time to time you shall drink. 4:12 You shall eat it as barley
cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of
man. 4:13 Yahweh said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their
bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them. 4:14 Then said
I, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my
youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself,
or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my
mouth. 4:15 Then he said to me, Behold, I have given you cow's dung for
man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon. 4:16 Moreover he
said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in
Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and
they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay: 4:17 that they may
want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in
their iniquity.

5:1 You, son of man, take a sharp sword; You shall take it as a barber's
razor to you, and shall cause it to pass on your head and on your beard:
then take balances to weigh, and divide the hair. 5:2 A third part you
shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the
siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third part, and strike with
the sword around it; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and
I will draw out a sword after them. 5:3 You shall take of it a few in
number, and bind them in your skirts. 5:4 Of these again you shall take,
and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire;
from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. 5:5 Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of
the nations, and countries are around her. 5:6 She has rebelled against
my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my
statutes more than the countries that are around her; for they have
rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in
them. 5:7 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you are turbulent
more than the nations that are around you, and have not walked in my
statutes, neither have kept my ordinances, neither have done after the
ordinances of the nations that are around you; 5:8 therefore thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute
judgments in the midst of you in the sight of the nations. 5:9 I will do
in you that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more
the like, because of all your abominations. 5:10 Therefore the fathers
shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their
fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of
you will I scatter to all the winds. 5:11 Therefore, as I live, says the
Lord Yahweh, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your
detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also
diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
5:12 A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of you; and a third part shall fall
by the sword around you; and a third part I will scatter to all the
winds, and will draw out a sword after them. 5:13 Thus shall my anger be
accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall
be comforted; and they shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my
zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them. 5:14 Moreover I will
make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around
you, in the sight of all that pass by. 5:15 So it shall be a reproach
and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are
around you, when I shall execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath,
and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Yahweh, have spoken it;) 5:16 when I shall
send on them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which
I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine on you, and
will break your staff of bread; 5:17 and I will send on you famine and
evil animals, and they shall bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall
pass through you; and I will bring the sword on you: I, Yahweh, have
spoken it.

6:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 6:2 Son of man, set your face
toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them, 6:3 and say, You
mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says the
Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and
to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will
destroy your high places. 6:4 Your altars shall become desolate, and
your incense altars shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men
before your idols. 6:5 I will lay the dead bodies of the children of
Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your
altars. 6:6 In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste,
and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid
waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and
your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
6:7 The slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I
am Yahweh. 6:8 Yet will I leave a remnant, in that you shall have some
that escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered
through the countries. 6:9 Those of you that escape shall remember me
among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have
been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with
their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall
loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have
committed in all their abominations. 6:10 They shall know that I am
Yahweh: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them. 6:11
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Smite with your hand, and stamp with your
foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house
of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence. 6:12 He who is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he
who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged
shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath on them. 6:13
You shall know that I am Yahweh, when their slain men shall be among
their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of
the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak,
the places where they offered pleasant aroma to all their idols. 6:14 I
will stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate and waste,
from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations: and
they shall know that I am Yahweh.

7:1 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 7:2 You, son of man,
thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, An end: the end is come
on the four corners of the land. 7:3 Now is the end on you, and I will
send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I
will bring on you all your abominations. 7:4 My eye shall not spare you,
neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your
abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am
Yahweh. 7:5 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; behold, it
comes. 7:6 An end is come, the end is come; it awakes against you;
behold, it comes. 7:7 Your doom is come to you, inhabitant of the land:
the time is come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful
shouting, on the mountains. 7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on
you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according
to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations. 7:9 My eye
shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according
to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and
you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike. 7:10 Behold, the day, behold,
it comes: your doom is gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has
budded. 7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them
shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall
there be eminency among them. 7:12 The time is come, the day draws near:
don't let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all
its multitude. 7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is
sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole
multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself
in the iniquity of his life. 7:14 They have blown the trumpet, and have
made all ready; but none goes to the battle; for my wrath is on all its
multitude. 7:15 The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine
within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is
in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. 7:16 But those of
those who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves
of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity. 7:17 All
hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. 7:18 They
shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them;
and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads. 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as
an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to
deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy
their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the
stumbling block of their iniquity. 7:20 As for the beauty of his
ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their
abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore have I made
it to them as an unclean thing. 7:21 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 profane it. 7:22 My face will I turn also from them, and
they shall profane my secret place; and robbers shall enter into it, and
profane it. 7:23 Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes,
and the city is full of violence. 7:24 Therefore I will bring the worst
of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make
the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be
profaned. 7:25 Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there
shall be none. 7:26 Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be
on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall
perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. 7:27 The king shall
mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of
the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do to them after their
way, and according to their own judgments will I judge them; and they
shall know that I am Yahweh.

8:1 It happened in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day
of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before
me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell there on me. 8:2 Then I saw,
and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of
his waist and downward, fire; and from his waist and upward, as the
appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal. 8:3 He put forth the
form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted
me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to
Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward
the north; where there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which
provokes to jealousy. 8:4 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain. 8:5 Then
said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the
north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and see,
northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
8:6 He said to me, Son of man, see you what they do? even the great
abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go
far off from my sanctuary? but you shall again see yet other great
abominations. 8:7 He brought me to the door of the court; and when I
looked, behold, a hole in the wall. 8:8 Then said he to me, Son of man,
dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door. 8:9
He said to me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.
8:10 So I went in and saw; and see, every form of creeping things, and
abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed
around on the wall. 8:11 There stood before them seventy men of the
elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah
the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor
of the cloud of incense went up. 8:12 Then said he to me, Son of man,
have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark,
every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see
us; Yahweh has forsaken the land. 8:13 He said also to me, You shall
again see yet other great abominations which they do. 8:14 Then he
brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh's house which was toward
the north; and see, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz. 8:15 Then
said he to me, Have you seen this, son of man? you shall again see yet
greater abominations than these. 8:16 He brought me into the inner court
of Yahweh's house; and see, at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between
the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs
toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east; and they
were worshipping the sun toward the east. 8:17 Then he said to me, Have
you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah
that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have
filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to
anger: and behold, they put the branch to their nose. 8:18 Therefore
will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have
pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not
hear them.

9:1 Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who
are in charge of the city to draw near, every man with his destroying
weapon in his hand. 9:2 Behold, six men came from the way of the upper
gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon
in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a
writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze
altar. 9:3 The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,
whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the
man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side. 9:4
Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst
of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and
that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst. 9:5 To
the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and
strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity; 9:6 kill
utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children
and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at
my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
9:7 He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the
slain: go you forth. They went forth, and struck in the city. 9:8 It
happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my
face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the
residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem? 9:9
Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is
exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of
perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh
doesn't see. 9:10 As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I
have pity, but I will bring their way on their head. 9:11 Behold, the
man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the
matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.

10:1 Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of
the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as
the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 10:2 He spoke to the man
clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even
under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from
between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I
watched. 10:3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house,
when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 10:4 The
glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold
of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was
full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory. 10:5 The sound of the wings of
the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God
Almighty when he speaks. 10:6 It came to pass, when he commanded the man
clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels,
from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.
10:7 The cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to
the fire that was between the cherubim, and took of it, and put it into
the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
10:8 There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their
wings. 10:9 I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one
wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and
the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone. 10:10 As for their
appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel have been within a
wheel. 10:11 When they went, they went in their four directions: they
didn't turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they
followed it; they didn't turn as they went. 10:12 Their whole body, and
their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full
of eyes all around, even the wheels that they four had. 10:13 As for the
wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. 10:14 Every
one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the
second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a
lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 10:15 The cherubim mounted
up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar. 10:16
When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the
cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels
also didn't turn from beside them. 10:17 When they stood, these stood;
and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of
the living creature was in them. 10:18 The glory of Yahweh went forth
from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. 10:19
The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my
sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood
at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God
of Israel was over them above. 10:20 This is the living creature that I
saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they
were cherubim. 10:21 Every one had four faces, and every one four wings;
and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 10:22 As
for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the
river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one
straight forward.

11:1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate
of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the
gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son
of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 11:2
He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and
who give wicked counsel in this city; 11:3 who say, The time is not near
to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. 11:4
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man. 11:5 The Spirit
of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says Yahweh: Thus
have you said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into
your mind. 11:6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you
have filled its streets with the slain. 11:7 Therefore thus says the
Lord Yahweh: Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the
flesh, and this city is the caldron; but you shall be brought forth out
of its midst. 11:8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword
on you, says the Lord Yahweh. 11:9 I will bring you forth out of its
midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute
judgments among you. 11:10 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you
in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 11:11 This
city shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in its
midst; I will judge you in the border of Israel; 11:12 and you shall
know that I am Yahweh: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither
have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of
the nations that are around you. 11:13 It happened, when I prophesied,
that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and
cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you make a full
end of the remnant of Israel? 11:14 The word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, 11:15 Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of
your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they to
whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Yahweh; to
us is this land given for a possession. 11:16 Therefore say, Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations,
and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to
them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are
come. 11:17 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will gather you
from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have
been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 11:18 They shall
come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and
all its abominations from there. 11:19 I will give them one heart, and I
will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of
their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; 11:20 that they may
walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall
be my people, and I will be their God. 11:21 But as for them whose heart
walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations,
I will bring their way on their own heads, says the Lord Yahweh. 11:22
Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside
them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 11:23 The
glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the
mountain which is on the east side of the city. 11:24 The Spirit lifted
me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea,
to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
11:25 Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that Yahweh
had shown me.

12:1 The word of Yahweh also came to me, saying, 12:2 Son of man, you
dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and
don't see, who have ears to hear, and don't hear; for they are a
rebellious house. 12:3 Therefore, you son of man, prepare you stuff for
removing, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall remove from
your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will
consider, though they are a rebellious house. 12:4 You shall bring forth
your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and you shall
go forth yourself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into
exile. 12:5 Dig you through the wall in their sight, and carry out
thereby. 12:6 In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder, and
carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, that you don't
see the land: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel. 12:7
I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff
for removing, and in the even I dug through the wall with my hand; I
brought it forth in the dark, and bore it on my shoulder in their sight.
12:8 In the morning came the word of Yahweh to me, saying, 12:9 Son of
man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you,
What do you? 12:10 Say you to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This
burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel
among whom they are. 12:11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so
shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
12:12 The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the
dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out
thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with
his eyes. 12:13 My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken
in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the
Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. 12:14 I
will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and
all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. 12:15 They
shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall disperse them among the
nations, and scatter them through the countries. 12:16 But I will leave
a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the
pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the
nations where they come; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. 12:17
Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 12:18 Son of man, eat
your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with
fearfulness; 12:19 and tell the people of the land, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel:
They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in
dismay, that her land may be desolate, and despoiled of all that is
therein, because of the violence of all those who dwell therein. 12:20
The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be
a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 12:21 The word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 12:22 Son of man, what is this proverb that
you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and
every vision fails? 12:23 Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it
as a proverb in Israel; but tell them, The days are at hand, and the
fulfillment of every vision. 12:24 For there shall be no more any false
vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 12:25 For I
am Yahweh; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be
performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, rebellious
house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, says the Lord Yahweh.
12:26 Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 12:27 Son of man,
behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for
many day to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off. 12:28
Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: There shall none of my
words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be
performed, says the Lord Yahweh.

13:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 13:2 Son of man, prophesy
against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say you to those who
prophesy out of their own heart, Hear you the word of Yahweh: 13:3 Thus
says the Lord Yahweh, Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own
spirit, and have seen nothing! 13:4 Israel, your prophets have been like
foxes in the waste places. 13:5 You have not gone up into the gaps,
neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the
battle in the day of Yahweh. 13:6 They have seen falsehood and lying
divination, who say, Yahweh says; but Yahweh has not sent them: and they
have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed. 13:7 Haven't you
seen a false vision, and haven't you spoken a lying divination, in that
you say, Yahweh says; but I have not spoken? 13:8 Therefore thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Because you have spoken falsehood, and seen lies,
therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord Yahweh. 13:9 My hand
shall be against the prophets who see false visions, and who divine
lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they
be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they
enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord
Yahweh. 13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying,
Peace; and there is no peace; and when one builds up a wall, behold,
they daub it with whitewash: 13:11 tell those who daub it with
whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and
you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.
13:12 Behold, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said to you,
Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it? 13:13 Therefore thus
says the Lord Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my
wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great
hailstones in wrath to consume it. 13:14 So will I break down the wall
that you have daubed with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so
that its foundation shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall
be consumed in its midst: and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 13:15
Thus will I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on those who have
daubed it with whitewash; and I will tell you, The wall is no more,
neither those who daubed it; 13:16 to wit, the prophets of Israel who
prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her, and
there is no peace, says the Lord Yahweh. 13:17 You, son of man, set your
face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own
heart; and prophesy you against them, 13:18 and say, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make
kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will
you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
13:19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and
for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save
the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who
listen to lies. 13:20 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am
against your pillows, with which you there hunt the souls to make them
fly, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go,
even the souls who you hunt to make them fly. 13:21 Your kerchiefs also
will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be
no more in your hand to be hunted; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
13:22 Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous,
whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that
he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive: 13:23
Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination.
I will deliver my people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am
Yahweh.

14:1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
14:2 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 14:3 Son of man, these men
have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of
their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by
them? 14:4 Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his
heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and
comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the
multitude of his idols; 14:5 that I may take the house of Israel in
their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their
idols. 14:6 Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Return you, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away
your faces from all your abominations. 14:7 For everyone of the house of
Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself
from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling
block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to
inquire for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself: 14:8 and
I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment,
for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my
people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 14:9 If the prophet be
deceived and speak a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I
will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of
my people Israel. 14:10 They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of
the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks to him; 14:11
that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile
themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be
my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord Yahweh. 14:12 The word
of Yahweh came to me, saying, 14:13 Son of man, when a land sins against
me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break
the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man
and animal; 14:14 though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in
it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says
the Lord Yahweh. 14:15 If I cause evil animals to pass through the land,
and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass
through because of the animals; 14:16 though these three men were in it,
as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor
daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be
desolate. 14:17 Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go
through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal; 14:18 though
these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should
deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered
themselves. 14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out
my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal; 14:20 though
Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they
should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their
own souls by their righteousness. 14:21 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:
How much more when I send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the
sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut
off from it man and animal! 14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a
remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold,
they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their
doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have
brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
14:23 They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings;
and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have
done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.

15:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 15:2 Son of man, what is the
vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees
of the forest? 15:3 Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? or will
men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 15:4 Behold, it is cast
into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its
midst is burned: is it profitable for any work? 15:5 Behold, when it was
whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has
devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work! 15:6
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As the vine tree among the trees of
the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15:7 I will set my face against them; they
shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you
shall know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them. 15:8 I
will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass,
says the Lord Yahweh.

16:1 Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 16:2 Son of man, cause
Jerusalem to know her abominations; 16:3 and say, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your birth and your birth is of the land of the
Canaanite; the Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.
16:4 As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut,
neither were you washed in water to cleanse you; you weren't salted at
all, nor swaddled at all. 16:5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these
things to you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the
open field, for that your person was abhorred, in the day that you were
born. 16:6 When I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood, I
said to you, Though you are in your blood, live; yes, I said to you,
Though you are in your blood, live. 16:7 I caused you to multiply as
that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you
attained to excellent ornament; your breasts were fashioned, and your
hair was grown; yet you were naked and bare. 16:8 Now when I passed by
you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I
spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to
you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you
became mine. 16:9 Then washed I you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed
away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. 16:10 I clothed
you also with embroidered work, and shod you with sealskin, and I girded
you about with fine linen, and covered you with silk. 16:11 I decked you
with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your
neck. 16:12 I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a
beautiful crown on your head. 16:13 Thus you were decked with gold and
silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered
work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding
beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate. 16:14 Your renown went
forth among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect, through my
majesty which I had put on you, says the Lord Yahweh. 16:15 But you did
trust in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown,
and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by; his it was.
16:16 You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places
decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: the like
things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 16:17 You also took your
beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and
made for yourself images of men, and played the prostitute with them;
16:18 and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and did
set my oil and my incense before them. 16:19 My bread also which I gave
you, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you did even
set it before them for a pleasant aroma; and thus it was, says the Lord
Yahweh. 16:20 Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom
you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be
devoured. Were your prostitution a small matter, 16:21 that you have
slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass
through the fire to them? 16:22 In all your abominations and your
prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you
were naked and bare, and was weltering in your blood. 16:23 It is happen
after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you! says the Lord Yahweh),
16:24 that you have built to you a vaulted place, and have made you a
lofty place in every street. 16:25 You have built your lofty place at
the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and
have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your
prostitution. 16:26 You have also committed sexual immorality with the
Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and have multiplied your
prostitution, to provoke me to anger. 16:27 See therefore, I have
stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary food,
and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of
the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way. 16:28 You have played
the prostitute also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable;
yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and yet you weren't
satisfied. 16:29 You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the
land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren't satisfied with this.
16:30 How weak is your heart, says the Lord Yahweh, seeing you do all
these things, the work of an impudent prostitute; 16:31 in that you
build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty
place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you
scorn pay. 16:32 A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers
instead of her husband! 16:33 They give gifts to all prostitutes; but
you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may
come to you on every side for your prostitution. 16:34 You are different
from other women in your prostitution, in that none follows you to play
the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you,
therefore you are different. 16:35 Therefore, prostitute, hear the word
of Yahweh: 16:36 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because your filthiness was
poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your prostitution with
your lovers; and because of all the idols of your abominations, and for
the blood of your children, that you gave to them; 16:37 therefore see,
I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and
all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will
even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your
nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. 16:38 I will
judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I
will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy. 16:39 I will also
give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place,
and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your
clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked
and bare. 16:40 They shall also bring up a company against you, and they
shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
16:41 They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on
you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from
playing the prostitute, and you shall also give no hire any more. 16:42
So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall
depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. 16:43
Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged
against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring
your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and you shall not commit
this lewdness with all your abominations. 16:44 Behold, everyone who
uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the
mother, so is her daughter. 16:45 You are the daughter of your mother,
who loathes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your
sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was
a Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 16:46 Your elder sister is
Samaria, who dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your
younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her
daughters. 16:47 Yet have you not walked in their ways, nor done after
their abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, you were
more corrupt than they in all your ways. 16:48 As I live, says the Lord
Yahweh, Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you
have done, you and your daughters. 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity
of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was
in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the
poor and needy. 16:50 They were haughty, and committed abomination
before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. 16:51 Neither has
Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your
abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your
abominations which you have done. 16:52 You also, bear you your own
shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your
sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more
righteous that you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in
that you have justified your sisters. 16:53 I will turn again their
captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity
of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives in the
midst of them; 16:54 that you may bear your own shame, and may be
ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to
them. 16:55 Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their
former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their
former estate; and you and your daughters shall return to your former
estate. 16:56 For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in
the day of your pride, 16:57 before your wickedness was uncovered, as at
the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all who are
around her, the daughters of the Philistines, who do despite to you all
around. 16:58 You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says
Yahweh. 16:59 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also deal with you
as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
16:60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of
your youth, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant. 16:61
Then you shall remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall
receive your sisters, your elder sisters and your younger; and I will
give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant. 16:62 I will
establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am Yahweh;
16:63 that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your
mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that
you have done, says the Lord Yahweh.

17:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 17:2 Son of man, put forth a
riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel; 17:3 and say, Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers,
full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took
the top of the cedar: 17:4 he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs
of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of
merchants. 17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in
a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow
tree. 17:6 It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose
branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a
vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 17:7 There was
also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold,
this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches
toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
17:8 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring
forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly
vine. 17:9 Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall
he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither;
that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm
or much people can it be raised from its roots. 17:10 Yes, behold, being
planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east
wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew. 17:11
Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 17:12 Say now to the
rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them,
Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and
its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon: 17:13 and he took of
the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under
an oath, and took away the mighty of the land; 17:14 that the kingdom
might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his
covenant it might stand. 17:15 But he rebelled against him in sending
his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much
people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he
break the covenant, and yet escape? 17:16 As I live, says the Lord
Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king,
whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in
the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his
mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up
mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons. 17:18 For he has
despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his
hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape. 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he
has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it
on his own head. 17:20 I will spread my net on him, and he shall be
taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into
judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against
me. 17:21 All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword,
and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall
know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it. 17:22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I
will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will
crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will
plant it on a high and lofty mountain: 17:23 in the mountain of the
height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and
bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of
every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell. 17:24 All the
trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high
tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have
made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.

18:1 The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, 18:2 What do you mean,
that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The
fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on
edge? 18:3 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, you shall not have occasion
any more to use this proverb in Israel. 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine;
as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul
who sins, he shall die. 18:5 But if a man is just, and does that which
is lawful and right, 18:6 and has not eaten on the mountains, neither
has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has
defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her
impurity, 18:7 and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor
his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the
hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; 18:8 he who has not
given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has
withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man
and man, 18:9 has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to
deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.
18:10 If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who
does any one of these things, 18:11 and who does not any of those
duties, but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's
wife, 18:12 has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has
not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has
committed abomination, 18:13 has given forth on interest, and has taken
increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these
abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him. 18:14 Now,
behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he
has done, and fears, and does not such like; 18:15 who has not eaten on
the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house
of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife, 18:16 neither has
wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by
robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the
naked with a garment; 18:17 who has withdrawn his hand from the poor,
who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances,
has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his
father, he shall surely live. 18:18 As for his father, because he
cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good
among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity. 18:19 Yet say
you, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son
has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes,
and has done them, he shall surely live. 18:20 The soul who sins, he
shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither
shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the
righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on
him. 18:21 But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has
committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and
right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 18:22 None of his
transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in
his righteousness that he has done he shall live. 18:23 Have I any
pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not
rather that he should return from his way, and live? 18:24 But when the
righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and
does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall
he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be
remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that
he has sinned, in them shall he die. 18:25 Yet you say, The way of the
Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal?
Aren't your ways unequal? 18:26 When the righteous man turns away from
his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his
iniquity that he has done shall he die. 18:27 Again, when the wicked man
turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that
which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 18:28 Because
he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has
committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 18:29 Yet says the
house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. house of Israel, are
not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 18:30 Therefore I will
judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the
Lord Yahweh. Return you, and turn yourselves from all your
transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 18:31 Cast away from
you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make
you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord
Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.

19:1 Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 19:2 and
say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the
midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs. 19:3 She brought up one
of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey;
he devoured men. 19:4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in
their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. 19:5
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she
took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion. 19:6 He went up and
down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch
the prey; he devoured men. 19:7 He knew their palaces, and laid waste
their cities; and the land was desolate, and its fullness, because of
the noise of his roaring. 19:8 Then the nations set against him on every
side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was
taken in their pit. 19:9 They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought
him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his
voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel. 19:10 Your
mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was
fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. 19:11 It had
strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature
was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height
with the multitude of their branches. 19:12 But it was plucked up in
fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its
fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed
them. 19:13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty
land. 19:14 Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it has
devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter
to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

20:1 It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day
of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of
Yahweh, and sat before me. 20:2 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
20:3 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live,
says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you. 20:4 Will you
judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the
abominations of their fathers; 20:5 and tell them, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the
house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when
I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God; 20:6 in that day I swore
to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I
had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the
glory of all lands. 20:7 I said to them, Cast you away every man the
abominations of his eyes, and don't defile yourselves with the idols of
Egypt; I am Yahweh your God. 20:8 But they rebelled against me, and
would not listen to 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 would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger
against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 20:9 But I worked for my
name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations,
among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in
bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 20:10 So I caused them to
go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
20:11 I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a
man does, he shall live in them. 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my
Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I
am Yahweh who sanctifies them. 20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled
against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they
rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and
my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath
on them in the wilderness, to consume them. 20:14 But I worked for my
name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations,
in whose sight I brought them out. 20:15 Moreover also I swore to 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; 20:16 because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my
statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their
idols. 20:17 Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them,
neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness. 20:18 I said to
their children in the wilderness, Don't you walk in the statutes of your
fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with
their idols. 20:19 I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep
my ordinances, and do them; 20:20 and make my Sabbaths holy; and they
shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh
your God. 20:21 But the children rebelled against me; they didn't walk
in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man
do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I
would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in
the wilderness. 20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my
name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations,
in whose sight I brought them forth. 20:23 Moreover I swore to them in
the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and
disperse them through the countries; 20:24 because they had not executed
my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my
Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 20:25 Moreover
also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which
they should not live; 20:26 and I polluted them in their own gifts, in
that they caused to pass through the fire all that opens the womb, that
I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am
Yahweh. 20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and
tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In this moreover have your fathers
blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. 20:28
For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to
them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they
offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation
of their offering; there also they made their pleasant aroma, and they
poured out there their drink offerings. 20:29 Then I said to them, What
means the high place whereunto you go? So its name is called Bamah to
this day. 20:30 Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Do you pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and
play you the prostitute after their abominations? 20:31 and when you
offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do
you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be
inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I
will not be inquired of by you; 20:32 and that which comes into your
mind shall not be at all, in that you say, We will be as the nations, as
the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. 20:33 As I live,
says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an
outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:
20:34 and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out
of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and
with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out; 20:35 and I will
bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter
into judgment with you face to face. 20:36 Like as I entered into
judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so
will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord Yahweh. 20:37 I will
cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of
the covenant; 20:38 and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and
those who disobey against me; I will bring them forth out of the land
where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel:
and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 20:39 As for you, house of Israel,
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go you, serve everyone his idols, and
hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall
no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols. 20:40 For in my
holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord
Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in
the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your
offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy
things. 20:41 As a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you
out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you
have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the
nations. 20:42 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you
into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your
fathers. 20:43 There you shall remember your ways, and all your doings,
in which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves
in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed. 20:44 You
shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name's
sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt
doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh. 20:45 The word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 20:46 Son of man, set your face toward the
south, and drop your word toward the south, and prophesy against the
forest of the field in the South; 20:47 and tell the forest of the
South, Hear the word of Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I
will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you,
and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all
faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby. 20:48 All
flesh shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall not be
quenched. 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a
speaker of parables?

21:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 21:2 Son of man, set your
face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the sanctuaries, and
prophesy against the land of Israel; 21:3 and tell the land of Israel,
Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword
out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the
wicked. 21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and
the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against
all flesh from the south to the north: 21:5 and all flesh shall know
that I, Yahweh, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall
not return any more. 21:6 Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the
breaking of your thighs and with bitterness you will sigh before their
eyes. 21:7 It shall be, when they tell you, Why do you sigh? that you
shall say, Because of the news, for it comes; and every heart shall
melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and
all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes, and it shall be
done, says the Lord Yahweh. 21:8 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
21:9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh: Say, A sword, a
sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished; 21:10 it is sharpened that
it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning:
shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree.
21:11 It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it
is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the
killer. 21:12 Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people, it is on
all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my
people; strike therefore on your thigh. 21:13 For there is a trial; and
what if even the rod that condemns shall be no more? says the Lord
Yahweh. 21:14 You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands
together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the
deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one who is deadly wounded,
which enters into their chambers. 21:15 I have set the threatening sword
against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings
be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
21:16 Gather you together, go to the right, set yourself in array, go to
the left, wherever your face is set. 21:17 I will also strike my hands
together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
21:18 The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, 21:19 Also, you son
of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may
come; they both shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place,
mark it out at the head of the way to the city. 21:20 You shall appoint
a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to
Judah in Jerusalem the fortified. 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at
the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination:
he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked
in the liver. 21:22 In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem,
to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up
the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to
cast up mounds, to build forts. 21:23 It shall be to them as a false
divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings
iniquity to memory, that they may be taken. 21:24 Therefore thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered,
in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings
your sins do appear; because you have come to memory, you shall be taken
with the hand. 21:25 You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of
Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end, 21:26
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Remove the turban, and take off the crown;
this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that
which is high. 21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also
shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it
him. 21:28 You, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh
concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say
you, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to
cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning; 21:29 while they see
for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the
necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the
time of the iniquity of the end. 21:30 Cause it to return into its
sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth,
will I judge you. 21:31 I will pour out my indignation on you; I will
blow on you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the
hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy. 21:32 You shall be for fuel to
the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be no
more remembered: for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

22:1 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 22:2 You, son of
man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? then cause her to
know all her abominations. 22:3 You shall say, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may
come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her! 22:4 You have
become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your
idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near,
and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to
the nations, and a mocking to all the countries. 22:5 Those who are
near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one
and full of tumult. 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone
according to his power, have been in you to shed blood. 22:7 In you have
they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt
by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the
fatherless and the widow. 22:8 You have despised my holy things, and
have profaned my Sabbaths. 22:9 Slanderous men have been in you to shed
blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in the midst of you
they have committed lewdness. 22:10 In you have they uncovered their
fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her
impurity. 22:11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife;
and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you
has humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 22:12 In you have they
taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and
you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have
forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh. 22:13 Behold, therefore, I have
struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your
blood which has been in the midst of you. 22:14 Can your heart endure,
or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I,
Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it. 22:15 I will scatter you among
the nations, and disperse you through the countries; and I will consume
your filthiness out of you. 22:16 You shall be profaned in yourself, in
the sight of the nations; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 22:17 The
word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 22:18 Son of man, the house of Israel
is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead,
in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver. 22:19
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you are all become dross,
therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 22:20
As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst
of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you
in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
22:21 Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath,
and you shall be melted in its midst. 22:22 As silver is melted in the
midst of the furnace, so you will be melted in its midst; and you will
know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you. 22:23 The word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 22:24 Son of man, tell her, You are a land
that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation. 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion
ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and
precious things; they have made her widows many in its midst. 22:26 Her
priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things:
they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither
have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and
have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
22:27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to
shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
22:28 Her prophets have daubed for them with whitewash, seeing false
visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord Yahweh,
when Yahweh has not spoken. 22:29 The people of the land have used
oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have troubled the poor and
needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully. 22:30 I sought for a
man among them, who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap
before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
22:31 Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have
consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on
their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.

23:1 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, 23:2 Son of man, there
were two women, the daughters of one mother: 23:3 and they played the
prostitute in Egypt; they played the prostitute in their youth; there
were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their
virginity. 23:4 The names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah
her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As
for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah. 23:5 Oholah
played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on
the Assyrians her neighbors, 23:6 who were clothed with blue, governors
and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
23:7 She bestowed her prostitution on them, the choicest men of Assyria
all of them; and on whoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled
herself. 23:8 Neither has she left her prostitution since the days of
Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of
her virginity; and they poured out their prostitution on her. 23:9
Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of
the Assyrians, on whom she doted. 23:10 These uncovered her nakedness;
they took her sons and her daughters; and her they killed with the
sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments
on her. 23:11 Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in
her doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the
prostitution of her sister. 23:12 She doted on the Assyrians, governors
and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on
horses, all of them desirable young men. 23:13 I saw that she was
defiled; they both took one way. 23:14 She increased her prostitution;
for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans
portrayed with vermilion, 23:15 girded with girdles on their waists,
with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them princes to look on,
after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their
birth. 23:16 As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent
messengers to them into Chaldea. 23:17 The Babylonians came to her into
the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she
was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them. 23:18 So
she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my
soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her
sister. 23:19 Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days
of her youth, in which she had played the prostitute in the land of
Egypt. 23:20 She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh
of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. 23:21 Thus you
called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the handling of your
bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of your youth. 23:22 Therefore,
Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up your lovers
against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them
against you on every side: 23:23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans,
Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; desirable young
men, governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown, all of
them riding on horses. 23:24 They shall come against you with weapons,
chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set
themselves against you with buckler and shield and helmet all around;
and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you
according to their judgments. 23:25 I will set my jealousy against you,
and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and
your ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take
your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the
fire. 23:26 They shall also strip you of your clothes, and take away
your beautiful jewels. 23:27 Thus will I make your lewdness to cease
from you, and your prostitution brought from the land of Egypt; so that
you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.
23:28 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will deliver you into the
hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your soul is
alienated; 23:29 and they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take
away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare; and the
nakedness of your prostitution shall be uncovered, both your lewdness
and your prostitution. 23:30 These things shall be done to you, because
you have played the prostitute after the nations, and because you are
polluted with their idols. 23:31 You have walked in the way of your
sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand. 23:32 Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: You will drink of your sister's cup, which is deep and
large; you will be ridiculed and held in derision; it contains much.
23:33 You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of
astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria. 23:34
You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall gnaw the broken
pieces of it, and shall tear your breasts; for I have spoken it, says
the Lord Yahweh. 23:35 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you
have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also
your lewdness and your prostitution. 23:36 Yahweh said moreover to me:
Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare to them
their abominations. 23:37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is
in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and
they have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through
the fire to them to be devoured. 23:38 Moreover this they have done to
me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my
Sabbaths. 23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols,
then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold,
thus have they done in the midst of my house. 23:40 Furthermore you have
sent for men who come from far, to whom a messenger was sent, and
behold, they came; for whom you did wash yourself, paint your eyes, and
deck yourself with ornaments, 23:41 and sit on a stately bed, with a
table prepared before it, whereupon you did set my incense and my oil.
23:42 The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men
of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they
put bracelets on the hands of them twain, and beautiful crowns on their
heads. 23:43 Then said I of her who was old in adulteries, Now will they
play the prostitute with her, and she with them. 23:44 They went in to
her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to
Oholibah, the lewd women. 23:45 Righteous men, they shall judge them
with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who
shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
23:46 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will bring up a company against
them, and will give them to be tossed back and forth and robbed. 23:47
The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their
swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up
their houses with fire. 23:48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of
the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
23:49 They shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the
sins of your idols; and you shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

24:1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of
the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 24:2 Son of man, write
you the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon drew
close to Jerusalem this same day. 24:3 Utter a parable to the rebellious
house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set
it on, and also pour water into it: 24:4 gather its pieces into it, even
every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice
bones. 24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for
the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be
boiled in its midst. 24:6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to
the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is
not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen
on it. 24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the bare
rock; she didn't pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust. 24:8 That
it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on
the bare rock, that it should not be covered. 24:9 Therefore thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile
great. 24:10 Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh,
and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned. 24:11 Then set it
empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that
its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed. 24:12
She has wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth
out of her; her rust doesn't go forth by fire. 24:13 In your filthiness
is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and you weren't cleansed, you
shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused
my wrath toward you to rest. 24:14 I, Yahweh, have spoken it: it shall
happen, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare,
neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your
doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord Yahweh. 24:15 Also the word
of Yahweh came to me, saying, 24:16 Son of man, behold, I take away from
you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn
nor weep, neither shall your tears run down. 24:17 Sigh, but not aloud,
make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your
shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's
bread. 24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my
wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. 24:19 The people
said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do
so? 24:20 Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
24:21 Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I
will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your
eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters
whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword. 24:22 You shall do as
I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
24:23 Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet:
you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your
iniquities, and moan one toward another. 24:24 Thus shall Ezekiel be to
you a sign; according to all that he has done you will do: when this
comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh. 24:25 You, son of
man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength,
the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon
they set their heart, their sons and their daughters, 24:26 that in that
day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your
ears? 24:27 In that day your mouth will be opened to him who has
escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more mute: so you will be a sign
to them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

25:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 25:2 Son of man, set your
face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them: 25:3 and
tell the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says
the Lord Yahweh, Because you said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it
was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate;
and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity: 25:4
therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a
possession, and they shall set their encampments in you, and make their
dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your
milk. 25:5 I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of
Ammon a resting place for flocks: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
25:6 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have clapped your hands,
and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of your
soul against the land of Israel; 25:7 therefore, behold, I have
stretched out my hand on you, and will deliver you for a spoil to the
nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you
to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know
that I am Yahweh. 25:8 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Moab and Seir
say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations; 25:9 therefore,
behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities
which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth,
Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim, 25:10 to the children of the east, to go
against the children of Ammon; and I will give them for a possession,
that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations.
25:11 and I will execute judgments on Moab; and they shall know that I
am Yahweh. 25:12 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Edom has dealt
against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly
offended, and revenged himself on them; 25:13 therefore thus says the
Lord Yahweh, I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man
and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even to
Dedan shall they fall by the sword. 25:14 I will lay my vengeance on
Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom
according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my
vengeance, says the Lord Yahweh. 25:15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance
with despite of soul to destroy with perpetual enmity; 25:16 therefore
thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will stretch out my hand on the
Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant
of the sea coast. 25:17 I will execute great vengeance on them with
wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay
my vengeance on them.

26:1 It happened in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month,
that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 26:2 Son of man, because
Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken: the gate of the
peoples; she is turned to me; I shall be replenished, now that she is
laid waste: 26:3 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I am
against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you,
as the sea causes its waves to come up. 26:4 They shall destroy the
walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust
from her, and make her a bare rock. 26:5 She shall be a place for the
spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, says
the Lord Yahweh; and she shall become a spoil to the nations. 26:6 Her
daughters who are in the field shall be slain with the sword: and they
shall know that I am Yahweh. 26:7 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold,
I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from
the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a
company, and much people. 26:8 He shall kill with the sword your
daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against you, and cast up
a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you. 26:9 He shall
set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall
break down your towers. 26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses
their dust shall cover you: your walls shall shake at the noise of the
horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter
into your gates, as men enter into a city in which is made a breach.
26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all your streets;
he shall kill your people with the sword; and the pillars of your
strength shall go down to the ground. 26:12 They shall make a spoil of
your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break
down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay
your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters.
26:13 I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of
your harps shall be no more heard. 26:14 I will make you a bare rock;
you shall be a place for the spreading of nets; you shall be built no
more: for I Yahweh have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh. 26:15 Thus says
the Lord Yahweh to Tyre: shall not the islands shake at the sound of
your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the
midst of you? 26:16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from
their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their
embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they
shall sit on the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be
astonished at you. 26:17 They shall take up a lamentation over you, and
tell you, How are you destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men,
the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants,
who caused their terror to be on all who lived there! 26:18 Now shall
the islands tremble in the day of your fall; yes, the islands that are
in the sea shall be dismayed at your departure. 26:19 For thus says the
Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that
are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great
waters shall cover you; 26:20 then will I bring you down with those who
descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you to
dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate
of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited;
and I will set glory in the land of the living: 26:21 I will make you a
terror, and you shall no more have any being; though you are sought for,
yet you will never be found again, says the Lord Yahweh.

27:1 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, 27:2 You, son of man,
take up a lamentation over Tyre; 27:3 and tell Tyre, you who dwell at
the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many
islands, thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have said, I am perfect
in beauty. 27:4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders
have perfected your beauty. 27:5 They have made all your planks of fir
trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast
for you. 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have
made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the islands of
Kittim. 27:7 Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your
sail, that it might be to you for a banner; blue and purple from the
islands of Elishah was your awning. 27:8 The inhabitants of Sidon and
Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your
pilots. 27:9 The old men of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you
your repairers of ship seams: all the ships of the sea with their
mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise. 27:10 Persia and Lud
and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and
helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness. 27:11 The men of Arvad
with your army were on your walls all around, and valorous men were in
your towers; they hanged their shields on your walls all around; they
have perfected your beauty. 27:12 Tarshish was your merchant by reason
of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and
lead, they traded for your wares. 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they
were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of
brass for your merchandise. 27:14 They of the house of Togarmah traded
for your wares with horses and war horses and mules. 27:15 The men of
Dedan were your traffickers; many islands were the market of your hand:
they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony. 27:16 Syria was
your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded
for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine
linen, and coral, and rubies. 27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they
were your traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of
Minnith, and confections, and honey, and oil, and balm. 27:18 Damascus
was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the
multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white
wool. 27:19 Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares: bright
iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise. 27:20 Dedan was
your trafficker in precious cloths for riding. 27:21 Arabia, and all the
princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of your hand; in lambs, and
rams, and goats, in these were they your merchants. 27:22 The
traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traffickers; they traded
for your wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious
stones, and gold. 27:23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of
Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traffickers. 27:24 These were your
traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work,
and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar,
among your merchandise. 27:25 The ships of Tarshish were your caravans
for your merchandise: and you were replenished, and made very glorious
in the heart of the seas. 27:26 Your rowers have brought you into great
waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas. 27:27
Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your
pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your
merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your
company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of the
seas in the day of your ruin. 27:28 At the sound of the cry of your
pilots the suburbs shall shake. 27:29 All who handled the oar, the
mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their
ships; they shall stand on the land, 27:30 and shall cause their voice
to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on
their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 27:31 and they
shall make themselves bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and
they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
27:32 In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and
lament over you, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought
to silence in the midst of the sea? 27:33 When your wares went forth out
of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did enrich the kings of the
earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise. 27:34
In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the
waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst of
you. 27:35 All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and
their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face. 27:36
The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you are become a terror,
and you shall nevermore have any being.

28:1 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, 28:2 Son of man, tell
the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because your heart is
lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in
the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set
your heart as the heart of God-- 28:3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel;
there is no secret that is hidden from you; 28:4 by your wisdom and by
your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and
silver into your treasures; 28:5 by your great wisdom and by your
traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up
because of your riches-- 28:6 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Because you have set your heart as the heart of God, 28:7 therefore,
behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and
they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they
shall defile your brightness. 28:8 They shall bring you down to the pit;
and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the
seas. 28:9 Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am God? but you
are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you. 28:10 You shall
die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have
spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh. 28:11 Moreover the word of Yahweh came
to me, saying, 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of
Tyre, and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full
of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of
God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite,
onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines
and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were
prepared. 28:14 You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you,
so that you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and
down in the midst of the stones of fire. 28:15 You were perfect in your
ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found
in you. 28:16 By the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of
you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as
profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering
cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 28:17 Your heart was
lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by
reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid
you before kings, that they may see you. 28:18 By the multitude of your
iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned
your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst
of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth
in the sight of all those who see you. 28:19 All those who know you
among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you are become a terror,
and you shall nevermore have any being. 28:20 The word of Yahweh came to
me, saying, 28:21 Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy
against it, 28:22 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am
against you, Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you; and
they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall have executed judgments
in her, and shall be sanctified in her. 28:23 For I will send pestilence
into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the
midst of her, with the sword on her on every side; and they shall know
that I am Yahweh. 28:24 There shall be no more a pricking brier to the
house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them, that
did despite to them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
28:25 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of
Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be
sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in
their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob. 28:26 They shall dwell
securely therein; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and
shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do
them despite all around them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh their
God.

29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the
month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 29:2 "Son of man, set your
face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against
all Egypt. 29:3 Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am
against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the
midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made
it for myself.' 29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the
fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of
the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick
to your scales. 29:5 I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and
all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be
brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals
of the earth and to the birds of the sky. 29:6 All the inhabitants of
Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed
to the house of Israel. 29:7 When they took hold of you by your hand,
you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you,
you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs." 29:8 Therefore thus says
the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off
from you man and animal. 29:9 The land of Egypt shall be a desolation
and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said,
'The river is mine, and I have made it;' 29:10 therefore, behold, I am
against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt
an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the
border of Ethiopia. 29:11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot
of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty
years. 29:12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of
the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that
are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the
Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the
countries." 29:13 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "At the end of forty
years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were
scattered; 29:14 and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will
cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their
birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom. 29:15 It shall be the
base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the
nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the
nations. 29:16 It shall be no more the confidence of the house of
Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them:
and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh."'" 29:17 It came to pass
in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of
the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 29:18 Son of man,
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service
against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet
had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had
served against it. 29:19 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I
will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he
shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey;
and it shall be the wages for his army. 29:20 I have given him the land
of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for
me, says the Lord Yahweh. 29:21 In that day will I cause a horn to bud
forth to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the
mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

30:1 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, 30:2 Son of man,
prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Wail, Alas for the day!
30:3 For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a
day of clouds, a time of the nations. 30:4 A sword shall come on Egypt,
and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt;
and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be
broken down. 30:5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people,
and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with
them by the sword. 30:6 Thus says Yahweh: They also who uphold Egypt
shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower
of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, says the Lord Yahweh.
30:7 They shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are
desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are
wasted. 30:8 They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have set a fire in
Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed. 30:9 In that day shall
messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless
Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish on them, as in the day of
Egypt; for, behold, it comes. 30:10 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will
also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon. 30:11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the
nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw
their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. 30:12 I
will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil
men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the
hand of strangers: I, Yahweh, have spoken it. 30:13 Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to
cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of
Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 30:14 I will make
Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute
judgments on No. 30:15 I will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of
Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. 30:16 I will set a fire
in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and
Memphis shall have adversaries in the daytime. 30:17 The young men of
Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go
into captivity. 30:18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself,
when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power
shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her
daughters shall go into captivity. 30:19 Thus will I execute judgments
on Egypt; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. 30:20 It happened in the
eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that
the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 30:21 Son of man, I have broken
the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been bound up,
to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be
strong to hold the sword. 30:22 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the
strong arm, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to
fall out of his hand. 30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the
nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 30:24 I will
strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his
hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before
him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 30:25 I will hold up the
arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down;
and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall put my sword into the
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of
Egypt. 30:26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and
disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am
Yahweh.

31:1 It happened in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first
day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 31:2 Son
of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom are you
like in your greatness? 31:3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon
with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high
stature; and its top was among the thick boughs. 31:4 The waters
nourished it, the deep made it to grow: its rivers ran all around its
plantation; and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
31:5 Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field;
and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason
of many waters, when it shot them forth. 31:6 All the birds of the sky
made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the
animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived
all great nations. 31:7 Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the
length of its branches; for its root was by many waters. 31:8 The cedars
in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its
boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree
in the garden of God like it in its beauty. 31:9 I made it beautiful by
the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were
in the garden of God, envied it. 31:10 Therefore thus said the Lord
Yahweh: Because you are exalted in stature, and he has set his top among
the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; 31:11 I will
even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he
shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.
31:12 Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have
left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are
fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land;
and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have
left him. 31:13 On his ruin all the birds of the sky shall dwell, and
all the animals of the field shall be on his branches; 31:14 to the end
that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their
stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their
mighty ones stand up on their height, even all who drink water: for they
are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the
midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit. 31:15
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol I
caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its
rivers; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn
for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. 31:16 I made
the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to
Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden,
the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in
the lower parts of the earth. 31:17 They also went down into Sheol with
him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm,
that lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations. 31:18 To whom
are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet
you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of
the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those
who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says
the Lord Yahweh.

32:1 It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first
day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 32:2 Son
of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him,
You were likened to a young lion of the nations: yet are you as a
monster in the seas; and you did break forth with your rivers, and
troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers. 32:3 Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of
many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net. 32:4 I will leave
you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause
all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the
animals of the whole earth with you. 32:5 I will lay your flesh on the
mountains, and fill the valleys with your height. 32:6 I will also water
with your blood the land in which you swim, even to the mountains; and
the watercourses shall be full of you. 32:7 When I shall extinguish you,
I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun
with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 32:8 All the bright
lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your
land, says the Lord Yahweh. 32:9 I will also trouble the hearts of many
peoples, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the
countries which you have not known. 32:10 Yes, I will make many peoples
amazed at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you, when I
shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every
moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall. 32:11 For
thus says the Lord Yahweh: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come
on you. 32:12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to
fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to
nothing the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude shall be destroyed.
32:13 I will destroy also all its animals from beside many waters;
neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of
animals trouble them. 32:14 Then will I make their waters clear, and
cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord Yahweh. 32:15 When I
shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of
that of which it was full, when I shall strike all those who dwell
therein, then shall they know that I am Yahweh. 32:16 This is the
lamentation with which they shall lament; the daughters of the nations
shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall
they lament therewith, says the Lord Yahweh. 32:17 It happened also in
the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 32:18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of
Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous
nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into
the pit. 32:19 Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the
uncircumcised. 32:20 They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain
by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her
multitudes. 32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of
the midst of Sheol with those who help him: they are gone down, they lie
still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 32:22 Asshur is there
and all her company; her graves are all around her; all of them slain,
fallen by the sword; 32:23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts
of the pit, and her company is around her grave; all of them slain,
fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living. 32:24
There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain,
fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower
parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living,
and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. 32:25 They
have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her
graves are around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have
borne their shame with those who go down to the pit: he is put in the
midst of those who are slain. 32:26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all
their multitude; their graves are around them; all of them
uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the
land of the living. 32:27 They shall not lie with the mighty who are
fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their
weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their
iniquities are on their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in
the land of the living. 32:28 But you shall be broken in the midst of
the uncircumcised, and shall lie with those who are slain by the sword.
32:29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might
are laid with those who are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the
uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit. 32:30 There are
the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are
gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might
they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with those who are
slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the
pit. 32:31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his
multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, says the
Lord Yahweh. 32:32 For I have put his terror in the land of the living;
and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who
are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the
Lord Yahweh.

33:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 33:2 Son of man, speak to
the children of your people, and tell them, When I bring the sword on a
land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him
for their watchman; 33:3 if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he
blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 33:4 then whoever hears the sound
of the trumpet, and doesn't take warning, if the sword come, and take
him away, his blood shall be on his own head. 33:5 He heard the sound of
the trumpet, and didn't take warning; his blood shall be on him; whereas
if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul. 33:6 But if
the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn't blow the trumpet, and the
people aren't warned, and the sword comes, and take any person from
among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I
require at the watchman's hand. 33:7 So you, son of man, I have set you
a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth,
and give them warning from me. 33:8 When I tell the wicked, O wicked
man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from
his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I
require at your hand. 33:9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his
way to turn from it, and he doesn't turn from his way; he shall die in
his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul. 33:10 You, son of man,
tell the house of Israel: Thus you speak, saying, Our transgressions and
our sins are on us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?
33:11 Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in
the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live:
turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of
Israel? 33:12 You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The
righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his
disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall
thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he
who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins. 33:13
When I tell the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his
righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be
remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, therein shall he
die. 33:14 Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he
turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 33:15 if the
wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by
robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall
surely live, he shall not die. 33:16 None of his sins that he has
committed shall be remembered against him: he has done that which is
lawful and right; he shall surely live. 33:17 Yet the children of your
people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way
is not equal. 33:18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and
commits iniquity, he shall even die therein. 33:19 When the wicked turns
from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall
live thereby. 33:20 Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. House
of Israel, I will judge you everyone after his ways. 33:21 It happened
in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth
day of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me,
saying, The city has been struck. 33:22 Now the hand of Yahweh had been
on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened
my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened,
and I was no more mute. 33:23 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
33:24 Son of man, they who inhabit those waste places in the land of
Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we
are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 33:25 Therefore tell
them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You eat with the blood, and lift up
your eyes to your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land?
33:26 You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile
everyone his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land? 33:27 You
shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely those who
are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him who is in the
open field will I give to the animals to be devoured; and those who are
in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 33:28 I
will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of
her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so
that none shall pass through. 33:29 Then shall they know that I am
Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment,
because of all their abominations which they have committed. 33:30 As
for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the
walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone
to his brother, saying, Please come and hear what is the word that comes
forth from Yahweh. 33:31 They come to you as the people comes, and they
sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do
them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes
after their gain. 33:32 Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of
one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for
they hear your words, but they don't do them. 33:33 When this comes to
pass, (behold, it comes), then shall they know that a prophet has been
among them.

34:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 34:2 Son of man, prophesy
against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the
shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who
feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep? 34:3 You eat
the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but
you don't feed the sheep. 34:4 You haven't strengthened the diseased,
neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up
that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was
driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force
and with rigor have you ruled over them. 34:5 They were scattered,
because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals
of the field, and were scattered. 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the
mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all
the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.
34:7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh: 34:8 As I live,
says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my
sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no
shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the
shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep; 34:9 therefore, you
shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh: 34:10 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their
hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the
shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from
their mouth, that they may not be food for them. 34:11 For thus says the
Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and
will seek them out. 34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day
that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out
my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 34:13 I will bring them out from
the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them
into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by
the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 34:14
I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height
of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold;
and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel. 34:15 I
myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie
down, says the Lord Yahweh. 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and
will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which
was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the
strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice. 34:17 As for you, O
my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I judge between sheep and
sheep, the rams and the male goats. 34:18 Seems it a small thing to you
to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet
the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but
you must foul the residue with your feet? 34:19 As for my sheep, they
eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that
which you have fouled with your feet. 34:20 Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and
the lean sheep. 34:21 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder,
and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them
abroad; 34:22 therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be
a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 34:23 I will set up
one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David;
he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 34:24 I, Yahweh,
will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh,
have spoken it. 34:25 I will make with them a covenant of peace, and
will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell
securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 34:26 I will make
them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the
shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
34:27 The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall
yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they
shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke,
and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of
them. 34:28 They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall
the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and
none shall make them afraid. 34:29 I will raise up to them a plantation
for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land,
neither bear the shame of the nations any more. 34:30 They shall know
that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of
Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh. 34:31 You my sheep, the
sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Yahweh.

35:1 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 35:2 Son of man,
set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 35:3 and tell
it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and
I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation
and an astonishment. 35:4 I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be
desolate; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 35:5 Because you have had
a perpetual enmity, and have given over the children of Israel to the
power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the
iniquity of the end; 35:6 therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I
will prepare you to blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have
not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you. 35:7 Thus will I make
Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it
him who passes through and him who returns. 35:8 I will fill its
mountains with its slain: in your hills and in your valleys and in all
your watercourses shall they fall who are slain with the sword. 35:9 I
will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be
inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 35:10 Because you have
said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we
will possess it; whereas Yahweh was there: 35:11 therefore, as I live,
says the Lord Yahweh, I will do according to your anger, and according
to your envy which you have shown out of your hatred against them; and I
will make myself known among them, when I shall judge you. 35:12 You
shall know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults which you have
spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate,
they are given us to devour. 35:13 You have magnified yourselves against
me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have
heard it. 35:14 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When the whole earth
rejoices, I will make you desolate. 35:15 As you did rejoice over the
inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I
do to you: you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of
it; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

36:1 You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You
mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yahweh. 36:2 Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! and, The ancient
high places are ours in possession; 36:3 therefore prophesy, and say,
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because, even because they have made you
desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a
possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the
lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people; 36:4 therefore, you
mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says the
Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and
to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are
forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the
nations that are all around; 36:5 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of
the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to
themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with
despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey. 36:6 Therefore prophesy
concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains and to the hills,
to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have
borne the shame of the nations: 36:7 therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: I have sworn, saying, Surely the nations that are around you,
they shall bear their shame. 36:8 But you, mountains of Israel, you
shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people
Israel; for they are at hand to come. 36:9 For, behold, I am for you,
and I will turn into you, and you shall be tilled and sown; 36:10 and I
will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and
the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built;
36:11 and I will multiply on you man and animal; and they shall increase
and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former
estate, and will do better to you than at your beginnings: and you shall
know that I am Yahweh. 36:12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even
my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their
inheritance, and you shall no more henceforth bereave them of children.
36:13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they say to you, You land are a
devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation; 36:14
therefore you shall devour men no more, neither bereave your nation any
more, says the Lord Yahweh; 36:15 neither will I let you hear any more
the shame of the nations, neither shall you bear the reproach of the
peoples any more, neither shall you cause your nation to stumble any
more, says the Lord Yahweh. 36:16 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to
me, saying, 36:17 Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their
own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way
before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. 36:18
Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had
poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their
idols; 36:19 and I scattered them among the nations, and they were
dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to
their doings I judged them. 36:20 When they came to the nations, where
they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These
are the people of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land. 36:21 But
I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned
among the nations, where they went. 36:22 Therefore tell the house of
Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do this for your sake, house
of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the
nations, where you went. 36:23 I will sanctify my great name, which has
been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of
them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh,
when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 36:24 For I will
take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the
countries, and will bring you into your own land. 36:25 I will sprinkle
clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness,
and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 36:26 A new heart also will
I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
36:27 I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances, and do them. 36:28 You shall
dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my
people, and I will be your God. 36:29 I will save you from all your
uncleanness: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and
lay no famine on you. 36:30 I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and
the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of
famine among the nations. 36:31 Then you shall remember your evil ways,
and your doings that were not good; and you shall loathe yourselves in
your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. 36:32 Nor
for your sake do I this, says the Lord Yahweh, be it known to you: be
ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel. 36:33 Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities,
I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be
built. 36:34 The land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was
a desolation in the sight of all who passed by. 36:35 They shall say,
This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the
waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited. 36:36
Then the nations that are left around you shall know that I, Yahweh,
have built the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I,
Yahweh, have spoken it, and I will do it. 36:37 Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of
Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.
36:38 As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her
appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of
men; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

37:1 The hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit
of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full
of bones. 37:2 He caused me to pass by them all around: and behold,
there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.
37:3 He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, Lord
Yahweh, you know. 37:4 Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones,
and tell them, you dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh. 37:5 Thus says
the Lord Yahweh to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter
into you, and you shall live. 37:6 I will lay sinews on you, and will
bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you,
and you shall live; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 37:7 So I
prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise,
and behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its
bone. 37:8 I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came
up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them. 37:9
Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell
the wind, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Come from the four winds, breath,
and breathe on these slain, that they may live. 37:10 So I prophesied as
he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and
stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army. 37:11 Then he said to
me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they
say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
37:12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your
graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 37:13
You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves, and
caused you to come up out of your graves, my people. 37:14 I will put my
Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own
land: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed
it, says Yahweh. 37:15 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
37:16 You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and
for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and
write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of
Israel his companions: 37:17 and join them for you one to another into
one stick, that they may become one in your hand. 37:18 When the
children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us
what you mean by these? 37:19 tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them
with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they
shall be one in my hand. 37:20 The sticks whereon you write shall be in
your hand before their eyes. 37:21 Say to them, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and
bring them into their own land: 37:22 and I will make them one nation in
the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them
all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be
divided into two kingdoms any more at all; 37:23 neither shall they
defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable
things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out
of all their dwelling places, in which they have sinned, and will
cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 37:24
My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one
shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my
statutes, and do them. 37:25 They shall dwell in the land that I have
given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall
dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children,
forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever. 37:26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply
them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. 37:27
My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall
be my people. 37:28 The nations shall know that I am Yahweh who
sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them
forevermore.

38:1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 38:2 Son of man, set your
face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and
Tubal, and prophesy against him, 38:3 and say, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and
Tubal: 38:4 and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and
I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of
them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all
of them handling swords; 38:5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of
them with shield and helmet; 38:6 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house
of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes;
even many peoples with you. 38:7 Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself,
you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to
them. 38:8 After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you
shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is
gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have
been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and
they shall dwell securely, all of them. 38:9 You shall ascend, you shall
come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and
all your hordes, and many peoples with you. 38:10 Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your
mind, and you shall devise an evil device: 38:11 and you shall say, I
will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are
at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and
having neither bars nor gates; 38:12 to take the spoil and to take the
prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited,
and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have
gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth. 38:13
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young
lions of it, shall tell you, Are you come to take the spoil? have you
assembled your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold,
to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil? 38:14 Therefore,
son of man, prophesy, and tell Gog, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In that
day when my people Israel dwells securely, shall you not know it? 38:15
You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north,
you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great
company and a mighty army; 38:16 and you shall come up against my people
Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the latter
days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know
me, when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes. 38:17
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my
servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many
years that I would bring you against them? 38:18 It shall happen in that
day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord
Yahweh, that my wrath shall come up into my nostrils. 38:19 For in my
jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day
there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 38:20 so that the
fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field,
and all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are
on the surface of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the
mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and
every wall shall fall to the ground. 38:21 I will call for a sword
against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Yahweh: every man's sword
shall be against his brother. 38:22 With pestilence and with blood will
I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him, and on his
hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower,
and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur. 38:23 I will magnify myself, and
sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many
nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

39:1 You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and
Tubal: 39:2 and I will turn you about, and will lead you on, and will
cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will
bring you on the mountains of Israel; 39:3 and I will strike your bow
out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your
right hand. 39:4 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all
your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the
ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be
devoured. 39:5 You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken it,
says the Lord Yahweh. 39:6 I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who
dwell securely in the islands; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
39:7 My holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel;
neither will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more: and the
nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel. 39:8
Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh; this is
the day about which I have spoken. 39:9 Those who dwell in the cities of
Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn
them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and
the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven
years; 39:10 so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither
cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the
weapons; and they shall plunder those who plundered them, and rob those
who robbed them, says the Lord Yahweh. 39:11 It shall happen in that
day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of
those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop those
who pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude;
and they shall call it The valley of Hamon Gog. 39:12 Seven months shall
the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
39:13 Yes, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be
to them a renown in the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord
Yahweh. 39:14 They shall set apart men of continual employment, who
shall pass through the land, and, with those who pass through, those who
bury those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it: after
the end of seven months shall they search. 39:15 Those who pass through
the land shall pass through; and when any sees a man's bone, then shall
he set up a sign by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the
valley of Hamon Gog. 39:16 Hamonah shall also be the name of a city.
Thus shall they cleanse the land. 39:17 You, son of man, thus says the
Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of
the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every
side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice
on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
39:18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the
princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of
them fatlings of Bashan. 39:19 You shall eat fat until you be full, and
drink blood until you be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have
sacrificed for you. 39:20 You shall be filled at my table with horses
and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord
Yahweh. 39:21 I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations
shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid
on them. 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am Yahweh their
God, from that day and forward. 39:23 The nations shall know that the
house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they
trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into
the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.
39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their
transgressions did I to them; and I hid my face from them. 39:25
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity
of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be
jealous for my holy name. 39:26 They shall bear their shame, and all
their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they
shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;
39:27 when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them
out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of
many nations. 39:28 They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, in that
I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered
them to their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there;
39:29 neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured
out my Spirit on the house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.

40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning
of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after
that the city was struck, in the same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me,
and he brought me there. 40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into
the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was
as it were the frame of a city on the south. 40:3 He brought me there;
and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance
of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he
stood in the gate. 40:4 The man said to me, Son of man, see with your
eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall
show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you, are you
brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel. 40:5
Behold, a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man's
hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth
each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the
height, one reed. 40:6 Then came he to the gate which looks toward the
east, and went up its steps: and he measured the threshold of the gate,
one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad. 40:7 Every
lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between the
lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of
the gate toward the house was one reed. 40:8 He measured also the porch
of the gate toward the house, one reed. 40:9 Then measured he the porch
of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of
the gate was toward the house. 40:10 The lodges of the gate eastward
were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one
measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
40:11 He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits;
and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits; 40:12 and a border before
the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that
side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that
side. 40:13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the
roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.
40:14 He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the
posts, around the gate. 40:15 From the forefront of the gate at the
entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty
cubits. 40:16 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their
posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and
windows were around inward; and on each post were palm trees. 40:17 Then
brought he me into the outer court; and behold, there were chambers and
a pavement, made for the court all around: thirty chambers were on the
pavement. 40:18 The pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable to
the length of the gates, even the lower pavement. 40:19 Then he measured
the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the
inner court outside, one hundred cubits, both on the east and on the
north. 40:20 The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the
north, he measured its length and its breadth. 40:21 The lodges of it
were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its
arches were after the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty
cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits. 40:22 The windows of it, and
its arches, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate
whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven
steps; and its arches were before them. 40:23 There was a gate to the
inner court over against the other gate, both on the north and on the
east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits. 40:24 He led
me toward the south; and behold, a gate toward the south: and he
measured its posts and its arches according to these measures. 40:25
There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those
windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five
cubits. 40:26 There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were
before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on
that side, on its posts. 40:27 There was a gate to the inner court
toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a
hundred cubits. 40:28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south
gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; 40:29
and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these
measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it
was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad. 40:30 There were
arches all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad. 40:31
The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its
posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps. 40:32 He brought me into
the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to
these measures; 40:33 and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches,
according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in its
arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits
broad. 40:34 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm
trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent
to it had eight steps. 40:35 He brought me to the north gate: and he
measured it according to these measures; 40:36 its lodges, its posts,
and its arches: and there were windows therein all around; the length
was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits. 40:37 The posts of
it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on
this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps. 40:38
A chamber with its door was by the posts at the gates; there they washed
the burnt offering. 40:39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on
this side, and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt
offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. 40:40 On the
one side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the
north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the
porch of the gate, were two tables. 40:41 Four tables were on this side,
and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables,
whereupon they killed the sacrifices. 40:42 There were four tables for
the burnt offering, of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit
and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the
instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
40:43 The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within all around:
and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. 40:44 Outside of the
inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was
at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south;
one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
40:45 He said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south,
is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house; 40:46 and the
chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the
keepers of the duty of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from
among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him. 40:47 He
measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad,
foursquare; and the altar was before the house. 40:48 Then he brought me
to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five
cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of
the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven
cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were
pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

41:1 He brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits
broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was
the breadth of the tent. 41:2 The breadth of the entrance was ten
cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side,
and five cubits on the other side: and he measured its length, forty
cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits. 41:3 Then went he inward, and
measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six
cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits. 41:4 He measured
its length, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the
temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place. 41:5 Then he
measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every
side chamber, four cubits, all around the house on every side. 41:6 The
side chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in
order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for
the side chambers all around, that they might have hold therein, and not
have hold in the wall of the house. 41:7 The side chambers were broader
as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of
the house went higher and higher around the house: therefore the breadth
of the house continued upward; and so one went up from the lowest
chamber to the highest by the middle chamber. 41:8 I saw also that the
house had a raised base all around: the foundations of the side chambers
were a full reed of six great cubits. 41:9 The thickness of the wall,
which was for the side chambers, on the outside, was five cubits: and
that which was left was the place of the side chambers that belonged to
the house. 41:10 Between the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits
around the house on every side. 41:11 The doors of the side chambers
were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and
another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was
left was five cubits all around. 41:12 The building that was before the
separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and
the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its
length ninety cubits. 41:13 So he measured the house, one hundred cubits
long; and the separate place, and the building, with its walls, one
hundred cubits long; 41:14 also the breadth of the face of the house,
and of the separate place toward the east, one hundred cubits. 41:15 He
measured the length of the building before the separate place which was
at its back, and its galleries on the one side and on the other side,
one hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
41:16 the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries around
on their three stories, over against the threshold, with wood ceilings
all around, and from the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were
covered), 41:17 to the space above the door, even to the inner house,
and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by
measure. 41:18 It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree
was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces; 41:19 so
that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side,
and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side.
thus was it made through all the house all around: 41:20 from the ground
to above the door were cherubim and palm trees made: thus was the wall
of the temple. 41:21 As for the temple, the door posts were squared; and
as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance of it was as the
appearance of the temple. 41:22 The altar was of wood, three cubits
high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its length, and
its walls, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is
before Yahweh. 41:23 The temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 41:24
The doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves: two leaves for the
one door, and two leaves for the other. 41:25 There were made on them,
on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as were made
on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the face of the porch
outside. 41:26 There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side
and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side
chambers of the house, and the thresholds.

42:1 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the
north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the
separate place, and which was over against the building toward the
north. 42:2 Before the length of one hundred cubits was the north door,
and the breadth was fifty cubits. 42:3 Over against the twenty cubits
which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which
belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third
story. 42:4 Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth
inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north. 42:5
Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from
these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building. 42:6
For they were in three stories, and they didn't have pillars as the
pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than
the lowest and the middle from the ground. 42:7 The wall that was
outside by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the
chambers, its length was fifty cubits. 42:8 For the length of the
chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and behold,
before the temple were one hundred cubits. 42:9 From under these
chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the
outer court. 42:10 In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the
east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were
chambers. 42:11 The way before them was like the appearance of the way
of the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length
so was their breadth: and all their exits were both according to their
fashions, and according to their doors. 42:12 According to the doors of
the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the
way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one
enters into them. 42:13 Then said he to me, The north chambers and the
south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy
chambers, where the priests who are near to Yahweh shall eat the most
holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal
offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place
is holy. 42:14 When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of
the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their
garments in which they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put
on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertains to the
people. 42:15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house,
he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the
east, and measured it all around. 42:16 He measured on the east side
with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all
around. 42:17 He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the
measuring reed all around. 42:18 He measured on the south side five
hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 42:19 He turned about to the west
side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 42:20 He
measured it on the four sides: it had a wall around it, the length five
hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that
which was holy and that which was common.

43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks
toward the east. 43:2 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from
the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters;
and the earth shined with his glory. 43:3 It was according to the
appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that
I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the
vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. 43:4 The
glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate whose
prospect is toward the east. 43:5 The Spirit took me up, and brought me
into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
43:6 I heard one speaking to me out of the house; and a man stood by me.
43:7 He said to me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the
place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the
children of Israel forever. The house of Israel shall no more defile my
holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, and by
the dead bodies of their kings in their high places; 43:8 in their
setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their doorpost beside my
doorpost, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have
defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed:
therefore I have consumed them in my anger. 43:9 Now let them put away
their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and
I will dwell in the midst of them forever. 43:10 You, son of man, show
the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their
iniquities; and let them measure the pattern. 43:11 If they be ashamed
of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house,
and its fashion, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its forms,
and all its ordinances, and all its forms, and all its laws; and write
it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form of it, and all its
ordinances, and do them. 43:12 This is the law of the house: on the top
of the mountain the whole limit around it shall be most holy. Behold,
this is the law of the house. 43:13 These are the measures of the altar
by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the bottom shall be
a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and its border around its edge a span;
and this shall be the base of the altar. 43:14 From the bottom on the
ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one
cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four
cubits, and the breadth a cubit. 43:15 The upper altar shall be four
cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
43:16 The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad,
square in the four sides of it. 43:17 The ledge shall be fourteen cubits
long by fourteen broad in the four sides of it; and the border about it
shall be half a cubit; and its bottom shall be a cubit around; and its
steps shall look toward the east. 43:18 He said to me, Son of man, thus
says the Lord Yahweh: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day
when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to
sprinkle blood thereon. 43:19 You shall give to the priests the Levites
who are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me,
says the Lord Yahweh, a young bull for a sin offering. 43:20 You shall
take of its blood, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four
corners of the ledge, and on the border all around: thus you shall
cleanse it and make atonement for it. 43:21 You shall also take the bull
of the sin offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the
house, outside of the sanctuary. 43:22 On the second day you shall offer
a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse
the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bull. 43:23 When you have
made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without
blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. 43:24 You shall
bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests shall cast salt on them,
and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to Yahweh. 43:25 Seven
days you shall prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall
also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
43:26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it;
so shall they consecrate it. 43:27 When they have accomplished the days,
it shall be that on the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make
your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will
accept you, says the Lord Yahweh.

44:1 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the
sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut. 44:2 Yahweh
said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither
shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered
in by it; therefore it shall be shut. 44:3 As for the prince, he shall
sit therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the
way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
44:4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house;
and I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of
Yahweh: and I fell on my face. 44:5 Yahweh said to me, Son of man, mark
well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell
you concerning all the ordinances of the house of Yahweh, and all its
laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the
sanctuary. 44:6 You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of
Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: you house of Israel, let it suffice
you of all your abominations, 44:7 in that you have brought in
foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in
my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the
fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your
abominations. 44:8 You have not performed the duty of my holy things;
but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.
44:9 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and
uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners
who are among the children of Israel. 44:10 But the Levites who went far
from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their
idols, they shall bear their iniquity. 44:11 Yet they shall be ministers
in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and
ministering in the house: they shall kill the burnt offering and the
sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister
to them. 44:12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and
became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel; therefore
have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord Yahweh, and they
shall bear their iniquity. 44:13 They shall not come near to me, to
execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy
things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their
shame, and their abominations which they have committed. 44:14 Yet will
I make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service,
and for all that shall be done therein. 44:15 But the priests the
Levites, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when
the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me
to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat
and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh: 44:16 they shall enter into my
sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and
they shall keep my instruction. 44:17 It shall be that, when they enter
in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen
garments; and no wool shall come on them, while they minister in the
gates of the inner court, and within. 44:18 They shall have linen tires
on their heads, and shall have linen breeches on their waists; they
shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat. 44:19 When
they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the
people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister, and
lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments,
that they not sanctify the people with their garments. 44:20 Neither
shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they
shall only cut off the hair of their heads. 44:21 Neither shall any of
the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. 44:22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put
away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or
a widow who is the widow of a priest. 44:23 They shall teach my people
the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to
discern between the unclean and the clean. 44:24 In a controversy they
shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it:
and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts;
and they shall make my Sabbaths holy. 44:25 They shall go in to no dead
person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son,
or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they
may defile themselves. 44:26 After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to
him seven days. 44:27 In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into
the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin
offering, says the Lord Yahweh. 44:28 They shall have an inheritance: I
am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I
am their possession. 44:29 They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin
offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel
shall be theirs. 44:30 The first of all the first fruits of every thing,
and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for
the priest: you shall also give to the priests the first of your dough,
to cause a blessing to rest on your house. 44:31 The priests shall not
eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or
animal.

45:1 Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance,
you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land; the
length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand reeds, and the
breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all its border all
around. 45:2 Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred in
length by five hundred in breadth, square all around; and fifty cubits
for its suburbs all around. 45:3 Of this measure you shall measure a
length of twenty-five thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it
shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy. 45:4 It is a holy portion of
the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary,
who come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall be a place for their
houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary. 45:5 Twenty-five thousand in
length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall be to the Levites, the
ministers of the house, for a possession to themselves, for twenty
chambers. 45:6 You shall appoint the possession of the city five
thousand broad, and twenty-five thousand long, side by side with the
offering of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
45:7 Whatever is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the
other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in
front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city,
on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length
answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east
border. 45:8 In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel:
and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the
land to the house of Israel according to their tribes. 45:9 Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence
and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my
people, says the Lord Yahweh. 45:10 You shall have just balances, and a
just ephah, and a just bath. 45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of
one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and
the ephah the tenth part of a homer: its measure shall be after the
homer. 45:12 The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus
twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina. 45:13 This
is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a
homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a
homer of barley; 45:14 and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil,
the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a
homer; (for ten baths are a homer;) 45:15 and one lamb of the flock, out
of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel--for a meal
offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make
atonement for them, says the Lord Yahweh. 45:16 All the people of the
land shall give to this offering for the prince in Israel. 45:17 It
shall be the prince's part to give the burnt offerings, and the meal
offerings, and the drink offerings, in the feasts, and on the new moons,
and on the Sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel:
he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meal offering, and the burnt
offering, and the peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of
Israel. 45:18 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the first month, in the
first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish; and
you shall cleanse the sanctuary. 45:19 The priest shall take of the
blood of the sin offering, and put it on the door posts of the house,
and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of
the gate of the inner court. 45:20 So you shall do on the seventh day of
the month for everyone who errs, and for him who is simple: so you shall
make atonement for the house. 45:21 In the first month, in the
fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of
seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 45:22 On that day shall the
prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for
a sin offering. 45:23 The seven days of the feast he shall prepare a
burnt offering to Yahweh, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish
daily the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin offering. 45:24 He
shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a
ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 45:25 In the seventh month, in the
fifteenth day of the month, in the feast, shall he do the like the seven
days; according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering,
and according to the meal offering, and according to the oil.

46:1 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks
toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath
day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be
opened. 46:2 The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate
outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall
prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship
at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall
not be shut until the evening. 46:3 The people of the land shall worship
at the door of that gate before Yahweh on the Sabbaths and on the new
moons. 46:4 The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Yahweh
shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without
blemish; 46:5 and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and
the meal offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil
to an ephah. 46:6 On the day of the new moon it shall be a young bull
without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without
blemish: 46:7 and he shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for the
bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is
able, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 46:8 When the prince shall enter, he
shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth
by its way. 46:9 But when the people of the land shall come before
Yahweh in the appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of the north
gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he who
enters by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the
north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came
in, but shall go forth straight before him. 46:10 The prince, when they
go in, shall go in with of them; and when they go out, he shall go out.
46:11 In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering shall be an
ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is
able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 46:12 When the prince shall
prepare a freewill offering, a burnt offering or peace offerings as a
freewill offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks
toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace
offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and
after his going forth one shall shut the gate. 46:13 You shall prepare a
lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh daily:
morning by morning you shall prepare it. 46:14 You shall prepare a meal
offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the
third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering
to Yahweh continually by a perpetual ordinance. 46:15 Thus shall they
prepare the lamb, and the meal offering, and the oil, morning by
morning, for a continual burnt offering. 46:16 Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: If the prince give a gift to any of his sons, it is his
inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by
inheritance. 46:17 But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of
his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall
return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his
sons. 46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's
inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give
inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not be
scattered every man from his possession. 46:19 Then he brought me
through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy
chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north: and behold,
there was a place on the hinder part westward. 46:20 He said to me, This
is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the
sin offering, and where they shall bake the meal offering; that they not
bring them forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people. 46:21
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by
the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court
there was a court. 46:22 In the four corners of the court there were
courts enclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four in the
corners were of one measure. 46:23 There was a wall around in them,
around the four, and boiling places were made under the walls all
around. 46:24 Then said he to me, These are the boiling houses, where
the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

47:1 He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters
issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; (for the
forefront of the house was toward the east;) and the waters came down
from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.
47:2 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me
round by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that
looks toward the east; and behold, there ran out waters on the right
side. 47:3 When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand,
he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the
waters, waters that were to the ankles. 47:4 Again he measured one
thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to
the knees. Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through
the waters, waters that were to the waist. 47:5 Afterward he measured
one thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the
waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed
through. 47:6 He said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he
brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 47:7 Now
when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many
trees on the one side and on the other. 47:8 Then said he to me, These
waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the
Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters
go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed. 47:9
It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place
where the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great
multitude of fish; for these waters are come there, and the waters of
the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river
comes. 47:10 It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it: from En
Gedi even to En Eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their
fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding
many. 47:11 But the miry places of it, and its marshes, shall not be
healed; they shall be given up to salt. 47:12 By the river on its bank,
on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose
leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring
forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the
sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.
47:13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This shall be the border, by which you
shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of
Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. 47:14 You shall inherit it, one
as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers: and this
land shall fall to you for inheritance. 47:15 This shall be the border
of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of
Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad; 47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim,
which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer
Hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. 47:17 The border from the
sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north
northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. 47:18 The
east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of
Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the east sea you
shall measure. This is the east side. 47:19 The south side southward
shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the
brook of Egypt, to the great sea. This is the south side southward.
47:20 The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far
as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side. 47:21 So
you shall divide this land to you according to the tribes of Israel.
47:22 It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an
inheritance to you and to the strangers who sojourn among you, who shall
father children among you; and they shall be to you as the native-born
among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among
the tribes of Israel. 47:23 It shall happen, that in what tribe the
stranger sojourns, there you shall give him his inheritance, says the
Lord Yahweh.

48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside
the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border
of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides
east and west), Dan, one portion. 48:2 By the border of Dan, from the
east side to the west side, Asher, one portion. 48:3 By the border of
Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.
48:4 By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side,
Manasseh, one portion. 48:5 By the border of Manasseh, from the east
side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion. 48:6 By the border of
Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.
48:7 By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side,
Judah, one portion. 48:8 By the border of Judah, from the east side to
the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five
thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from
the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in its midst.
48:9 The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five
thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth. 48:10 For these,
even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north
twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in
breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the
south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall
be in its midst. 48:11 It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of
the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn't go astray
when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
48:12 It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a
thing most holy, by the border of the Levites. 48:13 Answerable to the
border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand in
length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be twenty-five
thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. 48:14 They shall sell none of
it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be
alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh. 48:15 The five thousand that are
left in the breadth, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for
common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city
shall be in its midst. 48:16 These shall be its measures: the north side
four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and
five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and
the west side four thousand and five hundred. 48:17 The city shall have
suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two
hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the
west two hundred fifty. 48:18 The remainder in the length, answerable to
the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand
westward; and it shall be answerable to the holy offering; and its
increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city. 48:19 Those
who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate
it. 48:20 All the offering shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five
thousand: you shall offer the holy offering four-square, with the
possession of the city. 48:21 The residue shall be for the prince, on
the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession
of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward
the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand
toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the
prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in
its midst. 48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from
the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the
prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it
shall be for the prince. 48:23 As for the rest of the tribes: from the
east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion. 48:24 By the border
of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.
48:25 By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side,
Issachar, one portion. 48:26 By the border of Issachar, from the east
side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion. 48:27 By the border of
Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion. 48:28 By
the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even
from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to
the great sea. 48:29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot to
the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several
portions, says the Lord Yahweh. 48:30 These are the exits of the city:
On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure; 48:31
and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of
Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of
Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. 48:32 At the east side four thousand
and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one;
the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. 48:33 At the south side
four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the
gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun,
one. 48:34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with
their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the
gate of Naphtali, one. 48:35 It shall be eighteen thousand reeds around:
and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:26 or, lapis lazuli

[2] back to 10:1 or, lapis lazuli

[3] back to 28:13 or, lapis lazuli



Daniel

1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it. 1:2 The
Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the
vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar
to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the treasure
house of his god. 1:3 The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his
eunuchs, that he should bring in certain of the children of Israel, even
of the seed royal and of the nobles; 1:4 youths in whom was no blemish,
but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with
knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand
in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the
language of the Chaldeans. 1:5 The king appointed for them a daily
portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that
they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand
before the king. 1:6 Now among these were, of the children of Judah,
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 1:7 The prince of the eunuchs
gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to
Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of
Abednego. 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile
himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank:
therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not
defile himself. 1:9 Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion
in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs. 1:10 The prince of the
eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your
food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than
the youths who are of your own age? so would you endanger my head with
the king. 1:11 Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the
eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 1:12
Prove your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us pulse to
eat, and water to drink. 1:13 Then let our faces be looked on before
you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as
you see, deal with your servants. 1:14 So he listened to them in this
matter, and proved them ten days. 1:15 At the end of ten days their
faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the
youths who ate of the king's dainties. 1:16 So the steward took away
their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them
pulse. 1:17 Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and
skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all
visions and dreams. 1:18 At the end of the days which the king had
appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them
in before Nebuchadnezzar. 1:19 The king talked with them; and among them
all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
therefore stood they before the king. 1:20 In every matter of wisdom and
understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them
ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all
his realm. 1:21 Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.

2:1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from
him. 2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the
enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his
dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. 2:3 The king said to
them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the
dream. 2:4 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language,
O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the
interpretation. 2:5 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone
from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and its interpretation,
you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
2:6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive
of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and
its interpretation. 2:7 They answered the second time and said, Let the
king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
2:8 The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time,
because you see the thing is gone from me. 2:9 But if you don't make
known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have
prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be
changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show
me its interpretation. 2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and
said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter,
because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician,
or enchanter, or Chaldean. 2:11 It is a rare thing that the king
requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except
the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 2:12 For this cause the king
was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of
Babylon. 2:13 So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be
slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. 2:14 Then
Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain
of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;
2:15 he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent
from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 2:16 Daniel
went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and
he would show the king the interpretation. 2:17 Then Daniel went to his
house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his
companions: 2:18 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven
concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish
with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 2:19 Then was the secret
revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God
of heaven. 2:20 Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and
ever; for wisdom and might are his. 2:21 He changes the times and the
seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the
wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding; 2:22 he reveals the
deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light
dwells with him. 2:23 I thank you, and praise you, you God of my
fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to
me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king's
matter. 2:24 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had
appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to
him: Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king,
and I will show to the king the interpretation. 2:25 Then Arioch brought
in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a
man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to
the king the interpretation. 2:26 The king answered Daniel, whose name
was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I
have seen, and its interpretation? 2:27 Daniel answered before the king,
and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men,
enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king; 2:28 but there
is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the
king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and
the visions of your head on your bed, are these: 2:29 as for you, O
king, your thoughts came into your mind on your bed, what should happen
hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall
happen. 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any
wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the
interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the
thoughts of your heart. 2:31 You, O king, saw, and behold, a great
image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent,
stood before you; and its aspect was awesome. 2:32 As for this image,
its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly
and its thighs of brass, 2:33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron,
and part of clay. 2:34 You saw until a stone was cut out without hands,
which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke
them in pieces. 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver,
and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of
the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no
place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a
great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 2:36 This is the dream; and
we will tell its interpretation before the king. 2:37 You, O king, are
king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the
power, and the strength, and the glory; 2:38 and wherever the children
of men dwell, the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he
given into your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are
the head of gold. 2:39 After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to
you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all
the earth. 2:40 The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron
breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all
these, shall it break in pieces and crush. 2:41 Whereas you saw the feet
and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided
kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, because
you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. 2:42 As the toes of the feet were
part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong,
and partly broken. 2:43 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay,
they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not
cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay. 2:44 In
the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which
shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another
people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and
it shall stand forever. 2:45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of
the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the
brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known
to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and
its interpretation sure. 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his
face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an
offering and sweet odors to him. 2:47 The king answered to Daniel, and
said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and
a revealer of secrets, seeing you have been able to reveal this secret.
2:48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and
made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief
governor over all the wise men of Babylon. 2:49 Daniel requested of the
king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs
of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
sixty cubits, and its breadth six cubits: he set it up in the plain of
Dura, in the province of Babylon. 3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent
to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the
judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3:3 Then the satraps, the deputies,
and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to
the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and
they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3:4 Then the
herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and
languages, 3:5 that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute,
zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and
worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up; 3:6
and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 3:7 Therefore at that time,
when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre,
harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and
the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3:8 Therefore at that time certain
Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews. 3:9 They
answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever. 3:10 You, O
king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of
the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall
fall down and worship the golden image; 3:11 and whoever doesn't fall
down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery
furnace. 3:12 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the
affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego;
these men, O king, have not regarded you: they don't serve your gods,
nor worship the golden image which you have set up. 3:13 Then
Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. 3:14
Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, that you don't serve my god, nor worship the golden image
which I have set up? 3:15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the
sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of
music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well: but if
you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of
my hands? 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king,
Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 3:17 If it
be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning
fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 3:18 But
if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods,
nor worship the golden image which you have set up. 3:19 Then was
Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed
against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and
commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was
usually heated. 3:20 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his
army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the
burning fiery furnace. 3:21 Then these men were bound in their pants,
their tunics, and their mantles, and their other garments, and were cast
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 3:22 Therefore because the
king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame
of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego. 3:23 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell
down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 3:24 Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spoke
and said to his counselors, Didn't we cast three men bound into the
midst of the fire? They answered the king, True, O king. 3:25 He
answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire,
and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the
gods. 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning
fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you
servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the fire. 3:27 The
satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king's counselors,
being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on
their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their
pants changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who
trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their
bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own
God. 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and
language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be
made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver
after this sort. 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego in the province of Babylon.

4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages,
who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. 4:2 It has
seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God
has worked toward me. 4:3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are
his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is
from generation to generation. 4:4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my
house, and flourishing in my palace. 4:5 I saw a dream which made me
afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled
me. 4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of
Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation
of the dream. 4:7 Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but
they did not make known to me its interpretation. 4:8 But at the last
Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the
name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told
the dream before him, saying, 4:9 Belteshazzar, master of the magicians,
because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret
troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its
interpretation. 4:10 Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw,
and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great.
4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky,
and its sight to the end of all the earth. 4:12 The leaves of it were
beautiful, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all: the animals
of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its
branches, and all flesh was fed from it. 4:13 I saw in the visions of my
head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the
sky. 4:14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Cut down the tree, and cut off
its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the
animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches. 4:15
Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band
of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet
with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals in the
grass of the earth: 4:16 let his heart be changed from man's, and let an
animal's heart be given to him; and let seven times pass over him. 4:17
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the
word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the
Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whoever he will,
and sets up over it the lowest of men. 4:18 This dream I, king
Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the
interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to
make known to me the interpretation; but you are able; for the spirit of
the holy gods is in you. 4:19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,
was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king
answered, Belteshazzar, don't let the dream, or the interpretation,
trouble you. Belteshazzar answered, My lord, the dream be to those who
hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries. 4:20 The tree that
you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to the sky,
and its sight to all the earth; 4:21 whose leaves were beautiful, and
its fruit much, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of
the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their
habitation: 4:22 it is you, O king, that are grown and become strong;
for your greatness is grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion
to the end of the earth. 4:23 Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy
one coming down from the sky, and saying, Cut down the tree, and destroy
it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be
wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of
the field, until seven times pass over him; 4:24 this is the
interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is
come on my lord the king: 4:25 that you shall be driven from men, and
your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be
made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and
seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules
in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whoever he will. 4:26 Whereas
they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; your kingdom
shall be sure to you, after that you shall have known that the heavens
do rule. 4:27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you,
and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing
mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.
4:28 All this came on the king Nebuchadnezzar. 4:29 At the end of twelve
months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. 4:30 The king
spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the
royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my
majesty? 4:31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice
from the sky, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The
kingdom is departed from you: 4:32 and you shall be driven from men; and
they dwelling shall be with the animals of the field; you shall be made
to eat grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over you; until you
know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to
whoever he will. 4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled on
Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and
his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair was grown like
eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. 4:34 At the end of
the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my
understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised
and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting
dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. 4:35 All the
inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according
to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the
earth; and none can stay his hand, or tell him, What do you? 4:36 At the
same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my
kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me; and my counselors and
my lords sought to me; and I was established in my kingdom, and
excellent greatness was added to me. 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise
and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and
his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
and drank wine before the thousand. 5:2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the
wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which
Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in
Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines,
might drink from them. 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that
were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem;
and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from
them. 5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver,
of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 5:5 In the same hour came
forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the lampstand
on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the
part of the hand that wrote. 5:6 Then the king's face was changed in
him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were
loosened, and his knees struck one against another. 5:7 The king cried
aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers.
The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read
this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with
purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third
ruler in the kingdom. 5:8 Then came in all the king's wise men; but they
could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the
interpretation. 5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his
face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. 5:10 Now the
queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the
banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don't let
your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed. 5:11 There is a
man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the
days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom
of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father,
the king, I say, your father, made him master of the magicians,
enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; 5:12 because an excellent
spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and
showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the
same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called,
and he will show the interpretation. 5:13 Then was Daniel brought in
before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel,
who are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my
father brought out of Judah? 5:14 I have heard of you, that the spirit
of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent
wisdom are found in you. 5:15 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have
been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make
known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the
interpretation of the thing. 5:16 But I have heard of you, that you can
give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the
writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed
with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the
third ruler in the kingdom. 5:17 Then Daniel answered before the king,
Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another;
nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him
the interpretation. 5:18 You king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar
your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty: 5:19 and
because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and
languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and
whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he
would he put down. 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit
was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly
throne, and they took his glory from him: 5:21 and he was driven from
the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his
dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and
his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most
High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it
whoever he will. 5:22 You his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your
heart, though you knew all this, 5:23 but have lifted up yourself
against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his
house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your
concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of
silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor
hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are
all your ways, you have not glorified. 5:24 Then was the part of the
hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed. 5:25 This is
the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 5:26 This
is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom,
and brought it to an end; 5:27 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances,
and are found wanting. 5:28 PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to
the Medes and Persians. 5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed
Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made
proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the
kingdom. 5:30 In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. 5:31
Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty
satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; 6:2 and over them
three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give
account to them, and that the king should have no damage. 6:3 Then this
Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because
an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the
whole realm. 6:4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find
occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no
occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error
or fault found in him. 6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any
occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning
the law of his God. 6:6 Then these presidents and satraps assembled
together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.
6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the
counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a
royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whoever shall ask a
petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, he
shall be cast into the den of lions. 6:8 Now, O king, establish the
interdict, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to
the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter. 6:9 Therefore
king Darius signed the writing and the interdict. 6:10 When Daniel knew
that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows
were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees
three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
before. 6:11 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making
petition and supplication before his God. 6:12 Then they came near, and
spoke before the king concerning the king's interdict: Haven't you
signed an interdict, that every man who shall make petition to any god
or man within thirty days, save to you, O king, shall be cast into the
den of lions? The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law
of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter. 6:13 Then answered they
and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the
captivity of Judah, doesn't regard you, O king, nor the interdict that
you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day. 6:14 Then the
king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart
on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun
to rescue him. 6:15 Then these men assembled together to the king, and
said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and
Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establishes may
be changed. 6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and
cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel,
Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you. 6:17 A stone
was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it
with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing
might be changed concerning Daniel. 6:18 Then the king went to his
palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music
brought before him: and his sleep fled from him. 6:19 Then the king
arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
6:20 When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable
voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living
God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from
the lions? 6:21 Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever. 6:22
My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have
not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also
before you, O king, have I done no hurt. 6:23 Then was the king
exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the
den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was
found on him, because he had trusted in his God. 6:24 The king
commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they
cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives;
and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in
pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den. 6:25 Then king Darius
wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the
earth: Peace be multiplied to you. 6:26 I make a decree, that in all the
dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel;
for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end. 6:27
He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in
earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 6:28 So
this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus
the Persian.

7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream
and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the
sum of the matters. 7:2 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by
night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great
sea. 7:3 Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from
another. 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw
until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and
made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.
7:5 Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up
on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and
they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh. 7:6 After this I saw,
and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of
a bird; the animal had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth animal,
awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron
teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its
feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and
it had ten horns. 7:8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up
among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first
horns were plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes
like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. 7:9 I saw
until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his
clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his
throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire. 7:10 A fiery
stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands
ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him:
the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 7:11 I saw at that time
because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I saw even
until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to
be burned with fire. 7:12 As for the rest of the animals, their dominion
was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
7:13 I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds
of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of
days, and they brought him near before him. 7:14 There was given him
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and
languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed. 7:15 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of
my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 7:16 I came near to one
of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So
he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 7:17
These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out
of the earth. 7:18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the
kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. 7:19
Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was
diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of
iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and
stamped the residue with its feet; 7:20 and concerning the ten horns
that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before
which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke
great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows. 7:21 I saw,
and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
7:22 until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the
saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the
kingdom. 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom
on earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour
the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 7:24
As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and
another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former,
and he shall put down three kings. 7:25 He shall speak words against the
Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall
think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and half a time. 7:26 But the judgment shall
be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy
it to the end. 7:27 The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of
the kingdoms under the whole sky, shall be given to the people of the
saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions shall serve and obey him. 7:28 Here is the end of the matter.
As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my face was changed
in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared
to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
8:2 I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the
citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the
vision, and I was by the river Ulai. 8:3 Then I lifted up my eyes, and
saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns:
and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the
higher came up last. 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward,
and southward; and no animals could stand before him, neither was there
any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will,
and magnified himself. 8:5 As I was considering, behold, a male goat
came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn't touch
the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 8:6 He
came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the
river, and ran on him in the fury of his power. 8:7 I saw him come close
to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram,
and broke his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand
before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him; and
there was none who could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8:8 The male
goat magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great
horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns
toward the four winds of the sky. 8:9 Out of one of them came forth a
little horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward
the east, and toward the glorious land. 8:10 It grew great, even to the
army of the sky; and some of the army and of the stars it cast down to
the ground, and trampled on them. 8:11 Yes, it magnified itself, even to
the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt
offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 8:12 The army
was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through
disobedience; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did its
pleasure and prospered. 8:13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and
another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be
the vision concerning the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience
that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be
trodden under foot? 8:14 He said to me, To two thousand and three
hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
8:15 It happened, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I
sought to understand it; and behold, there stood before me as the
appearance of a man. 8:16 I heard a man's voice between the banks of the
Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the
vision. 8:17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was
frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of
man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end. 8:18 Now as he was
speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the
ground; but he touched me, and set me upright. 8:19 He said, Behold, I
will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation;
for it belongs to the appointed time of the end. 8:20 The ram which you
saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
8:21 The rough male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that
is between his eyes is the first king. 8:22 As for that which was
broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up
out of the nation, but not with his power. 8:23 In the latter time of
their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of
fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. 8:24 His
power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy
wonderfully, and shall prosper and do his pleasure; and he shall destroy
the mighty ones and the holy people. 8:25 Through his policy he shall
cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his
heart, and in their security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand
up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
8:26 The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is
true: but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days to come. 8:27
I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did
the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood
it.

9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the
Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, 9:2 in the
first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of
the years about which the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet,
for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy
years. 9:3 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and
petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 9:4 I prayed to Yahweh
my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful
God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and
keep his commandments, 9:5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely,
and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your
precepts and from your ordinances; 9:6 neither have we listened to your
servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes,
and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 9:7 Lord,
righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as at this
day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to
all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries
where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have
trespassed against you. 9:8 Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to
our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned
against you. 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for
we have rebelled against him; 9:10 neither have we obeyed the voice of
Yahweh our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his
servants the prophets. 9:11 Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law,
even turning aside, that they should not obey your voice: therefore has
the curse been poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the law
of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him. 9:12 He has
confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges
who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky
has not been done as has been done on Jerusalem. 9:13 As it is written
in the law of Moses, all this evil is come on us: yet have we not
entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our
iniquities, and have discernment in your truth. 9:14 Therefore has
Yahweh watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God
is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his
voice. 9:15 Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out of
the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten you renown, as at
this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 9:16 Lord, according to
all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be
turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for
our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your
people are become a reproach to all who are around us. 9:17 Now
therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his
petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is
desolate, for the Lord's sake. 9:18 My God, turn your ear, and hear;
open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by
your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our
righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake. 9:19 Lord, hear; Lord,
forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer, for your own sake, my God,
because your city and your people are called by your name. 9:20 While I
was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my
people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for
the holy mountain of my God; 9:21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer,
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being
caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening
offering. 9:22 He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I
am now come forth to give you wisdom and understanding. 9:23 At the
beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, and I am come to
tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter,
and understand the vision. 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed on your people
and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of
sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in
everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to
anoint the most holy. 9:25 Know therefore and discern, that from the
going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the
Anointed One, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it
shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times. 9:26
After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall
have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and even
to the end shall be war; desolations are determined. 9:27 He shall make
a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he
shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of
abominations shall come one who makes desolate; and even to the full
end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out on the desolate.

10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to
Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even
a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of
the vision. 10:2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole
weeks. 10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my
mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were
fulfilled. 10:4 In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I
was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel, 10:5 I lifted up
my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs
were girded with pure gold of Uphaz: 10:6 his body also was like the
beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as
flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the
voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 10:7 I, Daniel, alone
saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but
a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves. 10:8 So
I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no
strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and
I retained no strength. 10:9 Yet heard I the voice of his words; and
when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep
on my face, with my face toward the ground. 10:10 Behold, a hand touched
me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands. 10:11 He said
to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I
speak to you, and stand upright; for to you am I now sent. When he had
spoken this word to me, I stood trembling. 10:12 Then said he to me,
Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you did set your
heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words
were heard: and I am come for your words' sake. 10:13 But the prince of
the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold,
Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there
with the kings of Persia. 10:14 Now I have come to make you understand
what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is
yet for many days: 10:15 and when he had spoken to me according to these
words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute. 10:16 Behold, one
in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my
mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason
of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord?
for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was
there breath left in me. 10:18 Then there touched me again one like the
appearance of a man, and he strengthened me. 10:19 He said, "Greatly
beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be
strong."

When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak;
for you have strengthened me."

10:20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will
return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the
prince of Greece shall come. 10:21 But I will tell you that which is
inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me
against these, but Michael your prince."

11:1 "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to
confirm and strengthen him. 11:2 Now will I show you the truth. Behold,
there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be
far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through his
riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. 11:3 A mighty
king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do
according to his will. 11:4 When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be
broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not
to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for
his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these. 11:5 The
king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall
be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great
dominion. 11:6 At the end of years they shall join themselves together;
and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the
north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her
arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and
those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who
strengthened her in those times. 11:7 But out of a shoot from her roots
shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall
enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against
them, and shall prevail. 11:8 Also their gods, with their molten images,
and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry
captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the
north. 11:9 He shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but
he shall return into his own land. 11:10 His sons shall war, and shall
assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow,
and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.
11:11 The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come
forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall
set forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his
hand. 11:12 The multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be
exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not
prevail. 11:13 The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a
multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of
the times, even of years, with a great army and with much substance.
11:14 In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the
south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift
themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall. 11:15 So the
king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-
fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his
chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand. 11:16 But
he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none
shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in
his hand shall be destruction. 11:17 He shall set his face to come with
the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions;
and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the daughter of women,
to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him. 11:18 After
this shall he turn his face to the islands, and shall take many: but a
prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yes, moreover,
he shall cause his reproach to turn on him. 11:19 Then he shall turn his
face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and
fall, and shall not be found. 11:20 Then shall stand up in his place one
who shall cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain
its glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger,
nor in battle. 11:21 In his place shall stand up a contemptible person,
to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come
in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 11:22
The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall
be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant. 11:23 After the league
made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall
become strong, with a small people. 11:24 In time of security shall he
come even on the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that
which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall
scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance: yes, he shall devise
his devices against the strongholds, even for a time. 11:25 He shall
stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a
great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an
exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall
devise devices against him. 11:26 Yes, they who eat of his dainties
shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down
slain. 11:27 As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do
mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not
prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. 11:28 Then
shall he return into his land with great substance; and his heart shall
be against the holy covenant; and he shall do his pleasure, and return
to his own land. 11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come
into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the
former. 11:30 For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he
shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the
holy covenant, and shall do his pleasure: he shall even return, and have
regard to those who forsake the holy covenant. 11:31 Forces shall stand
on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress,
and shall take away the continual burnt offering, and they shall set up
the abomination that makes desolate. 11:32 Such as do wickedly against
the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know
their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 11:33 Those who are wise
among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword
and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days. 11:34 Now when they
shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join
themselves to them with flatteries. 11:35 Some of those who are wise
shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even
to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed. 11:36
The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and
magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things
against the God of gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be
accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done. 11:37 Neither
shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor
regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all. 11:38 But in his
place shall he honor the god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers
didn't know shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious
stones, and pleasant things. 11:39 He shall deal with the strongest
fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whoever acknowledges him he
will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and
shall divide the land for a price. 11:40 At the time of the end shall
the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall
come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and
with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall
overflow and pass through. 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious
land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall be
delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children
of Ammon. 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also on the countries;
and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 11:43 But he shall have power
over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious
things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his
steps. 11:44 But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble
him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to
sweep away many. 11:45 He shall plant the tents of his palace between
the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end,
and none shall help him.

12:1 "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands
for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble,
such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and
at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found
written in the book. 12:2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the
earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt. 12:3 Those who are wise shall shine as the
brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as
the stars forever and ever. 12:4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run back and
forth, and knowledge shall be increased."

12:5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one
on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of
the river on that side. 12:6 One said to the man clothed in linen, who
was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of
these wonders? 12:7 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the
waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to
heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time,
times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces
the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. 12:8 I
heard, but I didn't understand: then said I, my lord, what shall be the
issue of these things? 12:9 He said, Go your way, Daniel; for the words
are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. 12:10 Many shall
purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the
wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but
those who are wise shall understand. 12:11 From the time that the
continual burnt offering shall be taken away, and the abomination that
makes desolate set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety
days. 12:12 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three
hundred thirty-five days. 12:13 But go you your way until the end be;
for you shall rest, and shall stand in your lot, at the end of the days.

Notes:

[1] back to 9:25 "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same
as "Christ").

[2] back to 9:26 "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same
as "Christ").



Hosea

1:1 The word of Yahweh that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days
of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days
of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 1:2 When Yahweh spoke at
the first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife
of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits
great adultery, forsaking Yahweh."

1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she
conceived, and bore him a son.

1:4 Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while,
and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will
cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. 1:5 It will happen in
that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."

1:6 She conceived again, and bore a daughter.

Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah; for I will no longer
have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
1:7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by
Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses,
or horsemen."

1:8 Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.

1:9 He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I
will not be yours. 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be
as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it
will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are
not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.' 1:11 The
children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together,
and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land;
for great will be the day of Jezreel.

2:1 "Say to your brothers, 'My people!' and to your sisters, 'My loved
one!' 2:2 Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife,
neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her
face, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 2:3 Lest I strip her
naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her
like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with
thirst. 2:4 Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy; for they are
children of unfaithfulness; 2:5 For their mother has played the
prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, 'I
will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and
my flax, my oil and my drink.' 2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up
your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she
can't find her way. 2:7 She will follow after her lovers, but she won't
overtake them; and she will seek them, but won't find them. Then she
will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it
better with me than now.' 2:8 For she did not know that I gave her the
grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold,
which they used for Baal. 2:9 Therefore I will take back my grain in its
time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my
flax which should have covered her nakedness. 2:10 Now I will uncover
her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out
of my hand. 2:11 I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her
feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies. 2:12
I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she has said,
'These are my wages that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a
forest,' and the animals of the field shall eat them. 2:13 I will visit
on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, when she
decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her
lovers, and forgot me," says Yahweh. 2:14 "Therefore, behold, I will
allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to
her. 2:15 I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor
for a door of hope; and she will respond there, as in the days of her
youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 2:16
It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "that you will call me 'my
husband,' and no longer call me 'my master.' 2:17 For I will take away
the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be
mentioned by name. 2:18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with
the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the
creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the
battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely. 2:19 I will
betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in
righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion. 2:20 I
will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.
2:21 It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, "I will
respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth; 2:22 and the
earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they
will respond to Jezreel. 2:23 I will sow her to me in the earth; and I
will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those
who were not my people, 'You are my people;' and they will say, 'My
God!'" 3:1 Yahweh said to me, "Go again, love a woman loved by another,
and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though
they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins."

3:2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer
and a half of barley. 3:3 I said to her, "You shall stay with me many
days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any
other man. I will also be so toward you."

3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and
without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and
without ephod or idols. 3:5 Afterward the children of Israel shall
return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come
with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.

4:1 Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a
charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth,
nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. 4:2 There is cursing,
lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries,
and bloodshed causes bloodshed. 4:3 Therefore the land will mourn, and
everyone who dwells therein will waste away. all living things in her,
even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of
the sea also die. 4:4 "Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any
man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a
priest. 4:5 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also
stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother. 4:6 My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected
knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me.
Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your
children. 4:7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will
change their glory into shame. 4:8 They feed on the sin of my people,
and set their heart on their iniquity. 4:9 It will be, like people, like
priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for
their deeds. 4:10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the
prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to
Yahweh. 4:11 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
4:12 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of
wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they
have been unfaithful to their God. 4:13 They sacrifice on the tops of
the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and
terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the
prostitute, and your brides commit adultery. 4:14 I will not punish your
daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they
commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they
sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without
understanding will come to ruin. 4:15 "Though you, Israel, play the
prostitute, yet don't let Judah offend; and don't come to Gilgal,
neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, 'As Yahweh lives.' 4:16 For
Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then
how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow. 4:17 Ephraim is
joined to idols. Leave him alone! 4:18 Their drink has become sour. They
play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful
way. 4:19 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be
disappointed because of their sacrifices. 5:1 "Listen to this, you
priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For
the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a
net spread on Tabor. 5:2 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I
discipline all of them. 5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden
from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is
defiled. 5:4 Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the
spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don't know Yahweh. 5:5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim
will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them. 5:6
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but
they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them. 5:7 They are
unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the
new moon will devour them with their fields. 5:8 "Blow the cornet in
Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven,
behind you, Benjamin! 5:9 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of
rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will
surely be. 5:10 The princes of Judah are like those who remove a
landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water. 5:11 Ephraim is
oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his
pursuit of idols. 5:12 Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the
house of Judah like rottenness. 5:13 "When Ephraim saw his sickness, and
Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb:
but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
5:14 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the
house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry
off, and there will be no one to deliver. 5:15 I will go and return to
my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In
their affliction they will seek me earnestly." 6:1 "Come, and let us
return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he
has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds. 6:2 After two days he
will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live
before him. 6:3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know
Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to
us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth." 6:4
"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For
your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears
early. 6:5 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I
killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash
of lightning. 6:6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the
knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 6:7 But they, like Adam,
have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there. 6:8 Gilead
is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood. 6:9 As
gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder
in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. 6:10 In the house
of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in
Ephraim. Israel is defiled. 6:11 "Also, Judah, there is a harvest
appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people. 7:1 When I
would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the
wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters
in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside. 7:2 They don't consider in
their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds
have engulfed them. They are before my face. 7:3 They make the king glad
with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 7:4 They are all
adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring,
from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened. 7:5 On the day of
our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He
joined his hand with mockers. 7:6 For they have made ready their heart
like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night.
In the morning it burns as a flaming fire. 7:7 They are all hot as an
oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no
one among them who calls to me. 7:8 Ephraim, he mixes himself among the
nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over. 7:9 Strangers have
devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are
here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it. 7:10 The pride of
Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven't returned to Yahweh their
God, nor sought him, for all this. 7:11 "Ephraim is like an easily
deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to
Assyria. 7:12 When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring
them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their
congregation has heard. 7:13 Woe to them! For they have wandered from
me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I
would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. 7:14 They
haven't cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They
assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me. 7:15
Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil
against me. 7:16 They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a
faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their
tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt. 8:1 "Put the
trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh's house,
because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law. 8:2
They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you!' 8:3 Israel has cast
off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. 8:4 They have set up
kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn't approve. Of
their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they
may be cut off. 8:5 Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns
against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity? 8:6
For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God;
indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 8:7 For they sow
the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain.
The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow
it up. 8:8 Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a
worthless thing. 8:9 For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild
donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself. 8:10 But
although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them;
and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of
mighty ones. 8:11 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
they became for him altars for sinning. 8:12 I wrote for him the many
things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing. 8:13 As for
the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But
Yahweh doesn't accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and
punish their sins. They will return to Egypt. 8:14 For Israel has
forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied
fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will
devour its fortresses." 9:1 Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like
the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of
a prostitute at every grain threshing floor. 9:2 The threshing floor and
the winepress won't feed them, and the new wine will fail her. 9:3 They
won't dwell in Yahweh's land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they
will eat unclean food in Assyria. 9:4 They won't pour out wine offerings
to Yahweh, neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will
be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be
polluted; for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come
into the house of Yahweh. 9:5 What will you do in the day of solemn
assembly, and in the day of the feast of Yahweh? 9:6 For, behold, they
have gone away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will
bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns
will be in their tents. 9:7 The days of visitation have come. The days
of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool,
and the man who is inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of
your sins, and because your hostility is great. 9:8 A prophet watches
over Ephraim with my God. A fowler's snare is on all of his paths, and
hostility in the house of his God. 9:9 They have deeply corrupted
themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity.
He will punish them for their sins. 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in
the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at
its first season; but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves
to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will
be no birth, none with child, and no conception. 9:12 Though they bring
up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be
left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them! 9:13 I have seen
Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim will bring
out his children to the murderer. 9:14 Give them--Yahweh what will you
give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 9:15 "All their
wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the
wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love
them no more. All their princes are rebels. 9:16 Ephraim is struck.
Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they bring
forth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb." 9:17 My God will
cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be
wanderers among the nations. 10:1 Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts
forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has
multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned
their sacred stones. 10:2 Their heart is divided. Now they will be found
guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred
stones. 10:3 Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't
fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?" 10:4 They make
promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment
springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. 10:5 The
inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven;
for its people will mourn over it, Along with its priests who rejoiced
over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it. 10:6 It also
will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will
receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel. 10:7
Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water. 10:8 The high
places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and
the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains,
"Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!" 10:9 "Israel, you have sinned
from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the
children of iniquity doesn't overtake them in Gibeah. 10:10 When it is
my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered
against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions. 10:11
Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke
on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow.
Jacob will break his clods. 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness,
reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time
to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you. 10:13 You
have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the
fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your
mighty men. 10:14 Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people,
and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth
Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her
children. 10:15 So Bethel will do to you because of your great
wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed. 11:1 "When
Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
11:2 They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the
Baals, and burned incense to engraved images. 11:3 Yet I taught Ephraim
to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn't know that I healed
them. 11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was
to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down
to him and I fed him. 11:5 "They won't return into the land of Egypt;
but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.
11:6 The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of
their gates, and will put an end to their plans. 11:7 My people are
determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he
certainly won't exalt them. 11:8 "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How
can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I
make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is
aroused. 11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not
return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in
the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath. 11:10 They will walk
after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the
children will come trembling from the west. 11:11 They will come
trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of
Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses," says Yahweh. 11:12
Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with
deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.
12:1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually
multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and
oil is carried into Egypt. 12:2 Yahweh also has a controversy with
Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his
deeds he will repay him. 12:3 In the womb he took his brother by the
heel; and in his manhood he contended with God. 12:4 Indeed, he
struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication
to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us, 12:5 even
Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown! 12:6 Therefore
turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for
your God. 12:7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to
defraud. 12:8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found
myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that
is sin." 12:9 "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will
yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
12:10 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions;
and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables. 12:11 If
Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice
bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
12:12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a
wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds. 12:13 By a prophet
Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was
preserved. 12:14 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his
blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt. 13:1
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel,
but when he became guilty in Baal, he died. 13:2 Now they sin more and
more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols
according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the
craftsmen. They say of them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the
calves.' 13:3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the
dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the
whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the
chimney. 13:4 "Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you
shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior. 13:5
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. 13:6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and
their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me. 13:7
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the
path. 13:8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs,
and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like
a lioness. The wild animal will tear them. 13:9 You are destroyed,
Israel, because you are against me, against your help. 13:10 Where is
your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges,
of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes?' 13:11 I have given you a
king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath. 13:12 The guilt
of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up. 13:13 The sorrows of a
travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is
time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb. 13:14 I will ransom
them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death,
where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? "Compassion
will be hidden from my eyes. 13:15 Though he is fruitful among his
brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from
the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be
dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure. 13:16 Samaria will
bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by
the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant
women will be ripped open." 14:1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for
you have fallen because of your sin. 14:2 Take words with you, and
return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, and accept that which
is good: so we offer our lips like bulls. 14:3 Assyria can't save us. We
won't ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our
hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy." 14:4 "I will
heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned
away from him. 14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom
like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. 14:6 His branches
will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his
fragrance like Lebanon. 14:7 Men will dwell in his shade. They will
revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will
be like the wine of Lebanon. 14:8 Ephraim, what have I to do any more
with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir
tree; from me your fruit is found." 14:9 Who is wise, that he may
understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the
ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the
rebellious stumble in them.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:6 Lo-Ruhamah means "not loved."

[2] back to 1:9 Lo-Ammi means "not my people"

[3] back to 2:1 'Ammi' in Hebrew

[4] back to 2:1 'Ruhamah' in Hebrew



Joel

1:1 The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

1:2 Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 1:3
Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children,
and their children, another generation. 1:4 What the swarming locust has
left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the
grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar
has eaten. 1:5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers
of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
1:6 For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His
teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness. 1:7 He
has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its
bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white. 1:8 Mourn like a
virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth! 1:9 The meal
offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The
priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn. 1:10 The field is laid waste. The
land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and
the oil languishes. 1:11 Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard
keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field
has perished. 1:12 The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the
pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of
the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the
sons of men. 1:13 Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you
ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers
of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld
from your God's house. 1:14 Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of
Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh. 1:15 Alas for the day! For the day
of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
1:16 Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the
house of our God? 1:17 The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries
are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has
withered. 1:18 How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are
perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are
made desolate. 1:19 Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the
pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of
the field. 1:20 Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water
brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the
wilderness. 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy
mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of
Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand: 2:2 A day of darkness and
gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on
the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like,
neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many
generations. 2:3 A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame
burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a
desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them. 2:4 The
appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so
do they run. 2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains
do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the
stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. 2:6 At their presence
the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale. 2:7 They run like
mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his
line, and they don't swerve off course. 2:8 Neither does one jostle
another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the
defenses, and don't break ranks. 2:9 They rush on the city. They run on
the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows
like thieves. 2:10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
2:11 Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very
great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is
great and very awesome, and who can endure it? 2:12 "Yet even now," says
Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning." 2:13 Tear your heart, and not your
garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending
calamity. 2:14 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing
behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your
God. 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn
assembly. 2:16 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the
elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the
bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her chamber.
2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch
and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, and don't
give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them.
Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'" 2:18 Then
Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people. 2:19 Yahweh
answered his people, "Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil,
and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a
reproach among the nations. 2:20 But I will remove the northern army far
away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its
front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its
stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise." Surely he has done
great things. 2:21 Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for
Yahweh has done great things. 2:22 Don't be afraid, you animals of the
field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears
its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. 2:23 "Be glad
then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he
gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to
come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before. 2:24
The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow
with new wine and oil. 2:25 I will restore to you the years that the
swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the
caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you. 2:26 You will have
plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh,
your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never
again be disappointed. 2:27 You will know that I am in the midst of
Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my
people will never again be disappointed. 2:28 "It will happen afterward,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men
will see visions. 2:29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in
those days, I will pour out my Spirit. 2:30 I will show wonders in the
heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. 2:31 The
sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the
great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. 2:32 It will happen that whoever
will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in
Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among
the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls. 3:1 "For, behold, in those days,
and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
3:2 I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley
of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people,
and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations.
They have divided my land, 3:3 and have cast lots for my people, and
have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they
may drink. 3:4 "Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all
the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will
swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head. 3:5 Because
you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest
treasures into your temples, 3:6 and have sold the children of Judah and
the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove
them far from their border. 3:7 Behold, I will stir them up out of the
place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your
own head; 3:8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the
hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of
Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it." 3:9 Proclaim this
among the nations: "Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the
warriors draw near. Let them come up. 3:10 Beat your plowshares into
swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am
strong.' 3:11 Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather
yourselves together." Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
3:12 "Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of
Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
3:13 Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the
winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great."
3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of
Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision. 3:15 The sun and the moon are
darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. 3:16 Yahweh will roar
from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth
will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold
to the children of Israel. 3:17 "So you will know that I am Yahweh, your
God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy,
and no strangers will pass through her any more. 3:18 It will happen in
that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will
flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a
fountain will come forth from the house of Yahweh, and will water the
valley of Shittim. 3:19 Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a
desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land. 3:20 But Judah will
be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 3:21
I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells
in Zion."



Amos

1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw
concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days
of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the
earthquake. 1:2 He said:

"Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the
pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will
wither." 1:3 Thus says Yahweh:

"For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn
away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing
instruments of iron; 1:4 but I will send a fire into the house of
Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad. 1:5 I will break
the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,
and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of
Syria shall go into captivity to Kir," says Yahweh.

1:6 Thus says Yahweh:

"For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away
its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole community,
to deliver them up to Edom; 1:7 but I will send a fire on the wall of
Gaza, and it will devour its palaces. 1:8 I will cut off the inhabitant
from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will
turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will
perish," says the Lord Yahweh.

1:9 Thus says Yahweh:

"For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away
its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,
and didn't remember the brotherly covenant; 1:10 but I will send a fire
on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces." 1:11 Thus says
Yahweh:

"For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away
its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast
off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath
forever; 1:12 but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the
palaces of Bozrah." 1:13 Thus says Yahweh:

"For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I
will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the
pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border. 1:14 But I
will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its
palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of
the whirlwind; 1:15 and their king will go into captivity, he and his
princes together," says Yahweh.

2:1 Thus says Yahweh:

"For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away
its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into
lime; 2:2 but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces
of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the
sound of the trumpet; 2:3 and I will cut off the judge from their midst,
and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh.

2:4 Thus says Yahweh:

"For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away
its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh's law, and have not
kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which
their fathers walked; 2:5 But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will
devour the palaces of Jerusalem." 2:6 Thus says Yahweh:

"For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away
its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the
needy for a pair of shoes; 2:7 They trample on the dust of the earth on
the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and
his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name; 2:8 and they
lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and
in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been
fined. 2:9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was
like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I
destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 2:10 Also I
brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the
wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. 2:11 I raised up some of
your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't
this true, you children of Israel?" says Yahweh. 2:12 "But you gave the
Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't
prophesy!' 2:13 Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart
crushes that is full of grain. 2:14 Flight will perish from the swift;
and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty
deliver himself; 2:15 neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he
who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse
deliver himself; 2:16 and he who is courageous among the mighty will
flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh.

3:1 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of
Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of
Egypt, saying:

3:2 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore
I will punish you for all of your sins." 3:3 Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed? 3:4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he
has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught
nothing? 3:5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is
set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is
nothing to catch? 3:6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without
the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn't
done it? 3:7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals
his secret to his servants the prophets. 3:8 The lion has roared. Who
will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy? 3:9
Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of
Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and
see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them." 3:10
"Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh, "Who hoard plunder
and loot in their palaces." 3:11 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:

"An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your
strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered." 3:12 Thus says
Yahweh:

"As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a
piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in
Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed."
3:13 "Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord
Yahweh, the God of Armies.

3:14 "For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I
will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be
cut off, and fall to the ground. 3:15 I will strike the winter house
with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the
great houses will have an end," says Yahweh.

4:1 Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of
Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their
husbands, "Bring us drinks!"

4:2 The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, "The days
shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last
of you with fish hooks. 4:3 You will go out at the breaks in the wall,
everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,"
says Yahweh. 4:4 "Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring
your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days, 4:5 offer a
sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free
will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children
of Israel," says the Lord Yahweh. 4:6 "I also have given you cleanness
of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you
haven't returned to me," says Yahweh. 4:7 "I also have withheld the rain
from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused
it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One
place was rained on, and the piece where it didn't rain withered. 4:8 So
two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not
satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh. 4:9 "I struck
you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your
vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming
locust devoured: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh. 4:10 "I
sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men
with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I filled your
nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven't returned to me,"
says Yahweh. 4:11 "I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the
fire; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh. 4:12 "Therefore thus
will I do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet
your God, Israel. 4:13 For, behold, he who forms the mountains, and
creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the
morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the Earth: Yahweh,
the God of Armies, is his name." 5:1 Listen to this word which I take up
for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

5:2 "The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is
cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up." 5:3 For thus
says the Lord Yahweh:

"The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that
which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of
Israel." 5:4 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel:

"Seek me, and you will live; 5:5 but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into
Gilgal, and don't pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into
captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. 5:6 Seek Yahweh, and you
will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it
devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel. 5:7 You who turn
justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth: 5:8 seek
him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into
the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters
of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is
his name, 5:9 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that
destruction comes on the fortress. 5:10 They hate him who reproves in
the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly. 5:11 Forasmuch
therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat:
You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You
have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
5:12 For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins--you
who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in
the courts. 5:13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time. 5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live;
and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say. 5:15
Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be
that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of
Joseph." 5:16 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord:

"Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the
streets, 'Alas! Alas!' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and
those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing. 5:17 In all vineyards
there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you," says
Yahweh. 5:18 "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long
for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light. 5:19 As if a man
fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and
leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him. 5:20 Won't the day of
Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in
it? 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn
assemblies. 5:22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal
offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace
offerings of your fat animals. 5:23 Take away from me the noise of your
songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. 5:24 But let
justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
5:25 "Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness
forty years, house of Israel? 5:26 You also carried the tent of your
king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made
for yourselves. 5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity
beyond Damascus," says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.

6:1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on
the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to
whom the house of Israel come! 6:2 Go to Calneh, and see; and from there
go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. are
they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your
border? 6:3 Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of
violence to come near; 6:4 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch
themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the
calves out of the midst of the stall; 6:5 who strum on the strings of a
harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6:6
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but
they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 6:7 Therefore they
will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and
lounging will end. 6:8 "The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says
Yahweh, the God of Armies: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his
fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
6:9 It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, that they
shall die. 6:10 "When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns
him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the
innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?' And he says,
'No;' then he will say, 'Hush! Indeed we must not mention the name of
Yahweh.'

6:11 "For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed
to pieces, and the little house into bits. 6:12 Do horses run on the
rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice
into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness; 6:13 you
who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for
ourselves horns by our own strength?' 6:14 For, behold, I will raise up
against you a nation, house of Israel," says Yahweh, the God of Armies;
"and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of
the Arabah." 7:1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold, he formed
locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and
behold, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest. 7:2 It
happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land,
then I said, "Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand?
For he is small."

7:3 Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Yahweh.

7:4 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called
for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have
devoured the land. 7:5 Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How
could Jacob stand? For he is small."

7:6 Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the
Lord Yahweh.

7:7 Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a
plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 7:8 Yahweh said to me, "Amos,
what do you see?"

I said, "A plumb line."

Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my
people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more. 7:9 The high
places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid
waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,
saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of
Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 7:11 For Amos says,
'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away
captive out of his land.'"

7:12 Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land
of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 7:13 but don't
prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and
it is a royal house!"

7:14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a
prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; 7:15
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go,
prophesy to my people Israel.' 7:16 Now therefore listen to the word of
Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach
against the house of Isaac.' 7:17 Therefore thus says Yahweh: 'Your wife
shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters
shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you
yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be
led away captive out of his land.'"

8:1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.

8:2 He said, "Amos, what do you see?"

I said, "A basket of summer fruit."

Then Yahweh said to me,

"The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any
more. 8:3 The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says
the Lord Yahweh. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will
throw them out with silence. 8:4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up
the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, 8:5 Saying, 'When
will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that
we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and
dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 8:6 that we may buy the poor
for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings
with the wheat?'" 8:7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I
will never forget any of their works. 8:8 Won't the land tremble for
this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly
like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River
of Egypt. 8:9 It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I
will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in
the clear day. 8:10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your
songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your
bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for
an only son, and its end like a bitter day. 8:11 Behold, the days come,"
says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a
famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of
Yahweh. 8:12 They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even
to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh,
and will not find it. 8:13 In that day the beautiful virgins and the
young men will faint for thirst. 8:14 Those who swear by the sin of
Samaria, and say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' and, 'As the way of
Beersheba lives;' they will fall, and never rise up again." 9:1 I saw
the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, "Strike the tops of the
pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the
head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword:
there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them
escape. 9:2 Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them;
and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down. 9:3
Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take
them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of
the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them. 9:4
Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command
the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil,
and not for good. 9:5 For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches
the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will
rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of
Egypt. 9:6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has
founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea,
and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name. 9:7
Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of
Israel?" says Yahweh. "Haven't I brought up Israel out of the land of
Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? 9:8
Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I
will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will
not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says Yahweh. 9:9 "For, behold,
I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the
nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will
fall on the earth. 9:10 All the sinners of my people will die by the
sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.' 9:11 In that day I
will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its
breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the
days of old; 9:12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the
nations who are called by my name," says Yahweh who does this.

9:13 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "that the plowman shall
overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and
sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills. 9:14 I
will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild
the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and
drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of
them. 9:15 I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be
plucked up out of their land which I have given them," says Yahweh your
God.



Obadiah

1:1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom.
We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the
nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle. 1:2
Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly
despised. 1:3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in
the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart,
'Who will bring me down to the ground?' 1:4 Though you mount on high as
the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you
down from there," says Yahweh. 1:5 "If thieves came to you, if robbers
by night--oh, what disaster awaits you--wouldn't they only steal until
they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some
gleaning grapes? 1:6 How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden
treasures are sought out! 1:7 All the men of your alliance have brought
you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you
have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread
lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him."

1:8 "Won't I in that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men out of
Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau? 1:9 Your mighty
men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off
from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. 1:10 For the violence done to
your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off
forever. 1:11 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day
that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into
his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.
1:12 But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and
don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their
destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress. 1:13 Don't
enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don't
look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither
seize their wealth on the day of their calamity. 1:14 Don't stand in the
crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don't deliver up those of
his who remain in the day of distress. 1:15 For the day of Yahweh is
near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your
deeds will return upon your own head. 1:16 For as you have drunk on my
holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. Yes, they will
drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been. 1:17 But
in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The
house of Jacob will possess their possessions. 1:18 The house of Jacob
will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for
stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be
any remaining to the house of Esau." Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.

1:19 Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of
the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim,
and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead. 1:20 The
captives of this army of the children of Israel, who are among the
Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of
Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.
1:21 Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau,
and the kingdom will be Yahweh's.



Jonah

1:1 Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 1:2
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their
wickedness has come up before me."

1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid
its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the
presence of Yahweh. 1:4 But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and
there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to
break up. 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his
god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten
it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he
was laying down, and was fast asleep. 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him,
and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God!
Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish."

1:7 They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may
know for whose cause this evil is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot
fell on Jonah. 1:8 Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose
cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come
from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

1:9 He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of
heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land."

1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is
this that you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the
presence of Yahweh, because he had told them. 1:11 Then said they to
him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the
sea grew more and more stormy. 1:12 He said to them, "Take me up, and
throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know
that because of me this great storm is on you."

1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but
they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them. 1:14
Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, "We beg you, Yahweh, we beg
you, let us not perish for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent
blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you." 1:15 So they took
up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
1:16 Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a
sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.

1:17 Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in
the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

2:1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly. 2:2
He said,

"I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the
belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. 2:3 For you threw me into
the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All
your waves and your billows passed over me. 2:4 I said, 'I have been
banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy
temple.' 2:5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was
around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. 2:6 I went down to the
bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you
brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God. 2:7 "When my soul
fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into
your holy temple. 2:8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own
mercy. 2:9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I
will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh." 2:10
Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

3:1 The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying, 3:2
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message
that I give you."

3:3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of
Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey
across. 3:4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he
cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"

3:5 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and
put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
3:6 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne,
and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in
ashes. 3:7 He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the
decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal,
herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; 3:8
but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let
them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way,
and from the violence that is in his hands. 3:9 Who knows whether God
will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that
we might not perish?"

3:10 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God
relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he
didn't do it.

4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 4:2 He prayed
to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was
still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I
knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and
abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm. 4:3 Therefore
now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me
to die than to live."

4:4 Yahweh said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"

4:5 Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the
city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade,
until he might see what would become of the city. 4:6 Yahweh God
prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a
shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was
exceedingly glad because of the vine. 4:7 But God prepared a worm at
dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered. 4:8
It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind;
and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for
himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to
live."

4:9 God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?"

He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."

4:10 Yahweh said, "You have been concerned for the vine, for which you
have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and
perished in a night. 4:11 Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that
great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons
who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also
much livestock?"

Notes:

[1] back to 1:6 or, gods

[2] back to 1:6 or, gods



Micah

1:1 The word of Yahweh that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of
Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem.

1:2 Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is
therein: and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from
his holy temple. 1:3 For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place,
and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. 1:4 The
mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before
the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place. 1:5 "All this
is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of
Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn't it Samaria? And what
are the high places of Judah? Aren't they Jerusalem? 1:6 Therefore I
will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for
planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and
I will uncover its foundations. 1:7 All her idols will be beaten to
pieces, and all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and all her
images I will destroy; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered
them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return." 1:8 For this I
will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the
jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls. 1:9 For her wounds are
incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my
people, even to Jerusalem. 1:10 Don't tell it in Gath. Don't weep at
all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust. 1:11 Pass on,
inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan
won't come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his
protection. 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good,
because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem. 1:13
Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was
the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the transgressions of
Israel were found in you. 1:14 Therefore you will give a parting gift to
Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the
kings of Israel. 1:15 I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah.
He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam. 1:16 Shave your
heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge
your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from
you! 2:1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds!
When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power
of their hand. 2:2 They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and
take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his
heritage. 2:3 Therefore thus says Yahweh: "Behold, I am planning against
these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks,
neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time. 2:4 In that day
they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful
lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is
divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to
traitors!'" 2:5 Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by
lot in the assembly of Yahweh. 2:6 "Don't prophesy!" They prophesy.
"Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us." 2:7
Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry? Are
these his doings? Don't my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?"
2:8 But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe
and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from
battle. 2:9 You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant
houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
2:10 Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of
uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction. 2:11 If a
man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: "I will prophesy to you of
wine and of strong drink;" he would be the prophet of this people. 2:12
I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the
remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a
flock in the midst of their pasture; they will swarm with people. 2:13
He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the
gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at
their head. 3:1 I said,

"Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel:
Isn't it for you to know justice? 3:2 You who hate the good, and love
the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
3:3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off
them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot,
and as flesh within the caldron. 3:4 Then they will cry to Yahweh, but
he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that
time, because they made their deeds evil." 3:5 Thus says Yahweh
concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed
their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn't provide for
their mouths, they prepare war against him:

3:6 "Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you,
that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and
the day will be black over them. 3:7 The seers shall be disappointed,
and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for
there is no answer from God." 3:8 But as for me, I am full of power by
the Spirit of Yahweh, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob
his disobedience, and to Israel his sin. 3:9 Please listen to this, you
heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who
abhor justice, and pervert all equity. 3:10 They build up Zion with
blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 3:11 Her leaders judge for bribes,
and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes
for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, "Isn't Yahweh in the midst
of us? No disaster will come on us." 3:12 Therefore Zion for your sake
will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble,
and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest. 4:1 But
in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh's temple
will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted
above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. 4:2 Many nations will go
and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, 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 out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word
of Yahweh from Jerusalem; 4:3 and he will judge between many peoples,
and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their
swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will
not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
4:4 But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;
and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has
spoken. 4:5 Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods;
but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever. 4:6 "In
that day," says Yahweh, "I will assemble that which is lame, and I will
gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted; 4:7
and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast
far off a strong nation: and Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion
from then on, even forever." 4:8 You, tower of the flock, the hill of
the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, yes, the former dominion will
come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. 4:9 Now why do you cry
out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that
pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail? 4:10 Be in pain,
and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for
now you will go forth out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and
will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will
redeem you from the hand of your enemies. 4:11 Now many nations have
assembled against you, that say, "Let her be defiled, and let our eye
gloat over Zion." 4:12 But they don't know the thoughts of Yahweh,
neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like
the sheaves to the threshing floor. 4:13 Arise and thresh, daughter of
Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass;
and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain
to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth. 5:1 Now
you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid
siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the
cheek. 5:2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of
Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in
Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting. 5:3
Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor
gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children
of Israel. 5:4 He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of
Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will
live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth. 5:5 He will be
our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our
fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight
leaders of men. 5:6 They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword,
and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the
Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our
border. 5:7 The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples,
like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don't wait for
man, nor wait for the sons of men. 5:8 The remnant of Jacob will be
among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the
animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who,
if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one
to deliver. 5:9 Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and
let all of your enemies be cut off. 5:10 "It will happen in that day,"
says Yahweh, "That I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you,
and will destroy your chariots. 5:11 I will cut off the cities of your
land, and will tear down all your strongholds. 5:12 I will destroy
witchcraft from your hand; and you shall have no soothsayers. 5:13 I
will cut off your engraved images and your pillars out of your midst;
and you shall no more worship the work of your hands. 5:14 I will uproot
your Asherim out of your midst; and I will destroy your cities. 5:15 I
will execute vengeance in anger, and wrath on the nations that didn't
listen." 6:1 Listen now to what Yahweh says:

"Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear
what you have to say. 6:2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and
you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with
his people, and he will contend with Israel. 6:3 My people, what have I
done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me! 6:4 For I brought you
up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of
bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 6:5 My people,
remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of
Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the
righteous acts of Yahweh." 6:6 How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow
myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt
offerings, with calves a year old? 6:7 Will Yahweh be pleased with
thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give
my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my
soul? 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh
require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with your God? 6:9 Yahweh's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees
your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it. 6:10 Are there
yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short
ephah that is accursed? 6:11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and
with a bag of deceitful weights? 6:12 Her rich men are full of violence,
her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their
speech. 6:13 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I
have made you desolate because of your sins. 6:14 You shall eat, but not
be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up,
but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword. 6:15
You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't
anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house
of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her
inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people." 7:1
Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as
gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul
desires to eat the early fig. 7:2 The godly man has perished out of the
earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for
blood; every man hunts his brother with a net. 7:3 Their hands are on
that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a
bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus
they conspire together. 7:4 The best of them is like a brier. The most
upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your
visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion. 7:5 Don't
trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman
lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth! 7:6 For
the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the
men of his own house. 7:7 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will
wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. 7:8 Don't rejoice
against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness,
Yahweh will be a light to me. 7:9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh,
because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes
judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his
righteousness. 7:10 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her
who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and
will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the
streets. 7:11 A day to build your walls--In that day, he will extend
your boundary. 7:12 In that day they will come to you from Assyria and
the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to
sea, and mountain to mountain. 7:13 Yet the land will be desolate
because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. 7:14
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who
dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of fertile pasture land,
let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 7:15 "As in
the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I will show them
marvelous things." 7:16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their
might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
7:17 They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the
earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with
fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you. 7:18 Who is a
God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of
the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever,
because he delights in loving kindness. 7:19 He will again have
compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will
cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 7:20 You will give truth
to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from
the days of old.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:10 Beth Ophrah means literally "House of Dust."

[2] back to 6:10 An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short ephah is
made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.



Nahum

1:1 An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the
Elkoshite. 1:2 Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and
is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he
maintains wrath against his enemies. 1:3 Yahweh is slow to anger, and
great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh
has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the
dust of his feet. 1:4 He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up
all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon
languishes. 1:5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in
it. 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the
fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the
rocks are broken apart by him. 1:7 Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the
day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him. 1:8 But with
an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will
pursue his enemies into darkness. 1:9 What do you plot against Yahweh?
He will make a full end. Affliction won't rise up the second time. 1:10
For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are
consumed utterly like dry stubble. 1:11 There is one gone forth out of
you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness. 1:12 Thus
says Yahweh: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even
so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have
afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. 1:13 Now will I break his
yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart." 1:14 Yahweh has
commanded concerning you: "No more descendants will bear your name. Out
of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the
molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile."

1:15 Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who
publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the
wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

2:1 He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress!
Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily! 2:2
For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of
Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine
branches. 2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men
are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his
preparation, and the pine spears are brandished. 2:4 The chariots rage
in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their
appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings. 2:5 He summons
his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and
the protective shield is put in place. 2:6 The gates of the rivers are
opened, and the palace is dissolved. 2:7 It is decreed: she is
uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice
of doves, beating on their breasts. 2:8 But Nineveh has been from of old
like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no
one looks back. 2:9 Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold,
for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
2:10 She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock
together, their bodies and faces have grown pale. 2:11 Where is the den
of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion
and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?
2:12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his
lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
2:13 "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I will burn
her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions;
and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your
messengers will no longer be heard."

3:1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey
doesn't depart. 3:2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of
wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots, 3:3 the horseman
mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude
of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the
bodies. They stumble on their bodies, 3:4 because of the multitude of
the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft,
who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her
witchcraft. 3:5 "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and
I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your
nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. 3:6 I will throw abominable
filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle. 3:7 It
will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say,
'Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek
comforters for you?"

3:8 Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who
had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was
of the sea? 3:9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and
Libya were her helpers. 3:10 Yet was she carried away. She went into
captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of
all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her
great men were bound in chains. 3:11 You also will be drunken. You will
be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy. 3:12
All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if
they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. 3:13 Behold,
your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide
open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars. 3:14 Draw water
for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread
the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong. 3:15 There the fire will devour
you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the
grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust. 3:16
You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The
grasshopper strips, and flees away. 3:17 Your guards are like the
locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on
the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and
their place is not known where they are. 3:18 Your shepherds slumber,
king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the
mountains, and there is no one to gather them. 3:19 There is no healing
your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you
clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?

Notes:

[1] back to 3:8 or, Thebes



Habakkuk

1:1 The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw. 1:2 Yahweh, how long will
I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you
not save? 1:3 Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For
destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention
rises up. 1:4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes
forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes
forth perverted.

1:5 "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am
working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is
told you. 1:6 For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess
dwelling places that are not theirs. 1:7 They are feared and dreaded.
Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. 1:8 Their
horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the
evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen
come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour. 1:9 All of
them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers
prisoners like sand. 1:10 Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a
derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an
earthen ramp, and takes it. 1:11 Then he sweeps by like the wind, and
goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is his god."

1:12 Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will
not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have
established him to punish. 1:13 You who have purer eyes than to see
evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who
deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man
who is more righteous than he, 1:14 and make men like the fish of the
sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 1:15 He
takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and
gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. 1:16
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet,
because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good. 1:17 Will
he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without
mercy?

2:1 I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will
look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer
concerning my complaint.

2:2 Yahweh answered me, "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets,
that he who runs may read it. 2:3 For the vision is yet for the
appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false.
Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't
delay. 2:4 Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but
the righteous will live by his faith. 2:5 Yes, moreover, wine is
treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his
desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but
gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples. 2:6
Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb
against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his,
and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?' 2:7 Won't your debtors
rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will
be their victim? 2:8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the
remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for
the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
2:9 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his
nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! 2:10 You
have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have
sinned against your soul. 2:11 For the stone will cry out of the wall,
and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it. 2:12 Woe to him who
builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity! 2:13
Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the
fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity? 2:14 For the earth
will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the waters
cover the sea.

2:15 "Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming
wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!
2:16 You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and
be exposed! The cup of Yahweh's right hand will come around to you, and
disgrace will cover your glory. 2:17 For the violence done to Lebanon
will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them
afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land,
to every city and to those who dwell in them.

2:18 "What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has
engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who
fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols? 2:19 Woe to him who
says to the wood, 'Awake!' or to the mute stone, 'Arise!' Shall this
teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no
breath at all in its midst. 2:20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let
all the earth be silent before him!"

3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.

3:2 Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds,
Yahweh. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the
years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy. 3:3 God came from
Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the
heavens, and his praise filled the earth. 3:4 His splendor is like the
sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden. 3:5 Plague
went before him, and pestilence followed his feet. 3:6 He stood, and
shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient
mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are
eternal. 3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of
the land of Midian trembled. 3:8 Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers?
Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that
you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation? 3:9 You
uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split
the earth with rivers. 3:10 The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The
storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on
high. 3:11 The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your
arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear. 3:12 You
marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.
3:13 You went forth for the salvation of your people, for the salvation
of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You
stripped them head to foot. Selah. 3:14 You pierced the heads of his
warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me,
gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret. 3:15 You trampled the
sea with your horses, churning mighty waters. 3:16 I heard, and my body
trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my
bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the
day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us. 3:17 For
though the fig tree doesn't flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the
labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut
off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls: 3:18 yet I will
rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! 3:19
Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer's feet, and
enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed
instruments.



Zephaniah

1:1 The word of Yahweh which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the
son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of
Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah. 1:2 I will utterly sweep away
everything off of the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. 1:3 I will
sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the
fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off
man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. 1:4 I will stretch out
my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I
will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the
idolatrous and pagan priests, 1:5 those who worship the army of the sky
on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear
by Malcam, 1:6 those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and
those who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him. 1:7 Be silent at
the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For
Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests. 1:8 It
will happen in the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, that I will punish the
princes, the king's sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign
clothing. 1:9 In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the
threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit. 1:10
In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish
gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the
hills. 1:11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of
Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
1:12 It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with
lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say
in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil." 1:13
Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes,
they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant
vineyards, but won't drink their wine. 1:14 The great day of Yahweh is
near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh.
The mighty man cries there bitterly. 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a
day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of
darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, 1:16 a day of the
trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high
battlements. 1:17 I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like
blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will
be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. 1:18 Neither their
silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of
Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his
jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who
dwell in the land.

2:1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that
has no shame, 2:2 before the appointed time when the day passes as the
chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of
Yahweh's anger comes on you. 2:3 Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the
land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility.
It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger. 2:4 For
Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out
Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up. 2:5 Woe to the
inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of
Yahweh is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will
destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant. 2:6 The sea coast will be
pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks. 2:7 The
coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find
pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening,
for Yahweh, their God, will visit them, and restore them. 2:8 I have
heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon,
with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves
against their border. 2:9 Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of
Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a
perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and
the survivors of my nation will inherit them. 2:10 This they will have
for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves
against the people of Yahweh of Armies. 2:11 Yahweh will be awesome to
them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him,
everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations. 2:12 You
Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword. 2:13 He will stretch out
his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a
desolation, and dry like the wilderness. 2:14 Herds will lie down in the
midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the
porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the
windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the
cedar beams. 2:15 This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that
said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has
become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who
passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

3:1 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city! 3:2
She didn't obey the voice. She didn't receive correction. She didn't
trust in Yahweh. She didn't draw near to her God. 3:3 Her princes in the
midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They
leave nothing until the next day. 3:4 Her prophets are arrogant and
treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have
done violence to the law. 3:5 Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous.
He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He
doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame. 3:6 I have cut off nations.
Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that
no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man,
so that there is no inhabitant. 3:7 I said, "Just fear me. Receive
correction, so that her dwelling won't be cut off, according to all that
I have appointed concerning her." But they rose early and corrupted all
their doings. 3:8 "Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day
that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the
nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my
indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be
devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 3:9 For then I will purify the
lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of Yahweh, to
serve him shoulder to shoulder. 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Cush, my
worshipers, even the daughter of my dispersed people, will bring my
offering. 3:11 In that day you will not be disappointed for all your
doings, in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will take
away out of the midst of you your proudly exulting ones, and you will no
more be haughty in my holy mountain. 3:12 But I will leave in the midst
of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the
name of Yahweh. 3:13 The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor
speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for
they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid."

3:14 Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all
your heart, daughter of Jerusalem. 3:15 Yahweh has taken away your
judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is
in the midst of you. You will not be afraid of evil any more. 3:16 In
that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, "Don't be afraid, Zion. Don't
let your hands be slack." 3:17 Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you,
a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will
rest in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing. 3:18 Those who
are sad for the appointed feasts, I will remove from you. They are a
burden and a reproach to you. 3:19 Behold, at that time I will deal with
all those who afflict you, and I will save those who are lame, and
gather those who were driven away. I will give them praise and honor,
whose shame has been in all the earth. 3:20 At that time will I bring
you in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will give you honor
and praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your
captivity before your eyes, says Yahweh.



Haggai

1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the
first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet,
to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua,
the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, 1:2 "This is what Yahweh
of Armies says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time
for Yahweh's house to be built.'"

1:3 Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying, 1:4 "Is
it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this
house lies waste? 1:5 Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says:
Consider your ways. 1:6 You have sown much, and bring in little. You
eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with
drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages
earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."

1:7 This is what Yahweh of Armies says: "Consider your ways. 1:8 Go up
to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure
in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh. 1:9 "You looked for much,
and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it
away. Why?" says Yahweh of Armies, "Because of my house that lies waste,
while each of you is busy with his own house. 1:10 Therefore for your
sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
1:11 I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain,
on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth, on
men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands."

1:12 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed
the voice of Yahweh, their God, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as
Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.

1:13 Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke Yahweh's message to the
people, saying, "I am with you," says Yahweh.

1:14 Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they
came and worked on the house of Yahweh of Armies, their God, 1:15 in the
twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year
of Darius the king.

2:1 In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Word
of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 2:2 "Speak now to
Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the
son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people,
saying, 2:3 'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former
glory? How do you see it now? Isn't it in your eyes as nothing? 2:4 Yet
now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says Yahweh. 'Be strong, Joshua, son of
Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' says
Yahweh, 'and work, for I am with you,' says Yahweh of Armies. 2:5 This
is the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and
my Spirit lived among you. 'Don't be afraid.' 2:6 For this is what
Yahweh of Armies says: 'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake
the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land; 2:7 and I will shake
all nations. The precious things of all nations will come, and I will
fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of Armies. 2:8 The silver is
mine, and the gold is mine,' says Yahweh of Armies. 2:9 'The latter
glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says Yahweh of
Armies; 'and in this place will I give peace,' says Yahweh of Armies."

2:10 In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of
Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 2:11
"Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Ask now the priests concerning the law,
saying, 2:12 'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment,
and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it
become holy?'"

The priests answered, "No."

2:13 Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body
touch any of these, will it be unclean?"

The priests answered, "It will be unclean."

2:14 Then Haggai answered, "'So is this people, and so is this nation
before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands. That
which they offer there is unclean. 2:15 Now, please consider from this
day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of
Yahweh. 2:16 Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty
measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out
fifty, there were only twenty. 2:17 I struck you with blight, mildew,
and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says
Yahweh. 2:18 'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the
twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation
of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it. 2:19 Is the seed yet in the
barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree
haven't brought forth. From this day will I bless you.'"

2:20 The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-
fourth day of the month, saying, 2:21 "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of
Judah, saying, 'I will shake the heavens and the earth. 2:22 I will
overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the
kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who
ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by
the sword of his brother. 2:23 In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, will
I take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh,
'and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,' says Yahweh of
Armies."



Zechariah

1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of
Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the
prophet, saying, 1:2 "Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers. 1:3
Therefore tell them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'Return to me,' says
Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will return to you,' says Yahweh of Armies. 1:4
Don't you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed,
saying: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, 'Return now from your evil ways, and
from your evil doings;' but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says
Yahweh. 1:5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live
forever? 1:6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants
the prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers?

"Then they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do
to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has
dealt with us.'" 1:7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month,
which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of
Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the
prophet, saying, 1:8 "I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man
riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in
a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses. 1:9
Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'"

The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these
are."

1:10 The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, "They are the
ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth."

1:11 They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle
trees, and said, "We have walked back and forth through the earth, and
behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace." 1:12 Then the angel of
Yahweh replied, "O Yahweh of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on
Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had
indignation these seventy years?"

1:13 Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and
comforting words. 1:14 So the angel who talked with me said to me,
"Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "I am jealous for
Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 1:15 I am very angry with
the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but
they added to the calamity." 1:16 Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I have
returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it," says
Yahweh of Armies, "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'

1:17 "Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "My cities
will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion,
and will again choose Jerusalem."'"

1:18 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four horns. 1:19 I asked
the angel who talked with me, "What are these?"

He answered me, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel,
and Jerusalem."

1:20 Yahweh showed me four craftsmen. 1:21 Then I asked, "What are these
coming to do?"

He said, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man
lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down
the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of
Judah to scatter it."

2:1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring
line in his hand. 2:2 Then I asked, "Where are you going?"

He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and
what is its length."

2:3 Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel
went out to meet him, 2:4 and said to him, "Run, speak to this young
man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls,
because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. 2:5 For I,' says
Yahweh, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the
glory in the midst of her. 2:6 Come! Come! Flee from the land of the
north,' says Yahweh; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of
the sky,' says Yahweh. 2:7 'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the
daughter of Babylon.' 2:8 For thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'For honor he
has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you
touches the apple of his eye. 2:9 For, behold, I will shake my hand over
them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will
know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me. 2:10 Sing and rejoice, daughter
of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,'
says Yahweh. 2:11 Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that
day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and
you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you. 2:12 Yahweh
will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again
choose Jerusalem. 2:13 Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has
roused himself from his holy habitation!"

3:1 He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of
Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. 3:2
Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has
chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn't this a burning stick plucked out of
the fire?"

3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before
the angel. 3:4 He answered and spoke to those who stood before him,
saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold,
I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with
rich clothing."

3:5 I said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head."

So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel
of Yahweh was standing by. 3:6 The angel of Yahweh protested to Joshua,
saying, 3:7 "Thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'If you will walk in my ways,
and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my
house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of
access among these who stand by. 3:8 Hear now, Joshua the high priest,
you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a
sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch. 3:9 For,
behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven
eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'and
I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 3:10 In that day,'
says Yahweh of Armies, 'you will invite every man his neighbor under the
vine and under the fig tree.'"

4:1 The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man
who is wakened out of his sleep. 4:2 He said to me, "What do you see?"

I said, "I have seen, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl
on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to
each of the lamps, which are on the top of it; 4:3 and two olive trees
by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side
of it."

4:4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What
are these, my lord?"

4:5 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Don't you know what
these are?"

I said, "No, my lord."

4:6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word of
Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my
Spirit,' says Yahweh of Armies. 4:7 Who are you, great mountain? Before
Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with
shouts of 'Grace, grace, to it!'"

4:8 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 4:9 "The hands of
Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also
finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
4:10 Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall
rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These
are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole
earth."

4:11 Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side
of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"

4:12 I asked him the second time, "What are these two olive branches,
which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of
themselves?"

4:13 He answered me, "Don't you know what these are?"

I said, "No, my lord."

4:14 Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the
Lord of the whole earth."

5:1 Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a flying
scroll. 5:2 He said to me, "What do you see?"

I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its
breadth ten cubits."

5:3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the
surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off
according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall
be cut off according to it on the other side. 5:4 I will cause it to go
out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it will enter into the house of the
thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it
will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its
timber and its stones."

5:5 Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me,
"Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."

5:6 I said, "What is it?"

He said, "This is the ephah basket that is appearing." He said moreover,
"This is their appearance in all the land 5:7 (and behold, a talent of
lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the
ephah basket." 5:8 He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down
into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on
its mouth.

5:9 Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there were two women,
and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a
stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
5:10 Then said I to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these
carrying the ephah basket?"

5:11 He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it
is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."

6:1 Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came
out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of
brass. 6:2 In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot
black horses; 6:3 in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth
chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful. 6:4 Then I asked the angel
who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"

6:5 The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which
go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. 6:6 The one
with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white
went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south
country." 6:7 The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk
back and forth through the earth: and he said, "Go around and through
the earth!" So they walked back and forth through the earth.

6:8 Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, "Behold, those who go
toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country."

6:9 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 6:10 "Take of them of the
captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come the same
day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they
have come from Babylon. 6:11 Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns,
and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high
priest; 6:12 and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies,
"Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of
his place; and he shall build the temple of Yahweh; 6:13 even he shall
build the temple of Yahweh; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit
and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the
counsel of peace shall be between them both. 6:14 The crowns shall be to
Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah,
for a memorial in the temple of Yahweh. 6:15 Those who are far off shall
come and build in the temple of Yahweh; and you shall know that Yahweh
of Armies has sent me to you. This will happen, if you will diligently
obey the voice of Yahweh your God."'"

7:1 It happened in the fourth year of king Darius that the word of
Yahweh came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month
of Chislev. 7:2 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and
their men, to entreat Yahweh's favor, 7:3 and to speak to the priests of
the house of Yahweh of Armies, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I
weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many
years?"

7:4 Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying, 7:5 "Speak to
all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted
and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy
years, did you at all fast to me, really to me? 7:6 When you eat, and
when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7:7 Aren't these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former
prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities
around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"

7:8 The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying, 7:9 "Thus has Yahweh
of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and
compassion every man to his brother. 7:10 Don't oppress the widow, nor
the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise
evil against his brother in your heart.' 7:11 But they refused to
listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might
not hear. 7:12 Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they
might hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his
Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of
Armies. 7:13 It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to
listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said Yahweh of
Armies; 7:14 "but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the
nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after
them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the
pleasant land desolate."

8:1 The word of Yahweh of Armies came to me. 8:2 Thus says Yahweh of
Armies: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for
her with great wrath."

8:3 Thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the
midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called 'The City of Truth;' and
the mountain of Yahweh of Armies, 'The Holy Mountain.'"

8:4 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Old men and old women will again dwell
in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for
very age. 8:5 The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls
playing in its streets."

8:6 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my
eyes?" says Yahweh of Armies.

8:7 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Behold, I will save my people from the
east country, and from the west country; 8:8 and I will bring them, and
they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people,
and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."

8:9 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear
in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the
day that the foundation of the house of Yahweh of Armies was laid, even
the temple, that it might be built. 8:10 For before those days there was
no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any
peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I
set all men everyone against his neighbor. 8:11 But now I will not be to
the remnant of this people as in the former days," says Yahweh of
Armies. 8:12 "For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit,
and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their
dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these
things. 8:13 It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the
nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you
shall be a blessing. Don't be afraid. Let your hands be strong."

8:14 For thus says Yahweh of Armies: "As I thought to do evil to you,
when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I
didn't repent; 8:15 so again have I thought in these days to do good to
Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don't be afraid. 8:16 These are the
things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor.
Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates, 8:17 and let none
of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no
false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.

8:18 The word of Yahweh of Armies came to me. 8:19 Thus says Yahweh of
Armies: "The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall
be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts.
Therefore love truth and peace."

8:20 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of
many cities will yet come; 8:21 and the inhabitants of one shall go to
another, saying, 'Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and
to seek Yahweh of Armies. I will go also.' 8:22 Yes, many peoples and
strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Armies in Jerusalem, and to
entreat the favor of Yahweh." 8:23 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "In those
days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations,
they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, 'We will
go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"

9:1 An oracle.

The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon
Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward
Yahweh; 9:2 and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon,
because they are very wise. 9:3 Tyre built herself a stronghold, and
heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the
streets. 9:4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike
her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire. 9:5 Ashkelon
will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will
Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will
perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited. 9:6 Foreigners
will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
9:7 I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations
from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and
he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 9:8 I will
encamp around my house against the army, that none pass through or
return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have
seen with my eyes. 9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout,
daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous,
and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the
foal of a donkey. 9:10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the
horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will
speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth. 9:11 As for you also,
because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners
from the pit in which is no water. 9:12 Turn to the stronghold, you
prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to
you. 9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow
with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons,
Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man. 9:14 Yahweh
will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and
the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of
the south. 9:15 Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy
and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through
wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
9:16 Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his
people; for they are like the jewels of a crown, lifted on high over his
land. 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins. 10:1
Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds,
and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field. 10:2
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie;
and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go
their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
10:3 My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the
male goats; For Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of
Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle. 10:4 From
him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the
battle bow, from him every ruler together. 10:5 They shall be as mighty
men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight,
because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be
confounded. 10:6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save
the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on
them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am
Yahweh their God, and I will hear them. 10:7 Ephraim will be like a
mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their
children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.
10:8 I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them;
and they will increase as they have increased. 10:9 I will sow them
among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they
will live with their children, and will return. 10:10 I will bring them
again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and
I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won't
be room enough for them. 10:11 He will pass through the sea of
affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of
the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and
the scepter of Egypt will depart. 10:12 I will strengthen them in
Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name," says Yahweh. 11:1
Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars. 11:2
Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are
destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come
down. 11:3 A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is
destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the
Jordan is ruined. 11:4 Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the flock of
slaughter. 11:5 Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those
who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;' and their own
shepherds don't pity them. 11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants
of the land," says Yahweh; "but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone
into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They will
strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them."

11:7 So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the
flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the
other I called "Union," and I fed the flock. 11:8 I cut off the three
shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul
also loathed me. 11:9 Then I said, "I will not feed you. That which
dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off;
and let those who are left eat each other's flesh." 11:10 I took my
staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had
made with all the peoples. 11:11 It was broken in that day; and thus the
poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of
Yahweh. 11:12 I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages;
and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of
silver. 11:13 Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the handsome
price that I was valued at by them!" I took the thirty pieces of silver,
and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh. 11:14 Then I cut
apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood
between Judah and Israel.

11:15 Yahweh said to me, "Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a
foolish shepherd. 11:16 For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the
land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those
who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is
sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their
hoofs in pieces. 11:17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the
flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will
be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"

12:1 An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh, who
stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and
forms the spirit of man within him says: 12:2 "Behold, I will make
Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah
also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem. 12:3 It will happen in
that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the
peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and
all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it. 12:4
In that day," says Yahweh, "I will strike every horse with terror, and
his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah,
and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 12:5 The
chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of
Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.' 12:6 In that
day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood,
and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the
surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem
will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem. 12:7 Yahweh
also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of
David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified
above Judah. 12:8 In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David,
and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before
them. 12:9 It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all
the nations that come against Jerusalem. 12:10 I will pour on the house
of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and
of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and
they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will
grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn. 12:11 In that
day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of
Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12:12 The land will mourn, every
family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives
apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
12:13 the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the
family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; 12:14 all the
families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

13:1 "In that day there will be a spring opened to the house of David
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 13:2
It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will cut
off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered
no more. I will also cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to
pass out of the land. 13:3 It will happen that, when anyone still
prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him,
'You must die, because you speak lies in the name of Yahweh;' and his
father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
13:4 It will happen in that day, that the prophets will each be ashamed
of his vision, when he prophesies; neither will they wear a hairy mantle
to deceive: 13:5 but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the
ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.' 13:6 One will
say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will
answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

13:7 "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is
close to me," says Yahweh of Armies. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep
will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones. 13:8
It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, "two parts in it
will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it. 13:9 I will
bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is
refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my
name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will
say, 'Yahweh is my God.'" 14:1 Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when your
spoil will be divided in your midst. 14:2 For I will gather all nations
against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses
rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into
captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
14:3 Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he
fought in the day of battle. 14:4 His feet will stand in that day on the
Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of
Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great
valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it
toward the south. 14:5 You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for
the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee,
just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king
of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you. 14:6
It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or
frost. 14:7 It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day,
and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will
be light.

14:8 It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from
Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward
the western sea; in summer and in winter will it be.

14:9 Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be
one, and his name one. 14:10 All the land will be made like the Arabah,
from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and
will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first
gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's
winepresses. 14:11 Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more
curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely. 14:12 This will be the plague
with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have warred against
Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet,
and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will
consume away in their mouth. 14:13 It will happen in that day, that a
great panic from Yahweh will be among them; and they will lay hold
everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against
the hand of his neighbor. 14:14 Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and
the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together:
gold, and silver, and clothing, in great abundance.

14:15 So will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and
of the donkey, and of all the animals that will be in those camps, as
that plague. 14:16 It will happen that everyone who is left of all the
nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to
worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tents.
14:17 It will be, that whoever of all the families of the earth doesn't
go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, on them there
will be no rain. 14:18 If the family of Egypt doesn't go up, and doesn't
come, neither will it rain on them. This will be the plague with which
Yahweh will strike the nations that don't go up to keep the feast of
tents. 14:19 This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of
all the nations that don't go up to keep the feast of tents. 14:20 In
that day there will be on the bells of the horses, "HOLY TO YAHWEH;" and
the pots in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar.
14:21 Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of
Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and cook
in them. In that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of
Yahweh of Armies.

Notes:

[1] back to 5:6 An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 litres, 5.8
U. S. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel.

[2] back to 5:7 A talent is a weight of about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds.

[3] back to 12:10 After "me," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav"
(the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but
as a grammatical marker.



Malachi

1:1 An oracle: the word of Yahweh to Israel by Malachi.

1:2 "I have loved you," says Yahweh.

Yet you say, "How have you loved us?"

"Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Yahweh, "Yet I loved Jacob; 1:3 but
Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage
to the jackals of the wilderness." 1:4 Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten
down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says Yahweh
of Armies, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call
them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath
forever."

1:5 Your eyes will see, and you will say, "Yahweh is great--even beyond
the border of Israel!"

1:6 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a
father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the
respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my
name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?' 1:7 You offer polluted
bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we polluted you?' In that you say,
'Yahweh's table contemptible.' 1:8 When you offer the blind for
sacrifice, isn't that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't
that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you?
Or will he accept your person?" says Yahweh of Armies.

1:9 "Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to
us. With this, will he accept any of you?" says Yahweh of Armies.

1:10 "Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that
you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in
you," says Yahweh of Armies, "neither will I accept an offering at your
hand. 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the
same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense
will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great
among the nations," says Yahweh of Armies. 1:12 "But you profane it, in
that you say, 'Yahweh's table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food,
is contemptible.' 1:13 You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!'
and you have sniffed at it," says Yahweh of Armies; "and you have
brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus
you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?" says Yahweh.

1:14 "But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows,
and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King,"
says Yahweh of Armies, "and my name is awesome among the nations."

2:1 "Now, you priests, this commandment is for you. 2:2 If you will not
listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,"
says Yahweh of Armies, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will
curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do
not lay it to heart. 2:3 Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will
spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be
taken away with it. 2:4 You will know that I have sent this commandment
to you, that my covenant may be with Levi," says Yahweh of Armies. 2:5
"My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him who
he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood
in awe of my name. 2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and
unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace
and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity. 2:7 For the
priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his
mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies. 2:8 But you have
turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law.
You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of Armies. 2:9
"Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the
people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had
respect for persons in the law. 2:10 Don't we all have one father?
Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man
against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 2:11 Judah
has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and
in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he
loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 2:12 Yahweh will
cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers,
out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of
Armies. 2:13 This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with
tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the
offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand. 2:14
Yet you say, 'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the
wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though
she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. 2:15 Did he not
make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought
a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal
treacherously against the wife of his youth. 2:16 For I hate divorce,"
says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with
violence!" says Yahweh of Armies. "Therefore take heed to your spirit,
that you don't deal treacherously. 2:17 You have wearied Yahweh with
your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say,
'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights
in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

3:1 "Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me;
and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the
messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says
Yahweh of Armies. 3:2 "But who can endure the day of his coming? And who
will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like
launderer's soap; 3:3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of
silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and
silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness. 3:4
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh, as
in the days of old, and as in ancient years. 3:5 I will come near to you
to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and
against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who
oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and
who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of
Armies. 3:6 "For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob,
are not consumed. 3:7 From the days of your fathers you have turned
aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I
will return to you," says Yahweh of Armies. "But you say, 'How shall we
return?' 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have
we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings. 3:9 You are cursed with the
curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation. 3:10 Bring the whole
tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test
me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies, "if I will not open you the
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be
room enough for. 3:11 I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he
shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine
cast its fruit before its time in the field," says Yahweh of Armies.
3:12 "All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful
land," says Yahweh of Armies.

3:13 "Your words have been stout against me," says Yahweh. "Yet you say,
'What have we spoken against you?' 3:14 You have said, 'It is vain to
serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his
instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of
Armies? 3:15 Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness
are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.' 3:16 Then those who
feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard,
and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared
Yahweh, and who honored his name. 3:17 They shall be mine," says Yahweh
of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare
them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. 3:18 Then you shall
return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who
serves God and him who doesn't serve him.

4:1 "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the
proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that
comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Armies, "that it shall leave
them neither root nor branch. 4:2 But to you who fear my name shall the
sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out,
and leap like calves of the stall. 4:3 You shall tread down the wicked;
for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I
make," says Yahweh of Armies.

4:4 "Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in
Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. 4:5 Behold, I will
send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh
comes. 4:6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and
the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the
earth with a curse."



The World English Bible (WEB) THE NEW TESTAMENT



The Good News According to Matthew

1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son
of Abraham. 1:2 Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the
father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers. 1:3
Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the
father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram. 1:4 Ram became the
father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon
became the father of Salmon. 1:5 Salmon became the father of Boaz by
Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of
Jesse. 1:6 Jesse became the father of David the king. David became the
father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. 1:7 Solomon
became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah.
Abijah became the father of Asa. 1:8 Asa became the father of
Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the
father of Uzziah. 1:9 Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became
the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. 1:10 Hezekiah
became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon
became the father of Josiah. 1:11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah
and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon. 1:12 After the
exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel
became the father of Zerubbabel. 1:13 Zerubbabel became the father of
Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of
Azor. 1:14 Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of
Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud. 1:15 Eliud became the father of
Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father
of Jacob. 1:16 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,
from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 1:17 So all the
generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David
to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away
to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother,
Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found
pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 1:19 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous
man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her
away secretly. 1:20 But when he thought about these things, behold, an
angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of
David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that
which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 1:21 She shall bring
forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save
his people from their sins."

1:22 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

1:23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a
son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted,
"God with us."* 1:24 Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel
of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself; 1:25 and didn't
know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He
named him Jesus.

2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod
the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, 2:2
"Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the
east, and have come to worship him." 2:3 When Herod the king heard it,
he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 2:4 Gathering together all
the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the
Christ would be born. 2:5 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for
thus it is written through the prophet,

2:6 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes
of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, who shall shepherd
my people, Israel.'"* 2:7 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and
learned from them exactly what time the star appeared. 2:8 He sent them
to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child.
When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and
worship him."

2:9 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star,
which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood
over where the young child was. 2:10 When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 2:11 They came into the house and
saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and
worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold,
frankincense, and myrrh. 2:12 Being warned in a dream that they
shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another
way.

2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod
will seek the young child to destroy him."

2:14 He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and
departed into Egypt, 2:15 and was there until the death of Herod; that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,
saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."*

2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was
exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who
were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years
old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the
wise men. 2:17 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was
fulfilled, saying,

2:18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted,
because they are no more."* 2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an
angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 2:20
"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of
Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

2:21 He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the
land of Israel. 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over
Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there.
Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee, 2:23
and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

3:1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness
of Judea, saying, 3:2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
3:3 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the
Lord. Make his paths straight."* 3:4 Now John himself wore clothing made
of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was
locusts and wild honey. 3:5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea,
and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. 3:6 They were
baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7 But when he
saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said
to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath
to come? 3:8 Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance! 3:9 Don't
think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you
that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

3:10 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every
tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the
fire. 3:11 I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who
comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry.
He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.* 3:12 His winnowing fork is in
his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will
gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with
unquenchable fire."

3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized
by him. 3:14 But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be
baptized by you, and you come to me?"

3:15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the
fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.
3:16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and
behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God
descending as a dove, and coming on him. 3:17 Behold, a voice out of the
heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil. 4:2 When he had fasted forty days and forty
nights, he was hungry afterward. 4:3 The tempter came and said to him,
"If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

4:4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"*

4:5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the
pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God,
throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in
charge of you.' and,

'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot
against a stone.'"* 4:7 Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You
shall not test the Lord, your God.'"*

4:8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and
showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. 4:9 He said
to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and
worship me."

4:10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written,
'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"*

4:11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into
Galilee. 4:13 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is
by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 4:14 that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

4:15 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea,
beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 4:16 the people who sat in
darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of
death, to them light has dawned."* 4:17 From that time, Jesus began to
preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

4:18 Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is
called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for
they were fishermen. 4:19 He said to them, "Come after me, and I will
make you fishers for men."

4:20 They immediately left their nets and followed him. 4:21 Going on
from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their
nets. He called them. 4:22 They immediately left the boat and their
father, and followed him.

4:23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and
every sickness among the people. 4:24 The report about him went out into
all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various
diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and
paralytics; and he healed them. 4:25 Great multitudes from Galilee,
Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

5:1 Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat
down, his disciples came to him. 5:2 He opened his mouth and taught
them, saying,

5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of
Heaven.* 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.*
5:5 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they
shall be filled. 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain
mercy. 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
5:10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 5:11 "Blessed are you when people
reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you
falsely, for my sake. 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great
is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets
who were before you.

5:13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its
flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to
be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. 5:14 You are the light of
the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden. 5:15 Neither do you
light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and
it shines to all who are in the house. 5:16 Even so, let your light
shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your
Father who is in heaven.

5:17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I
didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. 5:18 For most certainly, I tell
you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or
one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all
things are accomplished. 5:19 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of
these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called
least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them
shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 5:20 For I tell you that
unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,
there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

5:21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall
not murder;'* and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the
judgment.' 5:22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his
brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever
shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and
whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of
Gehenna.

5:23 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there
remember that your brother has anything against you, 5:24 leave your
gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to
your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 5:25 Agree with your
adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the
prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the
officer, and you be cast into prison. 5:26 Most certainly I tell you,
you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last
penny.

5:27 "You have heard that it was said, * 'You shall not commit
adultery;'* 5:28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to
lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
5:29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it
away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your
members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
5:30 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it
away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your
members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

5:31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give
her a writing of divorce,'* 5:32 but I tell you that whoever puts away
his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an
adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits
adultery.

5:33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You
shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
5:34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is
the throne of God; 5:35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his
feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 5:36
Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white
or black. 5:37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.'
Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

5:38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth.'* 5:39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but
whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
5:40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak
also. 5:41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. 5:42
Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow
from you.

5:43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor,*
and hate your enemy.*' 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless
those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those
who mistreat you and persecute you, 5:45 that you may be children of
your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil
and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. 5:46 For if you
love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax
collectors do the same? 5:47 If you only greet your friends, what more
do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is
perfect.

6:1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to
be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in
heaven. 6:2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet
before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the
streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you,
they have received their reward. 6:3 But when you do merciful deeds,
don't let your left hand know what your right hand does, 6:4 so that
your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in
secret will reward you openly.

6:5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to
stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that
they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received
their reward. 6:6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber,
and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and
your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 6:7 In praying,
don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they
will be heard for their much speaking. 6:8 Therefore don't be like them,
for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him. 6:9 Pray
like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. 6:10 Let
your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
6:11 Give us today our daily bread. 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we
also forgive our debtors. 6:13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver
us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory
forever. Amen.'

6:14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 6:15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

6:16 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad
faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to
be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; 6:18
so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is
in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

6:19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and
rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 6:20 but lay up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume,
and where thieves don't break through and steal; 6:21 for where your
treasure is, there your heart will be also.

6:22 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound,
your whole body will be full of light. 6:23 But if your eye is evil,
your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is
in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

6:24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and
love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You can't serve both God and Mammon. 6:25 Therefore, I tell you, don't
be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor
yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and
the body more than clothing? 6:26 See the birds of the sky, that they
don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly
Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

6:27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his
lifespan? 6:28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, 6:29
yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like
one of these. 6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which
today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more
clothe you, you of little faith?

6:31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What
will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' 6:32 For the
Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows
that you need all these things. 6:33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and
his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
6:34 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.

7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. 7:2 For with whatever
judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you
measure, it will be measured to you. 7:3 Why do you see the speck that
is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your
own eye? 7:4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck
from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye? 7:5 You
hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can
see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

7:6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your
pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet,
and turn and tear you to pieces.

7:7 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and
it will be opened for you. 7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who
seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. 7:9 Or who is there
among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? 7:11 If you
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask
him! 7:12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall
also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

7:13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the
way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
7:14 How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to
life! Few are those who find it.

7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly are ravening wolves. 7:16 By their fruits you will know them.
Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 7:17 Even so,
every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil
fruit. 7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt
tree produce good fruit. 7:19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is
cut down, and thrown into the fire. 7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you
will know them. 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven. 7:22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord,
didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in
your name do many mighty works?' 7:23 Then I will tell them, 'I never
knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

7:24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I
will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. 7:25 The
rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that
house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. 7:26 Everyone
who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a
foolish man, who built his house on the sand. 7:27 The rain came down,
the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it
fell--and great was its fall."

7:28 It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the
multitudes were astonished at his teaching, 7:29 for he taught them with
authority, and not like the scribes.

8:1 When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
8:2 Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you
want to, you can make me clean."

8:3 Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to.
Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 8:4 Jesus said to
him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and
offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

8:5 When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
8:6 and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed,
grievously tormented."

8:7 Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."

8:8 The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under
my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8:9 For I am
also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this
one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell
my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed,
"Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even
in Israel. 8:11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the
west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of
Heaven, 8:12 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the
outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 8:13 Jesus
said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have
believed." His servant was healed in that hour.

8:14 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying
sick with a fever. 8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She
got up and served him. 8:16 When evening came, they brought to him many
possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed
all who were sick; 8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore
our diseases."* 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he
gave the order to depart to the other side.

8:19 A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you
wherever you go."

8:20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky
have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

8:21 Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go
and bury my father."

8:22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their
own dead."

8:23 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him. 8:24 Behold, a
violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with
the waves, but he was asleep. 8:25 They came to him, and woke him up,
saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"

8:26 He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then
he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

8:27 The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the
wind and the sea obey him?"

8:28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes,
two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs,
exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way. 8:29 Behold,
they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of
God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" 8:30 Now there
was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them. 8:31 The demons
begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the
herd of pigs."

8:32 He said to them, "Go!"

They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole
herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
8:33 Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told
everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with
demons. 8:34 Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw
him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

9:1 He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own
city. 9:2 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on
a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up!
Your sins are forgiven you."

9:3 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man
blasphemes."

9:4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your
hearts? 9:5 For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to
say, 'Get up, and walk?' 9:6 But that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the
paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."

9:7 He arose and departed to his house. 9:8 But when the multitudes saw
it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to
men.

9:9 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting
at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and
followed him. 9:10 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax
collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
9:11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does
your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

9:12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have
no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. 9:13 But you go and
learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,'* for I came
not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

9:14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the
Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

9:15 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as
long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the
bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 9:16
No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch
would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 9:17 Neither
do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would
burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new
wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

9:18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and
worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your
hand on her, and she will live."

9:19 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. 9:20 Behold, a
woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and
touched the fringe of his garment; 9:21 for she said within herself, "If
I just touch his garment, I will be made well."

9:22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer
up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that
hour.

9:23 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players,
and the crowd in noisy disorder, 9:24 he said to them, "Make room,
because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping."

They were ridiculing him. 9:25 But when the crowd was put out, he
entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose. 9:26 The report of
this went out into all that land. 9:27 As Jesus passed by from there,
two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us,
son of David!"

9:28 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus
said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"

They told him, "Yes, Lord."

9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it
done to you." 9:30 Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded
them, saying, "See that no one knows about this." 9:31 But they went out
and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

9:32 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was
brought to him. 9:33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.
The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen
in Israel!"

9:34 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out
demons."

9:35 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing
every disease and every sickness among the people. 9:36 But when he saw
the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were
harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. 9:37 Then he said
to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are
few. 9:38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out
laborers into his harvest."

10:1 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority
over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and
every sickness. 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The
first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of
Zebedee; John, his brother; 10:3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew
the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname
was Thaddaeus; 10:4 Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also
betrayed him.

10:5 Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Don't go
among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.
10:6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 10:7 As you
go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!' 10:8 Heal the
sick, cleanse the lepers*, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so
freely give. 10:9 Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
money belts. 10:10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor
shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. 10:11 Into
whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and
stay there until you go on. 10:12 As you enter into the household, greet
it. 10:13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if
it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you. 10:14 Whoever doesn't
receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that
city, shake off the dust from your feet. 10:15 Most certainly I tell
you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the
day of judgment than for that city.

10:16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore
be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 10:17 But beware of men: for
they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will
scourge you. 10:18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and
kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 10:19 But
when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for
it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 10:20 For it is not
you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

10:21 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his
child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put
to death. 10:22 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he
who endures to the end will be saved. 10:23 But when they persecute you
in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you
will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man
has come.

10:24 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his
lord. 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher,
and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the
house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! 10:26 Therefore
don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be
revealed; and hidden that will not be known. 10:27 What I tell you in
the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the
ear, proclaim on the housetops. 10:28 Don't be afraid of those who kill
the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is
able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

10:29 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them
falls on the ground apart from your Father's will, 10:30 but the very
hairs of your head are all numbered. 10:31 Therefore don't be afraid.
You are of more value than many sparrows. 10:32 Everyone therefore who
confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is
in heaven. 10:33 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny
before my Father who is in heaven.

10:34 "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come
to send peace, but a sword. 10:35 For I came to set a man at odds
against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-
in-law against her mother-in-law. 10:36 A man's foes will be those of
his own household.* 10:37 He who loves father or mother more than me is
not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't
worthy of me. 10:38 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me,
isn't worthy of me. 10:39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who
loses his life for my sake will find it. 10:40 He who receives you
receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 10:41 He
who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's
reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous
man will receive a righteous man's reward. 10:42 Whoever gives one of
these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a
disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."

11:1 It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve
disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
11:2 Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two
of his disciples 11:3 and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should
we look for another?"

11:4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear
and see: 11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, the deaf hear,* the dead are raised up, and the poor have
good news preached to them.* 11:6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion
for stumbling in me."

11:7 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes
concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed
shaken by the wind? 11:8 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft
clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
11:9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much
more than a prophet. 11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written,
'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way
before you.'* 11:11 Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born
of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet
he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. 11:12 From
the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers
violence, and the violent take it by force. 11:13 For all the prophets
and the law prophesied until John. 11:14 If you are willing to receive
it, this is Elijah, who is to come. 11:15 He who has ears to hear, let
him hear.

11:16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children
sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions 11:17 and say,
'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you,
and you didn't lament.' 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking,
and they say, 'He has a demon.' 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and
drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a
friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her
children."

11:20 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty
works had been done, because they didn't repent. 11:21 "Woe to you,
Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done
in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long
ago in sackcloth and ashes. 11:22 But I tell you, it will be more
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 11:23
You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades.
For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you,
it would have remained until this day. 11:24 But I tell you that it will
be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than
for you."

11:25 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven
and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding,
and revealed them to infants. 11:26 Yes, Father, for so it was well-
pleasing in your sight. 11:27 All things have been delivered to me by my
Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone
know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to
reveal him.

11:28 "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I
will give you rest. 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for
I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

12:1 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain
fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and
to eat. 12:2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold,
your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

12:3 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was
hungry, and those who were with him; 12:4 how he entered into the house
of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat,
neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?* 12:5 Or
have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in
the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless? 12:6 But I tell you
that one greater than the temple is here. 12:7 But if you had known what
this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,'* you would not have
condemned the guiltless. 12:8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the
Sabbath."

12:9 He departed there, and went into their synagogue. 12:10 And behold
there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to
heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

12:11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep,
and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to
it, and lift it out? 12:12 Of how much more value then is a man than a
sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day." 12:13 Then
he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it
was restored whole, just like the other. 12:14 But the Pharisees went
out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him. 12:15 Jesus,
perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and
he healed them all, 12:16 and commanded them that they should not make
him known: 12:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through
Isaiah the prophet, saying,

12:18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul
is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice
to the nations. 12:19 He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone
hear his voice in the streets. 12:20 He won't break a bruised reed. He
won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory. 12:21 In
his name, the nations will hope."* 12:22 Then one possessed by a demon,
blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind
and mute man both spoke and saw. 12:23 All the multitudes were amazed,
and said, "Can this be the son of David?" 12:24 But when the Pharisees
heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by
Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

12:25 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided
against itself will not stand. 12:26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is
divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 12:27 If I by
Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out?
Therefore they will be your judges. 12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God
cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. 12:29 Or how
can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods,
unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.

12:30 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather
with me, scatters. 12:31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy
will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be
forgiven men. 12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it
will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it
will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to
come.

12:33 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree
corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
12:34 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good
things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 12:35
The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the
evil man out of his evil treasure* brings out evil things. 12:36 I tell
you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in
the day of judgment. 12:37 For by your words you will be justified, and
by your words you will be condemned."

12:38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we
want to see a sign from you."

12:39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks
after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the
prophet. 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly
of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in
the heart of the earth. 12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the
judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at
the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
12:42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon
is here. 12:43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man,
passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.
12:44 Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,'
and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
12:45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil
than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that
man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil
generation."

12:46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother
and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. 12:47 One said
to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to
speak to you."

12:48 But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are
my brothers?" 12:49 He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and
said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers! 12:50 For whoever does the
will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and
mother."

13:1 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
13:2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat,
and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach. 13:3 He spoke to them
many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow. 13:4
As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and
devoured them. 13:5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have
much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of
earth. 13:6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had
no root, they withered away. 13:7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns
grew up and choked them: 13:8 and others fell on good soil, and yielded
fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. 13:9
He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

13:10 The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in
parables?"

13:11 He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the
Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. 13:12 For whoever has,
to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't
have, from him will be taken away even that which he has. 13:13
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see,
and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand. 13:14 In them
the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,

'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you
will see, and will in no way perceive: 13:15 for this people's heart has
grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their
eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with
their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I
would heal them.'* 13:16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and
your ears, for they hear. 13:17 For most certainly I tell you that many
prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and
didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear
them.

13:18 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. 13:19 When anyone hears
the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes,
and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what
was sown by the roadside. 13:20 What was sown on the rocky places, this
is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; 13:21
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression
or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but
the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word,
and he becomes unfruitful. 13:23 What was sown on the good ground, this
is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears
fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and
some thirty."

13:24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven
is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, 13:25 but while people
slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and
went away. 13:26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit,
then the darnel weeds appeared also. 13:27 The servants of the
householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your
field? Where did this darnel come from?'

13:28 "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.'

"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

13:29 "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel
weeds, you root up the wheat with them. 13:30 Let both grow together
until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers,
"First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn
them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

13:31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven
is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his
field; 13:32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is
grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the
birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

13:33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like
yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it
was all leavened."

13:34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and
without a parable, he didn't speak to them, 13:35 that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

"I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the
foundation of the world."* 13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away,
and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to
us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."

13:37 He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
13:38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children
of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
13:39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of
the age, and the reapers are angels. 13:40 As therefore the darnel weeds
are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this
age. 13:41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather
out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do
iniquity, 13:42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will
be weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 13:43 Then the righteous will
shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears
to hear, let him hear.

13:44 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the
field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all
that he has, and buys that field.

13:45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant
seeking fine pearls, 13:46 who having found one pearl of great price, he
went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

13:47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast
into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind, 13:48 which, when it
was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the
good into containers, but the bad they threw away. 13:49 So will it be
in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the
wicked from among the righteous, 13:50 and will cast them into the
furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."
13:51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?"

They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

13:52 He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a
disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder,
who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

13:53 It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he
departed from there. 13:54 Coming into his own country, he taught them
in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did
this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works? 13:55 Isn't this the
carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James,
Joses, Simon, and Judas? 13:56 Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where
then did this man get all of these things?" 13:57 They were offended by
him.

But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his
own country, and in his own house." 13:58 He didn't do many mighty works
there because of their unbelief.

14:1 At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
14:2 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen
from the dead. That is why these powers work in him." 14:3 For Herod had
laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of
Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 14:4 For John said to him, "It is
not lawful for you to have her." 14:5 When he would have put him to
death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
14:6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced
among them and pleased Herod. 14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to
give her whatever she should ask. 14:8 She, being prompted by her
mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."

14:9 The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those
who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given, 14:10 and he
sent and beheaded John in the prison. 14:11 His head was brought on a
platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.
14:12 His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they
went and told Jesus. 14:13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from
there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard
it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

14:14 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on
them, and healed their sick. 14:15 When evening had come, his disciples
came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already
late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and
buy themselves food."

14:16 But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them
something to eat."

14:17 They told him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish."

14:18 He said, "Bring them here to me." 14:19 He commanded the
multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the
two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the
loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 14:20
They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that
which remained left over from the broken pieces. 14:21 Those who ate
were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

14:22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go
ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 14:23
After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by
himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone. 14:24 But
the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for
the wind was contrary. 14:25 In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus
came to them, walking on the sea.* 14:26 When the disciples saw him
walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It's a ghost!" and they
cried out for fear. 14:27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying
"Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid."

14:28 Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to
come to you on the waters."

14:29 He said, "Come!"

Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to
Jesus. 14:30 But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid,
and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"

14:31 Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and
said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" 14:32 When they
got up into the boat, the wind ceased. 14:33 Those who were in the boat
came and worshiped him, saying, "You are truly the Son of God!"

14:34 When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.
14:35 When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all
that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick, 14:36 and
they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As
many as touched it were made whole.

15:1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
15:2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For
they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."

15:3 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God
because of your tradition? 15:4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father
and your mother,'* and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him
be put to death.'* 15:5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his
mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift
devoted to God," 15:6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have
made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. 15:7 You
hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

15:8 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with
their lips; but their heart is far from me. 15:9 And in vain do they
worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"* 15:10 He summoned
the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. 15:11 That which
enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds
out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

15:12 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the
Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"

15:13 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't
plant will be uprooted. 15:14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of
the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

15:15 Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."

15:16 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? 15:17 Don't you
understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and
then out of the body? 15:18 But the things which proceed out of the
mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. 15:19 For out of
the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins,
thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies. 15:20 These are the things
which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the
man."

15:21 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre
and Sidon. 15:22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders,
and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My
daughter is severely demonized!"

15:23 But he answered her not a word.

His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries
after us."

15:24 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of
the house of Israel."

15:25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."

15:26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's
bread and throw it to the dogs."

15:27 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which
fall from their masters' table."

15:28 Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done
to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

15:29 Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he
went up into the mountain, and sat there. 15:30 Great multitudes came to
him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others,
and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, 15:31 so that the
multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame
walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.

15:32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the
multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing
to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on
the way."

15:33 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in
a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"

15:34 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?"

They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

15:35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 15:36 and he
took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and
gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 15:37 They
all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken
pieces that were left over. 15:38 Those who ate were four thousand men,
besides women and children. 15:39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got
into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.

16:1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to
show them a sign from heaven. 16:2 But he answered them, "When it is
evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 16:3 In
the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and
threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the
sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times! 16:4 An evil and
adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign
given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah."

He left them, and departed. 16:5 The disciples came to the other side
and had forgotten to take bread. 16:6 Jesus said to them, "Take heed and
beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

16:7 They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."

16:8 Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves,
you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?' 16:9 Don't you
yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand,
and how many baskets you took up? 16:10 Nor the seven loaves for the
four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 16:11 How is it that
you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But
beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

16:12 Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the
yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
16:13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked
his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"

16:14 They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others,
Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

16:15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

16:16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living
God."

16:17 Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh
and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
16:18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build
my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 16:19 I
will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you
bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release
on earth will have been released in heaven." 16:20 Then he commanded the
disciples that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ.
16:21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go
to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and
scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

16:22 Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it
from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."

16:23 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a
stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things
of God, but on the things of men." 16:24 Then Jesus said to his
disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me. 16:25 For whoever desires to save
his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will
find it. 16:26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole
world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for
his life? 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father
with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his
deeds. 16:28 Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who
will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in
his Kingdom."

17:1 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his
brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 17:2 He
was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his
garments became as white as the light. 17:3 Behold, Moses and Elijah
appeared to them talking with him.

17:4 Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be
here. If you want, let's make three tents here: one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah."

17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."

17:6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were
very afraid. 17:7 Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and
don't be afraid." 17:8 Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except
Jesus alone. 17:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus
commanded them, saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son
of Man has risen from the dead."

17:10 His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that
Elijah must come first?"

17:11 Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore
all things, 17:12 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they
didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so
the Son of Man will also suffer by them." 17:13 Then the disciples
understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

17:14 When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down
to him, saying, 17:15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic,
and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into
the water. 17:16 So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not
cure him."

17:17 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will
I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."
17:18 Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was
cured from that hour.

17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't
we able to cast it out?"

17:20 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I
tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell
this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible for you. 17:21 But this kind doesn't go out except by
prayer and fasting."

17:22 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son
of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, 17:23 and they
will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up."

They were exceedingly sorry. 17:24 When they had come to Capernaum,
those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said,
"Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?" 17:25 He said, "Yes."

When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you
think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or
tribute? From their children, or from strangers?"

17:26 Peter said to him, "From strangers."

Jesus said to him, "Therefore the children are exempt. 17:27 But, lest
we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the
first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find
a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."

18:1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is
greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"

18:2 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of
them, 18:3 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and
become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven. 18:4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the
same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. 18:5 Whoever receives one
such little child in my name receives me, 18:6 but whoever causes one of
these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for
him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he
should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

18:7 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be
that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the
occasion comes! 18:8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble,
cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into
life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be
cast into the eternal fire. 18:9 If your eye causes you to stumble,
pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into
life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the
Gehenna of fire. 18:10 See that you don't despise one of these little
ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of
my Father who is in heaven. 18:11 For the Son of Man came to save that
which was lost.

18:12 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of
them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains,
and seek that which has gone astray? 18:13 If he finds it, most
certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine
which have not gone astray. 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your
Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

18:15 "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between
you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your
brother. 18:16 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you,
that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established.* 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the
assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as
a Gentile or a tax collector. 18:18 Most certainly I tell you, whatever
things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever
things you release on earth will have been released in heaven. 18:19
Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth
concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my
Father who is in heaven. 18:20 For where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."

18:21 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

18:22 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until
seventy times seven. 18:23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a
certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. 18:24
When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten
thousand talents. 18:25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded
him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and
payment to be made. 18:26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled
before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you
all!' 18:27 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion,
released him, and forgave him the debt.

18:28 "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants,
who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by
the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

18:29 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him,
saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!' 18:30 He would
not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that
which was due. 18:31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they
were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was
done. 18:32 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked
servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me. 18:33
Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had
mercy on you?' 18:34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the
tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him. 18:35 So my
heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your
brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

19:1 It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from
Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. 19:2
Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. 19:3 Pharisees
came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce
his wife for any reason?"

19:4 He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the
beginning made them male and female,* 19:5 and said, 'For this cause a
man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and
the two shall become one flesh?'* 19:6 So that they are no more two, but
one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear
apart."

19:7 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill
of divorce, and divorce her?"

19:8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not
been so. 19:9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for
sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who
marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."

19:10 His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with
his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

19:11 But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but
those to whom it is given. 19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born
that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made
eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for
the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him
receive it."

19:13 Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his
hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. 19:14 But Jesus
said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid them to come to me;
for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these." 19:15 He laid his
hands on them, and departed from there.

19:16 Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing
shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"

19:17 He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one,
that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the
commandments."

19:18 He said to him, "Which ones?"

Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.'
'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.' 19:19
'Honor your father and mother.'* And, 'You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.'"*

19:20 The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed from
my youth. What do I still lack?"

19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you
have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow me." 19:22 But when the young man heard the saying, he went
away sad, for he was one who had great possessions. 19:23 Jesus said to
his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into
the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. 19:24 Again I tell you, it is
easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to
enter into the Kingdom of God."

19:25 When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished,
saying, "Who then can be saved?"

19:26 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but
with God all things are possible."

19:27 Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and
followed you. What then will we have?"

19:28 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the
throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of Israel. 19:29 Everyone who has left houses, or
brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will
inherit eternal life. 19:30 But many will be last who are first; and
first who are last.

20:1 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a
household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his
vineyard. 20:2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a
day, he sent them into his vineyard. 20:3 He went out about the third
hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 20:4 To them he
said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give
you.' So they went their way. 20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and
the ninth hour, and did likewise. 20:6 About the eleventh hour he went
out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand
here all day idle?'

20:7 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.'

"He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive
whatever is right.' 20:8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard
said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages,
beginning from the last to the first.'

20:9 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they
each received a denarius. 20:10 When the first came, they supposed that
they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
20:11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the
household, 20:12 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have
made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the
scorching heat!'

20:13 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
Didn't you agree with me for a denarius? 20:14 Take that which is yours,
and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to
you. 20:15 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own?
Or is your eye evil, because I am good?' 20:16 So the last will be
first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

20:17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples
aside, and on the way he said to them, 20:18 "Behold, we are going up to
Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and
scribes, and they will condemn him to death, 20:19 and will hand him
over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third
day he will be raised up."

20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons,
kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. 20:21 He said to her, "What
do you want?"

She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your
right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

20:22 But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you
able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with?"

They said to him, "We are able."

20:23 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand
and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been
prepared by my Father."

20:24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

20:25 But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of
the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority
over them. 20:26 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to
become great among you shall be your servant. 20:27 Whoever desires to
be first among you shall be your bondservant, 20:28 even as the Son of
Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many."

20:29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
20:30 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that
Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of
David!" 20:31 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should
be quiet, but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son
of David!"

20:32 Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want
me to do for you?"

20:33 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

20:34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and
immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

21:1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the
Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 21:2 saying to them, "Go
into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a
donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me. 21:3
If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,'
and immediately he will send them."

21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
through the prophet, saying,

21:5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble,
and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."* 21:6 The
disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them, 21:7 and brought
the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on
them. 21:8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road.
Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road. 21:9
The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting,
"Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"*

21:10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up,
saying, "Who is this?" 21:11 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet,
Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

21:12 Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those
who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers'
tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. 21:13 He said to them,
"It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,'* but you
have made it a den of robbers!"*

21:14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed
them. 21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful
things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and
saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant, 21:16 and
said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?"

Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes
and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"*

21:17 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged
there. 21:18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was
hungry. 21:19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found
nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you
forever!"

Immediately the fig tree withered away. 21:20 When the disciples saw it,
they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"

21:21 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, if you have
faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig
tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the
sea,' it would be done. 21:22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer,
believing, you will receive."

21:23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders
of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what
authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

21:24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if
you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these
things. 21:25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or
from men?"

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he
will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 21:26 But if we say,
'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
21:27 They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know."

He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do
these things. 21:28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he
came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.' 21:29
He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
21:30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I
go, sir,' but he didn't go. 21:31 Which of the two did the will of his
father?"

They said to him, "The first."

Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors
and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't
believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him.
When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might
believe him.

21:33 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a
household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress
in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another
country. 21:34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his
servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit. 21:35 The farmers took
his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 21:36 Again,
he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the
same way. 21:37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They
will respect my son.' 21:38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said
among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his
inheritance.' 21:39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard,
and killed him. 21:40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes,
what will he do to those farmers?"

21:41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and
will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the
fruit in its season."

21:42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures,

'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of
the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'* 21:43
"Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you,
and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit. 21:44 He who
falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will
fall, it will scatter him as dust."

21:45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they
perceived that he spoke about them. 21:46 When they sought to seize him,
they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

22:1 Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, 22:2
"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast
for his son, 22:3 and sent out his servants to call those who were
invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come. 22:4 Again he
sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I
have made ready my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all
things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"' 22:5 But they made light
of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his
merchandise, 22:6 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them
shamefully, and killed them. 22:7 When the king heard that, he was
angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their
city.

22:8 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who
were invited weren't worthy. 22:9 Go therefore to the intersections of
the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage
feast.' 22:10 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered
together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was
filled with guests. 22:11 But when the king came in to see the guests,
he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing, 22:12 and he
said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding
clothing?' He was speechless. 22:13 Then the king said to the servants,
'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer
darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'
22:14 For many are called, but few chosen."

22:15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him
in his talk. 22:16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the
Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the
way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to
anyone. 22:17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay
taxes to Caesar, or not?"

22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test
me, you hypocrites? 22:19 Show me the tax money."

They brought to him a denarius.

22:20 He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"

22:21 They said to him, "Caesar's."

Then he said to them, "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

22:22 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

22:23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no
resurrection) came to him. They asked him, 22:24 saying, "Teacher, Moses
said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his
wife, and raise up seed for his brother.' 22:25 Now there were with us
seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his
wife to his brother. 22:26 In like manner the second also, and the
third, to the seventh. 22:27 After them all, the woman died. 22:28 In
the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For
they all had her."

22:29 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the
Scriptures, nor the power of God. 22:30 For in the resurrection they
neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in
heaven. 22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you
read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, 22:32 'I am the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'* God is not the
God of the dead, but of the living."

22:33 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his
teaching. 22:34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced
the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. 22:35 One of them, a
lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. 22:36 "Teacher, which is the
greatest commandment in the law?"

22:37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'* 22:38 This is
the first and great commandment. 22:39 A second likewise is this, 'You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.'* 22:40 The whole law and the
prophets depend on these two commandments."

22:41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a
question, 22:42 saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is
he?"

They said to him, "Of David."

22:43 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord,
saying,

22:44 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your
enemies a footstool for your feet?'* 22:45 "If then David calls him
Lord, how is he his son?"

22:46 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask
him any more questions from that day forth.

23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 23:2
saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat. 23:3 All
things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but
don't do their works; for they say, and don't do. 23:4 For they bind
heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's
shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. 23:5
But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their
phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments, 23:6 and love
the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 23:7 the
salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.
23:8 But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the
Christ, and all of you are brothers. 23:9 Call no man on the earth your
father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. 23:10 Neither be
called masters, for one is your master, the Christ. 23:11 But he who is
greatest among you will be your servant. 23:12 Whoever exalts himself
will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

23:13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour
widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you
will receive greater condemnation.

23:14 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you
shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in
yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel
around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one,
you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

23:16 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the
temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he
is obligated.' 23:17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or
the temple that sanctifies the gold? 23:18 'Whoever swears by the altar,
it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is
obligated?' 23:19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or
the altar that sanctifies the gift? 23:20 He therefore who swears by the
altar, swears by it, and by everything on it. 23:21 He who swears by the
temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it. 23:22 He who
swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on
it.

23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe
mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the
law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and
not to have left the other undone. 23:24 You blind guides, who strain
out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

23:25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the
outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of
extortion and unrighteousness. 23:26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the
inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean
also.

23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full
of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 23:28 Even so you also
outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of
hypocrisy and iniquity.

23:29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the
tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, 23:30
and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have
been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' 23:31 Therefore
you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the
prophets. 23:32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 23:33 You
serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of
Gehenna? 23:34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and
scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you
will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; 23:35
that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the
blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom
you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. 23:36 Most certainly I
tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

23:37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those
who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children
together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you
would not! 23:38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. 23:39 For I
tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord!'"*

24:1 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His
disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 24:2 But
he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most certainly I
tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will
not be thrown down."

24:3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him
privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign
of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

24:4 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray. 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead
many astray. 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you
aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. 24:7
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and
there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. 24:8
But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. 24:9 Then they
will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated
by all of the nations for my name's sake. 24:10 Then many will stumble,
and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. 24:11 Many
false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. 24:12 Because
iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. 24:13 But
he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. 24:14 This Good News
of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to
all the nations, and then the end will come.

24:15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,* which
was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place
(let the reader understand), 24:16 then let those who are in Judea flee
to the mountains. 24:17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to
take out things that are in his house. 24:18 Let him who is in the field
not return back to get his clothes. 24:19 But woe to those who are with
child and to nursing mothers in those days! 24:20 Pray that your flight
will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath, 24:21 for then there will
be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the
world until now, no, nor ever will be. 24:22 Unless those days had been
shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the
chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

24:23 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or,
'There,' don't believe it. 24:24 For there will arise false christs, and
false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to
lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

24:25 "Behold, I have told you beforehand. 24:26 If therefore they tell
you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in
the inner chambers,' don't believe it. 24:27 For as the lightning
flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the
coming of the Son of Man. 24:28 For wherever the carcass is, there is
where the vultures gather together. 24:29 But immediately after the
oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not
give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the
heavens will be shaken;* 24:30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they
will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and
great glory. 24:31 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four
winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

24:32 "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now
become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is
near. 24:33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that
it is near, even at the doors. 24:34 Most certainly I tell you, this
generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
24:36 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of
heaven, but my Father only.

24:37 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of
Man. 24:38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noah entered into the ship, 24:39 and they didn't know until the flood
came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
24:40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will
be left; 24:41 two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one
will be left. 24:42 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour
your Lord comes. 24:43 But know this, that if the master of the house
had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have
watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 24:44
Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son
of Man will come.

24:45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set
over his household, to give them their food in due season? 24:46 Blessed
is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. 24:47 Most
certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has. 24:48
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying
his coming,' 24:49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and
drink with the drunkards, 24:50 the lord of that servant will come in a
day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
24:51 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the
hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

25:1 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took
their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. 25:2 Five of them were
foolish, and five were wise. 25:3 Those who were foolish, when they took
their lamps, took no oil with them, 25:4 but the wise took oil in their
vessels with their lamps. 25:5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they
all slumbered and slept. 25:6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold!
The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!' 25:7 Then all those
virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 25:8 The foolish said to the
wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 25:9 But
the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you?
You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' 25:10 While
they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready
went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 25:11
Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
25:12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'
25:13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which
the Son of Man is coming.

25:14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his
own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. 25:15 To one he gave five
talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own
ability. Then he went on his journey. 25:16 Immediately he who received
the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five
talents. 25:17 In like manner he also who got the two gained another
two. 25:18 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth,
and hid his lord's money.

25:19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and
reconciled accounts with them. 25:20 He who received the five talents
came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to
me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides
them.'

25:21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You
have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things.
Enter into the joy of your lord.'

25:22 "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you
delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents
besides them.'

25:23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You
have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things.
Enter into the joy of your lord.'

25:24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I
knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and
gathering where you did not scatter. 25:25 I was afraid, and went away
and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'

25:26 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You
knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
25:27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers,
and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. 25:28
Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the
ten talents. 25:29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will
have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has
will be taken away. 25:30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the
outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

25:31 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy
angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 25:32
Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them
one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
25:33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left. 25:34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come,
blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world; 25:35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to
eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you
took me in; 25:36 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited
me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'

25:37 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we
see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? 25:38
When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe
you? 25:39 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'

25:40 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch
as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to
me.' 25:41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from
me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil
and his angels; 25:42 for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to
eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 25:43 I was a stranger,
and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in
prison, and you didn't visit me.'

25:44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you
hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and
didn't help you?'

25:45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you,
inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do
it to me.' 25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the
righteous into eternal life."

26:1 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said
to his disciples, 26:2 "You know that after two days the Passover is
coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."

26:3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people
were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called
Caiaphas. 26:4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by
deceit, and kill him. 26:5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a
riot occur among the people."

26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
26:7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive
ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 26:8 But
when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this
waste? 26:9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given
to the poor."

26:10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the
woman? Because she has done a good work for me. 26:11 For you always
have the poor with you; but you don't always have me. 26:12 For in
pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
26:13 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in
the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a
memorial of her."

26:14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the
chief priests, 26:15 and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I
should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of
silver. 26:16 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

26:17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to
Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat
the Passover?"

26:18 He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, 'The
Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your
house with my disciples."'"

26:19 The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the
Passover. 26:20 Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table
with the twelve disciples. 26:21 As they were eating, he said, "Most
certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

26:22 They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It
isn't me, is it, Lord?"

26:23 He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same
will betray me. 26:24 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him,
but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be
better for that man if he had not been born."

26:25 Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?"

He said to him, "You said it."

26:26 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and
broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my
body." 26:27 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying,
"All of you drink it, 26:28 for this is my blood of the new covenant,
which is poured out for many for the remission of sins. 26:29 But I tell
you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until
that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's Kingdom." 26:30
When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

26:31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble
because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'* 26:32 But after I am
raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."

26:33 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble
because of you, I will never be made to stumble."

26:34 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before
the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

26:35 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny
you." All of the disciples also said likewise.

26:36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said
to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray." 26:37 He took
with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful
and severely troubled. 26:38 Then he said to them, "My soul is
exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."

26:39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying,
"My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me;
nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."

26:40 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to
Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour? 26:41 Watch and
pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak."

26:42 Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father,
if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be
done." 26:43 He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were
heavy. 26:44 He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time,
saying the same words. 26:45 Then he came to his disciples, and said to
them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand,
and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 26:46 Arise,
let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."

26:47 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve,
came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the
chief priest and elders of the people. 26:48 Now he who betrayed him
gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."
26:49 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed
him.

26:50 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and
laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 26:51 Behold, one of those who were
with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the
servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear. 26:52 Then Jesus
said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take
the sword will die by the sword. 26:53 Or do you think that I couldn't
ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of
angels? 26:54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be
so?"

26:55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as
against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the
temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. 26:56 But all this has
happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled."

Then all the disciples left him, and fled. 26:57 Those who had taken
Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and
the elders were gathered together. 26:58 But Peter followed him from a
distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with
the officers, to see the end. 26:59 Now the chief priests, the elders,
and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they
might put him to death; 26:60 and they found none. Even though many
false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false
witnesses came forward, 26:61 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to
destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"

26:62 The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer?
What is this that these testify against you?" 26:63 But Jesus held his
peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God,
that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

26:64 Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you,
after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of
Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken
blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard
his blasphemy. 26:66 What do you think?"

They answered, "He is worthy of death!" 26:67 Then they spit in his face
and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him, 26:68 saying,
"Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"

26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to
him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"

26:70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you
are talking about."

26:71 When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and
said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of
Nazareth."

26:72 Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man."

26:73 After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter,
"Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known."

26:74 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!"

Immediately the rooster crowed. 26:75 Peter remembered the word which
Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three
times." He went out and wept bitterly.

27:1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of
the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 27:2 and they
bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the
governor. 27:3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was
condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to
the chief priests and elders, 27:4 saying, "I have sinned in that I
betrayed innocent blood."

But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

27:5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed.
He went away and hanged himself. 27:6 The chief priests took the pieces
of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury,
since it is the price of blood." 27:7 They took counsel, and bought the
potter's field with them, to bury strangers in. 27:8 Therefore that
field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day. 27:9 Then that which
was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

"They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a
price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced, 27:10
and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."*
27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him,
saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

Jesus said to him, "So you say."

27:12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered
nothing. 27:13 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things
they testify against you?"

27:14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor
marveled greatly. 27:15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to
release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired. 27:16 They had
then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 27:17 When therefore they were
gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release
to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?" 27:18 For he knew
that because of envy they had delivered him up.

27:19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him,
saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered
many things this day in a dream because of him." 27:20 Now the chief
priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and
destroy Jesus. 27:21 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two
do you want me to release to you?"

They said, "Barabbas!"

27:22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called
Christ?"

They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

27:23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?"

But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

27:24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that
a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before
the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous
person. You see to it."

27:25 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our
children!"

27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and
delivered to be crucified. 27:27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus
into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against
him. 27:28 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him. 27:29 They
braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his
right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!" 27:30 They spat on him, and took the reed and
struck him on the head. 27:31 When they had mocked him, they took the
robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify
him.

27:32 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and
they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross. 27:33
They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a
skull." 27:34 They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he
had tasted it, he would not drink. 27:35 When they had crucified him,
they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,* 27:36 and they sat
and watched him there. 27:37 They set up over his head the accusation
against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

27:38 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right
hand and one on the left. 27:39 Those who passed by blasphemed him,
wagging their heads, 27:40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and
build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come
down from the cross!"

27:41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the
Pharisees, and the elders, said, 27:42 "He saved others, but he can't
save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the
cross now, and we will believe in him. 27:43 He trusts in God. Let God
deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
27:44 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same
reproach.

27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until
the ninth hour. 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God,
why have you forsaken me?"*

27:47 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man
is calling Elijah."

27:48 Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink. 27:49 The rest
said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him."

27:50 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
27:51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the
bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 27:52 The tombs were
opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
27:53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered
into the holy city and appeared to many. 27:54 Now the centurion, and
those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake,
and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this
was the Son of God."

27:55 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus
from Galilee, serving him. 27:56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary
the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
27:57 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph,
who himself was also Jesus' disciple came. 27:58 This man went to
Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be
given up. 27:59 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen
cloth, 27:60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in
the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and
departed. 27:61 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting
opposite the tomb. 27:62 Now on the next day, which was the day after
the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered
together to Pilate, 27:63 saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver
said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
27:64 Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third
day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and
tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception
will be worse than the first."

27:65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as
you can." 27:66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure,
sealing the stone.

28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the
week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 28:2
Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended
from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat
on it. 28:3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as
snow. 28:4 For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
28:5 The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you
seek Jesus, who has been crucified. 28:6 He is not here, for he has
risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
28:7 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and
behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.'
Behold, I have told you."

28:8 They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and
ran to bring his disciples word. 28:9 As they went to tell his
disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!"

They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

28:10 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers
that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."

28:11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into
the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
28:12 When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel,
they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, 28:13 saying, "Say
that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
28:14 If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and
make you free of worry." 28:15 So they took the money and did as they
were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues
until this day.

28:16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where
Jesus had sent them. 28:17 When they saw him, they bowed down to him,
but some doubted. 28:18 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying,
"All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 28:19
Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 28:20 teaching
them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:1 Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean "Anointed
One"

[2] back to 1:16 "Jesus" means "Salvation."

[3] back to 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

[4] back to 2:1 The word for "wise men" (magoi) can also mean teachers,
scientists, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or
sorcerers.

[5] back to 2:6 Micah 5:2

[6] back to 2:15 Hosea 11:1

[7] back to 2:18 Jeremiah 31:15

[8] back to 3:3 Isaiah 40:3

[9] back to 3:6 or, immersed

[10] back to 3:7 or, immersion

[11] back to 3:11 or, immerse

[12] back to 3:11 TR and NU add "and with fire"

[13] back to 4:4 Deuteronomy 8:3

[14] back to 4:6 Psalm 91:11-12

[15] back to 4:7 Deuteronomy 6:16

[16] back to 4:10 TR and NU read "Go away" instead of "Get behind me"

[17] back to 4:10 Deuteronomy 6:13

[18] back to 4:16 Isaiah 9:1-2

[19] back to 4:18 TR reads "Jesus" instead of "he"

[20] back to 5:3 Isaiah 57:15; 66:2

[21] back to 5:4 Isaiah 61:2; 66:10,13

[22] back to 5:5 or, land. Psalm 37:11

[23] back to 5:18 literally, iota

[24] back to 5:18 or, serif

[25] back to 5:21 Exodus 20:13

[26] back to 5:22 NU omits "without a cause".

[27] back to 5:22 "Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for
"empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.

[28] back to 5:22 or, Hell

[29] back to 5:26 literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper
coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of
anything.

[30] back to 5:27 TR adds "to the ancients,"

[31] back to 5:27 Exodus 20:14

[32] back to 5:29 or, Hell

[33] back to 5:30 or, Hell

[34] back to 5:31 Deuteronomy 24:1

[35] back to 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21

[36] back to 5:43 Leviticus 19:18

[37] back to 5:43 not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline
Ix, 21-26

[38] back to 6:13 NU omits "For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the
glory forever. Amen."

[39] back to 6:27 literally, cubit

[40] back to 7:14 TR reads "Because" instead of "How"

[41] back to 8:15 TR reads "them" instead of "him"

[42] back to 8:17 Isaiah 53:4

[43] back to 8:28 NU reads "Gadarenes"

[44] back to 9:13 Hosea 6:6

[45] back to 9:13 NU omits "to repentance".

[46] back to 9:20 or, tassel

[47] back to 9:36 TR reads "weary" instead of "harassed"

[48] back to 10:3 NU omits "Lebbaeus, whose surname was"

[49] back to 10:8 TR adds ", raise the dead"

[50] back to 10:28 or, Hell.

[51] back to 10:29 An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a
drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius (approximately the wages of one
half hour of agricultural labor).

[52] back to 10:36 Micah 7:6

[53] back to 11:5 Isaiah 35:5

[54] back to 11:5 Isaiah 61:1-4

[55] back to 11:10 Malachi 3:1

[56] back to 11:12 or, plunder it.

[57] back to 11:19 NU reads "actions" instead of "children"

[58] back to 11:23 or, Hell

[59] back to 12:4 1 Samuel 21:3-6

[60] back to 12:7 Hosea 6:6

[61] back to 12:21 Isaiah 42:1-4

[62] back to 12:35 TR adds "of the heart"

[63] back to 13:15 Isaiah 6:9-10

[64] back to 13:25 darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or
lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature,
when the difference becomes very apparent.

[65] back to 13:33 literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a
bit more than a bushel

[66] back to 13:35 Psalm 78:2

[67] back to 13:55 or, Judah

[68] back to 14:25 The night was equally divided into four watches, so
the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 A. M. to sunrise.

[69] back to 14:25 see Job 9:8

[70] back to 14:27 or, I AM!

[71] back to 14:36 or, tassel

[72] back to 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16

[73] back to 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9

[74] back to 15:9 Isaiah 29:13

[75] back to 16:18 Peter's name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a
specific rock or stone.

[76] back to 16:18 Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.

[77] back to 16:18 or, Hell

[78] back to 17:24 A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas,
about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days' wages. It was
commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were
worth one half shekel of silver.

[79] back to 17:27 A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or
two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to
cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people.

[80] back to 18:9 or, Hell

[81] back to 18:16 Deuteronomy 19:15

[82] back to 18:24 Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large
sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius
was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.

[83] back to 18:28 100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent.

[84] back to 19:4 Genesis 1:27

[85] back to 19:5 Genesis 2:24

[86] back to 19:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20

[87] back to 19:19 Leviticus 19:18

[88] back to 20:2 A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a
Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.

[89] back to 20:3 Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third
hour would be about 9:00 AM.

[90] back to 20:5 noon and 3:00 P. M.

[91] back to 20:6 5:00 PM

[92] back to 20:26 TR reads "let him be" instead of "shall be"

[93] back to 21:1 TR & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"

[94] back to 21:5 Zechariah 9:9

[95] back to 21:9 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."

[96] back to 21:9 Psalm 118:26

[97] back to 21:13 Isaiah 56:7

[98] back to 21:13 Jeremiah 7:11

[99] back to 21:16 Psalm 8:2

[100] back to 21:42 Psalm 118:22-23

[101] back to 22:32 Exodus 3:6

[102] back to 22:37 Deuteronomy 6:5

[103] back to 22:39 Leviticus 19:18

[104] back to 22:44 Psalm 110:1

[105] back to 23:5 phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are small leather
pouches that some Jewish men wear on their forehead and arm in prayer.
They are used to carry a small scroll with some Scripture in it. See
Deuteronomy 6:8.

[106] back to 23:5 or, tassels

[107] back to 23:14 Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses
13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13.

[108] back to 23:15 or, Hell

[109] back to 23:23 cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum,
resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.

[110] back to 23:25 TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of
"unrighteousness"

[111] back to 23:33 or, Hell

[112] back to 23:39 Psalm 118:26

[113] back to 24:15 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11

[114] back to 24:28 or, eagles

[115] back to 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

[116] back to 24:34 The word for "generation" (genea) can also be
translated as "race."

[117] back to 25:7 The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut
off periodically to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits.
The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and
gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.

[118] back to 25:40 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[119] back to 26:26 TR reads "blessed" instead of "gave thanks for"

[120] back to 26:31 Zechariah 13:7

[121] back to 27:9 some manuscripts omit "Jeremiah"

[122] back to 27:10 Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9

[123] back to 27:35 TR adds "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them, and for my
clothing they cast lots;'" [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]

[124] back to 27:41 TR omits "the Pharisees"

[125] back to 27:45 noon

[126] back to 27:45 3:00 P. M.

[127] back to 27:46 TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"

[128] back to 27:46 Psalm 22:1

[129] back to 28:10 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."



The Good News According to Mark

1:1 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1:2
As it is written in the prophets,

"Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way
before you.* 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready
the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"* 1:4 John came baptizing
in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for
forgiveness of sins. 1:5 All the country of Judea and all those of
Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan
river, confessing their sins. 1:6 John was clothed with camel's hair and
a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey. 1:7 He
preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong
of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen. 1:8 I
baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

1:9 It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee,
and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 1:10 Immediately coming up from
the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him
like a dove. 1:11 A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased."

1:12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. 1:13 He
was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the
wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

1:14 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God, 1:15 and saying, "The
time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and
believe in the Good News."

1:16 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the
brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
1:17 Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into
fishers for men."

1:18 Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. 1:19 Going on a
little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John,
his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. 1:20
Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the
boat with the hired servants, and went after him. 1:21 They went into
Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the
synagogue and taught. 1:22 They were astonished at his teaching, for he
taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes. 1:23
Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit,
and he cried out, 1:24 saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with you,
Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you
are: the Holy One of God!"

1:25 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"

1:26 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice,
came out of him. 1:27 They were all amazed, so that they questioned
among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with
authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!" 1:28
The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of
Galilee and its surrounding area.

1:29 Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came
into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 1:30 Now
Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told
him about her. 1:31 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up.
The fever left her, and she served them. 1:32 At evening, when the sun
had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were
possessed by demons. 1:33 All the city was gathered together at the
door. 1:34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast
out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew
him.

1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went
out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there. 1:36 Simon
and those who were with him followed after him; 1:37 and they found him,
and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."

1:38 He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I
may preach there also, because I came out for this reason." 1:39 He went
into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out
demons.

1:40 A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying
to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."

1:41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched
him, and said to him, "I want to. Be made clean." 1:42 When he had said
this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
1:43 He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out, 1:44 and said
to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the
priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded,
for a testimony to them."

1:45 But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about
the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but
was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.

2:1 When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard
that he was in the house. 2:2 Immediately many were gathered together,
so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke
the word to them. 2:3 Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him. 2:4
When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the
roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat
that the paralytic was lying on. 2:5 Jesus, seeing their faith, said to
the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."

2:6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in
their hearts, 2:7 "Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who
can forgive sins but God alone?"

2:8 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned
within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your
hearts? 2:9 Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are
forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?' 2:10 But
that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive
sins"--he said to the paralytic-- 2:11 "I tell you, arise, take up your
mat, and go to your house."

2:12 He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of
them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We
never saw anything like this!"

2:13 He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him,
and he taught them. 2:14 As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of
Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me."
And he arose and followed him.

2:15 It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and
many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples,
for there were many, and they followed him. 2:16 The scribes and the
Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax
collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks
with tax collectors and sinners?"

2:17 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have
no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance."

2:18 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and
asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees
fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

2:19 Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is
with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't
fast. 2:20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away
from them, and then will they fast in that day. 2:21 No one sews a piece
of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the
new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made. 2:22 No one puts
new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins,
and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put
new wine into fresh wineskins."

2:23 It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain
fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of
grain. 2:24 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that
which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

2:25 He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had
need, and was hungry--he, and those who were with him? 2:26 How he
entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the
show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave
also to those who were with him?" 2:27 He said to them, "The Sabbath was
made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 2:28 Therefore the Son of Man is
lord even of the Sabbath."

3:1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who
had his hand withered. 3:2 They watched him, whether he would heal him
on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. 3:3 He said to the man
who had his hand withered, "Stand up." 3:4 He said to them, "Is it
lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or
to kill?" But they were silent. 3:5 When he had looked around at them
with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to
the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was
restored as healthy as the other. 3:6 The Pharisees went out, and
immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might
destroy him.

3:7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude
followed him from Galilee, from Judea, 3:8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea,
beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great
multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. 3:9 He spoke
to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the
crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him. 3:10 For he had healed many,
so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch
him. 3:11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before
him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!" 3:12 He sternly warned them
that they should not make him known.

3:13 He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he
wanted, and they went to him. 3:14 He appointed twelve, that they might
be with him, and that he might send them out to preach, 3:15 and to have
authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: 3:16 Simon, to whom
he gave the name Peter; 3:17 James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother
of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;
3:18 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of
Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot; 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who also
betrayed him.

He came into a house. 3:20 The multitude came together again, so that
they could not so much as eat bread. 3:21 When his friends heard it,
they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane." 3:22 The
scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By
the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."

3:23 He summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast
out Satan? 3:24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom
cannot stand. 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, that house
cannot stand. 3:26 If Satan has risen up against himself, and is
divided, he can't stand, but has an end. 3:27 But no one can enter into
the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong
man; and then he will plunder his house. 3:28 Most certainly I tell you,
all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their
blasphemies with which they may blaspheme; 3:29 but whoever may
blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty
of an eternal sin" 3:30 --because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

3:31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent
to him, calling him. 3:32 A multitude was sitting around him, and they
told him, "Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are
outside looking for you."

3:33 He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 3:34 Looking
around at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my
brothers! 3:35 For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother,
and my sister, and mother."

4:1 Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was
gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat
down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. 4:2 He taught them
many things in parables, and told them in his teaching, 4:3 "Listen!
Behold, the farmer went out to sow, 4:4 and it happened, as he sowed,
some seed fell by the road, and the birds* came and devoured it. 4:5
Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and
immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. 4:6 When the
sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered
away. 4:7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and
choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 4:8 Others fell into the good
ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth
thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much." 4:9
He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

4:10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked
him about the parables. 4:11 He said to them, "To you is given the
mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things
are done in parables, 4:12 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive;
and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should
turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"*

4:13 He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you
understand all of the parables? 4:14 The farmer sows the word. 4:15 The
ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have
heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been
sown in them. 4:16 These in like manner are those who are sown on the
rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it
with joy. 4:17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived.
When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately
they stumble. 4:18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These
are those who have heard the word, 4:19 and the cares of this age, and
the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in
choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 4:20 Those which were sown on
the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear
fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

4:21 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or
under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand? 4:22 For there is nothing hidden,
except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret,
but that it should come to light. 4:23 If any man has ears to hear, let
him hear."

4:24 He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure
you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you
who hear. 4:25 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who
doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."

4:26 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the
earth, 4:27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should
spring up and grow, he doesn't know how. 4:28 For the earth bears fruit:
first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 4:29 But
when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because
the harvest has come."

4:30 He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what
parable will we illustrate it? 4:31 It's like a grain of mustard seed,
which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the
seeds that are on the earth, 4:32 yet when it is sown, grows up, and
becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that
the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

4:33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were
able to hear it. 4:34 Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but
privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

4:35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let's go over
to the other side." 4:36 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them,
even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him. 4:37
A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that
the boat was already filled. 4:38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on
the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you
care that we are dying?"

4:39 He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be
still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 4:40 He said to
them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?"

4:41 They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is
this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

5:1 They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the
Gadarenes. 5:2 When he had come out of the boat, immediately there met
him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 5:3 who had his
dwelling in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with
chains, 5:4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and
the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces.
Nobody had the strength to tame him. 5:5 Always, night and day, in the
tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with
stones. 5:6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
5:7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with
you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't
torment me." 5:8 For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean
spirit!"

5:9 He asked him, "What is your name?"

He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 5:10 He begged him
much that he would not send them away out of the country. 5:11 Now there
was on the mountainside a great herd of pigs feeding. 5:12 All the
demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter
into them."

5:13 At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out
and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down
the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea. 5:14
Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

The people came to see what it was that had happened. 5:15 They came to
Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed,
and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were
afraid. 5:16 Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him
who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs. 5:17 They began to beg
him to depart from their region.

5:18 As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by
demons begged him that he might be with him. 5:19 He didn't allow him,
but said to him, "Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what
great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."

5:20 He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had
done great things for him, and everyone marveled.

5:21 When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a
great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea. 5:22 Behold,
one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing
him, he fell at his feet, 5:23 and begged him much, saying, "My little
daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on
her, that she may be made healthy, and live."

5:24 He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they
pressed upon him on all sides. 5:25 A certain woman, who had an issue of
blood for twelve years, 5:26 and had suffered many things by many
physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but
rather grew worse, 5:27 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came
up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes. 5:28 For she said,
"If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well." 5:29 Immediately the
flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was
healed of her affliction.

5:30 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone
out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my
clothes?"

5:31 His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against
you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

5:32 He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 5:33 But the
woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came
and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

5:34 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in
peace, and be cured of your disease."

5:35 While he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's
house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"

5:36 But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to
the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe." 5:37 He
allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother
of James. 5:38 He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an
uproar, weeping, and great wailing. 5:39 When he had entered in, he said
to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but
is asleep."

5:40 They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the
father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went
in where the child was lying. 5:41 Taking the child by the hand, he said
to her, "Talitha cumi;" which means, being interpreted, "Girl, I tell
you, get up." 5:42 Immediately the girl rose up, and walked, for she was
twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement. 5:43 He
strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that
something should be given to her to eat.

6:1 He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his
disciples followed him. 6:2 When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach
in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where
did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given
to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands? 6:3 Isn't
this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah,
and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.

6:4 Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his
own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house." 6:5 He
could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few
sick people, and healed them. 6:6 He marveled because of their unbelief.

He went around the villages teaching. 6:7 He called to himself the
twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them
authority over the unclean spirits. 6:8 He commanded them that they
should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no
wallet, no money in their purse, 6:9 but to wear sandals, and not put on
two tunics. 6:10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay
there until you depart from there. 6:11 Whoever will not receive you nor
hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under
your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will
be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for
that city!"

6:12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 6:13 They
cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and
healed them. 6:14 King Herod heard this, for his name had become known,
and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore
these powers are at work in him." 6:15 But others said, "He is Elijah."
Others said, "He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets." 6:16 But
Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has
risen from the dead." 6:17 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested
John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother
Philip's wife, for he had married her. 6:18 For John said to Herod, "It
is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." 6:19 Herodias set
herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't, 6:20 for
Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and
kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him
gladly.

6:21 Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a
supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
6:22 When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she
pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young
lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you." 6:23 He
swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half
of my kingdom."

6:24 She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?"

She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."

6:25 She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want
you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."

6:26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and
of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her. 6:27 Immediately the
king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's
head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 6:28 and brought his
head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady
gave it to her mother.

6:29 When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse,
and laid it in a tomb.

6:30 The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told
him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
6:31 He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest
awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure
so much as to eat. 6:32 They went away in the boat to a deserted place
by themselves. 6:33 They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran
there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came
together to him. 6:34 Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had
compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and
he began to teach them many things. 6:35 When it was late in the day,
his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is
late in the day. 6:36 Send them away, that they may go into the
surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they
have nothing to eat."

6:37 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat."

They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread,
and give them something to eat?"

6:38 He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see."

When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."

6:39 He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the
green grass. 6:40 They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
6:41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven,
he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set
before them, and he divided the two fish among them all. 6:42 They all
ate, and were filled. 6:43 They took up twelve baskets full of broken
pieces and also of the fish. 6:44 Those who ate the loaves were* five
thousand men.

6:45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go
ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the
multitude away. 6:46 After he had taken leave of them, he went up the
mountain to pray.

6:47 When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he
was alone on the land. 6:48 Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the
wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came
to them, walking on the sea,* and he would have passed by them, 6:49 but
they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a
ghost, and cried out; 6:50 for they all saw him, and were troubled. But
he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up! It is I!
Don't be afraid." 6:51 He got into the boat with them; and the wind
ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled; 6:52
for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were
hardened.

6:53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and
moored to the shore. 6:54 When they had come out of the boat,
immediately the people recognized him, 6:55 and ran around that whole
region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where
they heard he was. 6:56 Wherever he entered, into villages, or into
cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and
begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as
many as touched him were made well.

7:1 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to
him, having come from Jerusalem. 7:2 Now when they saw some of his
disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they
found fault. 7:3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless
they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the
elders. 7:4 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless
they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have
received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and
couches.) 7:5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your
disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their
bread with unwashed hands?"

7:6 He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it
is written,

'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7:7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the
commandments of men.'* 7:8 "For you set aside the commandment of God,
and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and
cups, and you do many other such things." 7:9 He said to them, "Full
well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your
tradition. 7:10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;'*
and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'*
7:11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever
profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given
to God;"' 7:12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his
father or his mother, 7:13 making void the word of God by your
tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

7:14 He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me,
all of you, and understand. 7:15 There is nothing from outside of the
man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed
out of the man are those that defile the man. 7:16 If anyone has ears to
hear, let him hear!"

7:17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his
disciples asked him about the parable. 7:18 He said to them, "Are you
thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes
into the man from outside can't defile him, 7:19 because it doesn't go
into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus making
all foods clean?" 7:20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man,
that defiles the man. 7:21 For from within, out of the hearts of men,
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 7:22
covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy,
pride, and foolishness. 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and
defile the man."

7:24 From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and
Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but
he couldn't escape notice. 7:25 For a woman, whose little daughter had
an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
7:26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him
that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. 7:27 But Jesus said to
her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to
take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

7:28 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table
eat the children's crumbs."

7:29 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone
out of your daughter."

7:30 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on
the bed, with the demon gone out.

7:31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to
the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis. 7:32
They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his
speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. 7:33 He took him aside
from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he
spat, and touched his tongue. 7:34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and
said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" 7:35 Immediately his
ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he
spoke clearly. 7:36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but
the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
7:37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all
things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"

8:1 In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had
nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
8:2 "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with
me now three days, and have nothing to eat. 8:3 If I send them away
fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have
come a long way."

8:4 His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these
people with bread here in a deserted place?"

8:5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"

They said, "Seven."

8:6 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took
the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to
his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude. 8:7 They had a
few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also. 8:8
They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces
that were left over. 8:9 Those who had eaten were about four thousand.
Then he sent them away.

8:10 Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came
into the region of Dalmanutha. 8:11 The Pharisees came out and began to
question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him. 8:12
He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek
a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this
generation."

8:13 He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the
other side. 8:14 They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more
than one loaf in the boat with them. 8:15 He warned them, saying, "Take
heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

8:16 They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no
bread."

8:17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's
because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand?
Is your heart still hardened? 8:18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having
ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember? 8:19 When I broke the five
loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces
did you take up?"

They told him, "Twelve."

8:20 "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full
of broken pieces did you take up?"

They told him, "Seven."

8:21 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"

8:22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged
him to touch him. 8:23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and
brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid
his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

8:24 He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees
walking."

8:25 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and
was restored, and saw everyone clearly. 8:26 He sent him away to his
house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the
village."

8:27 Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea
Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"

8:28 They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but
others: one of the prophets."

8:29 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

Peter answered, "You are the Christ."

8:30 He commanded them that they should tell no one about him. 8:31 He
began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be
rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be
killed, and after three days rise again. 8:32 He spoke to them openly.
Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 8:33 But he, turning around,
and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me,
Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of
men."

8:34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to
them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me. 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will
lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the
Good News will save it. 8:36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the
whole world, and forfeit his life? 8:37 For what will a man give in
exchange for his life? 8:38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my
words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will
be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the
holy angels."

9:1 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing
here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God
come with power."

9:2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and
brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was
changed into another form in front of them. 9:3 His clothing became
glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth
can whiten them. 9:4 Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were
talking with Jesus.

9:5 Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let's
make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 9:6
For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.

9:7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud,
"This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."

9:8 Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except
Jesus only.

9:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that
they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son
of Man had risen from the dead. 9:10 They kept this saying to
themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.

9:11 They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must
come first?"

9:12 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all
things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer
many things and be despised? 9:13 But I tell you that Elijah has come,
and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is
written about him."

9:14 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and
scribes questioning them. 9:15 Immediately all the multitude, when they
saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him. 9:16 He
asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"

9:17 One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son,
who has a mute spirit; 9:18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him
down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."

9:19 He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with
you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."

9:20 They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the
spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming
at the mouth.

9:21 He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to
him?"

He said, "From childhood. 9:22 Often it has cast him both into the fire
and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have
compassion on us, and help us."

9:23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to
him who believes."

9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I
believe. Help my unbelief!"

9:25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked
the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command
you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"

9:26 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The
boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."
9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.

9:28 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately,
"Why couldn't we cast it out?" 9:29 He said to them, "This kind can come
out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."

9:30 They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn't
want anyone to know it. 9:31 For he was teaching his disciples, and said
to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and
they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise
again."

9:32 But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

9:33 He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them,
"What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?"

9:34 But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the
way about who was the greatest.

9:35 He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any
man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."
9:36 He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them. Taking
him in his arms, he said to them, 9:37 "Whoever receives one such little
child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive
me, but him who sent me."

9:38 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us
casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn't
follow us."

9:39 But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do
a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me. 9:40
For whoever is not against us is on our side. 9:41 For whoever will give
you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most
certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward. 9:42 Whoever
will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it
would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone
hung around his neck. 9:43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it
off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having
your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, 9:44
'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' 9:45 If
your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to
enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into
Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched-- 9:46 'where their
worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' 9:47 If your eye causes
you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the
Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into
the Gehenna of fire, 9:48 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is
not quenched.'* 9:49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every
sacrifice will be seasoned with salt. 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt
has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in
yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

10:1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond
the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he
was again teaching them. 10:2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and
asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

10:3 He answered, "What did Moses command you?"

10:4 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written,
and to divorce her."

10:5 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you
this commandment. 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made
them male and female.* 10:7 For this cause a man will leave his father
and mother, and will join to his wife, 10:8 and the two will become one
flesh,* so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 10:9 What
therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

10:10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
10:11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another,
commits adultery against her. 10:12 If a woman herself divorces her
husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."

10:13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch
them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. 10:14 But
when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them,
"Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for the
Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 10:15 Most certainly I tell
you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he
will in no way enter into it." 10:16 He took them in his arms, and
blessed them, laying his hands on them.

10:17 As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before
him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit
eternal life?"

10:18 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except
one--God. 10:19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not
commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not
defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"*

10:20 He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my
youth."

10:21 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you
lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will
have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."

10:22 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for
he was one who had great possessions. 10:23 Jesus looked around, and
said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to
enter into the Kingdom of God!"

10:24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again,
"Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into
the Kingdom of God! 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through a
needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

10:26 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be
saved?"

10:27 Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not
with God, for all things are possible with God."

10:28 Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have
followed you."

10:29 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has
left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or
children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, 10:30
but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses,
brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and
in the age to come eternal life. 10:31 But many who are first will be
last; and the last first."

10:32 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going
in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were
afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that
were going to happen to him. 10:33 "Behold, we are going up to
Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the
scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the
Gentiles. 10:34 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill
him. On the third day he will rise again."

10:35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying,
"Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."

10:36 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

10:37 They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right
hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."

10:38 But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are
you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with?"

10:39 They said to him, "We are able."

Jesus said to them, "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and
you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; 10:40
but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but
for whom it has been prepared."

10:41 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James
and John.

10:42 Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are
recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great
ones exercise authority over them. 10:43 But it shall not be so among
you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
10:44 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be
bondservant of all. 10:45 For the Son of Man also came not to be served,
but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

10:46 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his
disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind
beggar, was sitting by the road. 10:47 When he heard that it was Jesus
the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, you son of David,
have mercy on me!" 10:48 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but
he cried out much more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"

10:49 Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him."

They called the blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up. He is
calling you!"

10:50 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.

10:51 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?"

The blind man said to him, "Rhabboni, that I may see again."

10:52 Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well."
Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

11:1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the
Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 11:2 and said to them,
"Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you
enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has
sat. Untie him, and bring him. 11:3 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you
doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him
back here."

11:4 They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside
in the open street, and they untied him. 11:5 Some of those who stood
there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the young donkey?" 11:6
They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.

11:7 They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments on
it, and Jesus sat on it. 11:8 Many spread their garments on the way, and
others were cutting down branches from the trees, and spreading them on
the road. 11:9 Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried
out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!* 11:10
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of
the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

11:11 Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked
around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with
the twelve.

11:12 The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
11:13 Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if
perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found
nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 11:14 Jesus told
it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" and his disciples heard
it.

11:15 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and
began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple,
and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those
who sold the doves. 11:16 He would not allow anyone to carry a container
through the temple. 11:17 He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written,
'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?'* But
you have made it a den of robbers!"*

11:18 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they
might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was
astonished at his teaching.

11:19 When evening came, he went out of the city. 11:20 As they passed
by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
11:21 Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which
you cursed has withered away."

11:22 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. 11:23 For most certainly
I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into
the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says
is happening; he shall have whatever he says. 11:24 Therefore I tell
you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have
received them, and you shall have them. 11:25 Whenever you stand
praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your
Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
11:26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven
forgive your transgressions."

11:27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple,
the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him, 11:28
and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things?
Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

11:29 Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I
will tell you by what authority I do these things. 11:30 The baptism of
John--was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."

11:31 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From
heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 11:32 If we
should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to
really be a prophet. 11:33 They answered Jesus, "We don't know."

Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these
things."

12:1 He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard,
put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower,
rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country. 12:2 When it
was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his
share of the fruit of the vineyard. 12:3 They took him, beat him, and
sent him away empty. 12:4 Again, he sent another servant to them; and
they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away
shamefully treated. 12:5 Again he sent another; and they killed him; and
many others, beating some, and killing some. 12:6 Therefore still having
one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will
respect my son.' 12:7 But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is
the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' 12:8
They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 12:9 What
therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the
farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. 12:10 Haven't you even
read this Scripture:

'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of
the corner. 12:11 This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes'?"
*

12:12 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they
perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and
went away. 12:13 They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to
him, that they might trap him with words. 12:14 When they had come, they
asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to
anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of
God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 12:15 Shall we give,
or shall we not give?"

But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me?
Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."

12:16 They brought it.

He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"

They said to him, "Caesar's."

12:17 Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

They marveled greatly at him.

12:18 There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no
resurrection. They asked him, saying, 12:19 "Teacher, Moses wrote to us,
'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no
children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring
for his brother.' 12:20 There were seven brothers. The first took a
wife, and dying left no offspring. 12:21 The second took her, and died,
leaving no children behind him. The third likewise; 12:22 and the seven
took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died. 12:23 In
the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For
the seven had her as a wife."

12:24 Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not
knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? 12:25 For when they will
rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but
are like angels in heaven. 12:26 But about the dead, that they are
raised; haven't you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God
spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob'*? 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the
living. You are therefore badly mistaken."

12:28 One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together.
Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is
the greatest of all?"

12:29 Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is one: 12:30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your
strength.'* This is the first commandment. 12:31 The second is like
this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'* There is no other
commandment greater than these."

12:32 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that
he is one, and there is none other but he, 12:33 and to love him with
all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and
with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more
important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

12:34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are
not far from the Kingdom of God."

No one dared ask him any question after that. 12:35 Jesus responded, as
he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ
is the son of David? 12:36 For David himself said in the Holy Spirit,

'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your
enemies the footstool of your feet."'* 12:37 Therefore David himself
calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?"

The common people heard him gladly. 12:38 In his teaching he said to
them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get
greetings in the marketplaces, 12:39 and the best seats in the
synagogues, and the best places at feasts: 12:40 those who devour
widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive
greater condemnation."

12:41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude
cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. 12:42 A
poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a
quadrans coin. 12:43 He called his disciples to himself, and said to
them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all
those who are giving into the treasury, 12:44 for they all gave out of
their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to
live on."

13:1 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him,
"Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"

13:2 Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will
not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."

13:3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James,
John, and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 "Tell us, when will these
things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be
fulfilled?"

13:5 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads
you astray. 13:6 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and
will lead many astray.

13:7 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For
those must happen, but the end is not yet. 13:8 For nation will rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes
in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are
the beginning of birth pains. 13:9 But watch yourselves, for they will
deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will
stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
13:10 The Good News must first be preached to all the nations. 13:11
When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand,
or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in
that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

13:12 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his
child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put
to death. 13:13 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he
who endures to the end, the same will be saved. 13:14 But when you see
the abomination of desolation,* spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains, 13:15 and let him who is on the
housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.
13:16 Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
13:17 But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies
in those days! 13:18 Pray that your flight won't be in the winter. 13:19
For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been
the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now,
and never will be. 13:20 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no
flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom
he picked out, he shortened the days. 13:21 Then if anyone tells you,
'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it. 13:22
For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show
signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the
chosen ones. 13:23 But you watch.

"Behold, I have told you all things beforehand. 13:24 But in those days,
after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give
its light, 13:25 the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers
that are in the heavens will be shaken.* 13:26 Then they will see the
Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 13:27 Then he
will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from
the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

13:28 "Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has
now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer
is near; 13:29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to
pass, know that it is near, at the doors. 13:30 Most certainly I say to
you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.
13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
13:32 But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in
heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 13:33 Watch, keep alert, and
pray; for you don't know when the time is.

13:34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his
house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work,
and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. 13:35 Watch therefore,
for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at
evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
13:36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. 13:37 What I tell
you, I tell all: Watch."

14:1 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the
unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they
might seize him by deception, and kill him. 14:2 For they said, "Not
during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

14:3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat
at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure
nard--very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. 14:4
But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why
has this ointment been wasted? 14:5 For this might have been sold for
more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled
against her.

14:6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has
done a good work for me. 14:7 For you always have the poor with you, and
whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have
me. 14:8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body
beforehand for the burying. 14:9 Most certainly I tell you, wherever
this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which
this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."

14:10 Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief
priests, that he might deliver him to them. 14:11 They, when they heard
it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might
conveniently deliver him. 14:12 On the first day of unleavened bread,
when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do
you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?"

14:13 He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city,
and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,
14:14 and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, 'The
Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover
with my disciples?"' 14:15 He will himself show you a large upper room
furnished and ready. Make ready for us there."

14:16 His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things
as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.

14:17 When it was evening he came with the twelve. 14:18 As they sat and
were eating, Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, one of you will
betray me--he who eats with me."

14:19 They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not
I?" And another said, "Surely not I?"

14:20 He answered them, "It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in
the dish. 14:21 For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about
him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be
better for that man if he had not been born."

14:22 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed, he
broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body."

14:23 He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them.
They all drank of it. 14:24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the
new covenant, which is poured out for many. 14:25 Most certainly I tell
you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when
I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God." 14:26 When they had sung a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.

14:27 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of
me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the
sheep will be scattered.'* 14:28 However, after I am raised up, I will
go before you into Galilee."

14:29 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will
not."

14:30 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today,
even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three
times."

14:31 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will not
deny you." They all said the same thing.

14:32 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his
disciples, "Sit here, while I pray." 14:33 He took with him Peter,
James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. 14:34
He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay
here, and watch."

14:35 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that,
if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. 14:36 He said,
"Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup
from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."

14:37 He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are
you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour? 14:38 Watch and pray, that
you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak."

14:39 Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words. 14:40 Again
he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy,
and they didn't know what to answer him. 14:41 He came the third time,
and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The
hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of
sinners. 14:42 Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at
hand."

14:43 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the
twelve, came--and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the
chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. 14:44 Now he who betrayed
him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I will kiss, that is he.
Seize him, and lead him away safely." 14:45 When he had come,
immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed him.
14:46 They laid their hands on him, and seized him. 14:47 But a certain
one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the
high priest, and cut off his ear.

14:48 Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with
swords and clubs to seize me? 14:49 I was daily with you in the temple
teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures
might be fulfilled."

14:50 They all left him, and fled. 14:51 A certain young man followed
him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body.
The young men grabbed him, 14:52 but he left the linen cloth, and fled
from them naked. 14:53 They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the
chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.

14:54 Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the
court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming
himself in the light of the fire. 14:55 Now the chief priests and the
whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and
found none. 14:56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their
testimony didn't agree with each other. 14:57 Some stood up, and gave
false testimony against him, saying, 14:58 "We heard him say, 'I will
destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will
build another made without hands.'" 14:59 Even so, their testimony did
not agree.

14:60 The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you
no answer? What is it which these testify against you?" 14:61 But he
stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him,
"Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

14:62 Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the
right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."

14:63 The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need
have we of witnesses? 14:64 You have heard the blasphemy! What do you
think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death. 14:65 Some began
to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and
to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their
hands.

14:66 As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high
priest came, 14:67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him,
and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"

14:68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you
are saying." He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.

14:69 The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by,
"This is one of them." 14:70 But he again denied it. After a little
while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of
them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it." 14:71 But he
began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man of whom you speak!"
14:72 The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how
that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny
me three times." When he thought about that, he wept.

15:1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and
scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus,
and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. 15:2 Pilate asked
him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

He answered, "So you say."

15:3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 15:4 Pilate again
asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against
you!"

15:5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

15:6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they
asked of him. 15:7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who
had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
15:8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always
did for them. 15:9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to
release to you the King of the Jews?" 15:10 For he perceived that for
envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 15:11 But the chief priests
stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them
instead. 15:12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him
whom you call the King of the Jews?"

15:13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

15:14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?"

But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

15:15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to
them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
15:16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the
Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. 15:17 They
clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on
him. 15:18 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 15:19
They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their
knees, did homage to him. 15:20 When they had mocked him, they took the
purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to
crucify him. 15:21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the
country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with
them, that he might bear his cross. 15:22 They brought him to the place
called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull."
15:23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't
take it.

15:24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots
on them, what each should take. 15:25 It was the third hour, and they
crucified him. 15:26 The superscription of his accusation was written
over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS." 15:27 With him they crucified two
robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. 15:28 The Scripture
was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."

15:29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and
saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
15:30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

15:31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the
scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself. 15:32 Let the
Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may
see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

15:33 When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole
land until the ninth hour. 15:34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a
loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being
interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"*

15:35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he
is calling Elijah."

15:36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed,
and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether
Elijah comes to take him down."

15:37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 15:38
The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 15:39
When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out
like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of
God!"

15:40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and
Salome; 15:41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him;
and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

15:42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day,
that is, the day before the Sabbath, 15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a
prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of
God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. 15:44
Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he
asked him whether he had been dead long. 15:45 When he found out from
the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 15:46 He bought a linen
cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him
in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against
the door of the tomb. 15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of
Joses, saw where he was laid.

16:1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
16:2 Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when
the sun had risen. 16:3 They were saying among themselves, "Who will
roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?" 16:4 for it was
very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

16:5 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right
side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed. 16:6 He said to
them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been
crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they
laid him! 16:7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you
into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"

16:8 They went out,* and fled from the tomb, for trembling and
astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they
were afraid. 16:9 Now when he had risen early on the first day of the
week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out
seven demons. 16:10 She went and told those who had been with him, as
they mourned and wept. 16:11 When they heard that he was alive, and had
been seen by her, they disbelieved. 16:12 After these things he was
revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way
into the country. 16:13 They went away and told it to the rest. They
didn't believe them, either.

16:14 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at
the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
16:15 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News
to the whole creation. 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be
saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. 16:17 These signs will
accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they
will speak with new languages; 16:18 they will take up serpents; and if
they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay
hands on the sick, and they will recover."

16:19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received
up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 16:20 They went
out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming
the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:2 Malachi 3:1

[2] back to 1:3 Isaiah 40:3

[3] back to 1:4 or, immersing

[4] back to 1:8 The Greek word (en) translated here as "in" could also
be translated as "with" in some contexts.

[5] back to 3:32 TR omits "your sisters"

[6] back to 4:4 TR adds "of the air"

[7] back to 4:12 Isaiah 6:9-10

[8] back to 4:21 literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing
about a peck (about 9 litres)

[9] back to 6:33 TR reads "The multitudes" instead of "They"

[10] back to 6:37 200 denarii was about 7 or 8 months wages for an
agricultural laborer.

[11] back to 6:44 TR adds "about"

[12] back to 6:48 see Job 9:8

[13] back to 6:50 or, "I AM!"

[14] back to 6:56 or, tassel

[15] back to 7:7 Isaiah 29:13

[16] back to 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16

[17] back to 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9

[18] back to 7:11 Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to
God.

[19] back to 8:12 The word translated "generation" here (genea) could
also be translated "people," "race," or "family."

[20] back to 9:43 or, Hell

[21] back to 9:45 or, Hell

[22] back to 9:47 or, Hell

[23] back to 9:48 Isaiah 66:24

[24] back to 10:6 Genesis 1:27

[25] back to 10:8 Genesis 2:24

[26] back to 10:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20

[27] back to 10:51 Rhabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for
"great teacher."

[28] back to 11:1 TR & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"

[29] back to 11:9 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."

[30] back to 11:9 Psalm 118:25-26

[31] back to 11:17 Isaiah 56:7

[32] back to 11:17 Jeremiah 7:11

[33] back to 12:11 Psalm 118:22-23

[34] back to 12:26 Exodus 3:6

[35] back to 12:30 Deuteronomy 6:4-5

[36] back to 12:31 Leviticus 19:18

[37] back to 12:36 Psalm 110:1

[38] back to 12:42 literally, lepta (or widow's mites). Lepta are very
small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the
copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural
worker's daily wages.

[39] back to 12:42 A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius.
A denarius is about one day's wages for an agricultural laborer.

[40] back to 13:6 or, "I AM!"

[41] back to 13:14 Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11

[42] back to 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

[43] back to 13:30 The word translated "generation" (genea) could also
be translated "race," "family," or "people."

[44] back to 14:5 300 denarii was about a years wages for an
agricultural laborer.

[45] back to 14:27 Zechariah 13:7

[46] back to 15:25 9:00 A. M.

[47] back to 15:32 TR omits "him"

[48] back to 15:33 or, noon

[49] back to 15:33 3:00 PM

[50] back to 15:34 Psalm 22:1

[51] back to 16:8 TR adds "quickly"



The Good News According to Luke

1:1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning
those matters which have been fulfilled among us, 1:2 even as those who
from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered
them to us, 1:3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of
all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most
excellent Theophilus; 1:4 that you might know the certainty concerning
the things in which you were instructed.

1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest
named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of
the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 1:6 They were both
righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord. 1:7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was
barren, and they both were well advanced in years. 1:8 Now it happened,
while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his
division, 1:9 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot
was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 1:10 The
whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of
incense.

1:11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of
the altar of incense. 1:12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and
fear fell upon him. 1:13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid,
Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife,
Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 1:14
You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth. 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine
nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his
mother's womb. 1:16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the
Lord, their God. 1:17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of
Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the
disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared
for the Lord."

1:18 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am
an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

1:19 The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence
of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
1:20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day
that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words,
which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

1:21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he
delayed in the temple. 1:22 When he came out, he could not speak to
them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He
continued making signs to them, and remained mute. 1:23 It happened,
when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
1:24 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid
herself five months, saying, 1:25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the
days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

1:26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a
city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27 to a virgin pledged to be married
to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name
was Mary. 1:28 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you
highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"

1:29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and
considered what kind of salutation this might be. 1:30 The angel said to
her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 1:31
Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will
call his name 'Jesus.' 1:32 He will be great, and will be called the Son
of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father,
David, 1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There
will be no end to his Kingdom."

1:34 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

1:35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the
power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one
who is born from you will be called the Son of God. 1:36 Behold,
Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and
this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 1:37 For
everything spoken by God is possible."

1:38 Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according
to your word."

The angel departed from her. 1:39 Mary arose in those days and went into
the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, 1:40 and entered into
the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 1:41 It happened, when
Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 1:42 She called out with a
loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
fruit of your womb! 1:43 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord
should come to me? 1:44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came
into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy! 1:45 Blessed is she
who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have
been spoken to her from the Lord!"

1:46 Mary said,

"My soul magnifies the Lord. 1:47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my
Savior, 1:48 for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For
behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed. 1:49 For he
who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name. 1:50 His
mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him. 1:51 He
has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the
imagination of their heart. 1:52 He has put down princes from their
thrones. And has exalted the lowly. 1:53 He has filled the hungry with
good things. He has sent the rich away empty. 1:54 He has given help to
Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, 1:55 As he spoke to
our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever." 1:56 Mary stayed with her
about three months, and then returned to her house. 1:57 Now the time
that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a
son. 1:58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had
magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her. 1:59 It
happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and
they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father. 1:60
His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

1:61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is
called by this name." 1:62 They made signs to his father, what he would
have him called.

1:63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John."

They all marveled. 1:64 His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue
freed, and he spoke, blessing God. 1:65 Fear came on all who lived
around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the
hill country of Judea. 1:66 All who heard them laid them up in their
heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was
with him. 1:67 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit,
and prophesied, saying,

1:68 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and
worked redemption for his people; 1:69 and has raised up a horn of
salvation for us in the house of his servant David 1:70 (as he spoke by
the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), 1:71
salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; 1:72
to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, 1:73
the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father, 1:74 to grant to us that
we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him
without fear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days
of our life. 1:76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most
High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his
ways, 1:77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission
of their sins, 1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the
dawn from on high will visit us, 1:79 to shine on those who sit in
darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of
peace." 1:80 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and
was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

2:1 Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar
Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2:2 This was the first
enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 2:3 All went to
enroll themselves, everyone to his own city. 2:4 Joseph also went up
from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of
David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family
of David; 2:5 to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married
to him as wife, being pregnant.

2:6 It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she
should give birth. 2:7 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she
wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because
there was no room for them in the inn. 2:8 There were shepherds in the
same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their
flock. 2:9 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of
the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 2:10 The angel said
to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great
joy which will be to all the people. 2:11 For there is born to you, this
day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 2:12 This
is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth,
lying in a feeding trough." 2:13 Suddenly, there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,

2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward
men." 2:15 It happened, when the angels went away from them into the
sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem,
now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known
to us." 2:16 They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and
the baby was lying in the feeding trough. 2:17 When they saw it, they
publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
2:18 All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them
by the shepherds. 2:19 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them
in her heart. 2:20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God
for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told
them.

2:21 When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child,
his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was
conceived in the womb.

2:22 When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses
were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the
Lord 2:23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who
opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),* 2:24 and to offer a
sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, "A
pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."*

2:25 Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This
man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and
the Holy Spirit was on him. 2:26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy
Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's
Christ. 2:27 He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents
brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according
to the custom of the law, 2:28 then he received him into his arms, and
blessed God, and said,

2:29 "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your
word, in peace; 2:30 for my eyes have seen your salvation, 2:31 which
you have prepared before the face of all peoples; 2:32 a light for
revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel." 2:33
Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken
concerning him, 2:34 and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his
mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of
many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against. 2:35 Yes, a
sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many
hearts may be revealed."

2:36 There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the
tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband
seven years from her virginity, 2:37 and she had been a widow for about
eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with
fastings and petitions night and day. 2:38 Coming up at that very hour,
she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were
looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

2:39 When they had accomplished all things that were according to the
law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city,
Nazareth. 2:40 The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit,
being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. 2:41 His
parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

2:42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according
to the custom of the feast, 2:43 and when they had fulfilled the days,
as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph
and his mother didn't know it, 2:44 but supposing him to be in the
company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their
relatives and acquaintances. 2:45 When they didn't find him, they
returned to Jerusalem, looking for him. 2:46 It happened after three
days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers,
both listening to them, and asking them questions. 2:47 All who heard
him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 2:48 When they saw
him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have
you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously
looking for you."

2:49 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that
I must be in my Father's house?" 2:50 They didn't understand the saying
which he spoke to them. 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to
Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings
in her heart. 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favor with God and men.

3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius
Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and
his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis,
and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2 in the high priesthood of Annas
and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the
wilderness. 3:3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching
the baptism of repentance for remission of sins. 3:4 As it is written in
the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the
Lord. Make his paths straight. 3:5 Every valley will be filled. Every
mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight,
and the rough ways smooth. 3:6 All flesh will see God's salvation.'"*
3:7 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by
him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to
come? 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't
begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I
tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these
stones! 3:9 Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every
tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and
thrown into the fire."

3:10 The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"

3:11 He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who
has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."

3:12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,
"Teacher, what must we do?"

3:13 He said to them, "Collect no more than that which is appointed to
you."

3:14 Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?"

He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone
wrongfully. Be content with your wages."

3:15 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their
hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ, 3:16 John
answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is
mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen.
He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire, 3:17 whose fan is in
his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will
gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire."

3:18 Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the
people, 3:19 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias,
his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
3:20 added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison. 3:21
Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been
baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened, 3:22 and the Holy Spirit
descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the
sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

3:23 Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old,
being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, 3:24 the son
of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the
son of Joseph, 3:25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of
Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 3:26 the son of Maath, the
son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of
Judah, 3:27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 3:28 the son of Melchi, the son
of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, 3:29 the
son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat,
the son of Levi, 3:30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of
Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, 3:31 the son of Melea, the
son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
3:32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of
Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 3:33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram,
the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 3:34 the son of
Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son
of Nahor, 3:35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the
son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 3:36 the son of Cainan, the son of
Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 3:37 the
son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of
Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 3:38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth,
the son of Adam, the son of God.

4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was
led by the Spirit into the wilderness 4:2 for forty days, being tempted
by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were
completed, he was hungry. 4:3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son
of God, command this stone to become bread."

4:4 Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word of God.'"*

4:5 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 4:6 The devil said to him, "I
will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been
delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want. 4:7 If you therefore
will worship before me, it will all be yours."

4:8 Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You
shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"*

4:9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from
here, 4:10 for it is written,

'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;' 4:11 and,

'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot
against a stone.'"* 4:12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been
said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"*

4:13 When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him
until another time.

4:14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news
about him spread through all the surrounding area. 4:15 He taught in
their synagogues, being glorified by all.

4:16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as
was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to
read. 4:17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened
the book, and found the place where it was written,

4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to
preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind,
to deliver those who are crushed, 4:19 and to proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord."* 4:20 He closed the book, gave it back to the
attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened
on him. 4:21 He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing."

4:22 All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which
proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

4:23 He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable,
'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do
also here in your hometown.'" 4:24 He said, "Most certainly I tell you,
no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 4:25 But truly I tell you,
there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was
shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all
the land. 4:26 Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in
the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 4:27 There were many
lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them
was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."

4:28 They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard
these things. 4:29 They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him
to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might
throw him off the cliff. 4:30 But he, passing through the midst of them,
went his way.

4:31 He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them
on the Sabbath day, 4:32 and they were astonished at his teaching, for
his word was with authority. 4:33 In the synagogue there was a man who
had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
4:34 saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have
you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"

4:35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When
the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having
done him no harm.

4:36 Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another,
saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the
unclean spirits, and they come out!" 4:37 News about him went out into
every place of the surrounding region.

4:38 He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house.
Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged
him for her. 4:39 He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left
her. Immediately she rose up and served them. 4:40 When the sun was
setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them
to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
4:41 Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are
the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to
speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

4:42 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place,
and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him,
so that he wouldn't go away from them. 4:43 But he said to them, "I must
preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For
this reason I have been sent." 4:44 He was preaching in the synagogues
of Galilee.

5:1 Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the
word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 5:2 He saw
two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them,
and were washing their nets. 5:3 He entered into one of the boats, which
was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat
down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 5:4 When he had finished
speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your
nets for a catch."

5:5 Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing;
but at your word I will let down the net." 5:6 When they had done this,
they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking. 5:7
They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come
and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to
sink. 5:8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord." 5:9 For he was
amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had
caught; 5:10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were
partners with Simon.

Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching
people alive."

5:11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything,
and followed him. 5:12 It happened, while he was in one of the cities,
behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on
his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me
clean."

5:13 He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be
made clean."

Immediately the leprosy left him. 5:14 He commanded him to tell no one,
"But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your
cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
5:15 But the report concerning him spread much more, and great
multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their
infirmities. 5:16 But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

5:17 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there
were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of
every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord
was with him to heal them. 5:18 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a
cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus. 5:19 Not
finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to
the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the
midst before Jesus. 5:20 Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your
sins are forgiven you."

5:21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this
that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"

5:22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you
reasoning so in your hearts? 5:23 Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are
forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?' 5:24 But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" (he said to
the paralyzed man), "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to
your house."

5:25 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was
laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God. 5:26 Amazement
took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear,
saying, "We have seen strange things today."

5:27 After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi
sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"

5:28 He left everything, and rose up and followed him. 5:29 Levi made a
great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax
collectors and others who were reclining with them. 5:30 Their scribes
and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you
eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?" 5:31 Jesus answered
them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who
are sick do. 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance."

5:33 They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray,
likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"

5:34 He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast,
while the bridegroom is with them? 5:35 But the days will come when the
bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those
days." 5:36 He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a
new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also
the piece from the new will not match the old. 5:37 No one puts new wine
into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it
will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 5:38 But new wine must
be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved. 5:39 No man having
drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old is
better.'"

6:1 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was
going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of
grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. 6:2 But some of the
Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on
the Sabbath day?"

6:3 Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when
he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; 6:4 how he entered into
the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to
those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the
priests alone?" 6:5 He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the
Sabbath."

6:6 It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the
synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was
withered. 6:7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether
he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against
him. 6:8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the
withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood.
6:9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on
the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" 6:10
He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your
hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other. 6:11 But
they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they
might do to Jesus.

6:12 It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to
pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. 6:13 When it was day,
he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also
named apostles: 6:14 Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his
brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew; 6:15 Matthew; Thomas; James,
the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot; 6:16 Judas the
son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor. 6:17 He
came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his
disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and
Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and
to be healed of their diseases; 6:18 as well as those who were troubled
by unclean spirits, and they were being healed. 6:19 All the multitude
sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

6:20 He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said,

"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you
who weep now, for you will laugh. 6:22 Blessed are you when men shall
hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your
name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and
leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their
fathers did the same thing to the prophets. 6:24 "But woe to you who are
rich! For you have received your consolation. 6:25 Woe to you, you who
are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you
will mourn and weep. 6:26 Woe,* when* men speak well of you, for their
fathers did the same thing to the false prophets. 6:27 "But I tell you
who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 6:28 bless
those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. 6:29 To him
who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who
takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also. 6:30 Give to
everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to
give them back again.

6:31 "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them. 6:32
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even
sinners love those who love them. 6:33 If you do good to those who do
good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
6:34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is
that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back;
and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most
High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

6:36 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. 6:37
Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be
condemned. Set free, and you will be set free. 6:38 "Give, and it will
be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and
running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you
measure it will be measured back to you."

6:39 He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't
they both fall into a pit? 6:40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but
everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. 6:41 Why do
you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't
consider the beam that is in your own eye? 6:42 Or how can you tell your
brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your
eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You
hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see
clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye. 6:43
For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a
rotten tree that brings forth good fruit. 6:44 For each tree is known by
its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they
gather grapes from a bramble bush. 6:45 The good man out of the good
treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man
out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for
out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

6:46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I
say? 6:47 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I
will show you who he is like. 6:48 He is like a man building a house,
who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood
arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it,
because it was founded on the rock. 6:49 But he who hears, and doesn't
do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation,
against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of
that house was great."

7:1 After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he
entered into Capernaum. 7:2 A certain centurion's servant, who was dear
to him, was sick and at the point of death. 7:3 When he heard about
Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save
his servant. 7:4 When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly,
saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him, 7:5 for he loves our
nation, and he built our synagogue for us." 7:6 Jesus went with them.
When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to
him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy
for you to come under my roof. 7:7 Therefore I didn't even think myself
worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.
7:8 For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself
soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!'
and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and
said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found
such great faith, no, not in Israel." 7:10 Those who were sent,
returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was
well.

7:11 It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain.
Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him. 7:12
Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead
was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many
people of the city were with her. 7:13 When the Lord saw her, he had
compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry." 7:14 He came near and
touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I
tell you, arise!" 7:15 He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And
he gave him to his mother.

7:16 Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great
prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!" 7:17
This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all
the surrounding region.

7:18 The disciples of John told him about all these things. 7:19 John,
calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying,
"Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?" 7:20
When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us
to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

7:21 In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil
spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight. 7:22 Jesus answered
them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that
the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news
preached to them. 7:23 Blessed is he who is not offended by me."

7:24 When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the
multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see?
A reed shaken by the wind? 7:25 But what did you go out to see? A man
clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and
live delicately, are in kings' courts. 7:26 But what did you go out to
see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. 7:27 This
is he of whom it is written,

'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way
before you.'* 7:28 "For I tell you, among those who are born of women
there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is
least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

7:29 When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they
declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism. 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being
baptized by him themselves.

7:31 *"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are
they like? 7:32 They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and
call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We
mourned, and you didn't weep.' 7:33 For John the Baptizer came neither
eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' 7:34 The
Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a
gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
7:35 Wisdom is justified by all her children."

7:36 One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into
the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table. 7:37 Behold, a woman in the
city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the
Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 7:38
Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her
tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet,
and anointed them with the ointment. 7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had
invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet,
would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him,
that she is a sinner."

7:40 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."

He said, "Teacher, say on."

7:41 "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred
denarii, and the other fifty. 7:42 When they couldn't pay, he forgave
them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"

7:43 Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most."

He said to him, "You have judged correctly." 7:44 Turning to the woman,
he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and
you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her
tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. 7:45 You gave me no
kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
7:46 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet
with ointment. 7:47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are
forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same
loves little." 7:48 He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

7:49 Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves,
"Who is this who even forgives sins?"

7:50 He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

8:1 It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and
villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God.
With him were the twelve, 8:2 and certain women who had been healed of
evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom
seven demons had gone out; 8:3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's
steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their
possessions. 8:4 When a great multitude came together, and people from
every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable. 8:5 "The farmer
went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it
was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. 8:6 Other
seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because
it had no moisture. 8:7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew
with it, and choked it. 8:8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew,
and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he
called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

8:9 Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

8:10 He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom
of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and
hearing they may not understand.'* 8:11 Now the parable is this: The
seed is the word of God. 8:12 Those along the road are those who hear,
then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that
they may not believe and be saved. 8:13 Those on the rock are they who,
when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who
believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation. 8:14 That
which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they
go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of
life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 8:15 That in the good ground,
these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word,
hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

8:16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or
puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may
see the light. 8:17 For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed;
nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light. 8:18 Be
careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given;
and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he
thinks he has."

8:19 His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near
him for the crowd. 8:20 It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and
your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."

8:21 But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear
the word of God, and do it."

8:22 Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat,
himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the
other side of the lake." So they launched out. 8:23 But as they sailed,
he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking
on dangerous amounts of water. 8:24 They came to him, and awoke him,
saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind
and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm. 8:25 He
said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying
one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and
the water, and they obey him?" 8:26 They arrived at the country of the
Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

8:27 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had
demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a
house, but in the tombs. 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell
down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with
you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"
8:29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man.
For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under
guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he
was driven by the demon into the desert.

8:30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"

He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him. 8:31 They
begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss. 8:32 Now
there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they
begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed
them. 8:33 The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs,
and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
8:34 When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told
it in the city and in the country.

8:35 People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and
found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet,
clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 8:36 Those who saw
it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed. 8:37
All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to
depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the
boat, and returned. 8:38 But the man from whom the demons had gone out
begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
8:39 "Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done
for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what
great things Jesus had done for him.

8:40 It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him,
for they were all waiting for him. 8:41 Behold, there came a man named
Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus'
feet, and begged him to come into his house, 8:42 for he had an only
daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went,
the multitudes pressed against him. 8:43 A woman who had a flow of blood
for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could
not be healed by any, 8:44 came behind him, and touched the fringe of
his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped. 8:45 Jesus
said, "Who touched me?"

When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the
multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

8:46 But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power
has gone out of me." 8:47 When the woman saw that she was not hidden,
she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the
presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how
she was healed immediately. 8:48 He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up.
Your faith has made you well. Go in peace."

8:49 While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house
came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."

8:50 But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe,
and she will be healed."

8:51 When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in,
except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother. 8:52
All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't
dead, but sleeping."

8:53 They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead. 8:54 But he
put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying,
"Child, arise!" 8:55 Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately.
He commanded that something be given to her to eat. 8:56 Her parents
were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.

9:1 He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority
over all demons, and to cure diseases. 9:2 He sent them forth to preach
the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 9:3 He said to them, "Take
nothing for your journey--neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor
money; neither have two coats apiece. 9:4 Into whatever house you enter,
stay there, and depart from there. 9:5 As many as don't receive you,
when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet
for a testimony against them."

9:6 They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good
News, and healing everywhere. 9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all
that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by
some that John had risen from the dead, 9:8 and by some that Elijah had
appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
9:9 Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear
such things?" He sought to see him. 9:10 The apostles, when they had
returned, told him what things they had done.

He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called
Bethsaida. 9:11 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He
welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured
those who needed healing. 9:12 The day began to wear away; and the
twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go
into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we
are here in a deserted place."

9:13 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat."

They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we
should go and buy food for all these people." 9:14 For they were about
five thousand men.

He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty
each." 9:15 They did so, and made them all sit down. 9:16 He took the
five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed
them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the
multitude. 9:17 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve
baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

9:18 It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with
him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"

9:19 They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and
others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

9:20 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

Peter answered, "The Christ of God."

9:21 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one, 9:22
saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the
elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be
raised up."

9:23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny
himself, take up his cross,* and follow me. 9:24 For whoever desires to
save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake,
the same will save it. 9:25 For what does it profit a man if he gains
the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self? 9:26 For whoever
will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be
ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of
the holy angels. 9:27 But I tell you the truth: There are some of those
who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the
Kingdom of God."

9:28 It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with
him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray. 9:29
As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his
clothing became white and dazzling. 9:30 Behold, two men were talking
with him, who were Moses and Elijah, 9:31 who appeared in glory, and
spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

9:32 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but
when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who
stood with him. 9:33 It happened, as they were parting from him, that
Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make
three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not
knowing what he said.

9:34 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and
they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. 9:35 A voice came out
of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!" 9:36 When
the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one
in those days any of the things which they had seen.

9:37 It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the
mountain, that a great multitude met him. 9:38 Behold, a man from the
crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he
is my only child. 9:39 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries
out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from
him, bruising him severely. 9:40 I begged your disciples to cast it out,
and they couldn't."

9:41 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall
I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

9:42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed
him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy,
and gave him back to his father. 9:43 They were all astonished at the
majesty of God.

But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said
to his disciples, 9:44 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son
of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men." 9:45 But they didn't
understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not
perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

9:46 There arose an argument among them about which of them was the
greatest. 9:47 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a
little child, and set him by his side, 9:48 and said to them, "Whoever
receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me
receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one
will be great."

9:49 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your
name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."

9:50 Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us
is for us."

9:51 It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken
up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52 and sent
messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the
Samaritans, so as to prepare for him. 9:53 They didn't receive him,
because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem. 9:54 When
his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want
us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as
Elijah did?"

9:55 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of
spirit you are. 9:56 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's
lives, but to save them."

They went to another village. 9:57 As they went on the way, a certain
man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."

9:58 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky
have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

9:59 He said to another, "Follow me!"

But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

9:60 But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but
you go and announce the Kingdom of God."

9:61 Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me
to bid farewell to those who are at my house."

9:62 But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow,
and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

10:1 Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and
sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he
was about to come. 10:2 Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed
plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the
harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest. 10:3 Go your
ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. 10:4 Carry no purse,
nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way. 10:5 Into whatever
house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' 10:6 If a son of
peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return
to you. 10:7 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things
they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house
to house. 10:8 Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat
the things that are set before you. 10:9 Heal the sick who are therein,
and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10:10 But into
whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its
streets and say, 10:11 'Even the dust from your city that clings to us,
we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God
has come near to you.' 10:12 I tell you, it will be more tolerable in
that day for Sodom than for that city.

10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would
have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 10:14 But it
will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
10:15 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to
Hades. 10:16 Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects
you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."

10:17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are
subject to us in your name!"

10:18 He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from
heaven. 10:19 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way
hurt you. 10:20 Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits
are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

10:21 In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I
thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden
these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to
little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your
sight."

10:22 Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered
to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and
who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to
reveal him."

10:23 Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes
which see the things that you see, 10:24 for I tell you that many
prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn't
see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."

10:25 Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying,
"Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

10:26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

10:27 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your
mind;* and your neighbor as yourself."*

10:28 He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you
will live."

10:29 But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my
neighbor?"

10:30 Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him,
and departed, leaving him half dead. 10:31 By chance a certain priest
was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other
side. 10:32 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place,
and saw him, passed by on the other side. 10:33 But a certain Samaritan,
as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with
compassion, 10:34 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil
and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and
took care of him. 10:35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out
two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of
him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
10:36 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to
him who fell among the robbers?"

10:37 He said, "He who showed mercy on him."

Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

10:38 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain
village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
10:39 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and
heard his word. 10:40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and
she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left
me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

10:41 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled
about many things, 10:42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the
good part, which will not be taken away from her."

11:1 It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one
of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also
taught his disciples."

11:2 He said to them, "When you pray, say,

'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom
come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven. 11:3 Give us
day by day our daily bread. 11:4 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves
also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'" 11:5 He said to them,
"Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend,
lend me three loaves of bread, 11:6 for a friend of mine has come to me
from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,' 11:7 and he from
within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and
my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'? 11:8
I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is
his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him
as many as he needs.

11:9 "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking,
and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. 11:10
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it
will be opened.

11:11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a
stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a
fish, will he? 11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a
scorpion, will he? 11:13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

11:14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the
demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
11:15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the
prince of the demons." 11:16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign
from heaven. 11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided
against itself falls. 11:18 If Satan also is divided against himself,
how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by
Beelzebul. 11:19 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your
children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges. 11:20 But if
I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come
to you.

11:21 "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his
goods are safe. 11:22 But when someone stronger attacks him and
overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted,
and divides his spoils.

11:23 "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with
me scatters. 11:24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man,
passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I
will turn back to my house from which I came out.' 11:25 When he
returns, he finds it swept and put in order. 11:26 Then he goes, and
takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and
dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

11:27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of
the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb
that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"

11:28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word
of God, and keep it."

11:29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to
say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be
given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet. 11:30 For even as Jonah
became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this
generation. 11:31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment
with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came
from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold,
one greater than Solomon is here. 11:32 The men of Nineveh will stand up
in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they
repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah
is here.

11:33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a
basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light. 11:34
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your
whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is
full of darkness. 11:35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you
isn't darkness. 11:36 If therefore your whole body is full of light,
having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp
with its bright shining gives you light."

11:37 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He
went in, and sat at the table. 11:38 When the Pharisee saw it, he
marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. 11:39 The
Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and
of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and
wickedness. 11:40 You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make
the inside also? 11:41 But give for gifts to the needy those things
which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you. 11:42 But
woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you
bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and
not to have left the other undone. 11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you
love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the
marketplaces. 11:44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For
you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know
it."

11:45 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you
insult us also."

11:46 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens
that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one
finger to help carry those burdens. 11:47 Woe to you! For you build the
tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 11:48 So you
testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them,
and you build their tombs. 11:49 Therefore also the wisdom of God said,
'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will
kill and persecute, 11:50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was
shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this
generation; 11:51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who
perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will
be required of this generation. 11:52 Woe to you lawyers! For you took
away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who
were entering in, you hindered."

11:53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him; 11:54
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might
say, that they might accuse him.

12:1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered
together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell
his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which
is hypocrisy. 12:2 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be
revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known. 12:3 Therefore whatever
you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have
spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the
housetops.

12:4 "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the
body, and after that have no more that they can do. 12:5 But I will warn
you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power
to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

12:6 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them
is forgotten by God. 12:7 But the very hairs of your head are all
numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many
sparrows.

12:8 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son
of Man also confess before the angels of God; 12:9 but he who denies me
in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of
God. 12:10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be
forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be
forgiven. 12:11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers,
and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or
what you will say; 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same
hour what you must say."

12:13 One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to
divide the inheritance with me."

12:14 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator
over you?" 12:15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from
covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the
things which he possesses."

12:16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich
man brought forth abundantly. 12:17 He reasoned within himself, saying,
'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?' 12:18 He
said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build
bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19 I
will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years.
Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

12:20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is
required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they
be?' 12:21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich
toward God."

12:22 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious
for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will
wear. 12:23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
12:24 Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no
warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you
than birds! 12:25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his
height? 12:26 If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why
are you anxious about the rest? 12:27 Consider the lilies, how they
grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 12:28 But if
this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and
tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you
of little faith? 12:29 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will
drink; neither be anxious. 12:30 For the nations of the world seek after
all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
12:31 But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
12:32 Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 12:33 Sell that which you have, and
give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow
old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief
approaches, neither moth destroys. 12:34 For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.

12:35 "Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning. 12:36 Be like
men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast;
that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him. 12:37
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he
comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make
them recline, and will come and serve them. 12:38 They will be blessed
if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so. 12:39 But
know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the
thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be
broken into. 12:40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming
in an hour that you don't expect him."

12:41 Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or
to everybody?"

12:42 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom
his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food
at the right times? 12:43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will
find doing so when he comes. 12:44 Truly I tell you, that he will set
him over all that he has. 12:45 But if that servant says in his heart,
'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the
maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, 12:46 then the
lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and
in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his
portion with the unfaithful. 12:47 That servant, who knew his lord's
will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with
many stripes, 12:48 but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of
stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of
him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more
will be asked.

12:49 "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already
kindled. 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how
distressed I am until it is accomplished! 12:51 Do you think that I have
come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
12:52 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three
against two, and two against three. 12:53 They will be divided, father
against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and
daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law,
and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

12:54 He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from
the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
12:55 When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching
heat,' and it happens. 12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret
the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't
interpret this time? 12:57 Why don't you judge for yourselves what is
right? 12:58 For when you are going with your adversary before the
magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest
perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the
officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 12:59 I tell you, you
will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last
penny."

13:1 Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the
Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 13:2
Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse
sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
13:3 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the
same way. 13:4 Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and
killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the
men who dwell in Jerusalem? 13:5 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent,
you will all perish in the same way."

13:6 He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his
vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. 13:7 He said
to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for
fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste
the soil?' 13:8 He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until
I dig around it, and fertilize it. 13:9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if
not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

13:10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. 13:11
Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years,
and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. 13:12
When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are
freed from your infirmity." 13:13 He laid his hands on her, and
immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

13:14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had
healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in
which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and
not on the Sabbath day!"

13:15 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one
of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead
him away to water? 13:16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this
bondage on the Sabbath day?"

13:17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed,
and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were
done by him.

13:18 He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare
it? 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put
in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of
the sky lodged in its branches."

13:20 Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? 13:21
It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour,
until it was all leavened."

13:22 He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and
traveling on to Jerusalem. 13:23 One said to him, "Lord, are they few
who are saved?"

He said to them, 13:24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many,
I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. 13:25 When once
the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you
begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord,
open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or
where you come from.' 13:26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and
drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' 13:27 He will
say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all
you workers of iniquity.' 13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the
Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside. 13:29 They will
come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the
Kingdom of God. 13:30 Behold, there are some who are last who will be
first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

13:31 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of
here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

13:32 He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons
and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my
mission. 13:33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and
the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of
Jerusalem.'

13:34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those
who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children
together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you
refused! 13:35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you,
you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord!'"*

14:1 It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of
the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
14:2 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him. 14:3
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it
lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

14:4 But they were silent.

He took him, and healed him, and let him go. 14:5 He answered them,
"Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't
immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

14:6 They couldn't answer him regarding these things.

14:7 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how
they chose the best seats, and said to them, 14:8 "When you are invited
by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps
someone more honorable than you might be invited by him, 14:9 and he who
invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this
person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that
when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up
higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the
table with you. 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

14:12 He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a
dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your
kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the
favor, and pay you back. 14:13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor,
the maimed, the lame, or the blind; 14:14 and you will be blessed,
because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be
repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

14:15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these
things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of
God!"

14:16 But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he
invited many people. 14:17 He sent out his servant at supper time to
tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.' 14:18
They all as one began to make excuses.

"The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see
it. Please have me excused.'

14:19 "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try
them out. Please have me excused.'

14:20 "Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't
come.'

14:21 "That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the
master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly
into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed,
blind, and lame.'

14:22 "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there
is still room.'

14:23 "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and
hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 14:24
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my
supper.'"

14:25 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to
them, 14:26 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father,
mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life
also, he can't be my disciple. 14:27 Whoever doesn't bear his own cross,
and come after me, can't be my disciple. 14:28 For which of you,
desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to
see if he has enough to complete it? 14:29 Or perhaps, when he has laid
a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to
mock him, 14:30 saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to
finish.' 14:31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in
war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten
thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 14:32
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and
asks for conditions of peace. 14:33 So therefore whoever of you who
doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple. 14:34 Salt is
good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you
season it? 14:35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile.
It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

15:1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to
hear him. 15:2 The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man
welcomes sinners, and eats with them."

15:3 He told them this parable. 15:4 "Which of you men, if you had one
hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in
the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
15:5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his
neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep
which was lost!' 15:7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in
heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous
people who need no repentance. 15:8 Or what woman, if she had ten
drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp,
sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it? 15:9 When she
has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying,
'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.' 15:10
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner repenting."

15:11 He said, "A certain man had two sons. 15:12 The younger of them
said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He
divided his livelihood between them. 15:13 Not many days after, the
younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far
country. There he wasted his property with riotous living. 15:14 When he
had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he
began to be in need. 15:15 He went and joined himself to one of the
citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
15:16 He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but
no one gave him any. 15:17 But when he came to himself he said, 'How
many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm
dying with hunger! 15:18 I will get up and go to my father, and will
tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
15:19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your
hired servants."'

15:20 "He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off,
his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him. 15:21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be
called your son.'

15:22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe,
and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 15:23
Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate; 15:24
for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is
found.' They began to celebrate.

15:25 "Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house,
he heard music and dancing. 15:26 He called one of the servants to him,
and asked what was going on. 15:27 He said to him, 'Your brother has
come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has
received him back safe and healthy.' 15:28 But he was angry, and would
not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him. 15:29 But he
answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I
never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat,
that I might celebrate with my friends. 15:30 But when this, your son,
came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the
fattened calf for him.'

15:31 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is
mine is yours. 15:32 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad,
for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and
is found.'"

16:1 He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who
had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting
his possessions. 16:2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that
I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no
longer be manager.'

16:3 "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my
lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have
strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg. 16:4 I know what I will do, so
that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their
houses.' 16:5 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to
the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?' 16:6 He said, 'A hundred
batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and
write fifty.' 16:7 Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He
said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and
write eighty.'

16:8 "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done
wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation,
wiser than the children of the light. 16:9 I tell you, make for
yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you
fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents. 16:10 He who is
faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest
in a very little is also dishonest in much. 16:11 If therefore you have
not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your
trust the true riches? 16:12 If you have not been faithful in that which
is another's, who will give you that which is your own? 16:13 No servant
can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't
able to serve God and mammon."

16:14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these
things, and they scoffed at him. 16:15 He said to them, "You are those
who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts.
For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of
God. 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the
Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his
way into it. 16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away,
than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall. 16:18 Everyone who
divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries
one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

16:19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple
and fine linen, living in luxury every day. 16:20 A certain beggar,
named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores, 16:21 and desiring
to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even
the dogs came and licked his sores. 16:22 It happened that the beggar
died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The
rich man also died, and was buried. 16:23 In Hades, he lifted up his
eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his
bosom. 16:24 He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool
my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.'

16:25 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime,
received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But
now here he is comforted and you are in anguish. 16:26 Besides all this,
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to
pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from
there to us.'

16:27 "He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to
my father's house; 16:28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify
to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'

16:29 "But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let
them listen to them.'

16:30 "He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the
dead, they will repent.'

16:31 "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"

17:1 He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of
stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! 17:2 It
would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he
were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these
little ones to stumble. 17:3 Be careful. If your brother sins against
you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. 17:4 If he sins against you
seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you
shall forgive him."

17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

17:6 The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you
would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,'
and it would obey you. 17:7 But who is there among you, having a servant
plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the
field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,' 17:8 and will not
rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve
me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'? 17:9 Does
he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I
think not. 17:10 Even so you also, when you have done all the things
that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our
duty.'"

17:11 It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was passing
along the borders of Samaria and Galilee. 17:12 As he entered into a
certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a
distance. 17:13 They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master,
have mercy on us!"

17:14 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the
priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed. 17:15 One
of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God
with a loud voice. 17:16 He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him
thanks; and he was a Samaritan. 17:17 Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten
cleansed? But where are the nine? 17:18 Were there none found who
returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?" 17:19 Then he said
to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you."

17:20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,
he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
17:21 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for
behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

17:22 He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will
desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see
it. 17:23 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go
away, nor follow after them, 17:24 for as the lightning, when it flashes
out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the
sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day. 17:25 But first, he must
suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 17:26 As it
happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the
Son of Man. 17:27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in
marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood
came, and destroyed them all. 17:28 Likewise, even as it happened in the
days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted,
they built; 17:29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained
fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all. 17:30 It will be
the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed. 17:31 In that
day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him
not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not
turn back. 17:32 Remember Lot's wife! 17:33 Whoever seeks to save his
life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it. 17:34 I tell
you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be
taken, and the other will be left. 17:35 There will be two grinding
grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left." 17:36 *

17:37 They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?"

He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be
gathered together."

18:1 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not
give up, 18:2 saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't
fear God, and didn't respect man. 18:3 A widow was in that city, and she
often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!' 18:4 He
wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I
neither fear God, nor respect man, 18:5 yet because this widow bothers
me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual
coming.'"

18:6 The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says. 18:7
Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and
night, and yet he exercises patience with them? 18:8 I tell you that he
will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will
he find faith on the earth?"

18:9 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of
their own righteousness, and who despised all others. 18:10 "Two men
went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a
tax collector. 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this:
'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners,
unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 18:12 I fast
twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' 18:13 But the tax
collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven,
but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' 18:14 I
tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the
other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who
humbles himself will be exalted."

18:15 They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch
them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 18:16 Jesus
summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and
don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
18:17 Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of
God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

18:18 A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do
to inherit eternal life?"

18:19 Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except
one--God. 18:20 You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,'
'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your
father and your mother.'"*

18:21 He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."

18:22 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one
thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will
have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

18:23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was
very rich.

18:24 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for
those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God! 18:25 For it is
easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich
man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

18:26 Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

18:27 But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are
possible with God."

18:28 Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."

18:29 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who
has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the
Kingdom of God's sake, 18:30 who will not receive many times more in
this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."

18:31 He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going
up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the
prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed. 18:32 For he will
be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and
spit on. 18:33 They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will
rise again."

18:34 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from
them, and they didn't understand the things that were said. 18:35 It
happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road,
begging. 18:36 Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
18:37 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 18:38 He
cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!" 18:39 Those who
led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all
the more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"

18:40 Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he
had come near, he asked him, 18:41 "What do you want me to do?"

He said, "Lord, that I may see again."

18:42 Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed
you."

18:43 Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying
God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.

19:1 He entered and was passing through Jericho. 19:2 There was a man
named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 19:3 He
was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd,
because he was short. 19:4 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a
sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. 19:5 When Jesus
came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him,
"Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."
19:6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully. 19:7 When they
saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man
who is a sinner."

19:8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my
goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of
anyone, I restore four times as much."

19:9 Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house,
because he also is a son of Abraham. 19:10 For the Son of Man came to
seek and to save that which was lost."

19:11 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because
he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would
be revealed immediately. 19:12 He said therefore, "A certain nobleman
went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
19:13 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and
told them, 'Conduct business until I come.' 19:14 But his citizens hated
him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to
reign over us.'

19:15 "It happened when he had come back again, having received the
kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the
money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by
conducting business. 19:16 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord,
your mina has made ten more minas.'

19:17 "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were
found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten
cities.'

19:18 "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'

19:19 "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.' 19:20
Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away
in a handkerchief, 19:21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting
man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you
didn't sow.'

19:22 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you
wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which
I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow. 19:23 Then why
didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have
earned interest on it?' 19:24 He said to those who stood by, 'Take the
mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'

19:25 "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!' 19:26 'For I tell you
that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't
have, even that which he has will be taken away from him. 19:27 But
bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here,
and kill them before me.'" 19:28 Having said these things, he went on
ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

19:29 It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the
mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, 19:30
saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as
you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie
it, and bring it. 19:31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?'
say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'"

19:32 Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had
told them. 19:33 As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them,
"Why are you untying the colt?" 19:34 They said, "The Lord needs it."
19:35 They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and
set Jesus on them. 19:36 As he went, they spread their cloaks in the
way. 19:37 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of
Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise
God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
19:38 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!*
Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"

19:39 Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher,
rebuke your disciples!"

19:40 He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the
stones would cry out."

19:41 When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, 19:42 saying,
"If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your
peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. 19:43 For the days will
come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you,
surround you, hem you in on every side, 19:44 and will dash you and your
children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone
on another, because you didn't know the time of your visitation."

19:45 He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who
bought and sold in it, 19:46 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house
is a house of prayer,'* but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"*

19:47 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the
scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
19:48 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on
to every word that he said.

20:1 It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in
the temple and preaching the Good News, that the *priests and scribes
came to him with the elders. 20:2 They asked him, "Tell us: by what
authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"

20:3 He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me: 20:4
the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"

20:5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'
he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?' 20:6 But if we say, 'From
men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was
a prophet." 20:7 They answered that they didn't know where it was from.

20:8 Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do
these things."

20:9 He began to tell the people this parable. "A *man planted a
vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another
country for a long time. 20:10 At the proper season, he sent a servant
to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But
the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty. 20:11 He sent yet another
servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent
him away empty. 20:12 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him,
and threw him out. 20:13 The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I
do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will
respect him.'

20:14 "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves,
saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance
may be ours.' 20:15 They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? 20:16 He will
come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others."

When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"

20:17 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is
written,

'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief
cornerstone?'* 20:18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to
pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust." 20:19 The chief
priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but
they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against
them. 20:20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be
righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to
deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 20:21 They
asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and
aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. 20:22 Is it
lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you
test me? 20:24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on
it?"

They answered, "Caesar's."

20:25 He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

20:26 They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They
marveled at his answer, and were silent. 20:27 Some of the Sadducees
came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection. 20:28 They
asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies
having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife,
and raise up children for his brother. 20:29 There were therefore seven
brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless. 20:30 The second
took her as wife, and he died childless. 20:31 The third took her, and
likewise the seven all left no children, and died. 20:32 Afterward the
woman also died. 20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them
will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

20:34 Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given
in marriage. 20:35 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that
age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage. 20:36 For they can't die any more, for they are like the
angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
20:37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when
he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob.'* 20:38 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for
all are alive to him."

20:39 Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well." 20:40
They didn't dare to ask him any more questions.

20:41 He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
20:42 David himself says in the book of Psalms,

'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, 20:43 until I make
your enemies the footstool of your feet."'* 20:44 "David therefore calls
him Lord, so how is he his son?"

20:45 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples, 20:46
"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love
greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the
best places at feasts; 20:47 who devour widows' houses, and for a
pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."

21:1 He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts
into the treasury. 21:2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small
brass coins. 21:3 He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in
more than all of them, 21:4 for all these put in gifts for God from
their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to
live on."

21:5 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with
beautiful stones and gifts, he said, 21:6 "As for these things which you
see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone
on another that will not be thrown down."

21:7 They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the
sign that these things are about to happen?"

21:8 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will
come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is at hand.'
Therefore don't follow them. 21:9 When you hear of wars and
disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first,
but the end won't come immediately."

21:10 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom. 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines,
and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs
from heaven. 21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their
hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and
prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
21:13 It will turn out as a testimony for you. 21:14 Settle it therefore
in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer, 21:15 for I
will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be
able to withstand or to contradict. 21:16 You will be handed over even
by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of
you to be put to death. 21:17 You will be hated by all men for my name's
sake. 21:18 And not a hair of your head will perish.

21:19 "By your endurance you will win your lives.

21:20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that
its desolation is at hand. 21:21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those
who are in the country not enter therein. 21:22 For these are days of
vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 21:23 Woe
to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days!
For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.
21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive
into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles,
until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 21:25 There will be signs
in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in
perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves; 21:26 men fainting
for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the
world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 21:27 Then they
will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
21:28 But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your
heads, because your redemption is near."

21:29 He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
21:30 When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own
selves that the summer is already near. 21:31 Even so you also, when you
see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near. 21:32
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all
things are accomplished. 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will by no means pass away.

21:34 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing,
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you
suddenly. 21:35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on
the surface of all the earth. 21:36 Therefore be watchful all the time,
praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that
will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

21:37 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he
would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
21:38 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to
hear him.

22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover,
drew near. 22:2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might
put him to death, for they feared the people. 22:3 Satan entered into
Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve. 22:4
He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how
he might deliver him to them. 22:5 They were glad, and agreed to give
him money. 22:6 He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him
to them in the absence of the multitude. 22:7 The day of unleavened
bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed. 22:8 He sent Peter
and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."

22:9 They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare?"

22:10 He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the city, a
man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house
which he enters. 22:11 Tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says
to you, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my
disciples?"' 22:12 He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make
preparations there."

22:13 They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the
Passover. 22:14 When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve
apostles. 22:15 He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this
Passover with you before I suffer, 22:16 for I tell you, I will no
longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of
God." 22:17 He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said,
"Take this, and share it among yourselves, 22:18 for I tell you, I will
not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of
God comes."

22:19 He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave
to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in
memory of me." 22:20 Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying,
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
22:21 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the
table. 22:22 The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but
woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!"

22:23 They began to question among themselves, which of them it was who
would do this thing. 22:24 There arose also a contention among them,
which of them was considered to be greatest. 22:25 He said to them, "The
kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority
over them are called 'benefactors.' 22:26 But not so with you. But one
who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who
is governing, as one who serves. 22:27 For who is greater, one who sits
at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But
I am in the midst of you as one who serves. 22:28 But you are those who
have continued with me in my trials. 22:29 I confer on you a kingdom,
even as my Father conferred on me, 22:30 that you may eat and drink at
my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel."

22:31 The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you,
that he might sift you as wheat, 22:32 but I prayed for you, that your
faith wouldn't fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish
your brothers."

22:33 He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison
and to death!"

22:34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow
today until you deny that you know me three times."

22:35 He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet,
and shoes, did you lack anything?"

They said, "Nothing."

22:36 Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take
it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and
buy a sword. 22:37 For I tell you that this which is written must still
be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.'* For that which
concerns me has an end."

22:38 They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords."

He said to them, "That is enough."

22:39 He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives.
His disciples also followed him. 22:40 When he was at the place, he said
to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."

22:41 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt
down and prayed, 22:42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this
cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

22:43 An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. 22:44
Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great
drops of blood falling down on the ground.

22:45 When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and
found them sleeping because of grief, 22:46 and said to them, "Why do
you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."

22:47 While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was
called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus
to kiss him. 22:48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, do you betray the Son
of Man with a kiss?"

22:49 When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they
said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" 22:50 A certain one
of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right
ear.

22:51 But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched his
ear, and healed him. 22:52 Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of
the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as
against a robber, with swords and clubs? 22:53 When I was with you in
the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this
is your hour, and the power of darkness."

22:54 They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high
priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance. 22:55 When they had
kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down
together, Peter sat among them. 22:56 A certain servant girl saw him as
he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also
was with him."

22:57 He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."

22:58 After a little while someone else saw him, and said, "You also are
one of them!"

But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"

22:59 After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying,
"Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"

22:60 But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!"
Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. 22:61 The
Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word,
how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three
times." 22:62 He went out, and wept bitterly.

22:63 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. 22:64 Having
blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy!
Who is the one who struck you?" 22:65 They spoke many other things
against him, insulting him.

22:66 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people
was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him
away into their council, saying, 22:67 "If you are the Christ, tell us."

But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe, 22:68 and if I
ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go. 22:69 From now on, the
Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

22:70 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?"

He said to them, "You say it, because I am."

22:71 They said, "Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have
heard from his own mouth!"

23:1 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
23:2 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the
nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is
Christ, a king."

23:3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

He answered him, "So you say."

23:4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no
basis for a charge against this man."

23:5 But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching
throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place." 23:6
But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a
Galilean. 23:7 When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he
sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

23:8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had
wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things
about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him. 23:9 He questioned
him with many words, but he gave no answers. 23:10 The chief priests and
the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. 23:11 Herod with his
soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious
clothing, they sent him back to Pilate. 23:12 Herod and Pilate became
friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies
with each other.

23:13 Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the
people, 23:14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that
perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found
no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which
you accuse him. 23:15 Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see,
nothing worthy of death has been done by him. 23:16 I will therefore
chastise him and release him."

23:17 Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast. 23:18 But
they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us
Barabbas!"-- 23:19 one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt
in the city, and for murder.

23:20 Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus, 23:21
but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

23:22 He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done?
I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and
release him." 23:23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that
he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests
prevailed. 23:24 Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
23:25 He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection
and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their
will.

23:26 When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming
from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.
23:27 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who
also mourned and lamented him. 23:28 But Jesus, turning to them, said,
"Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and
for your children. 23:29 For behold, the days are coming in which they
will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the
breasts that never nursed.' 23:30 Then they will begin to tell the
mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'* 23:31 For if
they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"

23:32 There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to
death. 23:33 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they
crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other
on the left.

23:34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they
are doing."

Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots. 23:35 The people stood
watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved
others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen
one!"

23:36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him
vinegar, 23:37 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save
yourself!"

23:38 An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek,
Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

23:39 One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you
are the Christ, save yourself and us!"

23:40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you even
fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 23:41 And we
indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man
has done nothing wrong." 23:42 He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when
you come into your Kingdom."

23:43 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with
me in Paradise."

23:44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole
land until the ninth hour. 23:45 The sun was darkened, and the veil of
the temple was torn in two. 23:46 Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said,
"Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he
breathed his last.

23:47 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying,
"Certainly this was a righteous man." 23:48 All the multitudes that came
together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned
home beating their breasts. 23:49 All his acquaintances, and the women
who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these
things.

23:50 Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a
good and righteous man 23:51 (he had not consented to their counsel and
deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the
Kingdom of God: 23:52 this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus'
body. 23:53 He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid
him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
23:54 It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing
near. 23:55 The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed
after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid. 23:56 They returned,
and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according
to the commandment.

24:1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some
others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
24:2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 24:3 They entered
in, and didn't find the Lord Jesus' body. 24:4 It happened, while they
were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in
dazzling clothing. 24:5 Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down
to the earth.

They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? 24:6 He
isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in
Galilee, 24:7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the
hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"

24:8 They remembered his words, 24:9 returned from the tomb, and told
all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. 24:10 Now they were
Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women
with them told these things to the apostles. 24:11 These words seemed to
them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them. 24:12 But Peter got
up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of
linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what
had happened.

24:13 Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named
Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem. 24:14 They talked with
each other about all of these things which had happened. 24:15 It
happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself
came near, and went with them. 24:16 But their eyes were kept from
recognizing him. 24:17 He said to them, "What are you talking about as
you walk, and are sad?"

24:18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only
stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened
there in these days?"

24:19 He said to them, "What things?"

They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a
prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; 24:20 and
how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to
death, and crucified him. 24:21 But we were hoping that it was he who
would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day
since these things happened. 24:22 Also, certain women of our company
amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb; 24:23 and when they didn't
find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of
angels, who said that he was alive. 24:24 Some of us went to the tomb,
and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."

24:25 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all
that the prophets have spoken! 24:26 Didn't the Christ have to suffer
these things and to enter into his glory?" 24:27 Beginning from Moses
and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures
the things concerning himself. 24:28 They drew near to the village,
where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.

24:29 They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening,
and the day is almost over."

He went in to stay with them. 24:30 It happened, that when he had sat
down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking
it, he gave to them. 24:31 Their eyes were opened, and they recognized
him, and he vanished out of their sight. 24:32 They said one to another,
"Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the
way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?" 24:33 They rose up that
very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered
together, and those who were with them, 24:34 saying, "The Lord is risen
indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" 24:35 They related the things that
happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the
breaking of the bread.

24:36 As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and
said to them, "Peace be to you."

24:37 But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that
they had seen a spirit.

24:38 He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in
your hearts? 24:39 See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch
me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I
have." 24:40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his
feet. 24:41 While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he
said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

24:42 They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. 24:43
He took them, and ate in front of them. 24:44 He said to them, "This is
what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are
written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me
must be fulfilled."

24:45 Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the
Scriptures. 24:46 He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was
necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third
day, 24:47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached
in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 24:48 You are
witnesses of these things. 24:49 Behold, I send forth the promise of my
Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed
with power from on high."

24:50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and
blessed them. 24:51 It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew
from them, and was carried up into heaven. 24:52 They worshiped him, and
returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 24:53 and were continually in the
temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 2:23 Exodus 13:2,12

[2] back to 2:24 Leviticus 12:8

[3] back to 2:26 "Christ" (Greek) and "Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean
"Anointed One"

[4] back to 3:6 Isaiah 40:3-5

[5] back to 3:19 TR reads "brother Philip's" instead of "brother's"

[6] back to 3:33 NU reads "Admin, the son of Arni" instead of "Aram"

[7] back to 4:4 Deuteronomy 8:3

[8] back to 4:8 Deuteronomy 6:13

[9] back to 4:11 Psalm 91:11-12

[10] back to 4:12 Deuteronomy 6:16

[11] back to 4:18 NU omits "to heal the brokenhearted"

[12] back to 4:19 Isaiah 61:1-2

[13] back to 6:26 TR adds "to you"

[14] back to 6:26 TR adds "all"

[15] back to 6:38 literally, into your bosom.

[16] back to 7:27 Malachi 3:1

[17] back to 7:31 TR adds "But the Lord said,"

[18] back to 8:3 TR reads "him" instead of "them"

[19] back to 8:10 Isaiah 6:9

[20] back to 8:44 or, tassel

[21] back to 9:1 TR reads "his twelve disciples" instead of "the twelve"

[22] back to 9:23 TR, NU add "daily"

[23] back to 9:31 literally, "exodus"

[24] back to 10:1 literally, "before his face"

[25] back to 10:15 Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell.

[26] back to 10:27 Deuteronomy 6:5

[27] back to 10:27 Leviticus 19:18

[28] back to 12:5 or, Hell

[29] back to 12:6 An assarion was a small copper coin worth about an
hour's wages for an agricultural laborer.

[30] back to 12:59 literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass
Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter
of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural
worker's daily wages.

[31] back to 13:21 literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a
bit more than a bushel

[32] back to 13:35 Psalm 118:26

[33] back to 14:5 TR reads "donkey" instead of "son"

[34] back to 15:8 A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an
agricultural laborer.

[35] back to 16:6 100 batos is about 395 litres, 104 U. S. gallons, or
87 imperial gallons.

[36] back to 16:7 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels.

[37] back to 16:13 "Mammon" refers to riches or a false god of wealth.

[38] back to 16:23 or, Hell

[39] back to 17:36 Some Greek manuscripts add: "Two will be in the
field: the one taken, and the other left."

[40] back to 18:20 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20

[41] back to 19:13 10 minas was more than 3 years' wages for an
agricultural laborer.

[42] back to 19:29 TR, NU read "Bethpage" instead of "Bethsphage"

[43] back to 19:38 Psalm 118:26

[44] back to 19:46 Isaiah 56:7

[45] back to 19:46 Jeremiah 7:11

[46] back to 20:1 TR adds "chief"

[47] back to 20:9 NU (in brackets) and TR add "certain"

[48] back to 20:17 Psalm 118:22

[49] back to 20:37 Exodus 3:6

[50] back to 20:43 Psalm 110:1

[51] back to 21:2 literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a
day's wages for an agricultural laborer.

[52] back to 21:8 or, I AM

[53] back to 22:32 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[54] back to 22:37 Isaiah 53:12

[55] back to 23:30 Hosea 10:8

[56] back to 23:44 Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was
about noon.

[57] back to 23:44 3:00 PM

[58] back to 24:13 60 stadia = about 11 kilometers or about 7 miles.



The Good News According to John

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. 1:3 All things
were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been
made. 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 1:5 The
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it. 1:6
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 1:7 The same came
as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might
believe through him. 1:8 He was not the light, but was sent that he
might testify about the light. 1:9 The true light that enlightens
everyone was coming into the world.

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the
world didn't recognize him. 1:11 He came to his own, and those who were
his own didn't receive him. 1:12 But as many as received him, to them he
gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his
name: 1:13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God. 1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived
among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the
Father, full of grace and truth. 1:15 John testified about him. He cried
out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has
surpassed me, for he was before me.'" 1:16 From his fullness we all
received grace upon grace. 1:17 For the law was given through Moses.
Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 1:18 No one has seen God at
any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he
has declared him.

1:19 This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites
from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

1:20 He confessed, and didn't deny, but he confessed, "I am not the
Christ."

1:21 They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?"

He said, "I am not."

"Are you the prophet?"

He answered, "No."

1:22 They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take
back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

1:23 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make
straight the way of the Lord,'* as Isaiah the prophet said."

1:24 The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees. 1:25 They asked
him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah,
nor the prophet?"

1:26 John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one
whom you don't know. 1:27 He is the one who comes after me, who is
preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen." 1:28
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was
baptizing.

1:29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 1:30 This is he of
whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he
was before me.' 1:31 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came
baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel." 1:32 John
testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of
heaven, and it remained on him. 1:33 I didn't recognize him, but he who
sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see
the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes
in the Holy Spirit.' 1:34 I have seen, and have testified that this is
the Son of God."

1:35 Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,
1:36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of
God!" 1:37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
1:38 Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are
you looking for?"

They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher),
"where are you staying?"

1:39 He said to them, "Come, and see."

They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that
day. It was about the tenth hour. 1:40 One of the two who heard John,
and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 1:41 He first found
his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!"
(which is, being interpreted, Christ). 1:42 He brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You
shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter). 1:43 On the
next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip.
Jesus said to him, "Follow me." 1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of
the city of Andrew and Peter. 1:45 Philip found Nathanael, and said to
him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets,
wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

1:46 Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"

Philip said to him, "Come and see."

1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold, an
Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"

1:48 Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?"

Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the
fig tree, I saw you."

1:49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are
King of Israel!"

1:50 Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath the
fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these!" 1:51
He said to him, "Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see
heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son
of Man."

2:1 The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus'
mother was there. 2:2 Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the
marriage. 2:3 When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They
have no wine."

2:4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and
me? My hour has not yet come."

2:5 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
2:6 Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews'
manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece. 2:7 Jesus
said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to
the brim. 2:8 He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the
ruler of the feast." So they took it. 2:9 When the ruler of the feast
tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from
(but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast
called the bridegroom, 2:10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good
wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is
worse. You have kept the good wine until now!" 2:11 This beginning of
his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his
disciples believed in him.

2:12 After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his
brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days. 2:13 The
Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2:14
He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the
changers of money sitting. 2:15 He made a whip of cords, and threw all
out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the
changers' money, and overthrew their tables. 2:16 To those who sold the
doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's
house a marketplace!" 2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written,
"Zeal for your house will eat me up."*

2:18 The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing
that you do these things?"

2:19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will
raise it up."

2:20 The Jews therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple in
building, and will you raise it up in three days?" 2:21 But he spoke of
the temple of his body. 2:22 When therefore he was raised from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the
Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast,
many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did. 2:24 But
Jesus didn't trust himself to them, because he knew everyone, 2:25 and
because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he
himself knew what was in man.

3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the
Jews. 3:2 The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we
know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs
that you do, unless God is with him."

3:3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born
anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."

3:4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he
enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

3:5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of
water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 3:6 That which
is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is
spirit. 3:7 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
3:8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't
know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is
born of the Spirit."

3:9 Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"

3:10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't
understand these things? 3:11 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that
which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't
receive our witness. 3:12 If I told you earthly things and you don't
believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 3:13 No one
has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of
Man, who is in heaven. 3:14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 3:15 that whoever
believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 3:16 For God
so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 3:17 For God
didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the
world should be saved through him. 3:18 He who believes in him is not
judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has
not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 3:19 This is
the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the
darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 3:20 For
everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light,
lest his works would be exposed. 3:21 But he who does the truth comes to
the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in
God."

3:22 After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of
Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized. 3:23 John also was
baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They
came, and were baptized. 3:24 For John was not yet thrown into prison.
3:25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples
with some Jews about purification. 3:26 They came to John, and said to
him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have
testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."

3:27 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given
him from heaven. 3:28 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the
Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.' 3:29 He who has the bride
is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and
hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my
joy, therefore is made full. 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
3:31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth
belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven
is above all. 3:32 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and
no one receives his witness. 3:33 He who has received his witness has
set his seal to this, that God is true. 3:34 For he whom God has sent
speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure. 3:35
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. 3:36
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the
Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."

4:1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus
was making and baptizing more disciples than John 4:2 (although Jesus
himself didn't baptize, but his disciples), 4:3 he left Judea, and
departed into Galilee. 4:4 He needed to pass through Samaria. 4:5 So he
came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that
Jacob gave to his son, Joseph. 4:6 Jacob's well was there. Jesus
therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was
about the sixth hour. 4:7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus
said to her, "Give me a drink." 4:8 For his disciples had gone away into
the city to buy food.

4:9 The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you,
being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have
no dealings with Samaritans.)

4:10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who
says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would
have given you living water."

4:11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the
well is deep. From where then have you that living water? 4:12 Are you
greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it
himself, as did his children, and his livestock?"

4:13 Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst
again, 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will
never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in
him a well of water springing up to eternal life."

4:15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't
get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw."

4:16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."

4:17 The woman answered, "I have no husband."

Jesus said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,' 4:18 for you
have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband.
This you have said truly."

4:19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
4:20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in
Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."

4:21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither
in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 4:22
You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know;
for salvation is from the Jews. 4:23 But the hour comes, and now is,
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,
for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers. 4:24 God is spirit, and
those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

4:25 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is
called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."

4:26 Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you." 4:27 At
this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a
woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you
speak with her?" 4:28 So the woman left her water pot, and went away
into the city, and said to the people, 4:29 "Come, see a man who told me
everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?"

4:30 They went out of the city, and were coming to him. 4:31 In the
meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."

4:32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you don't know
about."

4:33 The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought
him something to eat?"

4:34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me,
and to accomplish his work. 4:35 Don't you say, 'There are yet four
months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and
look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already. 4:36 He who
reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he
who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 4:37 For in this the
saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.' 4:38 I sent you to reap
that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have
entered into their labor."

4:39 From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of
the word of the woman, who testified, "He told me everything that I
did." 4:40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay
with them. He stayed there two days. 4:41 Many more believed because of
his word. 4:42 They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of
your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is
indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."

4:43 After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
4:44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own
country. 4:45 So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him,
having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for
they also went to the feast. 4:46 Jesus came therefore again to Cana of
Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman
whose son was sick at Capernaum. 4:47 When he heard that Jesus had come
out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him that he would
come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 4:48 Jesus
therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no
way believe."

4:49 The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
4:50 Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The man believed
the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. 4:51 As he was
now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child
lives!" 4:52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get
better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour, the
fever left him." 4:53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in
which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." He believed, as did his whole
house. 4:54 This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come
out of Judea into Galilee.

5:1 After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up
to Jerusalem. 5:2 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool,
which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches. 5:3 In these
lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed,
waiting for the moving of the water; 5:4 for an angel of the Lord went
down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever
stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made whole of
whatever disease he had. 5:5 A certain man was there, who had been sick
for thirty-eight years. 5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew
that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be
made well?"

5:7 The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the
pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps
down before me."

5:8 Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."

5:9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked.

Now it was the Sabbath on that day. 5:10 So the Jews said to him who was
cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

5:11 He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take
up your mat, and walk.'"

5:12 Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your
mat, and walk'?"

5:13 But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus had
withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.

5:14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold,
you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."

5:15 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made
him well. 5:16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to
kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. 5:17 But Jesus
answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too." 5:18
For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him,
because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own
Father, making himself equal with God. 5:19 Jesus therefore answered
them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself,
but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these
the Son also does likewise. 5:20 For the Father has affection for the
Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him
greater works than these, that you may marvel. 5:21 For as the Father
raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to
whom he desires. 5:22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all
judgment to the Son, 5:23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor
the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who
sent him.

5:24 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him
who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has
passed out of death into life. 5:25 Most certainly, I tell you, the hour
comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and
those who hear will live. 5:26 For as the Father has life in himself,
even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. 5:27 He also
gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. 5:28
Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the
tombs will hear his voice, 5:29 and will come out; those who have done
good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the
resurrection of judgment. 5:30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I
judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will,
but the will of my Father who sent me.

5:31 "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. 5:32 It is
another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he
testifies about me is true. 5:33 You have sent to John, and he has
testified to the truth. 5:34 But the testimony which I receive is not
from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved. 5:35 He was
the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a
while in his light. 5:36 But the testimony which I have is greater than
that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the
very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
5:37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have
neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. 5:38 You don't
have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.

5:39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have
eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. 5:40 Yet you
will not come to me, that you may have life. 5:41 I don't receive glory
from men. 5:42 But I know you, that you don't have God's love in
yourselves. 5:43 I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive
me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 5:44 How can
you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the
glory that comes from the only God?

5:45 "Don't think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who
accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 5:46 For if you
believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me. 5:47 But if
you don't believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

6:1 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of
Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. 6:2 A great multitude
followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were
sick. 6:3 Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his
disciples. 6:4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 6:5
Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude
was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that
these may eat?" 6:6 This he said to test him, for he himself knew what
he would do.

6:7 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little."

6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
6:9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but
what are these among so many?"

6:10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in
that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 6:11
Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the
disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise
also of the fish as much as they desired. 6:12 When they were filled, he
said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over,
that nothing be lost." 6:13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve
baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left
over by those who had eaten. 6:14 When therefore the people saw the sign
which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into
the world." 6:15 Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to
come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the
mountain by himself.

6:16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 6:17 and
they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It
was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 6:18 The sea was tossed by
a great wind blowing. 6:19 When therefore they had rowed about twenty-
five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea,* and drawing
near to the boat; and they were afraid. 6:20 But he said to them, "It is
I. Don't be afraid." 6:21 They were willing therefore to receive him
into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were
going.

6:22 On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the
sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his
disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples
into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. 6:23 However boats
from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the
Lord had given thanks. 6:24 When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus
wasn't there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and
came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 6:25 When they found him on the other
side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

6:26 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not
because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were
filled. 6:27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food
which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.
For God the Father has sealed him."

6:28 They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the
works of God?"

6:29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in
him whom he has sent."

6:30 They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that
we may see, and believe you? What work do you do? 6:31 Our fathers ate
the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out
of heaven to eat.'"*

6:32 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, it
wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives
you the true bread out of heaven. 6:33 For the bread of God is that
which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

6:34 They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."

6:35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me
will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
6:36 But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don't believe.
6:37 All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to
me I will in no way throw out. 6:38 For I have come down from heaven,
not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 6:39 This is the
will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should
lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. 6:40 This is the
will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and
believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at
the last day."

6:41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am
the bread which came down out of heaven." 6:42 They said, "Isn't this
Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does
he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"

6:43 Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't murmur among yourselves. 6:44
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I
will raise him up in the last day. 6:45 It is written in the prophets,
'They will all be taught by God.'* Therefore everyone who hears from the
Father, and has learned, comes to me. 6:46 Not that anyone has seen the
Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father. 6:47 Most
certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life. 6:48 I am
the bread of life. 6:49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
and they died. 6:50 This is the bread which comes down out of heaven,
that anyone may eat of it and not die. 6:51 I am the living bread which
came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live
forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is
my flesh."

6:52 The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can
this man give us his flesh to eat?"

6:53 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless
you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have
life in yourselves. 6:54 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has
eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 6:55 For my flesh
is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 6:56 He who eats my flesh
and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. 6:57 As the living Father
sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he
will also live because of me. 6:58 This is the bread which came down out
of heaven--not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this
bread will live forever." 6:59 These things he said in the synagogue, as
he taught in Capernaum.

6:60 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This
is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"

6:61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this,
said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble? 6:62 Then what if you
would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 6:63 It is
the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I
speak to you are spirit, and are life. 6:64 But there are some of you
who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who
didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him. 6:65 He said, "For
this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is
given to him by my Father."

6:66 At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with
him. 6:67 Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go
away, do you?"

6:68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the
words of eternal life. 6:69 We have come to believe and know that you
are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

6:70 Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of
you is a devil?" 6:71 Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,
for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.

7:1 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn't
walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 7:2 Now the feast of
the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand. 7:3 His brothers therefore
said to him, "Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples
also may see your works which you do. 7:4 For no one does anything in
secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things,
reveal yourself to the world." 7:5 For even his brothers didn't believe
in him.

7:6 Jesus therefore said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your
time is always ready. 7:7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me,
because I testify about it, that its works are evil. 7:8 You go up to
the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not
yet fulfilled."

7:9 Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee. 7:10 But
when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not
publicly, but as it were in secret. 7:11 The Jews therefore sought him
at the feast, and said, "Where is he?" 7:12 There was much murmuring
among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man."
Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray." 7:13 Yet no
one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews. 7:14 But when it was now
the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 7:15
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man know letters,
having never been educated?"

7:16 Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his
who sent me. 7:17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about
the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks
the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
7:19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law?
Why do you seek to kill me?"

7:20 The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"

7:21 Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel because of
it. 7:22 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but
of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy. 7:23 If a boy
receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be
broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy
on the Sabbath? 7:24 Don't judge according to appearance, but judge
righteous judgment."

7:25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they
seek to kill? 7:26 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to
him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the
Christ? 7:27 However we know where this man comes from, but when the
Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."

7:28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You
both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but
he who sent me is true, whom you don't know. 7:29 I know him, because I
am from him, and he sent me."

7:30 They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him,
because his hour had not yet come. 7:31 But of the multitude, many
believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more
signs than those which this man has done, will he?" 7:32 The Pharisees
heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief
priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

7:33 Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer, then I
go to him who sent me. 7:34 You will seek me, and won't find me; and
where I am, you can't come."

7:35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go
that we won't find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks,
and teach the Greeks? 7:36 What is this word that he said, 'You will
seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"

7:37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! 7:38 He
who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow
rivers of living water." 7:39 But he said this about the Spirit, which
those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet
given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.

7:40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said,
"This is truly the prophet." 7:41 Others said, "This is the Christ." But
some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee? 7:42 Hasn't the
Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David,* and from
Bethlehem,* the village where David was?" 7:43 So there arose a division
in the multitude because of him. 7:44 Some of them would have arrested
him, but no one laid hands on him. 7:45 The officers therefore came to
the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why didn't you
bring him?"

7:46 The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"

7:47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, "You aren't also led astray,
are you? 7:48 Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the
Pharisees? 7:49 But this multitude that doesn't know the law is
accursed."

7:50 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to
them, 7:51 "Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him
personally and knows what he does?"

7:52 They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that
no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.*"

7:53 Everyone went to his own house, 8:1 but Jesus went to the Mount of
Olives. 8:2 Now very early in the morning, he came again into the
temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.
8:3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery.
Having set her in the midst, 8:4 they told him, "Teacher, we found this
woman in adultery, in the very act. 8:5 Now in our law, Moses commanded
us to stone such.* What then do you say about her?" 8:6 They said this
testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of.

But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger. 8:7 But
when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who
is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her." 8:8
Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

8:9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went
out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was
left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. 8:10 Jesus,
standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no
one condemn you?"

8:11 She said, "No one, Lord."

Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no
more."

8:12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of
the world.* He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will
have the light of life."

8:13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself.
Your testimony is not valid."

8:14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony
is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you
don't know where I came from, or where I am going. 8:15 You judge
according to the flesh. I judge no one. 8:16 Even if I do judge, my
judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent
me. 8:17 It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people
is valid.* 8:18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who
sent me testifies about me."

8:19 They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?"

Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you
would know my Father also." 8:20 Jesus spoke these words in the
treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because
his hour had not yet come. 8:21 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I
am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins.
Where I go, you can't come."

8:22 The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says,
'Where I am going, you can't come?'"

8:23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of
this world. I am not of this world. 8:24 I said therefore to you that
you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will
die in your sins."

8:25 They said therefore to him, "Who are you?"

Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the
beginning. 8:26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you.
However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him,
these I say to the world."

8:27 They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father. 8:28
Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man,
then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my
Father taught me, I say these things. 8:29 He who sent me is with me.
The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are
pleasing to him."

8:30 As he spoke these things, many believed in him. 8:31 Jesus
therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my
word, then you are truly my disciples. 8:32 You will know the truth, and
the truth will make you free."*

8:33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in
bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"

8:34 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who
commits sin is the bondservant of sin. 8:35 A bondservant doesn't live
in the house forever. A son remains forever. 8:36 If therefore the Son
makes you free, you will be free indeed. 8:37 I know that you are
Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place
in you. 8:38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you
also do the things which you have seen with your father."

8:39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham."

Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the
works of Abraham. 8:40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told
you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this. 8:41 You
do the works of your father."

They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one
Father, God."

8:42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would
love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of
myself, but he sent me. 8:43 Why don't you understand my speech? Because
you can't hear my word. 8:44 You are of your father, the devil, and you
want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and
its father. 8:45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.
8:46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you
not believe me? 8:47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this
cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."

8:48 Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a
Samaritan, and have a demon?"

8:49 Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and
you dishonor me. 8:50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who
seeks and judges. 8:51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my
word, he will never see death."

8:52 Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon.
Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he
will never taste of death.' 8:53 Are you greater than our father,
Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to
be?"

8:54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my
Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God. 8:55 You
have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I
would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word. 8:56 Your
father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad."

8:57 The Jews therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old,
and have you seen Abraham?"

8:58 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham
came into existence, I AM."

8:59 Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was
hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst of
them, and so passed by.

9:1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 9:2 His disciples
asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born
blind?"

9:3 Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but,
that the works of God might be revealed in him. 9:4 I must work the
works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no
one can work. 9:5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
9:6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the
saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud, 9:7 and said to him,
"Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away,
washed, and came back seeing. 9:8 The neighbors therefore, and those who
saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"
9:9 Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks
like him."

He said, "I am he." 9:10 They therefore were asking him, "How were your
eyes opened?"

9:11 He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and
said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and
washed, and I received sight."

9:12 Then they asked him, "Where is he?"

He said, "I don't know."

9:13 They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees. 9:14 It was a
Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 9:15 Again
therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He
said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."

9:16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God,
because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is
a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them. 9:17 Therefore
they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he
opened your eyes?"

He said, "He is a prophet."

9:18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been
blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him
who had received his sight, 9:19 and asked them, "Is this your son, who
you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

9:20 His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that
he was born blind; 9:21 but how he now sees, we don't know; or who
opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for
himself." 9:22 His parents said these things because they feared the
Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him
as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. 9:23 Therefore his
parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."

9:24 So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to
him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."

9:25 He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I
do know: that though I was blind, now I see."

9:26 They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open
your eyes?"

9:27 He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why
do you want to hear it again? You don't also want to become his
disciples, do you?"

9:28 They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are
disciples of Moses. 9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as
for this man, we don't know where he comes from."

9:30 The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes
from, yet he opened my eyes. 9:31 We know that God doesn't listen to
sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he
listens to him.* 9:32 Since the world began it has never been heard of
that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind. 9:33 If this man were
not from God, he could do nothing."

9:34 They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you
teach us?" They threw him out.

9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said,
"Do you believe in the Son of God?"

9:36 He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"

9:37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks
with you."

9:38 He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.

9:39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who
don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

9:40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and
said to him, "Are we also blind?"

9:41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but
now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

10:1 "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into
the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a
robber. 10:2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the
sheep. 10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen
to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. 10:4
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep
follow him, for they know his voice. 10:5 They will by no means follow a
stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of
strangers." 10:6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't
understand what he was telling them.

10:7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I
am the sheep's door. 10:8 All who came before me are thieves and
robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them. 10:9 I am the door. If
anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and
will find pasture. 10:10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and
destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
10:11 I am the good shepherd.* The good shepherd lays down his life for
the sheep. 10:12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't
own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The
wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. 10:13 The hired hand flees
because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep. 10:14 I am
the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own; 10:15 even as
the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the
sheep. 10:16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold.* I must
bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock
with one shepherd. 10:17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay
down my life,* that I may take it again. 10:18 No one takes it away from
me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have
power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

10:19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these
words. 10:20 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do
you listen to him?" 10:21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one
possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of
the blind, is it?"*

10:22 It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem. 10:23 It was
winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch. 10:24
The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you
hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

10:25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works
that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me. 10:26 But you
don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. 10:27 My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 10:28 I give
eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch
them out of my hand. 10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is
greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
10:30 I and the Father are one."

10:31 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him. 10:32 Jesus
answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For
which of those works do you stone me?"

10:33 The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but
for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."

10:34 Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said, you
are gods?'* 10:35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came
(and the Scripture can't be broken), 10:36 do you say of him whom the
Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I
said, 'I am the Son of God?' 10:37 If I don't do the works of my Father,
don't believe me. 10:38 But if I do them, though you don't believe me,
believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in
me, and I in the Father."

10:39 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
10:40 He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was
baptizing at first, and there he stayed. 10:41 Many came to him. They
said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this
man is true." 10:42 Many believed in him there.

11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of
Mary and her sister, Martha. 11:2 It was that Mary who had anointed the
Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother,
Lazarus, was sick. 11:3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying,
"Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick." 11:4 But
when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for
the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it." 11:5 Now Jesus
loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 11:6 When therefore he heard
that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was. 11:7
Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let's go into Judea again."

11:8 The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone
you, and are you going there again?"

11:9 Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man
walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this
world. 11:10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the
light isn't in him." 11:11 He said these things, and after that, he said
to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that
I may awake him out of sleep."

11:12 The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he
will recover."

11:13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke
of taking rest in sleep. 11:14 So Jesus said to them plainly then,
"Lazarus is dead. 11:15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there,
so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."

11:16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow
disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him."

11:17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four
days already. 11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia
away. 11:19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and
Mary, to console them concerning their brother. 11:20 Then when Martha
heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in
the house. 11:21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would
have been here, my brother wouldn't have died. 11:22 Even now I know
that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you." 11:23 Jesus said to
her, "Your brother will rise again."

11:24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the
resurrection at the last day."

11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who
believes in me will still live, even if he dies. 11:26 Whoever lives and
believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

11:27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are
the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."

11:28 When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her
sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."

11:29 When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him. 11:30 Now
Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where
Martha met him. 11:31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and
were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and
went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep
there." 11:32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him,
she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been
here, my brother wouldn't have died."

11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who
came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 11:34 and
said, "Where have you laid him?"

They told him, "Lord, come and see."

11:35 Jesus wept.

11:36 The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
11:37 Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him
who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"

11:38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now
it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 11:39 Jesus said, "Take away
the stone."

Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time
there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."

11:40 Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you
would see God's glory?"

11:41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was
lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you
listened to me. 11:42 I know that you always listen to me, but because
of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe
that you sent me." 11:43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud
voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

11:44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and
his face was wrapped around with a cloth.

Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."

11:45 Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus
did, believed in him. 11:46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees,
and told them the things which Jesus had done. 11:47 The chief priests
therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we
doing? For this man does many signs. 11:48 If we leave him alone like
this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take
away both our place and our nation."

11:49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year,
said to them, "You know nothing at all, 11:50 nor do you consider that
it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and
that the whole nation not perish." 11:51 Now he didn't say this of
himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would
die for the nation, 11:52 and not for the nation only, but that he might
also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered
abroad. 11:53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might
put him to death. 11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the
Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a
city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.

11:55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the
country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 11:56
Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in
the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at
all?" 11:57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that
if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize
him.

12:1 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where
Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 12:2 So
they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of
those who sat at the table with him. 12:3 Mary, therefore, took a pound
of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus,
and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the
fragrance of the ointment. 12:4 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of
his disciples, who would betray him, said, 12:5 "Why wasn't this
ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?" 12:6
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was
a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
12:7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of
my burial. 12:8 For you always have the poor with you, but you don't
always have me."

12:9 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and
they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus
also, whom he had raised from the dead. 12:10 But the chief priests
conspired to put Lazarus to death also, 12:11 because on account of him
many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

12:12 On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they
heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 12:13 they took the branches
of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out, "Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,* the King of Israel!"

12:14 Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,
12:15 "Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes,
sitting on a donkey's colt."* 12:16 His disciples didn't understand
these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they
remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had
done these things to him. 12:17 The multitude therefore that was with
him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the
dead, was testifying about it. 12:18 For this cause also the multitude
went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign. 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish
nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."

12:20 Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship
at the feast. 12:21 These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from
Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see
Jesus." 12:22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with
Philip, and they told Jesus. 12:23 Jesus answered them, "The time has
come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 12:24 Most certainly I tell
you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains
by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. 12:25 He who loves
his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it
to eternal life. 12:26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I
am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will
honor him.

12:27 "Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from
this time?' But for this cause I came to this time. 12:28 Father,
glorify your name!"

Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified
it, and will glorify it again."

12:29 The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it
had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

12:30 Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your
sakes. 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this
world will be cast out. 12:32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all people to myself." 12:33 But he said this, signifying by
what kind of death he should die. 12:34 The multitude answered him, "We
have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever.* How do you
say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"

12:35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is
with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake
you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going. 12:36
While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become
children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid
himself from them. 12:37 But though he had done so many signs before
them, yet they didn't believe in him, 12:38 that the word of Isaiah the
prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke,

"Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been
revealed?"* 12:39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said
again,

12:40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they
should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would
turn, and I would heal them."* 12:41 Isaiah said these things when he
saw his glory, and spoke of him.* 12:42 Nevertheless even of the rulers
many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn't confess
it, so that they wouldn't be put out of the synagogue, 12:43 for they
loved men's praise more than God's praise.

12:44 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in
me, but in him who sent me. 12:45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.
12:46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me
may not remain in the darkness. 12:47 If anyone listens to my sayings,
and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the
world, but to save the world. 12:48 He who rejects me, and doesn't
receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the
same will judge him in the last day. 12:49 For I spoke not from myself,
but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say,
and what I should speak. 12:50 I know that his commandment is eternal
life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to
me, so I speak."

13:1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time
had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having
loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 13:2
After supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas
Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the
Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from
God, and was going to God, 13:4 arose from supper, and laid aside his
outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.
13:5 Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the
disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around
him. 13:6 Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you
wash my feet?"

13:7 Jesus answered him, "You don't know what I am doing now, but you
will understand later."

13:8 Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!"

Jesus answered him, "If I don't wash you, you have no part with me."

13:9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands
and my head!"

13:10 Jesus said to him, "Someone who has bathed only needs to have his
feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of
you." 13:11 For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said,
"You are not all clean." 13:12 So when he had washed their feet, put his
outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know
what I have done to you? 13:13 You call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You
say so correctly, for so I am. 13:14 If I then, the Lord and the
Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's
feet. 13:15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do as
I have done to you. 13:16 Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not
greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent
him. 13:17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
13:18 I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen.
But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has
lifted up his heel against me.'* 13:19 From now on, I tell you before it
happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he. 13:20 Most
certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and
he who receives me, receives him who sent me."

13:21 When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and
testified, "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

13:22 The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he
spoke. 13:23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table,
leaning against Jesus' breast. 13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to
him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom he speaks."

13:25 He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast, asked him, "Lord,
who is it?"

13:26 Jesus therefore answered, "It is he to whom I will give this piece
of bread when I have dipped it." So when he had dipped the piece of
bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 13:27 After the
piece of bread, then Satan entered into him.

Then Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."

13:28 Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him. 13:29 For
some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him,
"Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give
something to the poor. 13:30 Therefore, having received that morsel, he
went out immediately. It was night.

13:31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been
glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 13:32 If God has been
glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will
glorify him immediately. 13:33 Little children, I will be with you a
little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where
I am going, you can't come,' so now I tell you. 13:34 A new commandment
I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you;
that you also love one another. 13:35 By this everyone will know that
you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

13:36 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?"

Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you can't follow now, but you will
follow afterwards."

13:37 Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay
down my life for you."

13:38 Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for me? Most
certainly I tell you, the rooster won't crow until you have denied me
three times.

14:1 "Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in
me. 14:2 In my Father's house are many homes. If it weren't so, I would
have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. 14:3 If I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to
myself; that where I am, you may be there also. 14:4 Where I go, you
know, and you know the way."

14:5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How
can we know the way?"

14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father, except through me. 14:7 If you had known me, you
would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have
seen him."

14:8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be
enough for us."

14:9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do
you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do
you say, 'Show us the Father?' 14:10 Don't you believe that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not
from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works. 14:11
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else
believe me for the very works' sake. 14:12 Most certainly I tell you, he
who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do
greater works than these, because I am going to my Father. 14:13
Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. 14:14 If you will ask anything in my name, I will
do it. 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments. 14:16 I will pray to
the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with
you forever,-- 14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive;
for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives
with you, and will be in you. 14:18 I will not leave you orphans. I will
come to you. 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no
more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. 14:20 In
that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in
you. 14:21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is
one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I
will love him, and will reveal myself to him."

14:22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, what has happened that
you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?"

14:23 Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My
Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with
him. 14:24 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which
you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me. 14:25 I have said
these things to you, while still living with you. 14:26 But the
Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he
will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to
you. 14:27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the
world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither
let it be fearful. 14:28 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I
come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said
'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I. 14:29 Now I
have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may
believe. 14:30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the
world comes, and he has nothing in me. 14:31 But that the world may know
that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do.
Arise, let us go from here.

15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. 15:2 Every branch
in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears
fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 15:3 You are already
pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 15:4 Remain
in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it
remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 15:5 I
am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him,
the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 15:6 If
a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is
withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are
burned. 15:7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will
ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

15:8 "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so
you will be my disciples. 15:9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also
have loved you. Remain in my love. 15:10 If you keep my commandments,
you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's
commandments, and remain in his love. 15:11 I have spoken these things
to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made
full.

15:12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have
loved you. 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay
down his life for his friends. 15:14 You are my friends, if you do
whatever I command you. 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for the
servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends,
for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
15:16 You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you
should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that
whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

15:17 "I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
15:18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it
hated you. 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own.
But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the
world, therefore the world hates you. 15:20 Remember the word that I
said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.'* If they
persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they
will keep yours also. 15:21 But all these things will they do to you for
my name's sake, because they don't know him who sent me. 15:22 If I had
not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they
have no excuse for their sin. 15:23 He who hates me, hates my Father
also. 15:24 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did,
they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both
me and my Father. 15:25 But this happened so that the word may be
fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a
cause.'*

15:26 "When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the
Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will
testify about me. 15:27 You will also testify, because you have been
with me from the beginning.

16:1 "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused
to stumble. 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time
comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
16:3 They will do these things* because they have not known the Father,
nor me. 16:4 But I have told you these things, so that when the time
comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you
these things from the beginning, because I was with you. 16:5 But now I
am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you
going?' 16:6 But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled
your heart. 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your
advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't
come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 16:8 When he has come,
he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about
judgment; 16:9 about sin, because they don't believe in me; 16:10 about
righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won't see me any
more; 16:11 about judgment, because the prince of this world has been
judged.

16:12 "I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.
16:13 However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you
into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he
hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
16:14 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will
declare it to you. 16:15 All things whatever the Father has are mine;
therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.
16:16 A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and
you will see me."

16:17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is this
that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a
little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I go to the Father?'"
16:18 They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?'
We don't know what he is saying."

16:19 Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said
to them, "Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said,
'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you
will see me?' 16:20 Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and
lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your
sorrow will be turned into joy. 16:21 A woman, when she gives birth, has
sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child,
she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human
being is born into the world. 16:22 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I
will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take
your joy away from you.

16:23 "In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell
you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to
you. 16:24 Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you
will receive, that your joy may be made full. 16:25 I have spoken these
things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will
no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly
about the Father. 16:26 In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't
say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you, 16:27 for the Father
himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I
came forth from God. 16:28 I came out from the Father, and have come
into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."

16:29 His disciples said to him, "Behold, now you speak plainly, and
speak no figures of speech. 16:30 Now we know that you know all things,
and don't need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you
came forth from God."

16:31 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? 16:32 Behold, the time
is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone
to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone,
because the Father is with me. 16:33 I have told you these things, that
in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer
up! I have overcome the world."

17:1 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he
said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may
also glorify you; 17:2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he
will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 17:3 This is
eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom
you sent, Jesus Christ. 17:4 I glorified you on the earth. I have
accomplished the work which you have given me to do. 17:5 Now, Father,
glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before
the world existed. 17:6 I revealed your name to the people whom you have
given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to
me. They have kept your word. 17:7 Now they have known that all things
whatever you have given me are from you, 17:8 for the words which you
have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for
sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent
me. 17:9 I pray for them. I don't pray for the world, but for those whom
you have given me, for they are yours. 17:10 All things that are mine
are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 17:11 I am no
more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you.
Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that
they may be one, even as we are. 17:12 While I was with them in the
world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have
kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the
Scripture might be fulfilled. 17:13 But now I come to you, and I say
these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in
themselves. 17:14 I have given them your word. The world hated them,
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17:15
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would
keep them from the evil one. 17:16 They are not of the world even as I
am not of the world. 17:17 Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is
truth.* 17:18 As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them
into the world. 17:19 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they
themselves also may be sanctified in truth. 17:20 Not for these only do
I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word, 17:21
that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you,
that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you
sent me. 17:22 The glory which you have given me, I have given to them;
that they may be one, even as we are one; 17:23 I in them, and you in
me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that
you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me. 17:24 Father, I
desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that
they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before
the foundation of the world. 17:25 Righteous Father, the world hasn't
known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me. 17:26 I made
known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with
which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."

18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples
over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his
disciples entered. 18:2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the
place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 18:3 Judas then,
having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief
priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and
weapons. 18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were
happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking
for?"

18:5 They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Jesus said to them, "I am he."

Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 18:6 When
therefore he said to them, "I am he," they went backward, and fell to
the ground.

18:7 Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

18:8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me,
let these go their way," 18:9 that the word might be fulfilled which he
spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."*

18:10 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the
high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was
Malchus. 18:11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its
sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink
it?"

18:12 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the
Jews, seized Jesus and bound him, 18:13 and led him to Annas first, for
he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 18:14
Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one
man should perish for the people. 18:15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, as
did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest,
and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest; 18:16 but
Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was
known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door,
and brought in Peter. 18:17 Then the maid who kept the door said to
Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?"

He said, "I am not."

18:18 Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made
a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter
was with them, standing and warming himself. 18:19 The high priest
therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching. 18:20
Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in
synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said
nothing in secret. 18:21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me
what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said."

18:22 When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped
Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"

18:23 Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil;
but if well, why do you beat me?"

18:24 Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest. 18:25 Now Simon
Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You
aren't also one of his disciples, are you?"

He denied it, and said, "I am not."

18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him
whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with
him?"

18:27 Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster
crowed.

18:28 They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was
early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they
might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. 18:29 Pilate therefore
went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this
man?"

18:30 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't
have delivered him up to you."

18:31 Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him
according to your law."

Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone
to death," 18:32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he
spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

18:33 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus,
and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

18:34 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others
tell you about me?"

18:35 Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the
chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

18:36 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom
were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be
delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

18:37 Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?"

Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been
born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should
testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

18:38 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?"

When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them,
"I find no basis for a charge against him. 18:39 But you have a custom,
that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you
want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

18:40 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!"
Now Barabbas was a robber.

19:1 So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him. 19:2 The soldiers
twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in
a purple garment. 19:3 They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and
they kept slapping him.

19:4 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him
out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against
him."

19:5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the
purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"

19:6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they
shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!"

Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find
no basis for a charge against him."

19:7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to
die, because he made himself the Son of God."

19:8 When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid. 19:9
He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you
from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. 19:10 Pilate therefore said to him,
"Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release
you, and have power to crucify you?"

19:11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless
it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you
has greater sin."

19:12 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried
out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend!
Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

19:13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and
sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in
Hebrew, "Gabbatha." 19:14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the
Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your
King!"

19:15 They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!"

Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?"

The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

19:16 So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took
Jesus and led him away. 19:17 He went out, bearing his cross, to the
place called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew,
"Golgotha," 19:18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on
either side one, and Jesus in the middle. 19:19 Pilate wrote a title
also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH,
THE KING OF THE JEWS." 19:20 Therefore many of the Jews read this title,
for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was
written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. 19:21 The chief priests of
the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,'
but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"

19:22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."

19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his
garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the
coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
19:24 Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots
for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be
fulfilled, which says,

"They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots."*
Therefore the soldiers did these things. 19:25 But there were standing
by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife
of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 19:26 Therefore when Jesus saw his
mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his
mother, "Woman, behold your son!" 19:27 Then he said to the disciple,
"Behold, your mother!" From that hour, the disciple took her to his own
home.

19:28 After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that
the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty." 19:29 Now a
vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the
vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth. 19:30 When Jesus therefore
had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head,
and gave up his spirit.

19:31 Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that
the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath
was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and
that they might be taken away. 19:32 Therefore the soldiers came, and
broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with
him; 19:33 but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already
dead, they didn't break his legs. 19:34 However one of the soldiers
pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
19:35 He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows
that he tells the truth, that you may believe. 19:36 For these things
happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not
be broken."* 19:37 Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him
whom they pierced."*

19:38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of
Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might
take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and
took away his body. 19:39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by
night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred
pounds. 19:40 So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths
with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 19:41 Now in the
place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new
tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid. 19:42 Then because of the
Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus
there.

20:1 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while
it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the
tomb. 20:2 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other
disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the
Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!"

20:3 Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went
toward the tomb. 20:4 They both ran together. The other disciple outran
Peter, and came to the tomb first. 20:5 Stooping and looking in, he saw
the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in. 20:6 Then Simon Peter
came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths
lying, 20:7 and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the
linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. 20:8 So then the other
disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and
believed. 20:9 For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must
rise from the dead. 20:10 So the disciples went away again to their own
homes.

20:11 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she
wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb, 20:12 and she saw two angels
in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body
of Jesus had lain. 20:13 They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"

She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't
know where they have laid him." 20:14 When she had said this, she turned
around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus.

20:15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you
looking for?"

She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have
carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him
away."

20:16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."

She turned and said to him, "Rhabbouni!" which is to say, "Teacher!"

20:17 Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to
my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my
Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the
Lord, and that he had said these things to her. 20:19 When therefore it
was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors
were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."

20:20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The
disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. 20:21 Jesus
therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent
me, even so I send you." 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on
them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit! 20:23 Whoever's sins
you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they
have been retained."

20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them
when Jesus came. 20:25 The other disciples therefore said to him, "We
have seen the Lord!"

But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails,
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."

20:26 After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was
with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst,
and said, "Peace be to you." 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here
your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my
side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."

20:28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

20:29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me,* you have believed.
Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."

20:30 Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his
disciples, which are not written in this book; 20:31 but these are
written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in his name.

21:1 After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples
at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way. 21:2 Simon Peter,
Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of
Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 21:3 Simon Peter
said to them, "I'm going fishing."

They told him, "We are also coming with you." They immediately went out,
and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing. 21:4 But
when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples
didn't know that it was Jesus. 21:5 Jesus therefore said to them,
"Children, have you anything to eat?"

They answered him, "No."

21:6 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and
you will find some."

They cast it therefore, and now they weren't able to draw it in for the
multitude of fish. 21:7 That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to
Peter, "It's the Lord!"

So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat
around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea. 21:8 But
the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from
the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of
fish. 21:9 So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals
there, and fish laid on it, and bread. 21:10 Jesus said to them, "Bring
some of the fish which you have just caught."

21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fish,
one hundred fifty-three; and even though there were so many, the net
wasn't torn.

21:12 Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast."

None of the disciples dared inquire of him, "Who are you?" knowing that
it was the Lord.

21:13 Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish
likewise. 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to
his disciples, after he had risen from the dead. 21:15 So when they had
eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah,
do you love me more than these?"

He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you."

He said to him, "Feed my lambs." 21:16 He said to him again a second
time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?"

He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you."

He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 21:17 He said to him the third time,
"Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?"

Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have
affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know
that I have affection for you."

Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. 21:18 Most certainly I tell you, when
you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to.
But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will
dress you, and carry you where you don't want to go."

21:19 Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would
glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."

21:20 Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the
disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on
Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray
You?" 21:21 Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this
man?"

21:22 Jesus said to him, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is
that to you? You follow me." 21:23 This saying therefore went out among
the brothers, that this disciple wouldn't die. Yet Jesus didn't say to
him that he wouldn't die, but, "If I desire that he stay until I come,
what is that to you?" 21:24 This is the disciple who testifies about
these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true.
21:25 There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they
would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn't have
room for the books that would be written.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:5 The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be
translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to
defeat him.

[2] back to 1:18 NU reads "God"

[3] back to 1:23 Isaiah 40:3

[4] back to 1:39 4:00 PM.

[5] back to 1:41 "Messiah" (Hebrew) and "Christ" (Greek) both mean
"Anointed One".

[6] back to 2:6 2 to 3 metretes is about 20 to 30 U. S. Gallons, 16 to
25 imperial gallons, or 75 to 115 litres.

[7] back to 2:17 Psalm 69:9

[8] back to 3:3 The word translated "anew" here and in John 3:7
(anothen) also means "again" and "from above".

[9] back to 3:8 The same Greek word (pneuma) means wind, breath, and
spirit.

[10] back to 3:36 The same word can be translated "disobeys" or
"disbelieves" in this context.

[11] back to 4:6 noon

[12] back to 4:52 1:00 P. M.

[13] back to 6:19 25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3
to 4 miles

[14] back to 6:19 see Job 9:8

[15] back to 6:20 or, I AM

[16] back to 6:31 Greek and Hebrew use the same word for "heaven", "the
heavens", "the sky", and "the air".

[17] back to 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24-25

[18] back to 6:45 Isaiah 54:13

[19] back to 7:42 2 Samuel 7:12

[20] back to 7:42 Micah 5:2

[21] back to 7:52 See Isaiah 9:1 and Matthew 4:13-16.

[22] back to 8:5 Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22

[23] back to 8:12 Isaiah 60:1

[24] back to 8:17 Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15

[25] back to 8:24 or, I AM

[26] back to 8:32 Psalm 119:45

[27] back to 8:58 or, I am

[28] back to 9:31 Psalm 66:18, Proverbs 15:29; 28:9

[29] back to 10:11 Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22

[30] back to 10:16 Isaiah 56:8

[31] back to 10:17 Isaiah 53:7-8

[32] back to 10:21 Exodus 4:11

[33] back to 10:22 The "Feast of the Dedication" is the Greek name for
"Hanukkah," a celebration of the rededication of the Temple.

[34] back to 10:34 Psalm 82:6

[35] back to 11:16 "Didymus" means "Twin"

[36] back to 11:18 15 stadia is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles

[37] back to 11:41 NU omits "from the place where the dead man was
lying."

[38] back to 12:3 a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams

[39] back to 12:5 300 denarii was about a year's wages for an
agricultural laborer.

[40] back to 12:13 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."

[41] back to 12:13 Psalm 118:25-26

[42] back to 12:15 Zechariah 9:9

[43] back to 12:34 Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44 (but see also Isaiah 53:8)

[44] back to 12:38 Isaiah 53:1

[45] back to 12:40 Isaiah 6:10

[46] back to 12:41 Isaiah 6:1

[47] back to 13:18 Psalm 41:9

[48] back to 14:16 Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor,
Advocate, and Comfortor.

[49] back to 15:20 John 13:16

[50] back to 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4

[51] back to 15:26 Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate,
Intercessor, and Comfortor.

[52] back to 16:3 TR adds "to you"

[53] back to 16:15 TR reads "will take" instead of "takes"

[54] back to 17:17 Psalm 119:142

[55] back to 18:9 John 6:39

[56] back to 19:14 noon

[57] back to 19:24 Psalm 22:18

[58] back to 19:28 NU, TR read "knowing" instead of "seeing"

[59] back to 19:36 Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20

[60] back to 19:37 Zechariah 12:10

[61] back to 19:39 100 Roman pounds of 12 ounces each, or about 72
pounds, or 33 Kilograms.

[62] back to 20:29 TR adds " Thomas,"

[63] back to 21:8 200 cubits is about 100 yards or about 91 meters

[64] back to 21:23 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."



The Acts of the Apostles

1:1 The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began
both to do and to teach, 1:2 until the day in which he was received up,
after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles
whom he had chosen. 1:3 To these he also showed himself alive after he
suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days,
and speaking about God's Kingdom. 1:4 Being assembled together with
them, he commanded them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
promise of the Father, which you heard from me. 1:5 For John indeed
baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many
days from now."

1:6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are
you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?"

1:7 He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons which
the Father has set within his own authority. 1:8 But you will receive
power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to
me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of
the earth."

1:9 When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken
up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. 1:10 While they were
looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by
them in white clothing, 1:11 who also said, "You men of Galilee, why do
you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you
into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into
the sky."

1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet,
which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 1:13 When they
had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying;
that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew,
Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son
of James. 1:14 All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer
and supplication, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus,
and with his brothers.

1:15 In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and
the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said, 1:16
"Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled,
which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning
Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus. 1:17 For he was numbered
with us, and received his portion in this ministry. 1:18 Now this man
obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling
headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out. 1:19
It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their
language that field was called 'Akeldama,' that is, 'The field of
blood.' 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms,

'Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell therein;'* and,

'Let another take his office.'* 1:21 "Of the men therefore who have
accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among
us, 1:22 beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was
received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his
resurrection."

1:23 They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed
Justus, and Matthias. 1:24 They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know
the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen 1:25
to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell
away, that he might go to his own place." 1:26 They drew lots for them,
and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven
apostles.

2:1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one
accord in one place. 2:2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like
the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they
were sitting. 2:3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to
them, and one sat on each of them. 2:4 They were all filled with the
Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave
them the ability to speak. 2:5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem
Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky. 2:6 When this sound
was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because
everyone heard them speaking in his own language. 2:7 They were all
amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren't all these
who speak Galileans? 2:8 How do we hear, everyone in our own native
language? 2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia,
Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, 2:10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the
parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and
proselytes, 2:11 Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our
languages the mighty works of God!" 2:12 They were all amazed, and were
perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?" 2:13 Others,
mocking, said, "They are filled with new wine."

2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and
spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at
Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words. 2:15 For
these aren't drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour
of the day. 2:16 But this is what has been spoken through the prophet
Joel:

2:17 'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my
Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your
young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. 2:18 Yes,
and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out
my Spirit, and they will prophesy. 2:19 I will show wonders in the sky
above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of
smoke. 2:20 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes. 2:21 It will
be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'* 2:22
"Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by
God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in
the midst of you, even as you yourselves know, 2:23 him, being delivered
up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by
the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed; 2:24 whom God raised up,
having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible
that he should be held by it. 2:25 For David says concerning him,

'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that
I should not be moved. 2:26 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue
rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope; 2:27 because you
will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to
see decay. 2:28 You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me
full of gladness with your presence.'* 2:29 "Brothers, I may tell you
freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his
tomb is with us to this day. 2:30 Therefore, being a prophet, and
knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his
body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his
throne, 2:31 he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the
Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see
decay. 2:32 This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
2:33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having
received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured
out this, which you now see and hear. 2:34 For David didn't ascend into
the heavens, but he says himself,

'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand, 2:35 until I make your
enemies a footstool for your feet."'* 2:36 "Let all the house of Israel
therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ,
this Jesus whom you crucified."

2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to
Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in
the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 2:39 For to you is the promise, and
to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord
our God will call to himself." 2:40 With many other words he testified,
and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked
generation!"

2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were
added that day about three thousand souls. 2:42 They continued
steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of
bread, and prayer. 2:43 Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and
signs were done through the apostles. 2:44 All who believed were
together, and had all things in common. 2:45 They sold their possessions
and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
2:46 Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple,
and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and
singleness of heart, 2:47 praising God, and having favor with all the
people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being
saved.

3:1 Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer,
the ninth hour. 3:2 A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb
was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which
is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered
into the temple. 3:3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked to receive gifts for the needy. 3:4 Peter, fastening his eyes
on him, with John, said, "Look at us." 3:5 He listened to them,
expecting to receive something from them. 3:6 But Peter said, "Silver
and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!" 3:7 He took him by the right
hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones
received strength. 3:8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He
entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
3:9 All the people saw him walking and praising God. 3:10 They
recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the
needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder
and amazement at what had happened to him. 3:11 As the lame man who was
healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in
the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

3:12 When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel,
why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as
though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? 3:13 The God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his
Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of
Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 3:14 But you denied the
Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
3:15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to
which we are witnesses. 3:16 By faith in his name, his name has made
this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through
him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

3:17 "Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also
your rulers. 3:18 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all
his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

3:19 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted
out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the
Lord, 3:20 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you
before, 3:21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of
all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
3:22 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a
prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to
him in all things whatever he says to you. 3:23 It will be, that every
soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from
among the people.'* 3:24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those
who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these
days. 3:25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant
which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will
all the families of the earth be blessed.'* 3:26 God, having raised up
his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away
everyone of you from your wickedness."

4:1 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the
temple and the Sadducees came to them, 4:2 being upset because they
taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the
dead. 4:3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the
next day, for it was now evening. 4:4 But many of those who heard the
word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

4:5 It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes
were gathered together in Jerusalem. 4:6 Annas the high priest was
there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of
the high priest. 4:7 When they had stood them in the middle of them,
they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers
of the people, and elders of Israel, 4:9 if we are examined today
concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man
has been healed, 4:10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of
Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you
crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand
here before you whole. 4:11 He is 'the stone which was regarded as
worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the
corner.'* 4:12 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there
any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must
be saved!"

4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived
that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They
recognized that they had been with Jesus. 4:14 Seeing the man who was
healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 4:15 But
when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they
conferred among themselves, 4:16 saying, "What shall we do to these men?
Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be
plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it. 4:17
But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten
them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name." 4:18
They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in
the name of Jesus.

4:19 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight
of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves, 4:20
for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."

4:21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no
way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God
for that which was done. 4:22 For the man on whom this miracle of
healing was performed was more than forty years old.

4:23 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that
the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 4:24 When they heard
it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O
Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that
is in them; 4:25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said,

'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? 4:26 The
kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together,
against the Lord, and against his Christ.'* 4:27 "For truly, in this
city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were
gathered together 4:28 to do whatever your hand and your council
foreordained to happen. 4:29 Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant
to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, 4:30 while you
stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done
through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."

4:31 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered
together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the
word of God with boldness. 4:32 The multitude of those who believed were
of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the
things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in
common. 4:33 With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all. 4:34 For
neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners
of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things
that were sold, 4:35 and laid them at the apostles' feet, and
distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need. 4:36 Joses,
who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted,
Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race, 4:37 having a
field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a
possession, 5:2 and kept back part of the price, his wife also being
aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles'
feet. 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to
lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
5:4 While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold,
wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in
your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to God."

5:5 Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on
all who heard these things. 5:6 The young men arose and wrapped him up,
and they carried him out and buried him. 5:7 About three hours later,
his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. 5:8 Peter answered
her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much."

She said, "Yes, for so much."

5:9 But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to
tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried
your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

5:10 She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came
in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her
husband. 5:11 Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who
heard these things. 5:12 By the hands of the apostles many signs and
wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in
Solomon's porch. 5:13 None of the rest dared to join them, however the
people honored them. 5:14 More believers were added to the Lord,
multitudes of both men and women. 5:15 They even carried out the sick
into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter
came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them. 5:16
Multitudes also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing
sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they
were all healed.

5:17 But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which
is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy, 5:18
and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody. 5:19 But
an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them
out, and said, 5:20 "Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all
the words of this life."

5:21 When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak,
and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and
called the council together, and all the senate of the children of
Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 5:22 But the
officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and
reported, 5:23 "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards
standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one
inside!"

5:24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief
priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what
might become of this. 5:25 One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom
you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."
5:26 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without
violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

5:27 When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The
high priest questioned them, 5:28 saying, "Didn't we strictly command
you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with
your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

5:29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than
men. 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed,
hanging him on a tree. 5:31 God exalted him with his right hand to be a
Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of
sins. 5:32 We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy
Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."

5:33 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and
determined to kill them. 5:34 But one stood up in the council, a
Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the
people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while. 5:35
He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men,
what you are about to do. 5:36 For before these days Theudas rose up,
making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four
hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed
him, were dispersed, and came to nothing. 5:37 After this man, Judas of
Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people
after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were
scattered abroad. 5:38 Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and
leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be
overthrown. 5:39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow
it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"

5:40 They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and
commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 5:41
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that
they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus' name.

5:42 Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching
and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

6:1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying,
a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their
widows were neglected in the daily service. 6:2 The twelve summoned the
multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to
forsake the word of God and serve tables. 6:3 Therefore select from
among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit
and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 6:4 But we will
continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."

6:5 These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man
full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon,
Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch; 6:6 whom they set before
the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 6:7
The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in
Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to
the faith.

6:8 Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs
among the people. 6:9 But some of those who were of the synagogue called
"The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of
those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen. 6:10 They
weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
6:11 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses and God." 6:12 They stirred up the
people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized
him, and brought him in to the council, 6:13 and set up false witnesses
who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this
holy place and the law. 6:14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus
of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which
Moses delivered to us." 6:15 All who sat in the council, fastening their
eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

7:1 The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

7:2 He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to
our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in
Haran, 7:3 and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your
relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'* 7:4 Then he
came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there,
when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are
now living. 7:5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to
set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a
possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child. 7:6
God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange
land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred
years. 7:7 'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,'
said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this
place.'* 7:8 He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became
the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became
the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve
patriarchs.

7:9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into
Egypt. God was with him, 7:10 and delivered him out of all his
afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of
Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 7:11 Now a
famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction.
Our fathers found no food. 7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was
grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time. 7:13 On the
second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was
revealed to Pharaoh. 7:14 Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father,
and all his relatives, seventy-five souls. 7:15 Jacob went down into
Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers, 7:16 and they were brought
back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in
silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

7:17 "But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to
Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 7:18 until there arose
a different king, who didn't know Joseph. 7:19 The same took advantage
of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out
their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive. 7:20 At that time Moses
was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in
his father's house. 7:21 When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took
him up, and reared him as her own son. 7:22 Moses was instructed in all
the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works. 7:23
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his
brothers, the children of Israel. 7:24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong,
he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the
Egyptian. 7:25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his
hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.

7:26 "The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged
them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you
wrong one another?' 7:27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him
away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 7:28 Do you
want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'* 7:29 Moses fled
at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he
became the father of two sons.

7:30 "When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to
him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 7:31
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a
voice of the Lord came to him, 7:32 'I am the God of your fathers, the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'* Moses
trembled, and dared not look. 7:33 The Lord said to him, 'Take your
sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
7:34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt,
and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now
come, I will send you into Egypt.'*

7:35 "This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a
judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of
the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 7:36 This man led them out,
having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the
wilderness for forty years. 7:37 This is that Moses, who said to the
children of Israel, 'The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you
from among your brothers, like me.*'* 7:38 This is he who was in the
assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount
Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,
7:39 to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and
turned back in their hearts to Egypt, 7:40 saying to Aaron, 'Make us
gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of
the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'* 7:41 They
made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and
rejoiced in the works of their hands. 7:42 But God turned, and gave them
up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the
prophets,

'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the
wilderness, O house of Israel? 7:43 You took up the tent of Moloch, the
star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will
carry you away* beyond Babylon.' 7:44 "Our fathers had the tent of the
testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him
to make it according to the pattern that he had seen; 7:45 which also
our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered
into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face
of our fathers, to the days of David, 7:46 who found favor in the sight
of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. 7:47 But
Solomon built him a house. 7:48 However, the Most High doesn't dwell in
temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

7:49 'heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What
kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'or what is the place
of my rest? 7:50 Didn't my hand make all these things?'* 7:51 "You
stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the
Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do. 7:52 Which of the prophets
didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming
of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and
murderers. 7:53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and
didn't keep it!"

7:54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and
they gnashed at him with their teeth. 7:55 But he, being full of the
Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of
God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 7:56 and said,
"Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the
right hand of God!"

7:57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and
rushed at him with one accord. 7:58 They threw him out of the city, and
stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young
man named Saul. 7:59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit!" 7:60 He kneeled down, and cried with a loud
voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this,
he fell asleep.

8:1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against
the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered
abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the
apostles. 8:2 Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
8:3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and
dragged both men and women off to prison. 8:4 Therefore those who were
scattered abroad went around preaching the word. 8:5 Philip went down to
the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ. 8:6 The
multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by
Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did. 8:7 For unclean
spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying
with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. 8:8
There was great joy in that city.

8:9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice
sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself
out to be some great one, 8:10 to whom they all listened, from the least
to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God." 8:11
They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with
his sorceries. 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news
concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were
baptized, both men and women. 8:13 Simon himself also believed. Being
baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles
occurring, he was amazed.

8:14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 8:15 who,
when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the
Holy Spirit; 8:16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had
only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus. 8:17 Then they laid
their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 8:18 Now when
Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the
apostles' hands, he offered them money, 8:19 saying, "Give me also this
power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit." 8:20
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you
thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 8:21 You have
neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before
God. 8:22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if
perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 8:23 For I see
that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."

8:24 Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things
which you have spoken happen to me."

8:25 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the
Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages
of the Samaritans. 8:26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip,
saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from
Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."

8:27 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a
eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who
was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship. 8:28 He
was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet
Isaiah.

8:29 The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this
chariot."

8:30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and
said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

8:31 He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged
Philip to come up and sit with him. 8:32 Now the passage of the
Scripture which he was reading was this,

"He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is
silent, so he doesn't open his mouth. 8:33 In his humiliation, his
judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life
is taken from the earth."* 8:34 The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the
prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?"

8:35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture,
preached to him Jesus. 8:36 As they went on the way, they came to some
water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me
from being baptized?"

8:37 * 8:38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went
down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

8:39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught
Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his
way rejoicing. 8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he
preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

9:1 But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the
disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 9:2 and asked for
letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who
were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to
Jerusalem. 9:3 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to
Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. 9:4 He
fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do
you persecute me?"

9:5 He said, "Who are you, Lord?"

The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.* 9:6 But rise up,
and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

9:7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound,
but seeing no one. 9:8 Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes
were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him
into Damascus. 9:9 He was without sight for three days, and neither ate
nor drank.

9:10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The
Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!"

He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."

9:11 The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called
Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of
Tarsus. For behold, he is praying, 9:12 and in a vision he has seen a
man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might
receive his sight."

9:13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man,
how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem. 9:14 Here he has
authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

9:15 But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel
to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of
Israel. 9:16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my
name's sake."

9:17 Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on
him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road
by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be
filled with the Holy Spirit." 9:18 Immediately something like scales
fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was
baptized. 9:19 He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several
days with the disciples who were at Damascus. 9:20 Immediately in the
synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God. 9:21 All
who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem
made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here
intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"

9:22 But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who
lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. 9:23 When many days
were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him, 9:24 but their
plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night
that they might kill him, 9:25 but his disciples took him by night, and
let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. 9:26 When Saul
had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but
they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. 9:27
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to
them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him,
and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 9:28 He
was with them entering into Jerusalem, 9:29 preaching boldly in the name
of the Lord. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were
seeking to kill him. 9:30 When the brothers knew it, they brought him
down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus. 9:31 So the assemblies
throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built
up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the
comfort of the Holy Spirit.

9:32 It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down
also to the saints who lived at Lydda. 9:33 There he found a certain man
named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was
paralyzed. 9:34 Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get
up and make your bed!" Immediately he arose. 9:35 All who lived at Lydda
and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when
translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of
mercy which she did. 9:37 It happened in those days that she fell sick,
and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.
9:38 As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was
there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to
them. 9:39 Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they
brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping,
and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was
with them. 9:40 Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed.
Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes,
and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 9:41 He gave her his hand, and
raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
9:42 And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the
Lord. 9:43 It happened, that he stayed many days in Joppa with one
Simon, a tanner.

10:1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a
centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 10:2 a devout man,
and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy
generously to the people, and always prayed to God. 10:3 At about the
ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming
to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!"

10:4 He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is
it, Lord?"

He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up
for a memorial before God. 10:5 Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon,
who is surnamed Peter. 10:6 He lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose
house is by the seaside.*"

10:7 When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two
of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on
him continually. 10:8 Having explained everything to them, he sent them
to Joppa. 10:9 Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and
got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about
noon. 10:10 He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were
preparing, he fell into a trance. 10:11 He saw heaven opened and a
certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four
corners on the earth, 10:12 in which were all kinds of four-footed
animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
10:13 A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"

10:14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything
that is common or unclean."

10:15 A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed,
you must not call unclean." 10:16 This was done three times, and
immediately the vessel was received up into heaven. 10:17 Now while
Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen
might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made
inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate, 10:18 and called and
asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there. 10:19
While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold,
three men seek you. 10:20 But arise, get down, and go with them,
doubting nothing; for I have sent them."

10:21 Peter went down to the men, and said, "Behold, I am he whom you
seek. Why have you come?"

10:22 They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who
fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was
directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to
what you say." 10:23 So he called them in and lodged them. On the next
day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from
Joppa accompanied him. 10:24 On the next day they entered into Caesarea.
Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and
his near friends. 10:25 When it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius
met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him. 10:26 But Peter
raised him up, saying, "Stand up! I myself am also a man." 10:27 As he
talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together. 10:28 He
said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man
who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God
has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean. 10:29
Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask
therefore, why did you send for me?"

10:30 Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and
at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before
me in bright clothing, 10:31 and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer is heard,
and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God. 10:32
Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He
lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the seaside. When he comes, he
will speak to you.' 10:33 Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was
good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight
of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."

10:34 Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God
doesn't show favoritism; 10:35 but in every nation he who fears him and
works righteousness is acceptable to him. 10:36 The word which he sent
to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ-
-he is Lord of all-- 10:37 that spoken word you yourselves know, which
was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the
baptism which John preached; 10:38 even Jesus of Nazareth, how God
anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing
good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with
him. 10:39 We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a
tree. 10:40 God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be
revealed, 10:41 not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen
before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the
dead. 10:42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that
this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the
dead. 10:43 All the prophets testify about him, that through his name
everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."

10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell
on all those who heard the word. 10:45 They of the circumcision who
believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of
the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles. 10:46 For they
heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God.

Then Peter answered, 10:47 "Can any man forbid the water, that these who
have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
10:48 He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then
they asked him to stay some days.

11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the
Gentiles had also received the word of God. 11:2 When Peter had come up
to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
11:3 saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"

11:4 But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying, 11:5 "I
was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a
certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from
heaven by four corners. It came as far as me. 11:6 When I had looked
intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the
earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. 11:7 I also
heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!' 11:8 But I
said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into
my mouth.' 11:9 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven,
'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.' 11:10 This was done
three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11:11 Behold,
immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been
sent from Caesarea to me. 11:12 The Spirit told me to go with them,
without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we
entered into the man's house. 11:13 He told us how he had seen the angel
standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon,
whose surname is Peter, 11:14 who will speak to you words by which you
will be saved, you and all your house.' 11:15 As I began to speak, the
Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. 11:16 I
remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in
water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.' 11:17 If then God
gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus
Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"

11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified
God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to
life!"

11:19 They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that
arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch,
speaking the word to no one except to Jews only. 11:20 But there were
some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to
Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. 11:21 The
hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned
to the Lord. 11:22 The report concerning them came to the ears of the
assembly which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as
Antioch, 11:23 who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was
glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should
remain near to the Lord. 11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the
Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

11:25 Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul. 11:26 When he had
found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year
they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people.
The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

11:27 Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
11:28 One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit
that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also
happened in the days of Claudius. 11:29 As any of the disciples had
plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in
Judea; 11:30 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands
of Barnabas and Saul.

12:1 Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands to
oppress some of the assembly. 12:2 He killed James, the brother of John,
with the sword. 12:3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded
to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread. 12:4
When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to
four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him
out to the people after the Passover. 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in
the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
12:6 The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of
the door kept the prison.

12:7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in
the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand
up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands. 12:8 The angel said to
him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." He did so. He said to him,
"Put on your cloak, and follow me." 12:9 And he went out and followed
him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but
thought he saw a vision. 12:10 When they were past the first and the
second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which
opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and
immediately the angel departed from him.

12:11 When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that
the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of
Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting." 12:12
Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John
whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were
praying. 12:13 When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named
Rhoda came to answer. 12:14 When she recognized Peter's voice, she
didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was
standing in front of the gate.

12:15 They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was
so. They said, "It is his angel." 12:16 But Peter continued knocking.
When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed. 12:17 But he,
beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the
Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to
James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another
place.

12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the
soldiers about what had become of Peter. 12:19 When Herod had sought for
him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that
they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and
stayed there. 12:20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and
Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the
king's personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their
country depended on the king's country for food. 12:21 On an appointed
day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and
gave a speech to them. 12:22 The people shouted, "The voice of a god,
and not of a man!" 12:23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him,
because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and
died.

12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. 12:25 Barnabas and Saul
returned to Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also
taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

13:1 Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets
and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,
Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 13:2 As they
served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and
Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

13:3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away. 13:4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they
went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus. 13:5 When they
were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish
synagogues. They had also John as their attendant. 13:6 When they had
gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a
false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus, 13:7 who was with the
proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned
Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God. 13:8 But Elymas
the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them,
seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith. 13:9 But Saul, who
is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on
him, 13:10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the
devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the
right ways of the Lord? 13:11 Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on
you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!"

Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking
someone to lead him by the hand. 13:12 Then the proconsul, when he saw
what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

13:13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga
in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem. 13:14
But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went
into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down. 13:15 After the
reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to
them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the
people, speak."

13:16 Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel,
and you who fear God, listen. 13:17 The God of this people* chose our
fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land
of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it. 13:18 For a
period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness. 13:19
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them
their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years. 13:20
After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 13:21
Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of
Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 13:22 When he had
removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also
testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart,
who will do all my will.' 13:23 From this man's seed, God has brought
salvation to Israel according to his promise, 13:24 before his coming,
when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel. 13:25
As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I
am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose
feet I am not worthy to untie.' 13:26 Brothers, children of the stock of
Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is
sent out to you. 13:27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their
rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets
which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. 13:28
Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have
him killed. 13:29 When they had fulfilled all things that were written
about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
13:30 But God raised him from the dead, 13:31 and he was seen for many
days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are
his witnesses to the people. 13:32 We bring you good news of the promise
made to the fathers, 13:33 that God has fulfilled the same to us, their
children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the
second psalm,

'You are my Son. Today I have become your father.'* 13:34 "Concerning
that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to
corruption, he has spoken thus: 'I will give you the holy and sure
blessings of David.'* 13:35 Therefore he says also in another psalm,
'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.'* 13:36 For David, after
he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and
was laid with his fathers, and saw decay. 13:37 But he whom God raised
up saw no decay. 13:38 Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that
through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins, 13:39 and by
him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you
could not be justified by the law of Moses. 13:40 Beware therefore, lest
that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

13:41 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work
in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares
it to you.'"* 13:42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the
Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next
Sabbath. 13:43 Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of
the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them,
urged them to continue in the grace of God. 13:44 The next Sabbath
almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with
jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and
blasphemed.

13:46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary
that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust
it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we
turn to the Gentiles. 13:47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying,

'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring
salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"* 13:48 As the Gentiles
heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as
were appointed to eternal life believed. 13:49 The Lord's word was
spread abroad throughout all the region. 13:50 But the Jews stirred up
the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and
stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out
of their borders. 13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet
against them, and came to Iconium. 13:52 The disciples were filled with
joy with the Holy Spirit.

14:1 It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the
synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews
and of Greeks believed. 14:2 But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and
embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers. 14:3
Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord,
who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be
done by their hands. 14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided.
Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 14:5 When some of
both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent
attempt to mistreat and stone them, 14:6 they became aware of it, and
fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding
region. 14:7 There they preached the Good News.

14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from
his mother's womb, who never had walked. 14:9 He was listening to Paul
speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be
made whole, 14:10 said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!"
He leaped up and walked. 14:11 When the multitude saw what Paul had
done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia,
"The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" 14:12 They
called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief
speaker. 14:13 The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their
city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a
sacrifice along with the multitudes. 14:14 But when the apostles,
Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into
the multitude, crying out, 14:15 "Men, why are you doing these things?
We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that
you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the
sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them; 14:16 who in the
generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
14:17 Yet he didn't leave himself without witness, in that he did good
and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts
with food and gladness."

14:18 Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from
making a sacrifice to them. 14:19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium
came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and
dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

14:20 But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered
into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe. 14:21
When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many
disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the
faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom
of God. 14:23 When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly,
and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom
they had believed.

14:24 They passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia. 14:25 When
they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. 14:26 From
there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the
grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. 14:27 When they had
arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the
things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of
faith to the nations. 14:28 They stayed there with the disciples for a
long time.

15:1 Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you
are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved." 15:2
Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion
with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to
go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question. 15:3
They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both
Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They
caused great joy to all the brothers. 15:4 When they had come to
Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the
elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

15:5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying,
"It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law
of Moses."

15:6 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about
this matter. 15:7 When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and
said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a
choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of
the Good News, and believe. 15:8 God, who knows the heart, testified
about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us. 15:9 He
made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by
faith. 15:10 Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a
yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were
able to bear? 15:11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace
of the Lord Jesus,* just as they are."

15:12 All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and
Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations
through them. 15:13 After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers,
listen to me. 15:14 Simeon has reported how God first visited the
nations, to take out of them a people for his name. 15:15 This agrees
with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

15:16 'After these things I will return. I will again build the tent of
David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up,
15:17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who
are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.* 15:18
All his works are known to God from eternity.' 15:19 "Therefore my
judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn
to God, 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the
pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and
from blood. 15:21 For Moses from generations of old has in every city
those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

15:22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole
assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch
with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men
among the brothers. 15:23 They wrote these things by their hand:

"The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of
the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings. 15:24 Because we
have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words,
unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the
law,' to whom we gave no commandment; 15:25 it seemed good to us, having
come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our
beloved Barnabas and Paul, 15:26 men who have risked their lives for the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and
Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of
mouth. 15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no
greater burden on you than these necessary things: 15:29 that you
abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things
strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep
yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell."

15:30 So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered
the multitude together, they delivered the letter. 15:31 When they had
read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement. 15:32 Judas and Silas,
also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words,
and strengthened them. 15:33 After they had spent some time there, they
were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles. 15:34 *
15:35 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching
the word of the Lord, with many others also.

15:36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit
our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord,
to see how they are doing." 15:37 Barnabas planned to take John, who was
called Mark, with them also. 15:38 But Paul didn't think that it was a
good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in
Pamphylia, and didn't go with them to do the work. 15:39 Then the
contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas
took Mark with him, and sailed away to Cyprus, 15:40 but Paul chose
Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of
God. 15:41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the
assemblies.

16:1 He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was
there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father
was a Greek. 16:2 The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a
good testimony about him. 16:3 Paul wanted to have him go out with him,
and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those
parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 16:4 As they went
on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to
keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at
Jerusalem. 16:5 So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and
increased in number daily.

16:6 When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they
were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 16:7 When
they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the
Spirit didn't allow them. 16:8 Passing by Mysia, they came down to
Troas. 16:9 A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of
Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia
and help us." 16:10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought
to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach
the Good News to them. 16:11 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made
a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
16:12 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the
foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in
this city.

16:13 On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a
riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat
down, and spoke to the women who had come together. 16:14 A certain
woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who
worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the
things which were spoken by Paul. 16:15 When she and her household were
baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful
to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.

16:16 It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl
having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain
by fortune telling. 16:17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These
men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of
salvation!" 16:18 She was doing this for many days.

But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I
command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out
that very hour. 16:19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their
gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the
marketplace before the rulers. 16:20 When they had brought them to the
magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
16:21 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or
to observe, being Romans."

16:22 The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates
tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with
rods. 16:23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them
into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, 16:24 who, having
received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured
their feet in the stocks.

16:25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns
to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 16:26 Suddenly there
was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were
shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds
were loosened. 16:27 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing
the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself,
supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 16:28 But Paul cried with a
loud voice, saying, "Don't harm yourself, for we are all here!"

16:29 He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling
before Paul and Silas, 16:30 and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what
must I do to be saved?"

16:31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be
saved, you and your household." 16:32 They spoke the word of the Lord to
him, and to all who were in his house.

16:33 He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes,
and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. 16:34 He brought
them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly,
with all his household, having believed in God.

16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying,
"Let those men go."

16:36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates
have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."

16:37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a
trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now
release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves
and bring us out!"

16:38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they
were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, 16:39 and they came
and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to
depart from the city. 16:40 They went out of the prison, and entered
into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged
them, and departed.

17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they
came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 17:2 Paul, as
was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned
with them from the Scriptures, 17:3 explaining and demonstrating that
the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This
Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."

17:4 Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the
devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women. 17:5
But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the
marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar.
Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the
people. 17:6 When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain
brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned
the world upside down have come here also, 17:7 whom Jason has received.
These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is
another king, Jesus!" 17:8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were
troubled when they heard these things. 17:9 When they had taken security
from Jason and the rest, they let them go. 17:10 The brothers
immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they
arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

17:11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the
Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 17:12 Many of them
therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few
men. 17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word
of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise,
agitating the multitudes. 17:14 Then the brothers immediately sent out
Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed
there. 17:15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens.
Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to
him very quickly, they departed.

17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked
within him as he saw the city full of idols. 17:17 So he reasoned in the
synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace
every day with those who met him. 17:18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic
philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this
babbler want to say?"

Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he
preached Jesus and the resurrection.

17:19 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,
"May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you? 17:20
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know
therefore what these things mean." 17:21 Now all the Athenians and the
strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to
tell or to hear some new thing.

17:22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, "You men of
Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things. 17:23 For
as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found
also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore
you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you. 17:24 The God who made
the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth,
doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, 17:25 neither is he served by
men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to
all life and breath, and all things. 17:26 He made from one blood every
nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having
determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
17:27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out
for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 17:28
'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.' As some of your own
poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.' 17:29 Being then the
offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like
gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man. 17:30 The
times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that
all people everywhere should repent, 17:31 because he has appointed a
day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he
has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has
raised him from the dead."

17:32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked;
but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."

17:33 Thus Paul went out from among them. 17:34 But certain men joined
with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite,
and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
18:2 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who
had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius
had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them, 18:3
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked,
for by trade they were tent makers. 18:4 He reasoned in the synagogue
every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. 18:5 But when Silas and
Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit,
testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 18:6 When they opposed
him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your
blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the
Gentiles!"

18:7 He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named
Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the
synagogue. 18:8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the
Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard,
believed and were baptized. 18:9 The Lord said to Paul in the night by a
vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent; 18:10 for I am
with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people
in this city."

18:11 He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God
among them. 18:12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with
one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment
seat, 18:13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to
the law."

18:14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the
Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews,
it would be reasonable that I should bear with you; 18:15 but if they
are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it
yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters." 18:16 He
drove them from the judgment seat.

18:17 Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the
synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn't care
about any of these things.

18:18 Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of
the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla
and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow. 18:19 He
came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the
synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 18:20 When they asked him to stay
with them a longer time, he declined; 18:21 but taking his leave of
them, and saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in
Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail
from Ephesus.

18:22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the
assembly, and went down to Antioch. 18:23 Having spent some time there,
he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in
order, establishing all the disciples. 18:24 Now a certain Jew named
Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He
was mighty in the Scriptures. 18:25 This man had been instructed in the
way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught
accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the
baptism of John. 18:26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But
when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained
to him the way of God more accurately.

18:27 When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers
encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had
come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; 18:28 for
he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that
Jesus was the Christ.

19:1 It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed
through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.
19:2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you
believed?"

They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy
Spirit."

19:3 He said, "Into what then were you baptized?"

They said, "Into John's baptism."

19:4 Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance,
saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come
after him, that is, in Jesus."

19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus. 19:6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came
on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied. 19:7 They
were about twelve men in all. 19:8 He entered into the synagogue, and
spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading
about the things concerning the Kingdom of God.

19:9 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the
Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the
disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 19:10 This
continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the
word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

19:11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul, 19:12 so that
even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the
sick, and the evil spirits went out. 19:13 But some of the itinerant
Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the
evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus
whom Paul preaches." 19:14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish
chief priest, who did this.

19:15 The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who
are you?" 19:16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and
overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of
that house naked and wounded. 19:17 This became known to all, both Jews
and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of
the Lord Jesus was magnified. 19:18 Many also of those who had believed
came, confessing, and declaring their deeds. 19:19 Many of those who
practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in
the sight of all. They counted the price of them, and found it to be
fifty thousand pieces of silver. 19:20 So the word of the Lord was
growing and becoming mighty.

19:21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit,
when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,
saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

19:22 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy
and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. 19:23 About that
time there arose no small stir concerning the Way. 19:24 For a certain
man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis,
brought no little business to the craftsmen, 19:25 whom he gathered
together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know
that by this business we have our wealth. 19:26 You see and hear, that
not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has
persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods,
that are made with hands. 19:27 Not only is there danger that this our
trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess
Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all
Asia and the world worships."

19:28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out,
saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" 19:29 The whole city was
filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater,
having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions
in travel. 19:30 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the
disciples didn't allow him. 19:31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being
his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly
was in confusion. Most of them didn't know why they had come together.
19:33 They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him
forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense
to the people. 19:34 But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with
one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, "Great is Artemis of
the Ephesians!"

19:35 When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, "You men
of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the
Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the
image which fell down from Zeus? 19:36 Seeing then that these things
can't be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash. 19:37
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples
nor blasphemers of your goddess. 19:38 If therefore Demetrius and the
craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are
open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one
another. 19:39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be
settled in the regular assembly. 19:40 For indeed we are in danger of
being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause.
Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this
commotion." 19:41 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

20:1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took
leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia. 20:2 When he had gone
through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came
into Greece. 20:3 When he had spent three months there, and a plot was
made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he
determined to return through Macedonia. 20:4 These accompanied him as
far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the
Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of
Asia. 20:5 But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
20:6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread,
and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.

20:7 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered
together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on
the next day, and continued his speech until midnight. 20:8 There were
many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together. 20:9 A
certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with
deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep,
he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead. 20:10 Paul
went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said, "Don't be
troubled, for his life is in him."

20:11 When he had gone up, and had broken bread, and eaten, and had
talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed.
20:12 They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.

20:13 But we who went ahead to the ship set sail for Assos, intending to
take Paul aboard there, for he had so arranged, intending himself to go
by land. 20:14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to
Mitylene. 20:15 Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite
Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and
the day after we came to Miletus. 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail
past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was
hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of
Pentecost.

20:17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders
of the assembly. 20:18 When they had come to him, he said to them, "You
yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was
with you all the time, 20:19 serving the Lord with all humility, with
many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the
Jews; 20:20 how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was
profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house, 20:21
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith
toward our Lord Jesus.* 20:22 Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to
Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there; 20:23 except that
the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and
afflictions wait for me. 20:24 But these things don't count; nor do I
hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and
the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to
the Good News of the grace of God.

20:25 "Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about
preaching the Kingdom of God, will see my face no more. 20:26 Therefore
I testify to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men,
20:27 for I didn't shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of
God. 20:28 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in
which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly
of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. 20:29 For I
know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you,
not sparing the flock. 20:30 Men will arise from among your own selves,
speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. 20:31
Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn't
cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears. 20:32 Now,
brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is
able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who
are sanctified. 20:33 I coveted no one's silver, or gold, or clothing.
20:34 You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and
those who were with me. 20:35 In all things I gave you an example, that
so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the
Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to
receive.'"

20:36 When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with
them all. 20:37 They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed
him, 20:38 sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had
spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him
to the ship.

21:1 When it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail, we
came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from
there to Patara. 21:2 Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we
went aboard, and set sail. 21:3 When we had come in sight of Cyprus,
leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for
there the ship was to unload her cargo. 21:4 Having found disciples, we
stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he
should not go up to Jerusalem. 21:5 When it happened that we had
accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all,
with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the
city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed. 21:6 After saying goodbye
to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.

21:7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais.
We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day. 21:8 On the next
day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and came to Caesarea.

We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the
seven, and stayed with him. 21:9 Now this man had four virgin daughters
who prophesied. 21:10 As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet
named Agabus came down from Judea. 21:11 Coming to us, and taking Paul's
belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy
Spirit: 'So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt,
and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

21:12 When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged
him not to go up to Jerusalem. 21:13 Then Paul answered, "What are you
doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be
bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

21:14 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's
will be done."

21:15 After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing
one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.

21:17 When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
21:18 The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the
elders were present. 21:19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by
one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his
ministry. 21:20 They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to
him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of
those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law. 21:21
They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are
among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise
their children neither to walk after the customs. 21:22 What then? The
assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come.
21:23 Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a
vow. 21:24 Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their
expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know
that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about
you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law. 21:25 But
concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that
they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep
themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled
things, and from sexual immorality."

21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and
went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of
purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
21:27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia,
when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid
hands on him, 21:28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man
who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this
place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled
this holy place!" 21:29 For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with
him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the
temple.

21:30 All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized
Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding
officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. 21:32
Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They,
when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.
21:33 Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him
to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had
done. 21:34 Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd.
When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded
him to be brought into the barracks.

21:35 When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the
soldiers because of the violence of the crowd; 21:36 for the multitude
of the people followed after, crying out, "Away with him!" 21:37 As Paul
was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding
officer, "May I speak to you?"

He said, "Do you know Greek? 21:38 Aren't you then the Egyptian, who
before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness
the four thousand men of the Assassins?"

21:39 But Paul said, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of
no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."

21:40 When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs,
beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he
spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

22:1 "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to
you."

22:2 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they
were even more quiet. He said, 22:3 "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus
of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel,
instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers,
being zealous for God, even as you all are this day. 22:4 I persecuted
this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and
women. 22:5 As also the high priest and all the council of the elders
testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled
to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to
be punished. 22:6 It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close
to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light
around me. 22:7 I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me,
'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?' 22:8 I answered, 'Who are you,
Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'

22:9 "Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but
they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me. 22:10 I said,
'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into
Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed
for you to do.' 22:11 When I couldn't see for the glory of that light,
being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
22:12 One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of
by all the Jews who lived in Damascus, 22:13 came to me, and standing by
me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I
looked up at him. 22:14 He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed
you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice
from his mouth. 22:15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of
what you have seen and heard. 22:16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be
baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

22:17 "It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I
prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, 22:18 and saw him saying to
me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not
receive testimony concerning me from you.' 22:19 I said, 'Lord, they
themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who
believed in you. 22:20 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was
shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding
the cloaks of those who killed him.'

22:21 "He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to
the Gentiles.'"

22:22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their
voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to
live!"

22:23 As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into
the air, 22:24 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into
the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might
know for what crime they shouted against him like that. 22:25 When they
had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is
it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found
guilty?"

22:26 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and
told him, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!"

22:27 The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you a
Roman?"

He said, "Yes."

22:28 The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a
great price."

Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."

22:29 Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him,
and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was
a Roman, because he had bound him. 22:30 But on the next day, desiring
to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him
from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to
come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

23:1 Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have
lived before God in all good conscience until this day."

23:2 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to
strike him on the mouth.

23:3 Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!
Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck
contrary to the law?"

23:4 Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"

23:5 Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest. For
it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"*
23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the
other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a
Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of
the dead I am being judged!"

23:7 When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and
Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 23:8 For the Sadducees say that
there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees
confess all of these. 23:9 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes
of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil
in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight
against God!"

23:10 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that
Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down
and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

23:11 The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, "Cheer up,
Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must
testify also at Rome."

23:12 When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound
themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink
until they had killed Paul. 23:13 There were more than forty people who
had made this conspiracy. 23:14 They came to the chief priests and the
elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste
nothing until we have killed Paul. 23:15 Now therefore, you with the
council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to
you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly.
We are ready to kill him before he comes near."

23:16 But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came
and entered into the barracks and told Paul. 23:17 Paul summoned one of
the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding
officer, for he has something to tell him."

23:18 So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and
said, "Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young
man to you, who has something to tell you."

23:19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside,
asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"

23:20 He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to
the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more
accurately concerning him. 23:21 Therefore don't yield to them, for more
than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a
curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they
are ready, looking for the promise from you."

23:22 So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him,
"Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me." 23:23 He called
to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred
soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two
hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night." 23:24 He
asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and
bring him safely to Felix the governor. 23:25 He wrote a letter like
this:

23:26 "Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

23:27 "This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by
them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that
he was a Roman. 23:28 Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I
brought him down to their council. 23:29 I found him to be accused about
questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of
death or of imprisonment. 23:30 When I was told that the Jews lay in
wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers
also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."

23:31 So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought
him by night to Antipatris. 23:32 But on the next day they left the
horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks. 23:33 When they
came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also
presented Paul to him. 23:34 When the governor had read it, he asked
what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia,
he said, 23:35 "I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive."
He commanded that he be kept in Herod's palace.

24:1 After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain
elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against
Paul. 24:2 When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,
"Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent measures are
coming to this nation, 24:3 we accept it in all ways and in all places,
most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. 24:4 But, that I don't
delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words. 24:5 For
we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections
among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of
the Nazarenes. 24:6 He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested
him.* 24:7 * 24:8 *By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these
things of which we accuse him."

24:9 The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things
were so. 24:10 When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul
answered, "Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for
many years, I cheerfully make my defense, 24:11 seeing that you can
recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to
worship at Jerusalem. 24:12 In the temple they didn't find me disputing
with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the
city. 24:13 Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now
accuse me. 24:14 But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which
they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all
things which are according to the law, and which are written in the
prophets; 24:15 having hope toward God, which these also themselves look
for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and
unjust. 24:16 Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of
offense toward God and men. 24:17 Now after some years, I came to bring
gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings; 24:18 amid which
certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob,
nor with turmoil. 24:19 They ought to have been here before you, and to
make accusation, if they had anything against me. 24:20 Or else let
these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood
before the council, 24:21 unless it is for this one thing that I cried
standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being
judged before you today!'"

24:22 But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way,
deferred them, saying, "When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down,
I will decide your case." 24:23 He ordered the centurion that Paul
should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to
forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him. 24:24 But after
some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and
sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus. 24:25
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to
come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and
when it is convenient for me, I will summon you." 24:26 Meanwhile, he
also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might
release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with
him. 24:27 But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by
Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left
Paul in bonds.

25:1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days
went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 25:2 Then the high priest and the
principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged
him, 25:3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to
Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way. 25:4 However Festus answered
that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was
about to depart shortly. 25:5 "Let them therefore," said he, "that are
in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in
the man, let them accuse him."

25:6 When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to
Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded
Paul to be brought. 25:7 When he had come, the Jews who had come down
from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous
charges which they could not prove, 25:8 while he said in his defense,
"Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor
against Caesar, have I sinned at all."

25:9 But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and
said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there
concerning these things?"

25:10 But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where
I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know
very well. 25:11 For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything
worthy of death, I don't refuse to die; but if none of those things is
true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to
Caesar!"

25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered,
"You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go."

25:13 Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice
arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus. 25:14 As he stayed there many
days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a
certain man left a prisoner by Felix; 25:15 about whom, when I was at
Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me,
asking for a sentence against him. 25:16 To whom I answered that it is
not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before
the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity
to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him. 25:17 When
therefore they had come together here, I didn't delay, but on the next
day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought. 25:18
Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of
such things as I supposed; 25:19 but had certain questions against him
about their own religion, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul
affirmed to be alive. 25:20 Being perplexed how to inquire concerning
these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and
there be judged concerning these matters. 25:21 But when Paul had
appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to
be kept until I could send him to Caesar."

25:22 Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man
myself."

"Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."

25:23 So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great
pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding
officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul
was brought in. 25:24 Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men who are
here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of
the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought
not to live any longer. 25:25 But when I found that he had committed
nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I
determined to send him. 25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write
to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and
especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have
something to write. 25:27 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a
prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."

26:1 Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself."

Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense. 26:2 "I think
myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this
day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews, 26:3
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are
among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

26:4 "Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which
was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem; 26:5 having
known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the
strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. 26:6 Now I stand here
to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
26:7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to
attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
26:8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?

26:9 "I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things
contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 26:10 This I also did in
Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received
authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave
my vote against them. 26:11 Punishing them often in all the synagogues,
I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them,
I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

26:12 "Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and
commission from the chief priests, 26:13 at noon, O King, I saw on the
way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and
those who traveled with me. 26:14 When we had all fallen to the earth, I
heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are
you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

26:15 "I said, 'Who are you, Lord?'

"He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 26:16 But arise, and
stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to
appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have
seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you; 26:17 delivering you
from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 26:18 to
open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the
power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an
inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

26:19 "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly
vision, 26:20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and
throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they
should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. 26:21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.
26:22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to
this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the
prophets and Moses said would happen, 26:23 how the Christ must suffer,
and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim
light both to these people and to the Gentiles."

26:24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul,
you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!"

26:25 But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly
declare words of truth and reasonableness. 26:26 For the king knows of
these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none
of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a
corner. 26:27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you
believe."

26:28 Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to
make me a Christian?"

26:29 Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much,
not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I
am, except for these bonds."

26:30 The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat
with them. 26:31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another,
saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds." 26:32
Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not
appealed to Caesar."

27:1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they
delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius,
of the Augustan band. 27:2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was
about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea;
Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 27:3 The next
day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him
permission to go to his friends and refresh himself. 27:4 Putting to sea
from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were
contrary. 27:5 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia
and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 27:6 There the
centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on
board. 27:7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with
difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed
under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone. 27:8 With difficulty sailing
along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of
Lasea.

27:9 When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because
the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them, 27:10 and said
to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much
loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." 27:11
But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the
ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul. 27:12 Because the
haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea
from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there,
which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.

27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained
their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to
shore. 27:14 But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which
is called Euroclydon. 27:15 When the ship was caught, and couldn't face
the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along. 27:16 Running under
the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty,
to secure the boat. 27:17 After they had hoisted it up, they used cables
to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the
Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.
27:18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began
to throw things overboard. 27:19 On the third day, they threw out the
ship's tackle with their own hands. 27:20 When neither sun nor stars
shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope
that we would be saved was now taken away.

27:21 When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle
of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have
set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss. 27:22 Now I
exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but
only of the ship. 27:23 For there stood by me this night an angel,
belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve, 27:24 saying, 'Don't
be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted
you all those who sail with you.' 27:25 Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I
believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me. 27:26 But
we must run aground on a certain island."

27:27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and
forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they
were drawing near to some land. 27:28 They took soundings, and found
twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and
found fifteen fathoms. 27:29 Fearing that we would run aground on rocky
ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for
daylight. 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and
had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out
anchors from the bow, 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the
soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved." 27:32
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.

27:33 While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some
food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue
fasting, having taken nothing. 27:34 Therefore I beg you to take some
food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any
of your heads." 27:35 When he had said this, and had taken bread, he
gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to
eat. 27:36 Then they all cheered up, and they also took food. 27:37 In
all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship. 27:38 When they
had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into
the sea. 27:39 When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they
noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the
ship onto it. 27:40 Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea,
at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to
the wind, they made for the beach. 27:41 But coming to a place where two
seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained
immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

27:42 The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of
them would swim out and escape. 27:43 But the centurion, desiring to
save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who
could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the
land; 27:44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on
other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely
to the land.

28:1 When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called
Malta. 28:2 The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a
fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of
the cold. 28:3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid
them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on
his hand. 28:4 When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand,
they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though
he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live." 28:5
However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed. 28:6
But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead
suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad
happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

28:7 Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the
chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously
entertained us for three days. 28:8 It happened that the father of
Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed,
and laying his hands on him, healed him. 28:9 Then when this was done,
the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured. 28:10
They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on
board the things that we needed.

28:11 After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had
wintered in the island, whose sign was "The Twin Brothers." 28:12
Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days. 28:13 From there we
circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind
sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli, 28:14 where we
found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So
we came to Rome. 28:15 From there the brothers, when they heard of us,
came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns.
When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage. 28:16 When we
entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain
of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier
who guarded him.

28:17 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who
were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to
them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the
customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into
the hands of the Romans, 28:18 who, when they had examined me, desired
to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me. 28:19 But
when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar,
not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation. 28:20 For this
cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of
the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

28:21 They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea
concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or
speak any evil of you. 28:22 But we desire to hear from you what you
think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere
it is spoken against."

28:23 When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his
lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and
persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from
the prophets, from morning until evening. 28:24 Some believed the things
which were spoken, and some disbelieved. 28:25 When they didn't agree
among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The
Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,
28:26 saying,

'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no
way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.
28:27 For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of
hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their
eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn
again, and I would heal them.'* 28:28 "Be it known therefore to you,
that the salvation of God is sent to the nations. They will also
listen."

28:29 When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great
dispute among themselves.

28:30 Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received
all who were coming to him, 28:31 preaching the Kingdom of God, and
teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness,
without hindrance.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:20 Psalm 69:25

[2] back to 1:20 Psalm 109:8

[3] back to 2:15 about 9:00 AM

[4] back to 2:21 Joel 2:28-32

[5] back to 2:27 or, Hell

[6] back to 2:28 Psalm 16:8-11

[7] back to 2:31 or, Hell

[8] back to 2:35 Psalm 110:1

[9] back to 3:1 3:00 PM

[10] back to 3:17 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[11] back to 3:23 Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19

[12] back to 3:25 Genesis 22:18; 26:4

[13] back to 4:11 Psalm 118:22

[14] back to 4:26 Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed
One.

[15] back to 4:26 Psalm 2:1-2

[16] back to 6:1 The Hellenists used Greek language and culture, even
though they were also of Hebrew descent.

[17] back to 7:3 Genesis 12:1

[18] back to 7:7 Genesis 15:13-14

[19] back to 7:23 The word for "brothers" here and where the context
allows may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."

[20] back to 7:28 Exodus 2:14

[21] back to 7:32 Exodus 3:6

[22] back to 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7-8,10

[23] back to 7:37 TR adds "You shall listen to him."

[24] back to 7:37 Deuteronomy 18:15

[25] back to 7:40 Exodus 32:1

[26] back to 7:42 This idiom could also be translatted "host of heaven,"
or "angelic beings," or "heavenly bodies."

[27] back to 7:43 Amos 5:25-27

[28] back to 7:50 Isaiah 66:1-2

[29] back to 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8

[30] back to 8:37 TR adds "Philip said, 'If you believe with all your
heart, you may.' He answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God.'"

[31] back to 9:5 TR adds "It's hard for you to kick against the goads."

[32] back to 9:6 TR omits "But"

[33] back to 9:11 or, Judas

[34] back to 9:28 TR and NU add "and going out"

[35] back to 9:29 The Hellenists were Hebrews who used Greek language
and culture.

[36] back to 9:30 The word for "brothers" here and where the context
allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."

[37] back to 9:36 "Dorcas" is Greek for "Gazelle."

[38] back to 9:38 Reading from NU, TR; MT omits "two men"

[39] back to 10:3 3:00 PM

[40] back to 10:6 TR adds "This one will tell you what it is necessary
for you to do."

[41] back to 10:19 Reading from TR and NU. MT omits "three"

[42] back to 10:30 3:00 P. M.

[43] back to 10:39 TR omits "also"

[44] back to 11:1 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[45] back to 11:20 A Hellenist is someone who keeps Greek customs and
culture.

[46] back to 12:25 TR reads "from" instead of "to"

[47] back to 13:17 TR, NU add "Israel"

[48] back to 13:23 TR, NU read "a Savior, Jesus" instead of "salvation"

[49] back to 13:24 TR, NU read "to all the people of Israel" instead of
"to Israel"

[50] back to 13:33 Psalm 2:7

[51] back to 13:34 Isaiah 55:3

[52] back to 13:35 Psalm 16:10

[53] back to 13:38 The word for "brothers" here and where the context
allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."

[54] back to 13:41 Habakkuk 1:5

[55] back to 13:47 Isaiah 49:6

[56] back to 14:2 or, disobedient

[57] back to 14:17 TR reads "us" instead of "you"

[58] back to 15:3 The word for "brothers" here and where the context
allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."

[59] back to 15:11 TR adds "Christ"

[60] back to 15:17 Amos 9:11-12

[61] back to 15:22 The word for "brothers" here and where the context
allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."

[62] back to 15:34 Some manuscripts add: But it seemed good to Silas to
stay there.

[63] back to 17:5 TR reads "And the Jews who were unpersuaded, becoming
envious and taking along" instead of "But the unpersuaded Jews took
along"

[64] back to 17:6 The word for "brothers" here and where the context
allows may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."

[65] back to 17:18 TR omits "also"

[66] back to 18:18 The word for "brothers" here and where the context
allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."

[67] back to 19:19 The 50,000 pieces of silver here probably referred to
50,000 drachmas. If so, the value of the burned books was equivalent to
about 160 man-years of wages for agricultural laborers

[68] back to 20:8 TR reads "they" instead of "we"

[69] back to 20:21 TR adds "Christ"

[70] back to 20:28 TR, NU omit "the Lord and"

[71] back to 20:32 The word for "brothers" here and where the context
allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."

[72] back to 23:5 Exodus 22:28

[73] back to 23:23 about 9:00 PM

[74] back to 24:6 TR adds "We wanted to judge him according to our law,"

[75] back to 24:7 TR adds "but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by
and with great violence took him out of our hands,"

[76] back to 24:8 TR adds "commanding his accusers to come to you."

[77] back to 27:14 Or, "a northeaster."

[78] back to 27:28 20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters

[79] back to 27:28 15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters

[80] back to 28:1 NU reads "we"

[81] back to 28:14 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[82] back to 28:27 Isaiah 6:9-10



Paul's Letter to the Romans

1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart
for the Good News of God, 1:2 which he promised before through his
prophets in the holy Scriptures, 1:3 concerning his Son, who was born of
the seed of David according to the flesh, 1:4 who was declared to be the
Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 1:5 through whom we
received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the
nations, for his name's sake; 1:6 among whom you are also called to
belong to Jesus Christ; 1:7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God,
called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.

1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your
faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. 1:9 For God is my
witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how
unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers, 1:10 requesting,
if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to
come to you. 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some
spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established; 1:12 that is,
that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other's
faith, both yours and mine.

1:13 Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often
planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some
fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles. 1:14 I am
debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the
foolish. 1:15 So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good
News to you also who are in Rome. 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Good
News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone
who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek. 1:17 For in it
is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written,
"But the righteous shall live by faith."* 1:18 For the wrath of God is
revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men,
who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 1:19 because that which is
known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them. 1:20 For
the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his
everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse. 1:21
Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave
thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart
was darkened.

1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 and
traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image
of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping
things. 1:24 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their
hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among
themselves, 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped
and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.
Amen.

1:26 For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women
changed the natural function into that which is against nature. 1:27
Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned
in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with
men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error. 1:28
Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to
a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 1:29 being
filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil
habits, secret slanderers, 1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent,
haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
1:31 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural
affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; 1:32 who, knowing the ordinance of
God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only
do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

2:1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge.
For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who
judge practice the same things. 2:2 We know that the judgment of God is
according to truth against those who practice such things. 2:3 Do you
think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the
same, that you will escape the judgment of God? 2:4 Or do you despise
the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that
the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 2:5 But according to your
hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath
in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
2:6 who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"* 2:7 to
those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and
incorruptibility, eternal life; 2:8 but to those who are self-seeking,
and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and
indignation, 2:9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works
evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

2:10 But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek. 2:11 For there is no partiality with
God. 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish
without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by
the law. 2:13 For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous
before God, but the doers of the law will be justified 2:14 (for when
Gentiles who don't have the law do by nature the things of the law,
these, not having the law, are a law to themselves, 2:15 in that they
show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience
testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or
else excusing them) 2:16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of
men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

2:17 Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory
in God, 2:18 and know his will, and approve the things that are
excellent, being instructed out of the law, 2:19 and are confident that
you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in
darkness, 2:20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having
in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth. 2:21 You therefore
who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man
shouldn't steal, do you steal? 2:22 You who say a man shouldn't commit
adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob
temples? 2:23 You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the
law do you dishonor God? 2:24 For "the name of God is blasphemed among
the Gentiles because of you,"* just as it is written. 2:25 For
circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you
are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become
uncircumcision. 2:26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances
of the law, won't his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision? 2:27
Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law,
judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of
the law? 2:28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that
circumcision which is outward in the flesh; 2:29 but he is a Jew who is
one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not
in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

3:1 Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of
circumcision? 3:2 Much in every way! Because first of all, they were
entrusted with the oracles of God. 3:3 For what if some were without
faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God? 3:4 May
it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is
written,

"That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you
come into judgment."* 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commends the
righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts
wrath? I speak like men do. 3:6 May it never be! For then how will God
judge the world? 3:7 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to
his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 3:8 Why not (as we
are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do
evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned. 3:9
What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously
warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin. 3:10 As it is
written,

"There is no one righteous; no, not one. 3:11 There is no one who
understands. There is no one who seeks after God. 3:12 They have all
turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one
who does good, no, not, so much as one."* 3:13 "Their throat is an open
tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit."* "The poison of vipers
is under their lips;"* 3:14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and
bitterness."* 3:15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood. 3:16 Destruction
and misery are in their ways. 3:17 The way of peace, they haven't
known."* 3:18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."* 3:19 Now we
know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under
the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be
brought under the judgment of God. 3:20 Because by the works of the law,
no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the
knowledge of sin. 3:21 But now apart from the law, a righteousness of
God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; 3:22
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and
on all those who believe. For there is no distinction, 3:23 for all have
sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; 3:24 being justified freely
by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; 3:25 whom
God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood,
for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of
prior sins, in God's forbearance; 3:26 to demonstrate his righteousness
at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier
of him who has faith in Jesus.

3:27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what manner of law?
Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 3:28 We maintain therefore that a
man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 3:29 Or is
God the God of Jews only? Isn't he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of
Gentiles also, 3:30 since indeed there is one God who will justify the
circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith. 3:31 Do we
then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish
the law.

4:1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found
according to the flesh? 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he
has something to boast about, but not toward God. 4:3 For what does the
Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for
righteousness."* 4:4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as
grace, but as debt. 4:5 But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him
who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. 4:6
Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts
righteousness apart from works,

4:7 "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are
covered. 4:8 Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge
with sin."* 4:9 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or
on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to
Abraham for righteousness. 4:10 How then was it counted? When he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in
uncircumcision. 4:11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision,
that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in
uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them. 4:12
The father of circumcision to those who not only are of the
circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father
Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision. 4:13 For the promise to Abraham
and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the
law, but through the righteousness of faith. 4:14 For if those who are
of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no
effect. 4:15 For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither
is there disobedience. 4:16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may
be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all
the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which
is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. 4:17 As it is
written, "I have made you a father of many nations."* This is in the
presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and
calls the things that are not, as though they were. 4:18 Who in hope
believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many
nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed
be."* 4:19 Without being weakened in faith, he didn't consider his own
body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years
old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. 4:20 Yet, looking to the promise
of God, he didn't waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith,
giving glory to God, 4:21 and being fully assured that what he had
promised, he was able also to perform. 4:22 Therefore it also was
"reckoned to him for righteousness."* 4:23 Now it was not written that
it was accounted to him for his sake alone, 4:24 but for our sake also,
to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our
Lord, from the dead, 4:25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and
was raised for our justification.

5:1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ; 5:2 through whom we also have our access by faith
into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of
God. 5:3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing
that suffering works perseverance; 5:4 and perseverance, proven
character; and proven character, hope: 5:5 and hope doesn't disappoint
us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the
Holy Spirit who was given to us. 5:6 For while we were yet weak, at the
right time Christ died for the ungodly. 5:7 For one will hardly die for
a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even
dare to die. 5:8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved
from God's wrath through him. 5:10 For if, while we were enemies, we
were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being
reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

5:11 Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. 5:12
Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death
through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned. 5:13
For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when
there is no law. 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses,
even over those whose sins weren't like Adam's disobedience, who is a
foreshadowing of him who was to come. 5:15 But the free gift isn't like
the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more
did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus
Christ, abound to the many. 5:16 The gift is not as through one who
sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift
came of many trespasses to justification. 5:17 For if by the trespass of
the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who
receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in
life through the one, Jesus Christ. 5:18 So then as through one
trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of
righteousness, all men were justified to life. 5:19 For as through the
one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the
obedience of the one, many will be made righteous. 5:20 The law came in
besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace
abounded more exceedingly; 5:21 that as sin reigned in death, even so
grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.

6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound? 6:2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it
any longer? 6:3 Or don't you know that all we who were baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 6:4 We were buried therefore
with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from
the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in
newness of life. 6:5 For if we have become united with him in the
likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; 6:6
knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of
sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to
sin. 6:7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 6:8 But if we died
with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him; 6:9 knowing
that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has
dominion over him! 6:10 For the death that he died, he died to sin one
time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God. 6:11 Thus consider
yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our
Lord.

6:12 Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should
obey it in its lusts. 6:13 Neither present your members to sin as
instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive
from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
6:14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law,
but under grace. 6:15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under
law, but under grace? May it never be! 6:16 Don't you know that to whom
you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are
whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to
righteousness? 6:17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were
bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of
teaching whereunto you were delivered. 6:18 Being made free from sin,
you became bondservants of righteousness.

6:19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for
as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to
wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants
to righteousness for sanctification. 6:20 For when you were servants of
sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 6:21 What fruit then did
you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For
the end of those things is death. 6:22 But now, being made free from
sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of
sanctification, and the result of eternal life. 6:23 For the wages of
sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord.

7:1 Or don't you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law),
that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? 7:2 For
the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he
lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the
husband. 7:3 So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to
another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies,
she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is
joined to another man. 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made
dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to
another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth
fruit to God. 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions
which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit
to death. 7:6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died
to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the
spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I
wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have
known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."* 7:8 But
sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds
of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead. 7:9 I was alive apart
from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I
died. 7:10 The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for
death; 7:11 for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived
me, and through it killed me. 7:12 Therefore the law indeed is holy, and
the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

7:13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be!
But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me
through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might
become exceeding sinful. 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but
I am fleshly, sold under sin. 7:15 For I don't know what I am doing. For
I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do. 7:16
But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is
good. 7:17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in
me. 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good
thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that
which is good. 7:19 For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the
evil which I don't desire, that I practice. 7:20 But if what I don't
desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in
me. 7:21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good,
evil is present. 7:22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man,
7:23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of
my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in
my members. 7:24 What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of
the body of this death? 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord!
So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the
sin's law.

8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ
Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the
Spirit. 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me
free from the law of sin and of death. 8:3 For what the law couldn't do,
in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in
the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
8:4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 8:5 For those who live according
to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who
live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 8:6 For the mind
of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not
subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be. 8:8 Those who are in the
flesh can't please God. 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the
Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man
doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his. 8:10 If Christ is in
you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of
righteousness. 8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from
the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will
also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in
you. 8:12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live
after the flesh. 8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but
if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of
God. 8:15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear,
but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children
of God; 8:17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs
with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified
with him. 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed
toward us. 8:19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the
children of God to be revealed. 8:20 For the creation was subjected to
vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in
hope 8:21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the
bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain
together until now. 8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the
first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body. 8:24 For we were saved
in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which
he sees? 8:25 But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for it
with patience. 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our
weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit
himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.
8:27 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind,
because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love
God, to those who are called according to his purpose. 8:29 For whom he
foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 8:30 Whom he
predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also
justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who
can be against us? 8:32 He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered
him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all
things? 8:33 Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is
God who justifies. 8:34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died,
yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of
God, who also makes intercession for us.

8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or
anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long.
We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."* 8:37 No, in all these
things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 8:38 For I
am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 8:39
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

9:1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying
with me in the Holy Spirit, 9:2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing
pain in my heart. 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from
Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh, 9:4
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the
giving of the law, the service, and the promises; 9:5 of whom are the
fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over
all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

9:6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For
they are not all Israel, that are of Israel. 9:7 Neither, because they
are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed
be called."* 9:8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are
children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
9:9 For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come,
and Sarah will have a son."* 9:10 Not only so, but Rebecca also
conceived by one, by our father Isaac. 9:11 For being not yet born,
neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God
according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
9:12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."* 9:13 Even
as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."*

9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it
never be! 9:15 For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have
mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."* 9:16 So
then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has
mercy. 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I
caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that
my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."* 9:18 So then, he has
mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires. 9:19 You will
say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his
will?" 9:20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will
the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like
this?"* 9:21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same
lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor? 9:22
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known,
endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction, 9:23
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of
mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory, 9:24 us, whom he also
called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles? 9:25 As he
says also in Hosea,

"I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her
'beloved,' who was not beloved."* 9:26 "It will be that in the place
where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be
called 'children of the living God.'"* 9:27 Isaiah cries concerning
Israel,

"If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it
is the remnant who will be saved; 9:28 for He will finish the work and
cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work
upon the earth."* 9:29 As Isaiah has said before,

"Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like
Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."* 9:30 What shall we say
then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained
to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith; 9:31 but
Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law
of righteousness. 9:32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as
it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
9:33 even as it is written,

"Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no
one who believes in him will be disappointed."* 10:1 Brothers, my
heart's desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be
saved. 10:2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but
not according to knowledge. 10:3 For being ignorant of God's
righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they
didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God. 10:4 For Christ
is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who
believes. 10:5 For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, "The
one who does them will live by them."* 10:6 But the righteousness which
is of faith says this, "Don't say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into
heaven?'* (that is, to bring Christ down); 10:7 or, 'Who will descend
into the abyss?'* (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)" 10:8 But
what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your
heart;"* that is, the word of faith, which we preach: 10:9 that if you
will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your
heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10:10 For
with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation. 10:11 For the Scripture says,
"Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."*

10:12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same
Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. 10:13 For,
"Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."* 10:14 How
then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they
believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a
preacher? 10:15 And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is
written:

"How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace,
who bring glad tidings of good things!"* 10:16 But they didn't all
listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our
report?"* 10:17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God. 10:18 But I say, didn't they hear? Yes, most certainly,

"Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the
world."* 10:19 But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says,

"I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a
nation void of understanding I will make you angry."* 10:20 Isaiah is
very bold, and says,

"I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who
didn't ask for me."* 10:21 But as to Israel he says, "All day long I
stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."*

11:1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also
am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 11:2
God didn't reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don't you know what
the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
11:3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your
altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."* 11:4 But how does
God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have
not bowed the knee to Baal."* 11:5 Even so then at this present time
also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 11:6 And if
by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer
grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is
no longer work.

11:7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but
the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened. 11:8 According
as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they
should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."*
11:9 David says,

"Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a
retribution to them. 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not
see. Bow down their back always."* 11:11 I ask then, did they stumble
that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has
come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. 11:12 Now if their
fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the
Gentiles; how much more their fullness? 11:13 For I speak to you who are
Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my
ministry; 11:14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are
my flesh, and may save some of them. 11:15 For if the rejection of them
is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but
life from the dead? 11:16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If
the root is holy, so are the branches. 11:17 But if some of the branches
were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among
them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of
the olive tree; 11:18 don't boast over the branches. But if you boast,
it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you. 11:19 You
will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
11:20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by
your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear; 11:21 for if God didn't spare
the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 11:22 See then the
goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but
toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you
also will be cut off. 11:23 They also, if they don't continue in their
unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
11:24 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive
tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how
much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into
their own olive tree? 11:25 For I don't desire you to be ignorant,
brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own
conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the
fullness of the Gentiles has come in, 11:26 and so all Israel will be
saved. Even as it is written,

"There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away
ungodliness from Jacob. 11:27 This is my covenant to them, when I will
take away their sins."* 11:28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies
for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the
fathers' sake. 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are
irrevocable. 11:30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but
now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, 11:31 even so these also
have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also
obtain mercy. 11:32 For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he
might have mercy on all. 11:33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the
wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and
his ways past tracing out!

11:34 "For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his
counselor?"* 11:35 "Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid
to him again?"* 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all
things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your
spiritual service. 12:2 Don't be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is
the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God. 12:3 For I say,
through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not
to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think
reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
12:4 For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members
don't have the same function, 12:5 so we, who are many, are one body in
Christ, and individually members one of another. 12:6 Having gifts
differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let
us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; 12:7 or service,
let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
12:8 or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it
with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with
cheerfulness.

12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to
that which is good. 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly
affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another; 12:11 not
lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12:12
rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in
prayer; 12:13 contributing to the needs of the saints; given to
hospitality. 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't
curse. 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on
high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own
conceits. 12:17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in
the sight of all men. 12:18 If it is possible, as much as it is up to
you, be at peace with all men. 12:19 Don't seek revenge yourselves,
beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance
belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."* 12:20 Therefore

"If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."* 12:21 Don't
be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for
there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained
by God. 13:2 Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the
ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves
judgment. 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the
evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is
good, and you will have praise from the same, 13:4 for he is a servant
of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for
he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an
avenger for wrath to him who does evil. 13:5 Therefore you need to be in
subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience'
sake. 13:6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of
God's service, attending continually on this very thing. 13:7 Give
therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs
to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor. 13:8 Owe
no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his
neighbor has fulfilled the law.

13:9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall
not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false
testimony," "You shall not covet,"** and whatever other commandments
there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love
your neighbor as yourself."* 13:10 Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love
therefore is the fulfillment of the law. 13:11 Do this, knowing the
time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for
salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed. 13:12 The
night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the
works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light. 13:13 Let us
walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in
sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the
flesh, for its lusts.

14:1 Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over
opinions. 14:2 One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak
eats only vegetables. 14:3 Don't let him who eats despise him who
doesn't eat. Don't let him who doesn't eat judge him who eats, for God
has accepted him. 14:4 Who are you who judge another's servant? To his
own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has
power to make him stand.

14:5 One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every
day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind. 14:6 He who
observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe
the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the
Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he
doesn't eat, and gives God thanks. 14:7 For none of us lives to himself,
and none dies to himself. 14:8 For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or
if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the
Lord's. 14:9 For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he
might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

14:10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you
despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of
Christ. 14:11 For it is written,

"'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue
will confess to God.'"* 14:12 So then each one of us will give account
of himself to God. 14:13 Therefore let's not judge one another any more,
but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his
brother's way, or an occasion for falling. 14:14 I know, and am
persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except
that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
14:15 Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer
in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. 14:16
Then don't let your good be slandered, 14:17 for the Kingdom of God is
not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy
Spirit. 14:18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to
God and approved by men. 14:19 So then, let us follow after things which
make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up. 14:20
Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean,
however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.
14:21 It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which
your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

14:22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who
doesn't judge himself in that which he approves. 14:23 But he who doubts
is condemned if he eats, because it isn't of faith; and whatever is not
of faith is sin.

14:24 Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News
and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the
mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, 14:25 but now is
revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the
commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to
all the nations; 14:26 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to
whom be the glory forever! Amen.

15:1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and
not to please ourselves. 15:2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for
that which is good, to be building him up. 15:3 For even Christ didn't
please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who
reproached you fell on me."* 15:4 For whatever things were written
before were written for our learning, that through patience and through
encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 15:5 Now the God of
patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with
another according to Christ Jesus, 15:6 that with one accord you may
with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15:7 Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to
the glory of God. 15:8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of
the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the
promises given to the fathers, 15:9 and that the Gentiles might glorify
God for his mercy. As it is written,

"Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to
your name."* 15:10 Again he says,

"Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people."* 15:11 Again,

"Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him."*
15:12 Again, Isaiah says,

"There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the
Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope."* 15:13 Now may the God of hope
fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in
hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit. 15:14 I myself am also persuaded
about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled
with all knowledge, able also to admonish others. 15:15 But I write the
more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that
was given to me by God, 15:16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus
to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the
offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the
Holy Spirit. 15:17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in
things pertaining to God. 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any
things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of
the Gentiles, by word and deed, 15:19 in the power of signs and wonders,
in the power of God's Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far
as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ; 15:20
yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was
already named, that I might not build on another's foundation. 15:21
But, as it is written,

"They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will
understand."* 15:22 Therefore also I was hindered these many times from
coming to you, 15:23 but now, no longer having any place in these
regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you, 15:24
whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you
on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may
enjoy your company for a while. 15:25 But now, I say, I am going to
Jerusalem, serving the saints. 15:26 For it has been the good pleasure
of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor
among the saints who are at Jerusalem. 15:27 Yes, it has been their good
pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made
partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve
them in fleshly things. 15:28 When therefore I have accomplished this,
and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.
15:29 I know that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of
the blessing of the Good News of Christ.

15:30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love
of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God
for me, 15:31 that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in
Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable
to the saints; 15:32 that I may come to you in joy through the will of
God, and together with you, find rest. 15:33 Now the God of peace be
with you all. Amen.

16:1 I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the
assembly that is at Cenchreae, 16:2 that you receive her in the Lord, in
a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter
she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many,
and of my own self.

16:3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 16:4
who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give
thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles. 16:5 Greet the
assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the
first fruits of Achaia to Christ. 16:6 Greet Mary, who labored much for
us. 16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my fellow
prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ
before me. 16:8 Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord. 16:9 Greet
Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved. 16:10
Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the
household of Aristobulus. 16:11 Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them
of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord. 16:12 Greet
Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the
beloved, who labored much in the Lord. 16:13 Greet Rufus, the chosen in
the Lord, and his mother and mine. 16:14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon,
Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them. 16:15
Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all
the saints who are with them. 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
The assemblies of Christ greet you.

16:17 Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the
divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you
learned, and turn away from them. 16:18 For those who are such don't
serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth
and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent. 16:19
For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over
you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent
in that which is evil. 16:20 And the God of peace will quickly crush
Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and
Sosipater, my relatives. 16:22 I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet
you in the Lord. 16:23 Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly,
greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does
Quartus, the brother. 16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all! Amen. 16:25 *

Notes:

[1] back to 1:17 Habakkuk 2:4

[2] back to 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12

[3] back to 2:24 Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22

[4] back to 3:4 Psalm 51:4

[5] back to 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20

[6] back to 3:13 Psalm 5:9

[7] back to 3:13 Psalm 140:3

[8] back to 3:14 Psalm 10:7

[9] back to 3:17 Isaiah 59:7-8

[10] back to 3:18 Psalm 36:1

[11] back to 3:25 or, a propitiation

[12] back to 4:3 Genesis 15:6

[13] back to 4:8 Psalm 32:1-2

[14] back to 4:17 Genesis 17:5

[15] back to 4:18 Genesis 15:5

[16] back to 4:22 Genesis 15:6

[17] back to 7:1 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[18] back to 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21

[19] back to 8:1 NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but
according to the Spirit"

[20] back to 8:15 Abba is an Aramaic word for father or daddy, often
used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father in heaven.

[21] back to 8:29 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[22] back to 8:36 Psalm 44:22

[23] back to 9:7 Genesis 21:12

[24] back to 9:9 Genesis 18:10,14

[25] back to 9:12 Genesis 25:23

[26] back to 9:13 Malachi 1:2-3

[27] back to 9:15 Exodus 33:19

[28] back to 9:17 Exodus 9:16

[29] back to 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

[30] back to 9:25 Hosea 2:23

[31] back to 9:26 Hosea 1:10

[32] back to 9:28 Isaiah 10:22-23

[33] back to 9:29 Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze'va'ot)

[34] back to 9:29 Isaiah 1:9

[35] back to 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16

[36] back to 10:4 or, completion, or end

[37] back to 10:5 Leviticus 18:5

[38] back to 10:6 Deuteronomy 30:12

[39] back to 10:7 Deuteronomy 30:13

[40] back to 10:8 Deuteronomy 30:14

[41] back to 10:11 Isaiah 28:16

[42] back to 10:13 Joel 2:32

[43] back to 10:15 Isaiah 52:7

[44] back to 10:16 Isaiah 53:1

[45] back to 10:18 Psalm 19:4

[46] back to 10:19 Deuteronomy 32:31

[47] back to 10:20 Isaiah 65:1

[48] back to 10:21 Isaiah 65:2

[49] back to 11:3 1 Kings 19:10,14

[50] back to 11:4 1 Kings 19:18

[51] back to 11:8 Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10

[52] back to 11:10 Psalm 69:22,23

[53] back to 11:25 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[54] back to 11:27 Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34

[55] back to 11:34 Isaiah 40:13

[56] back to 11:35 Job 41:11

[57] back to 12:19 Deuteronomy 32:35

[58] back to 12:20 Proverbs 25:21-22

[59] back to 13:9 TR adds "You shall not give false testimony,"

[60] back to 13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21

[61] back to 13:9 Leviticus 19:18

[62] back to 14:11 Isaiah 45:23

[63] back to 14:26 TR places verses 24-26 after Romans 16:24 as verses
25-27.

[64] back to 15:3 Psalm 69:9

[65] back to 15:7 TR reads "us" instead of "you"

[66] back to 15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49

[67] back to 15:10 Deuteronomy 32:43

[68] back to 15:11 Psalm 117:1

[69] back to 15:12 Isaiah 11:10

[70] back to 15:14 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[71] back to 15:21 Isaiah 52:15

[72] back to 16:1 or, deacon

[73] back to 16:14 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[74] back to 16:25 TR places Romans 14:24-26 at the end of Romans
instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers these verses 16:25-27.



Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians

1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of
God, and our brother Sosthenes, 1:2 to the assembly of God which is at
Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,
with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place,
both theirs and ours: 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:4 I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was
given you in Christ Jesus; 1:5 that in everything you were enriched in
him, in all speech and all knowledge; 1:6 even as the testimony of
Christ was confirmed in you: 1:7 so that you come behind in no gift;
waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; 1:8 who will also
confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 1:9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the
fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. 1:10 Now I beg you,
brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak
the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be
perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1:11 For
it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are
from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you. 1:12 Now I
mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow
Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ." 1:13 Is Christ
divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name
of Paul? 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus
and Gaius, 1:15 so that no one should say that I had baptized you into
my own name. 1:16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides
them, I don't know whether I baptized any other.) 1:17 For Christ sent
me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News--not in wisdom of words,
so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void. 1:18 For the word of
the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved
it is the power of God. 1:19 For it is written,

"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of
the discerning to nothing."* 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the
scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't God made foolish the
wisdom of this world? 1:21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the
world through its wisdom didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure
through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe. 1:22
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom, 1:23 but we preach
Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the
power of God and the wisdom of God. 1:25 Because the foolishness of God
is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1:26
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to
the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; 1:27 but God chose the
foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are
wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame
the things that are strong; 1:28 and God chose the lowly things of the
world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not,
that he might bring to nothing the things that are: 1:29 that no flesh
should boast before God. 1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who
was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification,
and redemption: 1:31 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts,
let him boast in the Lord."*

2:1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of
speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2:2 For I
determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him
crucified. 2:3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much
trembling. 2:4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words
of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 2:5
that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of
God. 2:6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a
wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are
coming to nothing. 2:7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the
wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds
for our glory, 2:8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For
had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory. 2:9
But as it is written,

"Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't
enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love
him."* 2:10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the
Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 2:11 For who
among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which
is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit.
2:12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which
is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us
by God. 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom
teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things
with spiritual things. 2:14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the
things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't
know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 2:15 But he who is
spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one. 2:16
"For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?"*
But we have Christ's mind.

3:1 Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to
fleshly, as to babies in Christ. 3:2 I fed you with milk, not with meat;
for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready, 3:3 for
you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and
factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways
of men? 3:4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow
Apollos," aren't you fleshly? 3:5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul,
but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to
him? 3:6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. 3:7 So
then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who
gives the increase. 3:8 Now he who plants and he who waters are the
same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
3:9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's
building. 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a
wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But
let each man be careful how he builds on it. 3:11 For no one can lay any
other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
3:12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly
stones, wood, hay, or stubble; 3:13 each man's work will be revealed.
For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the
fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is. 3:14 If any
man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. 3:15
If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be
saved, but as through fire.

3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit
lives in you? 3:17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will
destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are. 3:18 Let no one
deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this
world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. 3:19 For the
wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has
taken the wise in their craftiness."* 3:20 And again, "The Lord knows
the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."* 3:21 Therefore let no
one boast in men. For all things are yours, 3:22 whether Paul, or
Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present,
or things to come. All are yours, 3:23 and you are Christ's, and Christ
is God's.

4:1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's
mysteries. 4:2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be
found faithful. 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should
be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self.
4:4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this,
but he who judges me is the Lord. 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the
time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden
things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man
will get his praise from God.

4:6 Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself
and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think
beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up
against one another. 4:7 For who makes you different? And what do you
have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you
boast as if you had not received it? 4:8 You are already filled. You
have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I
wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you. 4:9 For, I
think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men
sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to
angels and men. 4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in
Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have
dishonor. 4:11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked,
are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place. 4:12 We toil, working
with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we
endure. 4:13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the
world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now. 4:14 I don't write
these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
4:15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many
fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good
News. 4:16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me. 4:17 Because of this
I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the
Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I
teach everywhere in every assembly. 4:18 Now some are puffed up, as
though I were not coming to you. 4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if
the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are
puffed up, but the power. 4:20 For the Kingdom of God is not in word,
but in power. 4:21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or
in love and a spirit of gentleness?

5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you,
and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that
one has his father's wife. 5:2 You are puffed up, and didn't rather
mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.
5:3 For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit,
have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this
thing. 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered
together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:5
are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast
leavens the whole lump? 5:7 Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a
new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover,
has been sacrificed in our place. 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 5:9 I wrote to you in
my letter to have no company with sexual sinners; 5:10 yet not at all
meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and
extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the
world. 5:11 But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone
who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an
idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Don't even
eat with such a person. 5:12 For what have I to do with also judging
those who are outside? Don't you judge those who are within? 5:13 But
those who are outside, God judges. "Put away the wicked man from among
yourselves."*

6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law
before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? 6:2 Don't you know
that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you,
are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 6:3 Don't you know that
we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
6:4 If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you
set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly? 6:5 I say this
to move you to shame. Isn't there even one wise man among you who would
be able to decide between his brothers? 6:6 But brother goes to law with
brother, and that before unbelievers! 6:7 Therefore it is already
altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why
not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? 6:8 No, but you
yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers. 6:9 Or
don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God?
Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 6:10 nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit
the Kingdom of God. 6:11 Such were some of you, but you were washed. But
you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God. 6:12 "All things are lawful for
me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me,"
but I will not be brought under the power of anything. 6:13 "Foods for
the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both
it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the
Lord; and the Lord for the body. 6:14 Now God raised up the Lord, and
will also raise us up by his power. 6:15 Don't you know that your bodies
are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make
them members of a prostitute? May it never be! 6:16 Or don't you know
that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two," says
he, "will become one flesh."* 6:17 But he who is joined to the Lord is
one spirit. 6:18 Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is
outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his
own body. 6:19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,
6:20 for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your
body and in your spirit, which are God's.

7:1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good
for a man not to touch a woman. 7:2 But, because of sexual immoralities,
let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
7:3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and
likewise also the wife to her husband. 7:4 The wife doesn't have
authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband
doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife. 7:5 Don't
deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may
give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that
Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

7:6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. 7:7 Yet I
wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from
God, one of this kind, and another of that kind. 7:8 But I say to the
unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I
am. 7:9 But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's
better to marry than to burn. 7:10 But to the married I command--not I,
but the Lord--that the wife not leave her husband 7:11 (but if she
departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her
husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

7:12 But to the rest I--not the Lord--say, if any brother has an
unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave
her. 7:13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to
live with her, let her not leave her husband. 7:14 For the unbelieving
husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but
now they are holy. 7:15 Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be
separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such
cases, but God has called us in peace. 7:16 For how do you know, wife,
whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether
you will save your wife? 7:17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each
man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the
assemblies.

7:18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become
uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be
circumcised. 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is
nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 7:20 Let each man
stay in that calling in which he was called. 7:21 Were you called being
a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity
to become free, use it. 7:22 For he who was called in the Lord being a
bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being
free is Christ's bondservant. 7:23 You were bought with a price. Don't
become bondservants of men. 7:24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever
condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

7:25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I
give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be
trustworthy. 7:26 I think that it is good therefore, because of the
distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is. 7:27
Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a
wife? Don't seek a wife. 7:28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. If
a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in
the flesh, and I want to spare you. 7:29 But I say this, brothers: the
time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as
though they had none; 7:30 and those who weep, as though they didn't
weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those
who buy, as though they didn't possess; 7:31 and those who use the
world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes
away. 7:32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is
unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the
Lord; 7:33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the
world, how he may please his wife. 7:34 There is also a difference
between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things
of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she
who is married cares about the things of the world--how she may please
her husband. 7:35 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare
you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the
Lord without distraction. 7:36 But if any man thinks that he is behaving
inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age,
and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let
them marry. 7:37 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no
necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin,
does well. 7:38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage
does well, and he who doesn't give her in marriage does better. 7:39 A
wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the
husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only
in the Lord. 7:40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my
judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.

8:1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have
knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 8:2 But if anyone
thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.
8:3 But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him. 8:4 Therefore
concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no
idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
8:5 For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the
heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;" 8:6 yet
to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for
him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we
live through him. 8:7 However, that knowledge isn't in all men. But
some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing
sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8:8
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are
we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better. 8:9 But be careful that
by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the
weak. 8:10 For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's
temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things
sacrificed to idols? 8:11 And through your knowledge, he who is weak
perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 8:12 Thus, sinning
against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you
sin against Christ. 8:13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to
stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother
to stumble.

9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus Christ, our
Lord? Aren't you my work in the Lord? 9:2 If to others I am not an
apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my
apostleship in the Lord. 9:3 My defense to those who examine me is this.
9:4 Have we no right to eat and to drink? 9:5 Have we no right to take
along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and
the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 9:6 Or have only Barnabas and I no
right to not work? 9:7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who
plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock,
and doesn't drink from the flock's milk? 9:8 Do I speak these things
according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same
thing? 9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle
an ox while it treads out the grain."* Is it for the oxen that God
cares, 9:10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was
written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he
who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. 9:11 If we sowed to you
spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
9:12 If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more?
Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we
may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ. 9:13 Don't you know
that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the
temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the
altar? 9:14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good
News should live from the Good News. 9:15 But I have used none of these
things, and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my
case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting
void. 9:16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about;
for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't preach the
Good News. 9:17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if
not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. 9:18 What then
is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good
News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the
Good News. 9:19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under
bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 9:20 To the Jews I became as
a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under
the law, that I might gain those who are under the law; 9:21 to those
who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God,
but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without
law. 9:22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I
have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
9:23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint
partaker of it. 9:24 Don't you know that those who run in a race all
run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. 9:25
Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things.
Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
9:26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that,
as not beating the air, 9:27 but I beat my body and bring it into
submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself
should be rejected.

10:1 Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were
all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 10:2 and were all
baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 10:3 and all ate the
same spiritual food; 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For
they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was
Christ. 10:5 However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for
they were overthrown in the wilderness. 10:6 Now these things were our
examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they
also lusted. 10:7 Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is
written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."*
10:8 Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed,
and in one day twenty-three thousand fell. 10:9 Neither let us test the
Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents. 10:10
Neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the
destroyer. 10:11 Now all these things happened to them by way of
example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of
the ages have come. 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands be
careful that he doesn't fall.

10:13 No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is
faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able,
but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may
be able to endure it. 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
10:15 I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say. 10:16 The cup of
blessing which we bless, isn't it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The
bread which we break, isn't it a sharing of the body of Christ? 10:17
Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for
we all partake of the one loaf of bread. 10:18 Consider Israel according
to the flesh. Don't those who eat the sacrifices participate in the
altar?

10:19 What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is
anything, or that an idol is anything? 10:20 But I say that the things
which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God,
and I don't desire that you would have fellowship with demons. 10:21 You
can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can't
both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons. 10:22
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? 10:23
"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are profitable. "All
things are lawful for me," but not all things build up. 10:24 Let no one
seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good. 10:25 Whatever is sold
in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,
10:26 for "the earth is the Lord's, and its fullness."* 10:27 But if one
of those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined
to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake
of conscience. 10:28 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to
idols," don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the
sake of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."
10:29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's conscience. For
why is my liberty judged by another conscience? 10:30 If I partake with
thankfulness, why am I denounced for that for which I give thanks? 10:31
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the
glory of God. 10:32 Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or
to Greeks, or to the assembly of God; 10:33 even as I also please all
men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the
many, that they may be saved.

11:1 Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. 11:2 Now I praise
you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the
traditions, even as I delivered them to you. 11:3 But I would have you
know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is
the man, and the head of Christ is God. 11:4 Every man praying or
prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. 11:5 But every
woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head.
For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved. 11:6 For if a
woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a
woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. 11:7 For a man indeed
ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of
God, but the woman is the glory of the man. 11:8 For man is not from
woman, but woman from man; 11:9 for neither was man created for the
woman, but woman for the man. 11:10 For this cause the woman ought to
have authority on her head, because of the angels.

11:11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the
man independent of the woman, in the Lord. 11:12 For as woman came from
man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
11:13 Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God
unveiled? 11:14 Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has
long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 11:15 But if a woman has long hair,
it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering. 11:16
But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither
do God's assemblies.

11:17 But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you come
together not for the better but for the worse. 11:18 For first of all,
when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist
among you, and I partly believe it. 11:19 For there also must be
factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among
you. 11:20 When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not
the Lord's supper that you eat. 11:21 For in your eating each one takes
his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken. 11:22 What,
don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's
assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you?
Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.

11:23 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you,
that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
11:24 When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat. This
is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me." 11:25 In
the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is
the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory
of me." 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you
proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 11:27 Therefore whoever eats
this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy of the Lord
will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 11:28 But let a
man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the
cup. 11:29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and
drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn't discern the Lord's body. 11:30
For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
11:31 For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged. 11:32 But
when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be
condemned with the world. 11:33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come
together to eat, wait one for another. 11:34 But if anyone is hungry,
let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest
I will set in order whenever I come.

12:1 Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don't want you to be
ignorant. 12:2 You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to
those mute idols, however you might be led. 12:3 Therefore I make known
to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed."
No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit. 12:4 Now there
are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

12:5 There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord. 12:6 There
are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in
all. 12:7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for
the profit of all. 12:8 For to one is given through the Spirit the word
of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same
Spirit; 12:9 to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts
of healings, by the same Spirit; 12:10 and to another workings of
miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits;
to another different kinds of languages; and to another the
interpretation of languages. 12:11 But the one and the same Spirit works
all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

12:12 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members
of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. 12:13 For in
one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks,
whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit. 12:14
For the body is not one member, but many. 12:15 If the foot would say,
"Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not
therefore not part of the body. 12:16 If the ear would say, "Because I'm
not the eye, I'm not part of the body," it's not therefore not part of
the body. 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing
be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be? 12:18 But
now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he
desired. 12:19 If they were all one member, where would the body be?
12:20 But now they are many members, but one body. 12:21 The eye can't
tell the hand, "I have no need for you," or again the head to the feet,
"I have no need for you." 12:22 No, much rather, those members of the
body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 12:23 Those parts of the
body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more
abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant
propriety; 12:24 whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But
God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the
inferior part, 12:25 that there should be no division in the body, but
that the members should have the same care for one another. 12:26 When
one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member
is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 12:28
God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third
teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps,
governments, and various kinds of languages. 12:29 Are all apostles? Are
all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers? 12:30 Do all
have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all
interpret? 12:31 But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a
most excellent way to you.

13:1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have
love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 13:2 If I have
the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I
have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am
nothing. 13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give
my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag,
is not proud, 13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek
its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 13:6 doesn't
rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 13:7 bears all
things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 13:8
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away
with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is
knowledge, it will be done away with. 13:9 For we know in part, and we
prophesy in part; 13:10 but when that which is complete has come, then
that which is partial will be done away with. 13:11 When I was a child,
I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I
have become a man, I have put away childish things. 13:12 For now we see
in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then
I will know fully, even as I was also fully known. 13:13 But now faith,
hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.

14:1 Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but
especially that you may prophesy. 14:2 For he who speaks in another
language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in
the Spirit he speaks mysteries. 14:3 But he who prophesies speaks to men
for their edification, exhortation, and consolation. 14:4 He who speaks
in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the
assembly. 14:5 Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages,
but rather that you would prophesy. For he is greater who prophesies
than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the
assembly may be built up.

14:6 But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with other languages,
what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of
revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching? 14:7
Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they
didn't give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is
piped or harped? 14:8 For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who
would prepare himself for war? 14:9 So also you, unless you uttered by
the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is
spoken? For you would be speaking into the air. 14:10 There are, it may
be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without
meaning. 14:11 If then I don't know the meaning of the sound, I would be
to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to
me. 14:12 So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek
that you may abound to the building up of the assembly. 14:13 Therefore
let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret. 14:14
For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding
is unfruitful.

14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with
the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing
with the understanding also. 14:16 Otherwise if you bless with the
spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the "Amen"
at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn't know what you say? 14:17 For
you most certainly give thanks well, but the other person is not built
up. 14:18 I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you
all. 14:19 However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with
my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand
words in another language.

14:20 Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies,
but in thoughts be mature. 14:21 In the law it is written, "By men of
strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this
people. Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord."* 14:22
Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but
to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the
unbelieving, but to those who believe. 14:23 If therefore the whole
assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and
unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won't they say that you are
crazy? 14:24 But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned
comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all. 14:25 And thus
the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face
and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.

14:26 What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you
has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has
an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up. 14:27
If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most
three, and in turn; and let one interpret. 14:28 But if there is no
interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to
himself, and to God. 14:29 Let the prophets speak, two or three, and let
the others discern. 14:30 But if a revelation is made to another sitting
by, let the first keep silent. 14:31 For you all can prophesy one by
one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted. 14:32 The spirits of
the prophets are subject to the prophets, 14:33 for God is not a God of
confusion, but of peace.

As in all the assemblies of the saints, 14:34 let your wives keep silent
in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but
let them be in subjection, as the law also says. 14:35 If they desire to
learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is
shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly. 14:36 What? Was it from
you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone? 14:37 If
any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize
the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the
Lord. 14:38 But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. 14:39
Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don't forbid
speaking with other languages. 14:40 Let all things be done decently and
in order.

15:1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to
you, which also you received, in which you also stand, 15:2 by which
also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you-
-unless you believed in vain. 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all
that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to
the Scriptures, 15:4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third
day according to the Scriptures, 15:5 and that he appeared to Cephas,
then to the twelve. 15:6 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers
at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen
asleep. 15:7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 15:8
and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to
me also. 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to
be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on
me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but
the grace of God which was with me. 15:11 Whether then it is I or they,
so we preach, and so you believed.

15:12 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead,
how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ
been raised. 15:14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is
in vain, and your faith also is in vain. 15:15 Yes, we are found false
witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up
Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not
raised. 15:16 For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been
raised. 15:17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are
still in your sins. 15:18 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ
have perished. 15:19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we
are of all men most pitiable.

15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first
fruits of those who are asleep. 15:21 For since death came by man, the
resurrection of the dead also came by man. 15:22 For as in Adam all die,
so also in Christ all will be made alive. 15:23 But each in his own
order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his
coming. 15:24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to
God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all
authority and power. 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his
enemies under his feet. 15:26 The last enemy that will be abolished is
death. 15:27 For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet."* But
when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he
is excepted who subjected all things to him. 15:28 When all things have
been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to
him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all. 15:29
Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead
aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead? 15:30 Why
do we also stand in jeopardy every hour? 15:31 I affirm, by the boasting
in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 15:32 If I
fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit
me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow
we die."* 15:33 Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good
morals." 15:34 Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no
knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. 15:35 But someone will say,
"How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"
15:36 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive
unless it dies. 15:37 That which you sow, you don't sow the body that
will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind. 15:38
But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body
of its own. 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one
flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of
birds. 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies;
but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
15:41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and
another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in
glory. 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in
corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 15:43 It is sown in dishonor;
it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is
a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.

15:45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living
soul."* The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 15:46 However that
which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that
which is spiritual. 15:47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust.
The second man is the Lord from heaven. 15:48 As is the one made of
dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly,
such are they also that are heavenly. 15:49 As we have borne the image
of those made of dust, let's also bear the image of the heavenly. 15:50
Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom
of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will
all be changed, 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised
incorruptible, and we will be changed. 15:53 For this corruptible must
put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 15:54 But
when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal
will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen:

"Death is swallowed up in victory."* 15:55 "Death, where is your sting?
Hades, where is your victory?"* 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the
power of sin is the law. 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 15:58 Therefore, my beloved
brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work,
because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the
assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise. 16:2 On the first day of the
week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections
be made when I come. 16:3 When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve
with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem. 16:4 If it is
appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me. 16:5 But I will
come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing
through Macedonia. 16:6 But with you it may be that I will stay, or even
winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go. 16:7 For I do
not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you,
if the Lord permits. 16:8 But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
16:9 for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many
adversaries. 16:10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without
fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do. 16:11 Therefore
let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace,
that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.

16:12 Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come
to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now;
but he will come when he has an opportunity.

16:13 Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong! 16:14
Let all that you do be done in love.

16:15 Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it
is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to
serve the saints), 16:16 that you also be in subjection to such, and to
everyone who helps in the work and labors. 16:17 I rejoice at the coming
of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on
your part, they supplied. 16:18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours.
Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

16:19 The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you
much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
16:20 All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

16:21 This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand. 16:22 If any man
doesn't love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!
16:23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 16:24 My love to
all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:10 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[2] back to 1:19 Isaiah 29:14

[3] back to 1:31 Jeremiah 9:24

[4] back to 2:9 Isaiah 64:4

[5] back to 2:16 Isaiah 40:13

[6] back to 3:19 Job 5:13

[7] back to 3:20 Psalm 94:11

[8] back to 5:13 Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21; 24:7

[9] back to 6:16 Genesis 2:24

[10] back to 9:9 Deuteronomy 25:4

[11] back to 10:7 Exodus 32:6

[12] back to 10:26 Psalm 24:1

[13] back to 12:2 or Gentiles

[14] back to 14:6 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[15] back to 14:21 Isaiah 28:11-12

[16] back to 15:27 Psalm 8:6

[17] back to 15:32 Isaiah 22:13

[18] back to 15:45 Genesis 2:7

[19] back to 15:49 NU, TR read "we will" instead of "let's"

[20] back to 15:50 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[21] back to 15:54 Isaiah 25:8

[22] back to 15:55 or, Hell

[23] back to 15:55 Hosea 13:14

[24] back to 16:22 Greek: anathema.

[25] back to 16:22 Aramaic: Maranatha!



Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and
Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with
all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: 1:2 Grace to you and
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of mercies and God of all comfort; 1:4 who comforts us in all our
affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any
affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by
God. 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our
comfort also abounds through Christ. 1:6 But if we are afflicted, it is
for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your
comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same
sufferings which we also suffer. 1:7 Our hope for you is steadfast,
knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you
of the comfort. 1:8 For we don't desire to have you uninformed,
brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that
we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we
despaired even of life. 1:9 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of
death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in
God who raises the dead, 1:10 who delivered us out of so great a death,
and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still
deliver us; 1:11 you also helping together on our behalf by your
supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks
may be given by many persons on your behalf. 1:12 For our boasting is
this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of
God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves
in the world, and more abundantly toward you. 1:13 For we write no other
things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you
will acknowledge to the end; 1:14 as also you acknowledged us in part,
that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our
Lord Jesus. 1:15 In this confidence, I was determined to come first to
you, that you might have a second benefit; 1:16 and by you to pass into
Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent
forward by you on my journey to Judea. 1:17 When I therefore was thus
determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I
purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes,
yes" and the "No, no?" 1:18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you
was not "Yes and no." 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was
preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and
no," but in him is "Yes." 1:20 For however many are the promises of God,
in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the
glory of God through us.

1:21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is
God; 1:22 who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit
in our hearts. 1:23 But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I
didn't come to Corinth to spare you. 1:24 Not that we have lordship over
your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand
firm in faith.

2:1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again
in sorrow. 2:2 For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but
he who is made sorry by me? 2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so
that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to
rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by
all of you. 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote
to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you
might know the love that I have so abundantly for you. 2:5 But if any
has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I
not press too heavily) to you all. 2:6 Sufficient to such a one is this
punishment which was inflicted by the many; 2:7 so that on the contrary
you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a
one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow. 2:8 Therefore I
beg you to confirm your love toward him. 2:9 For to this end I also
wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in
all things. 2:10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For
if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your
sakes in the presence of Christ, 2:11 that no advantage may be gained
over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

2:12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a
door was opened to me in the Lord, 2:13 I had no relief for my spirit,
because I didn't find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I
went out into Macedonia. 2:14 Now thanks be to God, who always leads us
in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his
knowledge in every place. 2:15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to
God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish; 2:16 to the one a
stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to
life. Who is sufficient for these things? 2:17 For we are not as so
many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in
the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

3:1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do
some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 3:2 You are our
letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3:3 being
revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with
ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but
in tablets that are hearts of flesh. 3:4 Such confidence we have through
Christ toward God; 3:5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to
account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 3:6
who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the
letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives
life. 3:7 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came
with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on
the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away: 3:8
won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory? 3:9 For if the
service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds
much more in glory. 3:10 For most certainly that which has been made
glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the
glory that surpasses. 3:11 For if that which passes away was with glory,
much more that which remains is in glory.

3:12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, 3:13
and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of
Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing
away. 3:14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the
reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it
passes away. 3:15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on
their heart. 3:16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken
away. 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty. 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as
in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy,
we don't faint. 4:2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame,
not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but
by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's
conscience in the sight of God. 4:3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it
is veiled in those who perish; 4:4 in whom the god of this world has
blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of
the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
4:5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and
ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; 4:6 seeing it is God who
said, "Light will shine out of darkness,"* who has shone in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ.

4:7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding
greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves. 4:8 We are
pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
4:9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed; 4:10
always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that
the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 4:11 For we who live
are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of
Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh. 4:12 So then death works in
us, but life in you. 4:13 But having the same spirit of faith, according
to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke."* We also
believe, and therefore also we speak; 4:14 knowing that he who raised
the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with
you. 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being
multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the
glory of God. 4:16 Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man
is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 4:17 For our
light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more
exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; 4:18 while we don't look at the
things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the
things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen
are eternal.

5:1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we
have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the
heavens. 5:2 For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed
with our habitation which is from heaven; 5:3 if so be that being
clothed we will not be found naked. 5:4 For indeed we who are in this
tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but
that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by
life. 5:5 Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave
to us the down payment of the Spirit.

5:6 Therefore, we are always confident and know that while we are at
home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; 5:7 for we walk by faith,
not by sight. 5:8 We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord. 5:9
Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well
pleasing to him. 5:10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment
seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body,
according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 5:11 Knowing
therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to
God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences. 5:12 For
we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you
occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to
answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart. 5:13 For if we
are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is
for you. 5:14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge
thus, that one died for all, therefore all died. 5:15 He died for all,
that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who
for their sakes died and rose again. 5:16 Therefore we know no one after
the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh,
yet now we know him so no more. 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all
things have become new. 5:18 But all things are of God, who reconciled
us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of
reconciliation; 5:19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the
world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having
committed to us the word of reconciliation. 5:20 We are therefore
ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us. We
beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 5:21 For him who knew
no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become
the righteousness of God.

6:1 Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of
God in vain, 6:2 for he says,

"At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped
you."* Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of
salvation. 6:3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our
service may not be blamed, 6:4 but in everything commending ourselves,
as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in
distresses, 6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in
watchings, in fastings; 6:6 in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in
kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love, 6:7 in the word of truth,
in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and
on the left, 6:8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report;
as deceivers, and yet true; 6:9 as unknown, and yet well known; as
dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed; 6:10 as
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as
having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

6:11 Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged. 6:12
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own
affections. 6:13 Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be
open wide. 6:14 Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what
fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light
with darkness? 6:15 What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what
portion has a believer with an unbeliever? 6:16 What agreement has a
temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even
as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be
their God, and they will be my people."* 6:17 Therefore,

"'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no
unclean thing. I will receive you.* 6:18 I will be to you a Father. You
will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."*

7:1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God. 7:2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no
one. We took advantage of no one. 7:3 I say this not to condemn you, for
I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live
together. 7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my
boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy
in all our affliction. 7:5 For even when we had come into Macedonia, our
flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were
outside. Fear was inside. 7:6 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly,
God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7:7 and not by his coming
only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while
he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that
I rejoiced still more.

7:8 For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it,
though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though
just for a while. 7:9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but
that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a
godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing. 7:10 For godly
sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the
sorrow of the world works death. 7:11 For behold, this same thing, that
you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you.
Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In
everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. 7:12 So
although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong,
nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care
for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God. 7:13 Therefore we
have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for
the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. 7:14
For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not
disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our
glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. 7:15 His
affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your
obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him. 7:16 I rejoice
that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

8:1 Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has
been given in the assemblies of Macedonia; 8:2 how that in much proof of
affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to
the riches of their liberality. 8:3 For according to their power, I
testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord, 8:4
begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship
in the service to the saints. 8:5 This was not as we had hoped, but
first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will
of God. 8:6 So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he
would also complete in you this grace. 8:7 But as you abound in
everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your
love to us, see that you also abound in this grace. 8:8 I speak not by
way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the
sincerity also of your love. 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became
poor, that you through his poverty might become rich. 8:10 I give a
judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to
start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing. 8:11 But now
complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing,
so there may be the completion also out of your ability. 8:12 For if the
readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not
according to what you don't have. 8:13 For this is not that others may
be eased and you distressed, 8:14 but for equality. Your abundance at
this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may
become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality. 8:15 As it is
written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who
gathered little had no lack."*

8:16 But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into
the heart of Titus. 8:17 For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but
being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord. 8:18
We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News
is known through all the assemblies. 8:19 Not only so, but who was also
appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is
served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our
readiness. 8:20 We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us
concerning this abundance which is administered by us. 8:21 Having
regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also
in the sight of men. 8:22 We have sent with them our brother, whom we
have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more
earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you. 8:23 As
for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our
brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
8:24 Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the
assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.

9:1 It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the
service to the saints, 9:2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast
on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a
year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them. 9:3 But I have
sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in
this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared, 9:4 so that I
won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you
unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this
confident boasting. 9:5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the
brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the
generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as
a matter of generosity, and not of greediness. 9:6 Remember this: he who
sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will
also reap bountifully. 9:7 Let each man give according as he has
determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God
loves a cheerful giver. 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to
you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound
to every good work. 9:9 As it is written,

"He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness
remains forever."* 9:10 Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and
bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase
the fruits of your righteousness; 9:11 you being enriched in everything
to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. 9:12 For
this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among
the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God; 9:13
seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God
for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for
the liberality of your contribution to them and to all; 9:14 while they
themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by
reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. 9:15 Now thanks be to God
for his unspeakable gift!

10:1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of
Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am
of good courage toward you. 10:2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when
present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold
against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh. 10:3
For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the
flesh; 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but
mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, 10:5 throwing
down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the
knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the
obedience of Christ; 10:6 and being in readiness to avenge all
disobedience, when your obedience will be made full. 10:7 Do you look at
things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in
himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself,
that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's. 10:8 For though I
should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the
Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not
be disappointed, 10:9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you
by my letters. 10:10 For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and
strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
10:11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by
letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are
present. 10:12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with
some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring
themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are
without understanding. 10:13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits,
but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach
even to you. 10:14 For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we
didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good
News of Christ, 10:15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's
labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly
enlarged by you in our sphere of influence, 10:16 so as to preach the
Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone
else has already done. 10:17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the
Lord."* 10:18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but
whom the Lord commends.

11:1 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but
indeed you do bear with me. 11:2 For I am jealous over you with a godly
jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as
a pure virgin to Christ. 11:3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the
serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted
from the simplicity that is in Christ. 11:4 For if he who comes preaches
another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different
spirit, which you did not receive, or a different "good news", which you
did not accept, you put up with that well enough. 11:5 For I reckon that
I am not at all behind the very best apostles. 11:6 But though I am
unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every
way we have been revealed to you in all things. 11:7 Or did I commit a
sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to
you God's Good News free of charge? 11:8 I robbed other assemblies,
taking wages from them that I might serve you. 11:9 When I was present
with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers,
when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In
everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will
continue to do so. 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will
stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11:11 Why? Because
I don't love you? God knows. 11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I
may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which
they boast, they may be found even as we. 11:13 For such men are false
apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles. 11:14
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light. 11:15 It
is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants
of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

11:16 I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive
me as foolish, that I also may boast a little. 11:17 That which I speak,
I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this
confidence of boasting. 11:18 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I
will also boast. 11:19 For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
11:20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he
devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he
strikes you on the face. 11:21 I speak by way of disparagement, as
though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in
foolishness), I am bold also. 11:22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they
Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. 11:23 Are
they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so;
in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above
measure, in deaths often. 11:24 Five times from the Jews I received
forty stripes minus one. 11:25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once
I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and
a day in the deep. 11:26 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers,
perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles,
perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils
among false brothers; 11:27 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in
hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

11:28 Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses
on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies. 11:29 Who is weak, and I am
not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't burn with indignation?
11:30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my
weakness. 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is
blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie. 11:32 In Damascus the
governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes
desiring to arrest me. 11:33 Through a window I was let down in a basket
by the wall, and escaped his hands.

12:1 It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to
visions and revelations of the Lord. 12:2 I know a man in Christ,
fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don't know, or whether out of
the body, I don't know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third
heaven. 12:3 I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the
body, I don't know; God knows), 12:4 how he was caught up into Paradise,
and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
12:5 On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will
not boast, except in my weaknesses. 12:6 For if I would desire to boast,
I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so
that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears
from me. 12:7 By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations,
that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn
in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be
exalted excessively. 12:8 Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three
times that it might depart from me. 12:9 He has said to me, "My grace is
sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most
gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of
Christ may rest on me.

12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in
necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when
I am weak, then am I strong. 12:11 I have become foolish in boasting.
You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in
nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all
patience, in signs and wonders and mighty works. 12:13 For what is there
in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it
is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

12:14 Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I
will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you.
For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents
for the children. 12:15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your
souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less? 12:16 But be
it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with
deception. 12:17 Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I
have sent to you? 12:18 I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with
him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same
spirit? Didn't we walk in the same steps? 12:19 Again, do you think that
we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in
Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying. 12:20 For I am
afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I
want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by
any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions,
slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots; 12:21 that again when I
come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of
those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness
and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.

13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or
three witnesses shall every word be established."* 13:2 I have said
beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second
time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now,
and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare; 13:3
seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me; who toward you
is not weak, but is powerful in you. 13:4 For he was crucified through
weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in
him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you. 13:5
Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own
selves. Or don't you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in
you?--unless indeed you are disqualified. 13:6 But I hope that you will
know that we aren't disqualified.

13:7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear
approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as
reprobate. 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the
truth. 13:9 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this
we also pray for, even your perfecting. 13:10 For this cause I write
these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present,
according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and
not for tearing down.

13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the
same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with
you. 13:12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13:13 All the saints
greet you. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:8 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[2] back to 4:6 Genesis 1:3

[3] back to 4:13 Psalm 116:10

[4] back to 6:2 Isaiah 49:8

[5] back to 6:16 Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27

[6] back to 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41

[7] back to 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8

[8] back to 8:15 Exodus 16:8

[9] back to 9:9 Psalm 112:9

[10] back to 10:17 Jeremiah 9:24

[11] back to 13:1 Deuteronomy 19:15



Paul's Letter to the Galatians

1:1 Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through
Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead), 1:2 and
all the brothers who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia: 1:3
Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
1:4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this
present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father-- 1:5 to
whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

1:6 I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the
grace of Christ to a different "good news"; 1:7 and there isn't another
"good news." Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert
the Good News of Christ. 1:8 But even though we, or an angel from
heaven, should preach to you any "good news" other than that which we
preached to you, let him be cursed. 1:9 As we have said before, so I now
say again: if any man preaches to you any "good news" other than that
which you received, let him be cursed. 1:10 For am I now seeking the
favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were
still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ. 1:11 But I make
known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by
me, that it is not according to man. 1:12 For neither did I receive it
from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of
Jesus Christ. 1:13 For you have heard of my way of living in time past
in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly
of God, and ravaged it. 1:14 I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond
many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous
for the traditions of my fathers. 1:15 But when it was the good pleasure
of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through
his grace, 1:16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among
the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood, 1:17 nor
did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I
went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus. 1:18 Then after
three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him
fifteen days. 1:19 But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James,
the Lord's brother. 1:20 Now about the things which I write to you,
behold, before God, I'm not lying. 1:21 Then I came to the regions of
Syria and Cilicia. 1:22 I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of
Judea which were in Christ, 1:23 but they only heard: "He who once
persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."
1:24 And they glorified God in me.

2:1 Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem
with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me. 2:2 I went up by revelation,
and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles,
but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be
running, or had run, in vain. 2:3 But not even Titus, who was with me,
being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 2:4 This was because of
the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our
liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into
bondage; 2:5 to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for
an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you. 2:6
But from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it
makes no difference to me; God doesn't show partiality to man)--they, I
say, who were respected imparted nothing to me, 2:7 but to the contrary,
when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the
uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcision
2:8 (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision
appointed me also to the Gentiles); 2:9 and when they perceived the
grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were
reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of
fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the
circumcision. 2:10 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very
thing I was also zealous to do.

2:11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because
he stood condemned. 2:12 For before some people came from James, he ate
with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated
himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 2:13 And the rest
of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was
carried away with their hypocrisy. 2:14 But when I saw that they didn't
walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter
before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not
as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

2:15 "We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners, 2:16 yet
knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through
faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might
be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law,
because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law. 2:17 But if,
while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found
sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not! 2:18 For if I build
up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
2:19 For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.
2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live,
but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live
by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
2:21 I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through
the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

3:1 Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as
crucified? 3:2 I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the
Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? 3:3 Are you so
foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
3:4 Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain? 3:5
He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among
you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? 3:6
Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for
righteousness." 3:7 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same
are children of Abraham. 3:8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would
justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to
Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."* 3:9 So then,
those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham. 3:10 For
as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is
written, "Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things that are
written in the book of the law, to do them."* 3:11 Now that no man is
justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will
live by faith."* 3:12 The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does
them will live by them."*

3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse
for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"*
3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through
Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith. 3:15 Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's
covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds
to it. 3:16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He
doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed,"*
which is Christ. 3:17 Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by
God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does
not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect. 3:18 For if the
inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted
it to Abraham by promise.

3:19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until
the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained
through angels by the hand of a mediator. 3:20 Now a mediator is not
between one, but God is one. 3:21 Is the law then against the promises
of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could
make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.
3:22 But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the
promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
3:23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law,
confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 3:24 So that
the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be
justified by faith. 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer
under a tutor. 3:26 For you are all children of God, through faith in
Christ Jesus. 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have
put on Christ. 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all
one in Christ Jesus. 3:29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's
seed and heirs according to promise.

4:1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different
from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; 4:2 but is under guardians
and stewards until the day appointed by the father. 4:3 So we also, when
we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of
the world. 4:4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his
Son, born to a woman, born under the law, 4:5 that he might redeem those
who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
4:6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son
into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!" 4:7 So you are no longer a
bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through
Christ. 4:8 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage
to those who by nature are not gods. 4:9 But now that you have come to
know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to
the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be
in bondage all over again? 4:10 You observe days, months, seasons, and
years. 4:11 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for
you. 4:12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as
you are. You did me no wrong, 4:13 but you know that because of weakness
of the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time. 4:14 That
which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor
reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

4:15 What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if
possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
4:16 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? 4:17
They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you,
that you may seek them. 4:18 But it is always good to be zealous in a
good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

4:19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is
formed in you-- 4:20 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to
change my tone, for I am perplexed about you. 4:21 Tell me, you that
desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law? 4:22 For it is
written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the
free woman. 4:23 However, the son by the handmaid was born according to
the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise. 4:24
These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is
from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar. 4:25 For
this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that
exists now, for she is in bondage with her children. 4:26 But the
Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 4:27 For
it is written,

"Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that
don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who
has a husband."* 4:28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of
promise. 4:29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh
persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
4:30 However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and
her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of
the free woman."* 4:31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a
handmaid, but of the free woman.

5:1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us
free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 5:2 Behold,
I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit
you nothing. 5:3 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives
circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 5:4 You are
alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You
have fallen away from grace. 5:5 For we, through the Spirit, by faith
wait for the hope of righteousness. 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working
through love. 5:7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that
you should not obey the truth? 5:8 This persuasion is not from him who
calls you. 5:9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump. 5:10 I have
confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But
he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

5:11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still
persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. 5:12
I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off. 5:13 For
you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for
gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. 5:14 For
the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your
neighbor as yourself."* 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, be
careful that you don't consume one another. 5:16 But I say, walk by the
Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. 5:17 For the flesh
lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these
are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you
desire. 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the
law. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery,
sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery,
hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions,
heresies, 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like
these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that
those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faith, 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. Against
such things there is no law. 5:24 Those who belong to Christ have
crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. 5:25 If we live by the
Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit. 5:26 Let's not become conceited,
provoking one another, and envying one another.

6:1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are
spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to
yourself so that you also aren't tempted. 6:2 Bear one another's
burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 6:3 For if a man thinks
himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 6:4 But
let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself
and not in his neighbor. 6:5 For each man will bear his own burden. 6:6
But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who
teaches. 6:7 Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man
sows, that he will also reap. 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh will
from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from
the Spirit reap eternal life. 6:9 Let us not be weary in doing good, for
we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. 6:10 So then, as we
have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially
toward those who are of the household of the faith.

6:11 See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand. 6:12
As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be
circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of
Christ. 6:13 For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law
themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast
in your flesh. 6:14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to
me, and I to the world. 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision
anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 6:16 As many as walk
by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel. 6:17 From
now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the
Lord Jesus branded on my body.

6:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers.
Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:2 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[2] back to 3:8 Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

[3] back to 3:10 Deuteronomy 27:26

[4] back to 3:11 Habakkuk 2:4

[5] back to 3:12 Leviticus 18:5

[6] back to 3:13 Deuteronomy 21:23

[7] back to 3:16 Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7

[8] back to 4:6 Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for
"Father" or "Daddy" used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.

[9] back to 4:27 Isaiah 54:1

[10] back to 4:30 Genesis 21:10

[11] back to 5:14 Leviticus 19:18

[12] back to 5:22 or, faithfulness



Paul's Letter to the Ephesians

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the
saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: 1:2 Grace
to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in
Christ; 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the
world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 1:5
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, 1:6 to the praise
of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in
the Beloved, 1:7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 1:8
which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 1:9 making
known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure
which he purposed in him 1:10 to an administration of the fullness of
the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens,
and the things on the earth, in him; 1:11 in whom also we were assigned
an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him
who works all things after the counsel of his will; 1:12 to the end that
we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in
Christ: 1:13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the
Good News of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, you were
sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 1:14 who is a pledge of our
inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of
his glory. 1:15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the
Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all
the saints, 1:16 don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of
you in my prayers, 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in
the knowledge of him; 1:18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened,
that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 1:19 and what is
the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to
that working of the strength of his might 1:20 which he worked in
Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his
right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 far above all rule, and
authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not
only in this age, but also in that which is to come. 1:22 He put all
things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all
things for the assembly, 1:23 which is his body, the fullness of him who
fills all in all.

2:1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
2:2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now
works in the children of disobedience; 2:3 among whom we also all once
lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of
the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive
together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 2:6 and raised us
up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in
Christ Jesus, 2:7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding
riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; 2:8 for by
grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it
is the gift of God, 2:9 not of works, that no one would boast. 2:10 For
we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared before that we would walk in them.

2:11 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who
are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in
the flesh, made by hands); 2:12 that you were at that time separate from
Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from
the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the
world. 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made
near in the blood of Christ. 2:14 For he is our peace, who made both
one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, 2:15 having abolished
in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in
ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two,
making peace; 2:16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God
through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby. 2:17 He came and
preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near. 2:18
For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are
fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, 2:20 being
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus
himself being the chief cornerstone; 2:21 in whom the whole building,
fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 2:22 in whom you
also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

3:1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of
you Gentiles, 3:2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration
of that grace of God which was given me toward you; 3:3 how that by
revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few
words, 3:4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in
the mystery of Christ; 3:5 which in other generations was not made known
to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles
and prophets in the Spirit; 3:6 that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and
fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in
Christ Jesus through the Good News, 3:7 of which I was made a servant,
according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according
to the working of his power. 3:8 To me, the very least of all saints,
was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches
of Christ, 3:9 and to make all men see what is the administration of the
mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things
through Jesus Christ; 3:10 to the intent that now through the assembly
the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and
the powers in the heavenly places, 3:11 according to the eternal purpose
which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord; 3:12 in whom we have
boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him. 3:13
Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you,
which are your glory.

3:14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, 3:15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
3:16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that
you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that
you, being rooted and grounded in love, 3:18 may be strengthened to
comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height
and depth, 3:19 and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 3:20 Now to him who
is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works in us, 3:21 to him be the glory in the
assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of
the calling with which you were called, 4:2 with all lowliness and
humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; 4:3 being
eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4:4 There is
one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of
your calling; 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6 one God and
Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. 4:7 But
to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the
gift of Christ. 4:8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led
captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."* 4:9 Now this, "He ascended,"
what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the
earth? 4:10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all
the heavens, that he might fill all things.

4:11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; 4:12 for the perfecting
of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of
Christ; 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ; 4:14 that we may no longer be
children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of
error; 4:15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things
into him, who is the head, Christ; 4:16 from whom all the body, being
fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies,
according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the
body increase to the building up of itself in love.

4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer
walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their
mind, 4:18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the
life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the
hardening of their hearts; 4:19 who having become callous gave
themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 4:20 But
you did not learn Christ that way; 4:21 if indeed you heard him, and
were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: 4:22 that you put away,
as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt
after the lusts of deceit; 4:23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of
your mind, 4:24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has
been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

4:25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his
neighbor. For we are members of one another. 4:26 "Be angry, and don't
sin."* Don't let the sun go down on your wrath, 4:27 neither give place
to the devil. 4:28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him
labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have
something to give to him who has need. 4:29 Let no corrupt speech
proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the
need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. 4:30 Don't grieve
the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption. 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander,
be put away from you, with all malice. 4:32 And be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave
you.

5:1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. 5:2 Walk in
love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance. 5:3 But
sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even
be mentioned among you, as becomes saints; 5:4 nor filthiness, nor
foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather
giving of thanks.

5:5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the
Kingdom of Christ and God.

5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these
things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. 5:7
Therefore don't be partakers with them. 5:8 For you were once darkness,
but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, 5:9 for the
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth, 5:10
proving what is well pleasing to the Lord. 5:11 Have no fellowship with
the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them. 5:12 For
the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak
of. 5:13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the
light, for everything that reveals is light. 5:14 Therefore he says,
"Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on
you."

5:15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
5:16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 5:17 Therefore don't
be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 5:18 Don't be
drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the
Spirit, 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual
songs; singing, and singing praises in your heart to the Lord; 5:20
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, to God, even the Father; 5:21 subjecting yourselves one to
another in the fear of Christ.

5:22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 5:23 For
the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the
assembly, being himself the savior of the body. 5:24 But as the assembly
is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in
everything.

5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly,
and gave himself up for it; 5:26 that he might sanctify it, having
cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, 5:27 that he might
present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle
or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 5:28
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his own wife loves himself. 5:29 For no man ever hated his
own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does
the assembly; 5:30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and
bones. 5:31 "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and
will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."* 5:32 This
mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
5:33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as
himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 6:2
"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a
promise: 6:3 "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the
earth."*

6:4 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them
in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

6:5 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your
masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to
Christ; 6:6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men
pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the
heart; 6:7 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;
6:8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the
same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

6:9 You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening,
knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and
there is no partiality with him.

6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil. 6:12 For our wrestling is not against
flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers,
against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the
spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 6:13 Therefore,
put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 6:14 Stand therefore, having
the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on
the breastplate of righteousness, 6:15 and having fitted your feet with
the preparation of the Good News of peace; 6:16 above all, taking up the
shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery
darts of the evil one. 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the spoken word of God; 6:18 with all
prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being
watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the
saints: 6:19 on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening
my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News, 6:20
for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly,
as I ought to speak.

6:21 But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus,
the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to
you all things; 6:22 whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that
you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.

6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 6:24 Grace be with all those who love our
Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:18 TR reads "understanding" instead of "hearts"

[2] back to 3:9 TR reads "fellowship" instead of "administration"

[3] back to 4:8 Psalm 68:18

[4] back to 4:11 or, pastors

[5] back to 4:26 Psalm 4:4

[6] back to 5:31 Genesis 2:24

[7] back to 6:3 Deuteronomy 5:16



Paul's Letter to the Philippians

1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ;

To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the
overseers and servants: 1:2 Grace to you, and peace from God, our
Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3 I thank my God whenever I
remember you, 1:4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all
making my requests with joy, 1:5 for your partnership in furtherance of
the Good News from the first day until now; 1:6 being confident of this
very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until
the day of Jesus Christ. 1:7 It is even right for me to think this way
on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both
in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you
all are partakers with me of grace. 1:8 For God is my witness, how I
long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

1:9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in
knowledge and all discernment; 1:10 so that you may approve the things
that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the
day of Christ; 1:11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which
are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

1:12 Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which
happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News;
1:13 so that it became evident to the whole praetorian guard, and to all
the rest, that my bonds are in Christ; 1:14 and that most of the
brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more
abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear. 1:15 Some indeed
preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good
will. 1:16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition,
thinking that they add affliction to my chains; 1:17 but the latter out
of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

1:18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or
in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will
rejoice. 1:19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation,
through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
1:20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way
be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will
be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. 1:21 For to me to
live is Christ, and to die is gain. 1:22 But if I live on in the flesh,
this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't make known what I will
choose. 1:23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to
depart and be with Christ, which is far better. 1:24 Yet, to remain in
the flesh is more needful for your sake. 1:25 Having this confidence, I
know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress
and joy in the faith, 1:26 that your rejoicing may abound in Christ
Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

1:27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ,
that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state,
that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith
of the Good News; 1:28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries,
which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and
that from God. 1:29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of
Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
1:30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in
me.

2:1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation
of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and
compassion, 2:2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind; 2:3 doing nothing through
rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better
than himself; 2:4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but
each of you also to the things of others.

2:5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, 2:6 who,
existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing
to be grasped, 2:7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant,
being made in the likeness of men. 2:8 And being found in human form, he
humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the
cross. 2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the
name which is above every name; 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the
earth, 2:11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

2:12 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my
presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling. 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to
will and to work, for his good pleasure. 2:14 Do all things without
murmurings and disputes, 2:15 that you may become blameless and
harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and
perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
2:16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in
the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain. 2:17
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith,
I rejoice, and rejoice with you all. 2:18 In the same way, you also
rejoice, and rejoice with me.

2:19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I
also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing. 2:20 For I have no
one else like-minded, who will truly care about you. 2:21 For they all
seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. 2:22 But you know the
proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in
furtherance of the Good News. 2:23 Therefore I hope to send him at once,
as soon as I see how it will go with me. 2:24 But I trust in the Lord
that I myself also will come shortly. 2:25 But I counted it necessary to
send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and
your apostle and servant of my need; 2:26 since he longed for you all,
and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick. 2:27 For
indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not
on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
2:28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see
him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 2:29
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
2:30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his
life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

3:1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things
to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe. 3:2 Beware
of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false
circumcision. 3:3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the
Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the
flesh; 3:4 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If
any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:
3:5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of
Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 3:6
concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness
which is in the law, found blameless.

3:7 However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for
Christ. 3:8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for
the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I
suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that
I may gain Christ 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of
my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in
Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 3:10 that I may
know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings, becoming conformed to his death; 3:11 if by any means I may
attain to the resurrection from the dead. 3:12 Not that I have already
obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I
may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ
Jesus.

3:13 Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one
thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching
forward to the things which are before, 3:14 I press on toward the goal
for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 3:15 Let us
therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you
think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you. 3:16 Nevertheless, to
the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule.
Let us be of the same mind. 3:17 Brothers, be imitators together of me,
and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
3:18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even
weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, 3:19 whose end is
destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame,
who think about earthly things. 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven,
from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 3:21 who
will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of
his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject
all things to himself.

4:1 Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so
stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. 4:2 I exhort Euodia, and I exhort
Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord. 4:3 Yes, I beg you also,
true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good
News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names
are in the book of life. 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will
say, Rejoice! 4:5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is
at hand. 4:6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and
petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are
honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever
things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any
virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things. 4:9 The
things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these
things, and the God of peace will be with you. 4:10 But I rejoice in the
Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me;
in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity. 4:11
Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever
state I am, to be content in it. 4:12 I know how to be humbled, and I
know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned
the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be
in need. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
4:14 However you did well that you shared in my affliction. 4:15 You
yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good
News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the
matter of giving and receiving but you only. 4:16 For even in
Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need. 4:17 Not that I seek
for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
4:18 But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received
from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling
fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God. 4:19 My God
will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in
Christ Jesus. 4:20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and
ever! Amen.

4:21 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me
greet you. 4:22 All the saints greet you, especially those who are of
Caesar's household. 4:23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you
all. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:1 or, superintendents, or bishops

[2] back to 1:1 Or, deacons

[3] back to 1:5 The word translated "partnership" (koinonia) also means
"fellowship" and "sharing."

[4] back to 1:12 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."



Paul's Letter to the Colossians

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and
Timothy our brother, 1:2 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ
at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ.

1:3 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying
always for you, 1:4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of
the love which you have toward all the saints, 1:5 because of the hope
which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in
the word of the truth of the Good News, 1:6 which has come to you; even
as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does
in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
1:7 even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a
faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 1:8 who also declared to us
your love in the Spirit. 1:9 For this cause, we also, since the day we
heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you
may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and
understanding, 1:10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please
him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in
the knowledge of God; 1:11 strengthened with all power, according to the
might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy; 1:12
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light; 1:13 who delivered us out of the
power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his
love; 1:14 in whom we have our redemption,* the forgiveness of our sins;
1:15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation. 1:16 For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on
the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created
through him, and for him. 1:17 He is before all things, and in him all
things are held together. 1:18 He is the head of the body, the assembly,
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he
might have the preeminence. 1:19 For all the fullness was pleased to
dwell in him; 1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself,
by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having
made peace through the blood of his cross.

1:21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your
evil works, 1:22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh
through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless
before him, 1:23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded
and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which
you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of
which I, Paul, was made a servant.

1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my
part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for
his body's sake, which is the assembly; 1:25 of which I was made a
servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward
you, to fulfill the word of God, 1:26 the mystery which has been hidden
for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
1:27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the
glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the
hope of glory; 1:28 whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching
every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ
Jesus; 1:29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working,
which works in me mightily.

2:1 For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and
for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the
flesh; 2:2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together
in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding,
that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
2:3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden. 2:4
Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
2:5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the
spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your
faith in Christ. 2:6 As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord,
walk in him, 2:7 rooted and built up in him, and established in the
faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving. 2:8 Be
careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the
world, and not after Christ. 2:9 For in him all the fullness of the
Godhead dwells bodily, 2:10 and in him you are made full, who is the
head of all principality and power; 2:11 in whom you were also
circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off
of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also
raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from
the dead. 2:13 You were dead through your trespasses and the
uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him,
having forgiven us all our trespasses, 2:14 wiping out the handwriting
in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way,
nailing it to the cross; 2:15 having stripped the principalities and the
powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with
respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, 2:17 which are a
shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's. 2:18 Let no one
rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the
angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up
by his fleshly mind, 2:19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom
all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and
ligaments, grows with God's growth. 2:20 If you died with Christ from
the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you
subject yourselves to ordinances, 2:21 "Don't handle, nor taste, nor
touch" 2:22 (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts
and doctrines of men? 2:23 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in
self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't
of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

3:1 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that
are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 3:2 Set
your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on
the earth. 3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
3:4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed
with him in glory. 3:5 Put to death therefore your members which are on
the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil
desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; 3:6 for which things' sake
the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. 3:7 You also
once walked in those, when you lived in them; 3:8 but now you also put
them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out
of your mouth. 3:9 Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put
off the old man with his doings, 3:10 and have put on the new man, who
is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator, 3:11 where
there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,
barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in
all.

3:12 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart
of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; 3:13
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a
complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

3:14 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of
perfection. 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which
also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 3:16 Let the word of
Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one
another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in
your heart to the Lord.

3:17 Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

3:18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the
Lord.

3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.

3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the
Lord.

3:21 Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be
discouraged.

3:22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according
to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in
singleness of heart, fearing God. 3:23 And whatever you do, work
heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, 3:24 knowing that from the
Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the
Lord Christ. 3:25 But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong
that he has done, and there is no partiality.

4:1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing
that you also have a Master in heaven.

4:2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
4:3 praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the
word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds; 4:4
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak. 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward
those who are outside, redeeming the time. 4:6 Let your speech always be
with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to
answer each one.

4:7 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved
brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord. 4:8 I am
sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your
circumstances and comfort your hearts, 4:9 together with Onesimus, the
faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to
you everything that is going on here. 4:10 Aristarchus, my fellow
prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom
you received commandments, "if he comes to you, receive him"), 4:11 and
Jesus who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These are my
only fellow workers for the Kingdom of God, men who have been a comfort
to me.

4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you,
always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and
complete in all the will of God. 4:13 For I testify about him, that he
has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in
Hierapolis. 4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you. 4:15
Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly
that is in his house. 4:16 When this letter has been read among you,
cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you
also read the letter from Laodicea. 4:17 Tell Archippus, "Take heed to
the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."

4:18 The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds.
Grace be with you. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:2 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[2] back to 1:14 TR adds "through his blood,"



Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians

1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from
God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our
prayers, 1:3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of
love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and
Father. 1:4 We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen, 1:5 and
that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and
in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men
we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake. 1:6 You became
imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much
affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, 1:7 so that you became an
example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. 1:8 For from you
the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and
Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so
that we need not to say anything. 1:9 For they themselves report
concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you
turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, 1:10 and to
wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who
delivers us from the wrath to come.

2:1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain,
2:2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know,
at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in
much conflict. 2:3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of
uncleanness, nor in deception. 2:4 But even as we have been approved by
God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing
men, but God, who tests our hearts. 2:5 For neither were we at any time
found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness
(God is witness), 2:6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor
from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of
Christ. 2:7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother
cherishes her own children.

2:8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to
impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls,
because you had become very dear to us. 2:9 For you remember, brothers,
our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not
burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God. 2:10 You are
witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved
ourselves toward you who believe. 2:11 As you know, we exhorted,
comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own
children, 2:12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who
calls you into his own Kingdom and glory. 2:13 For this cause we also
thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of
the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it
is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe. 2:14
For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are
in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from
your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews; 2:15 who killed
both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't
please God, and are contrary to all men; 2:16 forbidding us to speak to
the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But
wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

2:17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in
presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great
desire, 2:18 because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and
again--but Satan hindered us. 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or
crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before our Lord Jesus* at his
coming? 2:20 For you are our glory and our joy.

3:1 Therefore, when we couldn't stand it any longer, we thought it good
to be left behind at Athens alone, 3:2 and sent Timothy, our brother and
God's servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to
comfort you concerning your faith; 3:3 that no one be moved by these
afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task. 3:4 For
most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we
are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know. 3:5 For
this cause I also, when I couldn't stand it any longer, sent that I
might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had
tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain. 3:6 But when Timothy
came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and
love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us,
even as we also long to see you; 3:7 for this cause, brothers, we were
comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your
faith. 3:8 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. 3:9 For what
thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with
which we rejoice for your sakes before our God; 3:10 night and day
praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that
which is lacking in your faith? 3:11 Now may our God and Father himself,
and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you; 3:12 and the Lord make
you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all
men, even as we also do toward you, 3:13 to the end he may establish
your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the
coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

4:1 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus,
that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God,
that you abound more and more. 4:2 For you know what instructions we
gave you through the Lord Jesus. 4:3 For this is the will of God: your
sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, 4:4 that each
one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in
sanctification and honor, 4:5 not in the passion of lust, even as the
Gentiles who don't know God; 4:6 that no one should take advantage of
and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an
avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
4:7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. 4:8
Therefore he who rejects this doesn't reject man, but God, who has also
given his Holy Spirit to you.

4:9 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to
you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another, 4:10 for
indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But
we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more; 4:11 and that
you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own
business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
4:12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may
have need of nothing.

4:13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those
who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have
no hope. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 4:15 For
this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are
left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have
fallen asleep. 4:16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead
in Christ will rise first, 4:17 then we who are alive, who are left,
will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in
the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. 4:18 Therefore comfort one
another with these words.

5:1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need
that anything be written to you. 5:2 For you yourselves know well that
the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. 5:3 For when they
are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on
them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way
escape. 5:4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should
overtake you like a thief. 5:5 You are all children of light, and
children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness, 5:6
so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
5:7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are
drunk in the night. 5:8 But let us, since we belong to the day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet,
the hope of salvation. 5:9 For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to
the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:10 who died
for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with
him. 5:11 Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as
you also do. 5:12 But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor
among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, 5:13 and to
respect and honor them in love for their work's sake.

Be at peace among yourselves. 5:14 We exhort you, brothers, admonish the
disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient
toward all. 5:15 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but
always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

5:16 Rejoice always. 5:17 Pray without ceasing. 5:18 In everything give
thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. 5:19
Don't quench the Spirit. 5:20 Don't despise prophesies. 5:21 Test all
things, and hold firmly that which is good. 5:22 Abstain from every form
of evil.

5:23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your
whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.

5:24 He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it. 5:25 Brothers,
pray for us. 5:26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. 5:27 I
solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the
holy brothers.

5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:4 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[2] back to 2:19 TR adds "Christ"



Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians

1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in
God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as
it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of
each and every one of you towards one another abounds; 1:4 so that we
ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and
faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
1:5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end
that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also
suffer. 1:6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction
to those who afflict you, 1:7 and to give relief to you who are
afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his
mighty angels in flaming fire, 1:8 giving vengeance to those who don't
know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
1:9 who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the
Lord and from the glory of his might, 1:10 when he comes to be glorified
in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed
(because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.

1:11 To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you
worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of
faith, with power; 1:12 that the name of our Lord Jesus* may be
glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and
the Lord Jesus Christ.

2:1 Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
our gathering together to him, we ask you 2:2 not to be quickly shaken
in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by
letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come. 2:3 Let no
one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure
comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, 2:4
he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that
is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting
himself up as God. 2:5 Don't you remember that, when I was still with
you, I told you these things? 2:6 Now you know what is restraining him,
to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. 2:7 For the
mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains
now, until he is taken out of the way. 2:8 Then the lawless one will be
revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and
destroy by the manifestation of his coming; 2:9 even he whose coming is
according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying
wonders, 2:10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are
being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they
might be saved. 2:11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error,
that they should believe a lie; 2:12 that they all might be judged who
didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2:13 But
we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the
Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth; 2:14 to which he
called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our
Lord Jesus Christ. 2:15 So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the
traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us
and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 2:17 comfort
your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread
rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you; 3:2 and that we may be
delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith. 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the
evil one. 3:4 We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you
both do and will do the things we command. 3:5 May the Lord direct your
hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

3:6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion,
and not after the tradition which they received from us. 3:7 For you
know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves
rebelliously among you, 3:8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand
without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day,
that we might not burden any of you; 3:9 not because we don't have the
right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate
us. 3:10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If
anyone will not work, neither let him eat." 3:11 For we hear of some who
walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.
3:12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus
Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

3:13 But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing well. 3:14 If any man
doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no
company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. 3:15 Don't count
him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

3:16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in
all ways. The Lord be with you all.

3:17 The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand, which is the sign in
every letter: this is how I write. 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you all. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:3 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[2] back to 1:12 TR adds "Christ"



Paul's First Letter to Timothy

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God
our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope; 1:2 to Timothy, my true child in
faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our
Lord.

1:3 As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that
you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine, 1:4
neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause
disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith-- 1:5 but the
goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience
and unfeigned faith; 1:6 from which things some, having missed the mark,
have turned aside to vain talking; 1:7 desiring to be teachers of the
law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they
strongly affirm. 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it
lawfully, 1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man,
but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for
the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of
mothers, for manslayers, 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals,
for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing
contrary to the sound doctrine; 1:11 according to the Good News of the
glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 1:12 And I
thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me
faithful, appointing me to service; 1:13 although I was before a
blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy,
because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 1:14 The grace of our Lord
abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 1:15
The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1:16 However,
for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might
display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to
believe in him for eternal life. 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal,
invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and
ever. Amen.

1:18 This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to
the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the
good warfare; 1:19 holding faith and a good conscience; which some
having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith; 1:20 of whom
is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might
be taught not to blaspheme.

2:1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers,
intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: 2:2 for kings
and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet
life in all godliness and reverence. 2:3 For this is good and acceptable
in the sight of God our Savior; 2:4 who desires all people to be saved
and come to full knowledge of the truth. 2:5 For there is one God, and
one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 2:6 who gave
himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times; 2:7 to
which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth
in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2:8 I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy
hands without anger and doubting. 2:9 In the same way, that women also
adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not
just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; 2:10 but
(which becomes women professing godliness) with good works. 2:11 Let a
woman learn in quietness with all subjection. 2:12 But I don't permit a
woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in
quietness. 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 2:14 Adam wasn't
deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;
2:15 but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in
faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

3:1 This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer,
he desires a good work. 3:2 The overseer therefore must be without
reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest,
hospitable, good at teaching; 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy
for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 3:4 one who rules
his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
3:5 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he
take care of the assembly of God?) 3:6 not a new convert, lest being
puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 3:7 Moreover
he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling
into reproach and the snare of the devil.

3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not
addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; 3:9 holding the mystery of
the faith in a pure conscience. 3:10 Let them also first be tested; then
let them serve if they are blameless. 3:11 Their wives in the same way
must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
3:12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and
their own houses well. 3:13 For those who have served well gain for
themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in
Christ Jesus.

3:14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly; 3:15
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves
in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar
and ground of the truth. 3:16 Without controversy, the mystery of
godliness is great:

God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels,
preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in
glory. 4:1 But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will
fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and
doctrines of demons, 4:2 through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies,
branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; 4:3 forbidding
marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be
received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it
is received with thanksgiving. 4:5 For it is sanctified through the word
of God and prayer. 4:6 If you instruct the brothers of these things, you
will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the
faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed. 4:7 But refuse
profane and old wives' fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. 4:8
For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all
things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which
is to come. 4:9 This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.
4:10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have
set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men,
especially of those who believe. 4:11 Command and teach these things.

4:12 Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who
believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and
in purity. 4:13 Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation,
and to teaching. 4:14 Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was
given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
4:15 Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that
your progress may be revealed to all. 4:16 Pay attention to yourself,
and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you
will save both yourself and those who hear you.

5:1 Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger
men as brothers; 5:2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters,
in all purity. 5:3 Honor widows who are widows indeed. 5:4 But if any
widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety
towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is*
acceptable in the sight of God. 5:5 Now she who is a widow indeed, and
desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and
prayers night and day. 5:6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead
while she lives. 5:7 Also command these things, that they may be without
reproach. 5:8 But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially
his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an
unbeliever. 5:9 Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old,
having been the wife of one man, 5:10 being approved by good works, if
she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if
she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and
if she has diligently followed every good work.

5:11 But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against
Christ, they desire to marry; 5:12 having condemnation, because they
have rejected their first pledge. 5:13 Besides, they also learn to be
idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips
and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. 5:14 I desire
therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the
household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling. 5:15 For
already some have turned aside after Satan. 5:16 If any man or woman who
believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don't let the assembly
be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.

5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor,
especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. 5:18 For the
Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the
grain."* And, "The laborer is worthy of his wages."*

5:19 Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of
two or three witnesses. 5:20 Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all,
that the rest also may be in fear. 5:21 I command you in the sight of
God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these
things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality. 5:22 Lay hands
hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep
yourself pure. 5:23 Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a
little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.

5:24 Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some
also follow later. 5:25 In the same way also there are good works that
are obvious, and those that are otherwise can't be hidden.

6:1 Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own
masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not
be blasphemed. 6:2 Those who have believing masters, let them not
despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them,
because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved.
Teach and exhort these things.

6:3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn't consent to sound
words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is
according to godliness, 6:4 he is conceited, knowing nothing, but
obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come
envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, 6:5 constant friction of people
of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness
is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 6:7 For we brought
nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out. 6:8
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. 6:9 But
those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare
and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and
destruction. 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have
pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

6:11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you
were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many
witnesses. 6:13 I command you before God, who gives life to all things,
and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good
confession, 6:14 that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless,
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; 6:15 which in its own
times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of
kings, and Lord of lords; 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in
unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be
honor and eternal power. Amen.

6:17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be
haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on
the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; 6:18
that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready
to distribute, willing to communicate; 6:19 laying up in store for
themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay
hold of eternal life.

6:20 Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from
the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so
called; 6:21 which some professing have erred concerning the faith.
Grace be with you. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 3:1 or, superintendents, or bishops

[2] back to 3:8 or, Deacons.

[3] back to 3:10 or, serve as deacons

[4] back to 3:12 or, deacons

[5] back to 3:13 or, served well as deacons

[6] back to 5:4 TR adds "good and"

[7] back to 5:18 Deuteronomy 25:4

[8] back to 5:18 Luke 10:7; Leviticus 19:13

[9] back to 6:5 NU omits "Withdraw yourself from such."



Paul's Second Letter to Timothy

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according
to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, 1:2 to Timothy, my
beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ
Jesus our Lord.

1:3 I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure
conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and
day 1:4 longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled
with joy; 1:5 having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in
you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice,
and, I am persuaded, in you also.

1:6 For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God
which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 1:7 For God didn't
give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. 1:8
Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power
of God, 1:9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal, 1:10 but has
now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who
abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the
Good News. 1:11 For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and
a teacher of the Gentiles. 1:12 For this cause I also suffer these
things.

Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am
persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him
against that day.

1:13 Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in
faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 1:14 That good thing which was
committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

1:15 This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of
whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 1:16 May the Lord grant mercy to the
house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of
my chain, 1:17 but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and
found me 1:18 (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that
day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

2:1 You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in
Christ Jesus. 2:2 The things which you have heard from me among many
witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach
others also. 2:3 You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier
of Christ Jesus. 2:4 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs
of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. 2:5 Also,
if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed
by the rules. 2:6 The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share
of the crops. 2:7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you
understanding in all things.

2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David,
according to my Good News, 2:9 in which I suffer hardship to the point
of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained. 2:10 Therefore I
endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain
the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 2:11 This
saying is faithful:

"For if we died with him, we will also live with him. 2:12 If we endure,
we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us. 2:13
If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can't deny himself." 2:14
Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord,
that they don't argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of
those who hear.

2:15 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who
doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. 2:16
But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
2:17 and their word will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and
Philetus; 2:18 men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the
resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some. 2:19
However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows
those who are his,"* and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord
depart from unrighteousness." 2:20 Now in a large house there are not
only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some
are for honor, and some for dishonor. 2:21 If anyone therefore purges
himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and
suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

2:22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love,
and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2:23 But
refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate
strife. 2:24 The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards
all, able to teach, patient, 2:25 in gentleness correcting those who
oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full
knowledge of the truth, 2:26 and they may recover themselves out of the
devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

3:1 But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. 3:2
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3:3 without
natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control,
fierce, no lovers of good, 3:4 traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers
of pleasure rather than lovers of God; 3:5 holding a form of godliness,
but having denied the power thereof. Turn away from these, also. 3:6 For
of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive gullible
women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 3:7 always
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 3:8 Even
as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth;
men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith. 3:9 But they will
proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as
theirs also came to be. 3:10 But you did follow my teaching, conduct,
purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, 3:11 persecutions, and
sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and
Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered
me. 3:12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will
suffer persecution. 3:13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and
worse, deceiving and being deceived. 3:14 But you remain in the things
which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you
have learned them. 3:15 From infancy, you have known the sacred writings
which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in
Christ Jesus. 3:16 Every writing inspired by God is profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in
righteousness, 3:17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
equipped for every good work.

4:1 I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who
will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: 4:2
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke,
and exhort, with all patience and teaching. 4:3 For the time will come
when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching
ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts; 4:4
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
4:5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an
evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

4:6 For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has
come. 4:7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I
have kept the faith. 4:8 From now on, there is stored up for me the
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give
to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have
loved his appearing. 4:9 Be diligent to come to me soon, 4:10 for Demas
left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica;
Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 4:11 Only Luke is with me.
Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.
4:12 But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 4:13 Bring the cloak that I left at
Troas with Carpus when you come, and the books, especially the
parchments. 4:14 Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The
Lord will repay him according to his works, 4:15 of whom you also must
beware; for he greatly opposed our words.

4:16 At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May
it not be held against them. 4:17 But the Lord stood by me, and
strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed,
and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the
mouth of the lion. 4:18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil
work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the
glory forever and ever. Amen.

4:19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus. 4:20 Erastus
remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick. 4:21 Be
diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens,
Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers. 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 2:19 Numbers 16:5

[2] back to 2:19 TR reads "Christ" instead of "the Lord"

[3] back to 3:16 literally, God-breathed



Paul's Letter to Titus

1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to
the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is
according to godliness, 1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who
can't lie, promised before time began; 1:3 but in his own time revealed
his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the
commandment of God our Savior; 1:4 to Titus, my true child according to
a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ our Savior.

1:5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the
things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I
directed you; 1:6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife,
having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly
behavior. 1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not
self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not
greedy for dishonest gain; 1:8 but given to hospitality, as a lover of
good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled; 1:9 holding to the
faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to
exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
1:10 For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers,
especially those of the circumcision, 1:11 whose mouths must be stopped;
men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not,
for dishonest gain's sake. 1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own,
said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons." 1:13
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they
may be sound in the faith, 1:14 not paying attention to Jewish fables
and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. 1:15 To the pure,
all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving,
nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
1:16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him,
being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

2:1 But say the things which fit sound doctrine, 2:2 that older men
should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love,
and in patience: 2:3 and that older women likewise be reverent in
behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that
which is good; 2:4 that they may train the young women to love their
husbands, to love their children, 2:5 to be sober minded, chaste,
workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that
God's word may not be blasphemed. 2:6 Likewise, exhort the younger men
to be sober minded; 2:7 in all things showing yourself an example of
good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness,
incorruptibility, 2:8 and soundness of speech that can't be condemned;
that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say
about us. 2:9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters,
and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting; 2:10 not
stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the
doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things. 2:11 For the grace of God
has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 2:12 instructing us to the
intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live
soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world; 2:13 looking for
the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior,
Jesus Christ; 2:14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from
all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession,
zealous for good works. 2:15 Say these things and exhort and reprove
with all authority. Let no man despise you.

3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be
obedient, to be ready for every good work, 3:2 to speak evil of no one,
not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all
men. 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving
various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and
hating one another. 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his
love toward mankind appeared, 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which
we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the
washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 3:6 whom he
poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; 3:7 that,
being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the
hope of eternal life. 3:8 This saying is faithful, and concerning these
things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have
believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are
good and profitable to men; 3:9 but shun foolish questionings,
genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are
unprofitable and vain. 3:10 Avoid a factious man after a first and
second warning; 3:11 knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins,
being self-condemned.

3:12 When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me
to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there. 3:13 Send Zenas,
the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be
lacking for them. 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good works
for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

3:15 All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith.
Grace be with you all. Amen.



Paul's Letter to Philemon

1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to
Philemon, our beloved fellow worker, 1:2 to the beloved Apphia, to
Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house: 1:3
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:4 I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, 1:5
hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord
Jesus, and toward all the saints; 1:6 that the fellowship of your faith
may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in
us in Christ Jesus. 1:7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love,
because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you,
brother.

1:8 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that
which is appropriate, 1:9 yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a
one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 1:10 I beg
you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains,
Onesimus, 1:11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and
to me. 1:12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my
own heart, 1:13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he
might serve me in my chains for the Good News. 1:14 But I was willing to
do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of
necessity, but of free will. 1:15 For perhaps he was therefore separated
from you for a while, that you would have him forever, 1:16 no longer as
a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but
how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

1:17 If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive
me. 1:18 But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put
that to my account. 1:19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will
repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self
besides). 1:20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord.
Refresh my heart in the Lord. 1:21 Having confidence in your obedience,
I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

1:22 Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your
prayers I will be restored to you.

1:23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, 1:24 as
do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. 1:25 The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:10 Onesimus means "useful."



The Letter to the Hebrews

1:1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets
at many times and in various ways, 1:2 has at the end of these days
spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through
whom also he made the worlds. 1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory,
the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of
his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat
down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 1:4 having become so much
better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than
they have. 1:5 For to which of the angels did he say at any time,

"You are my Son. Today have I become your father?"* and again,

"I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"* 1:6 Again,
when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says, "Let all the
angels of God worship him." 1:7 Of the angels he says,

"Who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire."* 1:8 But
of the Son he says,

"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is
the scepter of your Kingdom. 1:9 You have loved righteousness, and hated
iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of
gladness above your fellows."* 1:10 And,

"You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The
heavens are the works of your hands. 1:11 They will perish, but you
continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. 1:12 As a mantle,
you will roll them up, and they will be changed; but you are the same.
Your years will not fail."* 1:13 But which of the angels has he told at
any time,

"Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your
feet?"* 1:14 Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for
the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

2:1 Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were
heard, lest perhaps we drift away. 2:2 For if the word spoken through
angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience
received a just recompense; 2:3 how will we escape if we neglect so
great a salvation--which at the first having been spoken through the
Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard; 2:4 God also testifying
with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by
gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will? 2:5 For he didn't
subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels. 2:6 But one has
somewhere testified, saying,

"What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care
for him? 2:7 You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned
him with glory and honor.* 2:8 You have put all things in subjection
under his feet."* For in that he subjected all things to him, he left
nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don't see all things
subjected to him, yet. 2:9 But we see him who has been made a little
lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned
with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death
for everyone. 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and
through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make
the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 2:11 For both
he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for
which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, 2:12 saying,

"I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the
congregation I will sing your praise."* 2:13 Again, "I will put my trust
in him."* Again, "Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given
me."* 2:14 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he
also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he
might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the
devil, 2:15 and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were
all their lifetime subject to bondage. 2:16 For most certainly, he
doesn't give help to angels, but he gives help to the seed of Abraham.
2:17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his
brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in
things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
2:18 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to
help those who are tempted.

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider
the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus; 3:2 who was
faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
3:3 For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as
he who built the house has more honor than the house. 3:4 For every
house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God. 3:5 Moses
indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of
those things which were afterward to be spoken, 3:6 but Christ is
faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast
our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end. 3:7
Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says,

"Today if you will hear his voice, 3:8 don't harden your hearts, as in
the provocation, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness, 3:9
where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty
years. 3:10 Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said,
'They always err in their heart, but they didn't know my ways;' 3:11 as
I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'"* 3:12 Beware,
brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of
unbelief, in falling away from the living God; 3:13 but exhort one
another day by day, so long as it is called "today;" lest any one of you
be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 3:14 For we have become
partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence
firm to the end: 3:15 while it is said,

"Today if you will hear his voice, don't harden your hearts, as in the
rebellion."* 3:16 For who, when they heard, rebelled? No, didn't all
those who came out of Egypt by Moses? 3:17 With whom was he displeased
forty years? Wasn't it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the
wilderness? 3:18 To whom did he swear that they wouldn't enter into his
rest, but to those who were disobedient? 3:19 We see that they were not
able to enter in because of unbelief.

4:1 Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to
have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. 4:2 For indeed
we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the
word they heard didn't profit them, because it wasn't mixed with faith
by those who heard. 4:3 For we who have believed do enter into that
rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter
into my rest;"* although the works were finished from the foundation of
the world. 4:4 For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day,
"God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"* 4:5 and in this
place again, "They will not enter into my rest."*

4:6 Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they
to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of
disobedience, 4:7 he again defines a certain day, today, saying through
David so long a time afterward (just as has been said),

"Today if you will hear his voice, don't harden your hearts."* 4:8 For
if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of
another day. 4:9 There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people
of God. 4:10 For he who has entered into his rest has himself also
rested from his works, as God did from his. 4:11 Let us therefore give
diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same
example of disobedience. 4:12 For the word of God is living, and active,
and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing
of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern
the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

4:13 There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things
are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
4:14 Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the
heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
4:15 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted
like we are, yet without sin. 4:16 Let us therefore draw near with
boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find
grace for help in time of need.

5:1 For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for
men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and
sacrifices for sins. 5:2 The high priest can deal gently with those who
are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded
with weakness. 5:3 Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins
for the people, as well as for himself. 5:4 Nobody takes this honor on
himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was. 5:5 So also
Christ didn't glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he
who said to him,

"You are my Son. Today I have become your father."* 5:6 As he says also
in another place,

"You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."* 5:7 He, in
the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with
strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and
having been heard for his godly fear, 5:8 though he was a Son, yet
learned obedience by the things which he suffered. 5:9 Having been made
perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal
salvation, 5:10 named by God a high priest after the order of
Melchizedek. 5:11 About him we have many words to say, and hard to
interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing. 5:12 For when by
reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have
someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles
of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food. 5:13 For
everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of
righteousness, for he is a baby. 5:14 But solid food is for those who
are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern good and evil.

6:1 Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ,
let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of
repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, 6:2 of the teaching of
baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of
eternal judgment. 6:3 This will we do, if God permits. 6:4 For
concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly
gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 6:5 and tasted the
good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6:6 and then fell
away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they
crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
6:7 For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and
brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled,
receives blessing from God; 6:8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it
is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things
that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this. 6:10 For God
is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love
which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and
still do serve them. 6:11 We desire that each one of you may show the
same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, 6:12 that you
won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience
inherited the promises. 6:13 For when God made a promise to Abraham,
since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, 6:14 saying,
"Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply
you."* 6:15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
6:16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of
theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 6:17 In this way God, being
determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the
immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 6:18 that by two
immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have
a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the
hope set before us. 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a
hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the
veil; 6:20 where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a
high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

7:1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who
met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
7:2 to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by
interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem,
which is king of peace; 7:3 without father, without mother, without
genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made
like the Son of God), remains a priest continually. 7:4 Now consider how
great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth
out of the best spoils. 7:5 They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive
the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people
according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come
out of the body of Abraham, 7:6 but he whose genealogy is not counted
from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has
the promises. 7:7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the
greater. 7:8 Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives
tithes of whom it is testified that he lives. 7:9 We can say that
through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes, 7:10
for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him. 7:11
Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under
it the people have received the law), what further need was there for
another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be
called after the order of Aaron? 7:12 For the priesthood being changed,
there is of necessity a change made also in the law. 7:13 For he of whom
these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has
officiated at the altar. 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord has sprung
out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning
priesthood. 7:15 This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the
likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest, 7:16 who has been
made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of
an endless life: 7:17 for it is testified,

"You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."* 7:18
For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its
weakness and uselessness 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a
bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. 7:20
Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath 7:21
(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an
oath by him that says of him,

"The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.'"* 7:22 By so much, Jesus has
become the collateral of a better covenant. 7:23 Many, indeed, have been
made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death. 7:24
But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable. 7:25
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near
to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession
for them.

7:26 For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless,
undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
7:27 who doesn't need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices
daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For
he did this once for all, when he offered up himself. 7:28 For the law
appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath
which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

8:1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We
have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of
the Majesty in the heavens, 8:2 a servant of the sanctuary, and of the
true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. 8:3 For every high
priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is
necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 8:4 For if
he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are
priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 8:5 who serve a copy
and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when
he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make
everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the
mountain."* 8:6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so
much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better
promises has been given as law. 8:7 For if that first covenant had been
faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8:8 For
finding fault with them, he said,

"Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; 8:9 not according
to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took
them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn't
continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them," says the Lord. 8:10
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel.
After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I
will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will
be my people. 8:11 They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, and
every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me,
from the least of them to the greatest of them. 8:12 For I will be
merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and
lawless deeds no more."* 8:13 In that he says, "A new covenant," he has
made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is
near to vanishing away.

9:1 Now indeed even the first* covenant had ordinances of divine
service, and an earthly sanctuary. 9:2 For a tabernacle was prepared. In
the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which
is called the Holy Place. 9:3 After the second veil was the tabernacle
which is called the Holy of Holies, 9:4 having a golden altar of
incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in
which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and
the tablets of the covenant; 9:5 and above it cherubim of glory
overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can't speak now in
detail. 9:6 Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go
in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
9:7 but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not
without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the
people. 9:8 The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the
Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still
standing; 9:9 which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and
sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of
making the worshipper perfect; 9:10 being only (with meats and drinks
and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of
reformation.

9:11 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things,
through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands,
that is to say, not of this creation, 9:12 nor yet through the blood of
goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all
into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption. 9:13 For if the
blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who
have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh: 9:14 how much
more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works
to serve the living God? 9:15 For this reason he is the mediator of a
new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the
transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have
been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. 9:16 For
where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death
of him who made it. 9:17 For a will is in force where there has been
death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives. 9:18
Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
9:19 For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the
people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the
goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the
book itself and all the people, 9:20 saying, "This is the blood of the
covenant which God has commanded you."*

9:21 Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the
ministry in like manner with the blood. 9:22 According to the law,
nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of
blood there is no remission. 9:23 It was necessary therefore that the
copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but
the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 9:24
For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are
representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in
the presence of God for us; 9:25 nor yet that he should offer himself
often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with
blood not his own, 9:26 or else he must have suffered often since the
foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has
been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 9:27 Inasmuch
as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment, 9:28
so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will
appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for
him for salvation.

10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very
image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year,
which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. 10:2 Or
else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers,
having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?
10:3 But in those sacrifices there is yearly reminder of sins. 10:4 For
it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away
sins. 10:5 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says,

"Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, but you prepared a body for
me; 10:6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for
sin. 10:7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book
it is written of me) to do your will, O God.'"* 10:8 Previously saying,
"Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for
sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are
offered according to the law), 10:9 then he has said, "Behold, I have
come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish
the second, 10:10 by which will we have been sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 10:11 Every priest
indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins, 10:12 but he, when he had offered one
sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; 10:13
from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his
feet. 10:14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are
being sanctified. 10:15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after
saying,

10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those
days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also
write them on their mind;'"* then he says,

10:17 "I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more."* 10:18
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
10:19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place
by the blood of Jesus, 10:20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new
and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 10:21 and
having a great priest over the house of God, 10:22 let's draw near with
a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water, 10:23 let
us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who
promised is faithful.

10:24 Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some
is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day
approaching. 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the
knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
10:27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of
fire which will devour the adversaries. 10:28 A man who disregards
Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three
witnesses. 10:29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be
judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has
counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy
thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 10:30 For we know him who
said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay."* Again,
"The Lord will judge his people."* 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall
into the hands of the living God. 10:32 But remember the former days, in
which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with
sufferings; 10:33 partly, being exposed to both reproaches and
oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated
so. 10:34 For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully
accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for
yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens. 10:35
Therefore don't throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
10:36 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you
may receive the promise.

10:37 "In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not
wait. 10:38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my
soul has no pleasure in him."* 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink
back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the
soul.

11:1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not
seen. 11:2 For by this, the elders obtained testimony. 11:3 By faith, we
understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that
what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible. 11:4 By
faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through
which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God
testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead,
still speaks. 11:5 By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't
see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has
had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well
pleasing to God. 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing
to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he
is a rewarder of those who seek him. 11:7 By faith, Noah, being warned
about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for
the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and
became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. 11:8 By
faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which
he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he
went. 11:9 By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in
a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs
with him of the same promise. 11:10 For he looked for the city which has
the foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11:11 By faith, even
Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she
was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised. 11:12
Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as
innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one
man, and him as good as dead. 11:13 These all died in faith, not having
received the promises, but having seen* them and embraced them from
afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the
earth. 11:14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are
seeking a country of their own. 11:15 If indeed they had been thinking
of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough
time to return. 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a
heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their
God, for he has prepared a city for them.

11:17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had
gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son; 11:18
even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"* 11:19
concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively
speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead. 11:20 By faith,
Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. 11:21 By
faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and
worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. 11:22 By faith, Joseph, when
his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of
Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones. 11:23 By faith,
Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents,
because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid
of the king's commandment. 11:24 By faith, Moses, when he had grown up,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 11:25 choosing
rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a time; 11:26 accounting the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
11:27 By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he
endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 11:28 By faith, he kept the
Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the
firstborn should not touch them. 11:29 By faith, they passed through the
Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were
swallowed up. 11:30 By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they
had been encircled for seven days. 11:31 By faith, Rahab the prostitute,
didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies
in peace. 11:32 What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I
told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the
prophets; 11:33 who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,* 11:34
quenched the power of fire,* escaped the edge of the sword,* from
weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies
to flee. 11:35 Women received their dead by resurrection.* Others were
tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a
better resurrection. 11:36 Others were tried by mocking and scourging,
yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment. 11:37 They were stoned.* They
were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword.*
They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute,
afflicted, ill-treated 11:38 (of whom the world was not worthy),
wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
11:39 These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith,
didn't receive the promise, 11:40 God having provided some better thing
concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

12:1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily
entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before
us, 12:2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for
the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 12:3 For
consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against
himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls. 12:4 You
have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin; 12:5 and you have
forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,

"My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when
you are reproved by him; 12:6 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and
scourges every son whom he receives."* 12:7 It is for discipline that
you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there
whom his father doesn't discipline? 12:8 But if you are without
discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you
illegitimate, and not children. 12:9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of
our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much
rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? 12:10 For
they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he
for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 12:11 All
chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet
afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who
have been exercised thereby. 12:12 Therefore, lift up the hands that
hang down and the feeble knees,* 12:13 and make straight paths for your
feet,* so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be
healed. 12:14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification
without which no man will see the Lord, 12:15 looking carefully lest
there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it; 12:16
lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau,
who sold his birthright for one meal. 12:17 For you know that even when
he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he
found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with
tears. 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm, 12:19 the
sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it
begged that not one more word should be spoken to them, 12:20 for they
could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the
mountain, it shall be stoned*;"* 12:21 and so fearful was the
appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."*

12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
12:23 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are
enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men
made perfect, 12:24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,* and to
the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

12:25 See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't
escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will
we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, 12:26 whose
voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once
more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."* 12:27 This
phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are
shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are
not shaken may remain. 12:28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't
be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably,
with reverence and awe, 12:29 for our God is a consuming fire.*

13:1 Let brotherly love continue. 13:2 Don't forget to show hospitality
to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without
knowing it. 13:3 Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them;
and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body. 13:4 Let
marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but
God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

13:5 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you
have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in
any way forsake you."* 13:6 So that with good courage we say,

"The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?"* 13:7
Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and
considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith. 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 13:9 Don't be
carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the
heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were
so occupied were not benefited.

13:10 We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle
have no right to eat. 13:11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood
is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for
sin, are burned outside of the camp.* 13:12 Therefore Jesus also, that
he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of
the gate. 13:13 Let us therefore go out to him outside of the camp,
bearing his reproach. 13:14 For we don't have here an enduring city, but
we seek that which is to come. 13:15 Through him, then, let us offer up
a sacrifice of praise to God* continually, that is, the fruit of lips
which proclaim allegiance to his name. 13:16 But don't forget to be
doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of
your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with
joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

13:18 Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience,
desiring to live honorably in all things. 13:19 I strongly urge you to
do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

13:20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the
great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our
Lord Jesus, 13:21 make you complete in every good work to do his will,
working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus
Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

13:22 But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I
have written to you in few words. 13:23 Know that our brother Timothy
has been freed, with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you. 13:24
Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.
13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:5 Psalm 2:7

[2] back to 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13

[3] back to 1:7 Psalm 104:4

[4] back to 1:9 Psalm 45:6-7

[5] back to 1:12 Psalm 102:25-27

[6] back to 1:13 Psalm 110:1

[7] back to 2:7 TR adds "and set him over the works of your hands"

[8] back to 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6

[9] back to 2:11 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[10] back to 2:12 Psalm 22:22

[11] back to 2:13 Isaiah 8:17

[12] back to 2:13 Isaiah 8:18

[13] back to 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11

[14] back to 3:15 Psalm 95:7-8

[15] back to 4:3 Psalm 95:11

[16] back to 4:4 Genesis 2:2

[17] back to 4:5 Psalm 95:11

[18] back to 4:7 Psalm 95:7-8

[19] back to 5:5 Psalm 2:7

[20] back to 5:6 Psalm 110:4

[21] back to 6:14 Genesis 22:17

[22] back to 7:17 Psalm 110:4

[23] back to 7:21 Psalm 110:4

[24] back to 8:5 Exodus 25:40

[25] back to 8:11 TR reads "neighbor" instead of "fellow citizen"

[26] back to 8:12 Jeremiah 31:31-34

[27] back to 9:1 TR adds "tabernacle"

[28] back to 9:20 Exodus 24:8

[29] back to 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8

[30] back to 10:16 Jeremiah 31:33

[31] back to 10:17 Jeremiah 31:34

[32] back to 10:30 Deuteronomy 32:35

[33] back to 10:30 Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14

[34] back to 10:38 Habakkuk 2:3-4

[35] back to 11:13 TR adds "and being convinced of"

[36] back to 11:18 Genesis 21:12

[37] back to 11:33 Daniel 6:22-23

[38] back to 11:34 Daniel 3:1-30

[39] back to 11:34 1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20

[40] back to 11:35 1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20

[41] back to 11:37 2 Chronicles 24:20-21

[42] back to 11:37 Jeremiah 26:20-23; 1 Kings 19:10

[43] back to 12:6 Proverbs 3:11-12

[44] back to 12:12 Isaiah 35:3

[45] back to 12:13 Proverbs 4:26

[46] back to 12:20 TR adds "or shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]

[47] back to 12:20 Exodus 19:12-13

[48] back to 12:21 Deuteronomy 9:19

[49] back to 12:24 Jeremiah 31:31

[50] back to 12:26 Haggai 2:6

[51] back to 12:29 Deuteronomy 4:24

[52] back to 13:5 Deuteronomy 31:6

[53] back to 13:6 Psalm 118:6-7

[54] back to 13:11 Leviticus 16:27

[55] back to 13:15 Psalm 50:23



The Letter from James

1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve
tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. 1:2 Count it all joy, my
brothers, when you fall into various temptations, 1:3 knowing that the
testing of your faith produces endurance. 1:4 Let endurance have its
perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all
liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. 1:6 But let
him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave
of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. 1:7 For let that man not
think that he will receive anything from the Lord. 1:8 He is a double-
minded man, unstable in all his ways.

1:9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high
position; 1:10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the
flower in the grass, he will pass away. 1:11 For the sun arises with the
scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and
the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade
away in his pursuits.

1:12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been
approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to
those who love him. 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am
tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts
no one. 1:14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own
lust, and enticed. 1:15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin;
and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death. 1:16 Don't be
deceived, my beloved brothers. 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can
be no variation, nor turning shadow. 1:18 Of his own will he brought us
forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of
his creatures.

1:19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow
to speak, and slow to anger; 1:20 for the anger of man doesn't produce
the righteousness of God. 1:21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness
and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word,
which is able to save your souls. 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not
only hearers, deluding your own selves. 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer
of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face
in a mirror; 1:24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately
forgets what kind of man he was. 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect
law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a
doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

1:26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't
bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is
worthless. 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is
this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to
keep oneself unstained by the world.

2:1 My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory
with partiality. 2:2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing,
comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes
in; 2:3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine
clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor
man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;" 2:4 haven't you shown
partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in
this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he
promised to those who love him? 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor
man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the
courts? 2:7 Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are
called? 2:8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the
Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"* you do well. 2:9
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law
as transgressors. 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles
in one point, he has become guilty of all. 2:11 For he who said, "Do not
commit adultery,"* also said, "Do not commit murder."* Now if you do not
commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
2:12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of
freedom. 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no
mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has
no works? Can faith save him? 2:15 And if a brother or sister is naked
and in lack of daily food, 2:16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace,
be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body
needs, what good is it? 2:17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead
in itself. 2:18 Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works."
Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my
faith.

2:19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe,
and shudder. 2:20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart
from works is dead? 2:21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works,
in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 2:22 You see that
faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected; 2:23 and
the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it
was accounted to him as righteousness;"* and he was called the friend of
God. 2:24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only
by faith. 2:25 In like manner wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified
by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another
way? 2:26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith
apart from works is dead.

3:1 Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will
receive heavier judgment. 3:2 For in many things we all stumble. If
anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to
bridle the whole body also. 3:3 Indeed, we put bits into the horses'
mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. 3:4
Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce
winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot
desires. 3:5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great
things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! 3:6 And the
tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue,
which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and
is set on fire by Gehenna. 3:7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping
thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
3:8 But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of
deadly poison. 3:9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we
curse men, who are made in the image of God. 3:10 Out of the same mouth
comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to
be so. 3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and
bitter water? 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine
figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good
conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. 3:14 But if you
have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and
don't lie against the truth. 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes
down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where
jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil
deed. 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without
partiality, and without hypocrisy. 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace by those who make peace.

4:1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come
from your pleasures that war in your members? 4:2 You lust, and don't
have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You
don't have, because you don't ask. 4:3 You ask, and don't receive,
because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your
pleasures. 4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that
friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to
be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 4:5 Or do you
think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us
yearns jealously"? 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God
resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."* 4:7 Be subject
therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you
sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 4:9 Lament, mourn,
and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to
gloom. 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will
exalt you.

4:11 Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a
brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the
law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a
judge. 4:12 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to
destroy. But who are you to judge another?

4:13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city,
and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit." 4:14 Whereas you
don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life?
For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes
away. 4:15 For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live,
and do this or that." 4:16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such
boasting is evil. 4:17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and
doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

5:1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming
on you. 5:2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
5:3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be
for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have
laid up your treasure in the last days. 5:4 Behold, the wages of the
laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry
out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the
Lord of Armies. 5:5 You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken
your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
5:6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't
resist you.

5:7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being
patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. 5:8 You also
be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at
hand.

5:9 Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be
judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door. 5:10 Take, brothers, for
an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the
name of the Lord. 5:11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You
have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the
outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. 5:12 But
above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by
the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your
"no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.

5:13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him
sing praises. 5:14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of
the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord, 5:15 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is
sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will
be forgiven. 5:16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one
another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous
person is powerfully effective. 5:17 Elijah was a man with a nature like
ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain
on the earth for three years and six months. 5:18 He prayed again, and
the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

5:19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone
turns him back, 5:20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the
error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude
of sins.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:2 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[2] back to 1:21 or, preserve your life.

[3] back to 2:2 or, meeting

[4] back to 2:8 Leviticus 19:18

[5] back to 2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18

[6] back to 2:11 Exodus 10:13; Deuteronomy 5:17

[7] back to 2:23 Genesis 15:16

[8] back to 3:6 or, Hell

[9] back to 4:6 Proverbs 3:34

[10] back to 5:4 Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze'va'ot)

[11] back to 5:12 TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"



Peter's First Letter

1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living
as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,
and Bithynia, 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in
sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be
sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to
his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1:4 to an incorruptible and
undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for
you, 1:5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1:6 Wherein you greatly
rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to
grief in various trials, 1:7 that the proof of your faith, which is more
precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may
be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of
Jesus Christ-- 1:8 whom not having known you love; in whom, though now
you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy
unspeakable and full of glory-- 1:9 receiving the result of your faith,
the salvation of your souls. 1:10 Concerning this salvation, the
prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace
that would come to you, 1:11 searching for who or what kind of time the
Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the
sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them. 1:12 To
them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they
ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through
those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from
heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

1:13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your
hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of
Jesus Christ-- 1:14 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves
according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, 1:15 but just as he
who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your
behavior; 1:16 because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am
holy."* 1:17 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of
persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your
living as foreigners here in reverent fear: 1:18 knowing that you were
redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the
useless way of life handed down from your fathers, 1:19 but with
precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;
1:20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but
was revealed at the end of times for your sake, 1:21 who through him are
believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so
that your faith and hope might be in God.

1:22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth
through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from
the heart fervently: 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible
seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and
remains forever. 1:24 For,

"All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the flower in the
grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls; 1:25 but the Lord's word
endures forever."* This is the word of Good News which was preached to
you.

2:1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies,
envies, and all evil speaking, 2:2 as newborn babies, long for the pure
milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, 2:3 if indeed you have
tasted that the Lord is gracious: 2:4 coming to him, a living stone,
rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. 2:5 You also, as
living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ. 2:6 Because it is contained in Scripture,

"Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who
believes in him will not be disappointed."* 2:7 For you who believe
therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient,

"The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief
cornerstone,"* 2:8 and,

"a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense."* For they stumble at the
word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. 2:9 But you
are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's
own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called
you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 2:10 who in time past were
no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now
have obtained mercy. 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims,
to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 2:12 having
good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against
you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify
God in the day of visitation. 2:13 Therefore subject yourselves to every
ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
2:14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for
praise to those who do well. 2:15 For this is the will of God, that by
well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 2:16
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as
bondservants of God.

2:17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 2:18
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to
the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. 2:19 For it is commendable
if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience
toward God. 2:20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently
endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure
suffering, this is commendable with God. 2:21 For to this you were
called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example,
that you should follow his steps, 2:22 who did not sin, "neither was
deceit found in his mouth."* 2:23 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse
back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him
who judges righteously; 2:24 who his own self bore our sins in his body
on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness;
by whose stripes you were healed. 2:25 For you were going astray like
sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

3:1 In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so
that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior
of their wives without a word; 3:2 seeing your pure behavior in fear.
3:3 Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the
hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; 3:4
but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of
a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
3:5 For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned
themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: 3:6 as Sarah
obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do
well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

3:7 You husbands, in like manner, live with your wives according to
knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being
also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be
hindered.

3:8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers,
tenderhearted, courteous, 3:9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling
for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you
called, that you may inherit a blessing. 3:10 For,

"He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from
evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. 3:11 Let him turn away from
evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it. 3:12 For the eyes
of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but
the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."* 3:13 Now who is he
who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good? 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed.
"Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."* 3:15 But sanctify the
Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to
everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with
humility and fear: 3:16 having a good conscience; that, while you are
spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your
good manner of life in Christ. 3:17 For it is better, if it is God's
will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil. 3:18 Because
Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous,
that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but
made alive in the spirit; 3:19 in which he also went and preached to the
spirits in prison, 3:20 who before were disobedient, when God waited
patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it,
few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 3:21 This is a
symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the
filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 3:22 who is at the right hand
of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being
made subject to him.

4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm
yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh
has ceased from sin; 4:2 that you no longer should live the rest of your
time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 4:3 For
we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles,
and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies,
carousings, and abominable idolatries. 4:4 They think it is strange that
you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming: 4:5
who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the
dead. 4:6 For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead,
that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God
in the spirit. 4:7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of
sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer. 4:8 And above all
things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a
multitude of sins. 4:9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as
good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. 4:11 If anyone
speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves,
let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God
may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the
dominion forever and ever. Amen.

4:12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon
you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. 4:13 But
because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the
revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. 4:14 If
you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the
Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed,
but on your part he is glorified. 4:15 For let none of you suffer as a
murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's
matters. 4:16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him
not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter. 4:17 For the
time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it
begins first with us, what will happen to those who don't obey the Good
News of God? 4:18 "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what
will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"* 4:19 Therefore let them
also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their
souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

5:1 I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of
the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will
be revealed. 5:2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you,
exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for
dishonest gain, but willingly; 5:3 neither as lording it over those
entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock. 5:4 When
the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that
doesn't fade away.

5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you
gird yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for
"God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."* 5:6 Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you
in due time; 5:7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for
you.

5:8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil,
walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 5:9
Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who
are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings. 5:10 But may the
God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen,
and settle you. 5:11 To him be the glory and the power forever and ever.
Amen.

5:12 Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have
written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true
grace of God in which you stand. 5:13 She who is in Babylon, chosen
together with you, greets you; and so does Mark, my son. 5:14 Greet one
another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ
Jesus. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:13 literally, "gird up the waist of your mind"

[2] back to 1:16 Leviticus 11:44-45

[3] back to 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8

[4] back to 2:6 Isaiah 28:16

[5] back to 2:7 Psalm 118:22

[6] back to 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

[7] back to 2:21 TR reads "us" instead of "you"

[8] back to 2:22 Isaiah 53:9

[9] back to 2:25 "Overseer" is from the Greek episkopon, which can mean
overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent.

[10] back to 3:12 Psalm 34:12-16

[11] back to 3:14 Isaiah 8:12

[12] back to 4:18 Proverbs 11:31

[13] back to 5:5 Proverbs 3:34



Peter's Second Letter

1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who
have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our
God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied
in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 1:3 seeing that his
divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory
and virtue; 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and
exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers
of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the
world by lust. 1:5 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all
diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral
excellence, knowledge; 1:6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-
control patience; and in patience godliness; 1:7 and in godliness
brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. 1:8 For if these
things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful
to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9 For he who lacks these
things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the
cleansing from his old sins. 1:10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent
to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you
will never stumble. 1:11 For thus you will be richly supplied with the
entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

1:12 Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things,
though you know them, and are established in the present truth. 1:13 I
think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by
reminding you; 1:14 knowing that the putting off of my tent comes
swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 1:15 Yes, I
will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these
things even after my departure. 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly
devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 1:17 For he
received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him
from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased."* 1:18 We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with
him on the holy mountain.

1:19 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you
heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and
the morning star arises in your hearts: 1:20 knowing this first, that no
prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. 1:21 For no prophecy
ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by
the Holy Spirit.

2:1 But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers
will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies,
denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift
destruction. 2:2 Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result,
the way of the truth will be maligned. 2:3 In covetousness they will
exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't
linger, and their destruction will not slumber. 2:4 For if God didn't
spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and
committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 2:5 and
didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a
preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the
ungodly; 2:6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes,
condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who
would live ungodly; 2:7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was very
distressed by the lustful life of the wicked 2:8 (for that righteous man
dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day
with seeing and hearing lawless deeds): 2:9 the Lord knows how to
deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under
punishment for the day of judgment; 2:10 but chiefly those who walk
after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority.
Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
2:11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don't bring a
railing judgment against them before the Lord. 2:12 But these, as
unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed,
speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their
destroying surely be destroyed, 2:13 receiving the wages of
unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime,
spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
2:14 having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin;
enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of
cursing; 2:15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed
the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing;
2:16 but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke
with a man's voice and stopped the madness of the prophet. 2:17 These
are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the
blackness of darkness has been reserved forever. 2:18 For, uttering
great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the
flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who
live in error; 2:19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are
bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever
overcomes him.

2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through
the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them
than the first. 2:21 For it would be better for them not to have known
the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the
holy commandment delivered to them. 2:22 But it has happened to them
according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again,"*
and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."

3:1 This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you;
and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; 3:2
that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy
prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and
Savior: 3:3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come,
walking after their own lusts, 3:4 and saying, "Where is the promise of
his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things
continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." 3:5 For this
they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth
formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God; 3:6 by which
means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
3:7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have
been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and
destruction of ungodly men. 3:8 But don't forget this one thing,
beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a
thousand years as one day. 3:9 The Lord is not slow concerning his
promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing
that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 3:10 But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the
heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be
dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it
will be burned up. 3:11 Therefore since all these things will be
destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living
and godliness, 3:12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the
day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and
the elements will melt with fervent heat? 3:13 But, according to his
promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness
dwells.

3:14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be
diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his
sight. 3:15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our
beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote
to you; 3:16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these
things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand,
which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other
Scriptures, to their own destruction. 3:17 You therefore, beloved,
knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with
the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness. 3:18 But
grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To
him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:10 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[2] back to 1:17 Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35

[3] back to 2:2 TR reads "destructive" instead of "immoral"

[4] back to 2:4 Tartarus is another name for Hell

[5] back to 2:22 Proverbs 26:11



John's First Letter

1:1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that
which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands
touched, concerning the Word of life 1:2 (and the life was revealed, and
we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal
life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us); 1:3 that which
we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have
fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with
his Son, Jesus Christ. 1:4 And we write these things to you, that our
joy may be fulfilled.

1:5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to
you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1:6 If we say
that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and
don't tell the truth. 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. 1:8 If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1:9 If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1:10 If we say that we haven't
sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

2:1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not
sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ,
the righteous. 2:2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not
for ours only, but also for the whole world. 2:3 This is how we know
that we know him: if we keep his commandments. 2:4 One who says, "I know
him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't
in him. 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly
been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him: 2:6 he
who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he
walked.

2:7 Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment
which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which
you heard from the beginning. 2:8 Again, I write a new commandment to
you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing
away, and the true light already shines. 2:9 He who says he is in the
light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 2:10 He
who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for
stumbling in him. 2:11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness,
and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because
the darkness has blinded his eyes.

2:12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you
for his name's sake.

2:13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the
beginning.

I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from
the beginning.

I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word
of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

2:15 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If
anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him. 2:16 For all
that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's. 2:17 The
world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains
forever.

2:18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the
Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we
know that it is the final hour. 2:19 They went out from us, but they
didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have
continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none
of them belong to us. 2:20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and
you know the truth. 2:21 I have not written to you because you don't
know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the
truth. 2:22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?
This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 2:23
Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who
confesses the Son has the Father also.

2:24 Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from
the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in
you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father. 2:25 This is
the promise which he promised us, the eternal life. 2:26 These things I
have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray. 2:27 As
for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and
you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you
concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught
you, you will remain in him. 2:28 Now, little children, remain in him,
that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before
him at his coming. 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that
everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

3:1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we
should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know
us, because it didn't know him. 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God,
and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is
revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. 3:3
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is
pure. 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is
lawlessness. 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins,
and in him is no sin. 3:6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever
sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

3:7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does
righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 3:8 He who sins is
of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this
end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the
devil. 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed
remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God. 3:10 In
this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil.
Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who
doesn't love his brother. 3:11 For this is the message which you heard
from the beginning, that we should love one another; 3:12 unlike Cain,
who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him?
Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 3:13 Don't be
surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. 3:14 We know that we
have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who
doesn't love his brother remains in death. 3:15 Whoever hates his
brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life
remaining in him.

3:16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we
ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 3:17 But whoever has the
world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of
compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? 3:18 My
little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue
only, but in deed and truth. 3:19 And by this we know that we are of the
truth, and persuade our hearts before him, 3:20 because if our heart
condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 3:21
Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
3:22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his
commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 3:23 This
is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus
Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. 3:24 He who keeps
his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he
remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

4:1 Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether
they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the
world. 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who
confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 4:3 and
every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
is not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you
have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already. 4:4 You are of
God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who
is in you than he who is in the world. 4:5 They are of the world.
Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. 4:6 We are
of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't
listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of
error.

4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone
who loves is born of God, and knows God. 4:8 He who doesn't love doesn't
know God, for God is love. 4:9 By this God's love was revealed in us,
that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live
through him. 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he
loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 4:11
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
4:12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God
remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

4:13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has
given us of his Spirit. 4:14 We have seen and testify that the Father
has sent the Son as the Savior of the world. 4:15 Whoever confesses that
Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. 4:16 We know
and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who
remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 4:17 In this
love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the
day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world. 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear
has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. 4:19 We love
Him, because he first loved us. 4:20 If a man says, "I love God," and
hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother
whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 4:21 This
commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his
brother.

5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever
loves the father also loves the child who is born of him. 5:2 By this we
know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his
commandments. 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his
commandments. His commandments are not grievous. 5:4 For whatever is
born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome
the world: your faith. 5:5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who
believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 5:6 This is he who came by water
and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and
the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the
truth. 5:7 For there are three who testify*: 5:8 the Spirit, the water,
and the blood; and the three agree as one. 5:9 If we receive the witness
of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which
he has testified concerning his Son. 5:10 He who believes in the Son of
God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made
him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has
given concerning his Son. 5:11 The testimony is this, that God gave to
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 5:12 He who has the Son
has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the life. 5:13
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of
God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may
continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

5:14 This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask
anything according to his will, he listens to us. 5:15 And if we know
that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions which we have asked of him.

5:16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he
shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to
death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make
a request concerning this. 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is
a sin not leading to death. 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God
doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one
doesn't touch him. 5:19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world
lies in the power of the evil one. 5:20 We know that the Son of God has
come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true,
and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true
God, and eternal life.

5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Notes:

[1] back to 2:1 Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor,
Advocate, and Comfortor.

[2] back to 2:2 "atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an
appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation--
the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.

[3] back to 4:10 "atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an
appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation--
the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.

[4] back to 5:7 Only a few recent manuscripts add "in heaven: the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And
there are three that testify on earth"



John's Second Letter

1:1 The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in
truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth; 1:2 for
the truth's sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:
1:3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

1:4 I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in
truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father. 1:5 Now I beg you,
dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that
which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 1:6 This is
love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the
commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk
in it. 1:7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who
don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver
and the Antichrist. 1:8 Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things
which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward. 1:9
Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ,
doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the
Father and the Son. 1:10 If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this
teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him, 1:11
for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.

1:12 Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with
paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face,
that our joy may be made full. 1:13 The children of your chosen sister
greet you. Amen.



John's Third Letter

1:1 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy,
even as your soul prospers. 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers
came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth. 1:4 I
have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in
truth.

1:5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those
who are brothers and strangers. 1:6 They have testified about your love
before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their
journey in a manner worthy of God, 1:7 because for the sake of the Name
they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles. 1:8 We therefore ought
to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

1:9 I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among
them, doesn't accept what we say. 1:10 Therefore, if I come, I will call
attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked
words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the
brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the
assembly. 1:11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which
is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.
1:12 Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes,
we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

1:13 I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to
you with ink and pen; 1:14 but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak
face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends
by name.



The Letter from Jude

1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who
are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: 1:2
Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.

1:3 Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common
salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend
earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
1:4 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were
long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the
grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master, God,
and Lord, Jesus Christ.

1:5 Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the
Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward
destroyed those who didn't believe. 1:6 Angels who didn't keep their
first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in
everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day. 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the
same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone
after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the
punishment of eternal fire. 1:8 Yet in like manner these also in their
dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial
beings. 1:9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil
and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an
abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!" 1:10 But
these speak evil of whatever things they don't know. What they
understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are
destroyed in these things. 1:11 Woe to them! For they went in the way of
Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in
Korah's rebellion. 1:12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts
when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves;
clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without
fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 1:13 wild waves of the sea,
foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of
darkness has been reserved forever. 1:14 About these also Enoch, the
seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten
thousands of his holy ones, 1:15 to execute judgment on all, and to
convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they
have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly
sinners have spoken against him." 1:16 These are murmurers and
complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud
things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

1:17 But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before
by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:18 They said to you that "In
the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly
lusts." 1:19 These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not
having the Spirit. 1:20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on
your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. 1:21 Keep yourselves
in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to
eternal life. 1:22 On some have compassion, making a distinction, 1:23
and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the
clothing stained by the flesh.

1:24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present
you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy, 1:25 to God
our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,
both now and forever. Amen.

Notes:

[1] back to 1:1 or, Judah

[2] back to 1:24 TR and NU read "you"



The Revelation to John

1:1 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show
to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and
made known by his angel to his servant, John, 1:2 who testified to God's
word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he
saw.

1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the
prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at
hand.

1:4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and
peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the
seven Spirits who are before his throne; 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the
faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings
of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his
blood; 1:6 and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests* to his God and
Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1:7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,
including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn
over him. Even so, Amen.

1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega,*" says the Lord God, "who is and who
was and who is to come, the Almighty."

1:9 I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom,
and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos
because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 1:10 I was in
the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a
trumpet 1:11 saying, "*What you see, write in a book and send to the
seven assemblies*: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis,
Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

1:12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw
seven golden lampstands. 1:13 And among the lampstands was one like a
son of man,* clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a
golden sash around his chest. 1:14 His head and his hair were white as
white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. 1:15 His feet
were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His
voice was like the voice of many waters. 1:16 He had seven stars in his
right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face
was like the sun shining at its brightest. 1:17 When I saw him, I fell
at his feet like a dead man.

He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first
and the last, 1:18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am
alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades. 1:19
Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which
are, and the things which will happen hereafter; 1:20 the mystery of the
seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden
lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The
seven lampstands are seven assemblies.

2:1 "To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write:

"He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the
seven golden lampstands says these things:

2:2 "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you
can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves
apostles, and they are not, and found them false. 2:3 You have
perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have* not grown
weary. 2:4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the
first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your
lampstand out of its place, unless you repent. 2:6 But this you have,
that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 2:7 He
who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To
him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in
the Paradise of my God.

2:8 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write:

"The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these
things:

2:9 "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich),
and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but
are a synagogue of Satan. 2:10 Don't be afraid of the things which you
are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you
into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for
ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.

2:12 "To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write:

"He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

2:13 "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is.
You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of
Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where
Satan dwells. 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have
there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a
stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed
to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. 2:15 So you also have some
who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise*. 2:16 Repent
therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war
against them with the sword of my mouth. 2:17 He who has an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to
him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone,
and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who
receives it.

2:18 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write:

"The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are
like burnished brass, says these things:

2:19 "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance,
and that your last works are more than the first. 2:20 But I have this
against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a
prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual
immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. 2:21 I gave her time
to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 2:22
Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with
her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works. 2:23 I will
kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am
he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you
according to your deeds. 2:24 But to you I say, to the rest who are in
Thyatira, as many as don't have this teaching, who don't know what some
call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any
other burden on you. 2:25 Nevertheless, hold firmly that which you have,
until I come. 2:26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the
end, to him I will give authority over the nations. 2:27 He will rule
them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots;* as I also have
received of my Father: 2:28 and I will give him the morning star. 2:29
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

3:1 "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write:

"He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these
things:

"I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you
are dead. 3:2 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were
about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before
my God. 3:3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it,
and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and
you won't know what hour I will come upon you. 3:4 Nevertheless you have
a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk
with me in white, for they are worthy. 3:5 He who overcomes will be
arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the
book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before
his angels. 3:6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the assemblies.

3:7 "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write:

"He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who
opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these
things:

3:8 "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door,
which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word,
and didn't deny my name. 3:9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan,
of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I
will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I
have loved you. 3:10 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will
keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world,
to test those who dwell on the earth. 3:11 I am coming quickly! Hold
firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown. 3:12 He who
overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will
go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and
the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out
of heaven from my God, and my own new name. 3:13 He who has an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

3:14 "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write:

"The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation,
says these things:

3:15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you
were cold or hot. 3:16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor
cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth. 3:17 Because you say, 'I am
rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know
that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; 3:18 I
counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become
rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the
shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint
your eyes, that you may see. 3:19 As many as I love, I reprove and
chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. 3:20 Behold, I stand at the
door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will
come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. 3:21 He who
overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I
also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne. 3:22 He who
has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies."

4:1 After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the
first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one
saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen
after this."

4:2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in
heaven, and one sitting on the throne 4:3 that looked like a jasper
stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an
emerald to look at. 4:4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On
the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments,
with crowns of gold on their heads. 4:5 Out of the throne proceed
lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning
before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 4:6 Before the
throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the
midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures
full of eyes before and behind. 4:7 The first creature was like a lion,
and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face
like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. 4:8 The four living
creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around
and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!"

4:9 When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who
sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, 4:10 the twenty-
four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him
who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne,
saying, 4:11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive
the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and
because of your desire they existed, and were created!"

5:1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book
written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals. 5:2 I saw a
mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the
book, and to break its seals?" 5:3 No one in heaven above, or on the
earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.
5:4 And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book,
or to look in it. 5:5 One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold,
the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome;
he who opens the book and its seven seals." 5:6 I saw in the midst of
the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the
elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven
horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into
all the earth. 5:7 Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of
him who sat on the throne. 5:8 Now when he had taken the book, the four
living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb,
each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the
prayers of the saints. 5:9 They sang a new song, saying,

"You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were
killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe,
language, people, and nation, 5:10 and made us kings and priests to our
God, and we will reign on earth." 5:11 I saw, and I heard something like
a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the
elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and
thousands of thousands; 5:12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the
Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength,
honor, glory, and blessing!"

5:13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under
the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits
on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory,
and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!"

5:14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The *elders fell down and
worshiped.*

6:1 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one
of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come
and see!" 6:2 And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow.
A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

6:3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature
saying, "Come!" 6:4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on
it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should
kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.

6:5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature
saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it
had a balance in his hand. 6:6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four
living creatures saying, "A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three
choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!"

6:7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature
saying, "Come and see!" 6:8 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on
it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one
fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death,
and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls
of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony
of the Lamb which they had. 6:10 They cried with a loud voice, saying,
"How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our
blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 6:11 A long white robe was given
to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while,
until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed
even as they were, should complete their course.

6:12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great
earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the
whole moon became as blood. 6:13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth,
like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great
wind. 6:14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every
mountain and island were moved out of their places. 6:15 The kings of
the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong,
and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the
rocks of the mountains. 6:16 They told the mountains and the rocks,
"Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb, 6:17 for the great day of his wrath has
come; and who is able to stand?"

7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the
earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow
on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. 7:2 I saw another angel
ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried
with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the
earth and the sea, 7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea,
nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their
foreheads!" 7:4 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred
forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of
Israel:

7:5 of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand, of the tribe of
Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, 7:6 of the
tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve
thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, 7:7 of the tribe of
Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the
tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, 7:8 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve
thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of
Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. 7:9 After these things I looked,
and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every
nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the
throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches
in their hands. 7:10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be
to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

7:11 All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the
four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne,
and worshiped God, 7:12 saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom,
thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever!
Amen."

7:13 One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in
white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"

7:14 I told him, "My lord, you know."

He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation.
They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood. 7:15
Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and
night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over
them. 7:16 They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither
will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; 7:17 for the Lamb who is in the
midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters
of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

8:1 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for
about half an hour. 8:2 I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and
seven trumpets were given to them. 8:3 Another angel came and stood over
the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that
he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar
which was before the throne. 8:4 The smoke of the incense, with the
prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. 8:5
The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar,
and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings,
and an earthquake.

8:6 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. 8:7 The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed
with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. One third of the earth
was burnt up, and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green
grass was burnt up.

8:8 The second angel sounded, and something like a great burning
mountain was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea became blood, 8:9
and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One
third of the ships were destroyed.

8:10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky,
burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the
springs of the waters. 8:11 The name of the star is called "Wormwood."
One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the
waters, because they were made bitter.

8:12 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and
one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of
them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it,
and the night in the same way. 8:13 I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying
in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who
dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the
three angels, who are yet to sound!"

9:1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had
fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
9:2 He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit,
like the smoke from a* burning furnace. The sun and the air were
darkened because of the smoke from the pit. 9:3 Then out of the smoke
came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the
scorpions of the earth have power. 9:4 They were told that they should
not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any
tree, but only those people who don't have God's seal on their
foreheads. 9:5 They were given power not to kill them, but to torment
them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion,
when it strikes a person. 9:6 In those days people will seek death, and
will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee
from them. 9:7 The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for
war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces
were like people's faces. 9:8 They had hair like women's hair, and their
teeth were like those of lions. 9:9 They had breastplates, like
breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of
chariots, or of many horses rushing to war. 9:10 They have tails like
those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm
men for five months. 9:11 They have over them as king the angel of the
abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," but in Greek, he has the name
"Apollyon." 9:12 The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes
coming after this.

9:13 The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the
golden altar which is before God, 9:14 saying to the sixth angel who had
one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river
Euphrates!"

9:15 The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and
day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.
9:16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I
heard the number of them. 9:17 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and
those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue,
and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed
fire, smoke, and sulfur. 9:18 By these three plagues were one third of
mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded
out of their mouths. 9:19 For the power of the horses is in their
mouths, and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have
heads, and with them they harm. 9:20 The rest of mankind, who were not
killed with these plagues, didn't repent of the works of their hands,
that they wouldn't worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver,
and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor
hear, nor walk. 9:21 They didn't repent of their murders, nor of their
sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.

10:1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a
cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his
feet like pillars of fire. 10:2 He had in his hand a little open book.
He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land. 10:3 He
cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven
thunders uttered their voices. 10:4 When the seven thunders sounded, I
was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal up
the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them."

10:5 The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up
his right hand to the sky, 10:6 and swore by him who lives forever and
ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and
the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it,
that there will no longer be delay, 10:7 but in the days of the voice of
the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is
finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets. 10:8 The voice
which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the
book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on
the land."

10:9 I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book.

He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach
bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey."

10:10 I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up. It
was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was
made bitter. 10:11 They told me, "You must prophesy again over many
peoples, nations, languages, and kings."

11:1 A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure
God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. 11:2 Leave out
the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it
has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot
for forty-two months. 11:3 I will give power to my two witnesses, and
they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in
sackcloth." 11:4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands,
standing before the Lord of the earth. 11:5 If anyone desires to harm
them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If
anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way. 11:6 These
have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days
of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into
blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they
desire. 11:7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that
comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them,
and kill them. 11:8 Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great
city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord
was crucified. 11:9 From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and
nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days,
and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 11:10 Those
who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They
will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented
those who dwell on the earth. 11:11 After the three and a half days, the
breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet.
Great fear fell on those who saw them. 11:12 I heard a loud voice from
heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went up into heaven in the
cloud, and their enemies saw them. 11:13 In that day there was a great
earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were
killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to
the God of heaven. 11:14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe
comes quickly.

11:15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed,
saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord,
and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"

11:16 The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's
throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 11:17 saying: "We give
you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was*; because
you have taken your great power, and reigned. 11:18 The nations were
angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged,
and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to
the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great;
and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

11:19 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the
Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an
earthquake, and great hail followed.

12:1 A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and
the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 12:2
She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth. 12:3
Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having
seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. 12:4 His tail
drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The
dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when
she gave birth he might devour her child. 12:5 She gave birth to a son,
a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her
child was caught up to God, and to his throne. 12:6 The woman fled into
the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they
may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.

12:7 There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the
dragon. The dragon and his angels made war. 12:8 They didn't prevail,
neither was a place found for him any more in heaven. 12:9 The great
dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and
Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth,
and his angels were thrown down with him. 12:10 I heard a loud voice in
heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom
of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our
brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and
night. 12:11 They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because
of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to
death. 12:12 Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe
to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you,
having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."

12:13 When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he
persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 12:14 Two wings
of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the
wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and
times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 12:15 The serpent
spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he
might cause her to be carried away by the stream. 12:16 The earth helped
the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river
which the dragon spewed out of his mouth. 12:17 The dragon grew angry
with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who
keep God's commandments and hold Jesus' testimony.

13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of
the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns,
and on his heads, blasphemous names. 13:2 The beast which I saw was like
a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like
the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and
great authority. 13:3 One of his heads looked like it had been wounded
fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the
beast. 13:4 They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to
the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast?
Who is able to make war with him?" 13:5 A mouth speaking great things
and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two
months was given to him. 13:6 He opened his mouth for blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.
13:7 It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome
them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given
to him. 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose
name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book
of life of the Lamb who has been killed. 13:9 If anyone has an ear, let
him hear. 13:10 If anyone has captivity, he will go. If anyone is with
the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the
saints.

13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns
like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon. 13:12 He exercises all the
authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and
those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was
healed. 13:13 He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of
the sky to the earth in the sight of people. 13:14 He deceives my own
people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do
in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they
should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
13:15 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many
as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed. 13:16 He causes
all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and
the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their
foreheads; 13:17 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless
he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. 13:18
Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number
of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred
sixty-six.

14:1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a
number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name
of his Father, written on their foreheads. 14:2 I heard a sound from
heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great
thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on
their harps. 14:3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the
four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except
the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of
the earth. 14:4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for
they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and
to the Lamb. 14:5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are
blameless.*

14:6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to
proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe,
language, and people. 14:7 He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord,
and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him
who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"

14:8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has
fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath
of her sexual immorality."

14:9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice,
"If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his
forehead, or on his hand, 14:10 he also will drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will
be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb. 14:11 The smoke of their torment goes
up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship
the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
14:12 Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

14:13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord from now on.'"

"Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their
works follow with them."

14:14 I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting
like a son of man,* having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a
sharp sickle. 14:15 Another angel came out from the temple, crying with
a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and
reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is
ripe!" 14:16 He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and
the earth was reaped.

14:17 Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He also
had a sharp sickle. 14:18 Another angel came out from the altar, he who
has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the
sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the
clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes are fully
ripe!" 14:19 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered
the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the
wrath of God. 14:20 The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and
blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as
far as one thousand six hundred stadia.

15:1 I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels
having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished. 15:2
I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who
overcame the beast, his image,* and the number of his name, standing on
the sea of glass, having harps of God. 15:3 They sang the song of Moses,
the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

"Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous
and true are your ways, you King of the nations. 15:4 Who wouldn't fear
you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the
nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have
been revealed." 15:5 After these things I looked, and the temple of the
tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. 15:6 The seven angels
who had the seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and
wearing golden sashes around their breasts.

15:7 One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven
golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. 15:8
The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his
power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues
of the seven angels would be finished.

16:1 I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels,
"Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!"

16:2 The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it
became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the
beast, and who worshiped his image.

16:3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became
blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.

16:4 The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water,
and they became blood. 16:5 I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You
are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have
judged these things. 16:6 For they poured out the blood of the saints
and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve
this." 16:7 I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true
and righteous are your judgments."

16:8 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him
to scorch men with fire. 16:9 People were scorched with great heat, and
people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues.
They didn't repent and give him glory.

16:10 The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his
kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,
16:11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and
their sores. They didn't repent of their works.

16:12 The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates.
Its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings
that come from the sunrise. 16:13 I saw coming out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs; 16:14 for
they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the
kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war
of that great day of God, the Almighty.

16:15 "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps
his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."
16:16 He gathered them together into the place which is called in
Hebrew, Megiddo.

16:17 The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came
forth out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is
done!" 16:18 There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was
a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men on the earth,
so great an earthquake, so mighty. 16:19 The great city was divided into
three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was
remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of
the fierceness of his wrath. 16:20 Every island fled away, and the
mountains were not found. 16:21 Great hailstones, about the weight of a
talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God
because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly
severe.

17:1 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with
me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great
prostitute who sits on many waters, 17:2 with whom the kings of the
earth committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the earth were
made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality." 17:3 He carried me
away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a
scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads
and ten horns. 17:4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and
decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a
golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual
immorality of the earth. 17:5 And on her forehead a name was written,
"MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." 17:6 I saw the woman drunken with the blood
of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw
her, I wondered with great amazement. 17:7 The angel said to me, "Why do
you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast
that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 17:8 The
beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the
abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose
names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of
the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and
shall be present. 17:9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads
are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. 17:10 They are seven
kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he
comes, he must continue a little while. 17:11 The beast that was, and is
not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to
destruction. 17:12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have
received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings, with
the beast, for one hour. 17:13 These have one mind, and they give their
power and authority to the beast. 17:14 These will war against the Lamb,
and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of
kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and
faithful." 17:15 He said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the
prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. 17:16
The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the
prostitute, and will make her desolate, and will make her naked, and
will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire. 17:17 For God
has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one
mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God
should be accomplished. 17:18 The woman whom you saw is the great city,
which reigns over the kings of the earth."

18:1 After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky,
having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory. 18:2
He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the
great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every
unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird! 18:3 For
all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual
immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her
luxury."

18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my
people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don't
receive of her plagues, 18:5 for her sins have reached to the sky, and
God has remembered her iniquities. 18:6 Return to her just as she
returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works.
In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. 18:7 However much she
glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and
mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am no widow,
and will in no way see mourning.' 18:8 Therefore in one day her plagues
will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned
with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong. 18:9 The kings
of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with
her, will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her
burning, 18:10 standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying,
'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment
has come in one hour.' 18:11 The merchants of the earth weep and mourn
over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more; 18:12 merchandise
of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk,
scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of
most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble; 18:13 and
cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour,
wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls. 18:14 The
fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you, and all
things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you
will find them no more at all. 18:15 The merchants of these things, who
were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment,
weeping and mourning; 18:16 saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who
was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and
precious stones and pearls! 18:17 For in an hour such great riches are
made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and
mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away, 18:18
and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What
is like the great city?' 18:19 They cast dust on their heads, and cried,
weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all
who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great
wealth!' For in one hour is she made desolate.

18:20 "Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets;
for God has judged your judgment on her." 18:21 A mighty angel took up a
stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus
with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be
found no more at all. 18:22 The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute
players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No
craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The
sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you. 18:23 The light of
a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and
of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants
were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations
were deceived. 18:24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of
saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth."

19:1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great
multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory
belong to our God: 19:2 for true and righteous are his judgments. For he
has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual
immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand."

19:3 A second said, "Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever."
19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and
worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, "Amen! Hallelujah!"

19:5 A voice came forth from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our
God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!"

19:6 I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the
voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying,
"Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns! 19:7 Let us
rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For
the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready."
19:8 It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure,
fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

19:9 He said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb.'" He said to me, "These are true words of
God."

19:10 I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, "Look!
Don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers
who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus
is the Spirit of Prophecy."

19:11 I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat
on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes
war. 19:12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many
crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but
he himself. 19:13 He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His
name is called "The Word of God." 19:14 The armies which are in heaven
followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen. 19:15
Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he
should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod.* He
treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the
Almighty. 19:16 He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written,
"KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."

19:17 I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered together
to the great supper of God, 19:18 that you may eat the flesh of kings,
the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses
and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and
slave, and small and great." 19:19 I saw the beast, and the kings of the
earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who
sat on the horse, and against his army. 19:20 The beast was taken, and
with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which
he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who
worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire
that burns with sulfur. 19:21 The rest were killed with the sword of him
who sat on the horse, the sword which came forth out of his mouth. All
the birds were filled with their flesh.

20:1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the
abyss and a great chain in his hand. 20:2 He seized the dragon, the old
serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited
earth, and bound him for a thousand years, 20:3 and cast him into the
abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the
nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he
must be freed for a short time. 20:4 I saw thrones, and they sat on
them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had
been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the
mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with
Christ for the thousand years. 20:5 The rest of the dead didn't live
until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
20:6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over
these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God
and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

20:7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his
prison, 20:8 and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in
the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to
the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 20:9 They went up
over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints,
and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and
devoured them. 20:10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the
lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also.
They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

20:11 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face
the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
20:12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the
throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the
book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written
in the books, according to their works. 20:13 The sea gave up the dead
who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They
were judged, each one according to his works. 20:14 Death and Hades were
thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of
fire. 20:15 If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was
cast into the lake of fire.

21:1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. 21:2 I saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready
like a bride adorned for her husband. 21:3 I heard a loud voice out of
heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell
with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with
them as their God. 21:4 He will wipe away from them every tear from
their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor
crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."

21:5 He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things
new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."
21:6 He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the
spring of the water of life. 21:7 He who overcomes, I will give him
these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son. 21:8 But for the
cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral,
sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that
burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

21:9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded
with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come
here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride." 21:10 He carried me
away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy
city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 21:11 having the
glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a
jasper stone, clear as crystal; 21:12 having a great and high wall;
having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written
on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of
Israel. 21:13 On the east were three gates; and on the north three
gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 21:14
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of
the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. 21:15 He who spoke with me had for a
measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.
21:16 The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its
breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve
stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. 21:17 Its wall is one
hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an
angel. 21:18 The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure
gold, like pure glass. 21:19 The foundations of the city's wall were
adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was
jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth,
emerald; 21:20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth,
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst. 21:21
The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of
one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
21:22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the
Lamb, are its temple. 21:23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of
the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its
lamp is the Lamb. 21:24 The nations will walk in its light. The kings of
the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. 21:25 Its
gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),
21:26 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into
it so that they may enter. 21:27 There will in no way enter into it
anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only
those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

22:1 He showed me a* river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, 22:2 in the middle
of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of
life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month.
The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 22:3 There
will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in
it, and his servants serve him. 22:4 They will see his face, and his
name will be on their foreheads. 22:5 There will be no night, and they
need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will
reign forever and ever.

22:6 He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of
the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants
the things which must happen soon."

22:7 "Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the
prophecy of this book."

22:8 Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I
heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who
had shown me these things. 22:9 He said to me, "See you don't do it! I
am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets,
and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." 22:10 He
said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for
the time is at hand. 22:11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly
still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous,
let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still."

22:12 "Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each
man according to his work. 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First
and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 22:14 Blessed are those who do
his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and
may enter in by the gates into the city. 22:15 Outside are the dogs, the
sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and
everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my
angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root
and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."

22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say,
"Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take
the water of life freely. 22:18 I testify to everyone who hears the
words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add
to him the plagues which are written in this book. 22:19 If anyone takes
away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his
part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written
in this book. 22:20 He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come
quickly."

Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

22:21 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.


Notes:

[1] back to 1:1 or, messenger (here and wherever angel is mentioned)

[2] back to 1:6 Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 61:6

[3] back to 1:8 TR adds "the Beginning and the End"

[4] back to 1:8 TR omits "God"

[5] back to 1:11 TR adds "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and
the Last."

[6] back to 1:11 TR adds "which are in Asia"

[7] back to 1:13 Daniel 7:13

[8] back to 1:18 or, Hell

[9] back to 1:20 or, messengers (here and wherever angels are mentioned)

[10] back to 2:3 TR adds "have labored and"

[11] back to 2:15 TR reads "which I hate" instead of "likewise"

[12] back to 2:17 Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for
"What is it?". See Exodus 11:7-9.

[13] back to 2:20 TR, NU read "that" instead of "your"

[14] back to 2:27 Psalm 2:9

[15] back to 4:8 Hodges/Farstad MT reads "holy" 9 times instead of 3.

[16] back to 4:11 TR omits "and God, the Holy One,"

[17] back to 5:13 TR omits "Amen!"

[18] back to 5:14 TR adds "twenty-four"

[19] back to 5:14 TR adds "the one living forever and ever"

[20] back to 6:6 A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more
than a litre (a little more than a quart).

[21] back to 6:8 or, Hell

[22] back to 6:11 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."

[23] back to 8:7 TR omits "One third of the earth was burnt up"

[24] back to 8:13 TR reads "angel" instead of "eagle"

[25] back to 9:2 TR adds "great"

[26] back to 9:11 "Abaddon" is a Hebrew word that means ruin,
destruction, or the place of destruction

[27] back to 9:11 "Apollyon" means "Destroyer."

[28] back to 9:16 literally, "ten thousands of ten thousands"

[29] back to 9:21 The word for "sorceries" (pharmakeia) also implies the
use of potions, poisons, and drugs

[30] back to 11:17 TR adds "and who is coming"

[31] back to 13:10 TR reads "If anyone leads into captivity, into
captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed
with a sword." instead of "If anyone has captivity, he goes away. If
anyone is with the sword, he must be killed."

[32] back to 14:5 TR adds "before the throne of God"

[33] back to 14:14 Daniel 7:13

[34] back to 14:20 1600 stadia = 296 kilometers or 184 miles

[35] back to 15:2 TR adds "his mark,"

[36] back to 16:21 1 talent is about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds

[37] back to 17:8 TR reads "yet is" instead of "shall be present"

[38] back to 19:15 Psalm 2:9

[39] back to 19:17 TR reads "supper of the great God" instead of "great
supper of God"

[40] back to 20:13 or, Hell

[41] back to 20:14 or, Hell

[42] back to 21:8 The word for "sorcerers" here also includes users of
potions and drugs.

[43] back to 21:16 12,012 stadia = or 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles.
TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of 12,012 stadia.

[44] back to 21:17 144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet

[45] back to 21:19 or, lapis lazuli

[46] back to 22:1 TR adds "pure"



World English Bible Glossary

The following words used in the World English Bible (WEB) are not very
common, either because they refer to ancient weights, measures, or
money, or because they are in some way unique to the Bible.

CONTENTS

Abaddon Abba adultery alpha amen angel Apollyon apostle Armageddon
assarion aureus baptize bath batos Beersheba behold cherub cherubim
choenix concubine cor corban crucify cubit cummin darnel denarii
denarius devil didrachma distaff drachma El-Elohe-Israel ephah Gehenna
gittith goad gospel Hades Har-magedon hin homer hypocrite Ishmael
Jehovah Jesus kodrantes lepta Leviathan Mahalath manna Maschil michtam
mina myrrh Nicolaitans omega Peniel phylactery Praetorium quadrans rabbi
Rahab Rhabboni Sabbath saints Samaritan sata Satan scribe selah sexual
immorality shekel Sheol Shibah shigionoth soul span spirit stadia stater
talent Tartarus teraphim Yah Yahweh



Abaddon

Abaddon is Hebrew for destruction.

Abba

Abba is a Chaldee word for father, used in a respectful, affectionate,
and familiar way, like papa, dad, or daddy. Often used in prayer to
refer to our Father in Heaven.

adultery

Adultery is having sexual intercourse with someone besides your own
husband or wife. In the Bible, the only legitimate sexual intercourse is
between a man and a woman who are married to each other.

alpha

Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. It is sometimes used to
mean the beginning or the first.

amen

Amen means "so be it" or "it is certainly so."

angel

"Angel" literally means "messenger" or "envoy," and is usually used to
refer to spiritual beings who normally are invisible to us, but can also
appear as exceedingly strong creatures or as humans.

Apollyon

Apollyon is Greek for destroyer.

apostle

"Apostle" means a delegate, messenger, or one sent forth with orders.
This term is applied in the New Testament in both a general sense
connected with a ministry of establishing and strengthening church
fellowships, as well as in a specific sense to "The 12 Apostles of the
Lamb" (Revelation 21:14). The former category applies to a specific
ministry that continues in the Church (Ephesians 4:11-13) and which
includes many more than 12 people, while the latter refers to the
apostles named in Matthew 10:2-4, except with Judas Iscariot replaced by
Matthias (Acts 1:26).

Armageddon

See Har-magedon.

assarion

An assarion is a small Roman copper coin worth one tenth of a drachma,
or about an hour's wages for an agricultural laborer.

aureus

An aureus is a Roman gold coin, worth 25 silver denarii. An aureus
weighed from 115 to 126.3 grains (7.45 to 8.18 grams).

baptize

Baptize means to immerse in, or wash with something, usually water.
Baptism in the Holy Spirit, fire, the Body of Christ, and suffering are
also mentioned in the New Testament, along with baptism in water.
Baptism is not just to cleanse the body, but as an outward sign of an
inward spiritual cleansing and commitment. Baptism is a sign of
repentance, as practiced by John the Baptizer, and of faith in Jesus
Christ, as practiced by Jesus' disciples.

bath

A bath is a liquid measure of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or 4.8
imperial gallons.

batos

A batos is a liquid measure of about 39.5 liters, 10.4 U. S. gallons, or
8.7 imperial gallons.

Beersheba

Beersheba is Hebrew for "well of the oath" or "well of the seven." A
city in Israel.

behold

Look! See! Wow! Notice this! Lo!

cherub

A cherub is a kind of angel with wings and hands that is associated with
the throne room of God and guardian duty. See Ezekiel 10.

cherubim

Cherubim means more than one cherub or a mighty cherub.

choenix

A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a liter
(which is a little more than a quart). A choenix was the daily ration of
grain for a soldier in some armies.

concubine

a woman who is united to a man for the purpose of providing him with
sexual pleasure and children, but not being honored as a full partner in
marriage; a second-class wife. In Old Testament times (and in some
places now), it was the custom of middle-eastern kings, chiefs, and
wealthy men to mary multiple wives and concubines, but God commanded the
Kings of Israel not to do so (Deuteronomy 17:17) and Jesus encouraged
people to either remain single or marry as God originally intended: one
man married to one woman (Matthew 19:3-12; 1 Corinthians 7:1-13).

cor

A cor is a dry measure of about 391 liters, 103 U. S. gallons, or 86
imperial gallons.

corban

Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.

crucify

Crucify means to execute someone by nailing them to a cross with metal
spikes. Their hands are stretched out on the crossbeam with spikes
driven through their wrists or hands. Their feet or ankles are attached
to a cross with a metal spike. The weight of the victim's body tends to
force the air out of his lungs. To raise up to breathe, the victim has
to put weight on the wounds, and use a lot of strength. The victim is
nailed to the cross while the cross is on the ground, then the cross is
raised up and dropped into a hole, thus jarring the wounds. Before
crucifiction, the victim was usually whipped with a Roman cat of nine
tails, which had bits of glass and metal tied to its ends. This caused
chunks of flesh to be removed and open wounds to be placed against the
raw wood of the cross. The victim was made to carry the heavy crossbeam
of his cross from the place of judgment to the place of crucifixion, but
often was physically unable after the scourging, so another person would
be pressed into involuntary service to carry the cross for him. Roman
crucifixion was generally done totally naked to maximize both shame and
discomfort. Eventually, the pain, weakness, dehydration, and exhaustion
of the muscles needed to breathe make breathing impossible, and the
victim suffocates.

cubit

A cubit is a unit of linear measure, from the elbow to the tip of the
longest finger of a man. This unit is commonly converted to 0.46 meters
or 18 inches, although that varies with height of the man doing the
measurement. There is also a "long" cubit that is longer than a regular
cubit by a handbreadth. (Ezekiel 43:13)

cummin

Cummin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in
flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.

darnel

Darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or Lolium temulentum)
that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the seeds
reveal a great difference. Darnel seeds aren't good for much except as
chicken feed or to burn to prevent the spread of this weed.

denarii

denarii: plural form of denarius, a silver Roman coin worth about a days
wages for a laborer.

denarius

A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth about a day's wages for an
agricultural laborer. A denarius was worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus.

devil

The word "devil" comes from the Greek "diabolos," which means "one prone
to slander; a liar." "Devil" is used to refer to a fallen angel, also
called "Satan," who works to steal, kill, destroy, and do evil. The
devil's doom is certain, and it is only a matter of time before he is
thrown into the Lake of Fire, never to escape.

didrachma

A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2
Roman denarii, or about 2 days wages. It was commonly used to pay the
half-shekel temple tax.

distaff

part of a spinning wheel used for twisting threads.

drachma

A drachma is a Greek silver coin worth about one Roman denarius, or
about a day's wages for an agricultural laborer.

El-Elohe-Israel

El-Elohe-Israel means "God, the God of Israel" or "The God of Israel is
mighty."

ephah

An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons,
4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel.

Gehenna

Gehenna is one word used for Hell. It comes from the Hebrew Gey-Hinnom,
literally "valley of Hinnom." This word originated as the name for a
place south of the old city of Jerusalem where the city's rubbish was
burned. At one time, live babies were thrown crying into the fire under
the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die there. This place was so despised
by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous
practice that it was made into a garbage heap. Bodies of diseased
animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.

gittith

Gittith is a musical term possibly meaning "an instrument of Gath."

goad

a sharp, pointed prodding device used to motivate reluctant animals
(such as oxen and mules) to move in the right direction.

gospel

Gospel means "good news" or "glad tidings," specifically the Good News
of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection for our salvation, healing, and
provision; and the hope of eternal life that Jesus made available to us
by God's grace.

Hades

Hades: The nether realm of the disembodied spirits.

Har-magedon

Har-magedon, also called Armegeddon, is most likely a reference to hill
("har") of Megiddo, near the Carmel Range in Israel. This area has a
large valley plain with plenty of room for armies to maneuver.

hin

A hin was about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

homer

One homer is about 220 liters, 6.2 U. S. bushels, 6.1 imperial bushels,
58 U. S. gallons, or 48.4 imperial gallons.

hypocrite

a stage actor; someone who pretends to be someone other than who they
really are; a pretender; a dissembler

Ishmael

Ishmael is the son of Abraham and Hagar. Ishmael literally means, "God
hears."

Jehovah

See "Yahweh."

Jesus

"Jesus" is Greek for the Hebrew name "Yeshua," which is a short version
of "Yehoshua," which comes from "Yoshia," which means "He will save."

kodrantes

A kodrantes is a small coin worth one half of an Attic chalcus or two
lepta. It is worth less than 2% of a day's wages for an agricultural
laborer.

lepta

Lepta are very small, brass, Jewish coins worth half a Roman quadrans
each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth
less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.

Leviathan

Leviathan is a poetic name for a large aquatic creature, posssibly a
crocodile or a dinosaur.

Mahalath

Mahalath is the name of a tune or a musical term.

manna

Name for the food that God miraculously provided to the Israelites while
they were wandering in the wilderness between Egypt and the promised
land. From Hebrew man-hu (What is that?) or manan (to allot). See Exodus
16:14-35.

Maschil

Maschil is a musical and literary term for "contemplation" or
"meditative psalm."

michtam

A michtam is a poem.

mina

A mina is a Greek coin worth 100 Greek drachmas (or 100 Roman denarii),
or about 100 day's wages for an agricultural laborer.

myrrh

Myrrh is the fragrant substance that oozes out of the stems and branches
of the low, shrubby tree commiphora myrrha or comiphora kataf native to
the Arabian deserts and parts of Africa. The fragrant gum drops to the
ground and hardens into an oily yellowish-brown resin. Myrrh was highly
valued as a perfume, and as an ingredient in medicinal and ceremonial
ointments.

Nicolaitans

Nicolaitans were most likely Gnostics who taught the detestable lie that
the material and physical realms were entirely separate and that
immorality in the physical realm wouldn't harm your spiritual health.

omega

Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet. It is sometimes used to
mean the last or the end.

Peniel

Peniel is Hebrew for "face of God."

phylactery

a leather container for holding a small scroll containing important
Scripture passages that is worn on the arm or forehead in prayer. These
phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are still used by orthodox Jewish men.
See Deuteronomy 6:8.

Praetorium

Praetorium: the Roman governor's residence and office building, and
those who work there.

quadrans

A quadrans is a Roman coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is
about one day's wages for an agricultural laborer.

rabbi

Rabbi is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "my teacher," used as
a title of respect for Jewish teachers.

Rahab

Rahab is either (1) The prostitute who hid Joshua's 2 spies in Jericho
(Joshua 2,6) and later became an ancestor of Jesus (Matthew 1:5) and an
example of faith (Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25). (2) Literally, "pride" or
"arrogance" -- possibly a reference to a large aquatic creature (Job
9:13; 26:12; Isaiah 51:9) or symbolically referring to Egypt (Psalm
87:4; 89:10; Isaiah 30:7).

Rhabboni

Rhabboni: a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."

Sabbath

The seventh day of the week, set aside by God for man to rest.

saints

The Greek word for "saints" literally means "holy ones." Saints are
people set apart for service to God as holy and separate, living in
righteousness. Used in the Bible to refer to all Christians and to all
of those who worship Yahweh in Old Testament times.

Samaritan

A Samaritan is a resident of Samaria. The Samaritans and the Jews
generally detested each other during the time that Jesus walked the
Earth.

sata

A sata is: a dry measure of capacity approximately equal to 13 liters or
1.5 pecks.

Satan

Satan means "accuser." This is one name for the devil, an enemy of God
and God's people.

scribe

A scribe is one who copies God's law. They were often respected as
teachers and authorities on God's law.

selah

Selah is a musical term indicating a pause or instrumental interlude for
reflection.

sexual immorality

The term "sexual immorality" in the New Testament comes from the Greek
"porneia," which refers to any sexual activity besides that between a
husband and his wife. In other words, prostitution (male or female),
bestiality, homosexual activity, any sexual intercourse outside of
marriage, and the production and consumption of pornography all are
included in this term.

shekel

A measure of weight, and when referring to that weight in gold, silver,
or brass, of money. A shekel is approximately 16 grams, about a half an
ounce, or 20 gerahs (Ezekiel 45:12).

Sheol

Sheol is the place of the dead.

Shibah

Shibah is Hebrew for "oath" or "seven." See Beersheba.

shigionoth

Victorious music.

soul

"Soul" refers to the emotions and intellect of a living person, as well
as that person's very life. It is distinguished in the Bible from a
person's spirit and body. (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12)

span

The length from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger
when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.).

spirit

Spirit, breath, and wind all derive from the same Hebrew and Greek
words. A person's spirit is the very essence of that person's life,
which comes from God, who is a Spirit being (John 4:24, Genesis 1:2;
2:7). The Bible distinguishes between a person's spirit, soul, and body
(1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12). Some beings may exist as spirits
without necessarily having a visible body, such as angels and demons
(Luke 9:39, 1 John 4:1-3).

stadia

stadia: plural for "stadion," a linear measure of about 184.9 meters or
606.6 feet (the length of the race course at Olympia).

stater

A stater is a Greek silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two
Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover
the half-shekel Temple Tax for two people.

talent

A measure of weight or mass of 3000 shekels.

Tartarus

Tartarus is the Greek name for an underworld for the wicked dead;
another name for Gehenna or Hell.

teraphim

Teraphim are household idols that may have been associated with
inheritance rights to the household property.

Yah

"Yah" is a shortened form of "Yahweh," which is God's proper name. This
form is used occasionally in the Old Testament, mostly in the Psalms.
See "Yahweh."

Yahweh

"Yahweh" is God's proper name. In Hebrew, the four consonants roughly
equivalent to YHWH were considered too holy to pronounce, so the Hebrew
word for "Lord" (Adonai) was substituted when reading it aloud. When
vowel points were added to the Hebrew Old Testament, the vowel points
for "Adonai" were mixed with the consonants for "Yahweh," which if you
pronounced it literally as written, would be pronounced "Yehovah" or
"Jehovah." When the Old Testament was translated to Greek, the tradition
of substituting "Lord" for God's proper name continued in the
translation of God's name to "Lord" (Kurios). Some English Bibles
translate God's proper name to "LORD" or "GOD" (usually with small
capital letters), based on that same tradition. This can get really
confusing, since two other words ("Adonai" and "Elohim") translate to
"Lord" and "God," and they are sometimes used together. The ASV of 1901
(and some other translations) render YHWH as "Jehovah." The most
probable pronunciation of God's proper name is "Yahweh." In Hebrew, the
name "Yahweh" is related to the active declaration "I AM." See Exodus
3:13-14. Since Hebrew has no tenses, the declaration "I AM" also implies
"I WAS" and "I WILL BE." Compare Revelation 1:8.





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